just me

[jesterbots]

genuinely one of the saddest parts of this new era of the internet is how hard it is to rick roll someone now. with people's attention spans shortening so much, they wouldn't even get through the first few bait seconds before clicking off the video. like i saw a comment that ended with "btw i made all of this up" and the replies kept treating it so seriously because none of them finished the entire 4 sentence comment. and We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I (do I) A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[hammercarexplosion]

I know what you're saying, but I think you have to give some people credit. There's plenty of people outside the "piss on the poor" reading comprehension website that enjoy things like delayed gratification and elaborate gags. When I was a kid, I loved watching the Muppet Movie because so many gags lasted all the way through. There were some obvious and hilarious visual gags, but my favorite was we've known each other for so long. Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it. Inside, we both know what's been going on. We know the game and we're gonna play it. I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling, gotta make you understand. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.

[adoxographist]

I think this is interesting that this sort of phenomenon is being described as being a Rick Roll, when I think the element of sound and video are actually essential to the experience. So in reality this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down, and I'd like to take a minute. Just sit right there. I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air. In West Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground was where I spent most of my days. Chillin' out, maxin, ' relaxin' all cool. And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school, when a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air."

[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[animentality]

[atlantahammy]

Pssst if you have ublock: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

[theconcealedweapon]

I see a lot of posts saying "teach boys about consent".

While that is true, a lot of parents will do that and fail to see how their own actions are the problem.

If you've spanked him, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've forced him to sit on Santa's lap, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've forced him to give hugs and kisses to family members, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've grabbed him in order to force him to sit still, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've labeled him as "too sensitive" for not wanting to be touched, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you've assumed he's okay with something because he technically allowed it even though he felt pressured, he's less likely to understand consent.

If you're only going to criticize his actions but not your own, it won't work.

[doberbutts]

I am a firm believer that it's not just what he experiences in his life, but what he witnesses too. Okay so you don't do any of those to him but you do those things to his sisters? His cousins? His mom? He is learning consent is for him hut not for women.

One of my sisters has young children, both of whom are some flavor of neurodivergent. She is too, and as a result she often lost patience quickly with some of their quirks. The biggest offender is that her kids are extremely wary around anyone they deem to be a stranger, making social connection very difficult for all participants.

When I first met her daughter, she was 3 or 4, and was extremely reluctant to come and meet me. My sister began to shame and push and pull her towards me and I stopped her. I said "don't force her, don't teach her that she has to let men she doesn't know touch her, she doesn't need to hug me"

My sister froze in place, processed it for a moment, and let her daughter go. She went back to hiding behind mom. We continued our conversation and her son slowly approached me, hugged me, and climbed up onto the chair I was in to sit beside me and partially in my lap. After a few minutes, her daughter joined him. She didn't hug me, but she came over to touch and talk to me.

My sister was speechless. Her kids DON'T do that. I've heard many complaints from many family members about how antisocial they are. All I did was stick up for their right to offer or withdraw consent- and really just her daughter's, as her son had met me pre-covid and had already gotten over the hurdle at 2 years old, but her daughter was born during covid and thus it made her severe distrust of strangers even worse.

Now her kids are in elementary school and making friends easily and I regularly get stories from her about how she witnesses them connect with other socially withdrawn kids and stand up for both themselves and their quieter friends. She took my advice to heart and started allowing them to voice whether they consented to something and now her little boy will approach a crying kid on the playground and say something like "do you want to play, or do you want me to just sit with you, or do you want to be alone?" and then actually listen to what the other kid tells him.

My niece has an incredibly traumatized boy in her class who escaped war with his family, and he doesn't talk to anyone. But he visibly relaxes when my niece goes to sit next to him when he's too scared and curled up in the classroom's Quiet Corner. She reads to him and shows him her toys and holds his hand on field trips and yells at anyone who is mean to him. I'm told she's the only person who can approach or touch him without causing a meltdown besides his family, and it started because the first time she sat with him she asked if it was okay if she did so and she waited several minutes for him to nod before she sat down.

But they still avoid the family members that forced them to interact even when they were uncomfortable. I still hear those complaints, hundreds of miles away, and the jealousy that I've only met the kids a few times but they talk incessantly about me. If I call one of my family members and the kids are over, I can hear them in the background trying to talk to me if they figure out it's me on the other line.

Anyway. Long story short I didn't have to advocate for my nephew the way I did my niece, but advocating for my niece in front of the both of them dramatically changed the way both of them were taught to manage social interaction. Consent isn't just about teaching the boy. It's also making sure he sees that consent being practiced with everyone.

[officialunitedstates]

it’s quick, it’s easy and it’s free:  pouring river water in your socks

[evilscum-deactivated20160223]

why would i do that lmao

[officialunitedstates]

it’s quick, it’s easy and it’s free

[transarsonist]

happy 10 years of its quick, its easy, and its free

[linusbenjamin]

(✿◠‿◠)

[foxes-in-love]

[i-seeaspaceshipinthe-sky]

But you keep on going. And that's the adventure. The one adventure you've never had.

+ bonus:

[excerptsofstories]

The question that gets me the most is “what if?” What if we had met sooner? What if I never tried at all? What if things had been different? The answer I always find is that things couldn’t have been different, not here, not in this world, not in this universe. But maybe in a different version of reality, everything could have changed. Maybe there is a version of reality where one word could have changed everything

Excerpts from a book I will never write #1440

[unnamednarrat0r]

sims CAS screen be like:

[absolvedgravitas]

America slaughtering buffalo and moving whole tribes for the sake of building railroads only to decide they dont actually like trains is giving the same energy as the english conquering the world for spices and then deciding they didnt like any of them. like father like son

[absolvedgravitas]

LETS GO!!!!! THE SHITBAG YOUNGER BROTHER ALSO COMMITS GENOCIDE AND OTHER COLONIAL ATTROCITIES!!!!!

[despazito]

Crying

[despazito]

This shit makes me understand why my grandma taught me to only scritch calves under the chin, because if you scratch the tops of their heads you'll teach them to shove their (horned) foreheads at you for affection once they're huge

[sixpenceee]

Difference between a Seagull and a Crow’s accuracy | source

[mynameishazard]

I'm dying

[one-time-i-dreamt]

the way I loved this show as a kid and spent hours playing their game on the Cartoon Network site.... THE CHOKEHOLD

[one-time-i-dreamt]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Love Codename: Kids Next Door? Play the latest Codename: Kids Next Door games for free at Cartoon Network. Visit us for more free online gam

Wait, the games are still on the website...

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Oh, nevermind...

[one-time-i-dreamt]

BUT WAIT

[one-time-i-dreamt]

SIKE

[lauralot89]

The Department of Fisheries in Hyderabad, India, is shaped like a fish.

[submalevolentgrace]

finally, some good fucking architecture

[apollos-boyfriend]

what do you mean fi1nn5ter got banned from twitch for “female presenting” tit streaming how does that even happen 😭

[apollos-boyfriend]

talk about setting records

[apollos-boyfriend]

i’m obsessed with twitch apparently hopping on the tumblr train of “female presenting tits/nipples” especially in this context. finn identifies as male but his tits don’t. apparently

[apollos-boyfriend]

i was joking

[valliantknight]

I feel its also important to know that Finns boobs are not real. He has one of those rubber breast attachments. He got banned for fake rubber boobs.

[timemachineyeah]

1. This is genuinely awful

2. This is also darkly funny

3. several gender studies students just picked a paper topic

[nick-nonya]

(you need to view the image or you'll just like the post)

Since people liked it i made a toy that works on the computer: https://nick-nonya.itch.io/trampoline-toy Have fun!