Behind the mask

This is my personal blog, its more about who I am and how I feel, along with important things going on in the world. I am always open to talk if someone needs a person to talk to.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

I don’t want to hear the argument that billionaires do good with philanthropy ever again. Jeff Bezos could give all of his employees safe conditions, sick leave, and hazard pay, and also fund accessible testing for all of them (for everybody really) and still have more money than god, and he chooses the fuck not to. Tax billionaires out of existence 2020. 

[phoenixyfriend]

[queen-mabs-revenge]

[toastbutteregg]

this is super interesting!! if anyone does this or have done this, share it with us!

[hashtagloveloses]

another tweet brought up how students touring colleges should look at the places they’re interested in and see their response now, too

[pissvortex]

Punished “Venom” Yang

[pissvortex]

A man denied his VP spot

[awesome-picz]

This Sheep Cafe In Korea Shares Viral Photos Of A Sheep Getting Washed

[berniesrevolution]

Just dropping this here for all of you when you come across the inevitable ‘How does he pay for that??’

[tortagnamgnam]

This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.

[unclebabie]

THIS ONE!!! THIS IS THE ONE THAT WORKS!!!!!

I reblogged him the day i started treatment and 1. GOT TO MY APPOINTMENT ON TIME 2. FOUND A FREE PARKING TICKET SOMEONE LEFT IN THE METER FOR ME AND 3. GOT FREE STARBUCKS AFTER MY APPOINTMENT!!!!!

[cutedemonbabe]

I’m convinced bc I reblogged this on Friday, got hired at a job I had a million interviews for, went on a first date that went well, and got kissed a billion times so like hell ya to the luck cat

[shrimphat22]

it him

[nebula-of-esteem-deactivated201]

I’ll blog it just because people need to see this cat, but let’s hope I get luck too.

[lokahjarta]

i reblogged this yesterday and today my mom paid for pedicures and dinner for my fiancé and i out of the blue 💁

[whitepeopletwitter]

[dolfinsatdawn]

[mordogeira]

Do ppl know about trump actively trying to buy the company that’s currently working on a covid vaccine and wanting to keep it to American use only or is this a Germany only headline

[mordogeira]

A source

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8114015/Donald-Trump-tries-pay-German-company-creating-experimental-coronavirus-vaccine-US.html

Germany tries to stop US from luring firm seeking COVID-19 vaccine 

German officials are trying to stop the US from enticing German company CureVac to move its research to the US, insisting no country should

[briearesea]

It gets wierder and more troubling too. Apparently the CEO that met with trump has abruptly stepped down. The company is now being run by one of its founders. Wtf is going on here?

https://www.curevac.com/news/company-founder-ingmar-hoerr-succeeds-daniel-menichella-as-ceo-of-curevac-ag

Was it something he said? Biotech CEO who met Trump this month exits without a word

Daniel Menichella started the month as CureVac CEO, one of the privileged few to discuss the coronavirus response with the U.S. president an

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/was-it-something-he-said-biotech-ceo-who-met-president-trump-month-exits-without-a-word

[jbt7493]

have not seen it in america but that IS pretty fuckin horrifying so like hey what the fuck

[fluffmugger]

You really need to see this in the US because everyone else on the fucking planet has been seeing this for nearly a week and we are PISSED

Your government, in the middle of a global fucking pandemic, literally tried to buy the vaccine under development for said pandemic exclusively for the US.

This isn’t just a daily fail bullshit squawk, this has been confirmed by multiple sources, INCLUDING THE GODDAMN GERMAN GOVERNMENT.  “CAPITALISM HAS LIMITS” and you have crossed a fucking line. 

[im-the-punk-who]

this is the first i’m hearing of this too and i can guarantee you that this would be the WORST case scenario and would mean millions more people would die as he tried to make a fucking profit off of a pandemic literally f u c k Donald Trump

[priscellie]

Doesn’t that thundering numbskull understand that NO ONE IS SAFE until EVERYONE IS SAFE?  Viruses don’t respect fucking BORDERS.  If a SINGLE PERSON can’t afford care, you personally just became that much more likely to contract it yourself.  The most self-interested approach a person can take is to do everything in their power to ensure everyone across the globe is taken care of.

[stand-up-gifs]

[charizord]

I understand this is a lot of words to read for some of y’all, but the lack of outrage and anger I’m seeing these days breaks my heart. We need to stand up and bring attention to this.

[gahdamnpunk]

Why are there vacant state owned homes in a city with a housing crisis?..

[sexhaver]

[romansroys]

the onion shouldn’t even bother anymore

[canape-official]

[theunitofcaring]

I don't get seasonal depression, I just get slightly sleepier and more irritable and mopey when I don’t get any sunlight, but when I said this to my doctor she was like “you should still get a lightbox” and I did and now I have way more energy.  The moral of the story is, if you spend time thinking to yourself “well I don’t actually have [diagnosable problem], I have [milder version that I can just ignore]”, you could instead of just ignoring it get the accommodation for the problem and see if it improves your life. I do not expect to remember this next time I “don’t actually have the real problem”, but maybe eventually I will learn.

[glorious-spoon]

We treat accommodations like something that you can only have if you’re really really desperately suffering and cannot function at all without them, but that’s… really really not the case. Or at least it shouldn’t be.

[comp-lady]

Not to uuuhhh highjack this post, but I have some experience with this. Not only does it corroborate the above but I have found that even you don’t have any need for whatever accommodation that also shouldn’t bar you from getting one if you just…

want it

see years ago my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, and as happens with progressing cancer her mobility was drastically reduced. To help combat this and allow her to retain independence at home Papa (my grandfather) got a shower chair. This is about as self-descriptive as it can get, it is a chair made of metal and plastic that sits in your shower or bathtub. I’m sure those with physical disabilities are already quite familiar with them, for those of you that aren’t just google it.

Eventually my grandmother passed. A couple years after my dad had to stay at Papa’s house for a couple weeks, for his own medical reasons. While there he discovered that Papa had kept the chair. And while Papa was old he was hardly infirm, he didn’t use a cane or have any severe mobility issues. Certainly none that would have affected his ability to stand in the shower. The conversation went more or less as such:

Dad: Why they hell did you keep the shower chair, dad? You don’t need it

Papa: Kevin, you wait until you use it. Then you’ll know why I kept it.

My dad was disbelieving tbh, to him chairs in showers when you don’t need them was a thing that like. Lazy rich people had. wtf could be so great about being able to sit in the shower? Why would an able-bodied person even need to? it’s a fucking shower? wash urself and then get out. Then he used the chair, and according to him it was like he’d had a proper religious revelation. Shortly after his return home (tbh the amount of time it took for him to take a shower sans chair) my dad went out and bought a shower chair.

The ensuing conversation with my mother went as such:

Mom: Kevin why did you buy that? We don’t need it!

Dad: Just use it once, this will change your life.

And it did. After using the chair for the first time my mom straight up wanted to know why they had never thought to get a chair for the shower before. Ever since we have had a chair in the shower.

It has proven itself invaluable.

Exhausted but covered in grime from yardwork so you HAVE to wash before doing anything else? shower chair

Don’t have the spoons to stand in the shower? shower chair

Leg/hip/back injury slowly getting worse over time making standing for long periods a difficult matter? shower chair

Home from work and just want to shower but your feet are killing you? shower chair

can’t keep your balance when masturbating in the shower? shower chair

want to write fic in ur head without your feet starting to hurt because you maybe spent a little too long standing there in spray? shower chair

disassociating? shower chair

gotta shave your legs? shower chair

crying because you’ve now realized how much easier being able to sit down and prop up a leg makes shaving while in the shower? shower chair

I have no current mobility issues, and yet if I had to move house tomorrow a shower chair of my own would be one of the first things I purchase for my own home.

It’s so easy to fall into the trap of “this could make my life easier but do I really need it?” And y’know what maybe you don’t need it. Maybe you don’t need that accommodation, but maybe it would make your life easier anyway. When it comes to things that you keep in your home for personal use does it really matter? Besides there is always the very real chance that buying it now, when you don't’ need it but can afford it, will save your ass down the line when you suddenly do desperately need it.

[melredcap]

I would also like to point out: if able-bodied people start using things that were originally designed as disability accommodations, they become normalised. They become acceptable. And then all of a sudden they’re widely available, they usually become cheaper, and disabled people don’t get shit for needing them.

Buy the damn shower chair. Get a JarKey so you don’t need gorilla strength to open the pickled onions. Install soft-touch taps. Revel in your newly comfortable life while also making the world a slightly more disability-friendly place.

[biglawbear]

*banging fist on table* CURB CUTTER EFFECT

[comp-lady]

1: I love whenever this drifts across my dash, shower chairs are my legacy

2: If you want to see normalization in action just look at shower chairs. For the most part they are all still very medical looking chunky plastic and metal. If you search though, you can find a few in different colors, some with cushions, some made out of wood. Even just a few years ago those couldn’t be easily found.

[myattemptstobecleverneverwork]

@baapi-makwa

[dankmemeuniversity]