[neil-gaiman]

I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase “In these days of political correctness…” talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, “That’s not actually anything to do with ‘political correctness’. That’s just treating other people with respect.”

Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase “politically correct” wherever we could with “treating other people with respect”, and it made me smile. 

You should try it. It’s peculiarly enlightening.

I know what you’re thinking now. You’re thinking “Oh my god, that’s treating other people with respect gone mad!”

Happy Valentine’s Day.

[neil-gaiman]

Eleven years old. Still true.

[escuerzoresucitado]

[dkpsyhog]

You know how canaries were historically brought into coal mines, because if the mine was full of carbon monoxide the canary would die first and the miners would be able to escape before they died too?

I just found the greatest thing.

This is a canary resuscitator.

When the miners notice the canary getting sick with carbon monoxide poisoning, they can close that circular hatch so no more gas gets into the canary cage, and open the valve on that oxygen tank to keep the canary breathing. In other words, they made a spacesuit for birds.

By immediately giving the canary access to clean air, the miners can save it from the poison. The bird lives. To be clear, this is not for economic purposes, this was specifically created because the miners felt bad and wanted to save the bird.

Isn’t that just the perfect demonstration of what humans are like? We started sacrificing small creatures to save ourselves, and then felt bad and spent our valuable resources on saving the critters too. Because yeah the canary was the only way to test for CO, but it’s a living creature too, dammit!

[potter-on-my-wayward-doctor]

[libraryogre]

Union watches out for its members.

[detectivehole]

WHAT is this ad

[raspberrychainsaw]

she doesn’t even make him semi-hard

[trashrunes]

[hellsitegenetics]

Just saw someone call you a bot put some respect on their name okay!!!! Didn't you say you did this all by hand 😭😭

the best thing to see is people in the tags going "this is a new bot" before scrolling through my blog and slowly realizing im actually just an insane person

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Once again reminding people that therapy is not where you send people to be "fixed" or to make them "normal." It's frankly scary seeing how common that narrative is, especially in neurodivergent communities.

Some of you all really see therapy as a magical fix to make someone "functional" in society, that'll get rid of all their weird and annoying bits to make them more palatable to everyone else, ache that's a fucked up, cruel, and horrifically ableist mindset to have.

[sayruq]

[ochremutt]

I love being a dog. Sometimes this working drive can get on my nerves, but when I can go for a ride or do some physical labour, it's great.

I'm a dog built for distance and hunting. My life is fufilled by doing just that. When I'm out om a bike ride, I love chasing other bikes or cars. Animals too sometimes. The other day, a rabbit crossed my path and ran up onto a bridge. Oh that was fun. It just ran into a bush on the other side and was fine.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[official-boob-posts]

official boob post

[aru]

Tumblr Code.

[geekishchic]

If I ever see any of you in public, the code is “I like your shoelaces”

that way we know we’re from tumblr without revealing anything

I’m just going to say this to strangers until i find a tumblr person

must keep reblogering!! Im going to be so suspicious if any one tells me this now!

Remember the answer is: I stole them from the president.

always reblog tumblr identification

[ty-bayonet-betteridge]

good god this just crossed my dash in the year of our lord 2023

[jeremysknoxes]

I LIKE YOUR SHOELACES??? IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024??

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Let’s take it to 4 million, folks!

[misfiterators]

we did it!

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

WIBTA if I donated an old-ish, very used mattress?

CW for NSFW talk

my partner and I (both late 20s) are gearing up to plan a move and whenever we do, we don't want to take our old mattress with us. its a memory foam, we bought it new around 2019 and have slept on it since then, and while it's still usable as a bed, it's not the most comfortable. also, we have a very active sex life and have gotten...well, a little messy on it. multiple times. which, since it's memory foam, I don't think that all is coming out. I wouldn't know how to clean it frankly. like we have a sheet on it but. yeah. (also, idk if it matters, we're both STD-free so it's not like, anything beyond normal bodily fluids or whatever)

anyway I don't wanna chuck a whole usable mattress into the trash when there's people who don't have their own to sleep on but I can't help but think about the whole "don't donate holey clothes" concept. this mattress has seen some shit. WIBTA if I tried to donate it?

WIBTA?

YTA

NTA

JAH

NAH

ESH

INFO

Voting ended onFeb 20, 2024

What are these acronyms?

[o-lei-o-lai-o-lord]

Either people need to learn how to tell the difference between an “I’m sorry” that takes direct responsibility and an “I’m sorry” that signifies sympathy, or I’m gonna start responding to unfortunate information with a solemn nod and a “Sympies,” because I am tired of receiving a “Why? It wasn’t your fault” every time I try to vocalize compassion.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

I'm forwarding all of you my next therapy bill.

[the-final-sif]

Can I propose the XKCD method instead?

XCKD 945, ID in Alt

[rogersandclarke]

religious people: thank you god for inventing the accordion i love it soso much <3333

atheists: its seriously incredibly beautiful that people invent instruments like. someone came up with the idea for the accordion. howw.

agnostics: no one knows where the accordion came from

[skulsakz]

fountain in italy

[aimee-maroux]

This is what I tried to explain to US platforms like Patreon when they suspended my account for having a nude statue as the background image: I live in Europe, I can go and see a nude statue within a 5 minutes walk. Children can see them, they're not in some 18+ container. I will never understand those policies.

[midgaard]

[lesbian-toddhoward]

[snaxle-deactivated20260531]

today was single handedly the best day of my life. i caught a cop stealing from the store i work at

[snaxle-deactivated20260531]

literally watched him slide a candy bar into his sleeve and i literally felt like i was on top of the world. i felt like i could throw a car over my head. he walked around the store for a bit after that looking to see if we have any locally made pickles and then when he couldnt find any he was about to leave and im like ^__^ have a good night, are you going to pay for the candy bar you stole :3? and then i got to watch a grown ass pig shyly walk up to the counter to pay kinda just awkwardly laughing about it and was like "whoops forgot about it haha...." and then left without another word. this opportunity will never happen ever again. being able to tell a cop that he needs to pay for a candy bar he attempted to steal makes me feel incredibly powerful

[homeboygirl]

my collection of "weird social practices that are too funny to be considered rude"

[naamahdarling]

Okay but why did they have to pay the museum back? That is, and I cannot overstate this, actually art. They chose to exhibit it, they knew what it was. They shouldn't be allowed to go back on that. Especially when it's art.

[purpleprincesseater]

So, in the 'Take the Money and Run' instance, the museum explicitly loaned  Jens Haaning the $77k worth of physical currency, representing the annual wages of workers, to be used in the artwork itself, not as payment for purchasing the artwork. The artist submitted the blank canvases, which were indeed art, and were displayed as such. The artist was sued not for failing to produce 'art' but for not refusing to return the money after the exhibit. The artist was quoted as saying "This is only a piece of art if I don't return the money." He was eventually forced to return the money by the courts, but was allowed to keep his exhibition fee (which ended up being about half as much as the court fees).

[floofe-trans-doggie]

I respect the audacity, though.

[sennamaticart]

Still making some OoT comics. Ruto is so funny.