Skylar / Cat

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[yellow-cat]

here's my cat for your dash btw. if you even care

[lamignonette]

[utatane-piko-official]

Sits on your dash

[infectiouspiss]

kids deserve so much more respect and it turns out that saying that is a great way to locate the horrible people in any community <3

[infectiouspiss]

you'll say something as simple as "no child deserves to be hit" and people will crawl out of the woodwork to explain why they should be allowed to beat a 6 year old for spilling some water

[infectiouspiss]

you'll say "i think it's weird that adults literally have control over when children are allowed to use the bathroom" and up pops a teacher to say that when they're not shouting at the kids they teach, they're trying to stop them from hiding in the bathrooms

you'll say "i think children shouldn't be forced to eat food they hate" and here comes someone who feeds their kids plain rice and boiled chicken (while eating a nicely seasoned stirfry) claiming that it's okay actually and kids shouldn't be allowed to taste things

you'll say "i think kids should have bodily autonomy" and in comes someone who pierced their babies ears before it was even 24 hours old, frothing at the mouth because their kid wanted a haircut and thats somehow an insult

[infectiouspiss]

children are an oppressed class and everyone should be looking back at their own childhoods and making sure they don't ever make a child feel the same way they felt.

[hyumjim]

[keeperofthebees]

let's observe with mama

[ciphertism]

@auticatgender

[etherealspacejelly]

i think we should all start using arabic words and phrases more often because its a beautiful language and also theres not really. english equivalents that have the same vibes

theres also the comedy potential of it. you guys dont know the joy of having your muslim friend text you "hopefully the racists in our city will all get sick and cant go to the protest" and you, as a pasty white guy, responding with "inshallah they get covid"

its a one hit KO every time. its fucking hilarious. theres no english word that has the same effect.

he also once texted me that he got over a mysterious illness he came down with (i think? i cant remember the exact context) and i responded with "subhanallah he is cured"

again, one hit KO. he lost his shit.

what im saying is we gotta normalise arabic. its just a language like any other, and it has some great words. its just like saying "thank god" or whatever, but theres so much variety and nuance. its beautiful

[silly-demon]

what do inshallah and subhanallah mean so I could potentially use em in the correct situations? And potential words I could use?

[etherealspacejelly]

OK LETS DO THIS

disclaimer i am not arab or muslim and i dont speak arabic but @frogofalltime has explained these words to me and says im using them correctly lmao

inshallah - "if god wills it". like an "i hope this happens" kind of thing. remember the finding nemo poster "inshallah they find him" meme if that helps. used in future tense.

mashallah - "god has willed it", used when something good happened. can be used to denote awe about an event or person. used in past tense.

alhamdulillah - essentially "thank god" or "praise be to god". like mashallah and inshallah but stronger, and can be used in any tense (i think). he will be baked soon alhamdullilah

subhanallah - "glory be to god". like alhamdullilah but stronger. used for when something almost miraculous happens!

those are all the ones i remember off the top of my head im sure binya can add more (and also confirm whether ive got my translations right)

[frogofalltime]

mashaallah robin my faithful student you translated and explained all of this so well :0

there's also astaghfirullah which means "i seek forgiveness in god" which you use when you or someone else does something haram (forbidden / sinful / wrong). tbh we use it in a lot of jokey contexts like if someone swears in a conversation you can call them out like "astaghfirullah haram !"

and bismillah which means "in the name of god" which you can use before doing something, we often use it before doing a difficult thing like when you are struggling to open a bottle or something lmao. or you can say it when someone falls or drops something or gets injured. idk

[piss-pirate]

His yucky face is my favourite thing ever

[piss-pirate]

[carnelianfoxx]

linus takes a trip to the nether. birthday gift to my sister

[girlnumbers]

hi can we play staring and breathing together

[auntierayeraye]

[sawakow]

hello kitty food and drinks ♡

[arunyi]

sanrio pixels!

[bonebais]

[pointnclick]

im going to post old cat images now

ceiling cat

monorail cat

long cat

the OG can i haz cheezburger cat

the lesser known graphix cat

invisible bike cat

my planet needs me cat

cat with the gat

[brunhiddensmusings]

[tzikeh]

Good lord we need MOAR of the original LOLCATS (or cat macros, as they were originally known)

[anarchistmemedistro]

the OG memes

[onbearfeet]

[ciphertism]

@auticatgender

[animentality]

[valhallavalkyrie9]

Dude this is specifically one of the many things that stacked up to make me eventually question if I was autistic. I cant mentally get around the scenario of

"But this place says I need to lift up to 50 pounds"

"Yeah you probably wont have to lift that much ever."

"But what if the occasion comes up and I cant do it. They listed it for a reason, I cant lie"

"Everyone lies on their resume"

"If everyone lies, then everyone knows they lie, which means the person hiring knows, so why are we all bothering with lying if everyone is in on it?"

"Because"

BECAUSE WHY!? WHY are there so many expected social contracts where we all have to play along with something even though we're all in on it being a false thing we're playing along with? Why not cut through the bullshit? I just cant get past the idea that I should lie when applying for jobs.

[2003-playground]

Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.