edit: im not sure if anyones gonna see this edit but guys. guys if you are on android. use aliucord. stop suffering and use aliucord it has any and all themes you could ever want made by regular people and a whole lot of awesome plugins. Guys.
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AITA for realizing that my best friend is actually a ghost and not telling him because i’m worried that if he realizes he’s dead he’ll finally be able to accept it and fully pass on and i won’t be able to hang out with him anymore?
AITA if i’ve been dead for a while but haven’t told my best friend yet because he doesn’t seem to have realized i’m a ghost and if he does i’m worried that he’ll finally be able to accept it and let me go and i can’t bear the thought of losing him?
here’s a hot take: giftwrap is dumb, 95% of the time you can just hand someone the thing and accomplish the same task. Society has conditioned us to love wrapping shit up for no reason, probably by gift wrap industry people.
Counterpoint: monkey instinct says uncovering secret bounty from colorful shell good as fuck
We are up 12% thank you all so much for sharing & support hope you guys continue supporting me&my family through this horrible war & life . Wishing we could get out hope someone see this post and he can take me and my family out.
“Palestinian living in gaza since i born 1994 lived 5 wars lost my dad in the first war 2009 lost my eldest sister reema on 12th of may 2021 with her family Zid and Maryam and her husband. Right now me and my family left our house and evacuated to south surviving day by day.”
he’s also told me that the little resources he can find are selling for triple their former prices, meaning he and his family’s cost of living is also exceptionally high day to day. many palestinians in palestine have reported aid being sold to them, not given.
please continue reblogging ahmed’s aid posts, talking about and demonstrating in support of palestine, elevating palestinian voices and art, and donating to reputable aid organisations endorsed by palestinians, as well as funding palestinians themselves.
professors who have only interacted with other academics for years: “what do you MEAN you don’t know multi-variable calculus yet??”
professors with small kids: “thank you for not putting the lab equipment in your mouths when I turn my back”
Bringing this back to share that one time I slept through part of a zoom meeting with my PhD advisor (who has a toddler) and he told me it was fine, that just meant I was a good sleeper
Professors who work with graduate students: if you finish the multivariate calculus work this week you can put one (1) piece of lab equipment in your mouth
Once had a professor whose previous career was giving educational zoo tours to children, so he’d say stuff like, “now let’s meet our friend, acidic keratin!”
in high school I was in the child development class where we ran the preschool. Class ended and I moved onto the next class, an art class. Sit down next to my friend who was working on a serious piece and casually asked for my thoughts on it, looking for serious critique.
Preschool mode had not turned off so I looked at it, clapped my hands and said “WOW Really great work! Amazing!”, in that same kind of voice you’d say to a toddler who presented you with a random scribble on a piece of paper.
Friend loved the reaction at least lmao.
hey i saw these tags and i think i’m about to kiss you on the mouth rn
You roll up to the Wizard Battle and your opponent takes out his spellbook but it’s just one of these
I’d leave. This is a sign that my opponent has the most fucked up unethical spells imaginable, and I am not about to be subject to Malchezar’s Piercing Prostate Bomb or something
the true nature of their pairing is revealed when you realize that squidward spews nothing but negativity like his squids ink but spongebob can absorb it all cause hes a sponge…………….
we need a fictional wheelchair user who does all the unrealistic bullshit cars and motorcycles do in fiction. i wanna see a wheelchair do the akira slide. i need a high speed chase with a nitro-fuelled wheelchair where the character out-maneuvers cop cars. does anyone understand me
You’re given two job offers. You can only accept one, and you can’t get a second job or a have side hustle.
The first offer is your dream job, your passion project doing what you love, the career you’ve always wanted more than anything else, the job you would sell your soul to be able to have. However, you will never make enough to support yourself, and you’ll be completely reliant on government assistance.
The second offer is to sit in an empty room naked Monday through Friday, eight hours a day. The only details you’re given are that you are allowed to bring entertainment, and you get a break for lunch. The job pays one million dollars (or whatever the equivalent would be where you live) per month.
i just had the funniest experience in vr chat, i joined a random server and the one i joined had Japanese people so i waddled around in my goofy club penguin avatar that i have saved, after a while a guy walks up to me and clones my avatar so were both penguins then another guy shows up and clone my avatar
now keep in mind there only speaking Japanese i don’t know what they are saying, then another guy joins in, so i got a group of three penguin friends
we just waddle around and goof about, the one of them tries to talk to me, but not only do i not have a mic i also don’t speak Japanese, they figure out i don’t speak Japanese and start listing various places, they get the part of being European right, and after listing a lot of places they ask if im from the UK and when i nod they all just start cheering. after hanging out for a while one of them gets real close to me and whispers…
People in the notes are saying they’re not sure if this is satire or not.
It very much is, and if you haven’t seen it before, it’s also referencing the famous ‘Gotcha’ comic by the same artist that riffs on obnoxious argumentative fallacies:
Kudos to the artist for making this asshat so fucking punchable that I actually want to yeet my phone to smash his face
Maybe parents who put their children through conversion therapy should be criminalised?
Also, we shouldn’t listen to the Catholic Church when it comes the child safeguarding.
I could not make sense of the headline so I tried to contextualise it with images and the only thing I could come up with is “bagpipes change your gender”.
And I was like…that doesn’t make sense. But then again….neither did that headline. It isn’t a ban against “questions”. You can question it, hate it, maybe even make it an issue to disown over. You just wouldn’t be able to abuse your children through conversion therapy.
The Catholic church is arguing that forcing cisgender boys to wear kilts is conversion therapy to make them transgender because it’s a skirt. And thus it will be illegal under the new law.
Because they want to ensure conversion therapy is something they can keep doing, and making ridiculous and specious arguments is about the only ammo the Church has ever had.
so once again catholics are shitting on scottish people for their culture AND being transphobic about it.
despite the fact that scots have worn kilts for literal hundreds of years without magically making them all trans.
Sorry to disappoint all of you but that’s not what the Catholic Church is arguing. The photo of the boy in a kilt is not connected with the headline, there’s a thin separating line that separates the two stories.
The front cover is definitely an editing disaster, but yeah, the stories are separate.
This is a massive red flag in cities where people move around a lot, not so much in small towns. When I wanted to know more about my husband, living in a small town, I asked around. I got stories about him, his mom, every job he’s ever worked, half the girlfriends he had (weird), how he acted in high-school, how he was around kids, WAY more information than I needed. When I lived in Southern California, if I wanted to know who a person was, but they’re from out of state or even two cities over and I don’t know anyone who knew them, I’d check their social media. Partially to see if they’re terminally online and wasting their life away as an influencer, partially to see if they have other people in their life thay they’re accountable to (family, close friends, etc). It’s less about “show me your whole life every day” and more about “who in the heck is this person at all” because you can lie to my face, it’s harder to completely lie on social media connected to family and old friends unless you’re really trying, it’s even harder to lie to a whole community that’s known you your whole life.
It’s not a red flag at all to be off social media and the idea that you should be able to get to know someone outside of talking to them is disturbing. You don’t have that right.
Social media has rotted peoples brains so much that some people truly believe the only way to get to know someone is through their online representation of themselves. If you don’t want to talk to strangers then don’t talk to strangers but social media isn’t a good gauge for someone’s personality, let alone their true lifestyle. It’s all a facade. Also laughable to say it’s “harder to lie online” fbdbdb like what? That’s easiest place to lie about who you are.
Kids don’t even get expelled from school when their parents post violent racism and transphobia online, but of course THIS is where schools draw the line. Fucking hell.
Someone in the notes said shes doing this with 200 lbs and i cant stress enough how wrong that is. Thats at least 160 kg she’s lifting, so closer to 350 lbs.
Ok finally looked it up, this is Hyejeong Park, clean and jerking 165kg (364 lbs) to win Senior World Champs in the W 87+ kg class this year (2023)
Reblogging again because another person in the notes said this was 200 lbs and it’s upsetting me
In light of recent events, let’s not forget that H. Bomberguy is responsible for driving a formerly-beloved transphobic TV writer into a downward spiral that cost him his career and his family… all by playing Donkey Kong.
Go Badge-Free: Tumblr is a multimillion dollar company that doesn’t need your loyalty!
Some users (“many” by Tumblr’s own unsourced metrics) might want to support Tumblr with something similar to regular donations. Great news! You don’t need to, it’s a multimillion dollar company, and its parent company, Automattic, was valued at around 7.5 billion dollars in 2021 as stated by none other than Tumblr’s Elon-Musk-wannabe CEO himself! Tumblr isn’t going to go broke any time soon, and any money you waste on it will just convince staff that the garbage fire they’re currently tossing the site into is profitable!
Enter the power of not giving a fuck about useless badges and shitty merch of stolen memes. Everyone with a brain knows auto-renewable subscriptions aren’t the way to a “user-led business model”, and again, you don’t need to show your support for a massive multimedia platform despite whatever their embarrassing ad campaigns that just want money may tell you!
How it works—or doesn’t:
Tumblr doesn’t care about the users, whether you’re giving them money for nothing or not! So take the initiative yourself. Send them negative feedback about the pointless UI updates. Give Tumblr a 1-star rating on the app store or play store. Disable your badges. Block intrusive ads (and potentially dangerous flashing ones). Style the dashboard to look less like a 1 : 1 clone of Twitter. Install additions to fix basic site functionality.
Seriously, who is buying subscriptions besides staff:
The subscription badges do nothing. Nada. Zero. That is, unless staff decides to lock basic functionality behind a subscription in the future, so make so to make it flop before then.
Pricing:
A year’s subscription for a useless cosmetic badge costs you $30 USD. Cheaper than Twitter Blue, sure, but it sure does a whole lot less! Meanwhile, fixing your own user experience and complaining to staff is permanently on sale for the low, low price of free. Spend your money on a nice treat instead!
More details:
I don’t know how else to put it. This subscription service sucks ass.
That’s all for now. No idea who exactly would buy a badge subscription of all things in the first place that staff probably designed in 5 minutes. Maybe someday Tumblr’s will figure out how to interpret actual human behavior and user desires, but that day has yet to come. Stay weird, and Tumblr is not your quirky friendly hellsite company <3
1. We would miss you.
2. It’s not worth the regret. Either by yourself if you failed or just simply left scars, or the regret everyone else feels by not doing enough to help you.
3. It does get better. Believe it or not it will eventually get better. Sometimes you have to go through the storm to get to the rainbow.
4. There’s so much you would miss out on doing.
5. There is always a reason to live. It might not be clear right now, but it is always there.
6. So many people care, and it would hurt them if you hurt yourself.
7. You ARE worth it. Don’t let anyone, especially yourself, tell you otherwise.
8. You are amazing.
9. A time will come, once you’ve battled the toughest times of your life and are in ease once again, where you will be so glad that you decided to keep on living. You will emerge stronger from this all, and won’t regret your choice to carry on with life. Because things always get better.
10. What about all the things you’ve always wanted to do? What about the things you’ve planned, but never got around to doing? You can’t do them when you’re dead.
11. I love you. Even if only one person loves you, that’s still a reason to stay alive.
12. You won’t be able to listen to music if you die.
13. Killing yourself is never worth it. You’ll hurt both yourself and all the people you care about.
14. There are so many people that would miss you, including me.
15. You’re preventing a future generation, YOUR KIDS, from even being born.
16. How do you think your family would feel? Would it improve their lives if you died?
17. You’re gorgeous, amazing, and to someone you are perfect.
18. Think about your favourite music artist, you’ll never hear their voice again…
19. You’ll never have the feeling of walking into a warm building on a cold day
20. Listening to incredibly loud music
21. Being alive is just really good.
22. Not being alive is really bad.
23. Finding your soulmate.
24. Red pandas
25. Going to diners at three in the morning.
26. Really soft pillows.
27. Eating pizza in New York City.
28. Proving people wrong with your success.
29. Watching the jerks that doubted you fail at life.
30. Seeing someone trip over a garbage can.
31. Being able to help other people.
32. Bonfires.
33. Sitting on rooftops.
34. Seeing every single country in the world.
35. Going on roadtrips.
36. You might win the lottery someday.
37. Listening to music on a record player.
38. Going to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
39. Taking really cool pictures.
40. Literally meeting thousands of new people.
41. Hearing crazy stories.
42. Telling crazy stories.
43. Eating ice cream on a hot day.
44. More Harry Potter books could come out, you never know.
45. Travelling to another planet someday.
46. Having an underwater house.
47. Randomly running into your hero on the street.
48. Having your own room at a fancy hotel.
49. Trampolines.
50. Think about your favourite movie, you’ll never watch it again.
51. Think about the feeling of laughing out loud in a public place because your best friend has just sent you an inside joke,
52. Your survival will make the world better, even if it’s for just one person or 20 or 100 or more.
53. People do care.
54. Treehouses
55. Hanging out with your soul mate in a treehouse
55. Snorting when you laugh and not caring who sees
56. I don’t even know you and I love you.
57. I don’t even know you and I care about you.
58. Because nobody is going to be like you ever, so embrace your uniqueness!
59. You won’t be here to experience the first cat world emperor.
60. WHAT ABOUT FOOD?! YOU’LL MISS CHOCOLATE AND ALL THE OTHER NOM THINGS!
61. Starbucks.
62. Hugs.
63. Stargazing.
64. You have a purpose, and it’s up to you to find out what it is.
65. You’ve changed somebody’s life.
66. Now you could change the world.
67. You will meet the person that’s perfect for you.
68. No matter how much or how little, you have your life ahead of you.
69. You have the chance to save somebody’s life.
70. If you end your life, you’re stopping yourself from achieving great things.
71. Making snow angels.
72. Making snowmen.
73. Snowball fights.
74. Life is what you make of it.
75. Everybody has a talent.
76. Laughing until you cry.
77. Having the ability to be sad means you have the ability to be happy.
78. The world would not be the same if you didn’t exist.
79. Its possible to turn frowns, upside down
80. Be yourself, don’t take anyone’s shit, and never let them take you alive.
81. Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. Be your own hero.
82. Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.
83. One day your smile will be real.
84. Having a really hot, relaxing bath after a stressful day.
85. Lying on grass and laughing at the clouds.
86. Getting completely smashed with your best friends.
87. Eating crazy food.
88. Staying up all night watching your favourite films with a loved one.
89. Sleeping in all day.
90. Creating something you’re proud of.
91. You can look back on yourself 70 years later and being proud you didn’t commit
92. Being able to meet your Internet friends.
93. Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate
94. Sherlock season three.
95. Cuddling under the stars.
96. Being stupid in public because you just can.
97. If you are reading this then you are alive! Is there any more reason to smile?
98. being able to hug that one person you havent seen in years
99. People care enough about you and your future to come up with 100 reasons for you not to do this.
100. But, the final and most important one is, just, being able to experience life. Because even if your life doesn’t seem so great right now, literally anything could happen
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You will be missing out on every single wonderful thing yet to happen to you.
No offense to op
But
Some of the reasons don’t apply to a universal amount of people
I will never understand why this Christmas song goes so hard.
OKAY MOTHERFUCKERS LISTEN UP
BECAUSE THIS SHIT IS NOT CAROL OF THE BELLS
IT IS CHRISTMAS EVE/SARAJEVO 12/24 AND IT IS SO MUCH FUCKING MORE THAN CAROL OF THE BELLS.
so during the bosnian war (which was this nasty-ass conflict in bosnia and herzgovina) there was this badass cello-playing motherfucker named vedran smailovic. He was from Sarajevo, was upset about all the shit and nastiness that came about through this war (this was full-on brother-killing-brother shit!) that he went around to bombed-out, blown up buildings and funderals––where he was at risk of FUCKING SNIPER FIRE––and playing the cello. This guy was so set on providing one tiny spot of beauty in a seriously nasty war he was risking being fucking SHOT OR BLOWN UP.
AND THIS IS THE GUY WHO INSPIRED THIS SONG.
He’s why there’s the calm cello part at the beginning before everything gets all violent-sounding. It’s THEMATIC.
THAT’S WHY THIS CHRISTMAS SONG GOES SO FUCKING HARD.
There’s the wikipedia article about him and yes…true story…
It’s also important to understand that Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 was not originally a Trans Siberian Orchestra song. It was originally recorded by Savatage, a metal band, for their concept album “Dead Winter Dead,” and when some Savatage members formed TSO, they adopted that song as a TSO song because yeah it’s fucking amazing.
Friendly reminder that this exists.
Friendly reminder that Vedran’s performances also included a pile of rubble that used to be a fountain IN THE CENTER OF A TOWN SQUARE WITH NO COVER.
When asked years later why he’d down something so apparently suicidal, he shrugged and replied
that it was his way of proving that “the spirit of
humanity was still alive in that place, despite all evidence to the
contrary.”
May we all be as brave and stalwart in protesting violence and injustice as Vedran “The Most Bad-Ass Cellist Ever” Smailović.
Also, despite what some articles may say, Vedran was not an old man when
this happened. He’s only in his early 60s today, which would have made
him no older than 37 when he was playing in the ruins of Sarajevo.
Never let anyone tell you it’s only old men who can make a difference.
i love that the dictionary definition of the word “pervert” or “perversion” is the corruption or distortion of something. hell yeah i’m a pervert i love corruption and distortion.
angels are metaphysical beings but i do like to imagine how an angelic corpse would behave if they left one behind when killed. i like to think that it’d get hotter rather than cooling as the mechanisms and functions that keep it stable decay, eventually resulting in meltdown and the spontaneous combustion of the corpse, like a hay fire or nuclear disaster.
calling the bomb disposal squad and quarantining the area after an angel falls to make sure that it’s contained before it starts leaking toxic byproducts into the atmosphere and poisoning the groundwater
Why are people so lax about AI voices, it’s honestly way scarier to me than AI art
That’s not just stealing someone’s work that’s literally stealing someone’s voice. You’re using a machine to puppet around someone’s tool for communication. Are you fucking crazy. You stole a person.
I guess I have to clarify this, vocaloids like miku are voice banks made with the express permission of the voice provider which is WAY different then using the voice of professional VA without their consent or, God forbid, a literal dead person. Miku is a tool for music in the same vain as any other synthesized robot voice, AI voices of unconsenting VAs is identity theft
The problem with studying Catholic heresies is that they litreally made a hobby out of inventing fully realised heretical theologies in order to accuse each other of subscribing to them. Basically every single one comes with a big asterisk noting that it’s unclear whether anyone ever actually believed this, or whether some random theologian just made up a guy to get mad at – and the worst part is that you absolutely cannot tell just from looking at them, because the heresies we do have evidence of actual practice for are, if anything, even weirder. Like, the guys who thought Jesus was a hologram were 100% real, so you can’t rule anything out!
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Rampant bad-faith interpretation
Entire debating strategies built around weaponising community standards by tricking your opponent into saying forbidden words
Public callouts which have catastrophic consequences for random bystanders while leaving their intended targets mostly unscathed
Complex moral questions rendered impossible to discuss by semantic quibbling
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