why do so many teenagers follow me. you know i do drugs right.
advice for teens: don’t do drugs and drive, don’t do drugs with people that don’t care about you or people you feel responsible for, don’t do drugs for the first time in public, and don’t do drugs for the first time alone. also tbh i would recommend not doing anything stronger than weed or alcohol until you’re above the age of 18. also nicotine isn’t as good as you think it is. addiction is real and seek help if you find yourself leaning on a substance to clear your head/relax more than, like, twice per week. stay safe.
telling teens not to do drugs doesn’t work. practical advice like this is so important.
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All of this. In my experience, these days, People are experimenting with drugs for the first time mostly in their late teens and early 20s. Drugs can be safe and fun if you’re safe about them. We’re all just shambling piles of chemicals, might as well tweak the chemical mixture around a bit and feel nice. Here are my quick additions:
Reemphasizing not to consume a mind altering substance for the first time alone, and make sure the other person is sober too. You can think you’re going to adhere to all of the other points while sober, but make sure you have someone to hold you to that until you know how you act while under the influence of a particular drug.
Don’t mix drugs for your first time taking them. There are some combinations you should never mix, and make sure to research those before you try.
Anyone trying to sell you grand revelations and life changing experiences with a drug is probably not to be trusted, tbh.
Recreational drugs can and will be used to make you more pliable, suggestible, or in states where its more difficult for you to refuse something. For any situation where you’re doing drugs with unfamiliar people, make sure you have a backup plan to leave the situation- whether thats a trusted person to pick you up, a safe place within a safe walking distance, etc.
I’ve been hurt badly by all of these, even with “benign” intoxicants like alcohol and weed. I’ve started consuming again safely, however, and I still enjoy it.
Stay safe out there and have fun.
on a similar note to not mixing drugs, CHECK FOR INTERACTIONS WITH ANY MEDICINE YOU ARE TAKING. You do NOT want to find out two hours too late that your painkillers don’t work all of a sudden or your daily pills are neutralized. IIRC nicotine reduces the effectiveness of hrt as well so thats another reason to avoid it
the first sentient robot to realize deceased humans and animals can’t be repaired or backed up on a server is gonna be so devastated
Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudging a body: i fix Little robot, nudg
That second part appears to be the AI giving advice to adopt a fantasy dragon
ohhh, this is interesting, because I’ve very rarely been able to source exactly what the AI is plagiarizing, but in this case it’s very clearly this piece of creative writing by Kim Watt
2am thoughts be like “okay but what if i brought back the safavid dynasty in the mojave desert and led it as the shadow of god on earth? it would probably work because the ottomans arent real anymore”
when i crown myself as shah abbasid the younger my first command is that you shall all pluck out your eyes to cushion my feet as i walk should i demand it. my second command is that i am assigning you all fursonas and you DO have to jack off to them
this is why i really should never be given more authority than a moderator of a modestly large but still very close knit discord community btw
Of the Americans who fought in Korea or Vietnam, none were “innocent” by virtue of having been drafted. The moral choice there was to either dodge the draft, defect to the other side, or frag the guy giving orders. Anyone who chose otherwise was a criminal and a murderer. And once the draft was over and the army became volunteer-only, all the excuses vanished. Yes, there are people who were in Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria who regretted it, but regretting your crime doesn’t undo it. That’s just the minimum requirement for being a decent human being in the aftermath.
To everyone who says “you leftists can’t go around hating on the troops, don’t you want them to join the revolution?” I say “why would they join us if they couldn’t handle being told the truth about the genocidal terrorist organization they volunteered for?” If their reaction upon hearing people call the US military murderers and terrorists is to deny or equivocate or rationalize their participation, then they’re not yet fit to be a revolutionary. If we’re trying to dismantle the imperialist warmongering empire that continues to use its might and influence to murder millions around the world that is the United States, what good is a person who balks at the notion that the troops who volunteer to pledge their lives and their loyalty in service of this empire might be complicit in its crimes?
An American soldier or veteran who is not ready to admit they were wrong will not be any more ready to join us if we lie to them and say they made no mistake in joining the US military. We only weaken our own messaging and our own position if we refuse to condemn not just the US military as an organization but all those who continue to participate in and defend its actions. The troops are not innocent.
I don’t agree with this. I understand the baseline argument here, but not everyone actually had options. These were mostly kids getting drafted. Like, straight out of high school. They didn’t have life experience, or political awareness, or an understanding of what was really going on. This also downplays how effective propaganda is. Some 18 y/o from the rural deep south just isn’t going to have the tools to make the informed decisions that you or I could with the ocean of information and opinions we have now. It was a fucked up, rigged system from the start and we should focus on the monsters that run that system and not the civilians that get caught by it.
Where did I say that we should “focus” on people who were drafted into Korea or Vietnam? Obviously the draft sucked for a lot of reasons and it wasn’t the fault of anyone who was drafted against their will. That said, if someone holds a gun to your back and tells you to torch a home with kids inside, do you think the moral choice is to do it? The draftees weren’t threatened with death if they refused. 99 out of 100 draft dodgers during Vietnam (and that’s out of those that actually dodged the draft, not those with deferments) never even saw a day in prison. Prison time was also rare for those charged with desertion or cowardice. If we can agree that “just following orders” wasn’t an excuse for the Nazis, who had far harsher punishments for draft dodgers and deserters, why should that be an excuse for American soldiers in Korea or Vietnam?
Why should propaganda be an excuse, either? Propaganda is a reason why someone would willingly sign up for military service. It’s not a legal defense. US soldiers aren’t brainwashed. Most of them, I would assume, had the full capacity to make their own decisions. We have US soldiers on record talking about how they were aware they were killing civilians in Vietnam and that the government was fraudulently reporting those deaths as enemy combatants. You could say they couldn’t have known what Agent Orange would do, but you can’t say the same for bullets, bombs, or napalm.
US troops were complicit when they followed orders to “shoot everything that moves”, when they bombed cities and towns and villages, when they raped women and children. US troops were complicit when they saw their fellow soldiers do these things and kept their mouths shut. Being drafted doesn’t explain why these things happened. Propaganda doesn’t explain why these things happened. Racism and imperialism explain why these things happened.
The US government made the choice to invade Korea and Vietnam, and the US troops made the choice to follow orders, or worse. If we have to append “but remember, the troops were drafted!” to the end of every statement condemning the US atrocities in these wars, we’re only undermining our own argument. The US military is not a liberatory force, and US troops are not pawns with no agency or motives of their own. I think it’s a lot better to tell anyone still in the military that they have a choice and can think for themselves and choose not to be a racist imperial stooge than it is to tell them “you have no agency, you’re just a tool for the government, and you are not to blame for anything you do”. Let’s praise the draft dodgers, the deserters, the defectors, the whistleblowers and the saboteurs. Let’s raise them up as an example of good conduct for every US troop to follow.
so i was fully prepared to rip into Tumblr for trying to pull its “queerest place on the internet” rainbow capitalism bullshit again this year… but it’s actually feeling kind of disconcerting that it doesn’t seem like they’ve actually done anything for Pride, as far as i can tell…
like, to be clear, this isn’t me being like “;-; why Tumblr no Pride?”
it’s more that Simpsons meme of “(chuckles) i’m in danger”
rainbow capitalism is a cheap and hollow marketing ploy, but companies suddenly not doing it this year - especially ones like Tumblr who have at least tried to make it a part of their brand - isn’t a great sign, either.
it’s like when there’s no bugs in an area of nature. Sure, some of em can be annoying or even dangerous when present, but the lack of them is a much worse sign.
i feel that rainbow capitalism should mostly just be seen as the canary in the coal mine for lgbt safety, and currently that canary has stopped singing
every pride month some chronically online dipshit makes a post that’s like “if you’re a bi person and don’t eat pasghetti and meatballs you’re not a true bisexual” and it gets 6k likes on Twitter and all the replies are like “yea yea op has a point all bisexuals HAVE to eat pasghetti and meatballs”
I understand the sentiment, but you could have picked a better example since, while I can’t speak for all bisexuals, if I do not eat pasghetti and meatballs I will Die
[original post that sof’s library (@/folkoftheshelf) is reacting to: Globe Eye News reports: “White House says no "genocide” happening in Gaza.“ May 13, 2024]
There is no pedophilia at pride or any trend of pedophilia among LGBT people, that’s a right-wing conspiracy theory. But your question is worded like you already know that and you think I said otherwise? Or is someone going around saying this was a thing?
(Edited to add this wouldn’t be bait or trolling, no, op is a nice person I’ve seen around)
when i say i like hiking, i don’t mean “eight mile backpacking trip with special gear and an emergency beacon” sort of hiking, i mean a three mile loop to go look at pretty things and then a huge brunch after.
this is in no way a slam on hardcore hiking, it’s very fun, but i mostly just need to lower people’s expectations when i say hiking is a hobby of mine
“No no, that’s ranger hiking. I like hobbit hiking.”
trying to figure out the funniest crackpot stance on who is the current Roman emperor, and accepting suggestions (tenuous historical justification required)
if you are depressed and feel life has no meaning / you feel like you have no identity and life is overwhelming - check if you have anchor points.
what are anchor points? they are what make us human, and allow us to perceive time and self. humans are not, alone, able to identify ourselves without building upon our surroundings and interactions. we are our reflection, not just ourselves. so, anchor points are any sort of routine that allows you to look forward to something and keep track of time. it is why stress comes with change and lack of schedule.
anchor points can be as little as keeping a calendar, doing a weekly thing for a certain day of the week, talking to people on certain days, any ritual of some sort to identify what day is which and give it some sort of meaning and routine.
if you feel like you were stable before a huge change that ruined your routine or sense of self, you are most likely lacking anchor points and struggling to look forward to things because of the uncertainty. You may become obsessed with finding things to occupy yourself in fear of nothing sticking and giving you the ongoing feeling of existing and having meaning to exist.
you do matter, you do exist, you never changed. you just need to regain your grasp of time and work your way back into routine. we are herd animals, always ready to find a buffalo.
if you are depressed and feel life has no meaning / you feel like you have no identity and life is overwhelming - check if you have anchor points.
what are anchor points? they are what make us human, and allow us to perceive time and self. humans are not, alone, able to identify ourselves without building upon our surroundings and interactions. we are our reflection, not just ourselves. so, anchor points are any sort of routine that allows you to look forward to something and keep track of time. it is why stress comes with change and lack of schedule.
anchor points can be as little as keeping a calendar, doing a weekly thing for a certain day of the week, talking to people on certain days, any ritual of some sort to identify what day is which and give it some sort of meaning and routine.
if you feel like you were stable before a huge change that ruined your routine or sense of self, you are most likely lacking anchor points and struggling to look forward to things because of the uncertainty. You may become obsessed with finding things to occupy yourself in fear of nothing sticking and giving you the ongoing feeling of existing and having meaning to exist.
you do matter, you do exist, you never changed. you just need to regain your grasp of time and work your way back into routine. we are herd animals, always ready to find a buffalo.
[ID: A simple drawing of a stickman with a flat mouth and tiny, stressed eyes putting their arms onto a surface in front of them and leaning over it. Text placed behind the figure, occasionally being cut off by going behind their head, reads “I need to code I need to make my own website I need to animate I need to learn Blender I need to draw I need to paint I need to learn another language I need … utube channel I need to start … ed to make a game I need to make … ke a show I need to make a movie”
An arrow pointing at the figures head is captioned “Not doing any of this” / End ID]
The first one is Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, AKA The Moonies. A Christian Church that believes Moon is the Messiah.
In the 70s they allied themselves politically with the Republican Party. They own the far-right newspaper The Washington Times. Here’s Moon with both Nixon and Reagan.
The second one is Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong, a cult that believes that Hongzhi is the reincarnation of a divine being here to help humanity ascend.
They’re also allied with the Republican Party and the American right-wing. They own the far-right newspaper The Epoch Times (whose CEO was recently charged with money-laundering $67 million)
Shen Yun is a “traditional Chinese dance” that Falun Gong completely made up to promote and finance their cult. Exploiting the fact that western audiences don’t know any better.
They promote it as “authentic Chinese culture” and “China before Communism” even though it was created in 2006 (and Falun Gong itself was formed in 1992).
I know about the Moonies because of a Binding of Isaac mod, of all things, made by someone who got out. They have a post on their tumblr where they talk about the experiences that led them to make it. They have other posts where they talk about the group too.
Needless to say, it’s a mix of violence, worshipping the figurehead, and customs designed to isolate and degrade the members so that they stay dependant on the cult. Oh, and let’s not forget insisting everything bad that happens to you is the work of evil spirits and/or punishment for your sins (or maybe your ancestors’ sins. some of them probably sinned.) Not to mention the grifting. Why pray for the things you need when you can buy magic paper that will carry your wishes to heaven? Oh, but evil spirits might intercept your wish, so be sure to buy extra paper, just in case!
Steven Hassan is a cult expert and former member of the Moonies who writes books about how cults work and how to combat cult mind control. He also has a podcast called The Influence Continuum about the topic.
He coined the BITE Method, a mnemonic device of the different methods cults use to try to control and brainwash you. It stands for: Behavior control, Information control, Thought control, and Emotion control.
I’m probably not the first person to figure this out, but it just clicked for me. Percy Jackson never technically made a decision that would be the rise or fall of Olympus on his 16th birthday, he made one the day before. This is because he never actually turned sixteen. He, multiple times, got stuck in places where time was warped, like the lotus casino, and calypso island. He physically, never turned sixteen.
Instead, at the beginning of SoN, where he finds Juno (Hera) he makes the big choice of going into the water into safety or bringing her to Camp Jupiter. Thats roughly 2months after the Battle of Manhattan, as we don’t know how long went by before he went missing. In SoN, he said he’d been on the run for 2 months. If you go and add up the times where he was frozen in time, like calypso and the casino those two are 3 weeks, probably a little over a month including the Labyrinth.
This is a strong hypothetical, but if you went back and added up all the times he was frozen, my hypothesis assumes that they would add ip to, or near the rough two months between SoN and TLO. Don’t quote me on this, this is a stupid theory I’ve thought about before. Also, First post of Tumblr!
Where’s that post that’s like “I can’t buy expensive things like plane tickets on my phone, I have to use my laptop, big purchases are for the big screen”
Because apparently this is a literal actual thing that retailers hate cuz you think more before spending a lot of money, they want you to spend a lot without thinking about it so much
Where’s that post that’s like “I can’t buy expensive things like plane tickets on my phone, I have to use my laptop, big purchases are for the big screen”
Because apparently this is a literal actual thing that retailers hate cuz you think more before spending a lot of money, they want you to spend a lot without thinking about it so much
I reblogged this like a year and a half ago and IT CONTINUES!?
ITS BACK OMG
Omg it’s here!
THIS CUTE I WANNA CONTINUE IT
Ok I tried because this is so cute
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDFFDFF
IT GOT EVEN BETTER OMG
This has to be the most adorable thing I’ve seen today.
This gave me so many happy and cute feels
every time this circles back there’s always more, I love you all
this warms my heart on so many levels <3
ITS BACK
I’m just sitting here
Hitting my knee
Squealing and smiling omfg
hey remember that time tumblr wrote an. entire. gay webcomic.
This just goes to show that we can all do great things if we collaborate and accept each other.
AAAAAAHH ITS BACK
THIS IS SOOOOO ADORABLE ♡♡♡♡♡♡
Only because it’s fucking cute!!!
This is so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Let it continue!!! Here’s my addiction
If the text is to small:
Happy birthday!!! ……….. I’ll see you later today? If you want…. I have something Important to ask you,,,, >.> <.< ^_^;; ^///////^
Keepin it rollin!
My contribution to this adorable story ^^
Can I request naming the big guy Damian and the little one Ollie?
Plot twist. I kinda want the big one to be Ollie and the little guy Damian.
Double plot twist: same
i added sum more–
This is my favorite.
B E A U T I F U L
The last hand kiss got me…..oh wow.
IT’S B A C K
i love this so much
HI YES THIS IS MY CONTRIBUTION
It got so much better than the last time i saw it!!❤❤❤
LAST I WAS HER ETHERE WAS A DIFFERENTS TORY ITS BRANCHING AND I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER
This fucking comic had been added to over the course of six years. That’s insane, it’s beautiful. It’s inspiring, all these people from different places at different times some have moved on other still here it’s wild.
oh my hecc i love it
YES THERES MORE
I will always reblog this
I can’t. Too cute. This gave me too many feels at 2:30 in the morning. I need more but I can’t draw.
you guys realize ‘reblog bait’ is a trigger tag for psychosis that can be set off by posts that say things like ‘reblog this or your dog dies’ ‘reblog this or you’ll never be happy again’ ‘reblog this to win a million dollars’ and not for posts like ‘hey rb this and put in the tags x thing’ right
okay since some people in the notes are confused, and to be fair I didn’t word this post very well, here’s some examples on how to tag things
reblog bait: reblog this and you’ll have good luck for 10 years
reblog game: reblog and put your favorite color in the tags
reblog bait: if you don’t reblog this, we can’t be mutuals
reblog game: reblog to give your mutuals a stuffed animal
reblog bait: you’re a terrible person if you don’t share this, I don’t care about your blogs aesthetic
reblog game: reblog and tell me if you’re right or left handed
basically, just think. is the post giving a threat, ultimatum or guilt trip? if so, it goes under reblog bait! a post saying to reblog but doesn’t have anything like the above would go under reblog game. hope this clears stuff up
you guys realize ‘reblog bait’ is a trigger tag for psychosis that can be set off by posts that say things like ‘reblog this or your dog dies’ ‘reblog this or you’ll never be happy again’ ‘reblog this to win a million dollars’ and not for posts like ‘hey rb this and put in the tags x thing’ right
okay since some people in the notes are confused, and to be fair I didn’t word this post very well, here’s some examples on how to tag things
reblog bait: reblog this and you’ll have good luck for 10 years
reblog game: reblog and put your favorite color in the tags
reblog bait: if you don’t reblog this, we can’t be mutuals
reblog game: reblog to give your mutuals a stuffed animal
reblog bait: you’re a terrible person if you don’t share this, I don’t care about your blogs aesthetic
reblog game: reblog and tell me if you’re right or left handed
basically, just think. is the post giving a threat, ultimatum or guilt trip? if so, it goes under reblog bait! a post saying to reblog but doesn’t have anything like the above would go under reblog game. hope this clears stuff up
[original post that sof’s library (@/folkoftheshelf) is reacting to: Globe Eye News reports: “White House says no "genocide” happening in Gaza.“ May 13, 2024]
“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”
not even risking that shit
scrolled past this, re-evaluated my life, then SCROOOLLLED back up and hit the damn reblog button.
She ain’t no games in real life so I take her serious all the time
Anyone with a name that starts with a “Z”, ends with an “i”, and isn’t some kind of Italian pasta, IS SERIOUS
I’m not climbing no mountain with a pig on my back, 🙅🏽🙅🏾🙅🏿 Negative.
Nope. I know better, have your reblog Madame Zeroni.
who the fuck is Madame Zeroni
Look at these stupid children who don’t know who Madame Zeroni is
☝🏾😂
Man lissen if you don’t know you better ask somebody AFTER you hit the reblog button
Idk who she is but I have an exam today so I’ll reblog her
idk who she is but i have an exam today so i’ll reblog her ^Haiku^bot^0.4. Sometimes I do stupid things (but I have improved with syllables!). Beep-boop!
Because wise, I am.
Oh fucks no she’s back lmao must reblog. I’m sorry guys
Oh I’m not risking it! I’ve seen Holes and know the risks!
Keep those yellow spotted lizards away from me!!!
Don’t know who this girl is. Don’t care. I’ma reblog this before something bad happens
I love myself and my family way too much for me to just scroll past this
OOHHHHH THAT LADY ALR
I’m not sure who this is but I’m also kinda scared so reblogging to not fail my 2 exams
not risking it
I am terrified.
me too tbh
mhm mhm cant risk it
what if my family doesnt get potato water
hehe nope nope nope
Not risking, that deadpan glare is enough of a scare-
ALT
