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cadaverkeys

boys will be boys.

exorcise-me-daddy

10 years in the future.

Dean: I guess that’s it, we made it. We’re all here together, and everyone is saved.

Dean:

Sam:

Cas:

Team Free Will all at once:

mythicalcoolkid

You have two coworkers named John, one short and one tall. As you normally would in this situation, you call them Big John and Little John. One day the tall John tells you that he doesn’t like being called Big John. You’re a decent person and stop doing it. It turns out when his depression was at its worst, he gained a lot of weight, and even though he’s lost weight and is secure in his body image, being called Big John reminds him of that time. He’s much more comfortable being called Tall John, Old John, his last name, or just John

You call everyone dude. You were raised in an area where dude is an all-purpose term. One day your coworker Mary tells you that she doesn’t like being called dude. You’re a decent person and stop doing it. It turns out she’s trans, and even though she’s transitioned and is satisfied and secure in her body, being called dude makes her dysphoric. She’s much more comfortable being called girl, pal, or just Mary.

If situation one is so obvious, why isn’t two? Just be a decent person, don’t call people what they don’t want to be called, and don’t make them give you their reasons. It’s that simple

officialkirstenmcduffie

tbh I just fuckin love when people pull the “what are you, deaf?” crap on me because the horrified expression they make when I pull my hair back to reveal my hearing aids and quietly say “yes” as though my heart is broken is the most beautiful thing like serves you right asshole i hope you feel shitty for the rest of the week and never do that to anyone else ever again

u are a hero

At least this many

Oppy ❤️❤️❤️

the most unrealistic thing about harry potter

is that no teacher ever called him James by accident, or that Ron never was called “Bill-, eh Charl-, no Per-, argh!”

animateglee-archived

As a younger sister who knows this struggle all too well: THIS IS REAL. Pretty sure 70% of my past teachers still think I’m called what my sister is called in fact.

Imagine Fred being called Percy by McGonagall accidentally and then he gets so offended that he refers to her by “Professor [insert any other name but McGonagall” for the rest of the year, costing Gryffindor a considerable amount of points one at a time.

From then on, she vows to just call them all Mr Weasley.

Until Ginny comes along and she calls her Mr Weasley by accident and Ginny “accidentally’ calls her Sir and it starts again.

kyraneko

It’s lightly off-topic but also slightly relevant but I have long cherished this mental image of Professor Snape saying something snappish to Harry in just the wrong tone of voice and Harry absentmindedly, wearily, and completely accidentally responding with, “Yes, Aunt Petunia.”

tarvek-sturmvoraus

which would have all kinds of additional ramifications when you remember snape is the only one who knew petunia personally

fuckyeahcomicsbaby

You don’t have to love your body

naamahdarling

I really needed to read this today. Thank you.

obfuscobble

Potato girl has her life goals in order.

finninsanelycoolish-deactivated

This is a game changer.

showerthoughtsofficial

When people say “scientists are sometimes wrong” they omit the fact that the people who disprove scientists are mostly other scientists.

a-medics-paranoia

interscientific job wars

parentheticalaside

The bookselling behemoth is making life harder for writers, but so is the public perception that art doesn’t need to be paid for

“People have always felt a sort of ownership over art, and that’s actually good. It’s why you keep a book on your shelf and return to it, it’s why you hang a picture on your wall that speaks to you. But when this gets out of hand and you mistake access or a personal connection with your rights, as happens so often in our Internet age, it leads to a dangerous sense of entitlement. That’s why readers feel empowered to complain, directly to the creator, that a book or show doesn’t have absolutely everything they want: the romantic pairing they’d hoped for, the language they find most friendly, the ending they desired. And it’s also why, for instance, the last Harry Potter book leaked on the internet before it was officially published: fans saw the book as something they were owed, not the product of labor that deserved compensation. Not that J.K. Rowling needs more money—but she, and all authors, deserve to have their work recognized as work.

“Consumers hold a pernicious power, so this trend towards free content won’t reverse itself unless we want it to. This is a sad thing, and we will all be much worse off if we can only hear stories from people who can afford to write.”

roane72

Please please please do NOT pirate books if you want to keep having books to read. The median income for full-time authors in 2017 is reported at $20,857. That means half of all authors reporting income made LESS.

And of the authors that reported that they were, in fact, full-time authors, only 63% had ANY earnings to report. The average of those who did earn something was $43,247. Which means, looking at the difference between the median and average, the average is heavily weighted by the superstars.

MOST of your favorite authors are either working a second (or third, or more) job, have a partner who earns more money, or is living hand-to-mouth, or some combination of the three.

Libraries are your friends. Most have ebook collections now. I know readers gotta eat, but writers do too.

Signed, Someone whose book isn’t out for another 4 months, and is ALREADY being pirated :(

fishwrites

Oh gosh :( this really hit me: “This is a sad thing, and we will all be much worse off if we can only hear stories from people who can afford to write.”

hashtagloveloses

POUR ONE OUT FOR COMRADE OPPORTUNITY

and send a thank you postcard to the Opportunity team for all their hard work!

takethistoyourstardust

spitblaze

Im not sure how 2 tell some of u guys that encouraging people (ESPECIALLY people with mental illnesses) to break harmful habits isnt. Hurting them. Enabling harmful behaviors is not ‘pro-mental illness’ I seriously dont know how else to break it to you