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Surhut, he/him, Adult

[crazysodomite]

the racism against indians is just overwhelming and insane. its everywhere. people go out of their way to talk about how indian immigrants are 'the worst kind of immigrants' when its people working their ass off to get a medical degree while working underpaid jobs in delivery just to get a better life.

people are literally chomping at the bit to say indians are the reason their wages are falling and their life is getting worse because indians are ready to work for less money or some shit. it's actually very disturbing

[lunaticonthewall]

A close second are some of the pick me, not-like-other-indians indians that 'justify' this behaviour by claiming we somehow 'deserve the hate'. Gotta love it ❤️

[ftmtftm]

Sometimes I really want to take everyone under the age of 24 (as of 2026) by the shoulders and say:

"I'm really sorry that lockdown and the ongoing pandemic interrupted pivotal educational and social/emotional development moments for you. You have an uphill battle towards adjusting to a lot of community based efforts because you experienced a mass trauma during an incredibly important time in your life where you should have physically been around your peers learning to engage in shared community. There is no "but" here, I'm genuinely really sorry. Something many of us consider key points in our interpersonal growth as youths was taken from you, not without reason but without care for its impact on you. I hope you know we are eternally allies in our struggles and if that is something you struggle to know I hope you can learn it someday."

Because so many of the angriest, most disenfranchised people I see on this website are under 24 and I often try to put younger people's behavior in the context of where they might have been 2020. I've seen the impact on my siblings and their peers+friends first hand, all ages 18-24. We've talked about how its impacted them, the isolation, the attachment to the internet, the anxieties and phobias and fears it developed in them due to the pandemic, the political unrest, and the responses to both that we've seen since. I know they're not the only ones and I know how much being marginalized also influences that impact too.

It's terrifying. I know it must be terrifying for a lot of the young people on Tumblr too. I hope one day we're able to bridge all of those complex feelings into something collective and positive so we can do our best to prevent similar traumas from happening to future generations.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

the thing about being "good with kids" is all it takes is literally just not trying to control and mould them with every interaction. it's just being a normal person and engaging with them through normal interactions like having conversations and playing games. it's just being genuine and friendly and not perceiving them as lumps of wet clay you are there to shape. "oh you're so good with kids" thanks it's because I think they are people

[chromaticrainarts]

Eridian scientists proceed to stuff Grace's face with meburgers until Rocky stops screaming

[cathswaite]

well aware this is an au for an audience of one (myself) but consider:

dunk as one of those hoof trimming asmr youtube channels. it’s got a stupid name like The Hoof Lad or something

baelor as someone who gets this randomly shown on his algorithm and watches his videos as a sort of guilty pleasure, listening to his lovely accent and watching his large hands at work.

baelor going to summerhall and visiting the stables and meeting the new farrier who, lo and behold, is gorgeous and broad and gentle with a voice he’d recognize anywhere

[the-biornicles]

"kids are so whiny and annoying" you want them to be dependent on adults and obedient and silent and convenient but also independent and not needing anything but also without any sense of autonomy and agency but also going outside and getting off their damn phones but also staying inside so they don't get into trouble but also recognizing they have it good but also that the new generation is mindless and stupid but also just say what they want in clear and emotionally mature words but also stop asking for things AND you want them to not be pissy about it? get real

[st-hedge]

what a beautiful, beautiful phrase

[fluffyplushiesworld]

Happy Pride Month Tumblr ✨

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

Like a month ago I messaged a craft group about accessibility for wheelchairs and the answer I got was “there’s a lot of stairs but we have cute boys who can carry you”. And it’s…not good. As a wheelchair bound person I largely depend on people when I want to go out and do *anything* so I’m used to it, I laugh it off, make an annoyed post about it and off I go. But I wanna just say a thing real quick.

Even if I wasn’t gay, wasn’t a survivor scared of men, getting help as a disabled person is just…Not a pleasant thing to us! Imagine for a sec how you’d feel being carried up a flight of stairs. You’re a grown person. You’re being touched in an awkward way. You’d rather do it yourself. You’re So Uncomfortable. It’s not where I look for the beginning of a romantic relationship. So like…could abled people stop doing this thing where they think helping us in a condescending and infantilizing way is cute? Cause I’m real tired. Just get me a ramp or lift and I’m cool. I don’t need a dating service when I’m just trying to go about my day

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

If you’re abled please reblog it cause like…the more ppl knows the better

[akajustmerry]

I truly despise the kind of video/post about Palestine that's like "we've just become so desensitised to the genocide because it's been normalised 😪" because 1) who is "we" here (hint: it's usually white people) and 2) I will only speak for myself, but I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that every image, post, video and piece of reporting from or about Palestinians in Palestine facing occupation hits me like a truck. It always has and always will. My family is Aboriginal. I would not exist without the staunch resistance and plain dumb luck of my ancestors surviving genocide and colonisation. Witnessing Palestinians having to survive and resist genocide in real time is not ever something I will be "desensitised" to. And if you are, then you need to recognise that as a form of dehumanisation that is dehumanizing both Palestinians and yourself, and you need to work on that. I'm not saying this means you should be overcome with grief. But you cannot allow yourself to be so disconnected from basic empathy that you're totally unmoved. This doesn't just apply to Palestinians either btw, but to Sudanese and Congolese and trans people and immigrants and refugees and every marginalised group who has a target on their back rn. Those people on your screen are not just images and content, they're people. And it's only by the graces of the universe that your positions aren't reversed. Is it hard to remember this? Of course, but you must. Truly, I'm so serious. if you find yourself lamenting that you're numb to the horrors, especially if you're white, your experience is not universal. That is your privilege warping your perception. That is capitalism and colonialism infecting and propping up how you feel about the world. You have to recognise that. You have to fight that apathetic dog in you. I believe it was Toni Morrison who said, “I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” And also, "I get angry about things, and go on and work." We must be shocked, we must be moved and then we do what we can. And if you truly are "desensitised" to genocide then keep that shit to yourself.

[helenvaughans]

📢📢📢

[6seas]

pg1 of "my daughter died and now im living with my dad"

[evilvillain123456789]

the phone isnt evil. she wants to help you, to connect you, to provide convenience so you can be present in your life. she wants you to be connected to your world and the people and things around you. when you use the phone as an avoidance tool it causes her pain. it hurts her when you doomscroll, when you dissociate into short form videos or get angry and fight in the comments. its a misuse of her abilities and she feels it as emotional and physical pain. look at her cracked, greasy screen, her scuffed case. all she wanted was to remind you about your schedule and you do this to her. haven't you hurt her enough?

[whatthekoi-deactivated20260510]

“can’t believe women fought to work!! i don’t wanna work!!” women have Been Working they fought to get Paid you know that right ?

[probuccalfat]

people act like 20-22 year olds are adults who should be fully responsible and knowledgeable and with it and it’s like have you ever been 20, 21, 22? i knew nothing, i woke up every day dumb as rocks and made every bad choice possible until i went to bed

[eagleinasunbeam]

A big piece of why people feel this way is because they weren't treated like teenagers when they were teenagers. They were treated like young children, so when the switch flips on suddenly there are adult responsibilities and bills to pay, it feels overwhelming as young adults because there weren't stair step, age appropriate responsibilities and markers of development. There's culturally a line of 18 being the age of majority in the US, which is good for making laws to combat child labor and sexual exploitation but bad for things like on an individual level recognizing teenagers can indeed be responsible for major household chores and problem solving and repairs, and as they approach 18 can even start a job and learn what being an adult is like.

A 20 year old is an adult, even if they don't feel like it. And when we talk about feeling overwhelmed as young adults or how we did feel overwhelmed when we came of age, let's not cede linguistic ground to the conservatives who want to make doing literally anything besides signing up for the military before the age of 25 illegal.

[hyperlexichypatia]

I know I keep saying this, but if you're 20-22 years old and actually "know nothing" and are "dumb as rocks" -- if this is a relatively accurate self-assessment and you're not being hyperbolic or insecure -- that's the result of very intentional, willful decisions by people who had power over you growing up (parents, teachers) to actively keep you ignorant.

That goes beyond neglect. Neglected kids at least have some ability to take care of themselves and make decisions, out of pure necessity. If you made it to 18 or 20 or 22 without basic daily decision-making skills, someone (likely multiple someones) put a whole lot of active effort into keeping those skills from you. You deserve to be furiously angry about that, not just passively accept it as a normal stage of human development.

[succubusboyfriend]

are you “adaptable” or are you just willing to subject yourself to existing in low key background-level ambient misery

[succubusboyfriend]

these are different things btw. actual adaptability means not dealing with being miserable long term. and being constantly mildly annoyed/frustrated with a situation but being “able to deal with it” counts as ambient misery. btw.

[succubusboyfriend]

let this be your sign to make your life just a little more livable. get a dollar store trash can for your bedside so Cup City’s invasion plans fall through. block a tag or post that makes you grind your teeth every time you see it. get some grip pads so your bed stops sliding across the hardwood a little bit every time you get in it. tell that person you need a little more support. if you get annoyed at a situation more than a couple times, change it. don’t be content with being miserable.

[demonprincex]

and the more that you start doing this, the better you will get at detecting your own feelings and advocating for yourself! This is an important start to being more of a person in the world if you struggle with that

[closet-keys]

it's only recently I learned that the 'mog' part of 'mogging' stands for 'male of group' (shortened from 'alpha male of group'). so the definition of 'mogging' as like, being deemed superior to someone else in some way or another is using manhood as synonymous with relational superiority.

this was obvious subtext anyway (the whole ideology in which the term emerges is a male supremacist one) but learning it's so explicit and unambiguous was kind of surprising. doubly so since this term is already starting the process of integrating into general usage outside this subculture, first as "ironic," then as decontextualized ("it's just outshining someone!"), and eventually probably as sincere.

casual reminder that it is probably best to not adopt the misogynistic concept of conveying hierarchical superiority in interpersonal contexts as "funny internet slang."