ˊ_>ˋ

My names Sonya and I have no idea what’s going on

[lifewithoutcosette-deactivated2]

How the fuck was this a children’s television character?!?

[samanthasbarkss]

this always cheers me up.

[mysharona1987]

I don’t know who played Mr Blobby here.

But that guy deserved a Best Actor in a Comedy Emmy Award here.   

He is hysterical. 

[mysharona1987]

Jack still being so suspicious.

[taragrimface]

what is this.

[gammywank]

an anxiety attack

[mad-march-hares-tea-party-deact]

He gone

Bonus:

[slumberblues]

Jack: no fear

Mr Blobby: J̡̼̓̓ͮ͑ͩͭ̇͞A̧̬̙̹̝̻̼ͯ̑͆̉̿C̯̬̯̬̤̻̦̞̎̐̈̏́͗̀̐͘Kͭ҉̹̼̭̹̻͢

Jack: one fear

[enrique262]

The face of a deeply traumatized man. 

[lifewithoutcosette-deactivated2]

How the fuck was this a children’s television character?!?

[samanthasbarkss]

this always cheers me up.

[mysharona1987]

I don’t know who played Mr Blobby here.

But that guy deserved a Best Actor in a Comedy Emmy Award here.   

He is hysterical. 

[mysharona1987]

Jack still being so suspicious.

[taragrimface]

what is this.

[gammywank]

an anxiety attack

[mad-march-hares-tea-party-deact]

He gone

Bonus:

[slumberblues]

Jack: no fear

Mr Blobby: J̡̼̓̓ͮ͑ͩͭ̇͞A̧̬̙̹̝̻̼ͯ̑͆̉̿C̯̬̯̬̤̻̦̞̎̐̈̏́͗̀̐͘Kͭ҉̹̼̭̹̻͢

Jack: one fear

[enrique262]

The face of a deeply traumatized man. 

[dravinanex]

So Killi (our puppy) recently got into a bottle of melatonin (still not sure how she managed to get it) that has xylitol in it which caused xylitol poisoning. I had to take Killi to an emergency vet for treatment which in turn meant ICU because she was in critical condition with liver failure and pulmonary edema. I was able to pay for a lot of the vet bill but it’s already at almost 5500 dollars and she will still need follow ups, meds, etc.

Even if you only share this that’s okay but anything will help. I still have other bills I need to pay and now on top of this it’s put a really big dent into everything. Thank you for taking time to read this.

Donate to I need help paying vet bill to save my dogs life, organized by Sonya Parrott

Hello! This is killi my sweet puppy that I found in a ditch about 3 mon… Sonya Parrott needs your support for I need help paying vet bill to

[modmad]

Hello Mod. Have you ever heard of the Listowel and Ballybunion Railway? It's a steam monorail that lasted from 1888 to 1924, with a... unique design lets call it!

what the FUCK. what THE FUCK IS THAT

and there's a modern version you can GO ON???

sign me up I love it what the express hell

[jessthecheesewitch]

It looks like someone did unethical breeding practises to a regular train. It's a sickly beast.

[bolters-and-rivets]

Fun fact they had to balance the coaches and wagons with passengers and goods for them to be able to run properly

They had to include a glorified portable footbridge as part of the train so they could direct passengers to use both sides so it didn't tip over

[modmad]

my day just keeps getting better

[tami-taylors-hair]

I wish age gap discourse hadn't spiraled the way it has because I want there to be a safe space to say "Men in their 40s who date 25 year olds aren't predators, they're just fucking losers"

[lullabyofbirdlxnd]

... honey you just described a predator LOL

[tami-taylors-hair]

No, I said what I said. But thank you for providing an example of how this topic has become insufferable on the internet.

[lullabyofbirdlxnd]

i am honestly burningly curious about how a 40 year old man who fucks around with college grads is not a predator

[tami-taylors-hair]

"College grad" is not a developmental stage, nor is it what I would describe a 25 year old as. I was 4 years out of college at 25. My mother had two children at 25. You can be a fucking congressman at 25.

There's a difference between a man who is immature and buys into misogynistic views of beauty and aging and one who is a predator. Also, many actual predators? Not losers and able to move through society pretty freely being seen as cool and the ideal, so conflating the two isn't helpful.

This is going to be my final response to any attempt at discourse. You're welcome to continue amongst yourselves.

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

also sometimes a 40 year old and a 25 year old just weirdly find each and it's a perfectly normal relationship - like all human relationships are complex and situational, it's so rarely an either/or thing let alone just one thing only

if a 40 year old dude only dates 25 year olds, DiCaprio style or something adjacent to it, then yeah he's a loser

if a 40 year old dude meets a 25 year old through social event or friends or whatever and they happen to hit it off and make a go of it, and this isn't some sort of reoccurring pattern for the guy, that's just a relationship with an age difference

being predatory means something specific, and man I agree w/ OP and really wish people just stopped ascribing it to any and all relationship dynamics they personally might not like

predator and groomer - two words that need to go up on the "can't use till you learn their meaning" shelf

[exitwound]

electric stoves aren’t real btw they’re placebo stoves. your food cooks because of the placebo effect

[transarsonist]

yeah no its just a bunch of LEDs that turn red, it only boils water because you expect the water to boil

[citrono-kirbo]

[catchymemes]

[quasi-normalcy]

*I get the draft card telling me that I need to demonstrate the single-person skeleton bobsled*

*I die screaming*

[uglygirlstatus]

me when the shape in the middle of the road that I’ve already started pre mourning as roadkill turns out to be a shoe

[catchymemes]

[agnesmontague]

pizza hut had to remove its self-service salad bars in china because people were engineering literally exactly this babelian monstrosity

[redgoldsparks]

My very last comic for The Nib! End of an era! Transcription below the cut. instagram / patreon / portfolio / etsy / my book / redbubble

The first event I went to with GENDER QUEER was in NYC in 2019 at the Javits Center.

So many of the people who came to my signing were librarians, and so many of them said the same thing: "I know exactly who I want to give this to!" Maia: "Thank you for helping readers find my book!" While working on the book, I was genuinely unsure if anyone outside of my family and close friends would read it. But the early support of librarians and two American Library Association awards helped sell two print runs in first year.

Since then, GENDER QUEER been published in 8 languages, with more on the way: Spanish, Czech, Polish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portugese and Dutch.

It has also been the most banned book in the United States for the past two years. The American Library Association has tracked an astronomical increase in book challenges over the past few years. Most of these challenges are to books with diverse characters and LGBTQ themes. These challenges are coming unevenly across the US, in a pattern that mirrors the legislative attacks on LGBTQ people. The Brooklyn Public Library offered free eCards to anyone in the US aged 13-21, in an effort to make banned books more available to young readers. A teacher in Norman, Oklahoma gave her students the QR code for the free eCard and lost her job. Summer Boismeir is now working for the Brooklyn Public Library. Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive, apps used to access digital library books, are now banned in Mississippi to anyone under 18. Some libraries won’t allow anyone under 18 to get any kind of library card without parental permission. When librarians in Jamestown, Michigan refused to remove GENDER QUEER and several other books, the citizens of the town voted down the library’s funding in the fall 2022 election. Without funding, the library is due to close in mid-2024. My first event since covid hit was the American Library Association conference in June 2022 in Washington, DC. Once again, the librarians in my signing line all had similar stories for me: “Your book was challenged in our district" "It was returned to the shelf!" "It was removed from the shelf..." "It was moved to the adult section."

Over and over I said: "Thank you. Thank you for working so hard to keep my book in your library. I’m sorry you had to defend it, but thank you for trying, even if it didn't work." We are at a crossroads of freedom of speech and censorship. The future of libraries, both publicly funded and in schools, are at stake. This is massively impacting the daily lives of librarians, teachers, students, booksellers, and authors around the country. In May 2023, I read an article from the Washington Post analyzing nearly 1000 of the book challenges from the 2021-2022 school year. I was literally on route to a festival to talk about book bans when I read a startling statistic. 60% of the 1000 book challenges were submitted by just 11 people. One man alone was responsible for 92 challenges. These 11 people seem to have made submitting copy-cat book challenges their full-time hobby and their opinions are having an outsized ripple effect across the nation. WE NEED TO MAKE THE VOICES SUPPORTING DIVERSE BOOKS AND OPPOSING BOOK BANS EVEN LOUDER. If you are able too, show up for your library and school board meetings when book challenges are debated. Send supportive comments and emails about the Pride book display and Drag Queen story hours. If you see a display you like– for Banned Book Week, AAPI Month, Black History Month, Disability Awareness Month, Jewish holidays, Trans Day of Remembrance– compliment a librarian! Make sure they feel the love stronger than the hate <3

Maia Kobabe, 2023

The Nib

[catchymemes]

[hellbabyfromhell]

text from my coworker

[apas-95]

'stockholm syndrome' being invented by a police negotiator to explain away why a hostage said police actions were making her and the other hostages feel unsafe is like. yeah

[the0ldmann]

Holy shit I never fucking knew this-

Screenshot straight from the wikipedia page

[albatross-the-pen-chewer]

While taking a nap today I dreamt there was a hazard sign called "never found" which was used to indicate a location where people disappeared never to be seen again

[albatross-the-pen-chewer]

it looked like this

[lethesbeastie]

The imagery and vibes of this were so visceral I had to do art about it

(Grayscale version under cut)

[akashicrecord]

Can I please see your balls I'm going through a lot right now

[jestergirlbosom]

The king asking his jester to juggle for him after a long day

[dinosaurnews]

Sorry, PETA, I would 100% eat a T-Rex.

[hellohowyme]

T.Rex would absolutely eat a chicken

[domina-honoribila]

A chicken would eat a T Rex, if it could get away with it.

[take-a-dip-in-the-deadpool]

Me, a chicken and a trex deciding whos gonna eat who

[curly-cottage-girl]

Bro, chickens will and do eat other chickens, and I’m sure T Rex’s were the same way

[3000s]

remember that interviews are not about giving a good and honest first impression that they'll carefully consider. interviews are about saying the special words and phrases they're looking for that give you points and when they tally those up whoever earned the most job points wins

[3000s]

they don't want to "know you" they want you to walk in there and regurgitate everything the job description said

[3000s]

isnt even a joke btw if you're autistic and/or unemployed and nobody taught you this yet i'm really sorry