Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys

Briana, 24, A tiny human trying their best.

[elfel-deactivated20141214]

i was walking through walmart and my mum pointed to this and went “hey it looks just like you”

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[signalbeast]

“I bring word from the swamp prince, the old pacts shall be honored, muster your forces at first light…”

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

“Don’t boycott 2020 mulan just because the main actress isn’t perfect”

FUCK OFF.

This isn’t some weird debate shit where she said something like “I love pineapple on pizza”, no she actively defended police and government brutality against Hong Kong protesters.

People are allowed to be angry and upset about that!

[is-them-cheese-puffs]

Also, it was filmed in Xinjiang, near some of the Uighur concentration camps.

They then thanked the CCP agency tasked with administering the camps in the credits.

Thank you to Saagar Enjeti from the Guardian for providing this information.

Don’t watch Mulan 2020.

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

I wasn’t even aware of the last part before this, so yeah, BOYCOTT THE MOVIE.

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[pentecost]

i saw this painting at mount vernon and almost started crying

[drewbern]

You cropped out the best part

“check this shit out mang”

[byjove]

ohhhhhh my god

[whitepeopletwitter]

[gahdamnpunk]

I would love to see the anti immigration conservatives do this for at least 30 mins..

Donate: We can’t do Thanksgiving without farm workers

[ndragoon]

Friendly reminder that most farm workers are paid nearly nothing via loopholes (don’t have to follow minimum wage if you arent paying by the hour!)

And that “unskilled labor” isn’t an actual thing. It’s just used by desk jockeys who play on the internet all day instead of working so they feel superior to everyone who actually does the work they profit off of. And of course, to make themselves feel better for the abuse they dish out.

[solarpunkcast]

HERE IS A FARM WORKER COVID RELIEF FUND

https://farmworkers.hipgive.org/

[sweetoothgirl]

Peach Galette with Pistachio Frangipane and Lavender 

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[toastbutteregg]

i arrive at 10:30 am for my 8 am to 11 am graphing class

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

one of the funniest things about little kids is something I call the “stranger advantage” and this follows the observation that when a child is throwing a tantrum, overwhelmed, bored, upset, etc. in public and won’t cooperate with their parents, sometimes, for some reason, a stranger intervening (with the parent’s permission) can interest and distract a child into calming down.

It doesn’t ALWAYS work, especially with children who are extremely intimidated by strangers, but more often than not when I’ve seen a kid just absolutely melting down in public, I’ve asked if I can talk to them and help, and pretty much every time the kid’s calmed down. THEY DO SAY it takes a village. Maybe because I haven’t been responsible for them all day I’m able to be a bit more calm than the now overwhelmed parent. Maybe being autistic myself has given me some tools to help children having meltdowns that their parents haven’t learned yet. Maybe children are so naturally curious that a new player on the scene distracts them from whatever’s upsetting them.

I THINK sometimes they’re just confused and mystified.

Notably I love thinking about the time in Chicago my friends and I came across a child in absolute fits about walking up some steps to get to the next street level. He would not budge, it was 9 PM, and it was clear he AND his dad were at their emotional limit.

So my friends and I walked up and looked at him and sort of HOPPED upward onto the stairs and we acted really surprised and amazed and we were like “Woah!” And We did it again each step until he quickly noticed and started watching us. I looked at him and I was like “man…….have you tried this? This is wild.”

So now he figured he was missing out on climbing the stairs. So he joined in. And we just hopped up the steps acting OVERLY amazed by the process until we got to the top and his exhausted dad thanked us.

Stranger advantage.

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

it really is just

parent: please do this thing

child: i am overwhelmed. i cannot and will not.

random passerby: please do this thing

child: actually i’ve never thought of it that way. alright i’m in.

[nepofledgling]

me trying to communicate that i am also gay through my eyeballs whenever I think the cashier is gay not to hit on them obviously just to let them know we are the same

[valtsv]

oh to be a rich person in the 1920s traveling by luxury steam train across europe

[valtsv]

and a murder happens during the journey that me and my fellow passengers are all suspects in

[worldhammerer-old]

i’m at a loss for worms

[anndromedea]

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[ipoetried]

listen to yourself and watch your language. instead of saying “sorry for ranting”, say “thank you for listening to me”. instead of saying “sorry that i am overemotional”, say “thank you for trying to understand something difficult”. instead of saying “sorry if i am a burden”, say “thank you for the time and energy you invest in our friendship”. good things will come when you realize you are not an apology.