Marianne Forbes

Egalitarian and supporter of free speech.

[fincaffeinaddict]

Paska Ms-Paintissa tehty juttu jota varmaan kadun sit jos Leijonat häviää mut en voinut vastustaa Mörkö-Marko hypeä

[finnishhockeyplayers]

Leijonat finaaliin!!!

[dashaibo]

Britain: *colonizes India for a 100 years*

Westerners: never forget, biggest crime

The Ottoman Empire: *colonizes Bulgaria for 500 years*

Westerners: *crickets*

[season-0f-a-witch]

I would also like to add that Ottoman Empire did not just *colonise* Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece  - basically all Orthodox Christian Balkan nations, they literally ENSLAVED us all, and for centuries at that, 400-500 years, depending on region.

All were obliged to give  so called ‘’ blood tax’’  which is to say prepubescent boys were taken by force to Constaninople to be trained and become fierce Janissary Imperial military corps.

Both men and women were taken to slavery on regular basis,men for heavy duty work and women ( mostly) as sex slaves.

Needles to say, all these people were forever lost to the nations they have been taken from.

British Empire did nothing of a sort in India.

I always  cynically smirk when reading about blacks endlessly moaning about slavery, or Indians / Pakistanis  endlessly moaning about colonisation.

[wolf-claw]

I agree and I’d like to add that, on top of it all, Turks also colonized parts of then Austro-Hungarian empire (modern day Hungary and Croatia) for a bit over 100 years.

And let’s not forget about Arabs colonizing the Iberian peninsula for 800 years.

If white people are on the recieving end of it, colonization and exploitation don’t matter to those who dictate the outrage. I know a generally accepted view is that those people are self-hating whites, but to be honest I sometimes think that most of the outraged crowd believe that white people are capable of dealing with it on their own without problems, and non-whites are not. I guess that’s why their beloved “POC” still call them racist, despite all their efforts to be inclusive or whatever.

[enkisrightnipple]

Oh cool, when did the ottomans leave those regions?

~400 years ago?

~300 years ago?

When did the British leave India?

80 Years ago?

Think maybe the recency of those events has something to do with it? Think maybe the fact that the Ottomans don’t exist anymore and the British still do, and still benefit from their colonialism might contribute to it? Think maybe the fact that Britain subjected India to a huge famine by making them ship food out of the country in the middle of a food shortage, to the point where Winston Churchill is viewed as Hitler by the Indian people, again ~80 years ago might contribute to how those events would be viewed and discussed differently. Did you think, at all?

[dashaibo]

The Ottoman occupation of Bulgaria only ended in 1878.

The Armenian genocide was in 1915.

UK is as much heir to the British Empire as modern-day Turkey is to the Ottoman Empire.

Bulgarians had their religion systematically erased and children forcibly taken away from families to raise them as Janissaries as a form of blood tax on non-Muslims.

Go read a history book.

[kinda-deactivated-blog]

The (Greek)-Pontiac genocide happened from 1916-1922, about a century ago. My great grandmother had to flee and her baby died while she was trying to escape.

The invasion of Cyrpus happened in 1974, they did a huge massacre and to this day half the island belongs to Turkey. That’s 45 years from today.

And even now Turkey threatens our boarders and flies their military aircrafts our over country. People live with the constant fear of war…

@enkisrightnipple Leave eastern Europe out of it.

[dashaibo]

:^)

[pragmatic-atheist-deactivated20]

[memeseverdie]

[babyanimalgifs]

Heartwarming ♥️

[emeraldmercury]

The duck is Blackie reborn

[catleecious]

[beautyandafunnygirl]

Hello? Little human? Okay I kiss you now.

[ohcapaldee-deactivated20140824]

Fun fact: the cat is checking the baby’s mouth to see if it is still breathing. Were it not breathing, the cat would commence to eat it.

[iliveforthefantasy]

FUN FACT

[the-multiverse-deactivated20180]

Omfg

[cappucino-commie]

That’s just blatantly untrue. While cats have been known to eat human corpses, it’s generally only when they’re starving and have no other food source. Seriously, quit demonizing cats.

[arilookingglass]

Nose touches (as you see here) are a cats way of saying hello. It’s a friendly greeting. It’s NOT checking for breath.

Laying on a human (as you see here) is literally cat cuddling. Thats it.

We have literal records of cats going out of their way to save the lives of children from various dangers, from fires, to dog attacks, to choking to death. Its very easy to look up.

The only cases of cats eating their humans, have always been when their human died and it has been several days without the body being found. Amazingly this tends to line up with the cat not being fed and therefore STARVING.

It’s also a common thing among most pet animals too? Like sorry, your dog will do it too. Hell, ever heard of the the Donner Party? Humans aren’t exempt. When faced with survival, you try and survive.

STOP DEMONIZING CATS FOR BEING ANIMALS.

(And I mean, all it takes is a quick google search to figure this out, but no lets spread misinformation about innocent animals?)

If you actually truly believe cats are out to get you, and are cold and not affectionate, or whatever else people use to justify demonizing cats… You need to actually look up cat behavior. Your cat who ‘ignores’ you? More often than not is just respecting your space. Your cat who lashes out? Probably not feeling safe in their environment. Your cat brings you gross things? Trying to look after you.

Cats aren’t dogs. They have a set way of communication, and while they can learn dofferent expressions of affection, it will always be less evident than with dogs (who are particularily malleable to human behavior.) This doesn’t mean they are any less loving or capable of bonds.

All it takes is a quick google search to figure out why your cat does what they do. And literally, no cat intrinsically wants to eat babies.

[vrabia]

are you kidding me, cats are super protective of small children. they’ve been known to attack dogs, snakes, alligators and grown-ass men if they thought a child was in danger. a stray cat in russia saved an abandoned baby from hypothermia by cuddling him, alerted people to his presence and tried following the freaking ambulance that took him to the hospital. they are very sweet and patient with babies and there are tons of adorable videos out there to prove it.

[superbuzzwheeze-unsolved]

IF I EVER HEAR ANYONE TALKING SHIT ABOUT KITTIES I SWEAR

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

“cats are not dogs”

And there’s the rub. People have issues with cats because they’re mad they don’t act like dogs. They are a different animal and they relate and communicate differently. That doesn’t make them worse pets or evil or something.

[the-mighty-birdy-deactivated202]

^^^

Cats are good and pure creatures, dammit

[curiousobsession101]

Actually true fun fact! Cats who live with humans see those humans as colonymates! Cat colonies communally raise kittens. So if a cat’s human has a baby, the cat considers themself an automatic co-parent. So as far as that cat is concerned, that baby is its baby too. That cat is cuddling with and doting on its kitten.

[glitter-pear]

Oh my god, that last fact is so fucking cute

[goodbyeobama2]

[marianneforbes]

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää, Suomi. Glad självständighetsdag, Finland.

[stimman3000]

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@frogkiing

[frogginbloggin]

oh man!!!! oh boy!!!!!!!!!!! now that’s my kinda treat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[doki-mocha]

@angstysharkweek

[officialfist]

@ultra-frog

[marianneforbes]

I would never have the heart to eat that ice cream xD

[huxblush]

Tumblr: Kylo Ren fans are all problematic and terrible!!!!

John Boyega:

[done-with-your-bs]

@someoneintheshadow456

[sadwhiteguy]

[fullmetalfisting]

Some guy today mentioned he was in a band to me and I watched him get visibly uncomfortable when I didn’t ask him anything about it. He kept trying to bring the conversation around to his band and I wasn’t budging.

[khaleesi-mother-of-fandoms]

POWER MOVE: Complete and utter disinterest in men’s obsession with their own mediocrity

[american-ipa]

Why the fuck did someone have to make this about gender? How is this mediocre?? Why is it so important to forcefully gloss over someone’s musical hobby? Yeah, some people are invested in their interests - one of my coworkers won’t shut up about her essential oils side hustle but I’m not gonna be an asshole just so I can be proud of myself on Tumblr.com. Jesus Christ, conversations aren’t battlefields.

[lifeofcynch]

maybe that guy was really excited about the band thing. maybe he just wanted to tell someone about it. but you just had to go and be rude, huh.

[the-rice-cat-deactivated2021070]

y’all are dicks and this is why people dont wanna be friends with y’all

[jinmaeda]

OP doesn’t have any idea of how awful it feels for someone to be happily talking about something they’re passionate about and then getting this kind of reaction.

Even if you don’t give a fuck about him and his band, for the sake of being a polite person like everyone should be, ask him a couple of things, say “that’s so cool!” “What do you think of [related topic]?” “How many years have you been playing your instrument?”

It literally costs $0.00 to be kind with other human beings.

And as someone who infodumps a whole lot and was told during all elementary school to stop talking because no one cared about my hobbies or interests, seeing that there’s still people like that makes my heart ache.

[antis-delete-your-blogs-pls-thx]

This is not progressive. This is being an asshole, and this attitude disproportionately affects neurodivergent people who infodump. Stop.

[t-h-o-tkira-deactivated20190322]

People on this website think being a shithead is progressive and helping society when in the end you just look like an asshole and y'all have the nerve wonder why no one likes your asses.

[marianneforbes]

One of my colleagues at my previous job was obsessed with technology, and sometimes would talk endlessly about it. Even though he might as well have spoken an alien language to me, I listened to what he had to say. He allowed me to do the same every time I’d read a book that affected me, even though he had never opened a book himself.

[marianneforbes]

I can assure you, I have never raked the leaves in the forest. I have raked the leaves on my yard, but that's about it.

[protect-and-love-animals]

All cats are beautiful 🐱❤️

[marianneforbes]

I would pet each and every one of those cats.

[reyjedimaster]

[lolz-seacreature]

That certainly helps

[ripe]

sweetheartkittens on ig