at the start of every month everyone reblogs some insane poetry that’s like “august has arrived and again I swallow my bones in the burning sun” and every time I’m like damn that makes no sense. but kind of true.
Evil wizard tasteful pin-up magazine but it's all photos of like, skinny old goths coyly fingering cursed amulets, long-bearded sorcerers doing the 'oopsie' pose as their corrosive destruction spell destroys enough of their own robes to show some skin, naked desiccated lich king positioning his staff of human skulls just so it leaves something to the imagination, dark knights in full armor just holding their soul-eating blades out in front of their codpieces, orc chieftain who did not understand the assignment and is posing with a monster he killed like one of those guys-with-fish photos. Or maybe he DID understand the assignment. Hmm.
My handwriting is the same style as the teacher’s who I had when I was nine. I’m now twenty one and he’s been dead eight years but my i’s still curve the same way as his.
I watched the last season of a TV show recently but I started it with my friend in high school. We haven’t spoken in four years.
I make lentil soup through the recipe my gran gave me.
I curl my hair the way my best friend showed me.
I learned to love books because my father loved them first.
How terrifying, how excruciatingly painful to acknowledge this. That I am a jigsaw puzzle of everyone I have briefly known and loved. I carry them on with me even if I don’t know it. How beautiful.
I don't want to buy mass-produced garbage from a big box store so I go to etsy but half of etsy is now dropshipped mass-produced garbage or AI slop so I go to the local arts and crafts street market but a ton of those booths are also selling the same generic plastic objects or identical stickers or 3D printed dragons so WHERE do I buy real trinkets and art from sincere freaks
Heart-stopping video shows a 16-year-old lifeguard battling relentless waves to save a child from dangerous surf as beachgoers struggled to
A frantic rescue unfolded at a Santa Cruz beach when a child was swept into powerful, tsunami-like waves, prompting a teenage lifeguard to dive into the life-threatening surf.
The lifeguard — who witnesses said carried out one of the most heroic rescues they had ever seen — was identified as just a 16-year-old high school student, according to local outlet NBC Bay Area. A woman who claimed to be the teenager's mother said on social media that the lifeguard's name is Ryder.
The young child Ryder rescued is believed to be about 10 years old, according to the report.
Video capturing the terrifying rescue shows multiple beachgoers, along with a second lifeguard, trying to enter the water. Many appeared to be quickly overwhelmed as the massive waves engulfed everyone.
"It caught a lot of people off-guard," Vander Dussen, who filmed the video, said. "Unfortunately, this young man was overwhelmed and swept out in just a moment's time."
In the video, the 16-year-old lifeguard was seen diving into the water and battling powerful swells to bring the child back to shore.
Wave after wave, Ryder appeared to strategically gulp air before ducking beneath each crashing breaker.
He would then emerge each time still gripping tightly to the child.
As the pair kept getting swallowed by the waves, multiple beachgoers attempted to help, often without success.
The lifeguard ultimately pulled the boy onto shore. According to NBC Bay Area, the child was reunited with his family and was evaluated by paramedics.
Witnesses commenting on the video said the struggle against the waves lasted much longer than the footage shows, adding that Ryder never let go of the child despite the relentless surf.
Ryder's mother, thanking supporters for the outpouring of praise, responded to requests for a GoFundMe page by saying her son was simply doing what he loves.
"I am blown away by the love, kindness, gratitude and respect you're sending his way!" she said.
"A few people have asked about a GoFundMe - but honestly he was just doing the job that he absolutely loves."
Instead, she encouraged those wishing to support Ryder to donate to the Santa Cruz County Parks Department's Junior Guards program, where she said Ryder and many of his fellow lifeguards trained before becoming old enough to serve.
She also argued that lifeguards should be recognized as first responders because of the dangerous surf conditions they face along the Santa Cruz coastline.
Eric Trump also reposted the rescue video with praise.
"Give this 16-year-old lifeguard the highest civilian honor. This is truly the best of America! Well done!," he said.
The best part is OP got fired because their boss asked why they weren’t “incorporating blockchain technology” into the video switcher they were building and OP straight up said “you have no idea what you’re talking about” and went to lunch
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