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[mjalti]

I know this is like extremely depressing lol but when I look at people I would consider dating/marrying, 1 of the “litmus tests” I have for myself is the answer to this question: “if this marriage were to fall apart, could I see myself coparenting successfully with this person?”

[mjalti]

There’s some people who are very petty and this is my first thought, just genuinely “if I married this person and we ended up divorcing, could I trust this person to provide our kids with a positive environment on their own/with a new partner, can I trust this person to raise these kids without trying to retailiate against me, could this person be trusted to watch out for the best interests of our children even if it included something he didn’t want to do” & let me tell u… so many people become unattractive when u get the answers to those questions

[parasocialanxiety]

#this is good advice even if you don’t intend to have kids

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[lematworks]

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[beebeedibapbeediboop]

Best friends!

[roogomes]

YEJI - ITZY

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[lucianhale]

This fandom is dead. (No pun intended.)

[jehovahhthickness]

[softpeachydarling]

Women don’t have trust issues, they have pattern recognition.

[politijohn]

Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Platform

$15 Minimum Wage (a living wage)

Medicare for All (universal health care)

Green New Deal (climate action)

Ban Private Prisons, End Cash Bail (criminal justice reform)

Tuition-Free Public College (universal education)

Universal Background Checks & Assault Weapons Ban (Gun Reform)

Improve Infrastructure

Oppose Military Industrial Complex (no more endless, unnecessary wars)

Legalize Marijuana

Affordable Housing

Break Up Big Banks

Election Day a National Holiday

Save Unions

Expand Social Security

Lower Prescription Drug Prices

Guaranteed family leave

DREAM Act for immigrants

Publically-Funded Elections

Gender Pay Equity

LGBTQ Equality

[umami-lolipop]

I really want all this y'all

[cherie-creme-deactivated2020012]

YALL REALIZE HIS OLD ASS IS TRYING ONCE FUCKING AGAIN FOR US AND WE NEED TO FUCKING TAKE IT SERIOUSLY THIS TIME FUCKING PLEASE FUCK

[garrettauthor]

I got real petty over on the Facebook page and IT WAS GLORIOUS.

[wintergrey]

This is me, going to check out Legendary Books now…

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Publisher: We think that the way the fantasy genre treats women is problematic so we’re going to try and do better

A Fool: If you don’t like it why don’t you make your own!

Publisher: That

That is literally what we just said we are doing

[garrettauthor]

GUESS WHO’S BACK, BIGOTED FUCKWADS?

BOY it feels good to be back in this particular saddle!

[garrettauthor]

AHAHAHAHAHA we have a winner for today!

[snigepippi]

*Snort*

[loopy-lolly-loo-deactivated2023]

@princessjellyfishie

[notyourplayground]

if anybody like me a) lol’d and b) wanted to get my hands on that book series, here’s the link

[seanchaidh101]

This is magically what I’m looking for right now.

[tragedybunny]

Hi Legendary Books, I’ll take one of everything.

[garrettauthor]

Happy to oblige!

https://underrealm.net/books

<3

[maggiemae873]

I literally don’t have the space for any more physical books, but I’ve downloaded every Underrealm book on Kindle. I read The Alchemist’s Touch specifically because of this post and I seriously can’t recommend the Underrealm books enough. they are absolutely fantastic.

[holycafe]

I don’t really read anymore, not like i used to. And of i get a masters this year like i am planning to then that isn’t going to change. But hell yes I’m going to go and buy these books because THIS is exactly the kind of thing that i want to support!

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

YISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[vigilantsycamore]

One day I will have a job and a bank account and I will have money from the job in the bank account and I will use some of the money to purchase these books

[garrettauthor]

Hey did you

did you know

did you know we have a podcast now and you can literally listen to the books for free.

(You probably didn’t. That’s okay because it’s very new).

It’s slower than buying and reading them, but it’s great if you have no book budget but you do have some listening time!

The Nightblade Epic Podcast

The Nightblade Epic Podcast is an audio presentation of the #1 Amazon bestselling series. Narrated by Garrett Robinson, and hosted by Meghan

[woolawool-deactivated20220724]

Every other straight man ever singing about a woman: wow baby you’re so sexy I love you because your body is sexy

Hozier, an intellectual and lesbian ally: I am a bird of prey and you are a sharp spike upon which I impale small rodents

[woolawool-deactivated20220724]

Straight man #2505: we met at the club she was really hot

Forest lad himself: it was as my baby churned up the mud that she found me there, buried and alone

[woolawool-deactivated20220724]

Fucking eduardo sheerman or whomever: I just want to errr kiss you babe

Andrew Hozier Byrnes: I want nothing more than for us to lay in a field together until we decompose and are eaten by foxes

[jacobsantiago-deactivated202001]

Hey mother nature i love you and shit but like….what the fuck my good bitch

[instantbanana]

Goodness!

Okay. I’m Canadian so I know a shit ton about staying warm if you’re new to the cold there here are some tips!(add more if you know more!)

1. Wear grippy shoes, nothing is worse than snowmelt freezing on your skin.

2.Do not wear jeans as your outter layer. wet denim is the most body heat siphoning mother fucker known to man or god

3. Have a warm drink with you. It will help. Even just some hot soup broth or boiled water will help keep you warm.

4. Wear a moisture wicking layer close to your skin so you don’t get cold from your own sweat. You will sweat. That is fine and expected.

5. If you start feeling too warm even though you were cold and like you have to take your clothes of DO NOT. Call 911. You are suffering from hypothermia.

6. Bring a blanket and a heat source that needs no electricity with you in your vehicle. You do not want to be stranded with no heat in the case that something happens.

7. If you are struggling on ice as you’re walking, stop. Get your balance and penguin shuffle to a less slippery patch of ground. There’s usually less ice on one side of the walk and it’s better to walk in the snow next to the sidewalk than it is to eat dirt when ya slip

8. STAY THE ABSOLUTE FUCK AWAY FROM FROZEN BODIES OF WATER. Ponds are deceptive as shit even with the “solid blue tried and true” thing. Go around.

9. Keep kids warm. They run at a higher body temperature and will feel the effects of the cold worse than you.

10. Huddling is your best friend. Even if you don’t know the person, remember you’re both cold, especially if they don’t have the right clothing for the weather.

11. Pay attention to windchill. That is how cold it feels. Dress appropriately please. I know it’s tempting to dress for style, but there’s nothing stylish about losing your toes to frostbite

12. Don’t touch metal if you can avoid it. It will sap your heat and likely freeze to anything wet. Like tongues. Don’t fucking lick a pole.

13. If someone licks something metal, pour warm water over their tongue to get them free. If they yank, they will bleed. A lot.

14. Keep your ears, noes, fingers, and toes warm. You’re extremities will get cold first and are the most likely parts of your body to get frostbite.

15. If you see someone who may not have a place to be in the cold, offer to help them find a local shelter or library. The elements, especially the cold, are some of the largest threats to those who cannot avoid them.

16. If you find yourself stuck outside for a long time, sleep during the day when it is warmest, and avoid sleeping on the ground. Stay awake as much as you can at night so you have a better chance of staying warm.

[ilmhist-archive]

Also, look out for your local animals.   Cats will sleep on car wheels where you can’t see them - it’s elevated, rubber is warmer than the ground, and it’s a little hideyhole where they feel safe.  Check your wheel wells and under your car before you go driving off, you might save a tiny life.

You can also, if you’re so inclined, make a little winter shelter for cats and small animals fairly easily and cheaply.

[Here] is a great (if lengthy) text guide to building shelters for local cats. [Here] is a video from the Ontario SPCA. [Here] is an even simpler (ad possibly cheaper) version of basically the same thing.  As long as you smooth out the opening (so the lil guys don’t injure themselves on it), insulate, and line it, and then put it somewhere where it’s not going to get flooded or the animal snowed in, you’re grand. It might not seem like much in the face of subzero temperatures, but it’s damn well better than nothing.

[chemicaaaaaal]

Everyone, look through the notes for other information too!

[thewatersnakecauldron]

Any of you ever had a blood clot violently shoot out of your vag and you’re like “the fuck, where the party at??!”

[werewolf-cuddles]

Really? Y’all are seriously going to claim that it’s “homophobic” to be concerned about an 11 year old boy dancing for the enjoyment of grown ass men at an adults only event in exchange for money?

Bitch, many of the people calling this shit out are LGBT themselves. Because it’s fucking creepy.

Allow me to reiterate. An 11 year old boy performed in drag at a gay club for men several times his age, at an event that was explicitly for people aged 21 or over, in exchange for money. You seriously don’t see anything wrong with that? This is the kind of shit that homophobic pundits would use against us.

YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED ABOUT THIS! THERE’S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THIS SITUATION! THERE’S NOTHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED HERE!

[gestapoknallmuzik]

And here’s for anyone that still wants to pretend none of this is problematic in any way.

Here is the kid sitting next to Michael Alig. Well known methhead who was a drug addict/party personality in the 80s and served time for murdering his own friend with a hammer and cutting him into pieces.

In front of a painting that says “rohypnol”, a date rape drug.

[a-lil-strawberry]

Honestly, if this was a girl doing this for an audience of straight men, this would be on national news and in court in three seconds

[thy-lovelylionheart]

Someone please save this kid

[nefepants]

I was happy with this kid marching in the pride parade with responsible adults around him, this is something else entirely….

[psychokinetic-weirdo]

this child has a website where you can “book” him. why is there a description of his basic features? why is there a subject field? BOOK HIM FOR WHAT? HE’S 11 YEARS OLD.

[such-justice-wow]

That description is incredibly creepy… Why do they need to know his height and weight and hair colour??

[misogynistcatgirl]

you know why…

2019 is the year we save this fuckin kid

[clumsyintrovertedmess]

lets do it i’m in poor kid

[distancingfromvioletwill]

God I’m so glad people are actually acknowledging how fucked up this is because everyone on instagram is like “uwu well it’s his life let him do what he wants” NO?? HE IS A CHILD??? IMAGINE ALL THE SHIT THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES??? THIS IS NOT OKAY??

[theyvegotussurrounded]

Does nobody care that he is literally around 20 pounds underweight for his height and age? His bmi is approximately 13-14? That’s severely underweight? And this seems to be affecting him developmentally? He seems to be behind when it comes to motor and social skills judging by his interviews? Somebody actually needs to call CPS for this kid???

[staff]

Tumblr is getting a facelift

Some time ago we took a long, hard look at how we stacked up to the recommendations outlined in the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium. This is the initiative that sets standards for accessibility for people who may need assistance using the internet. It outlines steps to take and tools to use to create as seamless of an experience online as possible, whether you have auditory, visual, or neurological disabilities, are using a limited device, are on a slow connection with limited bandwidth, or…well, a whole bunch of other reasons.

The result of that long, hard look? Not great. We needed to make sure Tumblr was accessible to anyone who wants to use it.

Over the past few weeks we’ve been making changes to do just that. Our inaccessible menus are more accessible, we fixed our poorly described elements, and increased overall readability. You can read more about all that in our most recent @javascript post about the mobile web.

Part of making Tumblr more accessible involved upping the color contrast in our UI, most notably on the dashboard and everywhere else that familiar blue touches. The light grays and muted blues had a contrast ratio of 2.02:1. What does that mean? Bad. It was bad, and we needed to do better by people with visual impairments.

Enter your new dashboard:

It looks…cleaner, doesn’t it? Like someone dusted off the poorly accessible bits. The blue is darker, the grays are lighter, all the buttons and icons are brighter with our new brand colors, and it has a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 What does that mean? Good! Very good.

The switch to your brand new, higher contrast, less dusty dashboard has been slowly rolling out this week. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ll get it sometime in the next few days.

A note: We know that this color change on the dashboard negatively impacts the beautiful bluespace art so many of you have created over the past few years. Seeing these older posts lose the utilization of the dashboard—something that made them so special and unique to just Tumblr—is certainly not a great feeling. There’s no way around that. We hope, however, that this change only means newer, more bluespace art will be created, and that this time around it will be easier for everyone to experience.

Goodbye, #36465D. You’ve treated many of us well, but #001935 will treat every single one of us even better.  

[dazadoop]

“Hey so we know we’re still full of pornbots, nazis, pedophiles, and hackers, and that we’ve ruined the livelihood of numerous artists but we made this new UI that’s guaranteed to cause eye strain!  Hope you guys enjoy your actual headaches on top of all the metaphorical ones you get using our site!”

[simnostalgia]

This is the last post I’ll be reblogging about it but this is ridiculous. This is so obviously an attempt to change the narrative among people about Tumblr’s recent changes. It kind of makes me mad that they’re using people with vision issues this way. Other people’s disabilities are not your opportunity to fix PR, Tumblr? Are you FUCKING kidding me?

I mean, here’s a question that you should ask yourselves: why would Tumblr make this a site-wide change for EVERYONE when they obviously could have done what everyone has been doing for their websites and Windows has been doing since like XP and just make high contrast an OPTION?

Well, that’s easy. No one cares that an option was added like this but if it’s forced on everyone and it’s made to seem like a good thing (even though they’re just exploiting people’s disabilities to seem charitable) then they get more visibility then they would have otherwise to get rid of this whole “censorship” thing so sites like Kotaku will stop posting shit about the tumblr ban and more about “oh look at the thing they did”.

Fuck all the way off, Tumblr. You did this and no amount of “OHH but look at us help people” is gonna fix it. If you have to be shitty, don’t pretend to help people you couldn’t give a shit about so people will stop talking about how YOU fucked up.

[ororomunroedontpullout]

Can y’all stop talking in that faux “I’m just a young wacky person like you!” Tone it’s condescending and won’t hide the fact that y’all be allowing Nazis to proliferate with little disruption. You aren’t a hip woke millennial, we legit see you

[undying-coals]

If you want to make this place a safer, more accessible site, get rid of the nazi/white supremacy/hate groups that harass your users! Make it easier to report someone for what they send in direct messages, instead of suggesting they ‘just be blocked’. Make it easier to report people sending hateful messages via anon, instead of suggesting blocking them/turning off anon. Make it easier to hold hateful, racist, and xenophobic users accountable for their actions, instead of trying to distract people with unasked for features, forced upon everyone without warning! Hateful people don’t target just one person; they’ll do it again and again and again, and if you don’t reprimand them then you, as the Staff, are telling them that they are welcome to continue being hateful and racist. That’s on you.

[castle-engineer-deactivated2019]

Everyone talks about how Jesus drove the money changers and merchants out of the temple, but everyone glosses over the fact that he took the time to braid a whip. That would have taken a couple hours. I have braided leather before, and it takes a lot of time and effort. It may have even taken more than one day, all scripture says is, “And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple-“ there isn’t a time period given. But I would still say it was at least a few hours. he had to braid multiple cords, bind them together, make a handle, and fix the cords to the handle.

The point of this is that what he did was NOT impulsive. It was cold and calculated. Premeditated even.

[lilaccatholic]

I’m sorry I know this is a really great insight but all I can think of is Jesus sitting there making His whip and the apostles shuffling around nervously wondering who’s about to get it

[catholiccupcake]

That’s some really nice braiding Jesus, but uh… why are you making a whip? I don’t think Judas’ myrhhder joke was that bad.

[bitchsticksmcgee]

The first time I ever kissed a guy, I was so grossed out that when I went home the first thing i did was brush my teeth. lol

[unregistered-hypercam2-deactiva]

men really do be writing 3 paragraph comments on mitski videos on youtube just to say “i dont like woman who sing” in a verbose way

[unregistered-hypercam2-deactiva]

[unregistered-hypercam2-deactiva]

men listening to lyrics that describe an abusive relationship: “i wouldn’t fuck her”

[tubby-time-deactivated20190529]

men seeing a woman do anything with agency: something so offputting about all this…. just cant put my finger on it

[libraford]

wow oh my god, this is my entire afternoon. 

[rifa]

A Few Things About Pillowfort

Alright so I’ve seen a LOT of opinions and incorrect information all over the place regarding the platform and Im sick of it. What a time to spread misinformation tumblr, never change.

I’m an extreme newbie on pillowfort but I wanted to clear up misconceptions and dumb talking points:

It Doesn’t ‘Cost Money’ in the way you keep suggesting

Pillowfort was a kickstarted platform and it is still in BETA (keep this in mind it’ll come up a lot) - It costs $5 to get a ‘key’ and enter. There are no subscription fees, no secret additional costs, its literally just $5. The cost is there to help support the building of the website, since the website is NOT owned by a giant company (like the one screwing us rn) so the money goes directly into supporting the platform.

I understand there is a barrier for people who are extremely poor or unable to easily make online purchases. They have stated on their twitter that they are looking into ways to make it more accessible right now with Tumblr shutting down the way it is. Also there have been people floating around willing to buy keys for friends, followers, mutuals, etc.

It’s not “Broken” or “Down” and it being offline for MAINTENANCE is a Good Thing

Pillowfort has been offline for a little bit because they are working on fixing security issues, yanno, making sure the website is safe and functioning for its users. Its unfortunate with the timing, considering how many of us are ready to pack up and leave now. They have said they are pushing to have it open Dec 4 or 5.

I’ve seen people say that their servers crashed, or that they dont trust a website that isn’t online 24/7 and thats all hogwash and you know it. Pillowfort is in BETA and they are still building functions and ironing out kinks, thats a GOOD thing. I would rather ride a rollercoaster that shuts down for maintenance for an hour every day rather than ride one that hasn’t been repaired until the tracks literally snap. Pillowfort is new and under construction, you gotta learn to be patient and understanding.

There are PLENTY of people using it and more coming!

I keep seeing people say “but its empty! no one is there!” like yeah Becky, its NEW. But there ARE a lot of people online using it, there are easy to find communities already up and running and with tumblr doing what its doing there are going to be WAY more people showing up. Joining any new social media is going to give you that awkward time where you have only 5 people you follow cause youre not sure how to use it yet, let yourself have those growing pains.

Its Not ‘Ugly’ or ‘Bad’ its UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Gods help me. They are still building the website and have a huge list of things they are looking to implement soon once the foundation is secured. There is transparent blogs from the developers where you can suggest what you would like to see if its not there already. Its NEW its UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

You “Don’t Trust” them? Okay have fun on twitter?

I dont even know what to say to people huffing and saying they dont trust any alternative. Like, do you trust tumblr? Do you? 

The fact is, if you PERSONALLY aren’t interested in another blogging platform that takes the good shit from tumblr and LJ and other sites and makes it new and their own then thats fine. But you dont need to spread misinformation to people to discourage them from trying it for themsleves. 

If you just dont want to use it until its ‘busy’ or whatever, then just shut up, take down everyone’s usernames, go to twitter or facebook or club penguin or whatever, and wait. But please stop spreading misinformation.

Also PLEASE 

Pillowfort has accounts on Tumblr and Twitter and have been VERY vocal. Go and read and look into things yourself.