i am report everybody, so you best behavior

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: kanato spectrenotes will no longer say "doki doki shimasen ka?" and will instead say "Fuck" as the Creators originally intended 9 years ago

[curiositysavesthecat]

Do you think it's weird and/or predatory for a 13 year-old and a 30 year-old to be best friends if they're not family members or related by blood? Assuming everything is innocent and platonic. Nothing romantic or sexual.

Yes, it's weird and predatory

It's weird. But not predatory

It's predatory. But not weird

No, it's not weird or predatory

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[creelson]

unpopular opinion but I don't think there's anything weird or predatory about an innocent friendship

[dianxiacantastemolecules]

The question is why the fuck is a thirty year old hanging out with a 13 year old if not in their family?? The only other relation that could have them interact is through teacher/student and bring friends like that would be weird as fuck

[creelson]

found family? the kid not feeling safe in their house? the adult wanting to help? family / teacher / school isn't always a guaranteed safe place. should the kid and adult each have friends that are their own age too? sure. but if their friendship is genuinely innocent then I think the problem isn't them but people who project their weird and predatory thoughts onto them

[the-bar-sinister]

Don't forget shared hobbies?

A 13 year old and a 30 year old could reasonably meet at a tabletop gaming store, a fiber arts group, a book club....

[audacityinblack]

They could literally just be neighbors. This whole isolationist thing of never even talking to the people you live closest to is new and weird.

[olderthannetfic]

When I was 13, an art teacher who worked for my mother (who ran after school programs) got into the X-Files. This was season 1. Neither of us knew anyone else who was into it, and she wasn't very online given that this was 1994, so she had nowhere else to discuss it. I'd call her every Friday night after the episode, and we'd obsessively go over it.

I'd probably have called her my best friend at the time, though I very much doubt she'd have said the same, partly because having One Single Best Friend and being super weird about which of your friends gets this coveted spot is not something middle-aged people care about.

Some of you have very weird ideas about 13-year-olds living in hermetically sealed bubbles. Frankly, many neurodivergent weirdo 13-year-olds who grew up to be Tumblr users were far, far better at talking to adults at that age than at talking to other 13-year-olds. Many of you would have had a way happier year if you'd also had an old-ass "best friend" to talk to back then.

[pepperpatrol]

Cross generational friendships are vital to your personal development and the health of your community. The world is made up of many people who are all different ages and you will have to navigate personal and professional relationships with a wide variety of people forever. There is no way around it. Learning these skills starts in your youth.

Obviously you engage with kids at their level. That's just being a basic decent human being. The benefit of cross generational friendships goes both ways. It is good for adults to remember how to engage with the perspective of youth just as much as it is crucial for children to get bite sized insights into more challenging concepts as they grow.

Also there are going to be single people who deserve companionship and community as much as anyone else and that includes the company of younger people. Some people will never find someone whether they want it or not. Some people will get into relationships where forming their own family is simply not an option. That is a simple fact of life. They are not a fucking predator for seeking out human connection with the people around them. A 70 year old woman who never married doesn't have less valuable companionship to offer the people around her just because she never had kids.

Also I think around 30 years old you aren't really giving the designation "BEST" friend as much weight as that thirteen year old does. It is functionally meaningless. A relationship is just a relationship.

[flamingwell]

I've been friends with teachers, religious community members, people who share my hobbies, neighbors, friend's parents and kids of my friends and my parents' friends, people I babysat for, tutors, librarians, etc etc, many of these both as the kid and as the adult in that relationship. Intergenerational friendships are vital for community and for functional development and personal growth, and they're a vital way to protect kids. If a kid has an abusive home life, where do you think they're going to get help and also a model of what healthy adult/child interaction looks like?

[frontmansdefender]

Hmmm I know octopuses are generally sweet and gentle and are just curious sea puppies (and I love them!), that being said, the thoughts of being dragged by my feet by one of them into the deep and dark ocean is… safe to say new fear has been unlocked

Source

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Marine biologist here: this is the giant pacific octopus, one of the largest species of octopus and cephalopod on earth! And while intimidating, and technically powerful enough to do so, most octopuses do not have reason or instinct to pull a grown adult into the water, as their natural diet is comprised of a very different prey of mollusks, crustaceans, and small fish. (And occasionally each-other) This guy was most likely just curious, as octopuses can have the mental capacity of a small child, making them one of the most intelligent animals in the world. And although yes, all octopuses are venomous to some extent, the potency of the giant pacific octopus, though painful, is not fatally dangerous to humans if treated properly, and is only inflicted through bite from their powerful beaks, which are rarely used on humans. it is also not typically aggressive to us, with only about 4 documented attacks on divers having been recorded in the past 25 years or more. As long as you are calm and careful, you will be ok. What an amazing experience. Protect your marine ecosystems so we can ensure a future for these incredible animals!

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

i want it to have sex to me

[pennzooky]

I don’t think the octopus would want that, as breeding for an octopus usually means the end of its life.

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

what, i'm not worth it?

[pennzooky]

I mean the octopus barely knows you. Maybe buy them a drink or two and go on a few dates. Learn their hobbies. I hear octopi keep fabulous gardens.

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

i will woo the beast

[tiktoks-i-enjoyed]

[maidspare]

They need to make out sloppy style

[shencomix]

[gregtom]

[k-simplex-deactivated20241001]

Happy Pride

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[minttttttttttttttttttttttttttt]

sorry but this video is like a parasitic species to me

[helenvaughans]

[zitasaurusrex]

[babyjanedough]

Already know I wanna send this to people on June 1

[isuckattechnology]

Audio:

Erika, referencing ebenezer scrooge: You, boy! What day is it?!

Brennan, as a young boy: It's Pride, bitch!

[clonerightsagenda]

I think this is just a trend everywhere but I've been very frustrated this week by how much admin work is being outsourced to me as the patient/customer.

My orthodontist tells me I can make an appointment with the surgeon. I call the surgeon. They tell me I need a new referral. I call the orthodontist. They do a referral. I call the surgeon. Referral didn't come through. They tell me about their special unique system we have to use. I call the ortho again and walk them through the referral. I call the surgeon. They say the referral was missing some details so they have to do it again. I call the ortho.

The insurance company calls me about repair shops. I give them the name of the repair shop which I already gave them yesterday. They say they're not in their system but I can use them, but I have to call the repair shop to ask them to contact the insurance company. I call the repair shop and they say the insurance company is supposed to email them.

I feel like at a certain point these constant fetch quests become unreasonable?? Is it too much to expect these groups to communicate with each other instead of making me run back and forth between them???

[clonerightsagenda]

Made this post and then the new property manager (who started on Monday and only finally emailed us today because I sent a vaguely professionally hostile email to her boss because I hadn't heard anything and was not convinced she existed) asked for a list of open action items which her predecessor should have had but apparently wasn't keeping track of, which I learned when I met her boss and provided her with the list of open action items, which I guess tragically died in a fire in the last 2 weeks since she was sitting at my kitchen table, being menaced by the skull. How many people's jobs am I doing now

[hlahlahlahlahly]

Executive Function Theft

The phrase arrived in my head so completely formed and concrete that I couldn’t believe it wasn’t already established in the lexicon, but at

[clonerightsagenda]

It has a name!!!

[energyprison]

new enemy i came up with called the "false mimic" this is just some guy that hides in chests and bobs the lid up and down like a mimic breathing. he has 1 hp and if you smack the chest he starts begging for his life snot and tears running down his face

[my-dailydreams]

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

[honeybeeofficial]

everyone say thank you ancient central and south american agricultural heroes for beans

[honeybeeofficial]

everyone say thank you ancient south american agricultural heroes for potato

[kawuli]

everyone say thank you ancient mesoamerican agricultural heroes for maize

[transhuman-priestess]

everyone say thank you to ancient central american agricultural heroes for chili peppers

[littlegrayram]

everyone say thank you to ancient south american agricultural heroes for tomatoes

[jessiesjaded]

Ship dynamics are always like Sunshine and Sunshine protector~ Cinnamon roll and their grumpy one 🤗 Well what about 2 cunts. They're both cunts and that's the dynamic. cunt4cunt.

[depsidase]

[memecucker]

[rosemehdee]

hurting ur friend with a really sad headcanon like