Abbie
@kabbiearlish.bsky.social
Fantasy and romance and fantasy romance writer. A lot of ranting and weird jokes with some Jesus sprinkled in. 🩷💜💙 (she/her; white & cis)
Hey, southeast Missouri, there's a diaper and wipe drive happening on November 4th at the Poplar Bluff library!
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hey, southeast Missouri, there's a diaper and wipe drive happening on November 4th at the Poplar Bluff library!
Alright, this is totally unimportant to the point of Jessie's post, but I'm hyperfixated and need help.
This actor in the audience, I know him and I don't know what I've seen him in or what his name is. Can anybody help me???
This actor in the audience, I know him and I don't know what I've seen him in or what his name is. Can anybody help me???
October 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Alright, this is totally unimportant to the point of Jessie's post, but I'm hyperfixated and need help.
This actor in the audience, I know him and I don't know what I've seen him in or what his name is. Can anybody help me???
This actor in the audience, I know him and I don't know what I've seen him in or what his name is. Can anybody help me???
Look at what CBP and ICE did to this precious family. Sign the petition. Please.
September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Look at what CBP and ICE did to this precious family. Sign the petition. Please.
About 50% of Planned Parenthood's patients use Medicaid.
That's how impactful this cruelty will be.
That's how impactful this cruelty will be.
September 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
About 50% of Planned Parenthood's patients use Medicaid.
That's how impactful this cruelty will be.
That's how impactful this cruelty will be.
"Peter" and "Mike" are both brand new accounts that exist to argue about K*rk.
They're spam accounts. Report them and block, y'all.
They're spam accounts. Report them and block, y'all.
September 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Peter" and "Mike" are both brand new accounts that exist to argue about K*rk.
They're spam accounts. Report them and block, y'all.
They're spam accounts. Report them and block, y'all.
A jewel under Heaven. A gift we never deserved.
September 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A jewel under Heaven. A gift we never deserved.
"Ma'am, I am a cat."
August 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Ma'am, I am a cat."
Yes, that's all definitely christofascism.
My main question (and confusion) was about your very first sentence. You said that something was "not true at all," in either what I said or what Courtney said. I'm asking what specifically one of us said that you were refuting.
My main question (and confusion) was about your very first sentence. You said that something was "not true at all," in either what I said or what Courtney said. I'm asking what specifically one of us said that you were refuting.
August 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Yes, that's all definitely christofascism.
My main question (and confusion) was about your very first sentence. You said that something was "not true at all," in either what I said or what Courtney said. I'm asking what specifically one of us said that you were refuting.
My main question (and confusion) was about your very first sentence. You said that something was "not true at all," in either what I said or what Courtney said. I'm asking what specifically one of us said that you were refuting.
The theory says that generations each face a different part of a pattern of events that recurs throughout history. The theorists call these events "turnings."
Millennials are the generation that faces the Crisis. Big shocker there. 😐
Millennials are the generation that faces the Crisis. Big shocker there. 😐
![TURNINGS
While writing Generations, Strauss and Howe described a theorized pattern in the historical generations they examined, which they say revolved around generational events which they call turnings. In Generations, and in greater detail in The Fourth Turning, they describe a four-stage cycle of social or mood eras which they call "turnings". The turnings include: "the high", "the awakening", "the unraveling", and "the crisis".[18]
HIGH
According to Strauss and Howe, the first turning is a high, which occurs after a crisis. During the high, institutions are strong and individualism is weak. Society is confident about where it wants to go collectively, though those outside the majoritarian center often feel stifled by conformity.[30]
According to the authors, the most recent first turning in the US was the post–World War II American high, beginning in 1946 and ending with the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.[31]
AWAKENING
According to the theory, the second turning is an awakening. This is an era when institutions are attacked in the name of personal and spiritual autonomy. Just when society is reaching its high tide of public progress, people suddenly tire of social discipline and want to recapture a sense of "self-awareness", "spirituality" and "personal authenticity". Young activists look back at the previous High as an era of cultural and spiritual poverty.[32]
Strauss and Howe say the U.S.'s most recent awakening was the "consciousness revolution", which spanned from the campus and inner-city revolts of the mid-1960s to the tax revolts of the early 1980s.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lq2flqjw3ewjwyi4nxr75avs/bafkreifogmbekrbhugmgtch3r3abx5clbkmobcieewbj3ehqv4qhwxthiq@jpeg)
![UNRAVELING
According to Strauss and Howe, the third turning is an unraveling. The mood of this era they say is in many ways the opposite of a high: Institutions are weak and distrusted, while individualism is strong and flourishing. The authors say highs come after crises when society wants to coalesce and build and avoid the death and destruction of the previous crisis. Unravelings come after awakenings when society wants to atomize and enjoy.[34] They say the most recent unraveling in the US began in the 1980s and includes the long boom and the culture war.[18]
CRISIS
According to the authors, the fourth turning is a crisis. This is an era of destruction, often involving war or revolution, in which institutional life is destroyed and rebuilt in response to a perceived threat to the nation's survival. After the crisis, civic authority revives, cultural expression redirects toward community purpose, and people begin to locate themselves as members of a larger group.[35]
The authors say the previous fourth turning in the US began with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and climaxed with the end of World War II. The G.I. generation (which they call a hero archetype, born 1901 to 1924) came of age during this era. They say their confidence, optimism, and collective outlook epitomized the mood of that era.[36] The authors assert the millennial generation (which they also describe as a hero archetype, born 1982 to 2005) shows many similar traits to those of the G.I. youth, which they describe as including rising civic engagement, improving behavior, and collective confidence.[37]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lq2flqjw3ewjwyi4nxr75avs/bafkreid2mmldkvgm64wiuviceikpwvplho5rswms4idgurp7lmfhnvocei@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The theory says that generations each face a different part of a pattern of events that recurs throughout history. The theorists call these events "turnings."
Millennials are the generation that faces the Crisis. Big shocker there. 😐
Millennials are the generation that faces the Crisis. Big shocker there. 😐
Hi. I'm being insufferable about Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, etc., again.
Because it bugs me that people have, unknowingly, reduced a really cool social theory to cassette tapes vs. CDs vs. records.
It's so much deeper than that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss...
Because it bugs me that people have, unknowingly, reduced a really cool social theory to cassette tapes vs. CDs vs. records.
It's so much deeper than that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss...
![ARCHETYPES
The authors say two different types of eras and two formative age locations associated with them (childhood and young adulthood) produce four generational archetypes that repeat sequentially, in rhythm with the cycle of Crises and Awakenings. In Generations, they refer to these four archetypes as Idealist, Reactive, Civic, and Adaptive.[49] In The Fourth Turning (1997) they change this terminology to Prophet, Nomad, Hero, and Artist.[50] They say the generations in each archetype not only share a similar age-location in history, but they also share some basic attitudes towards family, risk, culture and values, and civic engagement. In essence, generations shaped by similar early-life experiences develop similar collective personas and follow similar life trajectories.[51] To date, Strauss and Howe have described 25 generations in Anglo-American history, each with a corresponding archetype. The authors describe the archetypes as follows:
PROPHET
Prophet (Idealist) generations enter childhood during a High, a time of rejuvenated community life and consensus around a new societal order. Examples: Transcendental Generation, Missionary Generation, Baby Boomers.
NOMAD
Nomad (Reactive) generations enter childhood during an Awakening, a time of social ideals and spiritual agendas when young adults are passionately attacking the established institutional order. Examples: Gilded Generation, Lost Generation, Generation X.
HERO
Hero (Civic) generations enter childhood during an Unraveling, a time of individual pragmatism, self-reliance, and unrestrained. Examples: Republican Generation, G.I. Generation, Millennials.
ARTIST
Artist (Adaptive) generations enter childhood during a Crisis, a time when public consensus, aggressive institutions, and an ethic of personal sacrifice were favored. Examples: Progressive Generation, Silent Generation, Homeland Generation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lq2flqjw3ewjwyi4nxr75avs/bafkreicqssknaz7c6mqv4e5lza6ur5ru5gc2nhpsfep7m63mbboc4pkknq@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hi. I'm being insufferable about Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, etc., again.
Because it bugs me that people have, unknowingly, reduced a really cool social theory to cassette tapes vs. CDs vs. records.
It's so much deeper than that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss...
Because it bugs me that people have, unknowingly, reduced a really cool social theory to cassette tapes vs. CDs vs. records.
It's so much deeper than that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss...
Monday challenge: post the least flattering photo you have of your pet
July 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Monday challenge: post the least flattering photo you have of your pet
1. We can stop this. There are more of us than there are of them. We can help these people, these kids.
2. If Trump ordered the people who run these places to turn them into death camps, they'd oblige quickly and easily. Anyone who can be this cruel toward *children* is capable of anything.
2. If Trump ordered the people who run these places to turn them into death camps, they'd oblige quickly and easily. Anyone who can be this cruel toward *children* is capable of anything.
July 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1. We can stop this. There are more of us than there are of them. We can help these people, these kids.
2. If Trump ordered the people who run these places to turn them into death camps, they'd oblige quickly and easily. Anyone who can be this cruel toward *children* is capable of anything.
2. If Trump ordered the people who run these places to turn them into death camps, they'd oblige quickly and easily. Anyone who can be this cruel toward *children* is capable of anything.
To me, he crossed lines no adult should ever cross. He made the below "joke" at the age of 34. Grown adults sexualizing kids for "edgy comedy" aren't trustworthy to me. I hope he has changed and they were just pathetic excuses for jokes, but he lost my money forever.
apnews.com/article/medi...
apnews.com/article/medi...
July 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
To me, he crossed lines no adult should ever cross. He made the below "joke" at the age of 34. Grown adults sexualizing kids for "edgy comedy" aren't trustworthy to me. I hope he has changed and they were just pathetic excuses for jokes, but he lost my money forever.
apnews.com/article/medi...
apnews.com/article/medi...
You'll be happy to know he has a functioning bladder.
July 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You'll be happy to know he has a functioning bladder.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
July 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
On that note *Lin-Manuel Miranda voice* look at my son.
June 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
On that note *Lin-Manuel Miranda voice* look at my son.
Also these. Had to deal with one of the plastic, folding mofos the other night for about three hours, and my hips were screaming so loud I'm surprised no one heard them.
June 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Also these. Had to deal with one of the plastic, folding mofos the other night for about three hours, and my hips were screaming so loud I'm surprised no one heard them.
Also, if you are an immigrant or know immigrants, the article contains multiple resources (with links) for folks who speak a variety of languages.
June 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Also, if you are an immigrant or know immigrants, the article contains multiple resources (with links) for folks who speak a variety of languages.
Reporting a crowd size that might be more than double what it actually was isn't "exaggerating a little."
I wasn't being pedantic (and I don't think the OP was either), but I see why you'd think that. I was thinking through the risk of reporting false numbers.
I wasn't being pedantic (and I don't think the OP was either), but I see why you'd think that. I was thinking through the risk of reporting false numbers.
June 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Reporting a crowd size that might be more than double what it actually was isn't "exaggerating a little."
I wasn't being pedantic (and I don't think the OP was either), but I see why you'd think that. I was thinking through the risk of reporting false numbers.
I wasn't being pedantic (and I don't think the OP was either), but I see why you'd think that. I was thinking through the risk of reporting false numbers.
Meanwhile, I would have reposted the hell out of it.
June 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Meanwhile, I would have reposted the hell out of it.