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When you say that you will not pass judgment on the accused without a conviction, you are passing judgment on the accuser. You are calling them a liar.

Out of every 1000 sexual assaults, 975 perpetrators walk free. Out of every 1000 assault and battery crimes, 967 perpetrators walk free. If you’re waiting on a conviction before you believe accusers, you will never believe them.

False rape allegations are almost nonexistent. Court proceedings re-traumatize victims. Megan Thee Stallion said of the harassment and trial that followed her speaking out about Tory Lanez shooting her, “I wish he would’ve just shot and killed me if I knew I was going to have to go through this torture.”

In the words of a criminal defense attorney:

If I had a dollar for the number of times a victim has recanted their statements, I’d be rich. I have had many more “it didn’t happen” statements then I have had “he did it” statements following arrests on domestic violence charges. Do I think the victim was lying initially? Almost never. When it comes to relationships, especially intimate ones, it is highly likely the victim will rethink things or they’re being pressured to recant.

In the words of an NYPD officer:

[D]omestic victims recant more than they cooperate

People pressure public figures to name names when they speak about being abused or assaulted, as if court-proven wife beater Johnny Depp didn’t successfully sue and smear Amber Heard for an op-ed that didn’t even mention his name. As if celebrities didn’t spend the Golden Globes gushing over Brad Pitt, the man who strangled his own child.

I’ve seen fans defend celebrities accused of crimes by saying that they “wouldn’t risk their career” with such actions. What would they be risking? Woody Allen and Roman Polanski are still celebrated filmmakers. OJ Simpson was acquitted. YouTubers made bank smearing Amber Heard and are now doing the same to Evan Rachel Wood. Bill Cosby is free.

Our society would rather believe that someone would put themselves through the trauma of court proceedings and public harassment on the off chance it could net them fame and fortune rather than consider that maybe somebody who made movies or music we like could be capable of bad things.

Innocent until proven guilty matters if you’re serving on a jury or investigating a crime. It does not apply to laypeople and it’s not an excuse to turn off your critical thinking.

I will always choose to support a potential liar over a potential abuser or rapist. That’s just me.

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deadcatwithaflamethrower

I feel like a dumbass, I am enlightened, and if I’m ever physically capable of sewing again, I am so doing this.

(use Neodymium magnets, guys. Might have to fight to pull them off the scissors afterwards but they won’t fall off while you’re cutting)

jackhawksmoor

walmart-the-official

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

bleu-guacamole

Might I add, free database of mostly European folklore and myths

walmart-the-official

Thank you!

bunjywunjy

I was walking through the toy aisle at Target when I found this thing and had a VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE FLASHBACK to when JP first came out and they had a bunch of REALLY COOL T Rex toys that I would have sold one of my scrawny small-child limbs for but my mother wouldn’t get me one because they were “too violent and also ate people” :(

bunjywunjy

hnn I WANT IT SO BAD

bunjywunjy

on closer inspection, it makes a lot of really obnoxious noises and is also Too Expensive. BUT FEAR NOT I found this slightly smaller dude wedged in the back!

IT HAS BITE ACTION, AND THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

bunjywunjy

now we enter the testing phase

yup. looks good.

bunjywunjy

Extreme Chompin T-Rex says IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

digitaldiscipline

Can we take a moment to appreciate that we can use this as a rosetta stone to say “EXTREME CHOMPIN’ “ in four languages?

bunjywunjy

OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT, let me check the garbage to see if it’s still there! hopefully I didn’t destroy it in my excitement

bunjywunjy

*roar sound effect*

bunjywunjy

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

bunjywunjy

update update: I re-sized her collar and found a bag of toy bones at the craft store. I haven’t put this much effort into a non-school thing since my last job search, help

(secret bonus: the other side of her tag)

crochetninja

There’s more!

nuggsmum

I love.

bunjywunjy

I saw that people are reblogging the thread again, so I thought I’d give you all an update on how Wexter is doing!

(just fine)

bunjywunjy

Wexter And The Case Of Her Continuing Marvelously Naughty Garden Adventures

OP and Wexter can break all my toes and I would still send a thank you card

bunjywunjy

Wexter says SHE WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING (but she might chew your ankles a little bit maybe)

bunjywunjy

so it’s come to my attention that at some point this weekend Wexter blew past 100,000 notes, and I for one think that’s very cash money of her.

bunjywunjy

it’s been a few weeks, I suppose we should check up on the AHSGSHGAFB?!

ajdhf.

well that’s just,,,

REXCELLENT

bunjywunjy

two hundred THOUSAND notes???!?!

bunjywunjy

HELL

YES

HELL

FUCKING

YES.

Nearing on 375K Notes!!! What in the Paleolithic are y'all gonna do when they top 400K?!

bunjywunjy

cry, probably

splendentgoddess

Reblogging to get you one note closer to crossing the 400k mark!

subbyboymax

IT’S TIME

bunjywunjy

YOU MANIACS. okay, here we go!

HAIL TO THE QUEEN

LONG MAY SHE REIGN!

(she was a skater Rex, she said see you later Rex, she’s finally hit 400k!)

bunjywunjy

we’re coming to you live from Halloween 2022, where Wexter continues to be ridiculously jawsome!

this year we’re doing a much-beloved character from classic literature, “Dracula with inappropriate straw hat”

thanks everyone, may your weens be hollow and your candy be many!

bunjywunjy

hey! HEY. it’s Halloween 2023! AND YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT WEXTER IS DRESSED UP AS THIS YEAR.

she’s… (WEXTER! here girl!) she’s a… a…..

she’s a T. Rex.

GOTTEM!

dduane

…Another epic.

alloverthegaf

aight fuckers I’m doing it I’m spending a full $4 to watch the first lotr movie, for the first time

alloverthegaf

so like I get, you know, power and malice and cruelty were ‘poured’ into the rings, but like. what did they actually put in those things. what fuckin gold gives a ring malice. why did the elves only get three.

alloverthegaf

holy shit it’s Agent Smith with pointy ears

alloverthegaf

this ring was made of weet-bix and nutri grain

alloverthegaf

it was in this moment, when all hope was lost, that issieldor-whoever took up his father’s sword -

alloverthegaf

I’M SORRY BUT I’M LAUGHING THE RING GIVES THE BIG BAD GUY LIKE DARK MAGIC AND A DEMON ARMY TO CONTROL BUT EESEELDOOR PUTS IT ON AND HE JUST TURNS INVISIBLE

alloverthegaf

holy shit I just experienced seven and a half minutes of introductory exposition by a mysterious lady who apparently thinks VERY little of hobbits

alloverthegaf

omg is this WHOLE movie exposition

alloverthegaf

it has been remarked by some that a hobbit’s only real passion

is for food

FOOD

alloverthegaf

a wizard is never late

says Ian McKellan, wishing he was Julie Andrews, Queen of Genovia

alloverthegaf

I know absolutely nothing about either of these two but I already fucking love their relationship it’s beautiful

alloverthegaf

OH SO BILBO’S THE FUCK THAT CAUSED ALL THOSE JUMP SCARES

alloverthegaf

oh shit son he’s got the ring and the golem voice

alloverthegaf

okay so that’s pretty fucking cute

alloverthegaf

apparently every hobbit has an instinctual urge to hug Ian McKellen and honestly? same

alloverthegaf

holy shit guys I’m not even 20 minutes in I’m gonna have to make multiple posts

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runby2

Remember if you’re out at a store and someone says “This is a robbery” you can say “no it’s not” and then the robber will leave because theyre a robber and this is no longer a robbery .

runby2

You can not just say this without dropping the whole story

alonelybeemakingart

Ok so,

My dads coworker is at the front and this man comes Up and hands him a document.

The coworker took a Look at the document and while he couldn't read the things written by Hand, because he wasn't wearing his glases, he did notice the Logo of a different Bank so he's like:

"Oh, sorry sir you can't do that here! You have to go to the other Bank for this :)"

The man, visibly confused leaves, but dosen't take the document with him.

The coworker, now just as confused as the Guy actually Takes Out his glases and reads the hand written part:

This is a robbery

gay-jesus-probably

Can you imagine trying to rob a god damn bank and the teller just cheerfully tells you to go rob the competition instead

theprofessional-amateur-deactiv

I worked as a bank teller for several years and a few things you should know, bank robberies happen far more frequently than you might think and they come in waves. When a bank gets robbed a notification with photos goes to all banks in the area to be on the lookout. And there are two kinds of robbery, the pass the note and the takeover (what you see in movies).

So our branch had had a big takeover robbery as well as a note one. We also had a teller that had transferred to our branch after having been through a robbery. She was sweet as apple pie, hair up to the ceiling, southern lady who had just been through multiple robberies.

A guy comes in and hands her a folded note. Her immediate thought was “this guy needs to learn you don’t hand bank tellers notes. I am just not going to read that.” So how the conversation goes:

Her: how can I help you today?

Him: I’m here to get money

Her: great *hands him a withdrawal slip*

Him: all the information is on the paper

Her: to process the transaction I need you to put it on my piece of paper

SO HE FILLS OUT A WITHDRAWAL SLIP. Meanwhile another coworker is looking at her latest robbery notification email thinking the guy at the window looks a lot like him but the teller is calm and seems to be following standard transaction.

Back at the window the teller notices his name on the withdrawal slip doesn’t match the name on the account so she asks for his ID. He once again tells her all the relevant info is on the folded note but also gives her his ID and says it is his dad’s account. She tells him he will need a check from his dad to get cash. He grabs the note and leaves.

ONE HOUR LATER

Two new robbery notifications hit our emails, both branches within a mile. It is our guy. Teller goes over to the manager and sheepishly informs them he was here and the time. Security department is notified as are local police and the FBI. The FBI comes over believing that these poor tellers had been robbed for the 3rd time in a month and take her statement. She is completely embarrassed telling them how everything went down and he kept signaling to the note and telling her to read it but she was just done.

To which this FBI agent of 40 years who has been to the scene of many bank robberies (several at this branch in recent weeks) says: Ok. Let me see if I got this right, he came in fully intending to rob you. He gave you the note and you just…refused to read it? So he left and went to the bank literally across the street, handed them the exact same note, and they just handed him five grand? Do I have that correct?”

Her: I am so embarrassed

FBI: this is best thing I have ever heard. He even handed you his ID! Holy-

Her: I feel so dumb!

FBI: don’t! This is the best thing I have ever heard. This is going to be in training courses. (He sat there giddy for at least 5 more minutes)

bippysaurus-rex

I have a similar story from my friend Fred, who is a great human and I like him lots.

He was working at a 7-11 that got robbed a lot, working nights. And he was bored and read though his entire contract and learned if you're shot at work you get $200,000. Also, he hated his boss and the job.

So when a guy came in to rob him at gunpoint he got excited and was able to hatch the plan he had been pondering while dealing with a Shitty Boring Job.

"Dude. Shoot me in the leg. Right here- it'll go through and not hit anything vital and I'll be able to quit this fucking job. I'll give you fifty fucking grand to shoot me in the leg then you can take everything in the register."

This ended with him chasing the weeping attempted burglar out of his store screaming "SHOOT ME YOU FUCKING COWARD I WANT THE MONEY".

cheesepoon-deactivated20231010

@rmilkies

byrdsfly

One of my uncles was a branch manager at a local bank when I was a kid. His branch had the dubious honor of being one of- if not the- most robbed bank in the area. There was a bullet hole in the wall behind his desk where he'd been shot at once.

One day, this guy came in and announced he was there to rob the place. This man was smoking a cigar with one hand and had a gun in the other.

My uncle pointed at the "No Smoking" sign and told him in no uncertain terms, "Put that cigar out, or finish it outside first."

This guy, bless his heart, went back outside to finish his cigar.

My uncle locked the door behind him and waited for the cops to show up.

mytardisisparked

The reason Psych is the Important Show of All Time is because it said "friendship is the MOST important thing." Like, yes, the romances were good but the show spends even more time emphasizing and developing the friendships and that's why it rocks. Lassiter and Juliet love and support each other unconditionally without even the slightest whiff of romance and it is SO. REFRESHING. When Juliet almost dies, Lassie sacrifices his favorite gun to save her without any hesitation. He's the one there to hold her while she cries. She's his confidant. She leaves everything she knows behind so he can chase his dream of being chief without reprocussion. That's a deep, wholesome kind of platonic love. They also never had Shawn be jealous of how close Jules and Lassie are - instead, in the final episode, we see Shawn thanking Lassie for loving and supporting Juliet. We simply don't do that jealousy crap here. Lassie and Jules are best friends and that's an excellent thing. And then there's Shawn and Gus. Those characters are narratively and physically inseperable. The show makes it VERY clear that, without the other, neither one is complete. They balance each other and exacerbate each other's hijinks at the same time. They're closer than close and everyone around them just accepts it. It's just the way those two dumb boys are and no one is going to try to get between that. And then, of course, SO many friendships develop over the course of the show. Lassie and Shawn form a begrudging friendship eventually. Juliet and Karen end up bonding more than I think either expected. Friendship is the beating heart of this series and it's presented in a way that is unique and fun and I just don't see a lot of other shows that do it like Psych did.

starlight-kestrel

AU where Arthur finds out about the prophecy and pieces together that “his closest ally Emrys” must be Merlin because who else would it be, but incorrectly assumes that Merlin doesn’t know and therefore has never practiced magic before.

Even better if he finds out early season 1 so He’s just so devastated the entire time and he’s just like “I can’t believe this, this prophecy is going to turn my best friend into a sorcerer, and it’s all my fault for being the once and future king” and Merlin’s in the back just murdering a sidhe

dozydawn

vintage lantern charms with pearls

movietonight

Psych from the perspective of Pierre Despereaux is so funny because he's this suave posh gentleman thief and then he gets caught and his secret exposed by the two weirdest people in existence. They're not even in the same genre as him.

kingbearshark

No because it's so funny that their first ever interaction is two random beginners on snow skis shouting his name before they start a chase where Pierre is amazing, flawless even and Shawn and Gus get the fast and slow maneuvers mixed up.

The episode ends with Shawn basically saying "man, you're so much lamer than I thought you would be" and Desperaux took that personally and decided to up the ante SO 👏 MUCH 👏 MORE👏

assiraphales

shawn spencer is genuinely so insanely smart that he could be an evil millionaire. he could win any poker game he joins. he could infiltrate (and destroy) world governments. he could be successful at almost any job he put 1% effort into. he could be in/famous and destructive. instead he runs around santa barbara california pretending to be psychic with his life partner gus solving crimes and creating minor chaos and I love that for him

fanficmemes

Anybody else got that Evergiven sized writers block

fanficmemes

“Where’s the next chapter?!” Well buddy you’re never gonna guess

fanficmemes

callmebliss

What’s the comic sans trick?

cargopantsman

chaifootsteps

#i feel like someone just asked me to eat dirt for my health

buc-eebarnes

wingdings' true purpose as a font

naamahdarling

Wingdings holy shit some of y'all are on a whole different level of galaxy wizard brain batshittery and I am in awe.

brawltogethernow

Exciting. When I don't want to see what I'm writing I just make the font color almost indistinguishable from the background color. (Do not do this.)

(I don't think the secret to the comic sans hack is comic sans itself; I think it's any deflation of being intimidated by your canvas.)

brawltogethernow

Hold on I need to go look something up immediately.

darker-than-darkstorm

... you can't say that and not give the link.

The Internet's best write-reward system! Write one hundred words, get an image of a kitten!

Looks like you can even make it something other than kittens, by appending ?search=dinosaur (that's the example the page gives) to the end of the URL.

nightingaletrash

@andauril

todaysbat

sharing this here because you can can do bats

tributary

the ends don’t justify the means because the means create the ends. write that down

therogueduchess

Immediate reaction:

Oh no the bricks!

Life, uh, finds a way

A secret third thing I will make in secret in the tags

Voting ended onJun 8, 2024

therogueduchess

Also, does anybuggy know what this plant actually is?

a-finn-world

I would say that it's most likely common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus). Which is an edible plant.

Now if you would want to eat it is a different question.

#had to look up what it was called in english #people used to eat it in the middle ages #wouldn't eat this particular plant tho

whitepeopletwitter

sindri42

So I looked this up and the whole story is wild.

Basically, market research for japanese bakeries determined that a) they sell more breads and pastries the more different varieties they have, and b) japanese bakery customers prefer items which are not wrapped, because individually wrapped things give the impression of being like, preserved or something instead of fresh and good I guess? So the obvious solution is to sell as many different kinds of unwrapped breads and pastries as you can.

But! In actual practice, that’s a nightmare. No packaging means no barcodes to scan, so the cashier needs to know all like 200 different (often very similar) items by heart and add them up manually, which means training new employees is a slow and painful process and customer service in general suffers badly. And having a person handle all those un-packaged foodstuffs to count them or examine them, in addition to being slow and clumsy, is unsanitary as fuck.

So one bakery chain owner approached this computer guy in 2007 asking for a system to automate the checkout process. It took five years and the company barely survived a financial crisis in the middle, but long story short they developed a highly specialized AI that will look at the pile of bread a customer picked out and automatically identify everything, tally it up, and charge them correctly, while the live cashier is free to make small talk or help people out or whatever. The whole process is simple, fast, sanitary, and pleasant for customers and employees alike, and to an outsider it looks like fucking magical bullshit.

But then in 2017 a doctor saw an ad for this bakery scanning system and it occurred to him that cells under a microscope don’t look all that different from weird loaves of bread. And it turns out that yeah, you can use almost all of the same code to analyze a tissue sample and pick out any potentially cancerous cells in it. Other people have started buying the same program for everything from analyzing the readout from big physics experiments to labeling charms and amulets for sale at shrines to detecting problems in the wiring on jet engines.

gailcarriger

I knew pastry would save the world one day.

hacvek

reminder to worldbuilders: don't get caught up in things that aren't important to the story you're writing, like plot and characters! instead, try to focus on what readers actually care about: detailed plate tectonics

olyia-stories

@dragonpyre any chance you could elaborate on this

dragonpyre

I grew up learning about land formations. Seeing fictional maps that don’t follow the logic and science of them makes me upset

serinos-kitt

What are the most common sins you’ve seen relating to this? I wanna know

dragonpyre

Mordor.

Why is the mountain range square. How did the mountain range form. Why is there one singular volcano in the center. Why does it act like a composite volcano but have magma that acts like it’s from a shield. If it’s hotspot based volcanic activity why is there only one volcano.

And then the misty mountains!!!! Why isn’t there a rain shadow!! And why is there a FOREST where the rain shadow should be!!!!!!!!

serinos-kitt

So what is a rain shadow?

lethalbutterfly

Wind blows clouds in from the sea, but mountains are so tall the clouds can't get past 'em, so you get deserts on the windward side of mountain ranges because clouds can't get there to water the land, or do so only very rarely.

derinthescarletpescatarian

Oh yeah nothing is more annoying than fantasy maps that can't get mountains, rivers and rain shadows right.

mindfulwrath

May I recommend my new favorite tool: Mapgen4. You start with a random seed and then add mountains, valleys, shallow water, or oceans as you like. You can adjust the wind direction to make wind shadows off the mountains fall where you want. You can adjust overall raininess to make the rivers larger or smaller, or have more or fewer tributaries. It works best for small, isolated landmasses (think islands more than continents) but as there’s no scale bar and it’s all slightly abstracted anyway you can do whatever you want with it. I’ve only just started playing with it but it’s SO FUN.