human. she/her/hers. feminist. queer.

I'm an ally to trans folks, people with disabilities, and POC. Mostly I lurk.

[comicaurora]

girl help I'm getting they/them'd by well-meaning people who don't know what a tomboy is

[comicaurora]

This feeling is strange and complicated. On the one hand it's legit quite cool that nonbinary pronouns are becoming more widespread! On the other, I've spent my whole life pursuing interests and hobbies and ideals that weren't seen as particularly feminine, and when I was younger this was a major source of bullying and stress alongside some generalized misogyny taking the form of "you can't do or be anything you think is cool because you are innately inferior and to do otherwise means violating your nature," and it took me a while to conclude that this was just straight horseshit top to bottom and I could do whatever I wanted and present myself however I wanted without in any way being Not A Girl, and now it's like the exact same concept has flipped sides and is coming from a point of theoretical validation but still calculates out to "that's not very ladylike of you, you must be something else". anyway she/her thanks gang

[comicaurora]

I think it's like. the understanding that the gender binary is a small part of a much wider space of identities is separate from the understanding that a lot of that gender binary is a false dichotomy that artificially walls off universal human experiences behind specific pronouns and while the first concept is gaining wider understanding the second is lagging a little, which means "I am a girl and I like doing boy things" reads as "oh I've heard about this, you must be one of the Others who don't do the binary" rather than "the concept of 'boy things' is stupid from the jump"

[comicaurora]

just to be 100% clear

what this post is NOT talking about: using they/them pronouns for someone you don't know, aren't sure of, hasn't had a chance to introduce themselves, etc.

what this post IS talking about: my highly personal experience seeing some people "correcting" my commenters that were using she/her pronouns for me, because, despite me exclusively using she/her pronouns and saying so whenever asked, through no action of mine they had gotten the idea that I was using "they/them".

[comicaurora]

girl help I put a nuanced personal experience on the reading comprehension website

[apollos-boyfriend]

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[sherbertilluminated]

Promethean task: opposite of a Cassandraean task. You have the right information, and SOMEONE has to share it. But it's all in the delivery and if you're the person to identify the problem you WILL be hated forever.

[thearrogantemu]

Oedipal Task: (1) Attempting to avoid an unspeakably awful outcome and in doing so creating the circumstances that will bring it about. (2) Trying to solve an problem and discovering that you are in fact the problem you are trying to solve.

[theoppositeofprofound]

Odyssean task: you’ll complete it but it’ll take 20 times longer than it should and involve multiple side quests and mini-adventures

[lierdumoa]

Pandorean task: some people fucked around and now it's your job to make sure they find out

[decadebattle]

What Do You Most Associate With New Mexico?

Aliens/Roswell UFO crash

Area 51

I just think about Mexico when I hear New Mexico

Cowboys

Atomic Bomb

something else

Voting ended onNov 23, 2023

Reblog for a bigger sample size.

Say in the tags what you voted for and if you live in or outside of the US

[elodieunderglass]

not furniture but after my grandma died we were cleaning out her house and found this bottle opener made out of a kangaroo arm.

Not furniture, not #horrible things with legs, but definitely shouldn’t be forgotten. What a worthy item, thank you so much. I’m amazed at how it really is just a kangaroo arm bottle opener

[measured-words]

Oh I see. You think the *arm* Is weird... Tagging @saltwife so she can add a photo of what was left behind in our house by its former owners...

[saltwife]

I see your kangaroo arm bottle opener and raise you kangaroo ballsack bottle opener

[elodieunderglass]

Thank you so much oh my gosh!!!!!

You know, I actually find that quite understandable. Why not. The shape is about right for it, you know? I think what’s ultimately weird about the kangaroo arm is the disconnect between the body part and utility. Bottle openers aren’t related to elbows. They ARE related to hands - upon very careful reflection I feel that the kangaroo arm bottle opener would make a LOT more sense if the opener was somehow in the hand, like if the fingers were holding the metal part? But the way you’re supposed to open a beer with the hand facing the wrong way seems weird.

Explaining the theory further - this is kind of a stupid and ugly bottle opener, but it is a funny item, because bottle openers do relate somewhat to ballsacks.

These are weird but witty, because bottle openers are also a kind of tooth or beak.

A raccoon butt bottle opener is vulgar and stupid, for sure, but a bumhole is conceptually a bottle opener.

Providing evidence for relationships that do not work, this deer foot corkscrew (left, below) is the stupidest possible combination, orientation, and execution of ideas involving a deer body part and an alcohol access device. The antlers are right there! Feet are not corkscrews! It is a vintage high-quality Scottish aristocrat item, but because it is so stupid, it is actually less good than the raccoon butthole bottle opener. It doesn’t even have the excuse of being secretly hilarious, like a raccoon ass or kangaroo nuts. I am correct, no notes.

Warthog tusk bottle opener (right) however, is a respectful, natural and functional fusion of material and utility. Bottle openers are affiliated with teeth, and materials like teeth and horn and natural for humans to incorporate into tools.

Crab bottle opener includes no animal parts but is the best synthesis. It is the opposite (functional, intentional, artistic) of deer hoof corkscrew. Someone thought about the inherent properties of crabs, the desirable traits of bottle openers, and combined them.

In conclusion, the kangaroo arm bottle opener is MORE horrible to me than the kangaroo ballsack bottle opener. Kangaroo arm bottle opener is closer to deer hoof corkscrew and is just a horrible combination. Kangaroo ballsack bottle opener is something to bring out and show to people.

thank you so much for showing me this, I have enjoyed this very much.

[hierophagy]

i ended up liking how gendered french is solely because i can say that i want people to use he/him pronouns for me the same way they use it for angels, blood and blunts

[hierophagy]

i asked a trans friend to give me her fem version of this and she said that people should use she/her with her the same way they use it for the sea, flesh and stuffed toys

[samwisegamgeeee]

I don’t speak French but I speak Spanish and I’m nonbinary so the whole gendered language thing is… difficult. I couldn’t get this post out of my head and so I wrote a poem. It's a first draft but i just had to get it out there

It’s called “Masculino como el amor, femenino como la espada”

Si tienes que usar el masculino conmigo, usa el masculino cómo lo usas para el azúcar para el lobo el amor y el mar. Pero si tienes que usar el femenino, úsalo cómo lo usas para la tierra para la anaconda la guerra y la mar. Llámame masculino cómo el día cómo el melocotón el pecho y la cometa. O, llámame femenino cómo la noche cómo la piedra la leche y la mano. Masculino cómo el viento, femenino cómo la tormenta. El hueso, la sangre. El mito, la magia. El sol, la luna. Si tienes que usar el masculino conmigo, o si tienes que usar el femenino, llámame femenino con la boca y la lengua o llámame masculino con los dientes y los pulmones. O si puedes llámame por mi nombre. Llámame yo.

Translation: Masculine like love, feminine like the sword

If you have to use the masculine for me, use the masculine like you use it for sugar for the wolf love and the sea. But if you have to use the feminine, use it like you use it for earth for the anaconda war and the sea. Call me masculine like the day like the peach the chest and the comet. Or, call me feminine like the night like the stone the milk and the hand. Masculine like the wind, feminine like the storm. The bone, the blood. The myth, the magic. The sun, the moon. If you have to use the masculine for me, or if you have to use the feminine, call me feminine with your mouth and your tongue or call me masculine with your teeth and your lungs. Or if you can call me by my name. Call me myself.

[hierophagy]

no one speak to me this poem cut me open

[samwisegamgeeee]

alsdkfjalsdkj thaaaaanks! I made a few typos but i'm fairly proud of it hehe

[brightlotusmoon]

[briandraws]

Here's an explanation told from an ADHD kid's perspective

In terms of memory, what I do and don't remember is like a slope graph... Except it's steep ass hills going down and mountains going up.

Like in the first sentence in the photo, remembering small things such as where you put a toothbrush is difficult to recall, but with important events, like a planned target visit, it's easy to remember and you can even describe the small, unnecessary details.

Even without ADHD, memory is weird. ADHD just adds to the strangeness by giving the graph cocaine and telling it to find it's cousin in Germany, even though the graph doesn't have a cousin. ADHD affects the memory, so don't attack someone for remembering they had homework to do if they forgot to give you back your sunglasses.

[brightlotusmoon]

☝️👍🤌🤝

[punkinsheepsclothing]

btw, theres some new research showing that part of the issue may be that ADHD brains may not register putting the item down, so the brain doesn't even bother creating a memory of putting the object down. So if that reassures anyone, you're not crazy or bad, your brain just has its own ideas about whats important.

[brightlotusmoon]

If I had money, I would Blaze this.

[ducissatenebrarum]

Angel of God Chaining The Demon of Lust. Jan Steen

ca.1660 Museum Bredius

[elodieunderglass]

“WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN YOUR MOUTH?”

“Blarlarlarlblar,” said the Demon of Lust, nearly dislocating its own legs as it fought like a baby evading a diaper change.

“Could you stop! Eating! Garbage! For! One! Minute! STOP WIGGLING.”

The Demon of Lust, in a simultaneously guilty but reproachful way, stopped wiggling. Instead, it held still but stretched itself slowly but relentlessly backwards. Its eyes fixed on a new object of desire. The heap of steaming hot garbage throbbed in its vision. Upside-down, just out of reach - or was it? Carefully not wiggling, it stretched its neck backwards, extending its tongue. It could practically taste it.

“Don’t think I don’t see - no! That’s literally burning garbage!”

“Blarlarlar!”

“No! It’s burning your actual face!”

“Blarlarlar.”

“That’s it. Kennel. KENNEL.”

“Blar,” said the saddest demon in the world, staring fixedly at the hot mess.

“Lust CAN help itself around trash fires,” the angel said sternly, handling the demon in a method popularized by people trying to administer pills to struggling cats. “You can’t fix it. You’ll hurt yourself making it worse.”

“Blar.”

“Oh, tell you what. You can have a blorbo as a treat. Nice blorbo. Come on, puppy, into the kennel. Nice blorbo for you.”

[elodieunderglass]

This is part of a larger painting depicting The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah. This scene from the Book of Tobit illustrates Tobias, who is travelling for work in the company of his friend, the disguised archangel Raphael. Earlier in the adventure they meet and kill a fish, reserving its organs on Raphael’s medical recommendation. They arrive at the home of Tobias’ kinsmen, but despite Toby’s attempts to stay on track and do the business he originally came for, his uncles marry him to his cousin Sarah. “In the interest of total transparency, her previous seven husbands were killed on their wedding night,” they say brightly. Toby’s precise response was not captured by the author.

Apparently, Asmodeus, the high demon of lust, is in love with Sarah and has killed her previous seven husbands out of jealousy. Luckily, Toby’s pal advised him to bring the fish organs, and Toby burns them on the fire instead of the usual incense. Asmodeus is overcome, and Raphael reappears in the bedroom to haul him off.

Tobiah, mindful of Raphael’s instructions, took the fish’s liver and heart from the bag where he had them, and put them on the embers intended for incense.

The odor of the fish repulsed the demon, and it fled to the upper regions of Egypt; Raphael went in pursuit of it and there bound it hand and foot. Then Raphael returned immediately.

Context and text: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/tobit/0

Tobit, THE BOOK OF TOBIT | USCCB

Daily Bible Readings, Podcast Audio and Videos and Prayers brought to you by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Eagle-eyed (Christian-type) readers will notice they are probably not familiar with this story, and that despite sounding somewhat biblical, the Book of Tobit is not in the common or garden bible. (ETA: this is jokes, it’s in the Catholic Bible.) That’s because the Bible is assembled of many similar Books, after much fighting, with each decision to keep in/cast out various books forming the phylogeny of major religions. and the ones that were put in the bible are called Canon; the ones that were decided to be overall wholesome but fictional are Non-Canonical (like the Book of Tobit - occupying a space that can be mined for content for morality stories and artists, but not something you quote at a vampire to get it to back off.) the ones that nobody liked are Heresy.

An online person could say the Book of Tobit was Fanon, if they wanted to be attacked, rightfully, by snakes.

Now you know.

PS - on their journey Raphael and Tobias are depicted accompanied by Tobias’ pet, a small lap dog; in many paintings of the journey he is heading in the direction of travel, and in the painting above he has fallen asleep, having reached the safe harbour of angel-approved marriage.

PSS - no I don’t know if that’s why the characters in Labyrinth are called that.

[rox-and-prose]

Want do you call a ghost that isn't cis?

[rox-and-prose]

A phantransm

[rox-and-prose]

I cannot BELIEVE I didn't say "trantasm"

[rox-and-prose]

FUCK

[rox-and-prose]

God DAMMIT!!!

[rox-and-prose]

That's it I'm retiring from jokes

[cipheramnesia]

Isn't that why you're on Tumblr?

[rox-and-prose]

MY OWN GIRLFRIEND-

[undeadentropy]

Has anyone said transparent yet?

[rox-and-prose]

ENOUGH ENOUGH IM ALREADY DEAD

[jotfabe]

So ... (⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠;⁠) ... What do we call your ghost?

[rox-and-prose]

If you think I'm hanging around after this you're mistaken

[cipheramnesia]

Planning to trans-scend the mortal plane?

[rox-and-prose]

[rox-and-prose]

Don't think I didn't see y'all trying to revive this post around Halloween

[remnantglow]

there's only one thing worse than an awful book, and that is an awful book with ONE tantalisingly compelling element

[mbrainspaz]

an awful book is nothing. You can put it down and never think of it again. An awful book with ONE idea that perfectly captures your imagination can chip your soul out through your eyes with every sloppy syntax error and gaping plot hole while you scream, unable to look away

[anjawithaj]

Oh what is that horrible series with the Best Assassin Who Is Also A Lost Heir and her love interest Handsomest Faerie and the story is poorly written but the premise is interesting and I can’t get enough of just the story line with the dragon riding witch and her reluctant companion the girl whose uncle/guardian is plotting treason.

[only-tiktoks]

The U.S. housing market has gotten so expensive that income would have to jump 55% to make buying 'affordable,' real estate executive says

Personal incomes would have to soar to make up for the higher home payments created by rising mortgage rates.

[strongermonster]

perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

[strongermonster]

this is what i mean

[degenderates]

Via @bulbaderp

[itistimetodisappear]

To be clear, THIS is how nights of the future should be lit

This is bat friendly street lighting, which not only looks sick as fuck but allows bats to pass through without disturbance, as they cannot see red.

orange and especially white lights deter bats and prevent them from reaching feeding grounds at nighttime. Please if you can, write to your local council and encourage red street lights!!!!

[tayefeth]

Red light also doesn't break human night vision, which means that shadows won't appear as dark as they do next to blue/white/orange lights. And we might be able to see the stars again...

[anarchopuppy]

Here's uBlock Origin's official guide to bypassing youtube's anti-adblock popups, updated weekly. Please share widely. Don't reward google for their predatory anti-consumer bullshit

To summarize: 1. Get uBlock Origin and make sure it's updated to the latest version. 2. Click on the gear icon to get to the dashboard, go to "Filter lists", and make sure that "uBlock filters - Quick fixes" is up to date

Repeat those steps any time you get another popup (google and uBlock are having an arms race right now so it might stop working at any moment), and if you have any more problems, read the reddit thread for troubleshooting advice

[fadeintocase]

None Pizza with Left Beef is 10 years old today.

happy birthday to a decade-old meme.

[greystripe]

happy 12th birthday none pizza with left beef

[merps]

happy sweet 16 to none pizza with left beef

[prismatic-bell]

I recently discovered laundry stripping and y’all, no matter how much of a crock of shit you think fast fashion is, you’re underestimating.

[prismatic-bell]

[image ID: a screenshot of the notes on this post, featuring several people indicating they want to know more. End ID.]

OKAY SO. You know how we talk about how one way fast fashion has made itself “necessary” is that the clothing looks like shit and feels horrible after just a few washes?

Let. Me. Tell. You. Something.

Laundry stripping is a process where you load your laundry into a tub or bin (I’ve been using my bathtub) with warm water, half a cup of borax, half a cup of washing soda, and half a cup of laundry soap (not detergent, SOAP, there’s a chemical difference). Leave it there for at least eight hours. I’ve been going for 12-24.

What you will come back to is a tub full of nearly-opaque black-gray-brown water that absolutely REEKS. This is normal. You are looking at (and smelling) hard water buildup, body sweat and oils that were embedded in the fabric, dead skin, and just regular grime.

Wring out your clothes. Throw them in the washer. (I like to do a spin-only cycle before going any further, because I have one of those washers that determines by weight how much water any given load needs.) Wash as usual.

You will notice I didn’t suggest any further pretreatment, and that’s because 1) you don’t want to layer too many chemicals on top of each other but also 2) you may not even need it.

When your clothes come out, check each one as it goes into the dryer, and if anything else s still stained, set it aside to run again with a regular pretreatment. One of the sweaters I did this with apparently did need a second treatment…to deal with what appears to have possibly been a hot chocolate stain that was previously invisible due to “well, it’s old” dinginess. I was planning to throw this sweater out. It looks almost new now. I need to wash it one more time for the probably-a-hot-chocolate stain, and then it needs to have the hem weighted to block it and bring it back to evenness, but dude. I wear my clothes to rags and I thought this thing was unfixable. “I need to reshape it” is nothing.

Remove clothes from dryer when done. Fucking MARVEL at the colors and how good the fabric feels. Give them a smell. Get righteously and royally angry that you can rejuvenate this stuff so easily, with a process that does take awhile but is 90% hands-off, but we’ve been trained to believe it’s all got to be binned once a year because discoloration and gross fabric is “normal wear and tear” and can’t be fixed.

It’s utterly unreal! I just pulled a seven-year-old work undershirt out of the dryer and this thing looks NEW!! It FEELS almost new!!! One of the shirts I hung up from the last load is older than some of the people on this site and it went from “I keep this to wear on laundry day, for sentimental reasons” to “I could actually wear this out of the house, it looks old but respectable”! The pajama bottoms I’m wearing were from Goodwill and they have BRIGHT YELLOW in them! I thought it was goldenrod!!

I do not know how often you’re supposed to do this (doing it every time can strip the dye out of your clothes, not to mention it’s way too much work to do every time), but once or twice per season seems respectable. I don’t wear white, so I can’t test the “it will make whites look almost-new as well” claim, but I’ve seen a lot of people on the cleaning subreddit attest that it works.

Just remember: WASHING soda. Not baking soda. I tried baking soda and a little bit happened, but not a lot.

Go forth. Rejuvenate your clothing. Strip your laundry.

[memewhore]

[prguitarman]

How the eclipse will look on October 14, 2023

[anjawithaj]

Ok the cats are cute but this is an old airplane seat removed from the plane and in someone’s house as furniture. Why?! Also it says “cat cat cat” at the bottom which either someone has etched upside down on the arm of that chair or carefully photoshopped into the image and again - why?

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]