This Too Shall Pass

THIS IS GOSPEL FOR THE FALLEN ONES Nahlen. 23. They/Them.

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

rb if you’ve seen a dead body, like if you haven’t (the reason why im asking is that i first saw one when i was like 17 or something, but the other day this 65 year old lady told me she’d never seen one and i wanna know which one of us is abnormal in this)

[catnippackets]

Im immune to guilt trippy "hey reblog this, I see you ignoring this" posts. it could be the best take I've ever read in my life and then as soon as it finishes its statement with "everyone must reblog this" I black out and vaporize the post from my memory. what were you talking about? who knows who cares I'm looking at something else now

[come2quarks]

I wouldn't normally comment on the met gala outfits openly but. In defence of Elliot Page. I feel like a lot of people are missing that this is his first gala since coming out as transmasc and even without considering the green rose in his lapel (an obvious dual oscar wilde green carnation and prom flower reference), his outfit Yells "teen trans boy's first prom suit, borrowed/bought a size too large because it was the smallest available". The obviously overlong sleeves. The cut of the jacket collar. The overlong suit pants. The massive chunky black sneakers. The massive green rose in his lapel.

There's no way it isn't an intentional exaggeration of the young american transmasc experience. He understood the assignment, you all just aren't understanding him

[dankmemeuniversity]

[konohahater]

goood morning

[konohahater]

goood afternoon gamers i see we all need therapy

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

Question: I seem to be seeing a lot of this concept (theft of packages from doorsteps) coming from American content.

Is it just... standard operating procedure in America to leave packages on front doorsteps, then? Is that just how the postal system works over there? Here in Wales that’s unheard of - if you aren’t in to receive it, the postal worker will give it to a neighbour to take in and then put a card through your door telling you which house to go and bother. If no neighbour is around, they’ll take it back to the post office, and tell you on your little card where to go to get it. But they’d never just dump it on your doorstep precisely because they don’t want it stolen by some scrote passing by.

[knifelesbian69]

Yeah here they just chuck it and run usually. It's why security systems are such a big thing

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

... fascinating. Is that not a liability issue??? Here, that package is the responsibility of the Post Office (or whatever private company is muscling in) until you take it. Dumping it on your doorstep wouldn’t meet the requirements of you taking it - a human has to take it from them, or it can be delivered into whatever letter box you have that’ll take it. If it got damaged or stolen before then, that’s on them. I cannot fathom how they’ve wriggled out of that in the US.

[fuckyouattano]

I can answer this!

It's because when the package is delivered, it's scanned with the location. If it comes up as scanned at the correct location when the package is reported stolen/missing, the post office is able to shirk off responsibility.

If it's not the correct location, instead of taking responsibility as a company, they tend to go after individual mail carriers to actually pay for a replacement (this is illegal, btw). That's why they'll usually run up to the porch and scan it, then toss and run. That way it's at the most precise location. The throw and run is just for time sake, because the Post Office specifically has a very specific allotted time per route.

Sometimes the carrier will follow specific instructions from the package receiver, such as "leave it with a neighbor". On the whole its not usually done because again, time crunch. I don't know about Wales, but a lot of people in America are not only pretty spread out, but we just don't know our neighbors well. I for one don't want my package with my neighbor.

Culturally tho people here seem to be very "castle" mentality. Like if you can't protect your home/property, that's your problem. But also in this consumerist market, it's super easy to call the company and tell them it got stolen and get a free replacement. Amazon has done this for me several times when my package never arrived, and Best Buy has replaced stolen goods.

[the-transfeminine-mystique]

I’ve seen these posts saying, in the words of one of them, “If your job requires you to go against your religious beliefs then perhaps it is time to change careers?” in reference to healthcare workers and government employees who want to deny services to lgbt ppl or others whom they condemn, and i just feel like those posts don’t attempt to understand internal logics at all

like, fundamentalist christian doctors don’t deny trans people medical care because they believe that somebody should provide the care but they just don’t want to be the one to do it. they deny the care because they don’t believe the person should receive care. Their refusal to provide care isn’t just “oops you’re in the wrong field,” as if they were a person with a peanut allergy working in a peanut factory. It is an intentional and calculated part of why they are in the field in the first place — to extend religious control and condemnation to the medical realm.

the pediatrician who spent an entire consultation telling one of my friends at 16 or 17 that he would go to hell if he kept choosing to be gay wasn’t just “not cut out for the job,” he was specifically in that job in order to do that particular thing. Kim Davis didn’t deny the gay couple a marriage license because she couldn’t personally do it, she denied them a marriage license because she thought that people like them should not get marriage licenses and that a clerk should deny them and by god she was going to be that clerk

Saying “if you can’t provide services then why are you in that job!!!” to fundamentalist christians almost always misses the point — that they are in that job specifically so they can selectively deny service

[goldenteadust-deactivated202205]

Fighting Covid When Kept Home

This was shared on a Covid survivor group…have heard many of these before but it seems helpful: HOW TO FIGHT COVID AT HOME when you are not hospitalized.

“When the nurse came in to discharge me, I asked her, What can I do to help fight this at home? She said:

1. Sleep on your stomach at all times with Covid. If you can’t sleep on your stomach because of heath issues sleep on your side. Do not lie on your back no matter what because it smashes your lungs and that will allow fluid to set in.

2. Set your clock every two hours while sleeping on your stomach, then get out of bed and walk for 15-30 min, no matter how tired or weak that you are. Also move your arms around frequently, it helps to open your lungs. Breathe in thru your nose, and out thru your mouth. This will help build up your lungs, plus help get rid of the Pneumonia or other fluid you may have.

2. When sitting in a recliner, sit up straight - do not lie back in the recliner, again this will smash your lungs. 

3. While watching TV - get up and walk during every commercial.

4. Eat at least 1 - 2 eggs a day, plus bananas, avocado and asparagus. These are good for Potassium. 

5. Do not drink anything cold -  have it at room temperature or warm it up. Drink Pedialyte, Gatorade Zero, Powerade Zero & Water with Electrolytes to prevent you from becoming dehydrated. Water with lemon, and little honey, peppermint tea, apple cider are good suggestions for getting in fluids. No milk products, or pork. (as a singer I know milk products produce phlegm and always advised my students to have none for 3 days before a performance)

6. Vitamins D3, C, B, Zinc, Probiotic One-Day are good ideas. Tylenol for fever. Mucinex, or Mucinex DM for drainage, plus helps the cough. Pepcid helps for cramps in your legs. One baby aspirin everyday can help prevent getting a blood clot, which can occur from low activity. 

7. Drink a smoothie of blueberries, strawberries, bananas, honey, tea and a spoon or two of peanut butter. 

We always hear of how Covid takes lives, but there isn’t a lot of information out there regarding how to fight Covid when you are not critical. I hope this helps you or someone you know, just as it has helped me.”

(Wow, @thetimetostrikeislater  wish you’d had this info when you were ill)

@cptdorkery  @fortheloveoftrekuniverse  @peridotsarelongterm

[thetimetostrikeislater]

I definitely wish I had this info when I contracted Covid back in March😓 it was so hard on my lungs! and I couldn’t go to the hospital because it was too full. Stay safe my friends.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

Reblogging because a lovely follower has just been in touch to let me know that a lot of this has actually been debunked on Snopes - for example, there is no medical proof for the “avoid milk and pork” thing, and the “get up every two hours” thing seems ropey too.

For my part, I was once a child with chronic asthma, and when it was bad I had to sleep sitting up/on my front to keep the phlegm off my chest, so to speak, so I can recommend trying those. But I suspect the information on this post has been warped a bit - most likely the origin of it is a nurse cobbling together every bit of lung health advice, plus a few others for good measure, in the hopes that something will work when they’re having to send people home too soon to make room for more, and whoever they told took it as gospel.

Anyway, apologies all for not doing due diligence on that one, I should have.

[fuckyouattano]

EMT here. The getting up thing is actually pretty solid advice. Not only does getting up and moving force you to open your lungs, but Covid LOVES to make blood clots. It loves making blood clots so much, it's actually one of the diagnosis tools doctors use, along with a chest x-ray. Movement helps prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis, which happens with many Covid patients.

I would not, however, wake yourself up at night. You cannot fight a virus if you're exhausted.

Most everything about eating (besides the milk thing) needs to happen BEFORE you get Covid. Take your vitamins, eat bananas regularly. Build up your body. Continue to take them while you're sick.

**Do not take baby aspirin every day without talking to your doctor**. The nurse is partly right in that it helps prevent blood clots, but a baby asprin everyday can effect your ability to stop a bleed as well. You'd be surprised the difference between someone who takes baby aspirin and someone who does it when an injury occurs, no matter how small. Even a nosebleed can become unmanageable.

That being said, be kind to every nurse you meet right now. My mom is one, and she's a tough woman I've never seen cry. I walked in on her yesterday sobbing her eyes out about a patient that she watched die, who's only condition was Covid.

[hollowbon3s]

yr locked in a room alone with three adult men but you feel perfectly safe. who are they

[tamboochie]

What are y'all allergic to I’m really curious

[franzkafkagf]

fancast: anya chalotra as darth revan

[keplercryptids]

adulthood gets such a bad rep and like yeah, a lot of adult things do suck (thanks, capitalism). but i do worry about what constant complaints about adulthood do to depressed kids and teens who feel trapped and sort of like adulthood is the only way out of their current situation.

so let me tell you, in case you haven't heard this ever, that in my experience, being an adult is 100x better than being a kid or teenager. being able to more or less control my living space and who i spend time with, being able to prioritize my health and wellbeing, being able to be who i truly am and pursue my interests and hobbies... all of that is worth the other dumb stuff, and none of it was possible when i was a minor. honestly, I've just gotten happier and happier the older I've gotten.

being an adult is GOOD. and it can be good for you too.

[keplercryptids]

im loving that so many people are rbing this to agree that adulthood fucking slaps. cuz it does.

[glorious-spoon]

There are things about adulthood that I don’t love, but you could not fucking pay me to be sixteen again.

[gagglescorn]

So many situations in movies where there’s something scary happening and the women are in hysterics but the men are completely calm.. doesn’t seem realistic at all

[writhe]

have u ever seen a man be minorly inconvenienced….catastrophic

[umbrellanumber5-deactivated2021]

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Did you just scroll down thinking yes?

[starbucks-strider-deactivated20]

None of these are normal??

[glasssjungle]

These,,, these arent normal???

[illusionwaltz]

How well do you see color?

I’m cry I scored 60, I feel blind

[batter666-deactivated20180822]

so everyone is aware, a lower score on this means a better score.

[thegaybeany]

I got a 30!!!!!!!! Yes!

[blinkingkills]

7, but i’m an art student so

[hearthome-deactivated20210601]

some people on this site seem to have a really profound misunderstanding of what slurs are. like, you can’t “use a word as a slur.” it’s either always a slur or not a slur, and a slur is different from an insult.

for example- gay is not a slur, since it’s a term gay people chose for ourselves, but is frequently used as an insult because of homophobia. in contrast, dyke is a slur because it originated as a way to criticize stereotypical lesbians, then was later reclaimed by some wlw.

slurs cannot be universally reclaimed. a word does not go from a slur to “no longer a slur.” like that’s not how this works lol, and there will always be people who are uncomfortable with a slur you reclaim.

remember that your experiences are not universal- in many places, slurs like queer are still used and it’s incredibly disrespectful to those of us who’ve been called slurs you haven’t to say that they’re not slurs anymore.

[arsuf]

“We come into the world kicking and screaming, violent and unstable. It is what we are. We cannot help ourselves.” “No. We are what we choose to be.”