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This was the first thing I saw after my therapy session this morning. I'm going to go put my head on my cat to listen to her pur now 😭

depsidase

stitchy-face

Self Made Man 🌙 Redux | Prints Here

ofthedevil

QUICK! Send this message to five OOMFs who've contracted "Been meaning to check that out" in the next 24 hours or else they'll continue to not have played PEAK!

depsidase

youremysunshine8

Ok I love this???

"baptise me in hot dog water"

Hot dog water - there's a Tumblr post out there I've seen saying hot dog water is the opposite of holy water, due to the fact that a single drop of it will contaminate what it touches. I assume this was partly inspired by this allusion but who knows for sure.

Also the the idea of holy water as inhuman and cleaning vs hot dog water as the remains of feeding someone - often a child - and entirely human. It may be dirty and I do not want it on me but God hot dog water has some memories. You will not wash away my sins. They're mine. Also, anyone can make hot dog water but holy water is refined, restricted (yes anyone can make it in an emergency but lay people are restricted from it)

"you and I both know"

Unlike baptism for babies, this one is done between two people who are both aware of what is happening. The one receiving the baptism gives the orders about what they want to happen. The giver and receiver are portrayed as equals. They are equally aware of their humanity.

"the holy stuff won't take"

Ooof heartbreaking, amazing line. Raises so many questions. What does it mean when the water "takes"? What has the receiver done that makes them unfit for holy water? Or, what has the holy water done that makes it to weak to help, to be a part of your life?

The poem as a whole - I love the lack of capitalization. It adds a sort of intimacy to the poem, and the statement from the speaker. The high words "baptise" and "holy" being offset by "take" and "hot dog". Also "hot dog water" vs "holy stuff." The cadence! I would lick it.

the-real-seebs

I love the serious analysis, and I think I find it persuasive.

This also sheds a lot of light on some plot points in Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

legendoro-deactivated20250316

Not to mention this pretty much echoes haiku poetry:

First line is local, confined, specific

Second line widens it, places it in the wider context/world

Third line coalesces both experiences in a single point

The fact it is also close to the inverted syllable breakdown -- classic haiku is 5-7-5 syllables, whereas here there's 8-5-7 -- adds quite a lot of weight to the un/holiness of the whole thing.

yesornopolls

Do you check for trackers and remove them before sharing links?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJun 16, 2025

batch-official

Time for a post that doesn't comply with the gimmick...

So, companies are tracking you no matter what you do, but this specifically is something I care about deeply.

Essentially, when you share a link, sometimes it has extra data that tracks where it comes from and goes.

Opening Spotify, clicking the first item, and using the share button, I get something like open.spotify.com/track/4P0f1HTaA2UwtLJGryNgJZ?si=DBvbfihOSweU1KHj9Mib8w

That ?si=...........…. is the tracker. It tells Spotify who clicks on the link and ties it to you, meaning Spotify knows who your friends are even if you never follow them.

Similarly, if on Amazon or EBay in the browser, I get something like www.ebay.com/itm/146493392451?_skw=lenovo&itmmeta=............&hash=item................&itmprp=enc..............

And, similarly, everything after the question mark is tracking you. I had to blank it out because it was so long!

There is an exception for a few things (I.E. the v=..... on YouTube, but not the si=..... on YouTube)

The general rule is delete everything after the ? and if it breaks, add something back.

You should do this.

digitaldiscipline

Firefox users, when you right-click to copy a URL, it will give you the option to "copy clean link" which does what prev describes for you automatically. 10/10.

kasaneteto

im getting really fucking sick of all this “it gets better!” bullshit. im going to have depression for the rest of my life. it’s not going to “””get better””” fuck you

kasaneteto

i have really great news guys, despite it all

kasaneteto

to everyone reblogging this and saying that you’re the exception, or this will never apply to you, you are not alone. back when I made that first text post I felt the same way. but something I realized in between the first half and second half of this post is that it starts with you. it starts with wanting to be done with the misery. it is so much easier to give in to whatever mental health issues you’re dealing with, especially in a world that is built against us. however it is so worth it to not give in. it is so worth it to do things that make you feel good even though it can feel impossible to start. it’s so worth it to fail at something because at least it means you tried.

getting yourself out of the hole is hard, and can feel damn near impossible at your lowest. but it isn’t impossible. i am living proof of this. nobody is responsible for your emotions but you, and if you want to be happy, you have to create your happiness. do whatever you can to surround yourself with joy. not hedonism, but actual joy. accomplishments, good relationships, engagement in healthy hobbies and habits. it can be hard, there’s no denying it, i still struggle myself sometimes. the reward is so worth it. feeling like you’re the best version of yourself is so worth it.

to quote the queen kali uchis: i know it’s hard, but did you even really try?

brayinghorses

Lots of my favorite vines are old ones, so here are some that I didn’t want lost to the wind

Might make part 2 w/more modern vines(?)

worddevourer

Feels like home, y’know?

lotrlocked

Vine has such a different energy than tiktok like this is definitely more chaotic.

yourheartinyourmouth

I FUCKING MISS VINE

kurokitsune730

LMAO vine was a treasure trove!!

cavegirlpoems

tye-wig-music

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is also exploring whether chemical castration could be made mandatory.

lowercasenospaces

This is about the UK specifically.

cavegirlpoems

See this? This is the trap. This is how they get you. You appeal to outrage and emotion, you make a bold statement like "sex offenders don't have rights" and whip up that righteous anger, get people all thirsty for blood and punishment, right? And that's their foot in the door. Once you've decided that there's a class of people it's okay to do this to, there's no clean line in the sand anymore, is there? Now chemical castration (or whatever fucked up shit you wanna bring into it) is an option on the table. This is how fascists talk, this is how fascists think, and this is how fascists appeal to you to get what they want. Because once you've given them that inch, they can use it to take a mile.

sigyn-foxyposts

🌈✨️Happy pride month✨️

❤️🧡💛From Loki & Sigyn💚💙💜

beemovieerotica

people who are just finding out about internet tracking and data mining in the year 2025 and that your special robot friend does not respect your privacy lol

skeuo

i just beefed with someone online and I got tired of it so I said "I ate some really good blueberries today" and they replied "I had a fire ass peach today". world peace

basketchaos

I oughta start replying this way when threads get needlessly heated

jvhdb

"im going to see lilo and stitch tomorrow at the cinema so i can see how bad it is and laugh at it"

YOU ARE STILL GIVING THEM MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jvhdb

if disney makes $20mil from a movie release, they dont say "oh but we need to deduct about $2mill from ticket sales because those were just hatewatchers. they were just people watching it ironically as a joke. so technically we only made $18mil." they say "awesome, we made $20mil"

this goes for anything you spend money on. the studio that made that shitty gollum game didnt strike your $60 from their records because you only played as a joke to see how bad it is. you still gave them $60 for a game you didnt even enjoy and didnt think was worth $60. You Gave Them Sixty Dollars.

lettuce-king

*sigh* me and may friends paid Theo Solomon to say in Wyll's voice that he's "in da club straight up jorkin it" so of course I have to infect as many people as possible with this newly created cursed audio

Update: we met him at dragoncon and he actually recognized us from the cameo 😭 he was very sweet and enjoyed our wyll ravengard fanclub/sus coven shenanigans