Some thoughts about some stuff.

Hi, I think and therefore I am, and sometimes I share my thoughts about stuff. Sometimes not though. Feel free to stay and look if you want.

[shymagnolia]

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

[shymagnolia]

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

[flagellant]

…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment

likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post

[coffee-or-hot-cocoa]

i need all the help i can get for finals

[finnglas]

Hey so

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

This might be the real one, y’all.

[azaraspirit]

what the hell? i could use some luck *hits reblog*

[worldheritageposts-official]

World Heritage Post

[monsoonsosoon]

reblogging again… need it bad lol 

[dragonfoxgirl]

I’m moving abruptly, so why the heck not.

[gayestcowboy]

this might be a hot take but i think we should still be required to wear masks on airplanes

[gayestcowboy]

[gayestcowboy]

we need to start hounding people into wearing masks again. why aren’t you wearing a mask on public transit? why aren’t you wearing a mask in the crowded grocery store? why aren’t you wearing a mask in the literal hospital? if you’re half as progressive as you claim to be you’d require masks at your busy events. you’re not a progressive if you’re leaving out the immunocompromised. plus covid can still fuck you up even if you’re perfectly healthy and had your vaccines. wouldn’t you rather be unnecessarily cautious than risk getting yourself or someone else sick? put your mask back on in the crowded mall. coward

[theculturedmarxist]

US flying blind amid warnings of new COVID-19 surge

<em>Times</em> writer David Leonhardt omits the words “variant,” “evolution,” “Long COVID,” “cases,” “testing” and “wastewater” from his art

By multiple early indications, the United States has entered yet another surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, with wastewater levels, emergency room visits for COVID-19 and test positivity rates all on the rise across much of the country.

Between June 24 and July 12, the Biobot wastewater tracker showed a 46 percent increase nationally, concentrated in the South and on the coasts. According to one infectious disease modeler, these wastewater levels translate to roughly 280,000 Americans presently being infected with COVID-19 each day and rising.

[milf-adjacent]

I saw an article the other day where they claimed that "excess death rates prove the pandemic is over." And like, the rate of excess death is still ~6.7% higher than in 2020, you know, the year in which American life expectancy fell 3 years. And the year is only half over. They're just straight lying to us that 'everything's fine!' while we hurtle over the edge of a cliff into an oven filled with spikes and arsenic.

[2-3-dimethylhexene]

Christ I wish my family would understand this. My mother stopped masking because "I'll be quick!" Then guilt trips me when I say I don't want her near me when she might bring me home a disease that can kill me. My grandparents also stopped buy n-95s. I'm afraid they're going to kill me with their negligence.

[dancingalongthestars]

hey staff, if you keep this update I am straight up not using desktop and will minimally use mobile because this is a bullshit design

I’ve been on the site since 2012 so good luck with finding any long-term users who actually want the changes you’re making

[dancingalongthestars]

lmao I tried to blaze this post and staff rejected it

[birdofmay]

Alright, I’ve never done this, but I have over 1k followers, which could be a good start.

Manual blazing, anyone?

[end-orfino]

@staff hey watch this

WOULD YOU LEAVE TUMBLR IF IT REPLACED A CHRONOLOGICAL FEED WITH AN ALGORHITHM?

YES

NO

Voting ended onJul 17, 2023

PLEASE REBLOG THIS TO GET MORE VOTES.

[basiliskonline]

Recruiting for a Monster of the Week game

I just read and im currently planning to run Monster of the Week, i havent ever played it before and this is looking to build that experience.

GAME PREMISE

Monster of the Week is a pbta game inspired by media like Supernatural, Buffy, etc Urban Fantasy and you play monster hunters. It aims for a new monster mystery every session.

WHEN

I will be looking to run it on ALTERNATING sundays (so every OTHER sunday) at 4PM Pacific Time. I'd plan for this to run for 3 hours or so. Session 0 for this game is still a couple weeks out, the 30th at the earliest, possibly the 6th.

HOW LONG

I'd aim for a handful of sessions at least, but im happy to have people come and go as they desire, the episodic nature allows for that pretty easily.

HOW MANY

3-4 is ideal, at some point i'd like to stress test how it works for around 6, since thats what im used to in most games but this specifically says it may run into issues at that size. Again people coming and going is fine, so if it looks full but you are interested, please reach out still!

If you are interested, hmu and ill get you an invite to my discord

[gotinstarblog-deactivated201512]

[half-black-phillip]

I’m so mad because this worked

[britney2007spears]

help me roger

[sweethunter69]

Do the damn thang Roger!

[cryoverkiltmilk]

River

Roger and the power of three point one million notes.

[transarsonist]

but no yeah lets have the conversation:

"the CEO doesnt want to run that kind of website" Excuse, shouldnt have bought the 'go nuts show nuts whatever' website if thats the case. APPEAL DENIED

"we have to follow the TOS of the appstores we're hosted on" Excuse item one, no you dont, item two, you have since those days implimented infrastructure that would allow pornography and sex work on this platform Without violating TOS of any applicable app store. APPEAL DENIED

"we own the site we get to make the rules" Incorrect, this site has only ever made profit when the users willed it. we collectively own the site as a hive mind and no legal change in ownership will change that. APPEAL DENIED

"we have to keep this website safe for the children who use it" Argument based on fallacy banning pornography and sex workers does not prevent pornography and sex work from occuring on the site, it only forces aforementioned users to hide and avoid labling their content appropriately, which REDUCES the safety for children and sex workers alike instead of increasing it, this has been shown to the point that making this argument at all is tantamount to admiting fascist intent APPEAL DENIED

[transarsonist]

Reblog it. I want this to be on Tumblr radar by end of the week, i want my notes to be useless from the discourse, i want every single person on Tumblr to have seen this post at some point

[starfishinthedistance]

I talk to many people who say things like "oh I have trauma but I don't have PTSD", but then when I talk to them a little more I realize that they most likely do, they just can't recognize it as such due to how lacking PTSD awareness is, even beyond the whole "it's not just a veteran's disorder" thing.

The main reason they think they don't have PTSD usually has to do with flashbacks and nightmares, either they have one but not the other or have neither. But here's the thing, those are only two symptoms out of the 23-odd recognized symptoms. Flashbacks and nightmares are two of the five symptoms under Criterion B (Intrusion), which you only need one of for a diagnosis. The other three symptoms are unwanted upsetting memories, emotional distress after being reminded of trauma and physical reactivity after being reminded of trauma (i.e. shaking, sweating, heart racing, feeling sick, nauseous or faint, etc). Therefore you can have both flashbacks and nightmares, one but not the other, or neither and still have PTSD.

In fact, a lot of the reasons people give me for why they don't think they have PTSD are literally a part of the diagnostic criteria.

"Oh, I can barely remember most parts of my trauma anyway." Criterion D (Negative Alterations in Cognition and Mood) includes inability to recall key features of the trauma.

"Oh but I don't get upset about my trauma that often because I avoid thinking of it or being around things that remind me of it most of the time." Criterion C (Avoidance) includes avoiding trauma-related thoughts or feelings and avoiding trauma-related external reminders, and you literally cannot get diagnosed if you don't have at least one of those two symptoms.

"Oh I just have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, but I don't have nightmares." Criterion E (Alterations in Arousal and Reactivity) includes difficulting sleeping outside of nightmares.

"But I didn't have many/any trauma symptoms until a long time after the trauma happened." There's literally an entire specification for that.

Really it just shows how despite being one of the most well-known mental illnesses, people really don't know much about PTSD. If you have trauma, I ask you to at least look at the criteria before you decide you don't have PTSD. Hell, even if you don't have trauma, look at the criteria anyway because there are so many symptoms in there that just are not talked about.

PTSD awareness is not just about flashbacks and nightmares.

[jessepinwheel]

raw vegetable hours

pick a raw vegetable (sliced and with dip of your choice, if applicable)

celery

carrots

bell pepper

cucumber

broccoli

cauliflower

tomato

green beans/snow peas (?)

radish (?????)

something else????????

Voting ended onJun 27, 2023

this poll is for things that you would conceivably eat on its own, with your hands, e.g., a plate of only carrots + dip. don't submit something like lettuce or something else that's just part of a salad because if you are just eating a bowl of lettuce and dressing with your bare hands you are lying

[falsedetective]

cake is such an underappreciated band. i can’t believe we brought back low rise flare jeans before we brought back cake in the top 40

[falsedetective]

i’m just saying cake’s music would be widely regarded as so sexy if it wasn’t for all the mariachi horns and vibraslap and the vocalist didn’t always sound like he was explaining his suicide plans to a gun store clerk in sacramento. the world wasn’t ready for them

[lowgardn]

Which of the seven deadly sins does your pet embody?

Pride

Sloth

Gluttony

Lust

Envy

Greed

Wrath

Don't have a pet/show results

Voting ended onJun 12, 2023

(If you have more than one pet, pick the most sinful)

(This is also a thinly veiled request for you to tell me about your pets)

[vi-visected]

my therapist: how are you feeling in the wake of your (autism spectrum disorder) diagnosis?

me: well it makes sense doesn’t it? i was the one who requested testing. like on some level i kind of figured.

my therapist: yes, i’m personally glad we pursued it because it helps me better understand parts of your behavior and how to accommodate you. but how do you feel about it? you said before that you were in heavy denial about the possibility when you were younger.

me: well yeah, i had a preconceived idea of what autism was that i know now wasn’t true. but at the time it was distressing and i didn’t want to think about it too hard.

my therapist: how was it different then? what was your idea of autism then?

me: it was, you know, severe developmental delay. i never thought i had developed abnormally at all, so to try and match up the severity i associated with autism and the way i viewed myself, i just couldn’t.

my therapist: but you did.

me: sorry?

my therapist: you did develop abnormally. both socially and academically.

me: socially yes, but i had no problems with academics. i always especially excelled at reading comprehension, more so than anyone else in my grade. i started lagging in high school but i think that was a lot of burnout and depression and ptsd, probably. i was incredibly smart. hell, i spoke in full sentences earlier than most of my peers.

my therapist: violette, that’s still abnormal development.

me: …huh?

my therapist: developing abnormally fast is still developing abnormally.

me:

me: oh.

[one-mishap-from-a-meltdown]

Oh….okay. I understand now…

[2-3-dimethylhexene]

I'm in this post and I don't like it

[gandalfs-mommy-milkers]

reblog this if you think the toggle for tumblr live should be permanent instead of a 7-day snooze

trying to prove something to @staff

[pasta-is-magnificent]

[kingscrown666]

[anarchist-rat-swarm]

M-M-M-MULTIKILL!

[what-if-doctor-who-was-yuri-yaoi]

[thesaltyspice-deactivated201901]

I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-Nazi ones, which is great, but I felt like we needed one to show our support for the Jewish community.  

[bipolar-bubbeleh]

all you goyim I follow - I see you reblogging this and it warms me.

[dr-retard]

corrective lenses havers, do you:

only wear glasses

primarily wear glasses, occasionally contact lenses

wear glasses & contacts equally

mostly wear contacts, occasionally wear glasses

only wear contacts

Voting ended onApr 3, 2023

Share reasons why if the tags if you feel like it

[lilac-mushroom]

Honestly this whole Pedro Pascal thing is getting out of hand it's scraping insanity. One thing is to tell your friends that you want to fuck him or thirst over him in your personal tumblr blogs like the rest of us common mortals do. Another completely different thing is to have people on his Instagram and other platforms calling him daddy and commenting what they want to do with him very explicitly and to have interviewers calling him the daddy of the internet or whatever the fuck. That's harassment. It is not okay. The man is clearly overwhelmed and tired of being called obscene things everywhere he goes plus online. Like what the fuck is happening. Can we collectively chill and start condemning this type of objectifying behavior please? People need to learn to keep things to themselves. I've seen literal grown ass adult interviewers telling him this shit directly and filming his reaction. Enough

[noirandchocolate]

Doing this kind of thing to celebrities is just so disgusting because it puts them in a stressful no-win situation. Since 1) a celebrity openly flirting back with fans might well have it turned around on them and get them called predatory and creepy, 2) telling off the fan base for acting like this can lead to criticism that the celebrity is “too sensitive,” and “shouldn’t have become an actor if they don’t want strangers to find them hot” when “strangers find them hot” is not the problem, and 3) just going along with it without complaint will just encourage more of the same. “Oh they’re totally okay with it, see they smiled and laughed!” Buddy they’re an actor. Their whole Thing is that they’re good at pretending.

Idk I just feel like fans going to see celebrities while thinking they’re hot is fine, but fans interacting with celebrities and saying not only basic compliments but explicitly sexual things is definitely harassment. There’s also a difference between being one of a crowd that squeals when a celebrity walks by and being an individual who gets on their social media and sends them personal fantasies.

They’re famous, but that’s a whole human being. Not your fucking “blorbo,” and not your “daddy.”