Gay and geeky

34/M. US (MD). Gay (Demisexual? 🤷🏼‍♂️). Here you will find all things gay, geeky, and cats. Because cats. :3 This has also become a place for me to express my thoughts and feelings and occasional complaining and venting. Discoveries abound! Avatar photo from: deviantart.com/threeleaves

[gayandgeekythings]

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***trumpets***

I present you: Ernie, First of His Name, Monarch of Marylandania, Sovereign of the Siamese, Prince of the Persians, Count of the Calicos, and Avatar of All Felinedom on Earth.

[positivedoodles]

[sordidscene]

TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

[randomwordzard]

the ladies call me the subjunctive mood the way I express desire, wishes, uncertainty, doubt and fear

[typekast]

My friend’s little brother (non-verbal) used to hide people’s shoes if he liked the person, because it meant they had to stay longer. The more difficult it was to find your shoes, the more he liked you.

One day my cousin came over, and she was a bitch. When it was time to leave, my friend’s brother handed her shoes directly to her and she went on and on about how he must have a crush on her because he only “helped” her.

[rubykgrant]

[somanyquestions-featuringanxiety]

Reblog to hide prev’s shoes as a gesture of love

[maureen2musings]

Stoat in his winter coat, Kodiak, Alaska

krisluckphoto

[arikaay]

Ghastly line doodle

[only-tiktoks]

[sypon]

I didn’t see this link in the reblogs but I love Mercury and she has a book out called “Safe & Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair”. She is one of those beautiful souls who love to teach people new skills with compassion and joy, instead of putting down others for not having knowledge about (what others may consider basic home repairs and DIY.

Mercury Stardust

Mercury Stardust

[rosslynpaladin]

I love this lady. She's like a friendly big sister here to show you how to do stuff.

[thememedaddy]

[pastperfectcontinuous]

bell hooks mentioned going through a time in her life where she was severely depressed and suicidal and how the only way she got through it was through changing her environment: She surrounded her home with buddhas of all colors, Audre Lorde’s A Litany for Survival facing her as she wakes up, and filling the space she saw everyday with reinforcing objects and meaningful books. She asks herself each day, “What are you going to do today to resist domination?” I also really liked it when she said that in order to move from pain to power, it is crucial to engage in “an active rewriting of our lives.”

[ritavonbees]

I have come to think of the suicidal impulse as the brain waving a flag to say three things:

something needs to change here

this is urgent

I don’t know how to do it

death is the ultimate metaphor for drastic change. it’s a general specific. whatever your problems are, it is very likely that dead people don’t have to deal with them. a real solution to your problems may demand a very narrow range of action that’s likely to be out of reach at this moment, but death is sold on every street corner, so it feels like a more realistic fantasy than happiness.

you don’t really want to die per se but it’s also not completely random chemicals swamping your brain for no reason. you want the pain to stop, you want to be somewhere else, you want to be someone else. it’s urgent. you don’t know how to do it. the end is not the end but a means that feels within your reach right now.

this is the wisdom of bell hooks: daily rituals of meaning and resistance and solidarity are part of slowly building a future where you can make the change you really need. and only alive people can do that. every step you take towards change and power is another step away from death.

[cannibal-rainbow]

“they” (1 word) is shorter than “he or she” (3 words)

“they” is more inclusive than “he/she”

“themself” flows more naturally than “him or herself”

“they” is less clunky than “(s)he”

it’s time to replace the awkward “she or he”

[edgar-allen-potpourri]

“hey can you go ask they what does they want for dinner, and when is they coming over to watch movies with they?”

[edrec]

“Hey, can you go ask them what they want for dinner, and when they’re coming over to watch movies?”

Step one is learning how to talk like a human person.

[anghraine]

Friendly reminder:

“I shouldn’t like to punish anyone, even if they’d done me wrong.” —George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (1860)

“A person can’t help their birth.” —William Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1848)

“But to expose the former faults of any person, without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable.” —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813)

“Every Fool can do as they’re bid.” —Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation (1738)

“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” —King James Bible, Matthew 18:35 (transl. 1611)

“God send every one their heart’s desire!” —William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (~1600)

“Now this king did keepe a great house, that euerie body might come and take their meat freely.” —Sir Philip Sidney, the Arcadia (1580)

“If … a psalme scape any person, or a lesson, or els yt they omyt one verse or twayne…” —William Bonde, The Pylgrimage of Perfection (1526)

“And whoso fyndeth hym out of swich blame, / They wol come up and offre a Goddés name” —Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner’s Tale (~1380)

“þan hastely hiȝed eche wiȝt on hors & on fote, / huntyng wiȝt houndes alle heie wodes, / til þei neyȝþed so neiȝh to nymphe þe soþe [Then hastily hied each person on horse and on foot / hunting with hounds all the high woods / ‘til they came so near, to tell the truth]” —William and the Werwolf (transl. ~1350-1375)

“Bath ware made sun and mon, / Aiþer wit þer ouen light [Both were made sun and moon / Either with their own light]” —Cursor Mundi (~1325)

[advanced-procrastination]

We’ve been using they/them/their pronouns to indicate a person with unspecified gender for a long ass fucking time. The only reason it’s become a big issue lately is because it can be used as a semi-respectful term for trans and non-binary folks and we can’t have that can we

These fucks are literally trying to change our language to hurt trans/nb folks, and claiming that’s just the way its always been

[polyhorde]

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Singular “they” predates

Singular “you”

[hyperoperationfractallisation]

@real-british-empire

[helenestica]

Showing your favorite song to someone is so embarrassing lol what if I get a bad grade at my own taste and interests....

[tea-kitten]

I used to be concerned about this until I realized how fucked up it was that I felt like I needed to write a 5-paragraph persuasive essay extolling the merits of my favorite movie (Dragonheart) just to convince my ex-fiance to watch it with me.

If you are willing to share a piece of yourself with someone else and they choose to respond with judgment about the "objective quality" of your favorite thing rather than curiosity about why that thing speaks so strongly to you, then the problem is not with your taste or your interests.

[gayandgeekythings]

It's not Baltimore if you don't get pat down before entering a work mascarade party, lololol.

[shadow-von-vamp]

oh boy i sure do love having tons of trinkets

the nefarious dust particle:

[atomic-chronoscaph]

1970s wallpaper

[sainamoonshine]

POV: mister Devon Price, PhD, telling me that I am right about everything

Source: Unmasking Autism, discovering the new faces of neurodiversity

[dietspam16]

[pret-boy]

His autistic swag and sad pathetic boyfailure tendencies captivated me.

[caats]