Welsh is an official language of Wales. This means, legally, it cannot be treated less favourably than English in any part of daily life. So we have bilingual signs and sometimes the translations are… well just awful.
This is a classic and made the news.
Welsh reads “I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated.
Welsh reads “Wines and ghosts”
Welsh reads “Warning workers are exploding”
In English these drinks are alcohol free in Welsh the drinks are free “Alcohol for nothing”.
Um- Welsh reads “Free erections” yes really!
This seems a tad harsh “Injure yourself now”
Wording is fine but the English and the Welsh disagree on right/left
The sign says “Parcio I Bobi Anabl” which is “Parking to bake the disabled” which I don’t think Tesco were going for.
Oh god! I literally lost 20 minutes of my life trying to explain this to a Londoner. No we can’t just let some random person translate our stuff! Welsh is complex, Welsh is regional, and by god if you get it wrong you will make an absolute tit of yourself!
The return of Free Erections! A great week in the Cambrian News.
so many people do not understand that 1) animals are not people, and 2) they aren’t teaching their animals what they THINK they are teaching them.
dog group on the book of faces, someone is asking for advice on how to get their dog to come to them after the dog is done relieving itself outside. The dog doesn’t like coming to them an they spend ten or twenty minutes or more catching the dog each time to bring it in. Which reminded me of one of many attempts to talk a person through trying to fix exactly this same behavior in *many* other dogs over the years…
Me: So, a quick question for you… does the dog not coming to you and you having to chase them down frustrate you?
Them: Of course!
Me: So what do you do when you finally either catch the dog or get them to come to you?
Them: I give the dog a correction!
Me: So. You get hands on your dog and then you immediately punish them for allowing you to get hands on them. And you wonder why your dog has developed the habit of not coming to you?
Them: No, that’s not… I’m punishing them for not coming when I call!
Me: Which was…. fifteen minutes ago, or so, you said?
Them: Yes, when I first called them!
Me: Dogs brains literally cannot link an abstract thought like that. A thought and a consequence MUST happen within 2.4 seconds of one another, or the consequence becomes linked to the most recent behavior, thought, or activity. So, tell me… how is your dog supposed to understand that you punishing them is for the event fifteen minutes ago when you have made such a concerted, if unintentional, effort to teach them that them getting close enough for you to lay hands on them in the yard means an immediate punishment?
Them: But that’s not what I *meant*!
Me: Doesn’t matter what YOU meant… what THEY learned is that they come to you, and they get punished. Stop punishing your dog for the behavior that you want to see more of.
Stop anthropomorphizing your animals, folks. They don’t think like us. Stop setting them - and yourself - up for failure.
So I just learnt there’s this actual thing called the Super Pink Moon, the moon of spring. But “that’s not a reference to its actual color. NASA notes it’s “a name that comes from the herb moss pink native to the eastern US, and one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring.”
Just hours before the start of Eid al-Fitr celebrations, while children anxiously awaited the morning festivities, the Israeli army massacred the Abu Yousef family in the Nuseirat central Gaza Strip , resulting in the killing of at least 13 civilians most of them children.
“Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they’re 15” this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit
To wit:
I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.
In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:
“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”
Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.
Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕
I want you to reblog this if you believe that two people can be very close and physically affectionate with one another, but still have a completely nonsexual, non-romantic relationship.
Even if the two people in question are capable of being sexually or romantically attracted to one another.
Because the friendship I share with someone I consider family in a way that transcends blood has been typecast as a romantic relationship ENTIRELY too many times, and I’m beginning to get sick of it.
i just love your blog so so much thank you for sharing these wonderful little creachures i cant believe im on the same planet at the same time as these little creachures
no you know what I’m going to scream about the stuff I talked about in the tags of this post publicly
I’m tired of the well-meaning “don’t feel bad if your work only gets 20 notes your genius is what counts and do it for you!” bullshit. I’ve had a good handful of friends who have straight up DEACTIVATED in recent months because their work was not getting reblogged AT ALL. No, it wasn’t from lack of not being well-liked, no it wasn’t from lack of trying to make sure it was getting out there to the people they knew would engage with it. It was because no matter how much they were praised privately for their work, when push came to shove, absolutely NOBODY reblogged it and gave it the audience that it was due, and I’m tired of people shoving the “unsung genius” narrative as an excuse for it. Nothing excuses that. And the boop event really proved that.
because I know given the opportunity, indiscriminately pressing a button (sometimes 10 thousand times, as I did) is not beyond this website’s capability. y'all loved doing that. and look at what it wrought. nothing but love and affection and happiness. just from a couple of quick clicks of a little paw button. sure. nobody knew who you booped but the other person (which is how likes used to work on this website, btw). there was an element of anonymity to it. but that is kind of the core of this website that no other social media platform still has: the ability to be anonymous. and hyper-curating a blog on here like you might on twitter or instagram to project an image is simply not viable. and hey. you wanna know a secret: literally nobody cares what you post or whether it goes with the “theme” of your blog or not. yeah. I know. CRAZY concept in this day and age. but literally. I myself have reblogged things that have had nothing to do with whatever I am currently fixated by and you know what happened to my follower count? not a damn thing. in fact, I actively try to reblog things specifically BECAUSE it’s my friends who made them (even though I’m not always good at KEEPING UP WITH HOW MUCH THEY POST @prismatica-the-strange will NEVER GO UNRECOGNIZED by me).
And you know what fucking sucks? I have to deal with this too. surprise right? you ever wonder why I reblog fics or art I post like 20 times the day that I post them? do you ever wonder why I ask about tag lists and beg for asks all the time? IT’S BECAUSE EVEN I GET LIKE. 5 LIKES ON THE THINGS I POST. AND THE REST OF THE REBLOGS ARE MINE SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE WHAT I MAKE GET TO SEE IT. and I say that knowing that I’m certainly not an unpopular blog, or an unpopular writer. I know that people love the stories that I create. Hell, half of the people that I’ve talked to about lady terror have told me that they consider her to be canon (AND EVEN SOME!! THOUGHT SHE WAS!!! WITHOUT EVEN HAVING WATCHED THE SHOW! WHICH IS STILL SO SO WILD TO ME!!!) But especially in the last 4 years (which really dates this phenomenon), my posts, no matter how well received they’ve been amongst people I’ve talked to about them directly, I still go into the notes and at least half (often more than half) are MY reblogs to make sure people saw what I posted. and it happens every single time, and I can’t tell you how much it crushes me considering that it used to be that I would be able to post it only once, and people would reblog it sometimes even HUNDREDS of times.
It’s not about popularity. it never has been. it’s not about anxiety. or shifting website cultures. even if you lurk, the simple fact is, that if you want people to keep making what you love. you have to reblog. your theme won’t suffer because you reblogged a fanfiction that you really admire. your posting won’t be ruined because you reblogged some fanart from someone in a different fandom. really. I promise. and if people do unfollow you for that? who needs em. followers come and go but you should NEVER have to cater to them. on this website it has ALWAYS been the other way around. lean into it. make it yours. put stuff you ACTUALLY WANT to be seen and that you love and appreciate on your blog. no matter how old it is, how new it is, no matter how niche or off-theme it is.
so please. if you really want to show your appreciation for someone’s work? you reblog. it’s really as easy as that. check the tags. add some when you reblog if you like. but please for the love of god reblog. it’s as easy as booping and even more rewarding for the people who you reblog from. if you want to let someone know that their work is genius and appreciate it? show it. reblog. then DM them if you’re too nervous to say what you want to say but not in a public forum. but for christ’s sake. REBLOG.
Hey I’m abt to talk abt religious child abuse so if you’re not up for that keep scrolling
Not to be That Guy ™ yet again but the tag “trainupachild” is a reference to a fundamentalist Christian parenting book that basically recommends beating your child for basically everything and has resulted in child death.
That kid isn’t doing that bc he’s just organically come about this great love for god—he’s doing that because literally dramatic displays of “grace”, ESPECIALLY PUBLICLY in ways that can bring their guardians praise, is one of the few things that will give him a positive response from his guardians
like I get it—we wanna dunk on the mom for being obnoxious, but knowing exactly what that tag means has me absolutely nauseous
Train Up A Child advises parents to use plastic tubes to beat them with because they are less likely to leave marks that might lead to CPS calls. It also says belts and branches are good for places that can’t be seen but does caution to use a “willowy” branch if the child is under the age of one.
Yes, they advocate for hitting infants with sticks
Ppl without ADHD be like “oh if I get rid of all possible distractions then you’ll be forced to focus on the boring task!” Fool… You underestimate my Power
My partner: dear it’s time to get up
Me: but distractions
Partner: I have removed them
Me: sleeps
Person: we have removed all possible distractions
Me: but have you considered this?
Me: *zones out and daydreams*
Person: I have removed all distractions so you can do [insert task]
Me: *chuckles* Silly neurotypical. So naïve… Don’t you see? I AM the distraction.
The distraction is coming from inside the house
That’s cuz this is the exact opposite of what you wanna do with ADHD. If you take away all input your brain is going to shut down. It has nothing to do. You need to find the right passive secondary input that will allow your brain to function enough to start what you need to start. What counts is different for everyone. Snacking, White noise, music, stim toys, podcasts, wiggling. A thing that will give you stimulation but isn’t enough to totally satisfy it so your brain wants to do more. Then you push yourself to do the task because your brain finally has all the pieces it needs to function.
Don’t force yourself into focusing the same way a neurotypical does. It will only hurt you. Find new ways that work for your neurotype.
I struggle a lot with this. :/
Thank you!!! Holmesmutual, this is such good advice!
Is-is this why doing the dishes puts me in the mood to do stuff??????
So we’ve all heard of the “I Want Song” genre in musicals.
But what about the “Let’s talk about the bitch behind their back like they’re not in the room” song, or “singing s*** behing a bitche’s back”. There’s a surprising amount of them.
“Belle” from Beauty and the Beast
“Scrooge” from Muppet Christmas Carol
“Maria” from The Sound of Music
“Look at Me I’m Sandra Dee” from Grease
“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from How The Grinch Stole Christmas
“Jackass In a Can” from Galavant
“Phony King of England” from Robin Hood
“Stepsister’s Lament” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
“Non-Stop” from Hamilton
And, of course, the man, the myth, the legend…
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto
You can learn a lot about a character and story from what they sing versus what other people sing about them.
DO YOU EVER WONDER WHAT PEOPLE SING ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK
Your parents are not “narcissists”. They’re typical authoritarian assholes who treat you like their property because society allows them to.
Your ex boyfriend is not a “narcissist”. He’s a typical misogynistic douchebag who treats women like shit because society allows him to.
Your boss is not a “narcissist”. They’re a typical classist dipshit who thinks workers’ entire purpose in life is to generate profit because society allows them to.
And even if they happen to be a “narcissist”, that’s not what gave them the power to get away with abuse.
So stop blaming mental illness and start blaming society’s normalization of abuse. Stop acting like someone has to have a mental illness in order to do something cruel when ordinary people have been doing atrocious things since forever.
Pathologizing abuse, whether it’s in the home or the workplace, whether it’s physical or emotional or sexual, stops us from being able to recognize the hegemonic structures that make abuse so universal. It is not aberrant, it is completely normal, and that should spur you to action
“They paint a picture of a company – or, more properly, a collection of related companies - where short-staffing and a lack of basic supplies are the norm, where nursing homes have claimed financial losses while collectively paying millions in rent and management fees to companies with the same owners, where horrific outcomes are too common.”
The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call “Little Guy.”
You start a game of Little Guy by saying, “I’m gonna hand you a little guy.” The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. “Oh,” she might say in response, “Okay,” and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy’s size, weight, and general ungainliness.
She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask “Is he soft?” or “Does he seem nervous about being held?” or “If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?” or “Would he like a lil grape?” or “Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children’s book?” but not “Does he have fur,” “Is he a reptile,” “Is he from Asia,” etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.
And I’m not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, “Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?” I can reply, “Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat.” Or if she asks, “Does this little guy have protagonist energy?” I can say something like, “he probably wouldn’t be the main character in a children’s cartoon. He’d probably be the main character’s ditzy best friend who’s always eating sandwiches, or something.”
We’re big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It’s got a different kind of sauce that’s nice if “killing time” and “lowering anxiety” need to happen hand in hand.
does anybody else remember that reality show where they gaslit a bunch of americans into thinking they were competing to marry prince harry but it was really just some guy
