sorry is my default state

Emily, 24, she/her, gay af, located in western Canada - this blog is a mess and I'm sorry if you know me in real life

[snootyfoxfashion]

Dino Nuggies Plush from ElisesPiecesPlush

[shanastoryteller]

i know kindness exists because i am kind

[shanastoryteller]

"people aren't good"

i am people. i am good

you are wrong

[shanastoryteller]

if you are capable of it then so are others

be your own proof of concept

[cannibal-rainbow]

“they” (1 word) is shorter than “he or she” (3 words)

“they” is more inclusive than “he/she”

“themself” flows more naturally than “him or herself”

“they” is less clunky than “(s)he”

it’s time to replace the awkward “she or he”

[edgar-allen-potpourri]

“hey can you go ask they what does they want for dinner, and when is they coming over to watch movies with they?”

[edrec]

“Hey, can you go ask them what they want for dinner, and when they’re coming over to watch movies?”

Step one is learning how to talk like a human person.

[anghraine]

Friendly reminder:

“I shouldn’t like to punish anyone, even if they’d done me wrong.” —George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860)

“A person can’t help their birth.” —William Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1848)

“But to expose the former faults of any person, without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable.” —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

“Every Fool can do as they’re bid.” —Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation (1738)

“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” —King James Bible, Matthew 18:35 (transl. 1611)

“God send every one their heart’s desire!” —William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (~1600)

“Now this king did keepe a great house, that euerie body might come and take their meat freely.” —Sir Philip Sidney, the Arcadia (1580)

“If … a psalme scape any person, or a lesson, or els yt they omyt one verse or twayne…” —William Bonde, The Pylgrimage of Perfection (1526)

“And whoso fyndeth hym out of swich blame, / They wol come up and offre a Goddés name” —Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Tale (~1380)

“þan hastely hiȝed eche wiȝt on hors & on fote, / huntyng wiȝt houndes alle heie wodes, / til þei neyȝþed so neiȝh to nymphe þe soþe [Then hastily hied each person on horse and on foot / hunting with hounds all the high woods / ‘til they came so near, to tell the truth]” —William and the Werwolf (transl. ~1350-1375)

“Bath ware made sun and mon, / Aiþer wit þer ouen light [Both were made sun and moon / Either with their own light]” —Cursor Mundi (~1325)

[advanced-procrastination]

We’ve been using they/them/their pronouns to indicate a person with unspecified gender for a long ass fucking time. The only reason it’s become a big issue lately is because it can be used as a semi-respectful term for trans and non-binary folks and we can’t have that can we

These fucks are literally trying to change our language to hurt trans/nb folks, and claiming that’s just the way its always been

[polyhorde]

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Singular “they” predates

Singular “you”

[artandchocolate]

Sappho - Translation from Anne Carson’s “If not, Winter”

[fighto-art]

The car's on fire

With you inside

Who's to say what it means

Car Crash in G major-fanclubwallet

Heard this song and thought about Neil and his mother so now I give you this little thing I've worked on

[bashircore]

this is THE funniest tiktok story i’ve seen like ever i made the worst noise irl

[pumpki-pi]

he mentioned in the comments that it was a gay strip club/restaurant combo, but i love how he didn’t think to clarify that at any point in the video

[aichu-dechu]

[goodstuffhappenedtoday]

Twitter thread from user @lindzamer:

I bet most of the people flipping out about drag queens and kids have no idea that their favorite classic children’s books were written by queer people

Arnold Lobel, the author of Frog and Toad, came out to his family in the mid-70s

Maurice Sendak lived with his male partner for 50 years

Margaret Wise Brown was an iconic chaotic bisexual. The “personal life and death” section of her Wikipedia page is a wild ride, I’ve wanted to write a biopic screenplay about her for ~ages~

James Marshall was queer and died of AIDS

Tomie dePaola was gay and came out later in life. The NYT gave him a beautiful obituary after his death in 2020

(each name is accompanied by a picture of an iconic book by that author)

[iichthyology]

Yeah you got me with that one

[weaver-z]

Why is Panera selling a lemonade with three times the caffeine of a redbull

[weaver-z]

I'M GOING TO DIE?

[bloomfish]

they should just sell cocaine

[seven-oh-four]

do you think people in the pokémon universe are pissed that rotom is no longer a legendary like people are pissed that pluto is no longer a planet and get into discourse about it

[beartnie]

There’s a quote from Bert where he says he‘s “known big bird since he was a little bird” and the thought of it makes my heart cry so here’s that

[beardedmrbean]

[beemojis]

target audience

[beemojis]

it occurs to me that i am also the target audience

[cometcrystal]

many ways to read this and all are good

puts his arm around everyone as an excuse to put his arm around daphne

puts his arm around members of his polycule

he just loves his friends a lot

[phantoms-lair]

Fred just enjoys sitting like that and the others take advantage for snuggle time

[athelind]

Fred has very wide shoulders, and if he kept his arms down at his sides he would take up a disproportionate amount of space, so he drapes them across the back of whatever he’s sitting on to be considerate to those around him. It’s the moral and philosophical opposite of manspreading.

[moveslikekeithrichards]

the role of the person in the passenger seat is not only navigator but secretary as well. you have to type up the drivers messages to random ladies on facebook about cbd cream & google whether that billy joel song was the theme song for that show or not

[moveslikekeithrichards]

you also have to provide a henchmans disdainful scowl at whoever the driver is flipping off in the target parking lot

[the-apocrypha]

other assorted roles may include

retrieval team for objects in the backseat

custodian of the parking garage tickets

"All clear my way"

en-route dining concierge

announcing "Horses!" when there are horses

[sosuperawesome]

Summerslushie Studios on Etsy

[worddevourer]

Moments when you do not speak during a watchthrough of Lord of the Rings

1. Boromir’s death 2. The lighting of the beacons 3. Theoden’s speech at Pelennor Fields

Moments when you do speak during a watchthrough of Lord of the Rings

1. “Okay, but did you know that when he kicks that helmet, he actually breaks multiple toes?  That agonized scream is actual, physical pain, and it was by far the best take.”

[catasters]

[harmcityherald]

For a second I thought this was a carnival ride