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gay weapon

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serious

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Follow me on Instagram for more art.

https://instagram.com/wolforphan

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Favorites + Witches

Halloweentown, The Craft, Practical Magic, Hocus Pocus, American Horror Story: Coven, Charmed

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Why does the “Dad Look” get to me so easily??

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Hooray for redhead bears!

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Me: Hey memory, what do you call the little stiff thing on the end of a shoelace?

Memory: An aglet.

Me: And how do you jumpstart a car?

Memory: Red to red, black to frame.

Me: And what’s the name of the computer game I played at a friend’s house once in 1998?

Memory: Bad Mojo.

Me: And what’s the name of this person that I’ve met several times recently and am about to socialize with?

Memory: lol idc

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Literally me

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Do this four times repeatedly and you’ll be out. But how does it work? There’s some real brain science behind it.

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We’re trying this tonight!

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It’s about time someone got around to uncovering all the cheat codes for this “human being” software. It’s only been out for like 10,000 years.

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I’ve used this technique for about a year, and I can safely say that it has efficiently transformed my sleeping habits from several hours of struggle to fall asleep, to passing out in a matter of minutes.

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It’s a form of Alexander Technique. It’s a technique that was designed for actors to keep their body in ready working condition and give it the best way to perform. This is the method used to calm, and center the body. Once the body is at that point it can perform anything you want it to.

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Reblogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.

My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed - I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control. 10/10 would recommend.

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me gonna try it

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dont wanna reblog but insomnia is a bitch for some ppl so heres for my mutuals having trouble sleeping.

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Post-gym daytime lighting is not as soft.

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#shangela is my spirit animal

ig: candytrips @candytrips

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Charts And Infographics By Stephen Wildish.

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How is it that this makes me feel uncomfortable and pleased at the same time?

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BTW, the high five was invented in 1977 which means your parents probably didn’t grow up with it.

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For real though Glenn Burke, inventor of the high five was a gay black player in the 70s, and the Dodgers tried to get him to marry a beard and their manager got mad when he befriended the manager’s gay son before being traded to the Athletics, probably for being gay. In Oakland, the rumors of homosexuality followed him and manager Billy Martin started using homophobic slurs in the clubhouse and homophobic behavior from other players lead to an early retirement for the promising young star at 27. After retiring from baseball he introduced the high five to the Castro district of San Franscio where the high five became a symbol of gay pride and identification. ESPN wrote a long form piece about it which I recommend reading, it’s got some homophobic slurs in it although not presented positively.

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A few appendices:

Although he was unceremoniously drummed out of Major League Baseball, Burke became the star shortstop for the local Gay Softball League, and even dominated in the Gay Softball World Series, as well as medaling in the 100 and 200 meter sprints in the inaugural 1982 Gay Games. Unfortunately, Burke also picked up a cocaine habit and had his leg and foot crushed in an accident. He spent much of his final years homeless in the Castro, and died from AIDS complications in 1995, but he was in the first class of inductees to the Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame, and his High School retired his jersey number.

The Dodgers Manager in question was Tony Lasorda, whose son “Spunky” died of AIDS complications in 1992 although Lasorda maintains that it was cancer. Likewise, despite the High Five becoming a symbol of the 1980 Dodgers team, Lasorda maintained and continues to this day to maintain to not know its origin. It’s possible that this isn’t a deliberate slight to Burke, but given his homophobia in other matters that’s a hard benefit of the doubt to give.

The Athletics have, in the years since, attempted to make up for some of the wrongs they committed in this story. When Glenn revealed publicly that he was living with AIDS, the As moved in and helped him financially. Burke was honored publicly at Pride Night at the park in 2015 and his brother was invited to throw the first pitch.

Burke was happy to see the high five catch on, spilling out of sports and into the small joys of every day life. He died believing that the high five was his legacy. Next time you high five your friend, remember that the high five came from Glenn Burke.