Whatever I Want

I blog about pretty much anything that strikes my fancy. And I love talking to people so TALK TO ME!

[whitepeopletwitter]

[fun4onefun4all]

[johncribati]

Is this about COVID or the election

[wakandamama]

Yes

[watersho3s-deactivated20240606]

[nonasuch]

me, helping a little girl pick out a locket at the shop: do you usually like to wear goldtone or silvertone?

little girl: I like silver because of Artemis, the goddess of the moon and the hunt and also she’s a warrior and she never got married.

me, internally: never let the world change you

[nonasuch]

btw this was only a partial listing of the many Artemis facts imparted to me by this very good small child. I told her Athena was always my favorite so she also told me some Athena facts. 

her dad gave me a look like ‘thank u for being patient’ and I tried to convey with mostly eyebrow moments ‘oh please I WAS this kid, only for ancient Egypt and also Marguerite Henry books’ but i’m not sure it got across

[jabberwockypie]

I just blocked at least three people in the notes on this for being snidely superior calling it fake.

REALLY? Really?

It’s that fucking difficult to believe “a child who was interested in Greek Mythology talked about it enthusiastically with an adult who was paying attention to her”? And then the parent appreciated that the other adult was nice to his kid?

THAT’S your cut-off for unbelievable?

Do you know zero children, or are you just being a dick on purpose? Or were you just a boring-ass kid? OR are you just a dick to children who try to engage with you?

[fandomsandfeminism]

My husband teases me because I will unintentionally make friends with children in public ALL THE TIME. LITERALLY all it takes is if a kid says something to you, even of you already know about it, you go “wow, really?” And smile and nod while they excitedly gibber away.

Most kids aren’t used to adults listening to them. If you show (or feign) genuine interest with what a kid is talking about, letting them feel smart and knowledable for a few minutes, you have won them over FOREVER.

[the-beehive]

That sounds really damn creepy. Not gonna lie. You’re an adult you have no right talking to strange children.

[fandomsandfeminism]

I don’t really know how to explain to you that not every interaction between adults and children is inherently predatory? Like, for example, standing in line next to a family in Disney World and having a kid talk to you about Oswalt the Rabbit while their mother stands next to him isn’t “really creepy.” It’s a normal human interaction, particularly if you view kids as, like…people? Sometimes kids will try to talk to you, even if they don’t know you, and there are appropriate and normal ways to respond to kids when they do. 

But, if YOU feel like YOU can’t interact with children without being creepy, then by all means, please avoid doing so. 

[ruggaboo]

in JUST Disney World I would just GIVE kids Trading Pins that I bought in bulk on line. Like, in line to meet Phineas and Ferb two kiddos were eyeing me and my SO’s lanyards and we traded pins (they wouldn’t let me just give them pins). There was a kiddo who was in front of us for the rivers of Pandora ride who was legit freaking out. Her parents were just screaming at her to be calm. I knelt and asked who her favorite Disney character was (it was goofy and I said she had good taste) and I told her I’d give her a pin, any except the like two I’d gotten that day that I was VERY attached to, if she promised to be brave and ride the ride with us. she rode, she was brave, she got a pin, and she didn’t scream or cry anymore.

Most kids get talked to like they are dumb. If you treat kids like they aren’t complete dummies they become so fulfilled! I was that kid. I was MILES smarter than other people I knew, and my mom to this day tells her friends that “[I] has a fun fact for everything”. Sharing and learning things are so important and treating kiddos like what they say matters is even moreso.

[is-this-url-ok]

The comments be like

[the-greatest-genderqueer]

*uninstalls default gender and installs gender that runs three times as fast*

[genderlich-deactivated20211204]

#free and open source genders

[darksteel-relic]

*uninstalls default gender and does not install a replacement*

[cumaeansibyl]

*runs gender in an emulator*

[enby-ralsei]

*starts coding my gender but i get bored so i never finish*

[soupcorvus]

fuck it *illegally downloads a gender*

[draconym]

*just has an MS Paint window with “GENDER” written in the spray paint tool*

[twitblr]

Kids need love.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[justcatposts]

What a good kitten

[twitblr]

Safety is essential

[lunah-goodbye]

I know the American healthcare system is already a joke but this is to funny

[the-peculiar-bi-tch]

this is how you Karen

[babyface-rae]

netflix when they produce a show that’s genuinely good that recieves positive feedback and is THRIVING with lots of fans

[vrabia]

[anoudkhaled]

[bakufundoshi]

honestly this is so much nicer than red

[h0ld-back-the-night-deactivated]

this is coca-cola i can feel calm drinking. no bright screaming red. no anger. no hatred. just a nice sky blue. this is a soda i can feel relaxed with.

[cynicalhippie]

Is everyone on this site a fucking bull?

[tyleroakley]

(via “Recreating My Middle School Fashion Choices”)

[tyleroakley]

(via “Recreating My Middle School Fashion Choices”)

[ursulaklegun-deactivated2024122]

Disney peaked with the Emperor’s New Groove

[ursulaklegun-deactivated2024122]

Eartha Kitt’s performance as Yzma…the music…the comedy…the Kronk. It is a perfect film

[sandersstudies]

Additional reasons:

Every single character is a PoC

First Disney animated film to show a pregnant woman onscreen

Real relationship goals: Pacha and ChiCha

Really diverse body types on everybody!

Classic tropes and classic tropes subverted (enemies to friends, anyone?)

Kronk

[killer-snail-deactivated2019112]

Diverse body type: Llama

[iamtypinglike98madmen-deactivat]

Also Kuzko’s character arc is nice to see, instead of ‘be yourself’ it’s like ‘hey, don’t be an asshole’ and he actually learns it

[mens-rights-activia]

Also r*mance wasn’t at the center of the story, growth was, and that was really refreshing

[dammitradar]

Also the STYLE:

the random cliffs and ledges and peaks and plummets. 

the weird-ass, completely inefficient architecture that served no real functional purpose other than to be big and grand and showy. 

that fucking 90 foot throne

the fact that Yzma was lounging on a ledge next to a bottomless chasm somewhere in the middle of the palace 

the COLORS oh my god enough of this desaturated, gritty, hyper-realistic bullshit i wanna see GAUDY DECADENCE for the sake of DECADENCE again

Yzma is literally purple and looks like a skeleton and yet somehow no one is bothered by it and she somehow looks fabulous

[chaseha-wing]

EVERYONE is bothered by it. She is universally described as “scary beyond all reason.”

Most people just have manners.

Also villian turns into cat

So meme-able it’s been relevant to this day

That squirrel

[bummass]

Dove chocolate and Dove soap are two different companies who havent sued each other because they have different trademarks lol

[gaycism]

Damn and I really all this time just thought dove (the soap people) had a meeting one day and were just like “…. we might fuck around and make some chocolate”

[imaseawitch]

Finding out that Dove Soap and Dove Chocolates are different companies has the exact same energy as finding out that Michelin Tires and the Michelin Star Rating System (which rates the finest restaurants in the world) are actually the same company.

[youjokebut-deactivated20180818]

gamer: did you play this game as a kid

me: no

gamer: i must be way older than u

me: actually i was just poor

[alittlecheesy]

Thank you for this