My Ramblings

- Ethan (he/him) - - 27 and very gay - - Chicago (back in IL via CO and WI) - - Feel free to message me! -

[calaculusandme]

Since I’m back using Tumblr more, here are some cozy selfies

[dailycatsblog]

[my-dailydreams]

[cikero]

did anyone else see that seal that just ended up on the street in connecticut

[cikero]

[bonyassfish]

No place for a little seal

[tuttle-did-it]

I concur with Dr Tuttle. It is, indeed, no place for a little seal.— signed, the second Dr Tuttle to say this.

[3000s]

we are in truble

[dogposts]

he's so gentle with her

[important-cat-pics]

[jukebarks]

reminder

[winedark-maverick]

i love you green. i love you forests. i love you smell of damp earth. i love you feeling before the storm breaks. i love you moss. i love you rivers. i love you streams. i love you thunderstorms. i love you sunlight shining through leaves.

[notlayingroses]

Everything I read about recovering from burnout is like “it takes months or even years to fully recover” and it’s like okay…. I have a weekend before I gotta clock in on Monday

[imagine-darksiders]

[libraford]

Listen, I'm having fun playing with the ultra patriotic voice, but after a couple years in blue-collar landscaping jobs, you really do need to phrase things like that.

"I'm pretty sure that fella ain't here legally."

"Well, that ain't your business Chip, it's his."

They hate being preached to. If you pull out words like 'gender wage gap' they'll tell you you're brainwashed by the far left media.

"He's one of them transgenders."

"He got freedoms too, Jimmy."

[weshallbekind]

Also, please understand that SO often the real issue these people have is that they just want to say something inappropriate. They don't like being told they can't say "fag", so they'd say it for a reaction, just like a teenager would.

Shut down the conversation without reacting.

"His dick, not mine" will get you much further to shutting that guy down than "well it's really inappropriate to call someone a slur while I'm the job site".

And that's the point. To shut them up. To make them quit saying shit like that. The first one makes him seem kinda weird for caring about what that guy does with his dick. The second one gives him something to fight against and make a big deal about.

[mckitterick]

Code-switching - Wikipedia

code-switching matters for communicating across cultures of all varieties

[pocketdogs]

dog is once again left with no choice but to use raggedy shoes as a pillow. if only he were able to lounge on some red sofa with the yellow cushions he likes so much. sadly, no such thing exists.

[yorgen-sh]

[shamebats]

Cats getting caught doing crimes

[flipocrite]

it takes quite a bit of social intelligence for a creature to understand:

I know what I am doing is wrong

I know there is an activity that looks similar that is not wrong

If I am quick I can plausibly pass one off as the other

[gingerhastoomanyobsessions]

these cats are displaying remarkable theory of mind skills by not only registering that the humans can perceive them but actively trying to manipulate that perception! that requires one to be aware that other individuals have complicated interior thoughts of their own, to know that those thoughts are not always based on truth, and to quickly decide on the best possible “lie” for the situation. this is why I despise animal intelligence tasks based on obedience— some of the most clever moments stem from intelligent disobedience.

[s-ol4psismmmmmmmm]

mhhmmm yea

[dogposts]

she has officially fallen in love (via)

[coffee-n-kush]