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mythical city

@mythicalcity / mythicalcity.tumblr.com

general YouTubeish sideblog.
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selling my copy of the buddy system.

a YouTube for your consideration Emmy 2017 disc set. Includes 3 discs.

Gigi gorgeous this is everything.

Paranormal action squad.

Rhett and Link's buddy system.

$25 shipping included in the US

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“Was hauling your roommate’s possessions to a nearby thrift store worth a year in jail?” The judge asked. “And isn’t it?” Greta said. “If I got away with it, I would have never needed to see her hideous furniture again. I got caught, but in jail I would be away from her awful sense of style as well. If you ask me, I could only ever be a winner in this scenario.” 

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Cockatiel

"Look at these cute little puffy cheeks," the woman said at the pet shop while looking at a cockatiel. "I could easily buy him."

"Buy me?" the cockatiel said to his friend, looking bewildered.

"Yeah, this is a pet shop," his friend said.

"Oh. I thought we're being displayed in a public setting so humans can admire us."

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catchymemes

This is the best description I’ve heard for this method, I always thought it was bullshit because I never heard a description that actually explained how to do this other than “tap your head 20 times”.

I have anxiety-induced hissing, which sounds/feels different from sound-induced tinnitus (which I have also experience). Sound-based tinnitus actually sounds like you’re “hearing” something in your ears, whilst the hissing I have feels like it’s “inside my head”, if that makes sense. But this technique still helps!!

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mieaouy

Here’s a visual I found because I couldn’t understand the instructions well

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sushinfood

My ringing just went away for the first time in years. What is this blissful quiet.

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ATTENTION ARTISTS: Need help calculating your commission prices?

A tool that I’ve found is really handy is a called the Cash Clock. It’s a simple program that measures both the time that you’re working on a piece as well as how much money you should be earning. You can adjust the hourly wage to whatever you feel is right. Simply start the clock whenever you begin working on a project right up until you’re finished. It can give you a clear indication of what you should charge for commissions.

No artist should make below minimum wage for their artwork.

The Cash Clock is found as a download here

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE THIS INSTEAD OF CHARGING PEANUTS FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK

Please, please, please at least make sure you’re making minimum wage.

Please stop lowering the pay floor for independent artists everywhere by thinking $5-10/commission is anywhere close to an acceptable rate for something you spent three hours on.

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fevgrim

I’ll just spread the word here because I have seen a lot of talented people online and believe that commission work deserve there worth.

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girlfoxcock

hi! so i just found out that youtube is adding a new source of revenue to videos, “applause”. on every video there will be an ability to donate money directly to the channel.

major issue! youtube takes 30% of the cut. now they’ve been doing that with superchats for years, no big surprise. however you should know that if you donate through mobile, it takes an additional 30%.

so only 40% of your donation may reach the creator.

just support them on patreon, kofi or streamlabs. youtube is garbage

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unus annus bros.. what the heck did i miss today?? lol 😂

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Common Micro aggressions: African Americans and/or Black People

Anonymous asked: What are some common micro-aggressions that a black american will regularly have to deal with?

Behold! This masterpost of common micro-aggressions towards African Americans and/or people in the African Diaspora.

A Few Facts:

  • Micro-aggressions are the “little” incidents of racism that may not be so obviously racist, but come from a place of ignorance or stereotyped views
  • Micro-aggressions can be perpetuated by White people as well as fellow Black people and People of Color.
  • Several of these may be applicable to other People of Color.
  • We (Black mods writing this) live in different Westernized countries & have personally experienced every one of these or know someone who has.
  • For a fuller understanding of micro aggressions and the affects it has on individuals overtime, please see this: “These incidents may appear small…”

Use of microaggressions in writing

  • This is just to give a thorough understanding of some of the things a Black person (often in America or other western countries) deals with.
  • Unless writing about racism, we would not recommend overpacking your Black character with every one of these experiences, or at least not within the narrative.  
  • Sprinkling in a few here and there is acceptable and adds realism.
  • Do not forget to include reactions to these micro-aggressions and when they occur, show they’re not okay somehow in the text.
  • The micro aggressions tag has plenty of applicable advice.

General Micro-aggressions

  • People excusing blackface.
  • Having our grammar and annunciation corrected.
  • “I don’t see you as a Black person/ I don’t see colour.”
  • Calling Black people ghetto, thugs, rachet, sassy, urban…
  • People debating why they should be allowed to say the n-word.
  • Then saying the n-word anyway.
  • Whispering, spitting, or stumbling over the word “Black” as if it’s a curse.
  • Refusing to pronounce your name right, or just calling you by a different name that’s easier.
  • Alternatively, “jokingly” calling you a “ghetto” name.
  • Constantly mixing up unrelated and not even resembling Black people, because you know.. ‘Black people all look the same.’
  • Dismissing our experiences as “just overreacting,” defending the wronging party, or using our plight to talk about one’s own experience (e.g. “well as a gay man i’ve got it rough…”).
  • Telling racist jokes and calling you sensitive when you don’t find it funny.
  • “______  is the new civil rights movement!” Black folks are still fighting for their rights, so…

Media

  • Fox news (xD)
  • Caricatured depictions of Black people on TV.
  • Casting calls for Black people only tailored for “race roles.”
  • Media treating white criminals and killers better than Black victims (see these headlines).

Stereotypes

  • Assuming you only listen to rap/hip-hop/r&b.
  • Assuming you love chicken, Kool-aid, and/or smoke weed.
  • Assuming you’re good at sports.
  • Assuming there’s no father in the picture in Black families.
  • Assuming all Black people (see: young girls) have children.
  • Calling Black people who don’t conform to preconceived images of Blackness “less black,” acting white or an “oreo.”

AAVE

  • Non-Black People mimicking/imitating AAVE.
  • People falling into AAVE when talking to Black People.
  • “Why don’t Black people speak real English instead of ‘ebonics’?”

Insults/doubting intelligence:

  • You’re so articulate!”
  • You take advanced classes?!”
  • “How did she get into that [prestigious school and/or program]?”
  • “They only got x because they’re Black/Affirmative action.”
  • Assuming a Black person (usually male) attends college because of a sports scholarship.
  • Counselors discouraging Black students to take prestigious coursework, assuming it’s too difficult for them.

Respectability politics:

  • “You’re a credit to your race.”
  • “I’m glad you’re not like those other Black people. You’re not ghetto or listen to that rap stuff..”
  • Tone policing: dismissing someone’s reaction/argument/etc. because they are too “emotional.” Thinking that we need to be calm in order to be taken seriously.
  • Pitting African immigrants against African Americans, especially those coming to America for education, aka “Good Blacks.”

Beauty Standards and Dating

Fetishization/Othering

  • People asking you what you are or where you’re really from.
  • Referring to Black people or our features as “exotic.”
  • Referring to Black people’s skin as chocolate or other foods.
  • Assuming dark skin doesn’t need sunscreen. Like other humans, we do!

Black Women/Misogynoir

  • Saying Black women are ”strong, independent and don’t need no man.“
  • Calling Black women ”sassy“ or angry if she shows passion/emotion.
  • Overreactions/exaggerating our actions. This often involves assigning aggression where there is none. (Black person speaking firmly is yelling. A Black woman disagrees with someone: “why are you attacking me?”)  
  • Referring to white and non-black women as “girls” and “women” while calling Black women “Females.”
  • Men who apply courtesy to white women (holding doors, giving up seat) but don’t apply the same to Black women.
  • Referring to Black women on government assistance as “welfare queens” (While ignoring that white people, white women especially, get more government assistance than Black people in the USA).
  • Black women All woman are beautiful.” (Stop. That. Please.)

Hair

  • People touching/petting your hair without consent.
  • “So is that your real hair? Are those extensions?”
  • Calling natural black hair unprofessional.
  • White people appropriating Black hair styles (dreads, twists, etc) and being praised as edgy, while it’s “ghetto, unprofessional, and unclean” on our own heads.

Poverty Assumptions:

  • “Do you live in the ghetto?”
  • “Can you afford that?”
  • “Here are the value prices of this product…”

Racial Profiling + Criminalization:

  • Crossing the street to avoid passing Black men/people.
  • Following in stores, assuming Black people are stealing.
  • Moving aside when we pass, clutching purse, locking doors.
  • Asking Black people for I.D. when paying with card (while white people are not asked).
  • Being pulled over + arrested at astonishingly higher rates than white people.

~Mods Colette and Alice

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