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Oh wouldn’t this be tragic if word of this spread out everywhere possible?
Oh no…my hand slipped…
Reblog the shit out of this…
It would be an utter tragedy if I were to accidentally hit the Reblog button on this.
PART TWO
Scottish Twitter is fucking wild
The voice in my head read all these with an accent
This slaps harder than anything the Beetles ever released
This is… the greatest thing…
I’m sitting here, listening to this repeatedly with the biggest case of the music shivers ever. I’m in aural heaven
My new favorite song/collabo
im going to bed for a week
And this right here is why a lot of women are skittish about having guys as friends. smh
It really is. I LOVE having guy friends… but it takes a long time to develop them. It takes a long time to feel comfortable enough to really open up. I regularly worry they might think my niceness is an invitation or that their long term intention is sex. I can’t tell you how many times I thought I was past that concern to find out… I wasn’t.
Actually… just last week… someone I felt was a friend and most definitely safe in that role sent me a message asking if we could be FWB. Even after explaining it wasn’t ok to be pushy, he persisted. So now.. someone I thought was a friend is no longer someone I feel comfortable being around or talking to. I’ve known the since he was a kid.
Anyway if you’re from the US and you ever wanted to know what tumblr feels like from a non-USAmerican perspective (please note that the rest of the world is not a monolith either and none of these apply without exception):
Everybody’s talking about brands and stores you’ve never seen in real life. You generally assume they exist, but they might as well be one giant prank the rest of the internet is in on.
You find a post that just sounds wrong. It makes no sense. It’s like OP lives in a weird alternate reality. 9/10 times, it’s just some USAmerican Thing.
You’re still not entirely sure how much an inch is. Or a foot. Or even how many of the former there are in the latter. You maybe know your height in feet and inches.
You have no idea how much a pound is. You’d also like to know how the fuck pound shortens to lbs.
What the fuck is “military time”
Somebody talks about some legal process or something similar. They don’t mention which country’s legal system this pertains to. You know anyway.
People talk about politics. None of it pertains to you. Many posts contain guilt tripping. “How can you not care about this?? Why won’t you reblog this?? People need to know this about x candidate for y position!” You’re busy trying to stay on top of the political landscape in your own country.
You pick up some random slang from the internet. Monkey see monkey do. You’re called racist. You didn’t know it was AAVE. You learnt it from black letters on white background, not from the mouths of people whose faces you could see. How would you have known? You try to unlearn it.
People tell you that you must publicly denounce Chick-fil-A or you’re homophobic. You don’t even know what a Chick-fil-A is.
People say you don’t know LGBTQ+ history. What they mean is you don’t know USAmerican LGBTQ+ history. Nobody cares about your country’s history.
You’re “called out” on using an “offensive” term. It’s (a direct translation of) a completely harmless word where you live.
People expect you to have an idea of how far apart 2 USAmerican states are. You barely know geography past your country’s immediate neighbors.
You randomly switch between British and American spellings. Nothing’s real and there are no rules.
People talk about multiple hour car rides and you get twitchy just thinking about it. You suddenly understand why USAmerican cars are so big.
Somebody talks about school shooting drills. You only ever had fire alarm drills.
You see a cool statistic. The study’s only about the US. It’s unfortunately of no use to you.
People misuse/misspell words and names from your native language. It’s tiring.
(You feel sorry for the French. Nobody should be allowed to mangle the word déjà vu like that.)
You’re still not over the fact that USAmerican school children are supposed to say that pledge thing every morning. You’re never getting over that.
You still don’t know why the men are fresh or what the fuck a sophomore is.
Who the fuck pays up first and then fills up gas??? That’s made up, right??
Everybody has a weird obsession with some comfort food you’d never even heard of before you signed up here.
Fellow non-USAmericans, please add anything else you can think of.
Some of these may only apply to me, but:
Every time people talk about healthcare or workers’ rights, you want to cry.
“Christian” is shorthand for “Evangelical Protestant”.
When people make cracks about how tiny European countries are, you want to bring up your own as a counter-example… but then you remember you’ve never even seen most of it.
“Why would [person with a doctorate] from [X country] know how to speak English?”
“That’s not your real accent, is it?”
People using African-American and Black as synonyms.
People who have never been to your home town trying to convince you that it’s a warzone. (Okay, this one is mostly Facebook.)
“I would love to study a second language!” You have studied seven. The only one you can carry a conversation in is the one that’s used in all the movies.
You’re not sure who the “Founding Fathers” of your country would even be.
You’ve never been forced to read any of the classics people mention, and haven’t even heard of some of them.
Apparently a child can cope with seeing a lot of violence, but may only hear the word “fuck” once in two hours. You have no idea how to navigate that mental landscape.
Way too relatable…
Also
“Oh my god how can you not know this song/film/show it’s a classic”
First time seeing people asking for money online for things such as medical treatments or bills
How tf does college work how is it different from university still don’t know
Grammar? I mean I remember some rules
Having a vague understanding of some terms but enough to use them (I hope)
What the actual fuck is your voting system
Ok so this state is shit but why do we hate it?
Where is this meme from/why is this a meme? But I guess it’s funny (I’m still confused about the Robert B. Weide meme)
What time is 8/7c?????
You are deeply disturbed by the concept of credit score and how apparently it controls virtually every single aspect of American existence even to getting getting a job or an apartment
You don’t understand how Americans don’t have National ID cards. In your country it’s virtually impossible to get anything done without a National ID card
You still don’t get the point of primaries since in yours and virtually every other country you know the party chooses it’s own candidate
You don’t get the concept of schools having their own school buses which pick up kids from home
You are used to landlords being people who inherited a second apartment and are renting it for extra cash.In the USA landlords are apparently people who own entire buildings and even entire corporations who own multiple buildings
Why on Earth don’t they allow cashiers to sit down in the USA?
Welcome to the dystopian hellscape, folks
In case any of my non-American followers were wondering, here’s the answer to some of the questions mentioned above:
There are 12 inches in a foot, and a foot is a little less than a third of a meter.
I actually had to look this one up because I didn’t know either, but apparently “pound” came from the Latin term “libra pondo” and lb is short for libra.
“Military time” is just 24-hour time. So 6 pm is 1800. Also they say the times a certain way; 4 am is said “oh four hundred” and 7:30 pm is said “nineteen thirty.” And it’s called that because the American military used that system, because I guess it’s clearer and more efficient?
Chick-fil-A is a restaurant, most popular in the South, that prides itself on its “Christian values.” Which would be fine if they just closed on Sundays and expected their workers to be extra polite, but they also give money to homophobic causes and are generally known to treat LGBT+ people badly.
“Freshman” refers to someone in their first year of high school, or 9th grade. This is the year when most students are 14 and turn 15. “Sophomore” refers to someone in their second year of high school, or 10th grade, and most students are 15 and turn 16. And these weren’t mentioned, but “junior” and “senior” refer to the next and last two years of high school, or 11th and 12th grade, respectively. These four words can also be used to refer to the first four years of college, so sometimes you need to specify “high school freshman” or “college sophomore.”
We do indeed pay for gas before we fill up. You swipe your card at the pump and then when you’re done it charges you for however much gas you took (or you can pay inside with cash and just fill up with however much you paid for). I guess there were too many people who would just fill up and leave without paying.
I know American higher education is different from the systems in other countries, but here, “college” and “university” are synonyms. There’s a technical difference (colleges are smaller and focus on undergraduate studies), so some schools are universities and others are colleges, but for the whole system and experience we mostly use “college” even if you’re technically attending a university.
Obviously I can’t explain all the weirdness of English grammar in one post, much less one bullet point, but if you have any questions feel free to ask me.
Our voting system (at least for presidential elections) is called the electoral college and yes it’s dumb but the way it works is that every state gets a certain number of people called “electors” based on their population. Even though the presidential candidates are the ones on the ballot, technically we’re voting for electors who have pledged to vote for them. Each state’s electors go to the candidate who won in that state, and the vote with the electors is done like a couple of weeks later, but it’s really just a formality these days.
8/7c means 8:00 Eastern Standard Time, 7:00 Central Standard Time. It’s used a lot for tv shows because they air simultaneously in those two time zones.
“Credit score” is basically an assessment of how likely you are to follow through on a promised payment, based on your history of paying your bills on time and such. I’ve never heard of a job wanting to know your credit score, but I suppose it might happen sometimes. As far as I know, though, it’s only used for things where paying people back is considered really important, like renting an apartment, taking out a loan, or getting a credit card.
I dunno what a National ID card is, but we do have ID cards. That’s what a driver’s license is.
Primaries are how parties choose their own candidate here.
Anyway, hope this was at least a little informative! And feel free to send me an ask or something if anyone has more questions.
I dunno what a National ID card is, but we do have ID cards. That’s what a driver’s license is. thanks @scarletteflamerald, this further confirms my suspicion that usamericans without a driving license don’t exist
Actually, people like that aren’t very common near me, but they do exist! Mainly in large cities where public transportation is actually an option, some people just don’t ever get a driver’s license, and they rely on alternate forms of id such as a passport or maybe a library card. Some of those large cities, such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., apparently issue municipal ID cards to their residents.
I, however, have lived most of my life in a suburban area, and around here, pretty much everyone gets a driver’s license because driving is the only way to get anywhere. Public transportation is more or less nonexistent, and things are spread far enough apart that walking or biking is rarely a practical solution. Uber does exist here, but it’s a) a relatively recent development, b) spottily available last time I checked, and c) wayyyy more expensive and inconvenient than just driving yourself, assuming you have access to a car.
I’m sorry, I can’t get past the idea that most landlords in Europe are just… people… vs large companies that own huge chunks of cities in order to profit from renting housing - ACTUAL PHYSICAL HOUSES THAT SHOULD BE OWNED BY THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THEM. Absolutely absurd from the perspective of my entire adult life.
But trying to move past this, I actually have to ask… when you guys take a chemistry or physics class…. are you not forced to learn the conversion between miles and feet, or inches and centimeters? …that alone is making me absolutely furious, largely because I’m jealous.
Two more:
—It’s kind of impossible to explain how BIG the US is to Europeans. Here’s the best I can do: ALL OF EUROPE (east and west!) is 10 180 000 square km. The US? Not Canada, not Mexico, JUST THE US, is 9 833 000 square km. Western Europe is 4 100 000 square km. LESS THAN HALF HALF THE SIZE OF THE US. When we joke about the size of European countries, it’s because there are only a very small handful of states smaller than your countries. My state (Arizona) is almost exactly the same size as Germany. It skews your perspective on the average size of a country A LOT.
—a lot of things about “this state is shit and we hate it” come down to things like the Sweden/Denmark rivalry. I can’t fucking stand people from New Jersey and if I find out you’re from New Jersey you already have a point against you. Why? Because I’m (originally, I’ve moved) from Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvanians can’t stand people from New Jersey. Where I live now, people are just the same about Californians. Why do they dislike Californians? On principle. Don’t take it too seriously. Like, I’ll give you the side-eye if you’re from NJ, but I’m not gonna, like, turn you down for a job because you’re from NJ. It’s not a huge deal.
Just touching on a few here.
I’m from Ohio originally. Which means I’m obligated to hate those from Michigan. It’s a college rivalry thing. Other than that.. I typically dislike states with weird and fucked up laws/politics.
We do learn conversions when taking science classes. It was covered in the first chapter of my Biology class actually. We also learned it in Elementary school.
I have known of jobs that checked credit scores and I’ve had mine run a couple times. It’s supposed to tell the employer how likely you are to need to steal from the company.
Most people will have either a state ID or a driver’s license. However, there are portions of the population that may struggle with the documentation necessary to get these ID cards. You have to have both your social security card and your birth certificate. Getting a copy of your birth certificate costs money and if you don’t live in the state you were born in, you may need internet access and a bank card. If you don’t have an ID card, there is a decent chance you may not have a bank account. You also have to have an address for it to be mailed to in that case. So those without secure housing are going to struggle with this.
As for the poor cashiers. They should be allowed to sit. However, our society sees those who hold these jobs as being lazy, so to not appear even lazier, they don’t let us sit down. Some states do have mandatory breaks for employees, but not all states. My state does not require breaks unless you’re a minor. If I’m scheduled a 12 hour shift… I may or may not be able to sit down for 30 mins and eat during it.
All of this US American stuff is normal to me.. BUT You realize how odd it truly is when you read it out loud from someone else's perspective.
Rape Escape
Easy and very effective
Requires nothing but your body
Includes attack
Very useful to know, pass and share please.
Worth watching
I don’t mean to impose a personal favour on you guys, but I really would like to ask that everyone who follows me reblog this.
I don’t think I made it very clear but last month I was sexually assaulted by someone who I thought was my friend (I don’t want to talk about it don’t ask), and it’s… really fucked with my head.
Had I known this a month ago I would have been able to get away.
So, essentially, I’m really pleading with you to reblog this so everyone who follows you doesn’t get stuck in the same position I was with no way out.
I mean again I don’t want the point of this to be my sob story or whatever but if you could reblog this it would seriously mean a lot
and im asking to all of my followers who see this post in your dashboard to please press play to this video, you never know when this is gonna be
useful, PLEASE DON’T IGNORE IT.
This is one of the first moves I was taught in Krav Maga, and it is one of the most effective.
It took me about a half hour to get down with practice, but once you get it, it’s an intuitive movement.
Please pass this along, it will save lives.
Important
Please reblog this.
Please, if you see this, Reblog it.
If you see this, reblog please.
not witchy but definitely worth watching, stay safe
Always signal boost. Stay safe everyone.
WATCH THIS SHIT!! It’s easy, and it’s important. Please, please stay safe
Just some January 6, 2021 Twitter highlights
Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and it’s amazing how many men I’ve run into bc they expected me to move
Gotta try it
I work (and walk) on a college campus. I’ve lost count of how many men I’ve smacked shoulders with.
Recently, I was standing outside my son’s classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didn’t; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadn’t leapt out of his manly path.
Now I’m wishing I’d leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, “My Liege!”
I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.
Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where I’m the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.
Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friend’s medication, and I didn’t understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literally—one guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because that’s just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.
I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought I’d had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.
I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I “looked like a soldier.” I’m not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.
Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.
WALK LIKE YOU’VE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA
It’s called the Murder Strut.
IT’S BACK!!!!!! I was searching for this to show my daughter the other day and couldn’t find it. I’m so glad IT’S BACK!! I will always reblog the Murder Strut!!
A guy on a bike went around me because he could tell I had no intention of moving. Thanks to this post.
One day and I bumped into a guy while doing the Murder Strut and he apologized to me even though I was the one who had bumped into him.
It works wonders.
In case you were wondering, yes you can do this in a wheelchair. Same look in your eyes and let ‘em know you will run them down. Just picture yourself in a sports car accelerating towards someone with the intention of flattening them.
If there’s anything more satisfying than watching Abled men leap out of my way when they realize I’m not moving for them, I can’t think of it atm.
Walk like you’ve been sent to murder Captain America.
Wheel like you’re gonna win the Indy 500 and don’t care how.
Your crutches are short swords; walk like you can see them buried in the bodies of anyone who crosses (in front of) you.
Tumblr: teaching women how to be Moses and part the fucking Red Sea with the power of their minds.
I had never seen these updates to the Patriarchy Chicken Game before and they are all a goddam DELIGHT
I was walking down a crowded avenue, and a man was coming right for me, with purpose. I raised my arms across my chest like Wonder Woman and he finally swerved at the last minute. Chalk up one for us Amazons!
I wore a cape coat and some tall combat heels that made me feel like Darth Vader to work and whenever I walked and you can beat your ass people moved out of my way. Just thought, ‘walk like I’m going to cut down someone with my light saber.’
No, you move.
Q&A time
I’ve never seen this video.
MLK in his own words
Free to struggle. #fauxfreedom
...something worthless and degrading.
some of the best tweets from the last few days
And do captains talk to their police officers about NOT killing innocent, unarmed black people? (via /r/BlackPeopleTwitter)
The importance of conversation
Republicans lost their chance. Their opinion is 💩
Do as I say. Not as I do.
Memes And Laughs
Check. Mate
Petition to change “he looked at her like she was the sun” to “he looked at her like she was the moon” and any other variation bc I look at the moon in wonder and love and amazement while I’ve only ever just squinted angrily at the sun
He looked at her like she was the sun, in that he never looked at her except in frustration. He basked in her warmth, he complained when she was gone, but he never looked. On days she was muted, he complained. On days she was stronger, he hid from her. He never looked at her until she was leaving, and in the beauty of the sunset he wondered how he’d never seen her before.
Words always matter
Jiu Jitsu Instructor Lets Adorable Little Girl Beat Him
Not sure what you’re talking about. He obviously put up a good fight, but was clearly no match for her.
She’s got mad skills for a white belt. I’d be fearful of facing her even now. Much less at blue
This might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen
The teacher’s got mad (teaching) skills too.
