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Is there anything sadder than the little chunk of Kikis Delivery Service when Kiki says āI used to really like flying before it was my jobā and then gets so burned out that her magic stops working and she cant talk to Jiji anymore and she tries so hard to FORCE the magic that she breaks her mothers broom and stays up all night, alone, trying to make a new one and crying?
And I know it is all ok in the end- Kiki has friends who look out for her and she takes care of herself and finds her place.
But fuck, those 20 minutes just hurt my heart so much.
sometimes people experiencing psychosis and/or mania will come up to you on the street and talk in confusing or upsetting ways. your job is to either have a regular human-to-human conversation with that person or politely leave. your job is not to call 911. do not call 911. you might kill that person if you call 911.
I don't even have the energy to screenshot and respond to your tags- what the actual fuck is wrong with you? "the cops are scared and rightfully so" "mental health calls are the scariest for cops" OH so this isn't about the safety of psychotic & manic people this is about piggy feelings?
and no, actually, this is not USA specific and no, actually, people from other countries should not ignore this post. police violence and sanism weren't invented in the US and they are certainly not unique to here. if you (or anyone) thinks that this bullshit doesn't happen elsewhere then you are not listening.
This is legitimately useful reframing. A while ago I started replacing the word "cop" in my vocabulary with "a man with a gun." It really puts things into perspective.
This homeless person is making me uncomfortable. Should I call [a man with a gun]?
My neighbor is having a loud party. Should I get [a man with a gun] involved?
There are some teenagers skateboarding. Do you think [a man with a gun] would get rid of them for me?
It makes it very clear what you're saying. I can call a man with a gun to threaten or hurt someone mildly inconveniencing me. You're not calling the cops, you're calling A MAN WITH A GUN into a situation that does not warrant a firearm handled by a volatile lunatic who will not be held accountable for his actions.
Further from this (speaking from an š¦šŗ perspective) if you call the police about these people, maybe the police will attend, but often they wonāt. What they will do is throw the job over to your stateās ambulance service, because āit sounds like mental health, so itās an ambulance problemā. Look, theyāre not wrong, but all ambulance services are so painfully out-striped from demand. An ambulance needing to attend these people are taking away ambulances from all other cases, including asthma attacks and cardiac cases.
(And if you want to ask why wouldnāt such jobs be better triaged against each other, unfortunately if dispatchers/call-takers canāt make contact with the scene, or if a lot of information about the patient is unknown, it automatically becomes a lights and sirens response.)
Also, youāll not just be taking away ambulances from medical emergencies, but youāll be costing these people ambulance attendance bills they probably canāt afford. These people are already struggling so much, you donāt need to add a thousand dollar ambulance bill to their problems.
hiii I know, i miss writing more on tumblr too :( I've been feeling drained at my job. So im manifesting some positive changes āØāØāØāØ
Thanks to @aproseofroses's comment on "moon phases" I have been working a bit on the next chapter for this fic! Here's a little snippet below on what I've got š«¶š»
Despite Lin seemingly accepting his reasons for his absence, Lin did not speak to him for over a week. No matter what he did, she continued to ignore him or relayed messages to him through other people. It would be easier to fix this if he knew what was wrong, but for once, Lin was the one cutting and running.Ā
āI donāt know what to do,ā Tenzin moaned, sinking at the dinner table and laying his head down between his arms.Ā
āRelationship issues?āĀ
āGo away, Kya.ā Tenzinās voice carried through the thick fabrics preserving his body heat.Ā
āYou know, when youāre having a hard time, youāre supposed to lean on your family.āĀ
āYou just want to torture me.āĀ
āLinās already doing it, so why not me too?āĀ
āGo away.āĀ
āMom said we need to spend more time. She even said sheād call Bumi so we can all spend time together.āĀ
āNooo.āĀ
āToo late. Bumi got the message.ā Kya sat in the chair beside her younger brother and put her leg on his lap. He attempted to shrug her off, but she doubled down and raised her other leg on him. She smiled at the disapproving grunt from Tenzin. āSo, back to you sulking and acting like youāre the victim.āĀ
āWell, Iām trying to fix things and Lin wonāt give me a chance!āĀ
āShe didnāt talk to her sister for thirty years. You were radio silent for weeks. I think you can handle one week of Lin ignoring you.ā
āI thought family is supposed to make you feel better.āĀ
āNot if itās your dumb little brother being an idiot.ā
my dog ate an entire loaf of chocolate chip banana bread and after a night of observation it seems he only got dizzy and puked. Wtaf is wrong with my dog? Same dog that ate half a chocolate cake and was fine like didnāt even puke and had normal stool afterwardsā¦
( I swear we are not irresponsible he learned how to open the fridge by stuffing his nose or paw between the door and actual fridge and nudging and shoving the door until it opens, are we going to have to padlock the fridge?!?!!?!!.
the house we are renting is open concept so the kitchen isnāt a separate room we could just lock him out of, and he learned how to open baby gates so even gated off he just body slams his way in or slides his front paws across the lock pad while standing on his hind legs.
He is monitored constantly and sleeps with me or my sister locked in a-room with us overnight so he cant make himself sick eating trash. In the two minutes it takes someone to piss he will open the fridge and steal tomatoes or other food. Im losing my mind.
A brief summary of my life: My computer died, I managed to get a used one that's better equipped than the previous one, and I can finally use animation programs!
I'm learning how to use the site because I have a fantastic commission waiting in the wings, so in the meantime I'll be uploading things like this šāØ
In case people missed it, another real page on the white house website pretends to "reveal the truth about ALIENS" and once again means immigrants, which it calls "its."
This screenshot is from the first page that OP was talking about.
Why is the word man in quotes? Why the ever living fuck is it in quotes! This is a cisgender male! Heās not being misgendered, heās being fucking dehumanized.