Fuck Your Standards

[impresssonata]

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Recently my uncle was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the jaw. He has since had his jaw removed and replaced with bone from his leg. Unfortunately my mother may be going leave without pay, from the back and forth of getting him to his doctor appointments and surgery. Things are very strapped rig...

[shiftythrifting]

1. a weird plastic bear with a flapping tongue which ended up going to the target game on the left 2. the aforementioned game called Hungry Bear Target Shooting Game 3. lovely horse mask 4 and 5. old, beautiful Bach and Chopin plates

From Goodwill in Fresno, CA

[impresssonata]

o.o a friend of mine has that bear game, she’s lost a few of the balls though. 

[spaceyjules-deactivated20180305]

If you call pedophilia a kink please unfollow me and never talk to me again

[spaceyjules-deactivated20180305]

Isn’t it disgusting that 23 people just unfollowed me

[clarknokent]

Unfollow me too

[gothhabiba]

this goes double if you call paedophilia a disability. unfollow me twice

[closet-keys]

and if you call pedophilia an “orientation” or in any way compare it to being LGBP+ you can unfollow, delete your blog, and set yourself on fire. 

[peachypastel]

I just lost 50 followers.. bye

[katiemcgrxth]

clearing out the trash

[bway-grimes]

GO ON AND S M A S H THAT UNFOLLOW BUTTON

[moonedknights]

BUHBYE U McNASTIES

[bogleech]

I’ve seen this circulating forever and genuinely thought “no way do I have any of them following me” until this week when it turned out I had all these fuckin “MAP” (pedophile) followers sad to find out I’m an “anti” (normal person) Please leave and also please get guinea worm.

[massive-muscle-freaks-deactivat]

I really hope no one that follows me is like this but for real, if you are, please unfollow.

[hypnoticsymbiosis]

Ditto

[fairyfuckablefrats]

In case you didn’t get the message, if you’re into kids unfollow me; if you’re not into kids, reblog this!!!

[gaylatex724-deactivated20180529]

Buh bye, no thanks

[buggyeyes]

Csa survivor with zero time, patience, or tolerance for pedos/MAPs/apologists/whateverthefuck you sick fucks are calling yourselves.

[ladystiltskin67]

Don’t let the door hit ya in the ass the way out bc I’d have to scrub your nasty pedo germs off it

[impresssonata]

My recent book purchases, all of them second-hand. 

[aurevoir-mes-amis-deactivated20]

the turkey swiss on rye incident

[silver-cirquit-blog]

aha, the full post. get back on my blog.

[doggoschmoggo-deactivated201905]

this is like a book

[bogleech]

introducing yourself on webforums fifteen years ago like:

You: uhhhhh hi I’m new i guess, just wanna chat about my favorite show too or whatever

iNvAd3rJ1M posted: *pounces* HELLOoOOOO NEW PERSON!!! *throws confetti*

911_NVR-FRGT posted: Hi there! You’ll find a Relaxed Atmosphere Here in Our Community! *points* Beer is In The Fridge, Curfew Is At 9! Haha I’m old

SSJgoku1994 posted: I am a pineapple! Monkeys!!!!!

Drag0n~Swords posted: Forsooth, a stranger doth enter the realm!

dumbledoreftw posted: Welcome! Hope you stick around! We don’t bite….. much!!

Greg posted: HITLER WAS A MISUNDERSTOOD GENIUS AND ILL GIVE YOUR WHOLE FAMILY AIDS IN HELL YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Lady*Unicorns*76 posted: “lol” (Laughing Out Loud!) don’t worry about greg sweetie! He’s just our little pet troll and you get used to him!! ;-) <3<3<3

[impresssonata]

That is disturbingly accurate. 

[xxchibi-blog]

Lil Simple Farmer Geoff 

Consider buying me a coffee to help fund me to RTX sydney

[impresssonata]

So cute >w<

[hairsmart]

hairsmart

[hellfucingshitfuck-deactivated2]

hades isn’t a badass. hades named his three-headed-guard-of-the-underworld-dog spot. hades whispers to his flowers to make them grow. hades grows fruit. there’s no sun in the underworld.

hades isn’t a badass. stop saying this false thing

[oldcicadahymns-archived]

#hades probably double knots his laces

[zenosanalytic]

In myth, Hades’ most remarked upon traits are 1) how responsible/reliable he is, 2) how sober-minded he is, 3) how dedicated, implacable, and long-remembering he is, and 4) how boring and grim most of the other Olympians think he is to be around. Oh and notably, that if you play him a song he likes, he’ll basically give you anything you ask for (though not without conditions.)

Hades is, canonically, a gigantic nerd. If they’d had train sets, he’d have been the Olympian who collected train sets, meticulously corrected with exacto knife and hobby-paints the errors toy-makers introduced to those train sets, and then endlessly talked about those train sets to anyone sat next to him at thanksgiving dinner (when he wasn’t trying to rope them into an interminable discussion about gardening or divine law, that is.)

He’s the sort of god who frequently handed out punishment like giving someone a million-piece puzzle where every piece is shaped the same, that resets itself at the start of every day if you don’t complete it, and then he keeps the last piece on his person at all times as a secret private joke for eternity because he finds you personally distasteful (not even because he’s mad at you or hates you particularly; he just doesn’t like you as a person)

He is. A. Gigantic. Nerd.

[ronandhermy]

He’s also like one of the only gods who is faithful to his wife. And he listens to her like when she asks for a soul to be released and he’s like “But honey, the rules.” And she just gives him that look and he goes “Yes dear,” and lets the soul go with the easiest freaking instructions ever in a myth. And the human still fucks it up. Not his fault Persephone, not Hades’ fault this time.

Essentially, Hades is sorta like the accountant suburban dad who collects really specific figurines and gets really grumpy when people mess up his lawn. Do you know how hard his wife worked on those roses? He is calling his attorney. Oh wait, he is also an attorney.   

[and-beastly]

anonllama you’ve probably seen this before but oh well~

[heroineimages]

Of Chronos’s sons, I always felt like Hades was probably the least ignoble. Modern portrayals of him as being synonymous with the devil are ignorant and prejudiced–and probably somehow the Victorians’ fault.

[char-portraits]

Aww, those poor Victorians get blamed for everything. :)

Hades/Pluto has been conflated with the christian Devil/Satan/Lucifer since late antiquity. It’s very common to turn an old god into a demon so that the new god can take over, and the distinction between ruler of Hades and ruler of Hell is soon lost. This goes on through the Middle Ages, with Hades taking aspects of the Devil and vice versa. In the Divine Comedy, Pluto presides over the 4th Circle of Hell.

The nuance of the original myth resurfaces during the Renaissance and later Romanticism (early Victorians included), with the rediscovery and idealization of all things Greco-Roman. The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice becomes wildly popular, and Hades stops looking like a bad copy of Satan. However, he’s still associated with death (duh), and therefore the macabre (“the Night’s Plutonian shore” and all that).

(Meanwhile, it was another maligned deity that was vilified by Christianity, idealized by classicism, and then sent back to hell by the Victorians: Pan. Arthur Machen wrote “The Great God Pan” in 1890, identifying him with the Devil himself. Of course, in all likelihood, Pan and similar deities were the reason why the devil got horns and cloven hooves in Christian folklore in the first place.)

But Hades wasn’t out of the frying pan yet. In the 20th century, new mass media would draw extensively from Greco-Roman mythology. Unfortunately, its nuances were utterly lost in the Heroes Vs Villains structure. In 1926, the Italian film “Maciste all'inferno” would feature a very old trope: the Underworld is Hell, and Pluto is the Devil.

In 1969, the hilarious “Hercules in New York” (Schwarzenegger’s first appearance) features Pluto as one of the villains. The trend continues all the way to Disney’s “Hercules”, “Xena”, and “Clash of the Titans”. Basically, unless it’s an ambitious Orpheus adaptation, whenever Hades appears on film or television, he’s the Bad Guy ™.

Superhero comics had a similarly slanted approach. Marvel’s Pluto is introduced in 1966 as a scheming supervillain who wants to overthrow Zeus. And DC’s Hades in the “Justice League” TV series is yet again portrayed as the devil, goatee and everything.

The last dishonorable mention goes to Dungeons & Dragons. In “Deities & Demigods”, the Greek pantheon gets stats and alignment entries, and Hades is Neutral Evil. D&D settings are traditionally based on the concept of opposing cosmic forces, so poor Hades gets stuck with the Evil part.

…And that’s exactly how Greek mythology does NOT work.

Hades, this much maligned chthonic deity, Lord of the Underworld or Persephone’s (the actual ruler’s) Consort, is depicted carrying a scepter, grains and seeds and flowers, a horn of plenty. Not a bloody pitchfork. He is feared, to the extent that humans fear death, but he’s also admired as a wise and just ruler, respected for preserving the natural order, and worshipped for his fertility aspect.

To understand him we must first understand his realm, and how it was perceived. Hades, the underworld, is nothing like hell. While eternal punishment/reward exists, it is reserved for exceptionally vile or virtuous mythical figures, it’s not the afterlife anyone fears or aspires to. Unlike the Christian Hell, the prospect of Tartarus is never used as a cudgel to scare people into conforming with the divine law.

Hades is where the Shades of the dead reside. It’s a grim and bleak place, as death is the antithesis of life: no joy, no desire, no memory, no purpose. And no torment, either. There’s nothing deliberately mean about it, and it’s the great equalizer. It sucks for Achilles just as it sucks for the lowliest peasant. In fact, Achilles’s shade in the Odyssey declares he would much rather be a humble servant above ground than king of kings among the dead.

Essentially, Hades is a cosmic reminder that this life, here on earth, is all we really have. It’s an incentive to cherish life, an imperative to embrace it fully and love it passionately. In a strange way, the greatest gift of the god of death is an uncompromising lust for life. Because it ends.

[remo-ny]

This is a cake.

[babyanimalgifs]

I didn’t know cheetahs meow I’ve always thought they roar my whole life has been a lie

[anarchapella]

Ok but the other one is purring so hard

[valgalart]

If I ever don’t reblog this assume I’m dead

[excessively-english-jd]

Fun fact: technically, because of its inability to roar and its ability to purr, the cheetah is not a ‘big cat’ (or Great Cat) - they are still classified as Lesser Cats.

Also you haven’t heard anything until you hear them cheep.

[ratbastarddotfuck]

Reblog if you’re part of a hostile nation that’s declared war on Australia

[mycroftrh]

Oh my god though guys you don’t know the best thing!  The best thing is: he’s right.

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

And, indeed - they declared war on Australia for not recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside the country.  (Second link.)

[sailurmars]

You’re telling me there has been a Gay Island this ENTIRE TIME and I’m only just finding out about it????

[feitanswife]

WHAT

[gondorsfinest]

okay, but not enough people know the details on this. people at pride were upset about gay rights in australia. so they decided to sail 200 miles into the coral sea just ‘cause and put a rainbow flag on a fucking empty island out of spite. and i’m talking empty. no inhabitants. zero. it was a flat piece of land with a bit of dry grass. now it has a camp site and a post office. 

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

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[ileolai]

Not one of you mentioned that the anthem for this nation is I Am What I Am by Gloria Gaynor. Not. One. Of. You.

[darkpuffin]

A very good micronation. Very good.

[dsudis]

[Proclamation from the Gay & Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands on the occasion of Australia voting yes on marriage equality.]

[moodybluemegamind]

Ryan and Gavin gushing over the gent bunny was so sweet ;-;

[classicfern]

Wait tho pls tell me non british people have also seen this advert bc it’s amazing and very important to me

[benenhaley]

Oh my loooord

[warriorblood1]

The Reviews™ are in

[westieronto]

How most people with invisible illnesses are treated by health care “professionals”

[thefemcritique]

The Golden Girls didn’t fuck around

[pardonmewhileipanic]

pls watch

honestly i really appreciated this scene when I first saw it bc it took me like two years to get a diagnosis for what’s wrong with me

[mttheww]

Dorothy:  Dr. Budd?

Dr. Budd:  Yes?

Dorothy:  You probably don’t remember me, but you told me I wasn’t sick.  Do you remember?  You told me I was just getting old.

Dr. Budd:  I’m sorry, I really don’t–

Dorothy:  Remember.  Maybe you’re getting old.  That’s a little joke.  Well, I tell you, Dr. Budd, I really am sick.  I have chronic fatigue syndrome.  That is a real illness.  You can check with the Center for Disease Control.

Dr. Budd:  Huh.  Well, I’m sorry about that.

Dorothy:  Well, I’m glad!  At least I know I have something.

Dr. Budd:  I’m sure.  Well, nice seeing you.

Dorothy:  Not so fast.  There are some things I have to say.  There are a lot of things that I have to say.  Words can’t express what I have to say.  [tearing up]  What I went through, what you put me through—I can’t do this in a restaurant.

Dr. Budd:  Good!

Dorothy:  But I will!

Dr. Budd’s date:  Louis, who is this person?

Dr. Budd:  Look, Miss–

Dorothy:  Sit.  I sat for you long enough.  Dr. Budd, I came to you sick—sick and scared—and you dismissed me.  You didn’t have the answer, and instead of saying “I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with you,” you made me feel crazy, like I had made it all up.  You dismissed me!  You made me feel like a child, a fool, a neurotic who was wasting your precious time.  Is that your caring profession?  Is that healing?  No one deserves that kind of treatment, Dr. Budd, no one.  I suspect had I been a man, I might have been taken a bit more seriously, and not told to go to a hairdresser.

Dr. Budd:  Look, I am not going to sit here anymore–

Dr. Budd’s date:  Shut up, Louis.

Dorothy:  I don’t know where you doctors lose your humanity, but you lose it.  You know, if all of you, at the beginning of your careers, could get very sick and very scared for a while, you’d probably learn more from that than anything else.  You’d better start listening to your patients.  They need to be heard.  They need caring.  They need compassion.  They need attending to.  You know, someday, Dr. Budd, you’re gonna be on the other side of the table, and as angry as I am, and as angry as I always will be, I still wish you a better doctor than you were to me.

[jennytrout]

Reblogging for any of my mutuals who’ve ever dealt with Dr. Budd.

[stupidjewishwhiteboy]

“Shut up, Lewis”

[sailormoonwannabe]

Golden Girls is a show that will forever go down in history for touching many stories that other shows wouldn’t even go near. Thank you for giving me laughter, but also addressing issues in an appropriate manner.

[the-david-ten-inch]

@thebibliosphere

[impresssonata]

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[impresssonata]

The Annoying Go Insane

Genevieve Estúpido was bored with her life, every part of it just seemed so monotonous to her. Wake up, go to the bathroom, start the coffee, sit at the computer waiting for the day to be over. Even the thought of her husband of twenty-five years held no interest for her. He was a dull man who liked the same routine every day, who enjoyed vanilla sex, and clung to his outdated beliefs. For years now, Gen couldn't possibly understand why she'd married him in the first place. It wasn't like he was a handsome man, with his too small for his face eyes, dishwater blond hair that was beginning to recede in the worst way, and a beer gut that had only gotten larger and larger as the years went on. No, she couldn't believe the young woman she'd been would've found him attractive at all. However he was the only one to ever show her the slightest bit of attention, which she craved more than anything else in life. Gen needed to be adored by all those around her. A thing that was never to be. She wasn't a very talented woman, or smart, or interesting in anyway.

That's why she spent so much of her day surfing various places online. Creating a person in her mind that was everything she never could be in her real life. Gen was disabled and couldn't work, couldn't do anything that she considered fun. Online though. She was a brilliant writer, an adventurer, an expertly skilled seamstress that made a pretty income by selling her sewn goods. Above all, she was a sexy woman still in her mid-twenties who loved to do things her husband could never, would never, do for her. In her online persona she loved to flirt with anything that came across as male, maybe even another woman from time to time. Trolling the internet for dirty cybersex. Gen never cared if the other person was really handsome, or even of age. None of that mattered on the internet, everyone was whoever they wanted the world to believe them to be.

Ping!

“Ouch!” Gen whimpered out as the fresh cup of coffee in her hand spilled onto her fingers, she had jumped from the sudden noise that broke through the early morning silence. Gently placing the mug onto her desk, Gen looked to see who had summoned her.

HandsomeOtaku87: Hey Tulipgirl! Haven't heard from you in a while. Did you die or something?

TulipgirlCutiepie: -pouty face- No I didn't die. Not this time anyway. Had to go back to the hospital, my chest has been bothering me again.

HandsomeOtaku87: :( oh no! R u feeling any better?

I am now. Ran through her mind now that she'd gotten the sympathy she'd been looking for ever since she'd gotten back. David hadn't really cared, beyond saying that she'd be fine and going back to his on affairs. He didn't believe for a moment that Gen had been really in any danger. After all she'd been to the hospital a few times just this month for random pains and symptoms she had Googled. Even the doctors didn't believe her. What do they know. The bastards, I am sick. I am dying. Just like that other girl on Solia! Genevieve had seen the threads dedicated to that poor girl. She craved that kind of outpouring of love towards herself.

HandsomeOtaku87: u there?

Crap I got distracted.

TulipgirlCutiepie: Yea, sorry I spaced out there for a second.

Getting bored with Handsome, it was time to check on all the places she's posted in on her favorite avatar site. Everyone was so nice to her there, they didn't bully her like that other site's users did. Calling her stupid, and other hurtful things. Gen didn't have to worry about that on this site. There also was a gentleman she really wanted to follow, she wanted to grab his attention anyway she could. So far it has been a bust. Why would he ignore her? Everyone on Solia had to love her. Everyone.