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taking a hiatus from tumblr and social media in general

[salemwitchtrials-deactivated202]

i was re-watching ‘maya angelou: still i rise’ & lost my mind & heart during this reading of ‘the mask’ so i decided to record + upload for anyone who would also like to be brought to tears. 

[pagesofkenna]

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This is legitimately the funniest thing that has ever happened on MBMBAM

[pepgold]

[cliveguy]

i literally can’t stop thinking abt that richard siken quote where he falls to the floor crying but all he can focus on is the details of the wall in front of him

[cliveguy]

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realise you didn’t paint it very well.”

[marsapartment]

I was thinking about the movie adaptation of Interview with the Vampire and was about to make a “Here’s my review: not gay enough” meme about it, and I’m having a fucking stroke because I guess I’d never seen an unedited version of the meme but it turns out its origin was actually Interview with the Vampire

[whitepeopletwitter]

[lilituaster]

So I was late and just to double check, I decided to buy a pregnancy test. I’m on hormonal birth control so lateness is common for me, but still. Just a precaution.

Anyways, the pregnancy tests were locked, so I had to ring the bell for someone to unlock it and the guy comes and asks in such an accusatory tone, “Why are you ringing this?”

And I was just like….. 🤨

And he said he was joking, but still. Imagine someone stressed and scared? That’s not the place to be acting like that.

[softened-hearts]

As someone who’s had this done for me, and it was the kindest thing that I employed when I later got a cashiering job, if you get someone buying a pregnancy test in your line (especially if they seem nervous), here’s what to do:

1) keep small talk to the minimum courteous amount, unless they initiate more

2) do not acknowledge the pregnancy test whatsoever, but

3) when it’s time to bag the test, put it in a seperate bag, wrap it up with said bag, then put the test into the bag you’re actually using. This makes it practically impossible to see through the plastic bags and provides peace of mind that it won’t be seen if the bag is glanced in either

4) be polite if they thank you for this, of course, but again, DO NOT MENTION THE TEST otherwise

5) wish them a nice night or whatever you have to say for your store

Even if you’re getting the test for someone who’s excited about the prospect of being pregnant, at worst they might find it a bit unnecessary, but that’s leagues better than the alternative of drawing attention and making assumptions of a test to someone scared. And alternatively you could just throw it in your bag like any other item, and that’d still be fine, but when I was young and scared I was pregnant, that little bit of kindness and discretion from the older woman bagging my items made me feel a bit better.

[hesmagicandmyth]

When I used to work at a pharmacy, I worked in a very poor area.  Lots of Latinx and Ukrainian immigrants and a lot of poor farm families in the area.  I was making below the poverty line and I was rich in comparison to many of them.  If you are ever buying a pregnancy test and you are also in a financially tight situation, or hey, maybe you just don’t want to spend $20 on a pee stick, CVS and I imagine its top competitors (Walgreens/Duane Read, etc) sell pregnancy tests that cost ONE DOLLAR (USD).  These tests are required by law to be at least 97% accurate (which is all the more expensive tests are required to be as well).  Go to the dollar section.  Pick up the nondescript dollar box.

Furthermore, if you’re in a store like this, you have the option of buying them at the pharmacy counter or the front of the store so choose whichever line has the fewest amount of people in it or whichever has the cashier you think looks the least likely to make comments. I don’t know if it’s required, but when I started, my manager actually mentioned to me that we did not comment on items such as pregnancy tests/HIV tests/condoms/lube/douches/home drug tests/etc unless the customer initiated the conversation and then our words were to be kept to statements that were nonjudgmental (mostly fact based comments, etc).  In the year that I worked there, I sold countless of those items and only ever made two comments because customers started conversations. Both moments are so, so memorable to me.   1. A lady came in and repeatedly bought whole stacks of the $1 pregnancy tests and she thanked me for having them in stock and not having a limit on how many you could buy. She told me that she really needed them.  I think I said something about being glad we could supply them for her. She then told me that she was a certified nurse and informed me of the 97% accuracy factoid above (It’s true.  I looked it up later.) Then she told me she ran a women’s shelter and liked to have them for the ladies there who needed peace of mind. I was always happy to see her return for more. It’s always good to know you’re selling something to help someone who can use every small bit of kindness available. 2. The second was for a man who came in very late one evening asked if we had home HIV tests. I know I smiled after I turned away, but it was the only one I had ever sold and I tried to school my face into something neutral before he saw me. I was worried this man was expecting difficult news. I went over and got one for him (they’re kept behind the counter) and he thanked me for knowing exactly where it was.  He said the last store he’d gone to didn’t even know if they carried them. And I couldn’t help myself. I cried in front of this man and said, “I asked where these were as soon as I started working here. I have never sold one before tonight. Two years ago, I campaigned in New York for me to be able to sell you this because I think it is important.” And he told me outright that he was a sex worker and then said, “You campaigned for this?” I told him every drug and medical advancement is campaigned for by someone, but that one was the only one I had pushed for personally. And he cupped my hand in his and thanked me and told me that if it were negative, he’d be back to test again in a few months. I never saw him again, but I also stopped working there a few months later, but let me tell you something, guys:

Treat a customer the way you’d want to be treated if you were terrified of the results or of someone finding out what you had just bought.  Buying “adult” things can be very scary and every small kindness you can show is important.

[straightboyfriend]

i was worried my cat is dehydrated because i never see him drink water so i’ve started leaving a cup of water that’s “mine” (aka he sees me drink out of it once before he does) in my room so he thinks he is being a rebellious naughty by drinking out of it but rlly he is just following my plan & being hydrated .

[aofvoid]

God in the Garden of Eden

[unyanizedcatboys]

Absolutely obsessed with the implications of this comment

[bogleech]

A witch is a magic user with more focus on medicine and the body and a wizard is a magic user with more focus on like physics and academia. I don’t know what dingus made up one day that they’re just the 2 magic genders, that sounds stupid

[go-lurk]

witches = magic doctors, wizards = magic researchers, artificers = magic engineers, alchemists = magic chemists, sorcerers = magic youtubers

[professorsparklepants]

What about warlocks?

[anonymousalchemist]

[deep, deep, deep sigh] 

magic sugar babies 

[catchymemes]

[plutonium-rose-deactivated20201]

Wonderful! I’m loving all of these new and beautiful versions of the cat meme. Here’s another from Yuhua Hamasaki’s IG page:

[lemonlime]

"Stop drinking milk, Anthony!"

[seashellronan]

no offence but i think a lot of us me included don’t actually want romantic love as badly as we think and really are just lonely and crave a closeness and intimacy that feels out of reach in friendships because of society’s emphasis on marriage and the nuclear family so we project that into the never ending search for a perfect love and a soulmate when really we all just want to mean something to someone

[stuffmomnevertoldyou]

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

Dolly is a national treasure, TBH.

[brigittepaulin]

[pulpfanfiction]

goodnight sweet prince

[amourduloup-deactivated20210512]

i think a lot about that calvin & hobbes strip where they find a trickle of water and calvin is like “i guess we have the afternoon booked solid” or smth. i just really miss that. when you’re a kid and you get completely involved in small things without any real purpose. i remember when i was a kid i used to observe ants for long stretches of time, not doing anything, just looking at them work. there was no anxiety or guilt over being so idle, and very small things could hide a world of enchantment. i just really really miss that feeling.

[amourduloup-deactivated20210512]

[coralmarks-deactivated20170821]

these are my predictions for how the right wing will evolve in 2014

[memeufacturing-deactivated20161]

we were warned. we didn’t listen. but we were warned

[chemicalheart-deactivated202009]

This keeps me up at night

[fury-brand]

To non-players Kingdom Hearts gifsets are intellectually and emotionally identical to constable frozen edits

[stinkybrowndogs]

My coworker knitted my rat a sweater

[stinkybrowndogs]

I hope you’re all happy with yourselves

[pangur-and-grim]

tbh I’m still not over that second photo. could not look more like a dick out over a keyboard if you tried

[nativenews]

CIA Pete

[gaymenaredivineincarnate]

1. Those Black woman were members of his campaign and endorsers of his. One was Ryann Richardson, Miss Black America

2. Pete didn’t stop a poll. A person who was polled alerted the campaign they left his name off a survey. The campaign told the poll organization. The organization decided to shelf the poll because they had no idea if the data was accurate or affected by the glitch.

3. The campaign paid the App company to use its app for the campaign. It’s an app comany that many other democrats have used before. He has nothing to do with the app they used for the caucus

4. A single person being excited for him running in now way at all ever suggests that they worked together to rig a caucus.

You are all bat shit insane and maybe if yall soent more time campaigning for your candidate theyd do better.

Instead of spreading lies and conspiracy theories, and tarnishing and denying an Openly Gay Man’s hard work along with his team, go out and canvas for your favorite candidate.

Pete put in the work and it paid off. Fuck off.