affirmations for crossing the road:

- i know what i'm doing

- the road will always be clear when i want to cross it

- nobody will ever beep their horn at me because i'm special

- drivers will recognise my divine right of passage and stop for me

1. The Republican Party turns out for EVERY vote. Primaries, local elections, midterms, you name it. Most dems show up once every four year and then get defeatist when things don’t immediately change. It took the Republicans YEARS to overturn RvW but it has been a long game goal of theirs. YEARS of voting, and you’re gonna opt out after one vote. Okay.

2. Primaries are when you vote for who you want. Elections are when you vote for who you can. If you’re not voting in the primary, you’re letting the moderate centrist do-nothing candidate win.

3. Local elections affect your daily life. That sherif in Texas who is refusing to enforce the abortion ban? Local election. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, so much of this is trickle up from local politics.

4. Call your damn representatives. Even if it feels hopeless. The gun control reform that just passed (as minimal as it is) was bipartisan because people showed their reps that they wanted change. Get vocal as a voter and prove courting your vote matters.

5. If someone in your area is running for office and needs votes, be a signature for them. Not everyone can afford to pay to run. You want to support better candidates, put your name behind them (only in your district and always read what you’re signing first).

6. The two party system is shit. We know that. But the democrats are a big tent housing a lot of different opinions and trying to cater to them all. Republicans are generally united in one mission of dismantling everything and protecting only their own. This is also why Dems don’t have the same type of “super majority” and can’t easily whip the same voting results. And anyone who thinks Obama had a super majority for enough time to codify roe does not understand politics. He had about 18 days of actual in-session time, split into two different sessions.

7. Purity politics isn’t going to get you anywhere. The candidate is a bus stop getting you closer to where you want to be. They’re not the end goal, and a smart voter knows that.

8. Voter suppression is huge in America. Help other voters register and get to the polls. It’s not always indifference keeping people from voting. Do something to help disenfranchised voters.

Let me repeat: The two party system is shit. We need to get rid of the electoral college. We need ranked choice voting. We need to get rid of Citizens United. Our country is an oligarchy. Always has been. Not denying that. But Living in these ideals of what we should be without creating any change now isn’t going to get you anywhere. Being defeatist and abstaining from the process is cutting off your own nose to spite your face. Its saying “the other team is scoring too many goals, so instead of playing, I’m just gonna sit on the sidelines. That’ll teach everyone.” No, you’re just gonna keep losing. Maybe, instead, vote in the primaries and choose better teammates.

Y’all kill me with these “hot takes.” They ain’t even half baked.

Now, if you want to talk about the other things we should be doing IN ADDITION TO voting, like general strikes, organizing, etc. Then that’s a different conversation we should also be having.

Also no, there is no such thing as “one more vote.” Vote every time. Vote consistently. Vote national. Vote local. It’s the absolute MINIMAL amount of civil engagement you can do. If you can do more than vote, do more, but at least vote every single time.

A lot of people really think democracy is something they only have to do once. It's not. It's something we do constantly - because greedy and power-hungry and malicious people are constantly trying to take advantage of society. Evil never stops, so neither do we.

Evil never stops, so neither do we.

VOTE.

(via @ratherembarrassing)

"Just wash one more dish bro I swear then we won't have to do dishes anymore bro come on just one more load of laundry bro and then I promise all the clothes will be clean ok just trust me bro the chores will definitely be done okay just sweep the kitchen floor and take out the trash this one last time it'll work I swear you'll never have to do chores again I promise."

Grow the fuck up.

Vote in every election. Over and over again until you die. It's a chore. That's how chores work.

💕Happy Valentines day!!!💌

i would have played pretend on the playground with all of u btw

ANGELS EGG (1985)

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some previews of a pmv im working on. at this point ive sunk cost fallacy’d myself into finishing this thing so uhhhhhhhhhhh . lesley and yellow what if they hung out. what if they were friends. what then.

Drawn a while ago but this one was for @goregurt; I swear his sona is genuinely one of the coolest I've seen!!

⭐Maggie’s Apartment is a very interesting game💥

⛓He never gets a breather I swear-

Pictures you'll likely not see again

I almost cried at this

hits way too close to home at the moment

🧹A little ref for Nathan in his uniform!

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(featuring Dr.Hype by @goregurt)

A little ramble about personal struggles and link to that uniform inspiration is under the cut! vvv

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Ah, lovers,,,,,<3<3<3

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oh? Who’s this,,,?? :D

Fem!Mob Colt🤯🤯🤯

ALSO A LIL THING I MADE FOR @goregurt HHEHEHEHEHEHBENFNFNDNZNDNGNFNF

And some lil kissies,,,,,,homie kisses,,,,,,