everything about the gestures o the hands convey the concept of a robot that is absolutely fucking pumped to pet a cat and then panics when it doesnt go right
Supernatural creatures existing, but the magical abilities they have are actually super rare, functioning essentially like their species-specific superpowers.
“Holy shit, a dragon. Can you actually spit fire?”
“Oh wow. A human. Do you have telekinesis? Can you move items with the power of your mind? Yeah thought so. Fuck off.”
“Israel’s Defense Military says its forces have seized about five million Israeli Shekels in cash (approximately $1.33 million) in their operations in the Gaza Strip, adding that the money would be put into Israel’s treasury.
🔴 Live updates: aje.io/ta7tnw”. [attachment: stock photo of a pile of Israeli Sheckle notes captioned “live updates war on gaza]
The Tweet is replied to by @/AShihipar which says "so they looted those houses”. End ID 1]
[ID 2: excerpt from the Geneva Conventions: “xvi. Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault;” End ID 2]
I don’t know who needs to hear this but your brain is lying to you and you don’t need to wait until there’s a round number on the clock to go the fuck to bed or start that project or eat a meal.
Here’s a little comprehensive list of all the little acronym neurodivergent creatures I’ve discovered so far.
JK- “Just Kidding” Tourette’s Creature, people with tourette’s don’t voluntarily say or do the tics that might be seen as rude or offensive.
This image also includes
TBH “To be honest” Autism Creature, people with autism typically are very brutally honest.
BTW “By the way” ADHD Creature, people with adhd have a tendency to jump from topic to topic.
Idk “I don’t know” Anxiety Creature, those with anxiety usually don’t understand why they feel so anxious.
Wtf “What the f***” Depression Creature, those with depression are typically upset they cannot seem to escape this feeling.
N/A “None Applicable” Aphantasia Creature, people who have aphantasia cannot or have extreme difficulty with imagining or picturing their thoughts.
TMI “Too Much Information” Misophonia Creature, those who have misophonia cannot properly cancel out certain sounds.
All images are owned by their respective parties, I’ve gotten them off of google images to use for example purposes as of this moment. I’m still not quite sure how links work so forgive the current confusion.
i made my own autism creature because i dont have an autism stare as much as i do an autism resting depression face. its called the BRB and it has long legs with lizard feet to differentiate it from its sibling TBH
this meme made me realise that other people apparently know how to show empathy without personal anecdotes
… how…. please teach me
I’m pretty sure none of us will get answers but please…if someone knows the secrets to showing empathy without personal anecdotes please speak up. We need answers
(Me (adhd + autism) can show empathy, but not sympathy. For me, it’s like I do the exact same thing, but as well as showing empathy through anecdotes I show sympathy through empathy).
I have somethin I guess? I’ve been the Support Friend for most of my life so I managed to get it down to a formula. TW: dog death
1. Ask Questions
This is mainly to keep them talking, that way a) they feel like they have a confidante in you, and b) the pressure is less on you to Say Things. In fact it shouldn’t be about you Saying Things at all, it should be you figuring out where they’re at and trying to understand. E.g. “My dog died, I miss him.” Ask questions, and when they start talking, let them talk. “What was his name?” “How and when did he die?” “Tell me about him.” “What was he like?” “What’s your favourite memory of him?” “When did you first meet him?” “Did you teach him any tricks?” Again the point is to keep them talking, the questions are just to get them on a roll. If you’re worrying about what to say next, listen to what they’re saying and ask details of what they’re currently talking about, or mentally prepare your next question.
2. Listen
Let them talk. The more you listen to them talk, the more they feel like it’s okay to talk to you. If they dwindle off, ask them something else to get them talking again. Upset people usually have a lot to say.
Every now and again you can throw in little sentences like “Wow, what a bitch!” “Aw, so sad.” “What the fuck? Why?” just to prove you’re still listening and following, and haven’t wandered off into space.
3. When they’re done, give it back to them
It’s a technique called mirroring. Sum up whatever you heard in short form - if they’ve talked for half an hour about the little details of their deceased pet, say something like “It sounds like he was a very good boy/sounds like he meant a lot to you/sounds like you will miss him.” It’s been known to make people dissolve into a sobbing mess, because this is the part where you prove you’ve done your homework, you listened, you care, you get it.
4. If you really want to offer a solution, ask first. You can just skip this step altogether tbh.
Only when someone has finished talking about whatever is upsetting them, ask if you can help. “Can I offer some advice?” Now is the time for SHORT anecdotes. Short. It’s not about you sharing your story, it’s about them getting advice. Remember they don’t have to take your advice, again it’s about them and their emotions, and they know themselves best. “When my dog died, I did this. Would that help?” “I read somewhere about doing this. Maybe try that and see how it goes?”
Hope this helps y’all. The TL;DR of all this is basically listen, and prove you’re listening.
This is something I’ve been meaning to talk about, and I may do a full blog post at some point, but here’s a capsule version:
The Benign Violation Theory of humor, which is probably the best one out there, suggests that something is perceived as funny when it is simultaneously perceived as violating how the world “should” work and as benign. Something like the “gun” meme, for example, is funny because it violates our sense of how a joke should progress, and at the same time it’s harmless.
Racist/sexist/etc shock humor violates our sense of how the world work–in either a “that’s not true!” or “you’re not allowed to say that!” way–and therefore whether you find it funny is based on whether you find it benign, which is to say either you think it’s harmless or you don’t care about the people it harms. (This is the root of the punch up/kick down distinction–jokes that punch up are funnier than jokes that kick down because the people they target are less vulnerable and therefore less likely to experience harm.)
So yes, science agrees that if you think racist jokes are funny, the reason is that you don’t care about the feelings of the people the joke is about. There’s a word for that.
This humor is so fucking advanced yet so fucking simple at the same time
[image description: a comic. A molecule says “hello it is me helium. I am a noble gas”. Meme man, who’s dressed in a dark brown waistcoat and powdered wig, angrily asks “noble?” And puts the molecule in a guillotine. Cut to a nuclear explosion. End ID]
That’s a blue-tongued skink. They love chicken, but chicken nuggets are never okay because of how heavily processed they are and all the spices/flavoring. This bluey is probably okay after a single chicken nugget, but it’s definitely something that could make them sick if they eat too many or eat it too often.
Good news is that this is a [very good] photoshop and not a real image! The original image is by Silverfox on twitter, and was part of an art/photoshop challenge.
i’d be really curious to know what percent of queerbaiting is
a) an intentional marketing scheme to stir interest in the project and attract certain fanbases (lgbtq people and young women) vs.
b) members of the creative team genuinely wanting to write queer characters but the corporate side of things force them to tone it down but they still leave little hints vs.
c) they legitimately did not know how gay something would come across
The answer:
A is 100%. Because B and C are not queerbaiting. The literal meaning and definition of it is A.
Please tumblr learn the difference and stop shitting on good shows
Anyone who’s still not clear:
Teen Wolf show-makers asking fans what they wanted, getting the answer ‘canon-queer relationships’ and then just hinting at Stiles being bi and having the characters people ship hang out platonically is queer-baiting
Gravity Falls having the two male police officers hold hands and show genuine affection to one another, but not being allowed to confirm they were married because the studio wanted to sell the show to Russia and China is queer-coding
Arthur Conan Doyle genuinely not understanding why some people would think two men living together, declaring their undying affection for one another, and constantly referring to Holmes as a ‘confirmed bachelor’ was a bit gay is queer-subtext
How to get the burlap off me i was at the buddy race again and guess what well i fucked up badly again as usual which is getting normal for me because im starting to realize im a failure to society even if i low key dont even do anything wrong so any ways i crush my teams egg instantly with my heavy duty iron hands and also fell on a kid and crushed it sevearly before we even got the spoon and ppl started shouting and me and throwing rocks and me and giving me threats when it is literaly just a game and those werrent the only eggs i saw the other eggs and plus some stupid kid broke itd egg to and nobody gave a fuck about it so i guess they just have a problem with me inherantly maybe because of discrimiantion of my sexuality so any way i was hopping as fast as i fcking could away from the picnic but i was falling a bunch and fell on the highway realy hard and got ran over by 6 cars and 3 trucks and 1 huge truck and it hurt badly every time
shut the fuck up jerry i know luigi looked beautiful you are just a miserable little hater and ur mad bc nobody wants to marry u meanwhile ppl everywhere are lining up to marry luigi and that makes u sooooo mad go blow up and die about it
reblog this if you are part of the tcc, but you still respect people of colour, gay people, transgender people, people who suffer from mental illness, disabled people, etc.
looking at “cringe sonic ocs” and it reminds me that people usually stop calling it cringe only if and when the art is supposedly good. like ive seen several suddenly get banger updated art a decade later and theyre “awesome now”. like you cant act like you didnt dog on it in winters past bc now it “looks good”. you aren’t suddenly “in on the joke”, you’re the one that turned someone’s special guy into a target in the first place. eat my shoe
you’re not cool for shitting on ocs.
and this goes for any and all ocs/aus. your self insert, your recolor, your sonas, your oc x canon, your mary sue, your fankid/family, your edgelord, your joke ocs, even your random background characters etc. they’re all important because they were made by someone. nobody’s oc is more valid than the other just because its “drawn/designed/written better” or their origins are “pure”. you can’t gatekeep how or why ocs are made. bullying people for having fun is a loser profession.
to those who have faced this bullying, you may try to hide and attempt to exclude yourself from this post because you’re embarrassed. maybe you did write and share self-servicing stories of everyone falling in love with your self insert at age 11 on wattpad. but at the end of the day it made you happy; those who shun you chose to feel that way, you did not make them.
please be kind to your past “cringe”, because that was once your present happiness.
and dearly behated, “cringe aficionados”, self-employ some fucking childish wonder and go make an oc.
If you fall for a social media prank, do you reblog/pass it on to your followers?
This is funnier on mobile. It’s like hot gluing a coin to the sidewalk but the glue pools out under it making it obvious at a glance that it is a prank.
i understand why people like the queue and i do respect you guys for using it but that is just not how i roll. if i think these 37 posts are funny you’re seeing them right fucking now
normalise being bad at roofs in minecraft. normalise not being able to make an aesthetically pleasing roof to save your life in minecraft.
Normalize just digging into the side of a mountain to avoid making roofs in Minecraft
yall need me to tap the sign?
here’s a roof guide that i use because i used to be shit
i dont remember the source, b/c ive had this for like years, but i suggest messing around with these roofs with different shapes/sizes of buildings
in fact, you can mix and match and have one roof with a side room with a different roof on it
honestly, have fun
I’ve had these saved for a long time and unfortunately don’t know the source either, but here are the other tutorials from this artist if anybody is interested!
Oh! These are super cool!
not me just litterally building a flat roof or digging into a mountain or litterally chucking some tnt somewhere and sealing it up, leveling the floor qnd leaving an entrance while other people are out here being full on architects
I can’t believe paying minimum wage is like a culturally acceptable thing for bosses to do to their employees
if I came into work and went “nah, I think im gonna do the absolute bare minimum” I would be fired. we need to start firing bosses who only pay minimum wage. out of cannons
I think something people don’t understand or often misrepresent about psych wards in the US is that even if you sign yourself in voluntarily, you’re often doing so because the alternative is being committed. They tell you you’ll be able to leave whenever you want if you go in “voluntarily,” but this is very often not true if, once you’re admitted, they decide it’s “too dangerous” or you’re too unstable to let you leave. And then, you’re essentially committed anyway. I see posts by people that make it seem like involuntary and voluntary stays are a sort of…binary thing at US hospitals/facilities and it’s just not true. Or that voluntary stays are somehow safer or offer people more autonomy. If you go in, they have the final say about when you leave whether you’re “voluntary” or not. They can ship you to a state hospital long-term against your will from a “voluntary” stay in a psych ward. I know firsthand. Just…look out for yourselves and your loved ones, folks.
In 1973, Stanford University professor David Rosenhan conducted an experiment where he and 8 other people with no history of mental illness faked symptoms of auditory hallucinations in order to be admitted to different psychiatric hospitals across multiple states. The moment they were inside, they immediately stopped any pretence of experiencing hallucinations and informed staff that the hallucinations had stopped. Despite acting and being perfectly sane, they all were forced to admit to having a mental illness and to be put on antipsychotic medications before any of the hospitals allowed them to be released. All but one was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The second part of the experiment was a specific hospital challenging him to send them fake patients because they would clearly spot the real ones from the fakes. Then over the next few weeks the hospital listed 41 of their 193 new patients as probable fakers. And Rosenhan revealed he never sent anyone. It was all them getting themselves worked up and denying care to those that needed it because of baseless discrimination.
Can I watch a great film knowing the actresses in it were terrorized and mistreated the entire time? Can I watch a football game knowing that the players are getting brain injuries right before my eyes? Can I listen to my favorite albums anymore knowing that the singers were all beating their wives in between studio sessions? Can I eat at the new fancy taco place knowing when the building that used to be there got bulldozed eight families got kicked out of their homes so they could be replaced with condos and a chain restaurant? Can I wear the affordable clothes I bought downtown that were probably assembled in a sweatshop with child labor? Can I eat quinoa?
Can I eat this burger? Can I drink this bottled water? Can I buy a car and drive to work because I’m sick of taking an hour each way on the subway? Whose bones do I stand on? Whose bones am I standing on right now?
On one hand, it’s a privilege to be able to choose to acknowledge these horrors or not–we’re going to acknowledge that privilege. On the other hand, I once attended a lecture by the explorerer-conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s daughter and son and they had a lot of opinions about what we could do to help the environment and the ocean and I talked about how in my country, we have to drink bottled water, because it’s a desert and there’s only salt water all around, but we’re contributing to pollution and all of these things…
And she looked at me and told me not to fall into the trap of “activist guilt.” I couldn’t remember the exact words, but, it was the first time I’d heard the term and it took a weight off my shoulders.
We do what we can. It’s so much better than giving up entirely or not doing anything at all because we can’t do it perfectly. It doesn’t benefit anyone in the end if we just sit around feeling guilty about every little thing in life. I’d just joined tumblr back then (haha, so like, eight or nine years ago at this point?), I was being exposed to way more than I’d ever been before (I was previously just into feminism and animal rights/wildlife conservation/environmentalism since I was a kid), and it was weighing on me.
As long as humans are humans and living flawed lives, many consumed by greed, there will not be anything in this world untouched by evil.
I usually avoid stuff that says it was made in China or other cheap looking knockoffs, out of fear of them being made in sweatshops (now, I know even a lot of big brands use those…), it’s exhausting. Then, I read something about how people who actually lived and worked in those would still buy this cheap stuff and how this shocked the foreigner reporting on it, but they just looked confused like, it’s what they can afford and them avoiding consuming it isn’t going to change the whole system from the ground-up.
… it went on about how “money talks” and choosing where to put your money still feeds the whole capitalist system and is nearly a way of comforting yourself, but you not buying doesn’t mean everyone else isn’t. What needs to be tackled is at a much higher level than any of us can reach.
Of course, I’d still, given the choice, give my money to companies I agree with and I’ll boycott what I know to support awful stuff, but I also feel no superiority over this and know now it’s not as black and white or easy as I thought it was.
This is the same reason that moral purity “you can’t enjoy [x] because it’s Problematic ™” is such nonsense, because nothing is pure. There’s something bad about everything if you dig deep enough. As long as we lived in flawed human societies we’ve got to make the best of what they offer us. If you have the choice and means, please, do support those who do good, but also, don’t beat yourself up over not living up to an unattainable ideal.
No one can. You’ll just make yourself so miserable, you either burn up and stop fighting entirely or you’ll make yourself a non-productive, depressed heap just out of a bleeding heart left unchecked. You can’t make a change to this world if you refuse to engage in it.
Purity is one of the worst, most harmful myths humans ever invented.
Rebloging for this amazing reply telling us how to actually handle this, because yeah, sometimes I’ll simply shut down trying to find something that doesn’t cause harm to anyone
