[donald-trump-official]

Democrats: alright we finally did it, Trumps been impeached. Time for a trial in the-

Republicans: lol yeah about that trial. It’s not gonna be fair or anything, we’ve already made up our minds and there’s gonna be like, 0 witnesses

Democrats: oh? Ok then. If that’s the case then I guess we’ll just hold on to these *pockets articles of impeachment*

Republicans:

[m-eowdy]

Can someone explain what this means?

[donald-trump-official]

Our president has been charged with misconduct through the only proccess that is outlined in our constitution (impeachment). The next step in the process is that the president goes on trial. Republicans in the senate, where the trial will take place, have already said they have made up their minds and will vote based on bias. They have stated that it will be a quick trial with no witnesses and a guaranteed vote on acquittal. The democrats, who control the charges, have said that they will not release the charges to the senate until fair rules have been established. Republicans seem shocked by this turn of events

[13lizardsinatrenchcoat]

In case you’re wondering why this would make the republicans upset, the need this to go to trial or Trump will be on record as having been impeached and not acquitted.

[politijohn]

Reason 5927963 why billionaires should not exist

[littlewomen1994]

the first paragraph of karen han’s review of cats (2019) is better than anything i will ever write

[charlesoberonn]

Science Fiction Scientist: we have found a new bacteria which reacts weirdly, this is very strange

Science Fiction Government: *sends in reporters, tanks, military defense, quarantines the area and alerts the public*

Real Life Scientist: We have literally mountains of evidence of how our behaviour is changing climate and creating new diseases, this is very serious.

Real Life Government: meh

[frigbob]

Frisbee eating an algae tab then remembering she’s a carnivore

[tahook-deactivated20190526]

For the love of god please tell Frisbee I love her

[theweirdwideweb]

[theawkwardqueerturtle]

they’re known for eating insects. insects aren’t plants

[theweirdwideweb]

[crucibleknight]

anakin’s force ghost watching the events of the sequel trilogy playing out and doing nothing like

[wingkink]

Therapists are just…. Common sense filters

[wingkink]

Me: yeah so I just don’t have the energy to get up and make myself a sandwich or wait for something to cook so I just. Don’t

Her: why don’t you just eat the sandwich components without putting them together

Me:

Her: you can just eat a handful of cheese and some sandwich meat. You don’t have to make a sandwich.

Me:

Me: what

[cyanoticfallacy-deactivated2018]

Therapists finding loopholes for mental illness things is one of my favorite things about dealing with mental illness because it really helps me understand that just because a reaction is Common doesn’t mean it’s Right. Does doing dishes stress you out a lot? Buy paper plates. Do your obsessive thoughts make you worry about leaving your curling iron on so you drive home from work to check? Just put the curling iron in your purse and bring it to work with you while we work on tackling where this worry comes from. Symptom management doesn’t have to look like drudgery.

[ziggyplayedd]

i used to go days without showering because seeing my body was so upsetting that i would end up spiraling and then i realized i could simply turn the lights out. it took some getting used to but i’ve been showering with the lights off for years and it’s now one of my favorite parts of my day.

do whatever you want nothing is real and there’s no need to inflict unnecessary suffering on yourself just to try to seem “normal”

[biyaself]

I love this post

[jettestblack]

Hmmm

[petrichorepoch]

These kinds of loopholes make life so. Much. Better.

[fuckyeahasexual]

One of my favorite stories is this lady had extremely bad OCD. Every day she’d be late to work because she was convinced that her hair dryer was going to burn down the house so would always have to turn around and check it. Multiple times a day even. A bunch of doctors tied to “fix” her of that fear, until one day she got a doctor that suggested she bring the hair dryer with her. Other doctors were annoyed, saying that wasn’t a the correct way to help, but she gave it a go. When she had that fear, she’d look over and see the hair dryer unplugged in the seat next to her and was able to carry on. I think it’s such a perfect example of actually helping someone instead of forcing them into a neurotypical standard.

[eclecticpersonswondersland]

That story helped me stop repeatedly checking if my front door was locked. Instead of checking that the door was locked over and over I would check my security system app. If it’s on it will alert me if the front door opens.

[daughter-of-rowan]

“…actually helping someone instead of forcing them into a neurotypical standard” should be added to the Hippocratic Oath.

[lucid-dreemurr]

me: immune system why do i have a fever

immune system: well the bacteria can’t survive outside 37 degrees for long so i thought i’d raise the temperature to kill them off!

me: 

immune system:

me: 

immune system:

me: we also can’t survive outside 37 degrees for long

immune system:

[glumshoe]

Somebody give me creative reigns for a TV show. Picture this - Elvira and Dolly Parton starring side-by-side as twin sisters, both witches from humble roots. They’ve each lived wild lives independently and with a little huffy hostility towards each other, following different paths to become powerful enchantresses. As they reach old age, they realize the only thing they can’t replace with magic…. is family. 

[glumshoe]

This is the greatest day of my life.

[jame7t]

you’re in her dms im hiding from something following me in the Paris catacombs

[wetboathermit]

Need any help there

[jame7t]

get out of her dms and come save me

[catchymemes]

[fandompariah-deactivated2021120]

According to Diogenes they’re settling things man to man

[earthboundfacebook]

[dogaesthetics]

[somewhereinthedetails217]

WAFER!!! ❤

[dicknurse]

Not For Sale

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

East coast people pass Midwest people in a store and the Midwest people will strike up a conversation and the east coast people will get all creeped out cuz of how the weird strangers are trying to ask them questions when they're just minding their own business

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

I'm east coast people

[mrp3nguln2]

Im midwest people

Hows that local weather been treating you, huh? Hoo boy, ive sure been experiencing local circumstances

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

*crouches to a defensive stance in the middle of fucking costco*

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

[kristmaskiller]

This is southeast coaster erasure. We will be trapped in conversation until one of us dies.

[obstinatecurator]

Midwesterner: Mornin neighbor

East coaster, immediately regressing into a Nathaniel Hawthorne character: Father warned me there were devils outside the Township

[salt-pepper-shakers]

Every mother with trans children should take Cher as an example.

[lesbianhaircut]

ok i love her but lets not give brownie points because she called him her son. thats like. minimum requirement for a decent human being.

[twunkmccree]

Ok, you know what? No. Brownie points to Cher. She publicly announced her love and acceptance of her SON and yeah some people would call that “the minimum requirement” of decency, but as someone whose mother gushes about her acceptance in private and sometimes uses gender neutral terms for me (not the male ones I prefer) but aggressively misgenders me in public to keep things from being “awkward”, cher’s public acknowledgement and expression of her love and acceptance for her son is a big deal. Yes this SHOULD BE the bare minimum of parental decency, but right now it’s not and I’m glad to see Chaz and Cher showing the world that this is the way things are supposed to be.

[rocknlobster]

What is up with the idea that we shouldn’t acknowledge when people do something good/nice/etc. because “everyone should be doing that anyway”? It is BY acknowledging the things we see as good that we tell others how we see the world and enforce what we consider proper behavior. There is literally never a time when it doesn’t make sense to acknowledge something positive. And acknowledging something positive does NOT make some sort of blanket statement about the person like they can do no wrong either. We can acknowledge a positive, and also criticize a negative; there is no zero-sum game here.

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

Reinforcing good behavior is just as important, in fact more important, than criticizing bad behavior when it comes to making a change.  This is true of training pets, children, and cis people.

[prismatic-bell]

Also of note: a little history on Chaz Bono and his mom.

Back when Chaz was still presenting as his AGAB, he came out as a lesbian. This was in….I’m gonna say 1990? 1991? I don’t remember exactly. A point in time where that was Really A Terrible Fucking Thing, is the point here.

Cher freaked right the fuck out.

And her fan base basically went “you’re a gay icon and you’re out here doing this? For fucking shame, Cher.”

And it kind of took her aback, and she shut up, and when we heard her talk about it again it was “yeah it was hard to accept but…” which is considered gross now but was pretty astonishing in a world where Ellen DeGeneres couldn’t yet come out of the closet.

Skip ahead to the early 2010s, when Chaz went “so, um. Actually? Not a lesbian. I’m a straight man.” Again: at this point, mainstream trans activism wasn’t a thing. This was as wild a thing to do as when he came out as a lesbian.

AND CHER SHUT RIGHT THE FUCK UP.

The first time she said anything about it at all was like six months later, and it was something along the lines of “well I’ve been using ‘she’ for over 40 years so sometimes I forget but I’ve really been working on it because it makes my son happy to know he’s my son.” And to the best of my knowledge, she’s only ever had a single public slip-up, and it was at a point where she was using Chaz’s deadname in a story about his childhood. Someone told her that’s not a good thing to do AND SHE NEVER DID IT AGAIN.

Cher isn’t just out here doing the right thing. Cher is out here LEARNING the right thing. You think she spent those six months sulking? You don’t know Cher very well. I’d bet a nickel she spent those six months finding accessible options (yes, Cher is disabled, surprise) for every GLAAD publication she could get her hands on.

She is a gold standard of activism. “I fucked up once, it was a learning experience, I’m going to not do that again and show how to not do that.”

Give credit where it’s due.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

cher is a gold example of how to learn and grow you’re damn right we’re praising her

[tbch-deactivated20200107]

[universal-will-to-become]

speaking to the manager of America

[astriiformes]

The polar opposite of corporate accounts trying to come across as hip and super friendly are the ones for libraries, aquariums, parks systems and the like, that are basically just trying to get people excited about learning and the wonder of history/science by posting things like this: