Having your main anxiety response be Avoidance is crazy cause you’ll think you’re chillin and then one day you’re like waitttt I’ve been paralyzed with fear this whole time. Damn
Was anybody else playing dead the whole time they were teenagers or is that just a me problem. Like I’m 20 now and I’m like Oh shit I didn’t do anything. Because I’m scared
I feel like 90% of “ancient curses” are probably adequately explained by the fact that the self-proclaimed adventurers who ostensibly fell victim to them were, as a class, a bunch of dipshits who engaged in frequent international travel in an era before antibiotics and vaccines. Like, the list of novel pathogens these guys were risking exposure to on a regular basis was effectively “all of them”. That’s gotta leave a mark.
firm believe that not everything happens for a reason, sometimes things are just cruel. and they shouldn’t have happened and it’s not supposed to be a lesson because we never deserved such thing.
hm some people in my inbox got really mad at this specifically. nothing you can say will convince me that some of the pain and suffering we go through is our “fate” no, it isn’t
@rokirovka blease tell me what these poor benighted motherfuckers are saying
@theminism tbf speakers 1 and 2 seem like pretty reasonable people… i can’t really translate much of what the benighted motherfuckers involved are saying since they’re farther away (and swearing is hard to translate) but here goes nothing lmao just for you
speaker 1: What, they can’t drive out of each other’s way?
speaker 2: It looks like they can’t drive out of each other’s way. There’s not enough space. And they’re fighting.
speaker 1: They should have just pulled off and let the excavator go first.
speaker 2 [interrupting]: Of course.
speaker 1: What the heck are they doing over there
speaker 2: What the heck
speaker 1: Woah woah what the heck okay wow
speaker 2: What the hell [gets out of car] Hey, hey guys! What the f[this is where the beep comes in] are you doing!
speaker 3: Don’t take pictures!
speaker 2: I’m filming!
speakers 3 and 4: [inaudible] Don’t take pictures! Put the phone away!
speaker 2: Guys, calm down!
[the reckoning arrives]
speakers 3 and 4: [general yelling] No no no! f[beep]! Wow! Wow! [yelling continues inaudibly]
speaker 2: Wow guys! [laughs] Fuck, dudes! Wow you messed up! [laughs] now that, man, is a fuck up! Motherf[beep]! Get ‘em!
I just found the earliest email I ever sent from my email address, and it’s the funniest goddamn thing I can possibly imagine a fourth grader sending her teacher:
(Context - my fourth grade teacher was on maternity leave, and the state of the classroom fish tank was dire under the substitute teacher’s tyrannical rule. The class convened at recess, and decided to inform our (24yo, new mother) former teacher of the situation. I was selected as the duly appointed representative for this solemn communication.)
sees this on the highway and violently aggressively tailgates them for miles and begins smashing into the side of their car until their car flies off the road off a cliff with them and their baby and explodes like in action movie
Y'all will literally say “i want to kill a mother and her child” because the mom likes Harry Potter and be proud of the sentence you just said 🤦
body neutrality is NOT, “so long as you’re happy and healthy, your body is a good body”. it’s about getting rid of the idea of a “good body” at all. it’s saying that your body is A BODY, and having a body is a neutral feature of all humans. it’s saying that specific bodies shouldn’t be focussed on more than others, because all bodies are bodies
when you say “so long as you’re happy and healthy”, you’re not actually helping. because. unless you’ve put in the hard work of deconstructing what you think “happiness” and “healthiness” look like, I can guarantee “happy and healthy” is just going to loop back to ableism and fatphobia
I feel lucky that my pet became a meme that was not adopted and used by nazis. everyone that has told me they adore this meme is a cool person and not a scumbag loser. if she became the face of a crypto scam or the name of an illegal government entity id have a crisis
my unpopular opinion is that i hate tiktok because now people just publicly watch loud ass videos in public spaces with no regard for anyone else. 100% it was not this bad with youtube, it’s such a different thing with tiktok. put on headphones. you are grown.
Girl……
This is it! This is what social media/smart tech have done! They’ve rotted away any distinction between private and public.
Yes, we do have the right to make demands on public behavior. Of course we do. Have you never heard of laws and etiquette? I’m not allowed to grocery shop naked. You can’t rummage through my purse. I can’t have a work meeting in the middle of a movie theatre.
I remember when it was taboo simply to answer your cell phone in public. The person answering would apologize and try to go to a more private area. Then public calls were normalized. Then putting people on speaker. Then listening to music without headphones. Do you know how many times I have hiked up a mountain or driven to the beach, only to be met with someone blaring shitty top 40 music from their portable speaker, because Heaven forbid you go one hour without noise?
Old woman yells at cloud and all that, but I can’t believe someone is not only admitting this behavior, but saying it’s a good thing! No one likes you! You’re a menace!
BEING INCONSIDERATE OF OTHERS IS STILL BAD.
It was obnoxious when it was youtube.
It was obnoxious when it was music.
It was obnoxious when it was the radio.
It was obnoxious when it was dudes wanting to talk to you instead of letting you just read your freaking book.
Do you want to be this guy? Because being obnoxious in shared spaces is how you become this guy.
Wear your damn headphones like an adult participant in the social contract.
This is true! The zoo where I volunteer (the illustrious Columbus Zoo & Aquarium) was one of the pioneers of this program.
Our zoo is known for raising cheetah cubs. Cheetahs have a terrible infant mortality rate and cubs are often rejected, so we get a lot of cubs to raise from all over the country (other zoos and sanctuaries, mostly).
The cubs are placed with a puppy friend when they are wee and small, so they grow up together like littermates. They play together, wrestle, and the dogs (yellow Labs) are so calm, friendly and well-socialized that the cheetahs take behavioral cues from them. When they meet new people, or go into new situations (which they often do, as ambassador animals for cheetah conservation), they check out if their dog friend is feeling chill - which he is - and then they know it’s okay for them to be chill, too.
Basically the dog is a service animal for them.
The cats need their dog friends less and less as they get older and more comfortable, but they still often hang out as grownups.
Our zoo does cheetah runs, where the cheetahs get to chase a lure and show off their speed. Often they’ll have one of the cheetahs run (we have like twelve cheetah), and then they’ll have one of the dogs do the run to show how much faster the cats are. People get a kick out of that. The dogs…let’s just say they try their best.
DISNEY MOVIE ABOUT CHEETAH GOING ON A JOURNEY TO FIND HER SILLY DOGGO FRIEND
i miss when DID was treated as a disorder and mental health issue instead of an identity label or something
Well, many mental health issues are hard to empirically measure on an individual scale and therefore identity labels, it isn’t alone in that regard at least.
Also, the doctor’s recommendation for anything considered a disorder will always be curing it, if someone is one of those who don’t like that idea when it comes to DID… then embracing a different view of what it is may be preferable.
i’m not going to speak about did because i’m not diagnosed with that nor am i an expert, and i know there’s controversy around final fusion and all of that.
but there are a ton of measures that can reliably and accurately diagnose mental health issues…almost all of which are unavailable online, making them exclusive to professional diagnosis.
also, you don’t know that a doctors recommendation for a disorder will always be to cure it. that is not how doctors have been treating autism for many years at this point. the point of therapies like ABA, occupational, and speech language therapies are not to cure autism. they are meant to treat debilitating symptoms that interfere with daily living (motor issues like toe walking which can cause permanent damage and disability due to a tightened achille’s tendon, speech and communication issues such as speech delays and learning to use AAC, and learning to advocate for oneself, all of which are not promoted as cures for autism and are not taking anything away from the autistic individual).
disorders are not an identity label. we have these measures for a reason and we can see through literally millions of pages and articles of research that these disorders are clinically distinct entities that need accommodation and treatment. just because you accept it as part of your identity does not make it an identity label nor does it mean that these tests are invalid
“Wah this section of worldbuilding I’m doing is so minute and kinda pointless to the larger scheme of things, hurr durr I’m just focusing on some whatever part when I have actual story and plot to figure out-” WHO CARES. YOU ARE THE GOD OF YOUR UNIVERSE. HAVE FUN CREATING IT.
And truth be told, the little stuff matters
You might think exploring and creating a kingdom or town not part of the main story is a waste of time. Fabricating folk lore of the region. Thinking about how the common citizen worships their gods and temples.
It creates depth, it fleshes out the world
And, most importantly, it keeps you creating
And creating is the most important part of why we’re here! So, yeah, even if its pointless, you thought about it, created it from nothing, enjoyed the process!
hey guys! here’s some fun things i learned from this article about Dion Diamond:
he did these sit-ins by himself. like idk about you, but i always thought of sit-ins as organized by groups, what kind of bravery does it take, man
he didn’t tell anyone about it, like he was no glory-seeker about this. his parents didn’t even know until reporters started calling them up like “hey, did you know your son is in jail?
when someone called the cops he’d skedaddle out the back door although he was sent to prison multiple times
the last time he got arrested was in Baton Rouge, and the cops were so sick of him that they told inmates they’d put in a good word for anyone who gave Diamond a hard time. (the inmates didn’t take the bait.)
he’s still alive!
hark, a hero of our times!
That is unbelievable courage!
A fucking nazi in that last shot too. Damn clear that the u.s. always had a nazi problem.
[Image Description: A fifteen-panel black and white fan art comic of the Warner siblings from Animaniacs. All of the panels feature the artist’s name, GrantedDrop, hidden somewhere in the image and overlaying the image as a semi-transparent watermark.
In the first panel, Wakko is sitting in the foreground of a hallway, frowning in confusion with tongue out and arms crossed. A large question mark floats in the air near Wakko’s head. In the background, Yakko and Dot peek around the corner of the hallway.
The second panel is a closeup of Yakko and Dot with vaguely concerned expressions on their faces.
The third panel is the same closeup, but now Yakko and Dot are looking at one another with eyebrows raised. Dot is shrugging with one arm.
The fourth panel features all of the Warner siblings, with Yakko bending down to rest a hand on Wakko’s shoulder and Wakko turning to look at him. Yakko is asking, “What’s wrong, sib?” Dot is leaning forward with her hands clasped near her chin and saying, “Yeah, you can talk to us!”
In the fifth panel, Dot is holding Wakko’s right arm, and Yakko is kneeling down and holding Wakko’s left hand. Yakko and Dot are both smiling. Wakko has one foot braced against the floor, as if getting ready to stand, and is frowning slightly at the viewer while saying, “People keep telling me that gender is what’s in your pants…”
In the sixth panel, Dot and Yakko yank Wakko up into the air, and there are arrows and vague outlines of Wakko’s body left behind to indicate the rapid motion. Yakko is standing with a hand on his hip and is smiling at the viewer with one eyebrow raised.
In the seventh panel, Wakko lands, standing and sticking out one leg, gesturing down at it. Dot and Yakko stare at it, frowning in contemplation with their hands held up to their chins. Wakko is saying, “But I’m not wearing any pants!”
In the eighth panel, Dot and Wakko look over at Yakko. Dot is holding the edge of her skirt and saying, “Well, Yakko, you’re the only one of us with pants.” Yakko is frowning and rifling around inside his pants pocket, saying, “Hmm…”
In the ninth panel, Yakko holds up a finger triumphantly, with his other hand still in his pocket and a proud smile on his face, saying “Aha! I thiiink I found it!”. Dot and Wakko stare at him in surprise and curiosity.
The tenth panel is a closeup of Dot and Wakko, who are looking up at Yakko’s arms, which are holding a large quantity of deli meat above their heads. Dot and Wakko both have confused looks on their faces, and Wakko is saying, “Deli meat?”
The eleventh panel features Yakko’s hands dropping an enormous pile of deli meat on top of Dot and Wakko, obscuring them entirely. The word “FLUMP” appears over the sticks of meat to indicate the sound of them hitting the ground.
The twelfth panel shows just the pile of deli meat, with a speech bubble emerging from where Dot was standing that reads, “‘Best by:…’ How many decades ago?!”
In the thirteenth panel, Yakko is standing next to the pile of meat with a smile on his face and his hands raised in a shrug as he looks at Dot and Wakko. Dot and Wakko’s faces are scrunched in exertion as they pop their upper bodies out of the meat pile. Yakko is saying, “Well, I guess that settles it.”
In the fourteenth panel, Yakko is smiling with his arms crossed and looking over at Dot. Dot and Wakko are still half-way inside the meat pile, and Wakko is looking at Dot with a blank expression. Dot is smiling and saying, “Yeah, their concept of gender’s just a bunch of out-of-date baloney.”
In the fifteenth and final panel, all of the Warner siblings turn to smile smugly at the viewer with half-closed eyes. The word “End” is written in the bottom right corner. /End ID]
hello tumblrheads. with the ongoing shitshow i remembered im the spokesperson for this tumblr alternative so,
WAFRN.NET, a tumblr-style, queer-safe, alternative
pictured: wafrn users in their natural habitat
wafrn is a fediverse-based* social media consisting of majorly of queer people, it has an active userbase, a ton of them doing fuck-all and having fun :]
perks!
It has custom css! You can customize your profile with pretty much anything and make themes for you dashboard, example below :)
It connects to Mastodon, Pleroma, Firefish, Misskey and such, so you can connect with over 100k other people on remote servers!
We’re even working on an independent wiki! That means we’ll have a comprehensive wiki with notable user-generated moments and events and it wont be hosted on fandom!
It’s indie, no corporations attached.
Its open source! You can open it right up and look through the code :)
Predominantly Leftist: Bigots and bootlickers are banned the moment they make themselves known, and the staff [that includes me] actively interacts with the userbase.
*the fediverse is this interconnected chain of servers operating on the same network [that being ActivityPub], allowing people on entirely different websites to connect with eachother, basically.
I wonder if people could selectively breed wild birds by giving the males with the most desired characteristics the The Most Fuckable Leg Band. Year after year you mark the males that have the most features that you want these birds to have, and the bright shiny leg ring makes the females want these specific males, passing on more and more of the desired traits.
pretentious moment incoming but why is everyone’s idea of fashion so fucking boring these days. why the fuck did my manager just ask me “what’s with the scarf”. “what’s with the scarf” fuck man do I need a reason to wear a faggy little scarf now? you could just say “nice scarf man”. what’s with your attitude
You know, as the concept of “zombifying fungi” becomes more and more popular, I notice it still referred to everywhere as like a “brain parasite.” So I guess a lot of people overlooked or forgot how in 2019 it was discovered that cordyceps and other similar fungal parasites leave the brain and nervous system completely untouched. They only control the muscles. They use chemical signals to make the muscles flex in real time where they want to go :)
It’s funny how many people are replying “but that’s worse!” like you didn’t know that’s exactly why I put a smiley
Ship dynamics are always like Sunshine and Sunshine protector~ Cinnamon roll and their grumpy one 🤗 Well what about 2 cunts. They’re both cunts and that’s the dynamic. cunt4cunt.
when you find a friends oc hot thats literally it for you. they practically own your soul. youve entered a fail state in which they can put on a sockpuppet and do a silly voice and make you swoon like youve locked eyes with a gorgeous fortysomething dyke at the bar
an aroace, aro, or ace person saying “aro/ace people can still be in relationships and have sex”
non aro/ace person saying “aro/ace people can still be in relationships and have sex” (they’re about to use it to justify shipping/discriminating against aro/ace people)
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