Figgyforprez

Ayyyyye

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

I love when humans eat cold food in freezing temperatures, and hot foods when it's already unreasonably hot out. that is very contrarian, I respect how you live your life

[kyraneko]

We're endothermic, bitches, we do what we want.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[what-even-is-thiss]

Why are teachers at all levels surprised when you take them at their word?

I just remembered a time when I was in middle school when I ran the mile while I had a cold and nearly collapsed and the coach asked me why I didn’t tell her and I was like “You said you wouldn’t take excuses without a note and I forgot to ask my dad for a note today” and she was surprised for some reason?

Also whenever I was doing bad in high school and college and the teacher or professor pulled me aside and asked me about some missed test or something I’d bring up that I was sick or had a panic attack or just forgot. And they’d ask me why I didn’t ask for an extension or to reschedule and then I’d say “Uh, you said in the syllabus that you didn’t do that.” and every time they seemed surprised that I was following the rules and taking their threats seriously.

Like why does everyone set rules and then become super surprised when students take them seriously? Was I never supposed to follow the rules? Why then did people spend so much time telling me I should follow the rules if they’re just a rough guideline?

I’ve always been a rule follower by nature and for some reason everyone has always been shocked by that. I’ll follow rules to my own detriment. I’m not a trail blazer. I’m not someone that naturally questions authority. I had to be taught how to do that and I’m still not good at it. Why should it be expected of me to bend rules just so I can get by? Why does anyone assume that everyone knows when to bend the rules and when not to? I know I’m not an idiot. So why do people look at me like I am when I don’t read their mind and know when they’ll make an exception?

[analogical-trash]

Honestly same.

[lady-arryn]

Kim Tae-ri as Song Hye-won LITTLE FOREST (2018) dir. Yim Soon-rye

[i-was-today-years-old-when]

i learned that 10s of farmers die each year from Grain entrapment, which is when a person is partially or fully submerged in grain, and cannot get out without assistance. In 2019, 67 incidents of grain entrapment took place, of which 39 were fatal (x)

[pukicho]

Hello, I come from the forests, ask me anything 

[mycomortis]

how are the trees

[pukicho]

I dont know who you are or what that is. AMA closed

[blakhawk15-deactivated20221118]

[thefaggifier]

NEW LORDE NEW LORDE NEW LORDE NEW LORDE

[non-binary-laurie-strode]

Medieval peasants when the local ruler dies

[dankmemeuniversity]

[just-shower-thoughts]

If two people from the same era who know each other well can miscommunicate greatly while talking eye-to-eye, we can definitely be sure that we’re misinterpreting most stuff from the past.

[just-shower-thoughts]

If dogs don’t understand that you are driving the car, when you go on a trip they probably believe that you both go in the big adventure box.

[kanafeh]

(sitting in court on trial for murder) wow. god forbid women do anything

[mysharona1987]

[nekojitachan]

https://nerdbot.com/2021/01/09/new-pill-bottles-for-shaky-hands-will-help-people-with-parkinsons/

[peachdoxie]

This makes me cry, actually.

[thesharpestlance]

Just to add on. Libraries in many cities have 3d printers you can use that charge you only the price of materials. So if you can't wait for the shipping from the engineers, try your local library.

[cricketcat9]

Humanity at its best 🤗

[desperate-acts-of-capitalism]

This could be how everything works if capitalism didn't exist

[neonperri]

(I was right: the first dude in question, the one with Parkinson’s, is Jimmy Choi, an amazing athlete who currently competes regularly on American Ninja Warrior. It’s not even close to being the coolest thing about this story, but it is still cool.)

[lauraannegilman]

Someone’s cutting onions in my office.... (my dad had Parkinson’s, and the tiny pills were a daily frustration for him.  This is... blessed, and I don’t use that word lightly.)

[pathologising]

stopp omg why are primary care doctors like "girl theres nothing wrong with you" and then you convince them to write the referral and you finally see a specialist and the specialist is like "goddamn you got syndrome"

[pathologising]

you could be bleeding out on the floor and a primary care physician will come along and be like "its just your anxiety"

[cleansingreflections-deactivate]

obsessed with the fact that today half of the internet was down and i didnt even notice because i was on tumblr, which, very ironically, was working perfectly fine

[cleansingreflections-deactivate]

i went on fandom wiki at some point and it wasnt working and i said huh. weird? told a friend about it and they went "oh yeah like almost every major website isn't working right now" and i was like huh. okay

[mrv3000]

[palavengarden]

this is from tODAY?

[nitewrighter]

6/8/2021

Tumblr is the sunfish of the internet: Thriving because we’ve evolutionarily perfected utter uselessness. 

[hamletthedane]

Fun fact: the software (Fastly) that crashed a ton of websites Tues is used to help sites & apps load content (esp images) quickly. That’s why you don’t see gradient placeholder pictures on sites like Twitter or Pinterest.

…so yeah, tumblr was definitely immune

[anthoniejcrowley]

ive never watched buzzfeed unsolved but did the guys solve anything on the show?

[lemon-embalmer]

fantasy characters: “Geez”

me: who the fuck spread Christianity there

[lemon-embalmer]

this two-years-old shitpost just gained a hundred notes who the snickerdoodles dug it up

[she-who-fights-and-writes]

W H A T

[slumpyspaceprincess]

@rogha

[powerfulwizard]

It’s a universal translator

[guerrillatech]

https://twitter.com/joshuapotash/status/14026897807x06578441

[guerrillatech]

[motherfucking-breadcrumbs]

For those who haven’t heard, this woman in Arkansas was speeding by a slight margin (5 miles) and was flagged to pull over by an officer. She put on her blinker and got into the right most lane, then slowed and put her hazards on, indicating she was looking for a safe place to pull over. This is actually what police departments, and this one specifically, tell people to do. The shoulder on that road was quite narrow, and she was likely waiting to exit the interstate.

Despite this, the officer slowly gains on her and uses a pit maneuver to spin her car out. This sent her (and her unborn child) careening into the median and completely flipping the car. The officer is heard calling for ems in a very calm voice.

From what I can find, the woman is alright, as is her child. She’s looking to pursue legal action against the officer, who has defended his actions by claiming she was driving wildly and swerving. As I’ve seen so far, he is still being paid and on the force.

[guerrillatech]

Can we get him fired?

[startleddust]

Details and fact checking: she's reported to have been clocked going 84mph in a 70 zone (I couldn't verify if that's accurate) but had already reduced speed to 60 and put on her hazards when she was hit. The articles I found reported that he hit her roughly two minutes after putting on his lights, and there was no exit she could use before that. She was also two months pregnant.

The specifics don't really matter in what seems like a ludicrous use of force, but they're there to paint a full picture.