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softwaring

girls don’t want flowers for valentine’s, they want the heart shaped le creuset 💗

magdolenelives

(via)

natalieironside

Who was your bisexual awakening and why was it Ardeth Bay from the hit films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001)

natalieironside

literally illegal and a crime against me personally (which is the worst kind of crime) for a man to be that perfect

bixbythemartian

no sorry

it was Evelyn Carnahan (later, O’Connell) from the hit films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001)

Ardeth Bay provided some very helpful contributions, however, it must be said.

sablefroggy

May I offer Brendan Fraser from the hit films The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001)?

I had a crush on allllll 3 of them ngl. I watched at a later date than most being smol at the time of release but it stands

natalieironside

dankmemeuniversity

thoughtsaretoomuchforus-deactiv

alright, i'll reblog that

chewedcorn

Map of the US by a truck driver who has seen most of it…

decadenthumor

apologeticallyfat

Lol same

haunted-camaro

…

gothhabiba

ah yes, my favourite foreign language feel, “I know what all of those words mean individually but not together like that”

wunderhorntanz

not to forget its twin “i know (roughly) what you’re saying, but what are those words?”

blagdogs-tveiter-tot

Plus the secret triplet “I managed to get your drift but I don’t know how to answer you”.

saywhat-politics

ajmichalka

THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS S01E01, Welcome to Essex

anarchetypalarchive

i saw this post earlier about therapists and it reminded me of my old therapist paul, who in my opinion is one of the greatest men alive and who did not put up with my bullshit for even one second

anyway i go in to see paul one week in the summer of 2016, and i’m doing my usual bullshit which consists of me talking shit about myself, and paul is staring at me, and then he cuts me off and says that he’s got a new tool for helping people recognize when they’re using negative language, and gets up and goes over to his desk

and i’m like alright hit me with that sweet sweet self-help article my man, because i’m a linguistic learner and whenever paul’s like here i have a tool for you to use it’s pretty much always an article or a book or something

paul opens a drawer, takes something out, and turns back around. i stare.

i say, paul.

is that a nerf gun.

yeah, says paul.

i say, are you gonna shoot me with a nerf gun in this professional setting.

he happily informs me that that’s really up to me, isn’t it. and sits back down. and gestures, like, go ahead, what were you saying?

and i squint suspiciously and start back up about how i’m having too much anxiety to leave the house to run errands, like it was a miracle to even get here, like i’ve forgone getting groceries for the past week and that’s so stupid, what a stupid issue, i’m an idiot, how could i–

a foam dart hits me in the leg.

i go, hey! because my therapist just shot me in the leg. paul blinks at me placidly and raises an eyebrow. i squint again.

i say, slowly, it’s– not a stupid issue, i’m not stupid, but it’s frustrating me and i don’t want it to be a problem i’m having.

no dart this time. okay. sweet.

so the rest of the hour passes with me intermittently getting nailed with tiny foam darts and then swearing and then fixing my language and, wouldn’t you know it, i start liking myself a little more by the end of the session, which is mildly infuriating because paul can tell and he’s very smug about it

anyway i leave his office and the lady having the next appointment walks in and i hear what’s all over the floor? and paul very seriously says cognitive behavioral therapy tools.

grandenoirceur-deactivated20220

Fat characters deserve to be more than the butt of the joke.

hollowboobtheory

i support universal free healthcare for one simple reason: if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness you should quit your job. quitting your job is the correct response to terminal illness. but you can’t do that if your healthcare is tied to your job

hollowboobtheory

listen if somebody knows that they will be dead in a years time, and you are forcing them to continue to come into work, that’s fucked up. terminally ill people should be able to quit their jobs and live their last few months to the fullest. i don’t get how that’s a controversial opinion

fuckyeahcomicsbaby

A hero in more ways than one

darkstrangevirgilanxiboi

I NEVER KNEW THAT

azuresoundoff

Always always reblogging this if I see it on my dashboard

fandomsandfeminism

When people get pregnant, they will give up smoking, give up alcohol, give up coffee and soda, give up fondue and raw cheese, give up cold cuts and sushi, all because they have heard somewhere, from someone, that these things can be bad for the baby. They don’t know the research, haven’t looked at the studies, can’t talk about sample sizes and control groups. But their dedication to their future child’s safety is so strong, their caution is so overpowering, that they give up these things just in case.

So it baffles me when those same people will insist on spanking their kids.

Even when they are shown the research.

Regardless of what the experts in the field say.

No matter who says it.

Or how it is said.

People are so invested in this ability to hit their kids without judgement or consequence, that it absolutely confounds me.

fandomsandfeminism

I’m just going to say this- if you come on this post, which specifically critiques spanking children, ignore all the links which provide evidence for why spanking is bad, and argue that you either DO or WILL spank your own children -

You are either an intentionally bad parent and/or a deeply damaged child.

We can forgive our parents for fucking up in their ignorance and acting out on their own damage. You don’t have to condemn them or hate them for it. They loved us, and they weren’t perfect.

But you are your own person and you have an obligation to be better.

rpepperpotshipssciencebros

I think most people agree that hitting a baby hard enough to make them cry is not OK. In fact, you could be brought up on abuse charges for it. Non-consensually hitting an adult hard enough to make them cry is illegal as well; it’s assault/battery.

So why do some people believe that there is there some nebulous age in which it’s perfectly OK to hit someone hard enough to make them cry? Someone who is too young and too small to even defend themselves against you? Someone who you are supposed to protect?

doctorbones

“When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn’t believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spanking–the first of his life. And she told him that he would have to go outside and find a switch for her to hit him with. The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, “Mama, I couldn’t find a switch, but here’s a rock that you can throw at me.”

All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the child’s point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone. And the mother took the boy onto her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because violence begins in the nursery–one can raise children into violence.“

- Astrid Lindgren, Never Violence

stilldickslappinthestate

This especially true for libertarians and anarcho capitalists. If you center your worldview around not initiating aggression then you cannot accept spanking as acceptable. The evidence of its harm is well documented and unequivocal. Do not strike your children.

jaehaerys1

I forgot who said it, but if you argue that they’re too young to reason why they shouldn’t do something when asked verbally not to do it, then they’re also too young to understand why they’re being beaten; especially by the same people they love and trust the most.

We all have it in us to break the cycle of senseless violence that we experienced and be better. It should be the goal of every parent to set a higher standard and provide their children with a better upbringing than they had. Every parent should demand that of themselves instead of making excuses to perpetuate the status quo.

md8394

The Bible makes it very clear to “Spare not the rod.”

fandomsandfeminism

Well, it’s a good thing I’m not taking child development tips from a nearly 3,000 year old collection of moral codes from a religion that I dont believe in.

Like, ok, so the Jewish people believed in hitting children 2800 years ago when the book of Proverbs was supposedly first collected. (Which says nothing about how modern day Jewish people interpret that specific book anyway) Good for them.

That has nothing to do with me, my morals, or how I plan on interacting with children.

snommelp

Apologies for diving down that rabbit hole, but Biblical interpretation is my niche.

So, first: the Bible doesn’t say “spare not the rod.” But there are, as F&F notes, three partial verses from Proverbs that come close enough for certain people to use as prooftexts.

Second, those three partial verses from Proverbs need to be put back into context - and it’s worth noting that proverbs are inherently poetic. Nobody claims that Aesop’s fables are about literal talking animals, for example. One of the three verses from Proverbs continues on to say that a disciplined child “will not die,” and if you insist on taking that literally then I just can’t help you.

And when you put those three partial verses in the literary context, even just by finishing the individual verses, it’s clear they’re about instruction, not punishment. This is where you start to see translators inserting their own bias, because those verses will continue by saying (e.g.) “the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them,” but the word translated “discipline” is elsewhere in Proverbs translated “instruction” - e.g. “A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,” Proverbs 13:1a.

Then there’s the historical context: how was “the rod” used 3000 years ago? The author(s) of Proverbs never use the word “spank” or “switch” or anything like that. Taking these verses as meaning “hit your child with a stick” is inserting the modern context into the ancient one. Proverbs does not explain how the rod is used, but elsewhere in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), a rod is a shepherd’s tool, used to guide the flock - consider Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd… your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” You don’t spank your sheep, that’s just silly.

So, tl;dr - no, the Bible does not “make it very clear to ‘Spare not the rod.’” That’s nothing more than someone who wants to spank their child going out and looking for justification.

fandomsandfeminism

An excellent addition!

I’d like to add that, even if Proverbs DID actually advocate hitting children in it’s original context (an assumption which, as you pointed out, is dubious)- trying to transplant a moral action from an ancient text into a modern context without modification is a….dubious activity.

I might agree with The Odyssey that being a generous host and a considerate guest are important morals, but it would be ridiculous to try and transplant the specific hospitality norms of the Odyssey into a 2021 American life.

Using faith to justify hitting children makes you a shit, basically. It reflects poorly on your faith and your parenting.

headspace-hotel

Anyone: “The Bible makes it very clear…”

Narrator: The Bible did not make it very clear.

spaceshipsandpurpledrank

yellovv

what the FUCK. this changes the statistics of what we know about covid cases, it fucks them right up.

jesus christ these people are irresponsible and selfish and vile.

lysanderish

I hate it here so much.

aurpiment

Transcript:

With covid on the rise and the vaccine readily available, more and more businesses are requiring their employees be vaccinated, and to prove that, they need a vaccination card.

Now, this is a problem for people who don’t want to be vaccinated, and there’s some people out there who are turning this into a business opportunity.

Meet “5starjazzii.” She has over 300,000 followers on Instagram and quite a few hustles. You’ll notice in her description “founder of antivaxmomma2.”

Yeah, that’s because “antivaxmomma,” her original account, got deleted, and I suspect it’s because she posted stuff like this, advertising that she’s selling fake covid 19 vaccine cards for 200 bucks a pop, but they’ll have real lot numbers on them. Now she’s been continuing this from her new account and even from her main account. She posted this the other day, explaining that she has a backlog of messages, and also that she’s looking to expand her team, so if you have computer access at hospitals or CVS, “DM me ASAP.”

Now that led me to believe that she’s either stealing existing lot numbers and putting them on the cards or she’s getting someone to enter people into the system that haven’t been vaccinated to generate their own lot numbers. But I didn’t want to make assumptions so I decided to message her and ask.

I told her I worked at a Walgreens. She said to text her ASAP. She asked if I had access to enter the vaccine information into the system and then asked, because I’m in Florida, how do people here verify they’re in the system, because in New York they have an app. And the person she has in New York doing this can provide the numbers that the people can check in the app. I explained that in Florida you have a site you can do that on and asked what exactly she needed. She told me she provides the person’s name, date of birth, address, the vaccination date, asked if I can backdate them, and then has me enter them into the system to generate lot numbers. So I would enter them into the system as if they had just received the vaccine, WHICH THEY HAVE NOT, but the system would believe that they have, and if someone checked those lot numbers, it would say their name. That made me curious how many people were doing this. She told me the woman in New York that’s doing it for her, she’s given 100 bucks a person, she’s doing at least 30 people a day, and that woman’s making 10,000 dollars a week. Do the math on that. On how many people are walking around with legal documents saying they’re vaccinated, and they are not. She’s also asked if I could provide her covid 19 cards.

Now you may ask, why would someone take the risk and do something like this? Well, it seems in her case that it’s at least due in part to the fact that she believes that the vaccines are sterilizing children as part of the Gay Agenda. Now, she’s not going to be doing this any longer, the FBI’s already been involved, but when I hear people say things like, “why bother getting the vaccine, people are getting covid who are fully vaccinated?” I have to wonder, are they?

Transcript ends.