...::: #Unpopular Facts :::...

You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're into someone, do the work and tell them.
People will judge you and reject you without knowing you. This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make YOU feel good first and foremost.
Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not your people and can fuck off.
Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and depression are natural reactions to the world.
Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after their world fell apart. Just like you did.
Community is a safety net from an unfair world. Let it catch you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your own, and share it.

Building a New Democracy is Still Unpopular

A Medium strategy that did not work:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&id=466

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#unpopular

10 #Scientific truths that somehow became #Unpopular in #2025 : Medium

7 Astronomical Events Worth Traveling for in 2026 : Misc

#Bangladesh’s #Garment-making #Industry is getting #Greener : Tech Review

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Regarding the fact that I still see some #unpopular creators languishing in the shadows while others get at least slightly elevated at best solely for having one OR a handful of positive features of them (e.g. dark sapphic romance, extraterrestrial love triangle, historical mystery fiction, etc.)* before reverting back to "niche" or "cult classic" status, I'm noticing a very disappointing trend of people in general (and even unpopular creators) wanting to maintain a narrative that keeps everyone, even ultimately themselves, down for a few good content that's more popular and happens to be "better".

Some like to say that it's the major IPs or the corporations or some other boogeyman keeping "us unpopular creators" down. Hence all the depressing posts that sing that note.

And while some of it is true to some extent, I'm starting to notice that it's also turned into a mindset.

Why do I say this? Because I see a lot of unpopular works get dismissed as "mediocre" or "cookie-cutter" or "not really what the people actually prefer nowadays, based on trends" without bothering to delve deeper into their works. And I'm concluding that it's becoming more of a mindset than a genuine reduced activity of original works being made. And I've noticed that some people want to maintain that mindset by cherry-picking what works make it and what works don't, in order to prove their mindset and maintain their mindset. Yep. Even among unpopular creators themselves (which ultimately and inadvertently marginalizes themselves and their own works as a side effect).

Just because the higher-ups want to deny the people's chance at success, doesn't mean we have to internalize their way of thinking.

Just because there is real systemic marginalization of certain works, doesn't mean we have to internalize said marginalization and turn it into a ranking of who gets seen and who doesn't, even if the privilege to not internalize it isn't immediately available to us.

Just because it seems that there are still "a few good major IPs" left, doesn't mean we can't make good art ourselves. (it also shouldn't mean we have to be overly reliant on making fanfiction and other derivative works for the sole purpose of capitalizing on a broader trend)

We shouldn't even have to be thinking in terms of IPs.

In the end, we should value and raise up all #art, or at least as much art as possible, not just "the best" or "the most trendy," corporate or not. We should also ideally make our own art.

*these are just random examples I could think of at the moment. No specific reason for choosing them

#Writing #CreativeToots #Fediverse

Một mẫu iPhone ra mắt đầu năm nay đã bất ngờ giảm giá đến 5 triệu đồng chỉ sau vài tháng. Dù vậy, nó vẫn không thu hút được người dùng Việt và đang bị "bỏ rơi" trên thị trường.

#iPhone #Apple #Smartphone #GiảmGiá #ThịTrườngĐiệnThoại #CôngNghệ #Vietnam #PriceDrop #TechNews #Unpopular

https://cafef.vn/ky-la-mau-iphone-bi-nguoi-viet-bo-roi-moi-ra-mat-vai-thang-gia-da-giam-5-trieu-vay-ma-van-khong-ai-mua-188251203162520929.chn

Be prepared. If a historically #unpopular administration (like Trump's) “wins” an election, you know it's rigged.

#trump #elections #Election #midterms #ElectionRigging

https://youtu.be/sjBvEzkI9ak?si=6B_6rMY5Pt2qEp_w

Elevating the Human Condition is an Unpopular Opinion

It's easier to blame the other side.

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=27&id=242

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#unpopular #popular

“If you have to be persuaded, reminded, pressured, lied to, incentivized, coerced, bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized …

...If all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance, you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest.” – Ian Watson

#quotes #sheep #freethinker #freedom #thought #thinkforyourself #principles #unpopular #herd #solocentric