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I tried bribing myself with a videogame to clean but its not working

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!!!! My new shirt came in today and it fits wonderfully and its really comfy!

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Got to work fine. But hella early lmao maybe thats what all the dread was. I was an hour freakin early. I could have slept more! Got to clean and organize the way i like with nobody there watching me (except the security cameras but thats nbd doesnt bug me like someone hovering or working close by does)

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I am incredibly hesitant to go walk to the bus today. Its dark and cold and for whatever reason i feel very uncomfortable with it.

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Bagel bites for breakfast and i bought the wrong sized coffee cups but thats chill these lids are way better aaaaannndddd i tried putting stuff in my hair and am not super sure its good but it smells nice so im ok with it

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Oof just made a mistake to nap and woke up feeling like hypo death fuckin OOOPS

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Bap. Man selfies are hard and this is good enough

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Lmaoooo Got my hair cut and me and the barber were both mutually confused when i went to pay. He was gonna ring me up as a teenager and i already had adult price plus tip in hand and it was a few awkward seconds of "uh... wait no... wait yeah. Wait. Okay."

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for all my canadian gardening peeps

there’s this rlly great thing honey nut cheerios is doing where they’ll send you a mix of 19 different types of wildflower seeds for free as part of their bring back the bees campaign, absolutely free. 

if you have any space to garden, whether it’s an actual garden or just some pots on a balcony, please do consider this source for some beautiful summer flowers that will also make bees very happy.

[pumpkinspicespooner]

@allthecanadianpolitics

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Imma check how many bus passes i have then go if i have more than 2.

Well ok shower first before i do that bc i got rly cold and need to anyway probably and throw in more laundry c my blankets should be done

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Nah fuck it ill go tomorrow

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Imma check how many bus passes i have then go if i have more than 2. Well ok shower first before i do that bc i got rly cold and need to anyway probably and throw in more laundry c my blankets should be done

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Im tempted to go get a haircut.

Problems: i dont know what i want, i always hate the first few days after a haircut bc my hair is my power, i dont have unlimited bus pass this month, still up in the air on a potential steins:gate cosplay photoshoot where i am dressing as suzuha because my hair is pretty close to the right color and floof when its about this long

Good things: the place i have gone before and really liked is open today and not super expencive and they really listen to you and dont try to subtley change shit if you ask for something, its by the dollar store so i can get cheapy snacks for work, ill get out and to a bank so i can get rent out too, the weather is kinda grey and rainy but in a really nice way, if i get my hair cut it will be less annoying, i really like having shorter hair once i get used to the difference

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Still half procrastinating but im getting there? I had do do a bunch of shit downstairs because it was getting in my way (ie:so much shit on top of the washer and dryer i couldnt open them, stuff in the dryer, fuckin full waterbottles on the floor i kept smashing my feet into bc i couldnt see them under winter coats, and a goddamn tree in the hallway.) So thats done. Plus i put away clean dishes because i brought like 8 down from yesterday (i was bein rly lazy and had like 2 teas in different cups and kept forgetting to take my plate or bowl down when i went to get snacks so i just kept getting new ones)

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Me whenever i work out: giggles like my life fuckin depends on it

[tunameltd0wn]

hey guys friendly reminder from your fave Canadian that esk*mo is a slur so please don’t use it!

I see it usually in the context of “esk*mo kisses” which may pop up when people talk about their ships and their headcanon, but it means “snow eaters” in cree and is a slur against Inuit people so please just don’t use it!

and I would appreciate if u reblogged this because people outside Canada don’t seem to know this for the most part

[pumpkinskull]

This post is well-intentioned but not 100% accurate.

“Eskimo” is/was broadly used to refer to certain native peoples in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Siberia. Most, but not all of those groups find it offensive. In fact, “Inuit” is not considered an acceptable replacement term for all of these peoples. Here’s the breakdown:

Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallit) consider Eskimo a slur.

Canadian Inuit (Innuinaq, Inuvialuit, and others) consider Eskimo a slur.

Alaskan Inuit (Iñupiat) do not consider Eskimo a slur.

Alaskan and Siberian Yupik people are not Inuit, and do not consider Eskimo a slur.

Together, Native Alaskan Iñupiat and Yupik can be called Eskimo. 

I’m not sure if “Inuit” is considered offensive to Yupik peoples, but it is at the very least inaccurate.

There is another related group, the Aleut or Unangax peoples, who are neither Eskimo nor Inuit.

Also, the provided etymology is incorrect. There are a few different proposed etymologies for “Eskimo,” none of which are 100% agreed on, but “snow eater” is not one of them. The etymology most closely linked to the word’s slur status is “raw meat eater.” Other proposed etymologies are “snowshoe netter” or “speakers of a different language.” 

tl;dr OP is correct that you should never use Eskimo to refer to Inuit in Canada and Greenland, but it is acceptable to use for Alaskan Inuit (Iñupiaq) people and for Yupik people. The safest all-encompassing term would be Inuit and Yupik (and Aleut, if applicable).

(If you are more familiar with Alaskan Native people than me and disagree with my sources, please do correct me. For now though, I believe this to be accurate.)

[towonderland72]

I’m currently working on an Encylopedia of Indian Nations, and this is correct. Eskimo isn’t universally a slur. Canada may have adopted Inuit as an official replacement, but the OP seems to assume that the Canadian view applies to all native peoples. Sure, in Canada it’s contentious–stemming from both this single etymological reading and possibly also the fact that Canada used to make Inuit people wear “Eskimo tags” labelling them with the word ‘ESKIMO’ and ID numbers because that seemed easier than pronouncing actual tribal names. BUT. And this is a big but. Not all Alaskan native people share this history, and would object to a blanket label of Inuit, because Inuit refers to a language family and a distinct group. The Yupik, for example, do not consider themselves to be Inuit, and they don’t speak an Inuit language. 

This might be a useful source (and more accessible than the books I’ve been reading), if anyone is interested.

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@allthecanadianpolitics

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No phone call so far, so im guessing i was right in assuming the email was talking about tomorrow

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FUCK. THERE MIGHT BE A SHIFT TOMORROW BUT IDK IF ITS JUST ME WORRYING BC IF PAST JOBS OR IF ITS LEGITIMATE WORRY