[tweet from @joncstone] “One reason people insist that you use the proper channels to change things is because they have control of the proper channels and they’re confident it won’t work”

destroy the idea. destroy all ideas. end all cognitive processes to reach perfect tranquility

FUN FACT

some people who are ill and/or disabled CANNOT DO WHATEVER THEY SET THEIR MIND ON! some people are LIMITED by their bodies and their health and they are UNABLE to “"just choose”“ to do something! you can’t STOP being disabled by DECIDING to have a ”“good attitude”“! I am PREVENTED from doing whatever I want because I am D I S A B L E D!! 

I would super appreciate it if healthy/abled people reblogged this post, because when people say these things it is so harmful to disabled, chronically ill, and mentally ill people

also! saying “I can’t do this because im disabled” is NOT “negative self-talk” or a “bad attitude”!!

I love how the romantics were unable to tell if they were feverish or experiencing an (1) emotion.

Reblog if you, too, are either feverish or experiencing ONE emotion (and do not know which). 

dad: what are you doing with your life? how are you justifying your existence? 

me: 

cat sounds, rated

mrow?: inquisitive. timeless. succinct and to the point. 8/10

purr: is there anything better? 10/10

silent judgement: not a cat sound. does not count. 0/10

mow-wow-wow!: exuberant. joyful. a frank delight. you should be so lucky as to hear this cat sound on a regular basis. 9/10

AAAAAAAA: obnoxious. loud. why is my tiny bastard screaming? 3/10

rrrrrrrrrrrrr!: your cat is angry. this is a bad cat sound, but ultimately necessary so that you understand their displeasure. 5/10

mrrrp: cat activation noise. melodic. flawless vibrato. short and sweet. 9/10

the classic yodel: everyone loves a good yodel. shows off your cat’s vocal range. emotional. plaintive yet hopeful. showstopping. 8.5/10

the classic yodel after 1 AM: no!!!!!!!! -10000/10

AMERICAN WIZARD TIPS

If you do a crime and the cops are after you and are gonna shoot you just turn into a baled eagle. They wouldn’t shoot an egal even if it’s holding a ziplock of cocain

i’m saving my brain for special occasions. if i use it every day it’ll get dirty

I’m a simple girl. I awake from restless ancient slumber haunted by the shadows of my forgotten names and I’m hungry

Me to my skin: we’re adults now, let’s act like it.

Am I the only one who thinks that hitting a kid and abuse are different things? Like, if I ever had a kid, I wouldn’t spank their ass raw or something like that. But a bop on the mouth or the ear pull or a smack upside the head? Yea. Those are behavior modifiers.

Except they’re not.

The studies done by the trained psychologists in this joke show that little kids don’t associate being hit with the thing they’ve done wrong. Very small children only understand consequences that are directly caused by the thing they did. Steal a biscuit, biscuit tastes good. Then for no reason mummy hit me. Very different to stole a biscuit, now no biscuit after dinner because I stole a biscuit.

And they also show that when a child is old enough to understand why they are being hit that non-physical punishment is equally as effective and less mentally harmful in the long run.

Do you know who benefits the most from hitting as a punishment? The parent. It gives a satisfaction rush. Parents do it because it makes them feel good.

Basically kids have two stages: too young to understand why they are being hit so physical punishment is useless for anything other than teaching a child that bigger stronger people can hit you whenever they like (Which sounds like the same lesson you would learn from abuse)

And the second stage is old enough to be reasoned with so many punishment options are available and you chose physical violence because it makes *you* feel better, which is an abusive action.

The only time a person should ever use violence against another human being, of any age, is to stop that person from being violent themselves.

Hitting a stranger is a crime. Hitting someone small who relies on you for food, love, and shelter should be as well. Don’t hit your fucking kid.

The only time a person should ever use violence against another human being, of any age, is to stop that person from being violent themselves.

Pretty much this in a nutshell: if a kid is punching another kid, knocking shit over, punching the teacher in the dick, trying to run out into the street, you can grab them and restrain them. So if a kid reaches for a biscuit, you can grab their hand and push it away or something - that indicates to them that they shouldn’t do that. But hitting them afterwards? Doesn’t really do it.

And as for those adults who seem to insist that corporal punishment is the only way to protect kids from dangerous actions: over the holidays, I witnessed a small child grabbing a heavy snack tray and pulling it towards the edge of the table. Her parents immediately barked at her to stop (no yelling, just a slightly voice and a sharp tone). She was immediately so upset that she ran to her mommy and cried and needed to be hugged, at which point her mother told her gently that the snack tray was heavy and that they were worried that it might fall off and hurt someone, but that it was okay for her to have snacks. Another adult helped her to get some snacks and put them on plate so that she could enjoy them safely. The rest of the evening, she would ask grownups to put snacks on her plate for her instead of grabbing the tray and pulling it.

The adults were able to modify her behavior without laying a finger on her, except for a reassuring hug. I still think about that.

It’s been months since I read this and the ocean is still burning tbh.

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“i’m in kind of a weird mental place right now” i say, as if there are times when i am not in a weird mental place

mike’s hard bubble tea