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airandangels

I appreciate

His moustache

His gusto and joie de vivre

The way he wipes a peephole in the condensation so the cat can see clearly

secondlina

Crow being art bros~

aqua-harry

So you’ve got this bitch-ass fitted sheet that you would normally pile into a ball and shove into a closet so you won’t have to deal with it, yeah? Well. Quit acting like a piece of linen is better than you are. You can make a fitted sheet bend to your will. And here’s how…

First, put your sheet on the floor. Stand above it for a few seconds so it knows who’s boss.

Then, put your hand in the lower left corner so that it’s inside out. Do the same to the lower right corner.

Now, your lower left and right corners of the fitted sheet should be inside out. (Shoutout to Amy Poehler, love your work).

Then, take the lower left corner (that’s still inside out) and tuck it into the upper left corner. It should look like the picture above once you’re done. Then, do the same with your right corners.

It should look something like that. Right now, she’s your friend at the end of a good night out. Doesn’t look really bad, but you know she deserves better.

Pull at the corners until you get something like this shape, as it makes it easier to fold. You’ve given your friend some plain white bread and a glass of water. She’s looking much more presentable now.

Now, pull in at the elastic until you make a rectangle. You’ll want to tuck and smooth the excess fabric away from the elastic seams and towards the closed edge of the fitted sheet.

Once you’ve got a (semi) neat rectangle, fold the the top of the sheet down about a third of the way through. I like to fold the upper part of the sheet down first, because it’s not as straight of an edge as the bottom. You can find your own meaning within that description.

Now, fold the lower portion of the sheet on top of the part you’ve already folded down.

Fold the left side of the sheet into the middle, and then fold the right side of the sheet on top of what you just folded.

Congratulations. You just made a fitted sheet your bitch.

sci-fantasy

No but really, this has been the most complete and informative description of how to fold a fitted sheet I’ve ever seen. Very few that I’ve seen show the “bread and water” step.

nuggsmum

kittykatninja321

My hypothesis is that in like 10 years gen z is gonna have a big cult boom the way the boomers did in the 70s

chazymandias

It’s already happening on tik tok. There’s a fun new thing going round that’s citing common symptoms of depression and anxiety as signs you’re about to have your awakening and that you are actually an alien and the reason you don’t feel right is because you’re home sick for your own galaxy. So that’s fun.

aleatoryw

agreed, and i don’t mean this in a “haha gen z is so dumb they’re gonna join a tiktok cult lmao” i mean that conditions are perfect for the formation of cults right now.

high unemployment and a lot of underpaying, pointless jobs = people are looking for things to do with their life, a purpose

skyrocketing cost of living = most young people will not be able to live on their own, meaning some will end up in a group living situation with people interested in recruiting them

it’s a time of great cultural and political upheaval, nothing feels real, people are desperate for meaning and human connection. cults promise that

there is a new wave of acceptance and understanding for ways of life outside the norm, which is great! …except for when cult leaders tell you abusive and controlling practices are just their culture, their religion, their lifestyle, their beliefs, their tradition, and if you disrespect it you are the problem

social media influencers have already shown us how easy it is to build a cult of personality and attract people from anywhere in the world who are interested in the exact brand you are selling

spirtuality is having a boom, as are things like astrology, crystals, tarot, meditation, energy… those things aren’t bad on their own but they are often used as tools of cult spaces

wellness. i think a lot of people are already in wellness cults. you can make people do a lot of things in the name of “wellness” and a big factor of maintaining a cult is keeping members in a state of decreased cognition….. like say, with regular fasting

i think people are just unaware in general of how cults function, especially because the satanic panic was a big stupid false alarm that convinced the youths that dungeons and dragons or doom were gateways to cults, which are scary evil child murdering, satan-worshipping gangs. people don’t know how to spot them in real life.

purplehawke

as a cultic abuse survivor with a half-decade of academic/scholarly research on how cults/high control groups work, here are some quality yet public-friendly educational resources to help you learn what high control groups look like, how they work, and the methods they use to influence, draw in, and control/coerce literally anyone.

education about this subject is SO important—high control environments and their methods for influencing and controlling people often go totally unnoticed unless you’ve learned about them, and there’s a long history of mainstream misinformation on what thought reform and cults are, what they look like, and how they work. there’s also a huge misconception that “no way that could be me!” when unfortunately, because of how high control influence works, it’s possible for anyone to get drawn into a high control group or relationship without realizing that’s what it actually is.

Cults/High Control Groups and Influence 101:

BITE Model by Steven Hassan: criteria for identifying undue influence and high control groups/cults

“On Destructive Groups” section of BITE Model Analysis’ Resources page. The collection of links here are all to quality, highly respected references and resources (including videos) on Cult and High Control Group 101 information.

A Little Bit Culty podcast. This podcast is hosted by former NXIVM members Sarah and Nippy, who are now cult education and survivor healing advocates. Episode 2 (titled “Cults 101″ with guest Steven Hassan, creator of the BITE model) introduces what cults are, and why humans are universally vulnerable to cult abuse.

“Is Trump a Cult Leader? A Scientific Perspective” by Telltale. This video has a catchy title, but the creator does a great job on 1) knowing his stuff, and 2) explaining what’s required to be a cult, and what does/doesn’t qualify as a cult. The video also has really interesting insight/analysis on the current conspiracy theory cult movements we have today (QAnon, flat earthers, anti-vaxxers). The channel is a good source on both those subjects, as well as groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

TV Series/Films (Bit More In-Depth):

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (Emmy award-winning TV series, it’s on US Netflix now). Really digs into the specifics of Scientology, but they do a great job portraying to the general public how cults operate, and how even a destructive cult can recruit people, cover up abuses, evade the law, and keep members within the group.

Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult (TV Series, available on Amazon Prime)

The Last Stop: The True Story of the Elan School (Warning: All of the TWs. Seriously.) Film on the Troubled Teen Industry, aka what happened when the War on Drugs combined with the 1960s anti-drug cult Synanon and LGAT seminars to create a still-active billion dollar industry of cult-based institutional child abuse in the name of teen rehabilitation. There is actual footage, it is deeply upsetting. Use the trailer to gauge your limits. Spoiler: fuck Nancy Reagan.

If you can’t watch the Last Stop, or even before you do, watch the video “The Elan School: Death by Misinformation” (it has its own bullet point later, too). It’s shorter, and the creator does well in giving you information from The Last Stop in a less harrowing/triggering delivery format. The video highlights the cult history of the US rehab and residential treatment industries. Also, once again, fuck Nancy Reagan.

Wellness/Self-Help Cults, including Corporate Cult Seminars/Workshops:

“What is the Landmark Forum?” by iiluminaughtii. A 101 on the cult corporate seminar industry. Landmark is one of the most well-known examples of a corporate seminar/workshop cult.

The channel above goes over a *lot* of the self-help/wellness industry cult groups/businesses, including MLMs. I’d genre her videos as true crime, but the research is really solid, the presentation is respectful, and there’s a good balance of education and entertainment.

Also check out Lifespring and Large-Group Awareness Training (LGAT) seminars. These are 1000% endemic, and yes, they’re high control groups. Their seminar methods are all various implementations of abusive high control tactics. Not good :(

Cult Origins of and Ongoing Destructive Cult Presence in the Modern US Drug Rehabilitation, Residential Treatment, and Troubled Teen Industries (including the origins of anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy camps):

“Help at Any Cost” by Maia Szalavitz (can’t recommend enough)

“The Elan School: Death by Misinformation” by iiluminaughtii. Includes a good 101 background on the Synanon cult and est seminars as the origins of the methods and ideology behind the modern US rehab industry, including residential treatment for adults and minors with substance abuse or mental health issues.

“Running My Anger: The Legacy of the CEDU Cult” by Medium Anonymous

Article by the National Youth Rights Association

Current Survivor Activism: Breaking Code Silence; WWASP Survivors.

Some More Podcasts!:

Scientology: Fair Game Podcast with Leah Remini and Mike Rinder (they’re really fantastic)

Jon Atack, Family, and Friends Podcast

This list seems really long, but I actually cut a lot out. Happy to field asks if that’s helpful—these links are meant to be easy-access for a general audience, but there are many more *really* fantastic resources besides these ones I’ve mentioned above :)

metalpunkspawn-blog

This just hit a spot! So informative and caught me just as I’m wondering what people are about these days- similar shit on similar lines. I’m gonna copy and paste the text to a word document for future ref.

hurglewurm

marco polo. that’s the joke thank you for your time

silkirose

A little update <3

I still read all of your lovely replies! I have not given up on art my friends! I have even started my own webcomic on webtoon! It’s called Seth In Space and it would mean a lot to me if you would support me there! Love you all and happy halloween!!

silkirose

I’m so happy to tell you all that I’ve made great progress with my mental health!! To genuinely be able to say that I feel happy is so liberating and free! I know a lot of you are still in that dark place. I’m here to say that it does get better. Much better! I still have some tough days but progress is progress! Be kind and gentle to yourselves. I love you all and thank you to everyone who’s supported me over the years!

Here’s links to my commissions and projects! Commissions Animal Crossing Commissions Animal Crossing Tarot Cards Tarot Readings Seth In Space

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

jonny-r217

Love seeing the updates to this post

raidahblossom

Imma cry I-

dyken

doodled these

words by Danusha Lameris “Feeding The Worms”

vicshush

[Text ID :

Five black and white panels, most consisting of spare black lines on white background. First, a cutaway of dirt, earthworms coiled on top, slinking from the soil, and threading into it, amid roots. Text reads "Ever since I found that earthworms have taste buds all over the delicate pink strings of their bodies". Continuing on the next panel, "I pause dropping apple peels into the compost bin / The sweetness of apples permeating their pores / Imagine the dark writhing ecstasy". Two hands hold and peel an apple, scraps broken from the strip of skin in the foreground. The next panel illustrates each food item as it's named : "I offer beets / and parsley / avocado / and melons / the feathery tops of carrots". In the next panel, two hands pour a bucket of scraps into a compost box. "I'd always thought theirs a menial life / eyeless, and hidden / almost vulgar / though now, it seems / they bear a pleasure / so sublime, so decadent". The final panel concludes "I want to contribute, however I can / forgetting, a moment / my place on the menu". White on a black background, a human skeleton hunches, being closed in on by streaky white worms.

/end text]

theauspolchronicles

We could’ve had all the Pfizer doses we needed to vaccinate all of Australia by January if the government hadn’t offended the company and caused months of delays in ordering any.

Back in July 2020 Pfizer offered Australia priority so it could demonstrate an effective and comprehensive vaccine rollout and the efficacy of its vaccine. Instead of that golden opportunity being taken, the government sent a junior bureaucrat to haggle in a meeting that resulted in the company walking.

The approach was described as “rude, dismissive and penny-pinching”, thus offending the company and leading to talks ending. Scott Morrison or Greg Hunt didn’t even contact Pfizer directly, unlike other world leaders have, to discuss options - even when the government ordered only 10 million doses months later. Even recently, when Kevin Rudd asked about the possibility of moving forward supply with the Pfizer CEO, Morrison still hadn’t even talked directly to the company.

Pfizer offered Australia any amount we wanted and the government picked the cheapest option they could get - a decision that has had a high economic cost in the lockdowns that have had to ensue to keep Australia safe.

And before you go “ah, but they could domestically manufacture AstraZeneca because it doesn’t involve mRNA tech which we don’t have the capacity to do so the decision made sense at the time” - SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN BEGGING THE GOVERNMENT TO INVEST IN THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR MONTHS TOO! If Morrison had listened to experts we could’ve been pumping out Pfizer months ago and so it wouldn’t have mattered that they annoyed Pfizer so much they didn’t join the order queue for months. We could’ve had a comprehensive back up plan!

There have been multiple opportunities presented to the federal government to obtain a decent supply of vaccines over the past year. They did not take any of them.

This vaccine rollout has been completely and comprehensively bungled. It’s not just unforeseen circumstances that have derailed it. It’s the federal government’s incredibly poor planning and ignoring of expert advice that has left us in a drought of supply, reoccurring lockdowns, and unclear messaging leading to vaccine hesitancy.

ultrainfinitepit

Angel of Stolen Hotdogs

katiemcgrath

idk man, maybe it’s just the british/indian in me jumping out but I’ve always just blindly assumed this lady was holding a teacup, this is the first time I’ve actually looked at her hands and now I’m mad,

katiemcgrath

derinthescarletpescatarian

Did somebody edit this? It is usually a teacup, right?

leg-stealing-bee

ITS A FUCKING CUPCAKE???

leg-stealing-bee

WHAT????

goblin-phannie

Things have been getting really difficult at home lately with one of the people I live with becoming a threat to the safety of myself and others ( including my cat ) and I need save up some money to be able to get a new bond.

Being trans and disabled it’s hard to get work , although I’ve been trying to sell art commissions and searching for Regular jobs . Today I think I found one but I don’t start for 12 weeks .

I know times are tough for everyone right now but I’ve linked my PayPal in my bio if anyone is willing to donate anything I’d really appreciate it .