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Ugh. Life.

@itsmissjay / itsmissjay.tumblr.com

22. Art history major. Nerd of most things that are nerdy. Food and sleep is life. But so bad for you in excess amounts. Life sucks, man.
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Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and it’s amazing how many men I’ve run into bc they expected me to move

Gotta try it

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clevermanka

I work (and walk) on a college campus. I’ve lost count of how many men I’ve smacked shoulders with.

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emmagrant01

Recently, I was standing outside my son’s classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didn’t; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadn’t leapt out of his manly path.

Now I’m wishing I’d leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, “My Liege!”

I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.

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songbirde108

Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where I’m the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.

Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friend’s medication, and I didn’t understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literally—one guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because that’s just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.

I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought I’d had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.

I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I “looked like a soldier.” I’m not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.

Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.

WALK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA

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So, Fuller House is as cheesy as you would expect, but it makes my 80s/90s kid heart so ridiculously happy.

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moonflower91

Unbreak my Heart

After “Unbreak my Heart” I feel like I understand April a little better. I realize leaving Jackson was not out of neglect or avoidance, but because she thought he had himself sorted out enough that he could handle her leaving, that he needed space just like she did. 

And, for a long time, she didn’t understand that Jackson’s anger towards her is not out of some prideful, spiteful place. She thinks that he’s angry because she pieced herself back together without him, but really, he’s angry because she didn’t let him grieve the way he needed to. She wasn’t there for him because she didn’t know he was dying too, because he held himself together for her. 

She’s not a selfish, heartless wife, and Jackson isn’t blameless. Her and Jackson just don’t communicate effectively. They assume things that are totally wrong, and the saddest thing is, is that they truly love each other. 

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