gay and yearning

but at least that’s something. 21. Aesthetic Blog

[oatmylkmachiato]

This is literally the most heart warming story I have read on Twitter so far. I think this is exactly what friends should do, and I feel everyone deserves people like this.

[bmwiid]

A barn rasing:  a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community.

because you cannot, you CANNOT, build a barn on your own, and without it, you will not be able to survive. 

What a fuckin’ gem of a sentence. “What we did today was a barn rasin” 

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

Look I clown veganism often enough but really, truly, don’t ever fucking feed somebody something without their knowledge or consent. It’s hugely fucked up and not OK.

[gotinterest]

also if someone hasn’t eaten meat in a while… or ever… they will get incredibly sick if they just start eating meat again.

[penny-bites]

|| Please don’t do this. Not just with vegans/ vegetarians, but with ANYONE you don’t know very well. You never know what they may or may not be allergic to, their abilities o(or lack thereof) to digest certain things, dietary needs and restrictions, religious beliefs requiring them to abstain from the consumption of certain foods and about a thousand other things.

Some people are legitimately allergic to thd proteins in certain meats and can’t even eat anything cooked in the same pan as X meat product/s.

I’m vegan but couldn’t care less if others aren’t, not an overwhelming number of (not all, just alot, unfortunately) non vegans find things like this funny.

[jhscdood]

Quick reminder: Sometimes people say “I’m vegan” or “I’m vegetarian” because its easier/faster/begets fewer annoying questions than the longer explanation.

As an epidemiologist I can list a few of the more annoying longer explanations that no one wants to have to explain to every person who ever offers them food:

- You drank water contaminated with giardia, which gave you 3 weeks of diarrhea followed by 3 years of lactose intolerance

- You were bitten by a Lone Star Tick and developed an allergy to beef and pork because the Lone Star Tick is a bastard

- You are Jewish and the meat isn’t kosher, but you don’t want to say that because antisemitism is A Thing and you don’t want to get bombarded with questions about the Middle East while you’re hungry

- You are Muslim and the meat isn’t halal, but you don’t want to say that because Islamophobia is A Thing and you don’t want to get bombarded with questions about the Middle East while you’re hungry

- You are on a restricted diet for medical reasons and don’t want to get bombarded with questions about your medical history while you’re hungry

- You are on a restricted diet for reasons that *are nobody’s business* and don’t want to get pulled into Potentially Triggering Diet Talk while you’re hungry.

Listen. Food can be very very complicated for people, and a very very very sensitive subject. Respect people’s food restrictions. None of it is your business.

[hardoncaulfield]

Good afternoon to bisexual men who wear little earrings, people who doubt their own intelligence but depend heavily on academic validation for their sense of self, people who believe in black cat superiority, Robert Pattinson's aura of disinterested bemusement, people who disagree fundamentally with the months of June and July, people who had a difficult relationship with their looks growing up and are now embracing being a little bit ugly, people who dress like dickensian orphans and/or gay kermit the frog, people who feel that cheese is a dubious substance but aren't vegan, ladies with adhd who have a superior sense of humour and everyone who thinks the odyssey is the best epic

[cultural-antifascism-deactivate]

idk guys maybe we should try calling the amazon rain forest “sovereign indigenous lands” more often because i’m still seeing people talk about it like some sort of vast terra nullis where there are only animals–you know, like a colonialist

[wind-on-the-panes-deactivated20]

Do remember it’s not a “green desert” full of brown people wearing feathers who never saw other human beings - there are cities, even state capitals (Manaus, Belém) in the heart of the forest. There are a lot of traditional communities over there, including, but not limited to, many indigenous nations, and there is internet, industry, airports, and a vast river network working. Don’t talk about people like they’re inexistent, or pawns, or even poor natives needing the white hand of developed nations to save them.

“Taking” the forest from countries would mean dealing with all of that.

[lazy-universes]

MOTHERFUCKERS let me tell you about the AMAZON 

aka the most AMAZING CITIES I’VE EVER BEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE 

i went to Manaus last year and none of you can comprehend the sheer BEAUTY of that place. like this was my hotel room: 

“Luisa is that the sea” NO BITCH THAT’S A FUCKING RIVER 

BLACK RIVER 

AND IT ISN’T THE BIGGEST RIVER IN THE AMAZON EITHER 

then we went to an opera house AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS 

it’s so RIDICULOUSLY huge, like, and the insides are fucking ornate and covered in gold, and it’s the most lavish thing i’ve ever seen and i’ve been to palaces in europe like, it’s WILD 

and then we went sailing (which my landlocked ass wasn’t used to at all and the rivers are so large they look like the sea but the water is sweet) and manaus has a BIG ASS bridge in the middle of the Black River

THIS BRIDGE IS LONGER THAN THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE I WANT THIS INFORMATION TO SINK IN 

and we visited a museum on the rubber extraction period that began in the late 19th century. they deadass imported literally everything from england and built this 

there are SO many native tribes still living in the amazon, and still with a good grasp on their cultures, but also very closely connected to the cities. the culture in the amazon is profoundly different from the culture in, say, southern brazil, because native population and native culture still is such a huge part of their day to day life 

and with that i mean the food 

and with that i mean TUCUMà

you eat that with bread!! on a tapioca!!! pure!!! with your fish stew!!!! it’s SO FUCKING GOOD and it grows literally EVERYWHERE 

then we went to see a Bumba meu Boi presentation 

do you know what Bumba meu Boi is? 

you won’t learn it from me because i have absolutely no clue how to explain this 

all i know it is colorful, it is fun, and people from Manaus (called Manauaras) fucking LOVE this dancing bull 

like 

LOVE IT 

ALL THIS FOR A FOAM BULL AND IT WAS THE MOST DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE I’VE EVER HAD 

and then to crown all of this off my friends took me to the most single-handedly bougie experience i’ve ever had 

i went for a yacht ride 

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON 

IT WAS SO BOUGIE AND DECADENT I LOVED IT SO FUCKING MUCH 

anyways i could go on and on about how the Amazon (at least the Brazilian Amazon) is very much a part of Brazil, connected culturally, historically and economically, it has a huge impact of at least a fourth of the country, it is incredibly politically relevant (i’ve had both classmates and clients from Manaus and when i tell you these people have a negative tolerance for bullshit), but also how they have their own culture, their own cities and their own particular political struggles, how many beautiful initiatives the native amazonian tribes took to empower their people, how the universities (yes!!! and many!!!!) in the amazon are a hub of innovation and research but also atunned to the brazilian university spirit of giving back to the community, and how demeaning and degrading it is to see people talk about the amazon as if it’s this vast expanse of nothingness 

but instead 

i’ll let you know i swAM WITH FRESHWATER DOLPHINS 

AND THEY 

ARE

PINK 

[eskewcity]

People will be like “oh I love gay podcast characters” but won’t even listen to the ROOTS (welcome to nightvale)

[eskewcity]

nothing like hearing this on the very first episode of the show and knowing shit was about to go down

[princesszeldazbyebye-deactivate]

Please, please be gentle and think about what you’re saying when you’re talking to children. I met a woman in her 60s-70s the other day who was nervous about her new haircut not having bangs because someone told her she had a large forehead way back when she was 12 and she still felt self-conscious about it not being covered up. Your words really can affect a kid’s life that far into their adult future.

[isfree2fly]

Muslim brothers and sisters

So I found this app called Scan Halal where you scan the bar code of your food and it tells you if its halal or not. It’s a free app too. Pass this on so others can see and worry a little less about their food/snack choices

[thislittlething]

Yessss, it is very handy especially in non-muslim countries

[hisnamewasbeanni]

If you reblog this for no other reason, do it because it’ll piss off Pauline Hanson. And pissing off Pauline Hanson is reason enough to do anything.

[totalsillyfilly]

Pissing off Pauline Hanson is my favourite pass time

[sockknitterporg]

If you reblog this for no other reason, reblog it to make a Muslim feel safer, more accepted, and/or more informed about food.

Other people and their needs are not your game pieces to use to offend others or make yourself feel better.

[inkyshark]

This is actually a cool app! I had a customer come into my candy store and we discovered that certain flavors of the same brand of candy sticks were okay to eat! It was really handy for them to be able to scan it rather than rely on the ingredient list, which could be flawed sometimes! 

[basinke]

Ooooh this is neat!

[elfwreck]

Nice!

For those wondering “why don’t you just read the ingredients”: Even if you trust the ingredient list, you don’t know which “natural flavors” were used, and you may not know where the various chemicals came from. And a lot of people have a hard time reading tiny print, and don’t want to stand in the aisle for five minutes trying to work their way through 95 words of 4-point type.

So glad this exists! We need more ways for people to find the info that’s important to them!

[killorbekillian]

you ever forget to make ice coffee the night before so you pour hot coffee over ice cream 

[killorbekillian]

real life hack tho i fill ice cube trays with coffee so i don’t have to water down my ice coffee

[mxbutchtwink]

"Being gay isn't a personality trait!"

Of course it's not, it's a stat that gives me +5 on stealth rolls. Everyone knows that.

[nahalism]

it . is . imperative!! to develop a shield that stands between your perception of yourself, and the way that the world percieves you. know who you are. know what you are. and then stand in that shit sens negotiation. — because the moment you mistake taking another persons perception of you as gospel, for being receptive to an opinion they hold, you have officially handed them the power to mould your mind and shape your reality in a neatly wrapped bow.

[prozac80mg]

what type of lonely are you?

rb with your results

[grimandghoulish]

reblog if you remember what it felt like to walk into blockbuster

[spelldealer]

today’s imaginary therapy session went really well

[bakwaaas]

me after ranting out loud to myself alone in my bedroom at 4am

[mioxenoblade]

Hey guess what addicts are human too and they deserve shelter, food, water, and healthcare just as much as anyone else whether or not they’re trying to “kick” addiction.

[kristenbouchard]

sitting on the floor is an emotion

[letmebegaytodd]

every single social interaction i've ever had has been complete guesswork

[letmebegaytodd]

every time i have a conversation i spend the next 30 minutes after grading myself

[feedyourlocalgoth]

Man I hate people who are like, super verbal about hating cats. NOBODY cares that you don’t like cats. Also I think you’re a bitch ass