Destroyer

She/her. I will destroy

[a-sip-of-milo]

Hey, you are not an embarrassment for not knowing how to do certain household chores/basic self-care. They do not come naturally to us. A lot of it takes practice! Maybe you had a neglectful guardian. Maybe you had one that was very coddling and never thought to teach you. Maybe you haven't lived in a place where these things were available to you or needed. Doesn't matter. It's okay to not know and far more common than you might realise.

That said, this website provides very simple instructions on how to do everyday tasks such as making your bed, using a washing machine, cooking different foods, washing dishes, taking a shower, etc. All you have to do is use the search bar to find the task you're struggling with, and it'll come up with what you need + other related how-to's:)

If you're having trouble navigating it, let me provide you with some examples:

How to clean dishes by hand

How to make your bed (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to fold clothes (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to take a shower & dry yourself off (also provides ways to shave beards, armpits, legs and genitals)

How to shave legs, armpits, beards, pubic areas, etc. (a more in-depth guide)

How to mop the floor

How to sweep the floor

How to swallow pills

How to make small talk

How to make eye contact in different situations (or how to avoid it while still looking natural)

It's also perfectly okay if these don't help or aren't appealing to you. Unfortunately, nothing helps everyone.

[chompercroncher-deactivated2024]

Also if the reason you don't know is developmental , intelectual or learning disabilities making you struggle even if you've been taught a bunch of times , you are so cool and awesome too :^) [smiley face ]

[afeelgoodblog]

[rednines]

[principaliteas]

no, you don't have to be kind to bad people - but you shouldn't be bigoted. not only because your bigotry will inadvertently hurt good people, but because discrimination! is! wrong! it doesn't matter who's at the receiving end; you should never resort to that.

you can criticise & even insult someone without making unwarranted comments about their appearance, race, ethnicity, sexuality, identity, etc. we really must examine why some of you are so intolerant in your attempts to make the world a tolerant place.

[jethroq]

dialectics

[deadseacorpse]

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

Fellas, is it counter revolutionary to eat.

[intersexstars]

im making this its own post actually

found family is "i have endured the fucking horrors with these guys. i would both kill and die for them. i would rip my own bones out to make splints to heal theirs. there is no name for the bond we share"

found family is NOT "this guy is so dad-coded and these guys are so sibling-like and—"

[monowires]

i can’t say “angry birds ratios a transphobe” was on my 2023 bingo card, but i’m not disappointed

[embersmaraee]

I hate this whole needing money to live thing

[diaryofandnwoman]

[lonewolf23k]

Systemic Racism is basically when the process of Racism is so fully automated by bureaucratic and socio-economic inertia, that it harms people without the need for real racists to actually do anything.

[sayruq]

B005t this please

[mycological-mariner-deactivated]

[gothhabiba]

[ID: Tweet by Mirna El Helbawi (@mirna_elhelbawi) on December 4, 2023 reading: "e-sims are needed on: [email protected] We are running low on: NOMAD, MOGO, HOLAFLY, SIMLY. Make sure you send a clear photo/screenshot of the QR code. Or forward the QR code. We do not press on any links. We do not use blurry QR codes. We do not use "receipts". #ConnectingGaza

Tweet by Palestine Now (@PalestineNW) reading: "To everyone following me your humanity is needed. Communication is now completely cut off. @Mirna_elhelbawi has been [running] this initiative called #ConnectingGaza where she gathers QR codes for eSims and ensures that people in Gaza are able to activate and stay connected to their loved ones and also are able to share the truth. Please help in ensuring they are not silenced. Help their voices be heard! @Mirna_elhelbawi & her team already connected thousands of people in Gaza and it's all documented on their page. They do not accept money donations and they get 0 money for what they are doing. This is completely only to support our people in Gaza.

Images in uploads are screenshots of instragram posts by @mirna_elhelbawi. They are headed with #ConnectingGaza and the phrase "led by @Mirna_ElHelbawi and @ConnectingHumanity_" and read as follows.

First, reminders:

Make sure you send a clear image of your QR code. Blurry images cannot be used.

DO NOT activate your purchased eSim or it cannot be used.

If you or anyone you know is currently in Gaza/Palestine and does not have access to the internet, send an email to @[email protected] and the @ConnectingHumanity_ team will get you and/or your loved ones connected.

Any data amount is helpful, but sources say >20GB is great, if possible. Plans range from $4-$60 USD.

If you did not receive a QR code, e-mail the carrier's customer service and they will send you one.

Once your email is received, @ConnectingHumanity_ volunteer team will distribute to folks on the ground in Palestine.

DO NOT resend anything to the team.

PLEASE BE PATIENT while the team works with locals to activate your eSims. This process can take upwards of a month to activate. It can be a tricky digital process as local internet is spotty and any small mistake can lead to an insuccessful activation.

Credits:

Organizer: @Mirna_ElHelbawi

Volunteer Dispatch Team: @ConnectingHuamnity_

Step-By-Step Guides: @BintMeetsWorld, @Shintel

Information Consolidation & Design: @ElisaDoesStuff

NAVIGATING: MOGO

Get $3 OFF: NAZIRA2503

MOGO I Download on your App Store

Once in the app, do the following:

Tap on the "Store" button on the bottom menu bar

Next, in the Data Plan section, tap on the "eSIM" tab and select "Israel" (but we know it's Occupied Palestine)

Select your preferred data package.

Then, click "Submit" at the bottom of the page

Then, sign up or use a third-party login to continue. • Select your payment method, acknowledge all the terms, and Pay (you will need to link your purchase to your phone #)

Once completed, you can leave the app and wait for a confirmation email. Do NOT install the eSIM.

Once you receive your e-mail, it should contain a QR Code. If you did not receive a QR code, email customer support and they will send one.

Take a screenshot of the QR Code

Email it to gazaesimslulgmail.com with the subject line: [CARRIER] eSIM

NAVIGATING: AIRALO

Get $3 off: Ashley4027. Pay with PayPal.

AIRALO I Download on your App Store

Once in the app, do the following:

First, create an account

Tap on the "Regional eSIMs" tab at the top of the screen and select "Middle East and North Africa" (you can also use the search bar to find this) I, FOR COUNTRIES WITHOUT THIS OPTION, SELECT .GLOBAL'.

Next, select your preferred data package (through Menalink).

Then, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "buy now"

Select your payment method, acknowledge all the terms, and Pay

Once completed, click the "View Instructions" button

Then, tap on the "OR Code" tab at the top of the screen

Take a screenshot of the QR Code

Email it to [email protected] with the subject line: [CARRIER] eSIM

NAVIGATING: NOMAD

NOMAD I getnomad.app

Once in the app, do the following:

Click the Menu icon in the top right-hand side of the screen

Next, click "Shop Plans"

Then, click "Data"

Scroll down to the bottom and select "Middle East" I! FOR COUNTRIES WITHOUT THIS OPTION, SELECT "GLOBAL"

Select your preferred data amount, enter your card details, acknowledge the terms, and Pay

Once completed, you can leave the app and wait for a confirmation email. Do NOT install the eSIM.

Once you receive your confirmation email, take a screenshot the QR code. If you did not receive a QR code, email customer support and they will send one.

Email it to [email protected] with the subject line: [CARRIER] eSIM

NAVIGATING SIMLY

SIMLY I Download on your App Store

Once in the app, do the following:

First, create an account

Use the top search bar to find "Palestine" and click it

Next, select your preferred data package and click "Buy Now"

Then, review your details and click "Buy Now"

Select your payment method, acknowledge all the terms, and Pay

Once completed, you can leave the app and wait for a confirmation email. Do NOT install the eSIM.

Once you receive your confirmation email, take a screenshot the QR code. If you did not receive a QR code, email customer support and they will send one.

Email it to [email protected] with the subject line: [CARRIER] eSIM

NAVIGATING HOLAFLY

Pay With Paypal.

HOLAFLY I Download on your App Store

Once in the app, do the following:

Use the top search bar to find "Israel" and click it (but we know it's Occupied Palestine)

Next, select your preferred data package

Then, click the "Checkout" button at the bottom of the screen

Enter your payment details, acknowledge all the terms, and Pay

Once completed, you can leave the app and wait for a confirmation email. Do NOT install the eSIM.

Once you receive your confirmation email, take a screenshot the QR code. If you did not receive a QR code, email customer support and they will send one.

Email it to gazaesimsPgmail.com with the subject line: [CARRIER] eSIM

End ID.]

[gothhabiba]

The latest update (December 12) is that Simly "Middle East" and Mogo "Israel" esims are needed.

[anistarrose]

the uncommon allergy haver to anticapitalist pipeline

[anistarrose]

in January 2023, companies became required to label sesame on all products it was present in, and undergo rigorous cleaning procedures to prevent sesame contamination, after it was declared the 9th "major" food allergen in the United States.

so, instead of considering this a mandate to give a single shit about people with sesame allergies, almost all American companies decided to just add sesame flour to all their relevant products. because apparently that was cheaper.

it's almost impossible for me to find hot dog and hamburger buns without sesame now. and I am one of the lucky ones. I'm someone who just so happened to notice the label updates, not get caught unawares and have a severe allergic reaction. I'm someone lucky enough to be surrounded by multiple choices of supermarkets, and someone with the incredible privilege to have parents who'll help me search the shelves, and cover those costs that my allergies rack up. not everyone with allergies/other intolerances has all or any of those privileges to begin with.

most food allergies will never be prevalent enough that under capitalism, it will be profitable to give them the level of accommodation that they deserve. I speak from experience with a wide portfolio of hypersensitivity quirks when I say that the rarer the food allergy, the worse it gets.

and here's the thing: I can live without hamburger buns, with only superficial decreases in my quality of life. but sesame isn't my only rare allergy, and ever since this legislation hit, I've been lying awake at night, afraid of what I might lose access to next.

I've been lying awake at night wondering what I'll have to do to live, to obtain enough safe food to survive, if any of my other allergies get this same treatment. and I reiterate. I am one of the privlidged ones.

what these companies have done is completely legal. what these companies did has also cut off up to over a million people from what were previously safe, affordable staples of their diets. a system that has any incentive not to accommodate the dietary needs of any population is not a system that can be allowed to exist. this is the uncommon allergy haver to angry, fuming anticapitalist pipeline.

[anistarrose]

[Image description: two screenshots of tumblr tags, reading:

"also pea protein. mcdicks just added pea protein without any proper warning so if you got a legume allergy, don't eat their buns."

"did you know pea protein and pea flour is a thing. i didn't. but i sure found out quick after i ate frozen nuggets and when i got gravy from a restaurant. now i have to check fucking everything because i've also found pea protein in ice cream of all things." End description.]

thank you @butchwelddone and @insidejupiter respectively for these psas. signal boosting here for all my fellow legume-allergic folks, stay safe (and stay away from McDonalds buns)

[tamlins-stories-and-poems]

My dad has a cow milk allergy, my sibling has a coconut allergy, one of our close friends is allergic to most spices, wheat, and soy. If we’re lucky, we can find a product that any two of them can eat. Almost anything that calls itself “allergy free” is loaded with coconut.

Also! Fifteen years or so ago, all the whipped toppings went from being dairy free to advertising how they were “made with real cream!” Not to mention various other foods that followed the trend, and really screwed everyone over for having cow’s milk and whatever original milk alternative they used to cut costs both in everything.

So, yeah. For-profit food my belothed.

[ms-demeanor]

USAmerican corn-allergy-haver here l love you all and I think we should burn it all down.

[ms-demeanor]

By the way the practical [miserable] advice is to cook most things from scratch for yourself and to eat out rarely and only at restaurants you've completely vetted.

The advice that fucking nobody ever tells you about and that is why I literally went back to school to get a degree in nutrition is

If you suffer from a food allergy that cuts you off from bread and cereal products in the US you probably need to supplement your diet with vitamins because the primary source of folate in the American diet is fortified cereals and a severe folate deficiency is basically a form of anemia.

You can supplement this with vitamins but :) if you have :) grain allergies :) make sure :) that your allergens :) aren't used :) as fillers in :) the vitamins :) :) :) :)

Either you can take folate/folic acid on its own or you can take half a daily prenatal vitamin to meet the RDA for folate.

[ms-demeanor]

I have wheat, corn, and sesame allergies. I eat out about once a month and have to bring my own food to weddings, conferences, and anything else that will take me away from my own kitchen. I don't go to theme parks because there's nothing I can eat there. Backpacking and camping are difficult because pre-made camping foods contain my allergens and it's hard to carry foods that I know I can eat. If I go out to eat with friends no I don't I go out to have a cup of coffee - oh, is artificial creamer all you've got? nah it's got cornstarch in it, that's fine, I'll just drink it black that's okay oh wait all you've got is decaf that's fine I'll just have water OH you are using eco-friendly corn plastic cups well that's okay I am at least here being with people I'll eat when I get home. I am not on at least three medications my doctor recommended because corn is part of the product and I can't afford to have the meds made at a compounding pharmacy. Corn is in all of these things because it is RIDICULOUSLY cheap which is at least partially as a result of subsidies and is also at least partially as a result of the scaling economics of monocrops for agribusiness.

It is ten dollars cheaper to get 21 ounces more mac and cheese *shipped from canada* than it is to buy one of the pre-made foods that I can actually eat.

You may say "oh, well that's because that's the weenie organic brand that uses artisinal cheddar, of course it's more expensive than kraft" and I would have to say:

THE WEENIE ORGANIC BRAND ALSO DOESN'T PUT FUCKING CORN IN EVERYTHING.

Anyway. This has done extremely normal things to my ability to feed myself, maintain my health, and socialize as well as my desire to do arson.

[ohclippy]

We welcome Sun Tropics, Kettle Heroes, Finally! and Still Riding Foods to our Manufacturer Partnership!

New update just dropped [5/2023]!

[jughead-is-canonically-aroace]

shoutout to the trader joe's cashier who asked me if i was lactose intolerant and then called someone to get me a different shredded cheese because the almond milk one i'd picked inexplicably also has cow milk in it. who the fuck is this product even for

[celiavonhinten]

[the-smiley-blue-axolotl]

oh MY GOD i was not expecting this AT. ALL.

[bonivers]

just remembered shows used to have 20-25 eps per season

[bonivers]

[raptorofwar]

[jelloapocalypse]

The problem isn't so much that shows are shorter, it's that they can't choose how long they want to be to tell the story they have in mind.

I've seen plenty of shows that were 24-26 eps per season and absolutely had no idea what to do with that run time. I've seen 24 episode shows that should've been 12 episodes. Hell, I've seen 24 episode shows that should've been 6 episodes. One of my favorite shows of all time, Bomberman Jetters, is two 26 episode seasons. I love the core plot, but so many of the side episodes are notably worse to the point that you're really just sitting there waiting for the show to get good again, which wouldn't have been an issue if the show was two seasons of 13 episodes instead.

On the other hand, 12 episodes is plenty of time for any competent writer to explore an entire cast. That's four hours of time on the short end and ten to twelve hours on the longer Netflix-y end. However, if the writer is good and the cast is large, then 12 eps might not be enough because their world is too good, but nobody does 24 episode stories anymore for syndication.

Media would be a lot better in the age of digital streaming if stories were simply allowed to be however long they want to be. Why are they locked to specific ~22 minute time slots if the majority of media goes up online now, where half hour blocks aren't dictating your work? Why do you need any kind of set number of episodes when streaming services upload everything in bulk rather than week-by-week? What's wrong with having a 3 episode show or a 17 episode show? Nothing, really. That's just not the standard.

The issue isn't length. It's trying to fit every story into the same cookie cutter template, which cuts off longer stories and ruins shorter ones by overextending them.

[omegaverse]

We were correct as children btw it sucks so hard that pokemon aren't real. It's the worst thing ever.

[estroqueen]

Can we normalize the idea that women can have deep voices? please?? Especially for trans women who feel gross or out of place for their deep voice.

Please, break the standard that all women have high pitched, perfect, feminine voices.

[bracelet00]

My car got towed on NYE, so after unsuccessfully trying every number programmed into my phone, I called my dad’s ass up at 2 AM to pick up myself and my friends to go get my vehicle out of impound (my dad is awesome. More on that later.)

Included in my group of friends was my friend Anna who had recently come forward as trans. She had very recently started presenting as a woman, and was pretty insecure in it, and had never met my father previously, so it wasn’t as though I had time to brief him on the situation. Anna was pretty shy during the whole ride, tucked in the back and letting her friends talk over her. She only spoke up after I had gotten my car back, thanking him for helping out.

The next day, I called to thank him for that night, and he asked me who was the girl with the deep voice. At first my heart sink in my guts, but without missing a beat, he started raving about how he LOVED her voice. He listed off a few actresses from his day who had had very deep voices, and how he adored it, and that kind of slow sultry speaking had been fading more and more as pop culture pushed for childish voices in women.

Your deep voice is gorgeous trans friends (and cis friends too.) it is warm and low and smooth like honey and perfect in every way. It is smoldering and evocative and absolutely beautiful.

[estroqueen]

Honestly this is the most beautiful story ever, I’ve read it like 5 times over. Thank you so much for this.

[themaddahlia-deactivated2023040]

I really needed to hear this

[subjugatedmind]

@transpokelover

[fleshdyke]

it is literally the most fucked up thing in the world that fruit goes bad. you shoild be allowed to have a box of blackberries in the cupboard for 2 years and they are still fine to eat

[guerrillatech]

[hekatontarch]

[queertail]

The site is '12ft Ladder' found here:

12ft – Hop any paywall

Show me a 10ft paywall, I’ll show you a 12ft ladder.

[sola-whumping]

Reblogging this on ALL my blogs because holy shit is it useful