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i learned about a stupid looking bird today and i cant stop laughing

its called a crested satinbird (cnemophilus macgregorii)

That era is talked about like ancient history yet she is younger than the last maga guy to scream at me in DM's, a full eight years younger than the fake president he voted for. Both would have been teenagers when this made the news, old enough to have opinions about it. I wonder what they were?

captainmera

Modern AU! (things end well)

godbirdart

「 YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO MUCH MORE 💥 」

godbirdart

for those that may be interested in a physical print, this piece is available on my INPRNT!

gender fluidity

ICE MAGIC!!!!!!

bewilderment of chucky

0alix0

made in times of my mlb-rewrite obsession

letterstothefutureme

Every single on of those registrations was a single person deciding to register. When you think you're just "lil ol me" and your voice doesn't matter that much: Remember this. Your actions have impact, your voice and your vote matter.

Get Registered and VOTE

VOTE.ORG

dduane

Please get registered and vote.

i-am-a-fish

I want five hundred billion dollars and I want whoever reads this to have five hundred billion dollars

i-am-a-fish

hold on. manifesting

froggodofchaos

Where’s my money, fish.

i-am-a-fish

please be patient I literally just started manifesting

enigmaticpink

I think some people forget that some literature and some media is meant to be deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It's meant to make you have a very visceral reaction to it. If you genuinely can't handle these stories then you are under no obligation to consume them but acting as if they have no purpose or as if people don't have a right to tell these stories, stories that often relate to the darkest or most disturbing parts of life, then you should do some introspection.

vsaintsin

I’ve read some things that deal in sad/dark/actually depressing and disturbing subject matter. I’ve loved them and the points they make without endorsing the events portrayed.

It’s always disappointing to get online and see that the conversation is “X thing shouldn’t exist” on the grounds that it made somebody feel badly. It was meant to make you feel that way and it’s normal that it did - it’s okay that you stop reading it or don’t finish it but I am BEGGING you to consider why it made you uncomfortable and why the author felt the need (if the answer isn’t immediately obvious, as it can be). There isn’t shame in something putting you off so badly that you shelve it.

The sterilization of reality is a detriment to all who exist within it. To censor stories with painful themes is to erase the reality that such stories are based in some horrific truth and works to erase the reality that many people have endured.

This trend or whatever we want to call it has gotten so bad that I listened to an entire lecture from somebody about how awful a book was and how it shouldn’t exist at all, how the author was a terrible person for concocting it and how it hurt people. When I asked what the book was, this person not only could barely recall the name but HAD NEVER READ IT. I bought the book. I read the book. It accomplished its task beautifully and I found it to be a cathartic experience. I also understood how it could make people so uncomfortable and would never judge anybody for setting it down.

It’s okay not to like something and distance yourself from it. Remember that those rules apply only to you, though, because they speak only to your own psyche.

tlbodine

Periodic reminder that one of the many roles of fiction is microdosing on big scary feelings so you build resilience, empathy, understanding, and defense against the real thing.