FMA is fascinating because there aren’t many works about what it means to be an atheist and a heretic to a god that you can not only see, but who has personally snatched body parts off of your living body and made fun of you for it.
They are having theological discussion in my notes but I think that people are too…divinity centric about Truth to make good interpretation of the situation.
Truth is a god in the way that gravity or magnetism is a god. He’s just a manifested force of nature. He’s sapient on some level, sure, which is a neat trick, but we managed to make meat think and we’re not extraordinarily special about it either. He didn’t invent humans and he didn’t spawn the universe the way that Rose would have expected the god of her religion to have done; he has minimal to no interest in the day to day lives of any creature and only intervenes when someone actively wanders into his grip of influence. He’s not a Capital-G God. Truth is to matter what fire is to flammable objects. He’s a metaphorical (and perhaps even allegorical) chemical reaction.
Ed isn’t an atheist because he saw god and cussed him out irl; Ed’s an atheist because he doesn’t believe that the brute force of Truth qualifiesas a god. Quite frankly, I think that’s a hell of a lot ballsier and a much more complete understanding of the situation. This perspective insulates him against idolizing the Truth as an ultimate divine force and makes Truth something that can be reasoned around or through, rather than with, which would never have worked.
Ed is a scientist. He’s always worked with the Truth in some way, shape, or form, because the whole point of science is an attempt to pursue lower-case-t truth. Being able to see Truth’s reflection in the mirror as he does doesn’t really affect Ed’s whole..everything.
Do not forget. Here are the 121 House Republicans who didn’t certify the 2020 election results. Today, they will certify the 2024 election results only because they defend democracy when it suits them. But that’s not how democracy works. We must hold all of them accountable.
Isnt it weird that hotel rooms provide toilet paper, tissues, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, soap, and ive even seen some provide make removal wipes, but I’ve never seen a single one provide pads or tampons?
Russian-speaking twitter had a huuuuge discussion about that last month I think, it was crazy how angry men were after just reading this question.
The arguments against varied from “hotels can’t afford it” to “you should plan your periods women, you have apps for that” to “but what if men eat tampons by mistake” (what???)
It really blew up and as far as I know quite a few workplaces began to put pads and tampons in office toilets. Hopefully hotels will too.
Yeah i just thought about it when i saw make up wipes in the hotel i stayed in the other day. Like make up wipes are very much something men could accidentally eat yet they are okay to provide but not pads??
Men will see a hypothetical hotel tampon and eat it
men will see a tampon and say is anyone gonna eat that and not wait for an answer
On my first day in Germany I got to my hotel and I couldn’t get the lights to turn on. And I was like “Eh, fuck it, I’ll just take a shower in the dark.” And then the shower wouldn’t get hot. I waited and waited and it stayed ice cold.
So I go down to the front desk and I’m like “My lights won’t turn on and my shower won’t get hot” so they send this guy up with me. We get into the room and I flick the switch and nothing happens so I’m like “See?”
And he goes “You must put your card in the slot.”
“I… what? I have to put my room card in the light switch?”
“Of course!”
Now I have been in many hotels in the US and never encountered this concept, but apparently it was something most of their guests already knew. So I’m looking like a fool at this point. I feel like an idiot. The dude is fully grinning at me. I put the card in the slot and voila, the light turns on.
Then he’s like “Ok, let’s see if the shower works. You know you must wait for the hot water?” and I just know he’s thinking I’m an idiot who also can’t use a shower. This stupid American can’t wait for the hot water! She can’t even use a light switch or a shower!
And I guess he was distracted by these thoughts of my stupidity, because this dude fully stepped into the shower. In his nice dress shirt and slacks. He just. Gets into the shower.
And turns it on.
Have you ever seen a playing field get leveled instantaneously
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