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After DECADES of "degenerate pedophiles" being aimed at LGBTQ+ folk, them trying to go "NO YOURE WEIRD" at us is like being attacked by a cotton ball.

Pudding-skinned shitcrumbs.

theinstagrahame

It's like Republicans were bullies in grade school, and just aged out of 6th grade without ever getting even a little more mature. They're the biggest babies.

"moooooom they called us weird!"

They refuse to share (taxes), they lose their absolute shit when someone might get something they don't need for free (literally any government program), and they'll cheat constantly but whine whenever anyone else doesn't follow the rules (the last 15 years in Congress).

They've been acting worse than children the whole time, and it's time we start treating them the way they're treating us.

theconcealedweapon

spiralarray

undeadentropy

I vote we stop calling it inflation at all. Seize the language. It's price gouging, not inflation. Inflation is a nebulous concept that invokes feeling of being too complex for the layman, a struggle as old as economy itself against a beast no one has ever truly slain.

Price gouging is the truth of it. And it makes it very clear who is to blame, and what must be done to end it.

cy-cyborg

Can confirm this works wonders. Australia is in a cost of living crisis rn and the two major supermarkets are a big part of it, as they pretty much have a duopoly on not just the grocery shopping market, but a bunch of others considered to be essential (things like fuel). They are trying to blame their price rises on inflation, but the media recently started reporting it as price gouging (which it is), and it got the average person pretty worked up, better than blaming inflation did.

separatethingy

Happy Valentine's Day 💘

circusclownproductions

seeing a lot of videos that are like “I didn’t know babies couldn’t have water” so here’s an incomplete list of things you need to know before having a baby

- the obvious, they can’t have water bc milk is incredibly high in water already so excess water leads to over hydration

- babies cannot have honey until 1

- if ur breastfeeding your kid and saving excess milk, make sure you label what you pumped in the morning vs at night bc your body produces different melatonin levels throughout the day and giving your baby daytime milk at night can make them more alert and fuck up their sleep schedule

- idk why ppl keep saying this but swaddling your babies or getting them those baby straight jacket things is not abuse. It chills them out cuz it reminds them of the womb

- babies have a dandruff like buildup on their head called cradle cap, and it’s very easy to deal with and remove with just some baby shampoo, a gentle scrub brush (MADE FOR BABIES!!) and a comb. It does need to be removed tho cuz it can be very painful after a while. This can also continue to happen late into toddlerhood it’s normal

- you have to clean out the creases of your baby’s skin and hands and feet they WILL collect dust😭😭

- you cannot bathe your baby until their umbilical cord naturally falls off. Use a warm damp rag until then

- tummy time is actually very important

- your baby might have a misshapen head at first (not all the time but sometimes) this will either sort itself out or they’ll need a corrective helmet ask your doctor

- I wouldn’t recommend having your baby leave the house very much until they’re at least 6 months old, especially if they’re born near cold and flu season cuz the common cold can kill a newborn

- you’re not an awful horrible person for having postpartum depression and it’s always a million times better to let your baby cry a few minutes longer than normal while you regain your composure than to freak out and give ur kid shaken baby syndrome

- you’re not an awful horrible person for giving your baby formula milk either

- don’t put shoes on your baby it’ll compromise their toe box and balance

- babies put every single thing in their mouths

- the easiest way to burp a baby is to hold them straight up (spine straight) and hold their head a bit higher

- always support their head they barely have necks

- if your baby fights away food, fights tummy time, vomits every single time you burp them, is gaining or losing an unreasonable amount of weight at a time, wheezes after eating, or goes red after eating, chances are they’re probably allergic to the type of milk they’re eating (again ask a doctor but these are just some signs it’s not just colic)

- they will wobble a lot when learning to do things but you gotta fight the urge to help them every single time cuz they gotta learn

- they’re not always spitting out baby food cuz they don’t like it they just don’t know how to eat. Like they don’t know how to push food down they only know how to stick their tongue out so be patient

- babies craniums are broken up into three parts at first that later fuse together, this is to help make birthing easier but it results in a small EXTREMELY sensitive spot in the top of their head that has no protection. This puts their brain at a high risk. Always protect their soft spot

- read to your baby!! Get cute bright colorful sensory books with sight words and read them to your baby it makes such a huge difference in their educational growth and will help them acquire a love for reading early on. And talk to them never shut up just say whatever comes to mind all the time this will strengthen their vocabulary growth also.

- babies poop like a lot. A lot. an unreasonable amount. Bring back up clothes and more diapers than you think

- no pillows or stuffies in the crib and only use a muslin blanket unless it’s especially cold to prevent suffocation

- babies kick reflexively until they’re out of their newborn scrunch (they stay womb shaped for a while) and if your baby is crying and pushing at the swaddle try letting them flail around for a minute

Yeag that’s all I can think of rn but yk

ladyphlogiston

Adding a couple:

- The person who gave birth to the baby will have a massive mood swing crash three days later. Prepare for sobbing and/or panic attacks. It'll pass.

- about five weeks in, the baby will start acting constipated. It isn't constipated. It just got conscious control of its pooping muscles and it has to figure them out.

- carriers are wonderful. I liked ring slings and cloth wraps, but the buckle ones are great too. My babies all liked to ride on my back and watch me cook.

- breastfeeding can, very occasionally, induce a weird orgasm-like thing, because of the oxytocin. That only happened to me once but it freaked me out good and proper.

- six month old babies can have some normal foods, not just purees. Juicy things, like cantaloupe and oranges and steak, should be cut into biggish pieces for them to gum and suck dry. Cut off the top of a banana peel and they can hold it and nom on the exposed banana. Cooked broccoli is good too. So is scrambled eggs. Look up "baby led weaning" if you want to know more.

- babies can't have much salt until they're two I think? That one takes even longer than the honey thing.

- Banana shows up in poop looking like little black worms. Blueberries will dye poop red. Neither of these means your baby is dying, which tends to be your first response when you see alarming poops.

authortobenamedlater

Blueberry poop stains.

We have a cloth diaper that has a purple spot from FOUR YEARS AGO. This diaper has seen two children and the stain is still there.

circusclownproductions

hey to anyone who sees this I’m consistently updating this with stuff as I remember it or think about it so if u see this check my blog under the ‼️‼️‼️ tag to use the updated version if you’d prefer <3

saxifraga-x-urbium

#this is all true#also i cant stress this enough nobody should be kissing your newborn#one hot trick for burping is tickle their backs#makes them wiggle and gets the gas moving#i have a handy chart of how much water in oz babies can have by month#if theyre not sleeping try stroking their nose or petting their forehead or eyelids softly#they forget. to close their eyes. do that and they pass out usually#and also they can have peanut butter pls it is a myth. if you dont introduce it#theyre actually at a HIGHER risk of allergies#and finally i promise nothing is wrong with you if you think oh my god i want to yeet this thing out the window#baby crying activates flight or fight basically just pass them off to someone else and go get a snack

headspace-hotel

It's so strange how we all have to just learn how to be alive and during that time we are dependent on the kindness of everyone else.

coffeenonsense

gale's reaction to mystra telling him to blow himself up is obviously heartbreaking but on the other hand it is deeply DEEPLY hilarious when Gale, Learned professor of renown, is like "if there was another way to defeat the absolute don't you think the goddess of magic would have thought of it" and the band of badly socialized half-feral murder children he's running with just go "well maybe the goddess of magic is stupid, gale"

galebrainrott

And you know what, THEY WERE RIGHT

thememedaddy

tactfulsaboteur

ferrisbueller

scottiemccall-deactivated201801

#how is it that this is the hottest he looks

#he works in mysteries white boy ways

tentakrule

#its the charlie day charm #the trashier the hottier

well there’s a reason why his fandom is called the garbage train

irrevocably-delicious

My last few ouran ot3 sketches i think for a while. I’ve really enjoyed making these and it was nice to make something that made myself and others smile.

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