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hey so protip if you have abusive parents and need to get around the house as quietly as possible, stay close to furniture and other heavy stuff because the floor is settled there and it’s less likely to creak
socks are quieter than bare feet on tile/wood and for the love of god don’t wear slippers/shoes if you can help it
climbing ON the furniture will disrupt the pattern of your footsteps and make it harder to hear where you are in the house
crawling will do the same and if you get caught crawling you can pretend you fell
the floor near the wall can be really loud if the floorboards/carpet is old and not completely flush to the wall
do NOT attempt to use a rolling chair to travel without footsteps. they are extremely loud and hard to steer
Also. Breath with your mouth and not your nose. Your nose will whistle. Trust me. If you need to get into your fridge, jab your finger into the rubber part that seals the door closed and create a tiny airway. This will prevent the suction noise when you open the door. When drinking liquids (juice mostly), pour out your glass (or chug from the jug) and replace what you drank with water. If it was full enough in the beginning, no one will notice. DO NOT STEAL ALCOHOL. THEY WILL NOTICE IF IT’S WATERED DOWN. Bring a pillowcase for dried foods like cereal and granola. It helps to muffle the sound it makes when it pours.
If your house has snack packs (like gummy bears or crackers or chips), count them every day until you know the rhythm that they get consumed. (This took me a week and a half with my twin brother and sister). Then join the rhythm when you make your nightly visits. It will be that much harder to figure out it was you.
KEEP A TRASH BAG UNDER YOUR BED FOR WRAPPERS AND STUFF BUT DONT FORGET TO THROW IT OUT WHENEVER YOU CAN. BUGS YKNOW. Hope this helped.
I might have some useful info to add.
-a jar of peanut butter is long lasting and easy to hide under a bed or in a dresser drawer. I lived off of jars of peanut butter and boxes of saltine crackers I would buy on grocery trips with my mom.
-two words: Slipper Socks. These are the socks that have rubber designs on the bottom for grip. They make no noise, and also keep you steady on slicker surfaces like tile and wood. You can find them cheap at Walmart. They also keep your feet more protected if you’re outside.
-if you’re secure enough in your room to have a small food stash, make sure you’re not too obvious about it (duh) but also move its location every few days. I kept mine in a shoebox under my bed, then switched it to a backpack in my closet, then wedged between my bookshelf and wall, and I would cycle locations until i moved it permanently to a false-bottomed drawer I installed in my dresser when my father was gone for a weekend. I would NEVER put food directly into my stash after taking it. I would keep it in pockets of my clothes and between books until everyone went to sleep, then I’d stock and stow my stash for the next few days.
-get a water bottle with a filter in it. I used to be able to reach my bathroom from my bedroom door down the hall using a huge step or minor jump/leap. If I was afraid of being caught at night, I’d fill up the humidifier tank we kept under our sink while I took a short shower, and would refill my water that way. It might not be the best option, but I kept a small stockade of water under my bed for emergencies.
-if you can, smuggle your garbage out in your backpack or purse. Dispose of it at work/school. I got caught twice by carelessly throwing away packaging.
-if someone knows the situation you’re going through (close friend/partner/etc) see if there’s a way for them to get food or other supplies to you at school or work or what private time you may get. A hidden first aid kit literally saved parts of my body before and I owe it to a close friend.
-try learning the building’s natural rhythm. The house I grew up in would creak and settle heavily every night for 3-5 minutes. That was my shot, and I had to be QUICK. I still got caught a few times, but learning the patterns in our floors and walls, when they creaked, WHERE they creaked, kept me going. Eventually I was sprinting in slipper socks to the kitchen and back in less than 90 seconds.
-if you have stairs, or live upstairs. Sit as you go down them one at a time, or climb up them like an animal. It keeps you low/out of lots of motion sight, and also can reduce noise and creaking by distributing weight over more than 1-2 steps.
-You can use common hand sanitizer to remove the stains certain snack foods leave behind (coughs cheeto fingers) and a dry toothbrush can help scrub the color off your tongue. If you can get powdered toothpaste or toothpaste tabs to keep on hand, it makes a huge difference in sneakiness.
-I don’t recommend going for dried foods like granola or cereal unless you can sneak it to a secure place to get it. It’s too loud, it’s a gamble every time for something with less caloric intake than it’s worth if you get caught. Of course, there are times when that’s the only option!!
-if you’re taking milk, add water, but be SURE to shake/agitate the bottle to distribute the dairy fat with the water. I got into the habit of shaking milk jugs when I started sneaking it, and explained the habit as something I read in an old comic strip my father showed me. (Back when whole milk had a lot more cream fats and they’d separate, so shaking it would redistribute the cream.) I still shake milk jugs to this day.
-if your windows open or don’t have screens, eat leaning out an open window. Any food mess will be lost in the dirt. I was lucky I had bushes and birds outside that would catch my granola bar crumbs before anyone could notice.
-canned goods are tempting, but not worth it. It requires too many tools (can opener/strained sometimes/utensils/some need heat) stick to thinks like various nut butters (sunflower/peanut/almond), crackers, dried fruit, and easy to conceal food bars (nature valley/nutrigrain/etc.) dried ramen packets are good uncooked if you can stand the texture. Apple sauce and pudding cups are also easier to sneak and stash than one might think, and can be eaten with your fingers. The only canned foods I recommend are condensed soups and precooked pasta (spaghetti-o’s). You can easily mix them with a little bit of hot water from the tap and get something more sustaining than a handful of captain Crunch. The cans are cheap, sometimes recyclable, and drinking soup takes way less time than chewing solid food.
-if you menstruate, attempt to stash pads/tampons in a safe location. Sometimes shit happens. Pads can work as bandages in emergency situations. Sometimes shark week comes unexpectedly. If you can sneak a roll of toilet paper or paper towels, these are also life savers.
-plastic utensils from takeout containers can be hidden inside socks and will be worth their weight in gold when you least expect it. I bought myself a tiny plastic bowl from the dollar store and kept cheap trinkets in it on my desk so it didn’t seem like a bowl I was eating out of. You could try this with something like a mason jar, which is also useful for drinking out of or storing water.
-if you’re eating a crunchy or solid food, try soaking it in water. Mushy food can be repulsive in texture, but I could clock the sound of someone eating a nature valley oat bar from like 6 miles away. Dunking it in water (or using a secret bowl+water) can reduce noise, and also eating time since you don’t have to chew as much.
-keep a laundry bar or tide pen on you. Laundry bars are super useful, a little hard to find though. I washed a lot of stains out of my clothes with laundry bars in my bathroom sink as a kid. Not proud if it, but it kept me flying under the radar at school.
-clear rubber bands, plain twine or string, paper clips, and thumb tacks. Indescribably useful. I once rigged a system to open tricky cabinets and get objects from inside using two paper clips and a foot of plain string like a mock lasso system.
-if you’re pulling objects from tall cabinets, use your chest or stomach to cushion them. Let them fall into your torso and then into your hands cradled underneath. Not as loud, not as much grabbing, if someone sees it they can mistake it for it falling on you by the body language.
-get a bandana. Or four. Napkins, bandages, tool, and accessory all in one.
-get a tiny sewing kit. I’m talking 3 needles and a spool of thread tiny. Scissors if you can sneak it. See things into your clothes. Make hidden pockets or compartments. Threadbanger on YouTube did a video a few years ago about sneaking things into music festivals using tiny clothing mods, but they may be useful in sneaking money or medicine.
-on the topic of sneaking money. don’t take bills, take change. If your abusers don’t meticulously count their nickels and pennies, they’re an easy(ish) way to build up a tiny savings pool. I found nickels the least noticed coin I took, even more than pennies, and taking two every few nights from where they’d be tossed on our countertop soon built up to a semi-reliable fund I passed off to someone to get me food for my stash without having to sneak it from the kitchen. As soon as I became “independent” in my food storage, I was subjected to much less scrutiny. I managed to build up a solid 1-2 week ration supply after hoarding change.
-you can tape SD cards to the inside of book dust covers(the part that folds inside the actual cover of the book), if you have a sewing kit or zipper on it inside the stuffing of your pillow (trim a corner, stuff it inside, stitch it closed) or (this is final resort) VERY CAREFULLY remove the covering from your outlet and tape it to the wall stud before replacing the casing. I kept mine inside part of my wooden bed frame that I hollowed out using, you guessed it, take out silverware knives and 4 nights without sleep.
-THE FLOOR IS LAVA WAS KEY TRAINING FOR ME AS A CHILD. I learned to take pillows with me, climb on furniture to disrupt my flow of movement, toss a pillow down, and use that to cushion any rattle our living room could give off as I crept to the kitchen from the side entrance so my mom’s dog wouldn’t bark or alert anyone. I highly suggest crawling around on all fours like some sort of beast to stay out of sight.
-can you run your house blindfolded?? If you can’t. Maybe you should try to learn. I suffered some heavy eye traumas growing up and had a collective 3-4 months just IN THE DARK. Eyes bandaged, left alone. It was terrible, but damn if I couldn’t navigate the whole place silently, without any visual cues. This helps a lot with the whole moving around in the dark thing, too. Listening is obviously key.
-if your parents start getting suspicious, or you’re suspicious they’re getting suspicious, watch out for traps. String on the ground that gets shifted when you walk on it. Baby powder or flour left to track footprints or doors opening/closing. My dad was partial to wrapping a bungee cord around my doorknob and attaching it to the closet across the hallway. I wouldn’t be able to open my door enough to get out, or if I did, I risked ruining the structural integrity of the wrappings he did, and he would notice.
-learn to tie some knots. Strong ones. They’ll come in handy at one point or another.
-remember that you’re not totally alone. There’s people out there for you. Wanting to make everything better. You don’t deserve what’s happening, it isn’t normal, and you will eventually find help. But staying safe is important, and you are important.
It upsets me that people might need to know these but I know it could really help someone by reblogging
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Things that have helped me over the years:
•Keeping a $10 bill on the inside of my phone case for emergencies. My mother will search my wallet and bags but has not taken my phone case off when she takes my phone as of yet.
•stashing loose change I find in the soil of my potted plant. Very quiet hiding place for coins. All bills are quickly confiscated but coins I have managed to hold onto this way
•changing food stash locations constantly. A good stash I’ve found is buried in my mice seed mix. Small packages or granola bars can fit in there pretty easily and the wrappers are flushable (I know it’s bad to flush them but my trash is routinely searched)
• always deleting online traces in case of phone/computer search. This includes search history, forbidden apps, messages, pictures, notes, games, etc. I don’t know how many times I have deleted the tumblr app during the day only to re download it late at night to use it. My phone and computer are constantly confiscated and gone through with a fine tooth comb. I delete anything I might possibly get in trouble for after I use it and re download it when I need it again. Don’t delete all your browsing history though, they will notice if it’s suspiciously empty. Fill it with safe and approved stuff and remove anything you might get punished for.
•learning what each and every door in the house sounds like so I know who is where at all times without having to leave the room
•learning where those ‘sweet spots’ are in the house where you can notice anyone coming before they can see you or what you are doing
•always having a pre-approved cover. I use books and preaching videos as covers. I can hide a phone in a book or quickly switch apps to the one playing the video if surprised or discovered.
• always being aware of ‘the trail’. If I tell a friend something who tells their sibling who tells my sibling who tells my mom I get punished so basically tell no one and it won’t come back to bite you. This includes talking about tv shows/movies that are forbidden, forbidden foods/drinks, activities, apps, games, friends, political views, etc. Express an opinion and it’s bound to reach someone you don’t want it to.
•never take from your abuser’s personal stash of food or money. The family pantry is fair game to carefully pilfer from and so is loose change but never take from their personal purse/wallet, fridge, pantry, or stash. They WILL find out.
•beware of traps and manipulation . My mother will leave money and food unattended and wait for it to disappear. She will also act like she wants to do a good thing and help you out but in the end you will pay for it a hundred times over. Avoid this if at all possible.
• NEVER develop a false sense of security. I have made the mistake of not deleting an app (Pinterest) because there had been a few weeks between phone searches and I felt a little safer. I got caught and severely punished. ALWAYS COVER YOUR TRACKS. Don’t get too confident in your methods, eventually they will find something. Make sure it’s something minor.
I just want to point out that when deleting apps, make sure to check that the app store you use doesn’t record what was recently installed. I know that the Google Play Store does this and allows you to delete things from your history, but I don’t know anything about Apple.
Apple does, in the purchased section of an account, so don’t have a false sense of security for apple apps and always try to use websites with no cookies.
Apps for screeensharing to TVs (such as Samsungcast) also have search tools so if you clear your history you can also use that and make sure to clear it. Just don’t play a video or it might end up showing on the TV screen.
I feel so sad that so many of you guys go through this all the time. Rebooting to spread the word.
Stay safe my lovelies
So, so unfortunately important. Reblogging because I would’ve loved to have had seen this growing up - I figured most of it out on my own, of course, but through an amount of trial, error, and traumatic consequences no child should ever have to go through.
-if your bedroom door was anything like mine, there is a large enough gap from the floor to the bottom of the door that anytime I got out of bed or walked around the room, the door would jangle. Try putting a small but heavy object flush against the door.
-bring a large cup to pee in when it is not safe for you to leave your room or space. be sure to sneak it down a drain as soon as possible.
-other foods to stash away include trail mix, breakfast bars, fruits and veggies. a couple slices of bread and cheese aren’t as easily missed either.
-i have had luck taping paper money to the underside of our rug.
-be aware that you will likely carry the weight of this time with you for a long while. most of my nightmares still take place in my childhood home, where i haven’t lived in over five years.
-but above all else, this time won’t last forever. you will make it out. i’ve got faith in you.
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For all of my kids in unsafe home situations. I love you, be safe.
Also, for those of you in situations where you are not believed: as tempting as it is do NOT try and prove it with your phone. Especially if they search it. Please, please don’t do that. Find another way if you absolutely must prove the mistreatment.
-Avoid plastic and paper. They russle a lot, especially when you’re trying to be quiet. As stated above pillowcases are a godsend.
-If you can access the kitchen during the day (and not get caught doing this) move things you might need, granola on the shelf you can only just barely reach? Pull one bar out and slip it to the lowest shelf in the whole kitchen. Put it somewhere no one will check.
-The bottom of a trash can is NOT a good hiding spot. Tempting I know. I’ve hidden a secret stash under a trash bag. Played it off a few times as being a good kid and taking out the trash. But you would have to be the one to always take it out if you did this. Always. You can’t rely on ‘probablies’.
-Self aid. Go to your school nurse and ask for Band-Aids. School computer lab have alcohol pads so you can clean off the mouse? Take some. They will hurt and burn but a clean wound is so much better than an infected one.
-For those of you with allergies to the Staples (peanut butter, bread, cheese, the like) Beans are your new best friend. They suck but hey, they work.
-AVOID SWEETS. This sucks I know. But sweets leave more behind than a chocolate colored tongue, including a sweetened breath (I got busted so badly once even after scrubbing my tongue.)
And finally,
-Find people you can talk to. My messages are always open, @mrsmamarhodey is here for people as well, and many other blogs will listen. Even if there is nothing else we can do. We will listen. We will believe you. We will be there for you in what ways we can. Please, be safe. Stay alive.
I can’t believe that there are actually kids who are forced to live like this. It makes me so upset. I am now very concerned about the people on this site. Please, all of you, stay safe.
there are things in the list that i personally also have to do, some i don’t have to, and tips i could definitely take for the unknown future. anyways, reblogging this in hopes that it could offer a chance for some of you to stay at least a bit safer. remember, we’re all fighting this together
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I know it’s the log-off protest but just before I left the app I saw this.
This was a pretty helpful post, but i do hope none of my followers need this..
can i adopt you guys???? nobody should have to go through this, and it breaks my heart :/
just know that it WILL get better. maybe not now, maybe not for years to come but this will not last forever. ily ♥
I always kept a plastic container with a lid to catch blood or any other fluid when it wasn’t safe to go to the bathroom to properly wash up. I hid it in an old backpack in the closet and cleaned it whenever the coast was clear
Most obvious hiding places are in the closet, under the bed, in the bottom of drawers and under rugs.
You can tape small items such as a metro card, prepaid phone, plastic bag of money, birth control or other medications, etc under a desk or even better: open the top drawer of your dresser and tape the item to the bottom of the dresser top. Make sure you can open and close it securely without jarring the item free.
You can also hide bills in an old DVD case if you are 100% SURE no one will open it.
If you can get your hands on some good concealer, use it to hide scars and bruises. Abusers will try to isolate you even more if you are a walking display of evidence. Don’t give them any excuse to not let you go to school.
On this same note, avoid making drastic changes to your appearance (dramatic change to hair cut/dye, tattoos or piercings or wearing any makeup/accessory/clothing that might be deemed “different” for you) Your abuser may perceive this as you acting out or seeking attention, and they do not want you to receive any kind of attention as it may give you an outlet to expose what is happening at home.
Don’t write things in codes that are obviously codes. Your abuser will not like this if they find it and you will be punished or forced to reveal the code but most likely both. If you can, make a code that would look like something else if found by someone. For example: If hiding say, your email password so you won’t forget, make a list of things beginning with each letter of the password. Draw pictures of your passwords. (Ex. Draw 4 red dogs, your password is RedDog4.)
Evernote is a great way to hide a digital diary/notebook/photos/contacts that you can delete from your device quickly before a phone search. If you fear you wont have time to delete before a search there is an option to hide your private notebooks so that you can only find them by searching their name and load up some class notes so if your abuser asks about the app you can say it’s for school.
This is a bit expensive but if you can manage it use an external hardrive for anything on your computer your abuser wouldn’t approve of, from photos and videos to games to creative and programming software, etc.
I had a friend whose dad didn’t let her talk to boys at all period so if she ever had a group project and the boys would try to text her she assigned them all feminine names in her contact list (Ex Louis became Louise etc) so she could still save their number.
Thank you so much for this.
This doesn’t really match my blog theme but it doesn’t matter. I have some things to add:
To walk completely silently, even barefoot, start on the outside of your foot and roll off your big toe. This takes practice though. Your bare feet will also be quieter if you have calluses on them, so you want to walk barefoot as much as possible.
One thing I did was getting well acquainted with the woods. If I needed to avoid people and couldn’t hide in my room, (the door doesn’t have a lock and the consequences would be SO BAD if I blocked it with something), I grab my bag, and try to avoid them + walk silently as I walked outside and hid deep in the woods where they couldn’t find me.
Never bring your phone (or any electronics) if you choose to escape to a friend’s house/the woods/etc. You don’t know what apps they hid on there, which could track your location.
When in the woods, I would bury my trash so if a family member decides to explore the woods one day/was actively trying to find where I kept hiding, they wouldn’t find traces.
About that bag I mentioned. I risked getting caught for this. I have it in my closet with the other bags so it wasn’t suspicious, but if I got the feeling they were suspicious about me, I hid all the stuff in the bag in different places temporarily. In the bag I keep a bottle of 90% isopropyl alcohol (disinfectant) that my aunt gave me as a joke, a small sewing kit (needle, string, scissors) that I stole the components of from my mom’s room, a knife that I also stole from my mom, and some granola bars.
You can hide things in boxes that appear to be sealed on your shelves. Choose a side, use the corner of your nail, or a small knife if you have one, to slit 3 edges of the plasic on the box on your chosen side. Carefully side the box open so as to not tear the plastic. If there is space, hide your item(s) in the space. If not, take some of the contents out and hide them elsewhere* until you can dispose of them where they won’t find them. Arrange the flap of plastic so it lines up properly (if box is cardboard or similar you can lick the edge of the plastic and place it down, it will stick moderately well and the fact it isn’t in tact will be less noticeable) and put box on shelf so that the cut side is against the back. (I have many time in the past taken a “sealed” box of playing cards and take the right amount of cards out so that after putting whatever I want in, it would weigh the same as a normal box of playing cards. This way if they pulled things off the self, unless they examined the playing card box carefully, it was unlikely that they would notice)
*if you have a coat/jacket with a liner, you can put holes in your pockets and stitch the liner to the jacket at the bottom so things you put in there will be at the bottom and it will seem like your pockets are empty. Don’t put anything bulky or potentially loud in, or your trick will be exposed immediately. Works great for papers though, and it’s one of the only ways to transport plastic wrappers without being loud. Not coins though.
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Any social media or other restricted thing or anything they could use to stalk me if they found out I had it I use web for, my accounts are under different fake names with different email address I created with different fake names just for them, and my passwords are all long, secure, and MEMORIZED. And I delete my search history of any of those particular things.
I know how to give myself stitches. This has come in handy.
Leather = low grade armor. Wear it whenever you can. Then you can take a punch without it being quite so bad.
There’s a gate at the bottom of the stairs at my house that not only creaks, but the latch is LOUD. I climbed over the railing near the bottom instead, and then walked down the outsides of the last couple of steps.
How to climb over a railing silently: put hands on railing, swing one leg over so you’re sitting as if on a horse, and then carefully slide your already over leg down so it is touching the outside of the step and at the same time you swing your other leg over and carefully place that foot down.
If you close a door while holding the handle turned, like how you would if you were opening it, and use your other hand to guide it so it doesn’t hit the door frame, instead lining it up exactly where the latch needs to go, and then slowly rotate the handle back, it is near silent.
A fluffy sock jammed in the bottom handle-side corner of the door can keep the door from making noise as you walk around your room at night.
Hide things inside your pillows. Not just your pillow cases, but the pillows themselves. A lot of them have zippers where you can access the fluff, and you can hide things in the fluff. Stuffed animals sometimes have this too.
Semi-sheer, loose layers will be a lot less hellish and a lot less suspicious in warm weather but can still hide most older cuts/scars that are starting to become less garishly red.
If you close your eyes for 30 seconds before trying to navigate the dark your eyes will adjust and you will be able to see much better.
To anyone who needs any of the advice above or in similar posts: Good luck, stay safe, and remember that one day this will be over and you will be safe. I know it’s tough but keep going. If you ever need to talk, I’m here.
I absolutely wept when I read this. I remember being a kid and living at home, having to do most of these things to keep myself safe and alive. I’m so sorry that their are so many of you who are going through this. If this is something you’re going through and you just want someone to talk to about it all my inbox is always open. From one survivor to another.
I am so, so sorry.
i know ive reblogged this countless times, but this has some really important additions, please stay safe guys <3
I know this is not ToG related, but, if this can help …
learn to sew,if you can do it well you can open up stuffed animals and fill them with whatever as long as it’s small and not likley to be notice
if you never turn a fan on you can tape ska stuff to the top of it, idk if it will hold if the fan turns on
if you have a trusted friend have them store stuff in their locker/get a lock and put it on an unused locker that way even if they know your locker they can’t get to your stuff
for those who need it
I would hope no one needs to use this but I know there are people that do this for you guys
We got you
Seriously
We’re here for you
Everyone is
For everyone who needs this
Stay safe please
i don’t remember seeing this on the list but during the day i go up and down the stairs and through the house to memorize all the creaky spots so i can avoid them at night
stay safe guys <3
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Thank you darling, I plan on using these tips for my.own hell hole of a house
This is horrible that people have to deal with and also I have a small tip: if your house has a radiator/heater (like mine), time how long it goes on and then when it turns on, RUN and get what you need. I love you all and stay safe!
Sorry for the long ass post but as a child who deals with this, I’ve got a few things to add. -KEEP SOMETHING MINOR THAT YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE. This may seem counterintuitive, but that way if your parents say you’re acting suspicious, you can turn their attention away from something bigger. Additionally, if they catch you nd you have to lie, DON’T go for the classic “I don’t know anything” or “I didn’t do that.” Take the situation and make it a little bit bad but not too much. Example: I had kept scissors in my room for sewing, which I wasn’t supposed to have. So what I did was I said that I had gotten a ponytail holder stuck in my hair and had to cut it out, but that I was scared they would get mad so I hid them. -As for money, I took a pad out of the wrapper and threw it out, and then used the wrapper to hold money and taped it shut. I kept that in my bag, as if it were a pad for emergencies, and they never suspected. -If you’re sneaking into the kitchen, fill up a glass with water and stand there for a few minutes drinking it until you’re sure no one is coming to check on you. That way if they do catch you, you can say you were getting a drink of water.
Sjdvkhfufk this was super helpful thank you to everyone who added to this
if u have a vent on ur wall near the ceiling, u can clean the dust away n store things there
always have an escape route mapped out
always have an escape bag, just in case. mine has an extra phone charger, my wallet, a sewing kit, a re-usable water bottle, extra underwear, toilet paper, headphones, a grocery bag, and a small blanket
if u can, try to get a pair of boots that are good for navigating wooded areas
study foraging. u never know how useful info about toxic and non-toxic plants can be
stay safe out there, babes. hope none of u ever have to use these tips
It hurts to know so many of us have had to use info like this just to survive. I’m by o means a popular blog, but I hope anybody who see’s this will either gain some merit from it or repost it for others to see. It sucks living like this, and it follows you well into your life, but sometimes that’s the reality.
Stay safe everyone. You can do this.
I don’t know WHO needs this right now, but I’m going to reblog this anyway.
Idc that it’s not SdV related.
Hate that this is stuff that people need to know, but it’s important that the people who need this information have it.
Idk if this will work for other people but sometimes I’m able to wrap a blanket around myself and hide stuff under it if my parents are in the way. I use it a lot to sneak food and water upstairs and I can just pass it off as being cold. I’m an absolute freeze baby so they’re not suspicious. Just be sure to make the blanket a semi-common thing, not just when you’re sneaking stuff around.
Oh and you can put things like crackers, pretzels, and cereal in clean socks (or just a small bag if you have one) if you can’t take the whole container. Just make sure to switch the socks around every now and then because crumbs are a bitch.
You can also hide food in bras if you wear them. Mostly granola bars for me. If it sticks out then try wearing baggy clothing over it.
Somethings I’ve done that I can think of rn -jamie
- use private/anon browsing when searching shit you don’t want to get caught for, search appropriate stuff on main
- always have a friend you can claim you were texting if they ask why are you typing on your phone. Someone who has an extensive history with you and your fam and they trust
- always have a friend you can call and claim you were talking to instead of watching something/calling other people
-after work, I would “take cash out for lunch as they don’t take card” usually only $20 a week ish but managed to save a good $1k ish in the end with this tactic
- hiding notes in books, they don’t tend to get searched much. Choose books you haven’t read/don’t read often, it’s less likely they’ll be confiscated or removed from your room
- stand on wooden unmoving shit, nothing with wheels and nothing made of fake wood (can break) or moving metal
- if your door doesn’t lock, look up different ways so you can lock it (different doors = different ways)
- if your not allowed to close your door, make sure your bed isn’t in immediate view of said door way. Move it into a more sheltered area, same with anything valuable or vulnerable. Gives them less ideas
- move your desk/study area to somewhere where they can’t immediately see you.
- never have both head phones in, I don’t care if you can study better, don’t do it
- never wait for them to call you twice
There’s more but I can’t remember rn I’m about to pass out I swear
my parents are assholes to me, but I thank god they’re not physically abusive
rb. even if it doesn’t match your “theme”.
This is literally one of the most helpful posts I’ve ever seen on this website period.
it’s so heartbreaking that ppl have to deal with bad parents :(
pls rb this if u can
I should probably reblog here too
I don’t know who needs this but I ain’t taking chances. I didn’t know people could be this horrible, but since I’ve been proved wrong, I’d better help the right side.
my parents are assholes sometimes but I dont have to deal with anything of this level yet
- if you get caught lying about something, confess to a smaller version of the lie.
- in a similar vein - if it doesn’t endanger your life, make sure to get caught for little things sometimes. Otherwise they get suspicious and suspicious is dangerous.
- any words that come out of their mouths should not be trusted. it doesn’t matter how reasonable anything they say sounds - make your default to not believe them.
- if you have parental measures, some of them can be counteracted by going into settings and removing the app’s permissions.
- unless you are certain it is safe to talk about how you’re treated, do not do so. absolutely never talk about it, to a friend or otherwise, over text. Best is irl.
- save friends your parents don’t approve/know of under different names. if you use WhatsApp, archive the chats and also archive a handful of group chats. School ones, old inactive ones, whatever. When they ask who’s archived, you can show them the group chats.
- if they have their fingerprint set into your phone - remove it and add another one so the number of prints stays the same. Works especially if you have android/Google phone because those are notorious for being poor with print recognition.
- make backup email addresses. Multiple. Do not associate them with your legal name.
- do not let them call your name twice. Idc what you’re doing. At the very least least call “coming” or something similar.
- if you have a shelf, put some books on it and hide valuables/food behind them.
- do not backtalk.
- unless you’re certain you can trust adults, do not tell them. generally, you cannot trust adults around you. not even school.
- have a base litany of phrases for if someone asks you how you got that bruise/cut/scar. “Fell off a bike” “bumped into a walk” etc.
- generally it’s a safe bet to beg forgiveness if you’re getting hit - even if you’ve done nothing wrong - but don’t be too loud (that tends to piss them off more)
- prioritise your survival over all else. doesn’t matter if you make it out battered bruised and broken if you make it out alive.
- always remember that one day it will end. it is not forever, though it feels that way.
my DMS are always and will always be open. It is a safe place no matter who you are.
please talk about it. I promise you that it will ease the pain, if only slightly.
no, my parents aren’t abusive.
But also,
most fridges have a light that you can turn off by clicking this button that gives the impression the fridge has been closed
if your bed creaks because it’s old, always get up in the center and fall in the center because it creaks less there.
Replace creaky hinges and test all of the cupboards you need to use beforehand, or oil them.
Always have an escape plan, always have an excuse/lie on hand, always stake out the area before doing anything
ALWAYS OIL HINGES AND DOORKNOBS
hide notes in burnt candles and always have a lighter/matchbox on hand in case you need to burn evidence
Go for runs and walks. Memorise locations to hide things.
Have at least one friend in school that your parents cannot contact and one that they can. Oscillate between the two.
Always have an escape kit with a burner phone, canned food, iodine pills, basically anything you’d take to go camping.
We’re all here for you. I promise you it will get better. Not easily, not in a linear path. But eventually, and that eventually will be the biggest ‘fuck you’ you can give your parents.
Always keep multiple pairs of headphones. Wireless is best because it’s the hardest to spot and they’re actually quite cheap when they’re off-brand nowadays. Try to cover them with your hair, hands, sleeves, etc. Test how loud they are/if they can be heard by people in your surroundings.
When wearing headphones, especially that type that cover your ears completely, always keep one ear uncovered.
If one of your parents is hurting or abusing the other or something similar, and you know they would not hit you if you did this, try your best to stand in between them to protect the other parent. This can expose you to pieces of information you would not otherwise know as well, which can be useful, however it can also be terrifying.
If a parent comes into a space where you are using your device and you are on something you should not be, do not alt + tab out of panic. This can be loud and attracts attention. Instead, keep your brightness down/turn it down, and then slowly switch tabs/applications as if you are completing a normal movement.
Sometimes, if you get a gift from a friend, it is very easy to hide it in plain sight. This usually does not work with accessories if you plan on wearing them often, but if it is just a little keychain you should be able to put it somewhere without your parents questioning it.
Try not to wear things that have your interests on them (for example shows, music, etc). If someone else points it out in public or they notice it
If your parents are telling you off and asking you to tell them something personal about you, NEVER TAKE THEM UP ON THEIR OFFER. They are lying and will most likely use the information to punish you.
Learn about psychology and how to use it. I don’t mean those “dark psychology” tactics. If you want one or both of your parents to think about a proposal you want to make, try and get glucose into their blood, and wait a bit. For example, if you get to go eat ice cream, have dessert, or drink something sweet, make sure to ask them around those times.
Learn how to cry on command.
Do not make it obvious you are watching if your parents are telling one of your siblings off if you have them. If your room is near the center of the house, you can hear almost everything from it, however if they are in the center of the house and your room is on one side, you can still often hear them if you keep your door open because of how large the space usually is. If they are yelling from one corner of the house, you can usually enter a bathroom and hear them because they’re normally in those areas.
If your parents are being abusive or unnecessarily mean to one of your siblings, you cannot always help them. Usually if they are too young (around 8-12), they will still believe that they are completely at fault and deserve the way they are being treated, and saying anything could cause them to tell your parents, which could get you punished. If you can, comfort them silently (giving hugs, candy, etc).
If your browser supports workspaces, USE THEM. If you use Opera GX, and you’re not someone who always has many tabs open, learn about the Panic Button setting.
If your parents are religious and you are not, or you are confused or otherwise, only participate when asked. For example, I’m a Muslim, however I have been an agnostic Muslim since I found out about Prophet Muhammad’s nine-year-old wife. However, I will still be participating in traditions like Ramadan and praying when asked.
If your parents have a good-cop bad-cop dynamic, in which the bad-cop is abusing the good-cop too, always tell the good-cop a little bit more than the bad one. Try to keep a good relationship with them because it’s likely that the reason they are the way they are is because of their worse half. it doesn’t have to be anything meaningful. It can just be “I got this bracelet from [insert name] today”. That way, they can back you up if the worse half pulls anything related to it in the future, and it’s likely neither of you will get hurt.
Do not tell your siblings anything political. For example, if you have an older sister, and your family is largely homophobic when you are not, do not tell her this. Treat your siblings like your parents; do not let them see anything they can use against you unless you are very, very close with them.
On that note, do not comment when your parents say something morally reprehensible.
Never let them know if you are not eating when you are outside their supervision for whatever reason. Always dispose of any evidence of this.
Always generally have backup places, people, occupations, recreations, etc. You’re not watching a youtube commentary video, you’re watching a podcast. You’re not talking to someone they’ve never heard of, you’re talking to their perceived golden child. You’re not going to the store, you’re going to the library. You’re not listening to music, you’re searching for something to play on the piano. You’re not on tumblr, you’re writing a journal entry.
On that note, NEVER keep a physical journal. Always make sure they’re electronic and padlock them if you can.
I know that sometimes there’s an urge to attempt or harm yourself in places where they’ll notice to prove a point. Resist the urge to do this.
If your parents are picking you up at a certain place, never do suspicious things nearby. Don’t talk to friends as you walk out, don’t throw anything away, etc.
Learn your school’s layout and use a locker if you can. Learn placements for things like water bottle refill stations, bathrooms, trash bins, and so on.
Clean out your screenshots and emails (including school emails) every once in a while.
If you have an especially large playlist, make a smaller “safe” one that won’t play anything your parents dislike (for example, songs without sexual or queer lyrics)
If your parents pay for Netflix or something similar, don’t use it. Pirate things. They’ll probably check what you are watching. Or, even better, watch “safe” things on the streaming service and pirate “unsafe” ones.
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS CLEAR OUT YOUR MESSAGES. DO NOT SAY ANYTHING OVER TEXT THAT THEY WOULD DISAPPROVE OF.
Let them make fun of you. Trust me. Play along with the joke, even when it’s you.
Wildwood test animation
The General will be voiced by Angela Basset!
Those are the most accurate wing animations I have ever seen in practical effects.
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if she’s your girl then who am i? what year is it? why cant i remember anything…
ugh… my head…
well… no sense in waiting around. ive got to get out of this place. [stands up and you gain control of me] looks dangerous… i should try to find a weapon, just in case.
USE THE WASD KEYS TO MOVE AROUND
the boys of St Churnley’s
You can only keep the last thing you ordered online if you can explain it to a medieval peasant. Keeping it?
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they call me a witch
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Combine your chinese zodiac and astrology sign to make your true fursona
i still hate this post so much. i’m an ox and a taurus. i’m a bull bull. i’m so fucking annoyed oh m y go d
noticed the two types of people in the tags
DOG CENTAUR
WET COCK
sorry, water-bearer/rooster
One of my pet peeves is when people describe cave-dwelling homo sapiens or even late hunter-gatherers with only names like 'grug' and 'ogg'. They're homo sapiens! They have the same brains and mouth and vocal cords that we do.
The earliest name we know from oral history is an Egyptian king named Iry-Hor, the earliest name we have written down is a Sumerian accountant called Kushim. The earliest known author is a Sumerian priestess named Enheduanna. Another name we have from that period is Enmebaragesi. I probably forgot some other beautiful names in this directly-from-wikipedia list. We can't look further back, but there is nothing to suggest that we were less capable of giving each other beautiful complex names.
Why does this matter? Because the idea that we as a species are constantly becoming superior is bullshit and is tied up closely with a lot of very harmful ideologies (capitalism, eugenics and fascism, to name a few). We're not becoming a superior species. We're passing on information and inventing more stuff and figuring out how to live longer, but those are social processes, they come from humans taking care of each other and valuing the preservation and free exchange of knowledge. They don't come from being fundamentally better than our ancestors, we're not.
#and the 'ooga booga grug and ogg' thing comes directly from racist stereotypes of african and aboriginal australian languages#and the idea that 'people in past were more primitive' comes from the combination of the newfangled idea of evolution#and westerners hearing very fictionalized accounts of colonizers in southeast asia and africa iirc#so there was the idea that culture and intelligence 'evolved' to become 'better' over time#so people in the past must have been similar to these 'more primitive' traditional peoples#and so perception of peoples of the past comes from Very Racist and Fictionalized accounts of like#strappy young british boys converting primitive natives to christianity and suddenly they wanna put on clothes or whatever#its fucking awful#stopppp doing this shit#['unga bunga' literally originated from a bugs bunny cartoon making fun of aboriginal people]
^ YES
I've had this idea for a zine for the longest time and I finally made it! Inspired by and dedicated to all of my fellow fangirls* :')
As always, I'm sharing a high res pdf for standard A4-sized paper so you can print this zine yourself!
I come back to this zine so much it got cited in in one of my college group projects.
vid i stole off reddit and feel like i need everyone to watch
Do not read under the cut until after you've voted; it's my thesis and the reason for making this poll, and I want to see if it has any merit. I'd also appreciate a reblog to escape my circle on this one, because I know which one my immediate mutual group falls under.
When you make character playlists, do you...?
Base it off the Direct Lyrics (analyzing how the lyrics fit for the character)
Based off the Theme of the song (The lyrics might not fit, but the idea does)
Base it off "Vibes" (ie; you can imagine how hard an anamatic would go)
I make my playlists based on what I think a character would listen to
Other/Mix of the three (Put in tags??)
I don't make character playlists/See Results