Sweet and Salty

[voiceofnature]

Art by Lea Yunk

[zevveli]

I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.

[elsajeni]

An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously considered

[princessnijireiki]

I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS & I GOT BILLS”

[siderealsandman]

Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare drivers Magical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theft

[kc749]

In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.

[qwertyu858]

[barrenwomb]

i think we should start taking pride in our bad english

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

There's no such thing as “bad english”. English itself is inherently bad. No language that spells 'colonel' that way gets to criticise other people for how they spell or speak it.

[star-anise]

I used to be a spelling and grammar freak until I took a course on “History of the English Language”

As it turns out! When English spelling was standardized, the dictionary writers LITERALLY made the rules of “proper English” super fucking hard on purpose because they didn’t want “the wrong sort of people” (ie. 90% of English speakers) to be able to pass themselves off in High Society

That’s why English has so many bullshit grammar rules that make no sense about double negatives and split infinitives and stuff. To make sure that only people with years of training in the nonsensical and arbitrary rules of “proper speech” could speak “properly”

(Henry Higgins can get stuffed)

So yeah

If you’re expressing yourself and getting your point across, rock on, you’re speaking good English

[ironymane-deactivated20230421]

Please sign this petition to make forceful removal of Hijab a double charge: assault and hate crime

“We are asking the Government of Canada to make a change and to make this blatant hate crime illegal for the safety of muslim women in Canada.”

[teaboot]

Some rando: You should think about stopping your prescription

Me: My pills make me not want to die tho

They: You shouldn’t want to die, that’s not normal

Me: Yeah that’s why I’m taking my pills

[teaboot]

Again: But you aren’t the *real* you when you’re on your pills

Me: I’m the alive version of me

[teaboot]

An actual doctor, once: “Relying On A Chemical Crutch For A Hormonal Imbalance Denies The Fortitude Of The Human Soul”

Me: Cool so like I’m agnostic

[inner-muse]

They: “But you might be on pills the rest of your life!”

Me: “So?”

[illnessisnteasy]

Good! That means that I have a “rest of” my life to continue living!

Thanks to the pills.

[erinptah-admin]

Meanwhile, no person ever: “You should think about giving up your insulin/antiretrovirals/beta blockers/anti-rejection drugs/prosthetic legs/daily multivitamin, because using those your whole life is bad for some reason”

[teaboot]

Oh no, they do that too.

[living-deciduously]

I have a kidney transplant. A woman once told me she didn’t believe in organ transplants and that people should just die when they’re meant to. 

[teaboot]

Sounds like a great set-up for a murder

[teaboot]

People who are fully healthy, fit and neurotypical seem to think they are that way because they’re doing something right that the rest of us haven’t thought of, and not just because they got lucky

[rodrickheffeley]

This is the only valid tik tok.

[naenaenoodle]

[lotus-of-light]

Bro….

[random-jot]

After nearly a week in lockdown I am beginning to understand my cat’s’ desire to nyoom around the house at strange times of day

[athetos]

I have one brain cell and it bounces around in my skull like a windows screen saver

[alohammora]

When it bounces perfectly in the corner i experience a Thought

[everythingfox]

“Mum was fed up of the squirrels stealing all the bird food so she greased the feeder!”

(Source)

[sevensneakyfoxes]

If you had told me the funniest thing in the world would be watching a squirrel verrrrrrrrrrry slowly sliding down a greased pole, I would have called you a liar.

[booasaur]

The Bachelor: Vietnam - Contestant confesses to another contestant

[afronerdism]

They ended up getting married so safe to say she doesn’t regret it

[slinkanora]

Can we discuss how fucking cute they are tho?

What Minh Thu and Truc Nhu have, I want for myself with whatever woman I find to put up with my annoying ass.

[bando--grand-scamyon]

FUCKING GOOD FOR THEM!!! 😭

[solassitudes]

my singing voice is good for showers and mornings in the kitchen and drunken nights and lullabies for babies who need sleep and im okay with this

[solassitudes]

i think it’s silly to be ashamed of your art because it’s not in a museum and of your voice because it’s not selling out stadiums. there will always be people who enjoy and appreciate what you can do.

[rosesastrology]

Idk why but this hit me really hard and I’ve been staring at it for a couple minutes.

[ethuil]

[stewardish]

[yousaytheydontcare-blog]

i love cats that sit like this. thank you, cats that sit like this

[mydearestmonster]

Werewolf: *transforming* You have to go, now! I don’t want you to see me like this…

Human s/o: Don’t push me away! I’m not afraid of you!!

Werewolf: No no I’m just really dumb as a wolf and I don’t want you to see me bark at a mirror for two hours 

[dirtymonsterconfessions]

How could you hide this beautiful thing in the tags?

- Mod Naga

[silver-tongues-blog]

werewolf after waking up the next morning: I am going to kill you Human: is it because i threw werewolf: YES ITS BECAUSE YOU THREW THE STICK BUT REALLY JUST HID IT BEHIND YOUR BACK

[shittycryptids]

A ghost that exists only to drink lemonade at 2am.

[percethecurse]

That’s just me and I don’t appreciate being called shitty thanks

[3663479932148-deactivated202602]

so I made some pride froggies and ... 🥺😔🐸

[toastbutteregg]

[visual-infinity]

[that-one-fat-guy-over-there]

how dare you do that to baby 

[towerofglass]