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Ways to get Jehovah’s Witnesses to fuck off (as written by a former Jehovah’s Witness)
Ask to be put on the Do Not Call list. If you think it’s necessary, ask to watch them get out the territory card and write it down, but realistically, Witnesses in my experience are pretty good about this and the only time it won’t be honored is if someone forgets to check your address or if it’s been like 10+ years
Tell them you are an apostate. They are not allowed to speak to apostates at all, ever, but especially in regards to their beliefs. They aren’t supposed to go to places/events where they know apostates will be
Argue with them. Jehovah’s Witnesses are instructed to end the conversation and leave if it becomes clear that someone wants to debate rather than just passively learn and accept that they were wrong before. This might get you put on the DNC list without even asking
DO NOT answer the door naked. You wouldn’t think this needs said, but intentionally flashing people is sexual harassment, and Jehovah’s Witnesses frequently preach with children— both as a training thing and because people are more likely to be receptive. They say every JW who’s preached long-term has gotten a naked householder at least once. Do not do this
DO NOT unleash your dogs in the yard. First off, your dogs aren’t as mean as you think they are lol. Second off, almost every JW has been dealing with giant jumpy dogs— again— since they were children. Letting loose your dogs will get their dress clothes muddy, possibly tear them, and maybe scare some children/a few adults who will simply pass the door to someone else. It will also make every other dog in the neighborhood start barking. This isn’t helping you or anyone else
DO NOT call the police. Evangelizing is fully legal in the United States and JWs are not soliciting anything. Some areas make Witnesses get permits to preach, but that’s it. One time an elder in my congregation had people raise their hands if they’ve ever had the cops called on them, and it was two thirds of the Hall. Witnesses use these incidents to further their persecution complex. If you call the cops on them, they will absolutely be back next week, even pushier and more determined
It's not about fetuses, it's about bodily autonomy.
A lot of you on here deconstructed your entire religious worldview and yet you subscribe to political ideologies that dictate that a person is inherently evil, guilty, inferior or otherwise demonize people who have done nothing to you personally. Turns out the original sin doctrine lives on in the secular world and too many of you have fallen for it.
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Something that really breaks my heart is knowing that if the governing body suddenly said some fucked up shit like kill your kids as a sacrifice is knowing that my parents wouldn't even fucking question it.
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To my younger (American) followers:
Even if the polls are ridiculous you still have to vote Even if the experts say it’s over you still have to vote Even if the newscasters have called your state you still have to vote
Elections are decided by the people who show up on election day. All the polls in the world don’t mater if you don’t go into the booth and make a choice. All the experts can be (and frequently are) wrong if you don’t go into the booth and make a choice. News media tend to call stats at 5% of votes tallied. If your polls are still open, you can still change things.
Don’t let a strong summer showing in the media dissuade you. You still have to show up in November. It does matter. If people see their candidate winning and decide that they don’t have to show up and be heard, there is a chance the other side will rally. You have to participate. No matter what.
Voting this year is more challenging than ever, which means it’s more important than ever.
If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to discourage you from voting.
If you’re eligible and registered to vote in this election, please do so. Vote down the whole ballot. Vote in your local elections too, that’s where the MOST change is made, and your vote has the MOST impact. This makes things get better, going all the way to the top.
Show up. Stay Safe. VOTE.
Really important point in the OP that when media stations call results on election night, they are full of shit.
We won’t know the true results for days, possibly weeks, because of how long it takes to validate mailed in ballots.
The reason they call the results early, though, is because it’s been shown to discourage voting. Maybe you were going to go to the polls, but you started seeing that the results are “decidedly” one way, then that can make you feel like your vote doesn’t matter. It absolutely does. Show up, vote.
And even if you’re discouraged because of the bullshit electoral college, remember, that is literally the only election where you are voting indirectly. Every other race on your ballot is being directly decided by you, and those fuckers down the ballot have a LOT of control over how your life is day-to-day. You absolutely must vote.
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I’ll shatter your congregational unity, I will spread doubt and ask questions and I will be there, looking people in the eye, and they will be forced to make an opinion
She’s picking him up from kitten school and he’s telling her about his day
hey fuck this
I laughed so hard root beer entered my nose.
Seriously they’re not even trying to be taken seriously by outsiders at this rate. Whomst’ve thought this was even a good idea? Or is this more trendchasing?
We’re reaching MatPat levels of clickbait.
But yeah, fuck this article in particular.
-Mod Degurechaff, this clickbait bullshit is getting ridiculous.
throwing a party for one specific person once a year just to celebrate the fact that they were born and having a ritual where everyone at the celebration sings a special song to them thats only sung to them once a year and they get a ton of presents and a cake and everything? just to be reminded that theyre loved? and that their friends and relatives are proud of them for making this far? it sounds like a tradition carried out by elves or fairies or some magical and peaceful, loving race from a fantasy novel. but no, its real. its a thing people do. a thing MOST people do. and they see it as completely normal. i wanna fuckin cry
"You shouldn't question Jehovah's teachings"
Bro I just asked you to tell me why the congregation hates women so much
Thinking about how I’m 29 and still never dressed up for Halloween and never actually did the trick or treating..
I’ve got the spirit but none of the experience