Or am I?

infp on weekends, idiot always pim | 18 | she/they

[helpiminahotairballoon]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

This is my monstrous AO3 account.

[best-overplayed-song]

you don't like pompeii? 🌋? eheu eheu?

[helpiminahotairballoon]

EHEU

[idi0twind-deactivated20231219]

how writing a university essay feels

[helpiminahotairballoon]

and archive.org

[casliyn]

Rest in Peace, Andre Braugher.

[rahabq]

[weavemama]

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY 

[jackharknessday]

I can back this up. It isn’t only their shelters.

I have a family friend who worked at our local Salvation Army headquarters as a a secretary. This particular office took all the Christmas donations for children in need, put them in a warehouse, and on a designated day the staff and their friends picked through them all, taking whatever they wanted. She saw people hauling away bikes donated for specific families. Some local children had hundreds of dollars of gifts donated in their name, and on Christmas they received three cheap things, items likely not even from the person who sponsored them.

My friend quit, and I’ve not given them a dime of my money since then.

Do not give to the Salvation Army.

[gayfeatherfiend]

Do Not. Give. To. Salvation. Army

[rab-it-deactivated20231030]

My turn.

I’m a wildfire and disaster logistics specialist.

I deal with a lot of agencies who provide disaster relief.

I used to say the Salvation Army’s disaster services were the one (literally the ONE) good thing they did.

They would come in, set up a canteen trailer, make and pass out hot coffee and donated food in a disaster, usually being one of the first agencies to get there and the last to leave.

Then I found out.

Every time they did this, regardless of if they were actually invited or deployed by the agency in charge (usually FEMA, sometimes others) they would SELF-DEPLOY. Meanjng they would just show up. Ok. That’s not TOO bad, sometimes agencies have to take initiative and get there before the red tape is sorted out. BUT. They, after they left at the end of the incident, they would send FEMA or the host agency a BILL. They used one or two paid employees (usually the driver of the truck and a supervisor); and many VOLUNTEERS, but they would bill for EVERYONE’s Labor at standard federal rates. They would bill for the food they distributed even though it was all donated by another agency or private parties. They would bill for the coffee they made and the supplies. Except they would use electricity from the shelter location, water from donations or from the shelter, and in many cases, they would get the coffee and industrial filters DONATED, but bill for them at retail prices.

Don’t FUCKING give to the Salvation Army.

[knight-of-vengeance-deactivated]

The Salvation Army is also ass to the workers. A good number of people join it, naively thinking that it’s doing good, and end up leaving cynical and beaten down. The management is hostile, if not outright abusive, and demand some ridiculous hours of it lower to mid-level staff. Don’t support these people.

[fisharescary802]

Unsettling update

[oldearthaccretionist]

Find better local charities and shelters and give to them instead!

[moonybyte]

Also just for even more horrific context on the original twitter thread?

Salvation Army reached out to Milknmuffins and asked what shelter she’s at with the promise to address the abuse in it. She…ended up saying where she was. She was thrown out onto the street. It’s also all on Twitter.

They invited her to a personal talk so she could explain the situation in person.

And then they threatened her with a screenshot of a rape-threat made supposedly by her:

And then threw her out into the street while claiming she broke house rules that

So yeah, the Salvation Army is a bunch of entitled assholes that will treat the most vulnerable like shit if they dare try to do anything that makes them look bad

[supernovafirefly]

The “Fuck Salvation Army” posts are making the rounds again, so conisder this your reminder: Do. Not. Give. These. Assholes. A. Single. Fucking. Penny.

Do not support them in any way, shape, or form.

[eagletrekkie]

‘Tis the season to say FUCK the Salvation Army.

[thefirsthogokage]

Oh hey, this is interesting (but a year old, idk if anything has changed):

Macy’s cuts ties with Salvation Army this holiday season citing social mission

“We reevaluated our cause and community work and made a significant commitment to driving societal change by empowering underrepresented you

[helpiminahotairballoon]

Literally studied the founding of the salvation army at uni — they have always treated women this way (perhaps unsurprising since they were founded in the 19th century).

Also, they considered their “mission” of helping people in poverty, homeless people, sex workers etc alike to colonisation. As in, their aim was to “civilise” the population. Through any means. Like taking people by force off the street, then trying to convert them to Christianity under the guise of feeding and clothing them.

Essentially, they viewed the people they were meant to be helping as “savages” who could only be saved through control. And they happily drew these links to colonialism themselves.

So basically, as horrible as this is, it doesn’t surprise me.

[helpiminahotairballoon]

D’Agoult, from another room: Franz, whose gloves are these on the table?

Liszt, panicking: Quick, punch me in the face.

Chopin: Punch you?

Liszt: Yes, punch me, in the face. Didn't you hear me?

Chopin: I always hear "punch me in the face" when you're speaking, but it's usually subtext.

Liszt: Oh, for God's sake!

[He punches Chopin in the face. Chopin punches him back]

Thank you Chopin, that was —

[Chopin tackles Liszt and grabs him in a chokehold]

Okay, I think that's enough now.

Chopin: You want to remember, Liszt, how we Polish fought in the November Rising!

Liszt: You were in exile!

Chopin: I sent letters of encouragement!

[dandyads]

Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, 1986 (UK)

[luntfontanne]

[fangx]

Wake up babe, it’s time to watch the 1980 Kate Bush Babooshka Christmas performance

[literarydesire]

Places in which peace reigns

[sexceptionul]

I’ve seen a lot of posts on my dash tonight about users who are threatening suicide, with other Tumblr members posting in effort to try to get ahold of them. I think you all should see this:

IF THERE IS EVER A TUMBLR USER WHO HAS POSTED A GOOD-BYE MESSAGE, SUICIDE NOTE, VIDEO, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS POST.

1. Scroll to the top of your dashboard.

2. See the circular question mark icon at the top? It’s the third one over from your home symbol. Click on that, and a screen similar to the one in the picture will come up.

3. Where you can type in questions, the box with the magnifying glass at the top, type in the word “suicide.”

4. Click on the first link that shows up. It should say, “Pass the URL of the blog on to us.”

5. Type in the user’s URL and tell Tumblr admin that the user is contemplating suicide and has posted a message indicating that they are going through with it or will be attempting. Hit send! Tumblr administration will perform a number of actions to contact the user and take the necessary steps to prevent the suicide.

TUMBLR: THIS COULD SAVE A USER’S LIFE. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE SUICIDE THREATS.

Reblog this to keep other users aware. Suicide isn’t a joke, and neither is someone’s life. If you didn’t know this, someone else may not, either. Pass it on.

[thedanliest]

why on earth doesn’t this have more notes

[outtelligent]

I actually had to do this once. She lived.

[faeirytale]

if you scroll past this on your dash you are absolutely heartless.

[natalie-as-herself]

Reblog this!! This can save somebody’s life!

[aika-chan01]

reblog.

help.

do not scroll down.

[nonextistentttttt-deactivated20]

I SWEAR TO GOD IF ANYONE SCROLLS PAST THIS WITHOUT REBLOGGING I WILL LITTERALLY FIND THEM AND GIVE THEM A LECTURE

[danqueray-deactivated20200703]

may I just update this?

see the little thing that says help?

[josephdreemuur-moved]

Don’t ever scroll past this post. FUCKING NEVER SCROLL PAST!!!

[xcassidy]

🌸🌸🌸

[undiagnosed-autism-things]

Anyone know where it is on mobile ???

[i-am-a-moron-deactivated2020051]

You report the user, choose “something else”, scroll down and choose “suicide or self harm”

[femur-theif]

DO NOT SCROLL DOWN

REBLOG TO LITERALLY SAVE A LIVE

[im-just-trying-to-survive-man]

PLEASE REBLOG

[tastingmellow]

Please don’t scroll past this post, you could save someone’s life.

[mo0oshro0om]

SAVE A LIFE

[reroseshi]

Please, it’s important.

[maggiec70]

It is indeed critical that we all know this. We all have had Tumblr buddies who have experienced some tough times, so please don’t allow those times to become terminal for them. 

[usergreenpixel]

It is important. I was suicidal the previous year but got lucky. I hope this helps more people avoid the worst.

[shamebats]

Evolutionary psychology (totally a valid field of study): girls & women are naturally the most attracted to big buff stoic strong men because they instinctively know that they will be able to hunt and protect them

Young boys: this makes sense to me, I will internalize it

What men who cause international conservative backlash because they make girls & women go feral with uncontrollable lust actually look like:

[helpiminahotairballoon]

LMAOOOO, Franzy looks so out of place.

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Nelly Furtado - I’m Like a Bird (2000)

[20kvenzom]

[henk-heijmans]

A British soldier “shaking hands” with a kitten in the snow, Neulette, France, 1917 (colorization) - by John Warwick Brooke (1886 - 1929), English

[3y3]

Persephone Dreams, Niall Grant