[Unknown]

I wonder, if the stars turned to ashes, would we honor the memory or scorn it?

[imaginarycircus]

Remember calming cat? Remember when tumblr was this color? If you don’t that’s fine. I just feel old and alone.

[should-be-sleeping]

You’re never alone. There is always calming cat.

[storm-of-feathers]

EVERYONE STOP TELLING ME HOW OLD YOU WERE IN 2008 I DONT WANNA HEAR THAT SHIT

[storm-of-feathers]

SOME OF YOU SHOULD BE AT THE OPRHANGE

[storm-of-feathers]

preschool. I meant preschool.

[kitsune1366]

When you first-time boot up a game and have to wait borderline 5 AND A HALF HOURS.

For the game to finish downloading every update and patch since the release.

FINALLY it says complete on everything. And then you get this.

My system says there are NO updates or changes needed, either. 😭

[rob-by]

The pathologization of anger needs to be talked about. What do you mean my therapist is telling me that there’s something “chemically wrong” with me because I am still angry about my mom DYING OF COVID.

of course I’m still angry? My mom and 1.3 million other Americans are dead and you want me to shoot sunshine out of my ass about it?

[rob-by]

“But It’s been 3 years since she died, you have complex grief” yeah and she was on a ventilator for 11 days and she kept writing “I am scared” and “I don’t want to die” on a notepad over and over again. While you were still going out unmasked and unvaccinated and coughing all over each other, I was living a nightmare I couldn’t fucking wake up from. And every single day I’m reminded of it in the form of “haha wasn’t the pandemic such a wacky time haha” and “I’m not getting a booster you can’t make me 🤪 (nobody asked)” and “it’s not real they made the numbers up!!!”

“You’re not coping” Ok here’s the deal; I’ll stop feeling this anger when we have a national memorial (we don’t) or a cdc equipped to stop it from happening again (we don’t) or a population that takes a deadly disease seriously BEFORE it effects them personally (WE DON’T!)

until then, I’m pretty sure my anger is A COMPLETELY NORMAL HUMAN REACTION given the facts at hand

[kitsune1366]

Adding to this if I may?

I worked as a grocery store cashier during the pandemic. I had so many customers NOT wearing masks go through my lane and joke about the plastic barriers AND my face mask being "more than enough" to keep me safe. And so many complained while ripping off masks as they got to me, and we were NOT allowed to turn away service, or we would lose our job. So I had to serve them. And it was terrifying, but I did it.

Then one day, I scanned a rotisserie chicken, and if you've seen them, you KNOW you can smell those fuckers half way down the isle.

I couldn't smell it.

I. COULDN'T. SMELL. IT.

All those protections? Did fucking nothing that day due to how many sick people came through without covering their sneezes or coughs. I told my manager, and she made me KEEP WORKING. OR I WOULD LOSE MY JOB. On the way home, I apologized to my mom (we worked the same hours, in different departments, and carpooled to save on gas) kept my mask on, and once home, immediately quarantined into my room, because we couldn't go to the hospital / couldn't afford the room bills.

Here's the "fun" part.

I dont remember the next two weeks.

I was struck by the no energy / exhausted strain/affect. My dad told me he would use a back scratcher to poke me awake, I would eat, MAYBE half a mug of whatever soup he gave me, and I would then pass out again until he woke me for the next round of food.

If he hadn't done that for me, I would've just slept the whole two weeks and most likely been severely starved or dehydrated, because I couldn't wake myself up.

I couldn't wake myself up, and I can't remember those two weeks.

But sure. COVID was "fake" right? And it was just psychosomatic reactions.

[20thcenturyb0y]

i miss when summers were normal and not literal hell

[gingik]

[tainbocuailnge]

forget everything anyone has ever told you on the matter the truest marker of adulthood is starting to hear the siren call of high quality kitchenware

[tainbocuailnge]

to be clear you SHOULD buy that cast iron pan and you SHOULD buy that knife set and you SHOULD buy that fancy rice cooker and you SHOULD buy that novelty mug. high quality kitchenware is always worth it you’re literally gonna be using that almost every day

[nudityandnerdery]

This seems like a good post to include this link on:

Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose

One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still wort

Talking about popular kitchenware companies undergoing enshittification, and gives you a list of brands towards the end that are more reliable.

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

stop deactivating

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

i thought we all agreed we were here forever

[kirishima-hates-terfs]

[draconic-daughter]

Shoutout to all the trans girls out there who were forced to live as miserable boys during the 2000’s or 2010’s, missing out on all the weird sparkledog scene rawr xd era and who are now gloriously reclaiming this time in their adulthood. All power to you. Be blessed now and forever, colorful creatures. Go outshine god.

[daysleftofsecondterm]

It’s rawr XD time on 910 days left

[teashoesandhair]

I'm in a little local cafe and the women behind the counter started griping to each other, "Oh Christ, Stephen's back again," "It's him, is it? I thought he'd stopped coming," "It's definitely him, look, it's bloody Stephen on a Thursday morning," "Do you want me to get rid of him or are you going to do it?" and so I was peering outside, trying to spot this nightmare customer, this pestilence of a person, this pox upon the cafe trade, and then one of the women from behind the counter ran outside, clapping two trays together loudly and yelling "GET OUT OF IT, STEPHEN!" and it turns out that Stephen is an absolutely gigantic fuck-off seagull who hangs around outside, menacing people for crumbs

[theofficialastronomy101]

NGC 6826, also known as the Blinking Planetary Nebula or Caldwell 15, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It gets its nickname from the visual effect observed through telescopes: when looking directly at the central star, the surrounding nebula appears to fade or "blink" out of view, only to reappear when using averted vision. This is due to the bright central star overwhelming the eye's central vision, while the surrounding nebula is better seen with peripheral vision.

This will be the clearest and sharpest photo you will ever see of NGC 6826

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

How many vampires do you think have been hit by a car backing up in a parking lot because the driver couldn't see their reflection

I’ve never considered it but you’re really shining light on what’s probably a very serious issue

[all-pacas]

do you ever find something that is so funny and you want to share it with everyone but it also requires 18 layers of context spanning things like. 90s anime. aviation history. europop. canada. in order to even remotely understand why it is so funny

[quiltofstars]

The Ghost Nebula, Sh2-136 // Abdulaziz Alfaleh

[tarragonthedragon]

i just got the "see where your blood has gone!" email from giving blood but it glitched and just showed me my current location. which. theyre not wrong. that is where most of my blood is

[intosnarkness]

legit the best advice i can give you: feed your friends

any time someone is in any kind of crisis or upheaval, offer to feed them. tell them they don't have to choose what it is if they can't make decisions, just ask about allergies and preferences and tell them you're just gonna make food happen at their house.

friend having a baby? delivery gift certificate to order food to the hospital after the kid shows up.

someone's relative passes away? offer to make them dinner.

buddy gets laid off? ask if you can order them lunch.

pal stuck in a depressive episode? offer to drive them to fucking mcdonalds, if that's what they want.

people in crisis are tired and sad and angry and the last thing most of them are doing is thinking about feeding themselves. so if you have the ability or time or money, providing that is always, always a good move.

legit i do this all the time, and it is 100% always appreciated. i have taught all my friends that when something happens, we feed each other. it makes people feel extremely cared for, and I cannot recommend it enough.

[sandersstudies]

Right after I reblogged this I found out a friends’ mom was hospitalized — this is such a good reminder

If you can, provide disposable plates/utensils and save them from doing dishes — when my husband was diagnosed with cancer, bulk paper products were our most appreciated gift

[daysleftofsecondterm]

the best thing about the internet is that you can do this even if you aren’t close- if your buddy lives in idk Japan, you can find their favourite takeout place and have them send food to their house. You can order a pizza for someone in Guam while living in Minnesota. There are no limits. Feeding your friends is unleashed.

[shotgunsins]

you start to listen to mcr and suddenly those campy skeleton fingerless gloves start speaking to you like the green goblin mask