Painter by day. Dysfunctional parent by night

45 years of trivia knowledge. Zero common sense

[buttotters]

I have been pondering a way to convey that anything I post or say is not meant to be taken as offensive. I consider it a win if it is even remotely coherent 👍

I am always willing to listen to opposing views and adjust my opinion when a compelling argument is presented.

The Dolly Parton in my soul reminds me to follow the tenet "If you see someone without a smile, give then yours".

Unfortunately, the insufferable asshole in me has decided that a Shakespearean quote is absolutely not pompous in the slightest...

If we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended

That you have but slumbered here, while these visions did appear

And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream

Gentles do not reprehend, if you pardon we will mend

And as I am an honest Puck, if we have unearned luck

Now to 'scape the serpents tongue, we will make amends ere long

Else the Puck a liar call, so Good Night unto you all

Give me your hands if we be friends, and ButtFuckingOtter shall restore amends

[scumbhag]

People want there to be nuance to the TIMs in Women's Sports issue so badly, but there isn't. I don't care how genuinely you believe yourself to be a woman (or a transwoman), if you are male you are intentionally destroying a known female boundary each and every time you continue to invade a Woman’s sport. You are the bad guy. The colonist. The invader. The threat. If you had any dignity or decency, you'd quit it all.

[buttotters]

The level in which this becomes an issue is a highly competitive one that few people reach.

As a former female athlete, I still have times I struggle with this. BUT, the laws are directed at kids who just want to join a team and play. Why make their life more difficult?

And, FWIW, I played on a boys basketball team in 7th grade because not enough girls wanted to join. That was 1991. Guess what. I was still a starter!

No offense, but enjoying playing a sport, despite the fact you suck at it, is not gender exclusive!

[newlyy]

The benefits of organized sports, physical activity, and social interaction apply to any age that plays. If there are finite spots on a girls team and one of them goes to a boy who identifies as a girl, then that means a female is losing out on those benefits. It always matters, not just when a man takes a woman’s medal in the Olympics.

[buttotters]

This may be something where age plays a part.

I grew up during a time, and in an area, where kids didn't get cut from teams. If you wanted to join, you had a place; even if it was mostly on the bench.

This is not a side of the argument I had considered.

I need time to think on that point.

Thank you for offering a different perspective. 🤓

[thedankmemes]

[scumbhag]

People want there to be nuance to the TIMs in Women's Sports issue so badly, but there isn't. I don't care how genuinely you believe yourself to be a woman (or a transwoman), if you are male you are intentionally destroying a known female boundary each and every time you continue to invade a Woman’s sport. You are the bad guy. The colonist. The invader. The threat. If you had any dignity or decency, you'd quit it all.

[buttotters]

The level in which this becomes an issue is a highly competitive one that few people reach.

As a former female athlete, I still have times I struggle with this. BUT, the laws are directed at kids who just want to join a team and play. Why make their life more difficult?

And, FWIW, I played on a boys basketball team in 7th grade because not enough girls wanted to join. That was 1991. Guess what. I was still a starter!

No offense, but enjoying playing a sport, despite the fact you suck at it, is not gender exclusive!

[rinadragomir]

If you stayed the age of your birth DAY forever, how old you would be?

[buttotters]

78!!!

No wonder I nap so much!

[aggressive-positivity-network]

Fact #1: A spider has clear blood.

Fact #2: In Christianity, during communion, they drink wine to signify Jesus’s blood.

Conclusion: If Jesus was a spider-person, we could drink vodka in church.

[buttotters]

Per Buffy.. season seven

Caleb & the First chat (part 1)

CALEB: (re: wine) "Drink of this, for it is my blood." (drinks) You know, I always loved the story of the Last Supper. The body and blood of Christ becoming rich, red wine. I recall, as a boy, though, I couldn't help but think: what would happen if you were at the Last Supper, and you ordered the white? A nice oaky Chardonnay or White Zin... I mean, would he make that out of his lymph or some-all? Never did bring it up. Suppose there was a reason why I never spent too long in one parish. Just looking for answers. Just looking for the Lord in the wrong damn places. Then you showed me the light.

written by: Drew Goddard; originally transcribed by: CariCranberry. edited by me.. Full transcript at:

http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/140_tran.php

[valtsv]

wore my thigh high boots on a walk today and we had to take a path through some long grass and while everyone else was rolling their pants into their socks and putting on jackets to protect themselves from ticks i was standing there smug as hell in my thigh high leather boots.

[valtsv]

a hoe never gets lyme disease

[perditionsflames]

[hieronymouscock]

“To many men, each aborted pregnancy is the killing of a son--and he is the son killed. His mother would have killed him if she had had the choice. These men have a peculiarly retroactive and abstract sense of murder: if she had had a choice, I would not have been born-which is murder. The male ego, which refuses to believe in its own death, now pushes backward, before birth. I was once a fertilized egg, therefore to abort a fertilized egg is to kill me. Women keep abortions secret because they are afraid of the hysteria of men confronted with what they regard as the specter of their own extinction. If you had your way, men say to feminists, my mother would have aborted me. Killed me.”

[buttotters]

All pro-life people have this mind set. Gender does not matter.

There is plenty of shit to blame men for. This is not one of them.

In order for this logic to be valid, women who have had an abortion would be more likely to confide in each other for support. The fact this is not a societal norm indicates judgment on abortions can be just as harsh from other women.

[jonathanssweatercollection]

loving the lord of the rings so far

[handmed0wnart]

[ground-zoro]

Disaster movies might only rarely get their science correct, but I do like how they almost always correctly show how the disasters happen and or are worse than they otherwise would have been, because of capitalists and or government/military officials.

Scientists: according to our calculations terrible things are going to happen and we'd like you to stop it

Capitalists / Gov Officials etc: We're legally obliged to ignore you until we've been shown multiple corpses that we can't hide.

[m0nsterjuice]

tumblr users r like the most insufferable userbase, like imagine thinking you're a better and more intelligent person compared to other social media users because you use a semi-popular social media platform owned by yahoo lmao

[buttotters]

I'm currently dealing with reblogging induced anxiety.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[mommyhorror]

Creepiest monster thing alive: moves like that

this little girl: 😊☺️😄😄☺️😊🤩

[itspeanutlove]

This is so cute omg my heart is going vrooom vroroooooom

[arithmeticanimaniac]

[saywhat-politics]

It’s Time to Roast Starbucks | Robert Reich

Starbucks has:

-Fired scores of pro-union workers

-Closed unionized stores

-Threatened to withhold improved wages and benefits from stores considering unionizing

-Packed stores with corporate managers to scare organizers

Does that sound like a “progressive” company to you?

[oldshowbiz]

1993.

Beavis and Butthead was blamed for a tragedy in Moraine, Ohio when five-year-old Austin Messner started a fire that burned down his family’s trailer home, killing his little sister in the process. 

The local fire chief explained, “The mother says he had never played with matches or lighters prior to witnessing Beavis and Butthead and laughing about fire being fun. The mother told our investigator that Austin watched Beavis and Butthead all the time and became obsessed with playing with fire. We’re going to ask MTV to remove those segments - and if they won’t do it voluntarily, we’ll go through the powers that be and force pressure on them.” 

Years later, when he was a grown man, Austin Messner said, “I literally never saw the cartoon. How could I? It was 1993, my mom was a drug addict, and we lived in a trailer park. We couldn’t afford cable! My mom called the news before the fire department.”

[wilwheaton]

Remember how the world lost its fucking mind over this cartoon? Remember how they forced Mike Judge to rewrite and edit every reference to the word “fire” out of the show? If you do, it’s time to schedule your colonoscopy. And we need to do a bone scan sooner than we think.

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in protected area

Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company

Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two uncontacted tribes and is a hotspot of biodiversity.

Yasuni National Park is inhabited by the Tagaeri and Taromenani, who live in self-isolation. In 1989, it was designated a world biosphere reserve by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, also known as UNESCO. Encompassing a surface area of over 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres), it boasts 610 species of birds, 139 species of amphibians, and 121 species of reptiles. At least three species are endemic.

With over 90% of the ballots counted by early Monday, around 6 in 10 Ecuadorians rejected the oil exploration in Block 43, situated within Yasuni.

The outcome represents a significant blow to Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, who advocated for oil drilling, asserting that its revenues are crucial to the country’s economy. State oil company Petroecuador will be required to dismantle its operations in the coming months.

The referendum took place alongside the presidential election, which will be decided in a runoff between leftist candidate Luisa González and right-wing contender Daniel Noboa. The country is experiencing political turmoil following the assassination of one of the candidates, Fernando Villavicencio.

[animentality]

[queerism1969]