Dear Galaxy,

Ace/Aro/Agender and not ready to deal with life yet

[userboxer]

[titaniumcatnip-deactivated20180]

You forgot the “not”

[userboxer]

no, i didn’t, actually.

this site is so goddamn anti-recovery. i’ve been spending years trying to get better but everyone’s mindset of “if you spend every hour of every day wanting to kill yourself you’re valid uwu” was just making my health worse. everyone on this site would be doing much better if they would stop being so negative.

it’s as if you want to stay mentally ill. you would think that people so miserable would want their lives to improve. if you want to get any better, stop rejecting every bit of positivity you see and forcing your toxic mindset on others.

[ryan-bergaras]

buzzfeed unsolved is gay culture

[iamthegalaxychaser]

thats true

[lmaonade]

everyone jot this down

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[w4ckynonsense]

Got it, boss! What next?

[lmaonade]

some of u are wild demons 

[iamthegalaxychaser]

no idea if this has been done before, but, uh

Happy Coming Out Day, everyone!

[geeky-jez-deactivated20231025]

[tessacrowley]

teacup what the fuck i just woke up why would you put this rIGHT AT THE TOP OF MY DASH

[wolg-fang]

Ok so I’m crying and you should experience this wonder too

[official-contrabassoon]

If you don’t play bassoon reblog this because it applies to you too

[official-contrabassoon]

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE REBLOGGING SAYING THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT A BASSOON IS MAKES ME HAPPY. NON MUSICIANS SPREAD THIS SHIT. DON’T KNOW WHAT A BASSOON IS? GOOD!

[drumline-jesus]

*Angry duck noises.*

[saxophonejesus]

every time i see this post it has twice as many notes

[jemthebookworm]

what is bassoon though, is it some sort of trumpet? or like a flute? maybe a drum?

[maewinter]

[margflower]

[liam-paynes-ten-inch-dick]

I love this movie

[pilgrimkitty]

I have no clue what movie this is but I want to see it.

[outsidersmark]

it’s from night at the museum 2

the night at the museum films continue to be criminally underrated (aka blown off bc they’re “just comedies for kids”, they are actually Really Really Good Films

[ninjaotta]

Honestly.  Accurate POCs playing POCs (including an Egyptian Pharaoh, Hun warriors and a Native American girl), Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt, THIS SCENE and just being awesome in general

there’s a host of crazy shit that goes on, including a fucking t rex that plays fetch with one of its own ribs

long story short; they’re fab

[gorreality-deactivated20170927]

“I can’t be vegan, I love cheese”

Dairy industry is as evil as meat. No less harm for animals. Does it look natural that calf can’t drink milk so you can taste your piece of cheese? 

GO VEGAN. 

[smellyoldblanket]

WRONG

That calf is wearing a nose tag. Nose tags are put on calves so that they are able to stay with their mothers longer, but are unable to nurse. They don’t NEED to nurse as they get older, they just get greedier and pushier and will bash up the cow’s udder and bruise it with their noses.

This nose-tag is so that calves can stay with their mothers, their mothers can remain pain-free and healthy, and nobody is stressed.

Educate yourselves you ignorant fucking tarts.

[horseandarcher-deactivated20150]

…really? You don’t think it might have anything to do with the milk being stolen for human consumption? At all? Not even a tiny bit?

[the-gay-is-over9000]

Militant vegans can fuck right off

[periegesisvoid-deactivated]

Based on fur texture and face shape, that calf is at least six months old, probably older.  Calves can survive without actual cow milk even at three months, though older is better (calves weaned that early are usually fed a sort of formula for another couple months).

Also, nose tags like that one don’t go through the cow’s septum.  They basically work like those fake septum rings for humans.

In addition to weaning the calves, another use for nose tags is protecting non-lactating cows.  Sometimes weanlings or even adult cows will suck on themselves or other non-lactating cows; this can cause internal teat scarring bad enough to prevent that teat or teats from ever working.  I’ve seen this happen, and it’s ugly, probably at least somewhat painful, and, if bad enough, would lead to the cow being slaughtered at a very young age because she can’t produce milk, has chronic mastitis, and/or can’t be milked with automatic milking equipment.  So, nose tags actually prevent animal cruelty.

Also, calves will suck on anything remotely oblong (and attempt to eat literally anything), even if they are being adequately fed or overfed.  Often they will suck on other calves’ ears, and, since ears are longer than teats and cows have upper as well as lower teeth in the back of their mouths, many calves get bites on their ears, which often become severely infected.  I’m not sure if nose tags would work there, because physics—a non-toxic but bad-tasting ear paint would be better—but yeah, letting a calf put anything it wants in its mouth is not always a good idea.

[master-dog]

reblogging for educational purposes.

[kijikun-deactivated20150220]

reblogging for people being schooled

[gonnagoandrunwiththehorses-deac]

This was the funniest argument about false cruelty I have read.. Thank you. 

[namesnotfred]

I love this for 2 reasons: Most people don’t realize that in farming areas agriculture/horticulture/animal husbandry is part of public school education from as early on as 7th grade. (Though I remember dissecting cow eyes in 4th grade science sooo) I assure you fifteen year old farm kids know more about what constitutes animal cruelty in farms than thirty year old vegans with, or without an agenda. 

Also that if you really want good quality beef/pork/eggs/milk/etc you don’t abuse your animals. Ever. That’s not the point and if you want to make any kind of money off your career choice, you are going to treat those creatures better than you treat yourself. You’ll call a vet five times for an infection in your herd before you visit the hospital for a missing foot on your own leg. 

So. Yeah. Watch out, because we’re getting internet access these days. We’re on tumblr too. 

[somejane-deactivated20200807]

P.S. The immigrant workers farming your supermarket produce have no health care or legal protection, and the Bolivians farming your 365 Organic Quinoa can’t afford to eat it. But PLEASE won’t someone think of the poor baby cows who won’t get off the tit?!

[thehornedwitch-deactivated20211]

Also this is a LOT nicer than what mother cows do to calves that won’t be weaned. You know what mother cows do to calves that won’t wean? kick them in the head. Now I don’t know about vegans, but I’d rather have a nose tag that discouraged me from injuring my mother (because calves that don’t wean tend to chew on udders and make mother cows bleed) rather than being kicked in the head. Source: I grew up on a fucking cattle ranch. I have seen chickens skeletonize a mouse I KNOW SHIT.

[thesociaijusticecourier-deactiv]

“I have seen chickens skeletonize a mouse I KNOW SHIT.”

I’m sorry, what? What??? WHAT??? you can’t just leave it there please explain @thehornedwitch

[thehornedwitch-deactivated20211]

Happy to explain! See, chickens are omnivorous. They eat bugs, plants, and meatstuffs. Y'know how crows and ravens and things eat meat? Well, chickens too. Ours had a particular fondness for ham when someone accidentally put it into the bucket of good scraps we set aside for the chickens. A bucket we tried to keep as meat-free as possible, because few things are more terrifying than a chicken looking you in the eyes as it scarfs down ham. Anyway, back to the mouse. One day i was doing Chicken Chores, like gathering eggs, putting out grain, emptying the bucket of greens, etc, when a mouse runs across the pen. All at once, eight or so chickens stop dead, look at it, and SWARM. Now I’m six at this point in time and developing a healthy fear of chickens, and so do nothing. By the time the chickens are done, all that is left of the mouse is its bones. I left the chicken pen very, very quickly. Chickens crave meat. They were dinosaurs. They did not forget that they were dinosaurs. They will also cannibalize each other with reckless abandon. Sometimes we just had to remove one chicken to its own private pen away from the others because no matter what we did, that specific one always tried to eat the other chickens. We had one that really liked other chicken’s eyes. Bear in mind, our pens ensured each chicken had about five to six square feet all its own if you managed to space every chicken out evenly, we never locked them in teensy pen things, and fed them LOTS. These chickens just really, really wanted to maim. Chickens that are not Buff Orpingtons are the devil. Buff Orpingtons are sweethearts. If you must have chickens, have that kind. And never get Guineas. Guineas are SATAN INCARNATE. THEY SMELL FEAR.

[rossmallo]

Holy shit, I dont think I’ll ever use chicken as an insult again. 

[dustypumpkin]

Holy Shit, same here that is terrifying

[vinato71]

Will I’m using it as a compliment

[satanstruemistress]

I love farm animals.

[devil-in-red-deactivated2019010]

“Chickens crave meat. They were dinosaurs. They did not forget that they were dinosaurs.”

If you’ve ever looked a chicken in the eye you know that they don’t just remember; they’re patiently awaiting the day they become dinosaurs again. 

[palpablenotion]

@kedreeva

[kedreeva]

I have reblogged this before because watching farmers school vegans is always hilarious, but now we’re into birds, specifically fowl, and I have got stories.

I had to give my turkey an antibiotic injection once upon a time, and she turned the needle puncture into a six inch by three inch hole in her back overnight as she attempted to eat herself because apparently turkeys find themselves to be delicious. She had to spend 3 months duct taped into a tea towel (the bandages underneath cleaned and replaced daily, mind you) until it healed because she would not stop ripping the bandages off to continue consuming herself.

Your chickens strip a mouse to the bone? Mine draw and quarter them and run around with the parts shrieking. My peacocks grab mice, beat them to death on the ground with this insanely fast back and forth head twisting motion, and then swallow them whole. You would not think an entire adult mouse would fit in their face, and you would be wrong.

I knew a guy that used to regularly post photos of the 5-6′ long Copperhead snakes his peafowl would destroy. And I don’t mean kill, I mean destroy. These venomous snakes would get into the pens and the peas would just peck them into oblivion like nbd.

Fowl didn’t just used to be dinosaurs. They are still dinosaurs.

Thankfully they are small dinosaurs

and we can just tape them into tea towels if we have to

[crimsonclad]

BEGGING for a Jurassic Park reboot where farmers run the place instead of brogrammer scientists, and the raptors frequently get scolded and taped into tea towels

[mxblackrose]

Y'all! This post took a crazy turn. Read it all and enjoy the ride!

[mechhound]

I’m kinda scared of chickens now

[geraldmariaivo]

 Our neighbor had a chicken pen, and when I was little we’d go over and see them, and we’d just watch them in the pen while my Dad and neighbor Mark (who is no longer in the neighborhood) discussed whatever the topic of the month was, and their various opinions. Nothing odd.

 Except this one chicken. Now we have a little border between our house, and our neighbors’ houses, in the form of roughly six feet  (2 meters) across of woods lining the properties. The one chicken who would leave the pen we called Mr. Chicken. Mostly because we didn’t care that roosters were the males,  it sounded nice. 

 Mr. Chicken would regularly travel across the border and come over to our place. I would chase him, she would chase me, my dad had a small pickup at the time and the chicken would hop right on up into the front seat as mom and dad washed it while playing the radio. Mom would even pick her up, and pet her and Mr. Chicken would be totally fine with it (most of the time). Heck, sometimes she’d even leave freshly laid eggs on the doormat or in the garage. (that happened enough that we always checked to see if there was an egg before we stepped out) But being humans who think so many animals are adorable, we started feeding Mr. Chicken. What did we feed her? Leftovers mostly. What leftovers? A L L  O F  T H E M. Salad? Yep. Fish? Yep. Stale bread? Yep. Old noodles? Yes. Ground beef? Occasionally, since beef rarely goes to waste in this family, but, yes. And one day I thought it would be funny to feed her leftover rotisserie chicken, and the Devoured It. My mom and dad weren’t happy with it at first, but eventually they realized the Mr. chicken was enjoying the flesh of her kin, so from that day on if we couldn’t finish the chicken, we fed it to Mr. Chicken.

[mechhound]

Chickens are cannibals

[fiireforaheart]

I know that my style of joking with friends involves insults but if I ever say something that actually hurts your feelings even if I was joking and you know I was joking please tell me and I wont say that again because its not fun or funny if you’re actually hurting because of what I said

[c0ffeekitten]

A concept: mermaids in wheelchairs

[c0ffeekitten]

Another: shapeshifters with stretch marks

[c0ffeekitten]

Religious vampires trying to find ways to balance their ideologies with their needs

Sirens learning sign language so they can communicate without enchanting anyone

Disabled fairies who can’t fly pushing for accessibility

Spirits helping save people from fires and other natural disasters because they can access areas too dangerous for the living

Dragons becoming foster parents and providing super safe homes for “hordes” of children until they grow up

[c0ffeekitten]

Female werewolves with facial hair and body hair not letting anyone make them feel bad about it

Fae snatching children from abusive homes and raising them in safety while the changeling wreaks havoc

Liberated genies using their power to fight for human rights

[c0ffeekitten]

Witchy cooking shows where witches try to make specific potions or find creative magical solutions to problems

Psychic psychologists and medical doctors who are able to figure out exactly how to help even if their patient is non-verbal, young, or afraid of being honest because they’re with an abuser

Psychic teachers knowing just what to do to help students with learning disabilities

[ravingliberal-deactivated201802]

Yes please. 

[sexylibrarian1]

I just slammed the reblog button so hard my phone broke.

[inumorph]

Hell hound service animals

[iamthegalaxychaser]

Long (Inktober Day 5)

I guess this is for Inktober day 5?

Yes, I haven’t done Inktober day 3 or 4. Yes, it’s October 8th. Yes, it isn’t really ‘long’, is it? Yes, the writing itself isn’t 500 words long. I don’t care.

The real name of this is ‘Thursday’, by the way, in case anyone wanted to know. I guess the writing itself will better explain my awkward introduction, so here we are.

Thursdays

I'm bad at this whole 'motivation' thing. Even when I manage to find the words to say to myself to give me drive to work I still fall short, fall back into a dangerous routine, a pattern of sleepless nights juxtaposed against a background of unfinished work

Sometimes I wonder if it's just me If everyone else has the internal engine that lets them force themselves to do something even when lacking any motivation Sometimes I really believe it's just me

It gets lonely at the top, reaching the summits of a mountain of homework and missed opportunities Sometimes I wonder if it's just me If my life is ever changing, interesting, and new and it's just me that is mundane Stale

Stale like the cereal I have for breakfast every morning Even when I barely have the motivation to eat I don't think I'm depressed, just empty I don't think I have a personality

Sometimes I wonder if it's just me If everyone else grew older and sprouted traits and interests and I just wilted and withered away, losing weight and color I think about every opportunity I've missed, every statement I forgot while speaking that I didn't ever remember Won't ever remember

I think about these things and get seasick Rocking back and forth in queasy motions Dark ocean waters crashing against the inside of my skull Illuminated by no light, no moon Just migraines in my lost eyes

Sometimes I think about not being alive I don't think I'm suicidal, just empty I don't think I want to exist at all

Life is the light of a thousand suns But that does no good for a blind man, calling out into the night for himself Even the weekend brings no rest, even rest brings no energy Just brighter suns that warm your skin and heart and you tell me to just open my eyes But my eyes are open It's just that I can't see

It's hard to say goodbye to the things I write Even if I keep them close to me forever Publish them, print them out, frame them on my wall There will still always be a moment where they are finished, where I have no more to add I feel the urge to cling to them, to cry, to beg for them to give my life some sort of meaning But it falls on deaf ears I'm asking myself My writing is a part of me and I have no answers

Every day is a Thursday to me They aren't the end They aren't a fresh start They're just another day and I have nothing to say about them

I desperately want to keep reading, to continue past the inevitable end,

[tardisblue-pandas-deactivated20]

Smart and lazy is a horrible combination that results in disappointed teachers, exasperated friends and a whole lot of bad doodling

[wytchlock-deactivated20200207]

Oh shit this was literally me in school

[the-impossible-mind-deactivated]

Don’t forget those angry parents and half finished homework assignments crumpled in your binders

[reganmariie]

Im smart and tired I want to do good but i dont feel like trying anymore

[iamthegalaxychaser]

👏GIFTED👏BURN👏OUT👏KIDS👏EXIST👏

it isn’t just a ‘personality type’, its an issue due to pressure, anxiety, expectations, and lots of other mental health related issues that go along with growing up ‘gifted’

'Burnout’ is characterized mainly by

Depression (Either increased clinical/major depression, or a newly appearing reactive depression/thyroid disorder)

Immense loss of motivation

Apathy/indifference

Exhaustion

Lowered grades (for those still currently in school, or, alternatively, lowered performance at work)

A sort of confused, ‘fuzzy’ feeling in your head

Headaches

Higher chances of recreational drug use (especially weed or over the counter, depends on what you have access to)

Difficulty staying focused

Frequent nose bleeds (though that’s a lot less common)

Consequential self harm as a comping method for symptoms (Remember, self harm isn’t just cutting, it can also just be not caring for yourself, not practicing proper hygiene, not taking your meds, among many other things)

etc.

If you were listed as gifted or exceptionally intelligent from a young age and experience some of these things, you may be feeling burnout and should talk to a therapist/psychiatrist/family doctor about what you can do to gain motivation! It is a very serious issue and should be dealt with as soon as possible.

You can get help! You can get better! Don’t just ‘try to live with it’, because, if not confronted, it will get worse! Stay safe everyone!

[pinkprincessrei-deactivated2020]

ARE YOU A BONE OR BLOOD PERSON.

ARE YOU A VOID OR ABYSS PERSON.

ARE YOU A ROT OR DUST PERSON.

[massivelimestonecube]

tumblr glitched and decided to display this post with a slight tremor and i thought i was hallucinating but i managed to record it

[vaporwavevocap]

Blood, void, rot.

[iamthegalaxychaser]

Damn, Blood and dust, obviously, but I can’t choose between void and abyss... I like ‘em both haha ;)

[iamthegalaxychaser]

sorry, my friends are cooler than you, it’s just true

not to insult anyone, but my friend just texted my that he and his friend just finished up doing graffiti on the bridge near where we go to school and i rolled my eyes bc jfc it isn’t the 90s anymore

but then he sent me a pic and he and this girl spray painted shit like ‘dont jump’ and ‘someone somewhere cares about you’ like??? yo 

sorry just had to put that out there

[dxactivatxdusxr]

A group of rough looking boys walked past me today and all I heard of their conversation was “he’s got that anxiety disorder bro so I went with him so he’d be more comfortable” and it made me realise the world isn’t all that bad

[fitzefitcher]

#this is team skull

[micdotcom]

Do this four times repeatedly and you’ll be out. But how does it work? There’s some real brain science behind it.

[discoverynews]

We’re trying this tonight!

[askragtatter]

It’s about time someone got around to uncovering all the cheat codes for this “human being” software. It’s only been out for like 10,000 years.

[queenofsabah]

?????????????

[potatogestapo]

I’ve used this technique for about a year, and I can safely say that it has efficiently transformed my sleeping habits from several hours of struggle to fall asleep, to passing out in a matter of minutes.

[rewritethis-story]

It’s a form of Alexander Technique. It’s a technique that was designed for actors to keep their body in ready working condition and give it the best way to perform. This is the method used to calm, and center the body. Once the body is at that point it can perform anything you want it to.

[queensimia-deactivated20181215]

Reblogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.

My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed - I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control. 10/10 would recommend.

[orikomi-deactivated20181216]

me gonna try it

[aconitvms-deactivated20171225]

dont wanna reblog but insomnia is a bitch for some ppl so heres for my mutuals having trouble sleeping.

[vaportea]

Thank you Papa Smoke for the forbidden sleeping techniques

[iamthegalaxychaser]

Divided (Inktober Day 2)

Her hands slammed against the glass, throat choked with fear, and yet her screams were unheard. Cascading hair fell like autumn leaves, stripped away from the child's scalp in curly black sheaves. The mother found her voice only to lose her mind, fingernails scraping against the wall, raw. Her heart and soul bled, tear stained cheeks reddened, lips swollen. Her child heard her pleading cries, her begging lungs, and could barely blink, paralyzed. White gloved hands stole future possibilities from the life of their eyes, cementing the lackluster look of indifference on their face.

Trembling lips were host to teeth, digging in deep. Blood trickled down the mother’s chin, down her neck. Fangs brushed by the child’s jaw, skating down the soft skin until they pierced flesh and muscle. The child’s eyes rolled back into their skull and veins swelled, fuller with life for a moment.

That moment ended. In a near instant, their skin began to stretch over dry, growing bones, poking out at angles. Ears hooked up and pointed at the tips, fingers crawling, spindly. Their bare scalp forced out frail gray hair, wispy patches, hardly hair at all.

The mother felt a fist close around her ankle.