Two Incomplete Lists of Things That May Get You Unfollowed

List One: Things For Which I Will Probably Unfollow (Or Not Follow) You (In No Particular Order)

1. Racism harshes my squee.

  • subpoint A: cultural appropriation and disrespect of other cultures, which is pretty much the same thing but just for the sake of clarity, do likewise.
  • subpoint A, sub-sub-point A: hipsters in headdresses and pretty photos of dreamcatchers and “x is my spirit animal” count, and if I don’t unfollow you I will be frowning at you really hard, and anxiously thinking about mentioning it and wondering whether I can use English well enough today to do so.

2. Discrimination against or disrespect of people of gender and sexual minorities, including polyamorous and asexual people.

3. Discrimination against or disrespect of people with disabilities.

  • subpoint A: No, I don’t always use image descriptions. There is a reason for this. See 1.A.a; my expressive language skills kind of really suck on most days. Translating from non-text to text is actually more difficult than just coming up with words, especially when those words are formulaic or often-used phrases or in response to someone else’s words.

4. Other people’s bodies are not your business, and if you are trying to make them so, I will probably yell at you before unfollowing you. Unless I’m too tired, and then I’ll just unfollow you.

5. Being an asshat about religion or the lack of it. I don’t expect people to always play nice on this one when discussing specific beliefs that harm other people - I’m talking about having or not having a religion, full stop.

List Two: Things For Which I May Unfollow (Or Not Follow) You With Or Without Warning Or Apology, Even If You Are Totally Awesome, Which Do Not Detract From Your Probable Awesomeness (Also In No Particular Order)

1. Too many sad or upsetting posts, or negative self-talk. I have enough emotional flailing for several people as it is.

2. Ad hominem attacks/bullying/uncalled for nastiness. On this list and not the other because this is subjective. Sarcasm and snarkiness are awesome. Heated reactions are understandable. Remarks calculated to wound are not cool.

3. Lots of naked.

4. Too many pictures of (for example) cake. This is one of those things that really doesn’t detract from your awesomeness - I just have Food Issues.

4. Shockingly enough for someone who has dissected a fetal pig and wants to be a forensic chemist, I do have some squeamish left around internal organs and the circulatory system. Not enough that this is usually a problem, but it’s unlikely I’ll be following a blog that’s only pictures of people’s insides any time soon.

5. Most people warn for child abuse, violence, self-injury, drug addiction, and suicidal ideation, or else only very rarely post about those things. Even if you don’t, I don’t usually unfollow people for it, but it’s possible if you post about those things excessively. That said, I do appreciate warnings for those things if you happen to think of it, so I can scroll past when it’d be better for me to.