emma

a little sad, a little glad, mostly tired

[berryspoetrybookreviews-deactiv]

Poetry Prompt

Lost all the teeth

[goawfma]

PLS UNMUTE I’M MF DECEASED ASJAKJSASHSHASKJ

[southernteddybear-deactivated20]

[tami-taylors-hair]

I was in line at Aldi and this girl with two toddlers in front of me had her card declined and she looked so fucking sad and said “let me call my husband real quick” and it was only 18 dollars, so I just paid for it, and she was very sweet and then as she walked off, the lady behind me said `”You know that was probably a scam, right?” and like, even if it was, like what a sad fucking scam, right? 18 dollars at the Aldi. If you’re “scamming” me for some Tyson chicken and apple juice and cauliflower, then just take my fucking money. 

“A scam” people are fucking wild.  

[dragginage]

This happened to me, too. A woman had used WIC for the majority of her stuff (which I say from personal experience is such a long and embarrassing process) and to buy the remainder of her groceries, which included diapers and wipes, she used a card, and it got declined. I bought the other $30 of her groceries because hey, I’ve been there, and now I’m not. She was extremely emotional and began to cry and even hugged me. My mom called me on the drive home and could tell I had been crying myself, asked what was wrong, and when I told her what happened, she berated me for being “duped.” I couldn’t believe she could be so disappointed in one of her children for doing something- nice? Is that the hill you want to die on? Getting mad about people needing groceries?

[systlin]

I once paid for a woman’s bill at the vet…it wasn’t a big one, but she was trying to pay for some medication for her dog, and her card was declined. And her lip started trembling, and she says “I don’t get paid until Tuesday, would he be ok until then?” 

So I just told them to add the $20 something onto my bill, and I thought she was going to break down crying right there.

And I don’t care if it was a scam or not. Just do nice things for people sometimes. 

[flurrin]

Do good recklessly.

[solarpunk-gnome]

I think “Do good recklessly” would be fantastic word art to hang on one’s wall. Artistic people, go!

[7faerielights]

So this has happened to me but from the other side. Several years ago when my oldest was around three or so, I had my debit card decline at Walmart. It wasn’t a scam or a mistake, I was genuinely broke. Out of money. I checked my bank and discovered I had something like 7 dollars left to my name and a hungry kid and nothing to eat at home. So I sat there trying to come up with the best way to stretch that tiny amount of money to feed my kid. Not even to feed me. I can live on popcorn or something if I have to but my kid was three and he had to eat. So there I am trying really hard not to cry while I slowly take things out of my basket to get it down to under 7 bucks, when a lady tapped me on the shoulder. I looked up and she smiled at me and started putting the things back in my cart. I opened my mouth to tell her that I didn’t have the money for them but she stopped me right away and said “Don’t worry about it. It’s gonna be fine.” Then she handed the cashier her credit card and said “Ring up all of it.” My kid got to eat because of her. I got to eat because of her. I had laundry soap and deodorant because of her. She could’ve just ignored me silently struggling in that line. She could’ve decided I was a scam and gone home feeling good about avoiding being duped. But instead she chose to help me and she saved us. So maybe the person struggling in front of you is trying to put one over on you or maybe they are just sad and broke and trying to figure out what to do. You get to decide which you want to believe and what you want to do. But I’ll tell y’all, no one has ever been more beautiful to me than that lady in that line who saved me and my baby. Be like her. Be beautiful.

[29-pieces]

Do good recklessly

[lightningchaserarts]

DO BETTER. BE BETTER. STRIVE TO BE BETTER.

DO GOOD RECKLESSLY

[averagemarvelbitch]

One time, my dad and I were living the grocery store and there was a guy outside asking for money to buy some stuff to take home for his kids. It was around Christmas time. My dad asked him if he could give him groceries instead of money, and the guy immediately said yes, so my dad gave him one of everything we bought (meat, rice, some chocolates, milk, oil). At that time, my dad hadn’t gotten his paycheck because the company he worked for was going through a tough time, but he didn’t care, he saw an opportunity to help someone and he did.

Another time, my dad gave 50 bucks to a guy who said he needed to buy medicine for his kids. I told my dad he was probably going to spend the money on alcohol or something, but my dad said that “whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when I have the means to says something about mine”.

I never forget that.

[tisfan]

“whether he was lying or not says something about HIS character, but hearing someone in need and choosing not to help when I have the means to says something about mine”

louder, for the people in the back

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

[5nkc7hdrl-deactivated20180324]

[cr-familiar-faces]

Windex isn’t carbonated 

[cr-familiar-faces]

[killin-the-machine]

The use of the princess bride implies that they’re both windex

[pinsir]

it also implies that op developed immunity to windex

[awwcutepets]

And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

[roguemechanic]

The abyss looks angry.

[geekgamer]

[glompcat]

It’s a minor pet peeve, but it is everywhere today so errrr…. please keep in mind that “Rest in Peace”/RIP literally comes from a latin phrase and is a very very deeply Christian expression.

When talking about the departed, Jews say “may their memory be a blessing.”

So please, when talking about a dead person who is Jewish, try to keep in mind that RIP is a Christian phrase.

[meggory84]

I learned something today, so I’ll pass it on so someone else can learn too

[catsandmadteaparties-deactivate]

Muslims say:

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (Arabic: إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ‎)

“We belong to Allah and to Allah we shall return.”

[d3adromancesociety-deactivated2]

I just say “May they find peace in the afterlife”

[welcometothemusicandthemisery]

I never knew that I thought RIP was just a general thing. This is why posts like this are important

[devilearper-deactivated20200604]

Gay guys are not here to be your gay best friend

Lesbians don’t exist to be fetishized

Bisexuals aren’t greedy, more likely to cheat, or confused

Transgender people don’t just want attention and it isn’t a phase

Asexuals are completely valid and should be 100% accepted in the lgbt+ community

Pansexual is not the same is bi, nor is it less valid

Demisexuality is not the same as being a “regular” person. It is a valid sexuality.

Non-Binary pronouns are not hard to respect

Polyam people are not gross or greedy, and deserve to be happy with their partner(s)

[27-umbrellas]

Who is this???

Wrong answers only

[septic-everlasting]

Bruce Wayne

[impossiblerebelblaze]

The only student in the fifth hogwarts house, Gun

[quietlyrebelling]

John Mulaney about to kill princess Diana

[rayshippouuchiha]

Christopher Robin about to pull the trigger

[blurchur]

First day of life up until 6th grade 

Jumped all the way to Freshman year of High School

Then I cut my hair Junior year, why did I do that

Slowly it started growing back and then….

I finally felt comfortable to express myself (the picture on the left was my debut)

At this point in my transition I am 6 months into HRT

A year on HRT

Over a year and a half on hormones. My transition hasn’t been the clearest path but I am so happy that I am on it.

[blurchur]

Update:

2 years since my coming out 

2 years on hrt

2.3 years on hrt

2 and a half years on hormones 

[blurchur]

Its been a while since I’ve done an update so here it goes

At this point I am 3 years into my Hormone Replacement Therapy. I’m thriving. 

These pictures were taken days apart and I am 3 and a half years into my medical transition (The picture on the right was also posted by Instagram on all their major social media handles attached with an interview I did with them for International Women’s Month)

During this time I was 4 years into HRT. Clearly living for it.

I am currently 4 and a half years into HRT, 5 years into socially transitioning, 6 years into when i first came out to my community around me and I’m loving life more than I ever thought I would. 

[what-even-is-thiss]

High School English Teachers: This is how you interpret it. This is how it is. Explain why it’s like that. That’s what that means.  Annotate the text. I’m going to be very particular about this.

College English Professors: What is your interpretation? Why? Question that. Question everything. Question what I’m telling you right now. Question your own thoughts. Question my thoughts. I don’t know everything. Nothing is certain. F*ck. Just do the reading. I don’t care if you annotate or not. Just prove you’re using your brain. Say something! Sh*t I’m tired of you being quiet. Participation is 20% of your grade you know.

[elsinore-and-inverness]

Them: I have a 500 word paper that I-

English Major: 500 words? That’s not a paper. That’s an abstract. Where’s the rest of it? WHERE IS IT. 

Them: I got a text from-

English Major: A text? What devices does it use? How does it mean? Why does it mean? HOW DO TEXTS MEAN?

Them: You need to turn right.

English Major: Write. Write. Write like you’re running out of time. WRITE DAY AND NIGHT LIKE YOU’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 

Them: I have to do a review of literature for this lab repor-

English Major: You don’t review the literature. You ENGAGE with it. EXAMINE it. RESPOND to it.

Them: I’m allergic to bee-

English Major: TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS THE QUESTION WHETHER TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE OR TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST A

[badcamus-deactivated20260204]

Found this on a subreddit and I nearly fucking choked.

[decaffeinated]

Reblog to yeet away your followers’ dysphoria.

[despazito]

[despazito]

this is the only video we need in 2019

[jamiebluewind]

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas to my Christian, Catholic, and Santa lovin readers*,

Happy Haunkkah to my joyful Jewish goofballs,

Blessed Yule to my positive Pagan peeps,

Ramadan Mubarak to my magnificent Muslims**,

Habari gani? to my kind Kwanzaa lovers,

Merry Pancha Ganapati to my honored Hindus,

(source)

Merry Newtonmas to my awesome atheists, agnostics, and secular science lovers,

(source in a post by c0nc0rdance on Twitter)

Happy Boxing Day to all my unique unbeatable users,

An khang thịnh vượng to my vigilant vivacious Vietnamese,

Io Saturnalia to my contrary creative characters,

Happy Festivus to the relevant realistic rest,

(sorry about the image limit!)

And Happy Holidays to all ^_^

PS: Sorry for those that I could not get gifs to work on, those I couldn’t find a safe gif so I had to use screenshots, and those I found after reaching the image limit. I tried my best.

*The reason I included both Catholic and Christian is indicative of the community where I was raised. I’m a tiny tumblr who created this post in a late night moment of wanting to do something nice for my wonderful readers. If I knew anybody but them was going to see it, I would have been more careful! My original post was missing the h on the end of Hanukkah for goodness sakes XD

**Ramadan has passed, but I’m still leaving the greeting as a belated well wish to my lovely Muslim readers ^_^

[glumshoe]

coffee makes you gay

[mattydontstart]

[tradfemmedreams]

A child is a person at every stage of development, and they deserve the right to life.

[feminismandmedia]

This information is just…blatantly false? 

At 6 weeks: 

“Inside, cells that will become your baby’s intestines are developing, along with the bud of tissue that will become her lungs, liver and kidneys.”

Not to mention, that at 6 weeks, a fetus doesn’t have the right to violate the pregnant person’s bodily autonomy.

At 7 weeks:

“Now measuring around 1cm long, your growing baby is about the size of a blueberry.

His hands look more like flattened paddles than palms with fingers. His legs and feet will go through the same development as his arms and hands, just a few days later.”

Does this look like it has fingers or toes? Hmm? Does it???

None of this is even considering that a fetus at seven weeks doesn’t have the right to violate the pregnant person’s bodily autonomy.

At 8 weeks:

You’re right that the tiny fetus is moving at this point, but plenty of single-cell organisms are capable of moving as well. We don’t throw fits about taking medicine to kill, say bacteria–a single celled organism, some of which have the capability of movement–when we get sick, now do we? But the rest is bullshit:

“Her hands are developing ridges where her fingers will be. However, her ankles, thighs, knees and toes are not yet distinct.”

How can something without proper hands be left or right-handed? Oh right, because this is mindless fear-mongering, outside of the realm of reality: 

“Most children have a preference for using one hand or the other by the age of about 18 months, and are definitely right or left-handed by about the age of three.”

Notice how it says children, and not fetuses. 

Oh, man, and I forgot to mention, at 8 weeks, it doesn’t have the right to violate the pregnant person’s bodily autonomy.

At 10 weeks: 

Lies, apparently. More lies.

The fetus cannot open its mouth or suck its fingers until week 11.

Fingerprints are not fully formed until 6 months.

Oh, but damnit, again I’ve forgotten: 

A FETUS NEVER HAS THE RIGHT TO VIOLATE A PREGNANT PERSON’S BODILY AUTONOMY!

This mindless fear-mongering only hurts pregnant people who seek to have an abortion for whatever reason they’d like, which is, scientifically speaking, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

Anyway, ultimately your decision about what to do with your body is literally up to no one but you. And trying to take that right away from people is gross. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

-mod Aleksandr

[kaijuno]

The thing that’s so wonderfully baffling to me is that 90% of the prolife argument is built on just making up blatant lies like most conservative causes at least make an effort to have an argument but the prolife movement really out here just makin up shit