Through My Own Eyes

Off a bridge I will myself yeet

[archipelagoofliterarynonsense]

[rixi-96]

[chronicallyonlinesworld]

It hurts when you realise it isn't normal to be this traumatised

[cyanbeetle]

Punks

[shirebarbie]

FRIENDS!! take a snack and pass it on 💛

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Voting ended onJul 4, 2023

[lovelysuggestions]

Right now, I feel heavy. But one day, I know I’ll be free of the weight of these emotions. It’s just going to take time. 

[evanescentminds]

Holding people accountable, especially if they’re doing the work to undo harm they caused doesn’t mean ruin their life. We’re all capable of causing harm and y’all will eat that cancellation shit up until it’s you.

[guccixcucci]

Blaming random African aunties just feeding their families and not the billionaires literally setting the world on fire sure is something

[guccixcucci]

Yeah alright

[todaysbird]

in 2022 may you find many seeds, nuts, berries, etc

[mjalti]

I didn’t even look at the name I was just like damn I hope so too thanks

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

gonna start telling people that in Belgium they speak Belsh

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

to the several people in the tags saying they speak Welsh in Welgium, you get it

[997]

not a french corona variant...... this is rock bottom

[997]

[egberts]

cannot STAND "you said what you said" mentality where people just don't give a shit about apologies or INTENT. Intent is everything!!! not everyone can eloquently figure out what they're trying to say and they might word it wrong. if you get mad at them but then ignore their apologies and subsequent explanation of intent then YOU'RE the asshole. idfc how much it hurt you, they apologized and explained their intent and you can't just keep choosing what you want to hear so that you can stay mad.

[prof-grace-aspen]

Yes! Intent matters. Impact matters too; if I say something with the best intentions and someone misinterprets it and is harmed by that misinterpretation, I'm absolutely going to apologize for accidentally causing harm BUT -

BUT on the flipside, I have a right to explain myself and clarify. It is not diminishing or dismissing or gaslighting the person who was hurt for me to say:

"Oh, yikes, that's absolutely not what I meant, here, this is what I meant! I was not trying to cause harm."

This is not gaslighting. I'm also not honestly responsible for the fact that you misread what I wrote. I am absolutely baffled that some people think it is harmful to talk things out, and here's the bottom line:

Intentional harm and accidental harm are not the same thing.

People love to talk about false equivalences on here all the time, until it comes to intent vs impact; suddenly everything becomes black and white and ALL intent is meaningless and ALL impacts are the "truth" even when they very clearly are not what the person meant.

Like. In our justice system we literally delineate between different kinds of "killing people". This is an extreme example, but ride with me for a sec. We have something called "accidental manslaughter", but we also have "murder in the first degree", which means you planned it and intended to murder.

Our justice system is aware that not all harm is equivalent, so people online acting like intent is irrelevant are just wildly ignorant on purpose.

Are there exceptions to this? Yeah, of course there are. Just like it's not black and white that intent never matters, sometimes, people do try to dismiss others by saying "that's not what I meant" - but it's usually pretty damn obvious when someone is trying to backpedal from something they knew was offensive, and their behavior is very different from someone who caused unintentional harm.

[chrisbattleart]

[powerfulwizard]

Live Mas

[powerfulwizard]

I thought this was a sideways Taco Bell logo and I just realized it’s Scooby

[omghotmemes]

big brain only

[clutzyangel]

[scallioncreamcheesebagel]

[gothicashworld]

the English Major in me loathes this but the word-play lover in me adores this

[squishymochithethird]

Every once in a while Tumblr just falls over and starts convulsing and its entire user base just kinda. stares at it disapprovingly for a bit.

[jadedaceofspades-deactivated202]

we'll sometimes poke it with a stick, too...

[bandzhoe9194]

Reblog to poke Tumblr with a stick

[lauralot89]

It is entirely unfair that cleaning is an act that must be repeated, I am not a god so why should I be expected to fight against entropy

[modernhaterboy]

hiya this might be a hot take but do not base your positions or morality on guilt. it can, will, and does make you defensive. base your opinions on compassion, reduce the harm you create, and do not spend forever agonizing about things you cannot change. worry about what you can do, care about others, and listen to new ideas and different people. if a person is criticizing something, try to figure out if its an action or an institution. if it’s an action, reflect on whether you participate in it. if its an institution that you are a part of, figure out how you can help to dismantle it. your guilt is unhelpful and worsens both your life and the help you give others, I say this from experience.