Flag of the Soviet Union if it were bought to you by viewers like you

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cooking with my beautiful wife....one of her favourite hobbies is thinking she can throw things in the air and catch them before they fall

i want to share with you some of my favourite graffiti from Pompeii

I’ve always loved these. Humanity has never fucking changed.

the guy who wrote “if anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my gf” drank XTREME respect women juice

adulthood is just a constant struggle of, “man, i want cookies for breakfast, but I also recognize this is a bad nutritional decision.  On the other hand, the only one who can stop me is me.  i know that fucker’s weaknesses.  i could totally take me in a fight.”

frog and toad are my two remaining brain cells struggling to keep my horrible body alive

The person I reblogged this from deserves happiness and love

Imsane rule

I love posts like this. Terminally online people finding out that reality isn't anything like the propaganda they've been fed. Terfs realizing that nobody likes their weird mental gymnastics. Incels realizing their bone measurement bullshit means nothing. It's always magical to watch someone's toxic world view crumble before them

I don’t like how the comments are like “haha you’re so stupid for believing those things, your ideals are crumbling” like that’s not how you deradicalize people. (You’re also not immune to radicalization btw) and you don’t get internet points for mocking people for learning and growing. GOOD FOR THIS GUY!! I’m so happy for him that he was able to get out of a community that obviously preyed on his anxiety, fear, and poor self esteem to keep him controlled. I hope he makes friends and continues to realize that YES the incels WERE lying to him, and YES he is allowed to be in a society and YES he has inherent worth as a human being beyond his physical body. GOOD FOR HIM!!!!

there's a pretty intense one posted after you posted this where someone pointed out that deradicalization is important and you can't just get rid of bad people without addressing the root of the problem and got an "I loathe you on a personal level." for one reply. over the possibility of deradicalization! like, i understand given context, but holy shit we have got to start understanding that the answer to there being bad people with dangerous ideas is not to hope that we get to get rid of all of the bad people eventually--it's to turn those bad people into less bad people, then not bad people, then good people. it's a messy and strenuous process that is uncomfortable for everyone involved but its necessary

similarly i see a lot of sentiment in general against "praising people for basic decency" but like. humans are simple creatures. if you being nice and exercising good habits is constantly met with people pointedly refusing to congratulate you on improving, and your bad habits are encouraged quite a lot--and ESPECIALLY if people treat you like you still have your bad habits even after you throw them away just for having ever had those bad habits--then you're gonna backslide and confirm what people thought: you were ontologically evil and just trying to trick them when you were sincerely trying.

tumblr just doesn't believe that people can change for the better, it feels.

As far as "praising people for basic decency", I think people fuck up when they say that by forgetting that people deserve praise for the first step. People always deserve praise for significant progress but also for that first occasion. As an adult who has tied my own shoes for more than 2 decades now, I don't deserve a cookie for tying my shoes today. It's a non event, because it's easy and routine for me. FOR ME.

Someone who has never tied their own shoes before, regardless of age, deserves a cookie for managing it today though.

Also if illness or injury fucked or injury fucked with my ability to tie shoelaces, I would deserve a goddamn cookie for managing to tie my laces again. Just to be clear, because it wouldn't be easy or routine for me in that case.

Stop comparing people to your own capacity for five fucking minutes and think instead about how much better they're doing today vs last month.

Some people don't pick up the important life skills of making friends and figuring out who is or isn't full of shit in a timely manner. Then they grow up and they fall in with people who are full of shit - they deserve a fucking cookie for figuring out that community is full of shit.

girl what the fuck is happening to Drew Carey ?

Having the time of his life, clearly

It makes me happy when they listen

He was trying to make sure you could be horny on main and still get paid. The hero we needed not the hero we deserved.

writing fanfiction is just. i’m being so creative and original. i’m plagiarizing everyone by accident. i’m a genius. i’m cringe. i’m too angsty. i’m too cheesy. this is not in character. it doesn’t matter that it’s not in character because these are my characters now. i love my hobby. this is the worst possible use of my time. i’m seeking validation. i’m projecting my own personal problems onto this story and i’m barely hiding it. i know so many words and i’m using all of them wrong. im on tumblr posting about it instead of writing it.

#and then you do all that and you STILL have to think of a title

[transcription of a reddit comment]

ew72 • 19 hr. ago

I'm a type 1 diabetic. I require insulin to live, multiple times a day.

When I was in middle school, many years ago, we didn't have insulin pumps and had to use syringes and vials like everyone else.

The school refused to let me carry it with me, meaning I had to go to the nurses office several times a day to inject. It's not just before lunch but could be any number of times depending on the current blood sugar levels.

The district then cut nurse staff to just spending half a day at two schools, and the nurse left before I had lunch.

I asked the office staff to unlock the office so I could take my insulin and eat lunch. They refused.

By middle school, I'd been dealing with t1 for about 5 years, and didn't take shit on the topic. I went to the school lobby, picked up the payphone (I just dated myself) and called 911, telling them, "Hi, I'm at (school), am type 1 diabetic and the office won't unlock a door and let me take insulin."

They sent a fire truck, and a bunch of firemen met me outside and walked me to the office and asked, while ignoring the staff, which room was the nurses office. I pointed to the door and he was like, "Okay boys, chop it down, this kid need his insulin!"

Suddenly, the office secretary could unlock the door and I didn't need to put it in the nurses office everyday anymore.

End id.]

4/20 related post that I forgot to make yesterday.

Edit- "stopped for some reason" includes job, reliable access, a home environment that allows it, sobriety, etc.

Player: "I think I'm gonna make a woman character this time."

The DM, solemnly: "That's how it always starts."

No kidding, this happened to a co-player recently.

Off-Brand World Landmarks

Great Pyramids, but they’re the Bass Pro Shop in Tennessee

Eiffel Tower, but it’s the cowboy version in Paris Texas

London’s Tower Bridge, but it’s the replica in Suzhou China (it has twice as many towers lol)

The Statue of Liberty, but its in the Netherlands and she’s holding a can of beans (I’m serious) 

The Statue of Liberty again, but she’s in Spain and holding TWO torches, damn

The Taj Mahal but it’s in Bangladesh and it’s pink and like, I’m sorry, but like, really cute

The Great Sphinx, but it’s in China and also Iron Man is there

no dont go on that subreddit 18-22 year old trans girl

He’s a musician