I'm a rather old-fashioned but very excitable nerd who has half the world go over his head. If you throw a reference at me, there's a 80% chance it'll fail horribly because what are memes. (: I just muddle along doing my own thing. I was a career professional in campaign politics, government policy, and non-profit management before I became chronically ill and couldn't keep up (and ran screaming from how toxic it is), so I've gone back to school to pursue a PhD and teach. I'm forever a jack-of-all-trades and enjoy learning anything and everything and making things, especially as a cosplayer. Follow my Instagram to see most of my content! Also, the bird's name is Bean. :) He is a Green Cheeked Conure and you can use your channel points to have me feed him treats. If you subscribe you also get cute emotes of him! **Allen art for stinger graphic done by the stunning Sunny Night.** Twitter @Sunny_N1GHT. Insta @sunny__night

- **LGBTQA friendly zone**, any intolerance and offensive statements are not tolerated in the slightest. - **No stereotyping** of any sort that's based on sex/gender, sexual or romantic orientation, race, nationality, politics, or the sort. Even for the sake of "humor". No, you can't make fun of "the heteronormatives" either. It's open season on Karens though. - **Be kind** to people and avoid language and humor that gets weaponized against disadvantaged groups. - **Asking my sexual orientation, debating my gender, or saying things like "he sounds gay" are instant bans.** - **Keep it clean...ish.** Channel is mostly PG-13 with the exception of my having a sailor mouth and using the F-word a lot when gaming. Joking about cursed content is fine. Making jokes that go entirely over my head and poking fun at me for being WAY too pure to comprehend half of what's out there is just expected at this point. (: Making things graphically sexual or gross is not. - **Religion-free zone**. Believe what you want to believe and makes you happy, don't hurt other people in the process, but absolutely no proselytizing or bashing of any religion in chat. - **Be tactful and thoughtful about politics.** I work in politics and do welcome political and current events discussion if it is kept thoughtful and non-combative. Willful ignorance, trolling behavior, and putting human rights issues up for debate is however not tolerated.

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