people say folks with adhd struggle with "delayed rewards" aka long term goals and as such we tend to focus more on short term rewards. what they don't talk about is that at when we Do accomplish long term goals we don't actually feel anything proportionate to the amount of work we did to achieve it. In my head I suffered for a while and then money spontaneously appeared in my bank account.

absolutely criminal how falling into bad habits is the easiest thing in the world while developing positive habits feels like fighting a literal war

in the United States women attempt suicide more while men die of suicide more. This is a pretty well known fact, as is the reasoning that men are more likely to use methods like guns, hanging, etc while women are most likely to self poison.

the reason for the disparity in methods is something people love to speculate and argue about. The theories include that women are socialized to care more about what their corpse will look like afterwards, or about the person who will have to clean up after them, and that men are more comfortable with violent methods due to more exposure to violence in their careers, not to mention are more likely to own firearms and be able to make impulse suicides with them. Some people, including mens rights activists, will claim the disparity is simply because women don’t actually want to die when they make these attempts, they are simply cries for help.

the real reasons are probably multifactorial. One important thing to consider is that in cases where more effective methods of self poisoning are readily available, womens completed suicide rates are much closer to mens and in some cases higher. This is true in china, where people often have access to extremely toxic pesticides and many women kill themselves that way. It’s also true of women who’s careers give them knowledge of and access to extremely lethal medication, such as veterinarians and physicians. Also, in countries where assisted suicide is available solely on the basis on mental illness, women are twice as likely to apply as men. So that kind of refutes the mra talking point that women who overdose are all simply making cries for help.

but like, what about these cry for help attempts, also called suicide gestures? Some people outright admit to making them, and I don’t believe everyone who overdoses on a handful of advil truly intends to die. However, the topic is rarely acknowledged and when it is it’s in a highly disparaging, stigmatizing way. Many people have little empathy for those who make them, who are often young women and teenage girls. Few ask what circumstances drive people to feel the need to take such drastic measures to try to get their pain and suffering taken seriously. “Boys/men are told to act tough, and hide their pain, and never ask for help” is a talking point used often when talking about gender and mental illness. “Girls/women are assumed to be melodramatic and irrational, so when they do ask for help, they often aren’t taken seriously, and have to resort to things like suicide gestures to get people to listen or care” is made far less often. Why? Why do so many people consider gendered socialization of the utmost importance when it comes to understanding male pain, but irrelevant when it comes to womens?

junior year glow-up??????????

[ID: A conversation between Brennan as Sklonda and Murph as Riz. Throughout, Murph has his face covered with his hands. Riz says: "Mom, I'm sorry, I'm trying not to get, like, 'cause I feel like I'm just like, work, work, work." Sklonda, offscreen, interjects: "No!" Riz continues: "And we should really like, go for a picnic or something, but I just wanna ask you about your case so bad. Is it okay if I ask you about your case, Mom?" The camera now cuts between Brennan and Murph, who keeps his hands over his face. Brennan replies: "She says, "How about I'll be a little bit late. I'll drive you to school." Riz replies "Please!", and Sklonda continues "You can talk to me about the case." Riz says "Okay, thank you." Sklonda adds "You know, it's your junior year. I'll take all the time I can get.", then it cuts back to Murph who has his hands on the side of his face, instead of covering it. Riz says "Thanks Mom. Yeah." Sklonda (offscreen) says "Love you, kiddo." Riz, covering his face again, says "Love you, Mom. Let's talk about the case, please."]

this did irreparable damage to my soul and brian murphy i just want to talk.

the baseball players are about to mount a coup and i’m here for it

what they dont tell you about adulthood is that it’s startlingly easy to go long periods of time without having any fun at all not even a little bit. btw this causes ur brain to try to kill you with knives and hammers.

For people with anxiety about filing taxes, here’s what things that happen when you make a mistake on your tax return:

- it gets corrected

- you get a letter in the mail either asking for some additional information or a letter showing the adjustment

- you pay the amount (there’s options for payment plans too!) or get a refund

Things that do not happen

- you’re “in trouble”

- you are charged with fraud

- you go to jail

I know that most people are probably just joking/exaggerating when they say a mistake on their return means they get thrown in jail but when I worked with the public I always would encounter people who believed that would happen and they would be panicking about it. So I like to put this out there every year because if I can even prevent one person from feeling that way, it’s worth it

Annual reblog of this important information.  

The thingy above where you sign your tax form says that you’ve filled it out to the best of your ability.  “Sir, I am a dumbass” is 100% a valid defense

Also, the IRS WILL NOT CALL YOU! They won't! You will get a LETTER by ACTUAL MAIL! The number of IRS scam calls goes through the roof this time of year. Spread the word to your friends, your little cousins who maybe are filing taxes for the first time, and reiterate it to your older relatives. It's a scary phone call to get, I know, but take a deep breath and just hang up.

(The IRS will not ask for payments in gift cards. That is 100% a scam.)

Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master.

Anthony and Cleopatra: here's the BBC version, here's a 2017 version.

As you like it: you'll find here an outdoor stage adaptation and here the BBC version. Here's Kenneth Brannagh's 2006 one.

Coriolanus: Here's a college play, here's the 1984 telefilm, here's the 2014 one with tom hiddleston. Here's the Ralph Fiennes 2011 one.

Cymbelline: Here's the 2014 one.

Hamlet: the 1948 Laurence Olivier one is here. The 1964 russian version is here and the 1964 american version is here. The 1964 Broadway production is here, the 1969 Williamson-Parfitt-Hopkins one is there, and the 1980 version is here. Here are part 1 and 2 of the 1990 BBC adaptation, the Kenneth Branagh 1996 Hamlet is here, the 2000 Ethan Hawke one is here. 2009 Tennant's here. And have the 2018 Almeida version here. On a sidenote, here's A Midwinter's Tale, about a man trying to make Hamlet. Andrew Scott's Hamlet is here.

Henry IV: part 1 and part 2 of the BBC 1989 version. And here's part 1 of a corwall school version.

Henry V: Laurence Olivier (who would have guessed) 1944 version. The 1989 Branagh version here. The BBC version is here.

Julius Caesar: here's the 1979 BBC adaptation, here the 1970 John Gielgud one. A theater Live from the late 2010's here.

King Lear: Laurence Olivier once again plays in here. And Gregory Kozintsev, who was I think in charge of the russian hamlet, has a king lear here. The 1975 BBC version is here. The Royal Shakespeare Compagny's 2008 version is here. The 1974 version with James Earl Jones is here. The 1953 Orson Wells one is here.

Macbeth: Here's the 1948 one, there the 1955 Joe McBeth. Here's the 1961 one with Sean Connery, and the 1966 BBC version is here. The 1969 radio one with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is here, here's the 1971 by Roman Polanski, with spanish subtitles. The 1988 BBC one with portugese subtitles, and here the 2001 one). Here's Scotland, PA, the 2001 modern retelling. Rave Macbeth for anyone interested is here. And 2017 brings you this.

Measure for Measure: BBC version here. Hugo Weaving here.

The Merchant of Venice: here's a stage version, here's the 1980 movie, here the 1973 Lawrence Olivier movie, here's the 2004 movie with Al Pacino. The 2001 movie is here.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: the Royal Shakespeare Compagny gives you this movie.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: have this sponsored by the City of Columbia, and here the BBC version. Have the 1986 Duncan-Jennings version here. 2019 Live Theater version? Have it here!

Much Ado About Nothing: Here is the kenneth branagh version and here the Tennant and Tate 2011 version. Here's the 1984 version.

Othello: A Massachussets Performance here, the 2001 movie her is the Orson Wells movie with portuguese subtitles theree, and a fifteen minutes long lego adaptation here. THen if you want more good ole reliable you've got the BBC version here and there.

Richard II: here is the BBC version. If you want a more meta approach, here's the commentary for the Tennant version. 1997 one here.

Richard III: here's the 1955 one with Laurence Olivier. The 1995 one with Ian McKellen is no longer available at the previous link but I found it HERE.

Romeo and Juliet: here's the 1988 BBC version. Here's a stage production. 1954 brings you this. The french musical with english subtitles is here!

The Taming of the Shrew: the 1980 BBC version here and the 1988 one is here, sorry for the prior confusion. The 1929 version here, some Ontario stuff here, and here is the 1967 one with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This one is the Shakespeare Retold modern retelling.

The Tempest: the 1979 one is here, the 2010 is here. Here is the 1988 one. Theater Live did a show of it in the late 2010's too.

Timon of Athens: here is the 1981 movie with Jonathan Pryce,

Troilus and Cressida can be found here

Titus Andronicus: the 1999 movie with Anthony Hopkins here

Twelfth night: here for the BBC, here for the 1970 version with Alec Guinness, Joan Plowright and Ralph Richardson.

Two Gentlemen of Verona: have the 2018 one here. The BBC version is here.

The Winter's Tale: the BBC version is here

Please do contribute if you find more. This is far from exhaustive.

(also look up the original post from time to time for more plays)

When public services are affordable and convenient, people will always choose those resources. They are not supposed to be a capitalistic profit-seeking initiative, they are developed for the benefit of the people, for a better life, just as government resources should be used. (tweet)

Update from Boston, where they have removed fares from 3 bus lines and ridership is up 48% in low-income areas.

Yeah it fuckin is

Want more go to a meeting about it

*puts hands on hollywood exec's shoulders, staring unblinking into their eyes* listen to me. you will never get people who hate musicals to like musicals by making your musical less of a musical. if you hide the fact that your film is a musical in the advertising, you're going to get a lot of low ratings from people who hate musicals and went into your movie not expecting a musical and got one anyway. people who hate musicals will hate them no matter how realistic and diegetic and lowkey you try to make it. they will hate musicals even if you completely excise anything complicated, over the top, silly, or even slightly challenging. they will hate musicals even if you cut half the songs. they will hate musicals even if you cast that a-lister who can't sing worth a damn. stop trying to market to people who hate musicals. they're a lost cause. your audience should be people who love musicals. this half-assed middle ground pisses off both camps. just embrace the fact that your movie is a musical. lean into it. don't try and trick musical haters into coming to your film when you could be marketing to the theater kids. better cringe than a coward.

Super fucked up that I can’t be a master-level expert in knitting AND woodworking AND silversmithing AND embroidery AND soap making AND spinning AND -

“Who would ever want to be immortal? Can you imagine the loneliness, knowing that there’s no one else like you, cursed to outlive -” shut up!! Some of us have shit to do and aren’t cowards!!

If you fall for a social media prank, do you reblog/pass it on to your followers?

This is funnier on mobile. It's like hot gluing a coin to the sidewalk but the glue pools out under it making it obvious at a glance that it is a prank.

i think at the end of every war they should dump a cooler full of blood on the president

I think every week the US is at war the president should have to kill a random aide with a hatchet.

"There is a young man, probably a Navy officer, who accompanies the President. This young man has a black attaché case which contains the codes that are needed to fire nuclear weapons. I could see the President at a staff meeting considering nuclear war as an abstract question. He might conclude: 'On SIOP Plan One, the decision is affirmative, Communicate the Alpha line XYZ.' Such jargon holds what is involved at a distance.

My suggestion was quite simple: Put that needed code number in a little capsule, and then implant that capsule right next to the heart of a volunteer. The volunteer would carry with him a big, heavy butcher knife as he accompanied the President. If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being. The President says, 'George, I'm sorry but tens of millions must die.' He has to look at someone and realize what death is—what an innocent death is. Blood on the White House carpet. It's reality brought home.

When I suggested this to friends in the Pentagon they said, 'My God, that's terrible. Having to kill someone would distort the President's judgment. He might never push the button.'"

--Roger Fisher, director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, 1981

holy fucking shit