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@depresseditalian
Hello I am italian and depressed (she/they please and thank you)
Thats about it really, not much else to say. Unless you want a trauma dump
Maybe I'll eventually post some of my writing here but for now im just gonna look at memes
Ok kind of a stupid thing but here goes
We know cal uses blasters all the time, do you think he tried/would try to teach the other jedi to use a blaster with a lightsaber because, you know, why wouldn't you?
I imagine Ezra being on board since his first saber was also a blaster, but what about Ahsoka who knew Obi "blaster's are uncivilzed" Kenobi? I imagine cal would have a heck of a time trying to convince her to learn
cal and ezra would try, but i don't think the main obstacles would be luke and ahsoka's OWN attitudes...
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God knew i'd be too powerful, so they gave me like every mental disorder. Don't think they missed one, gotta respect the effort. Still gonna get them pregnant though
Me, tears streaming down my face, sobbing, as I stare at the stars: it’s just so beautiful
The medieval peasant I went back in time to give a bag of Doritos to, concerned: what terrible and powerful sorcerers they must have in your age, to be able to veil the vault of heaven itself from view, as you say
Me, sniffling: I didn’t realize, I can’t, it’s so much, I, I… are the chips good, at least?
Medieval peasant, trying to make me feel better: they’re… magical, strange traveler
I'm so tired of people killing spiders, centipedes, roaches, etc. Just for... existing. Like guys, please leave them alone. So in the interest of encouraging people to let these buggos live, here is a defense of each
Spiders
First, spiders eat 400-800 million tons of insects and other pests annually, while humans eat 400 million tons of food annually, making them one of the most important animals for pest control [source]. Also, in the US like 4 species of spiders live in homes out of the hundreds of species in North America: also, spiders don't crawl into your mouth at night, the chances of them even falling in are so astronomically low you'd be better off winning the powerball [source]
Centipedes
This section is more specifically about house centipedes, as thats what most people interact with. House centipedes are harmless, and in fact beneficial. Unlike spiders which if you were allergic could kill you, house centipede bites are incredibly negligible and rare, just clean it with soap and water and let it heal [source]. House centipedes are mainly beneficial, as they are predators which eat small arthropods and pests, like mites, lice, fleas, baby roaches, and more. Although a large population of house centipedes could indicate a pest problem, so keep that in mind [source]
Roaches
Now to be fair, roaches are the most understandable for killing on site. They don't really directly help in many meaningful ways (although they do eat crumbs and stuff, so they kinda help clean) and can spread diseases (depends on species and population). But still, most of the hate of cockroaches is mainly just their appearance and that they live in our homes. However, only about 30 species out of the roughly 4,600 species of roaches are pests to humans, and the ones that are are typically there because we built our houses over where they lived before, and roaches are nothing if not adaptable. Also yes the source may be Wikipedia but I will hear nothing about it "not being reliable". If it really bothers you, find another source, Wikipedia just gets straight to the point in an easy to understand way [source]
So yeah, thats my defenses of these three "pests". But honestly, I don't even think these arguments are necessary, I don't care if a pest is beneficial or not, it's a living creature which has been proven to be able to feel pain, so they deserve empathy. I understand not liking these bugs, they can look freaky, but at least use the cup and paper strategy and release them. If you want to exterminate roaches though, I won't blame you. I just want people to stop demonizing these insects, especially roaches since they're one of the most important detritivores in the world, and practically every ecosystem they are a part of would fall apart without them or be worse off.
TL;DR: Please let these insects live peacefully and don't demonize them for just adapting to the situations we put them in. If you don't want them in your house, then use a cup and paper to catch and release them. And if you are going to eradicate them, do it as humanely as possible please, contrary to what many seem to believe, arthropods are fully capable of feeling pain, and there's even evidence of basic emotions like fear and joy as well.
Endlessly diabolical how you can't say words like rape and suicide uncensored without either being criticised by idiots or punished by conglomerates.
It's not r*pe, it's rape. It's not su*cide, it's suicide. Not unalive, dead. The backbone needs to be reintroduced en masse because softening the blow of these concepts with advertising language does absolutely nothing but allow people unaffected by them to feel not even a sting of what they can do, prompting inaction.
And it's been proven that on certain websites, you don't even face a repercussion for using the words as they are. People just started censoring themselves because they feared the potential lack of views and likes and followers which is so nasty itself.
I attended an anti-suicide seminar in college. One of the big takeaways from it was that stigmatizing suicide increases the rate of suicide, because people who are feeling suicidal feel like they can't ask for help. Every time I see babytalk garbage like 'unalive', I think of that.
Use the real words. Words have power, and they matter.
Today in class we basically made fanfiction. Everyone put in two names of well known characters or people (for example I put Genghis Khan and Martin Luther) and then you picked two at random and created dialogue between them. I got Steve from Minecraft and William Shakespeare.
Me and my friend made a deal: we would each post our fics to Tumblr, and i'm here to honor it. Fair warning, I have never written in shakespearean English, I wrote this in 30 minutes, I have not looked over it all, and it has not been polished beyond the first draft.
Please enjoy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mO3Qm-EbFMuKV26q6maNHZaEORg0iaqszhKbN6LhoGs/edit?usp=drivesdk
Idk why but as a kid I used to get hysterically upset everytime I would imagine a gif of a rotating cow because I could never stop the cow from rotating no matter how hard I tried and I would be crying and no one knew why
This is probably an unnecessary addition, but OCD is missed in cases like these because it's deeply misunderstood by most people.
It's talked about like being obsessively neat or repeating pointless tasks is the main part of it, when really those are just potential symptoms.
The main thing behind OCD is not being about to turn off a thought. There's a thing where most people can just stop thinking about something. If it's over, it's not relevant, it doesn't matter anymore, people can turn their attention away. For OCD, that mechanism can get stuck. And some thought that was supposed to just temporarily pass through your head just stays there. An image of an object rotating. An anxiety about something bad happening. A wish that you made on a dandelion. These are all things that have at some point gotten stuck in my head, sometimes for years at a time.
The compulsions, the rituals, are the person trying to address the thought so it can go away. After all, if you're worried about the door not being locked you can check the lock. But for someone with OCD, that doesn't make the stuck thought go away. So they check it again. And again. And they made a ritual, maybe if I check it exactly five times, I'll know that it's locked and I can let this worry go.
It helps a little. It feels like you're doing something. But it doesn't solve the problem. Actual therapy for OCD involves not doing the compulsion. Instead, you ignore the thought, move around it, try not to give it space in your life. Your mind won't let the thought go normally, so instead you fill yourself with other thoughts. Other parts of your life.
It's not easy at first. Your mind fights you on it. But as you get practice, it gets easier. You learn tricks around your own mind, ways to look at the thought and go, hm. I guess I'll go distract myself now. It does get better. I promise
You know, other people have pointed out that ADHD is perversely named for the ways in which it affects others, rather than for what it actually feels like to have ("are you always worried that your friends hate you and incapable of achieving your goals specifically because they are your goals? you may have 'trouble sitting still in class' syndrome!) – but I think that OCD is in many ways a similar case, especially because "primarily obsessional" OCD (that is, OCD without compulsions) absolutely exists, and is likely under-diagnosed. If people with OCD were naming the condition from scratch, we'd probably call it "Persistent Thought Disorder" or something similar, and consider the rituals that people assume character OCD to be common but non-universal symptoms.
so.
just had this little exchange:
this is a scam. i feel bad for whoever actually made silentduck7; i checked the blog and it seemed pretty new, with only 2 posts that were pretty innocuous.
but this interaction appears to be a variation on the "hey i accidentally reported your account" scam that's been going around lately, meaning the account was hacked and is now trying to hack others. I don't have any settings turned on that mean someone wouldn't be able to message me, and when i kindly suggested they send an ask, they insisted on using messages. between that and the "explain what we did mistakenly to your account" red flag, that's all i needed to know.
it seems a fair few people have now encountered this type of scam, but i hadn't seen this spin on it mentioned. so, i wanted to let my followers know this is a thing. If you get similar messages, just report (ironically, lol), block, and move on.
Tomska going hard on Twitter again.
not to be maya on side but please do not call someone or something “mayan” when talking about our people, culture, etc. “mayan” refers to our language family (a language FAMILY, in which there are plenty of unique languages). we are the maya, not the mayans. i am maya, not mayan. it is the indigenous maya community, not the indigenous mayan community.
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A series of pictures depicting issues for those who rely on wheelchairs.
A person with glasses sitting on a wheelchair stares at a door entrance located on a set of stairs.
Did you know... Some of us couldn’t even enter our own homes?
A crowd gathers in front of a bus, with a person on a wheelchair on the back, trying to get other people’s attention.
Please be mindful... Of those who can’t “push” their way around!
A woman with a hijab and glasses sits at a receptionist desk. A person on a wheelchair wearing a kippah is unable to reach the top to get her attention.
Simple things like reception desk height actually matters a lot!
A person on a wheelchair wearing a baseball hat backwards is unable to close the door to the restrooms. Despite this, the sign outside is marked as wheelchair accessible.
It is as if... Some doors aren’t meant to be closed!
A person on a wheelchair is frightened as their wheelchair goes down too fast down a ramp.
Did you know... That wheelchair ramps are steeper than recommended?
A man wearing a kippah is about to enter a temple, but covers his wheelchair wheels with a cover to keep the inside of the temple as clean as possible.
Wheelchairs go everywhere... But we can provide wheel covers for special places.
A picture of a parking lot Two cars are parked, one with most space to allow a disabled person to get on and off. A woman holding crutches is angered at a motorcycle parked in front of her car, which isn’t supposed to be there. A person on a wheelchair nearby notices her anger.
There’s a reason why... Certain space is allocated at disabled parking lots. And no, it’s not for your bike!
Two people stand in front of an automatic door. One is a child attempting to wave their hands to get it to open, and the other is a person on a wheelchair.
Notice that sometimes... Automatic door sensors are a bit short?
A bus is waiting at a stop. A person on a wheelchair is unable to get to the stop due to a steep ledge in front of them.
Are you aware that... Despite the upgraded buses, the bus stops need upgrading too?
A person on a wheelchair is using an ATM machine, which is placed at a lower position so they’re able to reach and use the machine comfortably.
In case you’re wondering... Why the new ATM machine designs are lower and slightly uncomfortable to use while standing up...
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Can we please stop only treating trans people with respect when they're hot? This goes for all trans people but especially trans women. I keep seeing videos on tiktok like "trans women are beautiful" and they're all white (or at least conform to Eurocentric beauty standards), perfectly passing, feminine and skinny. Like yeah those trans women *are* beautiful, but so are TWOC, so are non passing trans women, so are masculine trans women, and so are fat trans women. What's so disheartening is the people making posts like these think they're the best allies ever. If your allyship only extends to those you find personally attractive, that's not true allyship
And yes, people do the same for trans men. And the second a trans man isn't attractive they will be mocked for their identity. I really expected better from the queer community, but I guess we aren't at the point yet where everyone can be loved regardless of whether they are conventionally attractive or not.
Feel like going off on a tangent about bugs & specifically why wasps are actually super duper cool and you should be friends with them instead of treating them like hellspawn
Top 5 reasons wasps are cool
Wasps are amazing at pest control! They eat tons of pests that would otherwise completely kill plants and crops
Wasps are literally responsible for the existence and continued existence of figs
Wasps can actually learn that you aren't a threat, and will just live and let live. Sometimes they even show signs that they are rather comfortable around you (if you want to cultivate such a relationship, watch the wasps closely. If they turn towards you while at their nest or standing and flare up their wings, that's their way of saying "back off!" And if you listen, over time they will get more comfortable as they realize you respect their space and aren't a threat to the nest. Of course, if you anger a wasp nest it does suck, but you can realistically coexist with one as long as their nest isn't way to much in the way)
Wasps are pollinators! Despite how much people like to dismiss wasps role in pollination, it is a rather important one! They aren't as good at it as say bees, but they are helpful nonetheless!
Wasps are vital carnivores in their ecosystems, and do an excellent job at keeping populations in control. Wasps eat caterpillars, aphids, spiders (depends on species), and many others! Without them these populations would likely get out of control!
All of this said, wasps can be mean. But instead of seeing them as hellspawn who are mean "just cause" I want people to see them as the sleek warrioresses they are. Wasps live by live and let live, but unfortunately people can miss their warnings (either because they don't realize it is a warning or because the wasps size can make it difficult to notice) which makes them think you're threatening them. So I hope the next time you see a wasp nest in a place that won't really impede you all that much, you'll let them hang out!
If y'all want more bugs facts just say so, I have a treasure trove of facts (I plan to be an entomologist or arachnologist and all things arthropod are my hyperfixation) and would love an excuse to info dump.
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... that's probably fine. I'm sure that mushroom circle is a completely natural phenomenon.
Wait your telling me they have cookies? *dissapears into the mushrooms*
Sometimes I act so italian I even surprise myself. Just fantasized about eating a really good pizza. like mozzarella, fresh tomato sauce, topped with some basil. Now i'm hungry
