Id Rather Not Be A Person

[luminouslumity]

[rubixpsyche]

at all points I was ready for him to start eating the stands

[sparklyaxolotlstudent]

This was disturbingly normal for him

[unsolids-your-snake]

[gae-bolg-alternative-dot-exe]

[memeuplift]

[alkersch]

You're giving her 2 hours of free babysitting every week! This is what it means when we say, "it takes a village".

[punkrorschach]

i know "yankee" is the british term for all us americans but as someone from the south its bewildering to hear. that person isnt a yankee theyre from california. that person is NOT a yankee theyre from alabama.

[mono-red-menace]

sorry yall, i think you're outvoted

[kaijuno]

[wizardshark]

This is because snow doesn't bounce sound waves like concrete does. When the world is like this it's LITERALLY quieter. The snow muffles sound

[wizardshark]

lot of you guys want to bleed to death in this photo!

[depsidase]

[idratherhavefreedom]

[dragon-in-a-fez]

deeply grateful to DuckDuckGo both for autocorrecting this search and for having the grace to forego even mentioning it had been corrected

[muppethole-deactivated20240312]

more people would be for prison abolition if they just tried to send mail to an inmate even once

[muppethole-deactivated20240312]

for almost a year now i've been trying to send a copy of the literary magazine i edit to an inmate who requested one. his prison prohibits any written materials that so much as mention drugs, weapons, criminal activity, or malicious violence of any sort. i've been poring over what's available of the 95 volumes my magazine has printed over the years, and of those found 3 that might pass inspection. the first two were sent back undelivered two months after i sent them because one had a short story that alluded to a playground fight, and the other a poem that used the word "fist" in a nonviolent context. The third was returned for the stated reason that its contents depicted the use of firearms. i reread the entire issue, there's not a single gun mentioned in all its 120 pages.

while going back and forth with this guy trying to figure out how to get a copy of the magazine in his hands, two of my letters bounced back for unspecified reasons. i learned that inmates are not given their correspondents' original letters, but scanned copies, often poorly reproduced and sometimes illegible. these people aren't even granted the ink their loved ones used to pen their messages, or to hold in their hands the paper their loved ones held, if they're able to receive their words at all.

[satusepiida]

Something that bothered me a lot during visitation with my dad was it wasn't even in person?? They basically made us drive all the way out there to do a video call. Like in shows you see the bulletproof glass between ppl who have to talk thru a phone, it was kinda like that but we didn't even get to be in the same room it was a line of screens set into the wall. Everything about prisons is made to be dehumanizing.

[morlock-holmes]

If you don't have people you know in Prison, your naive assumption is likely to be that they are there to hold and rehabilitate the prisoners.

In fact, prison policy across the country involves a tremendous amount of gratuitous, unmotivated torture of the inmates.

[onenicebugperday]

What the hell she drew a man

[onenicebugperday]

You're gonna be blown away by what I'm about to tell you

[thisisalovestry]

this made me cry so now i need everyone to see it

[roadhogsbigbelly]

just saw a furry go "ugh pup masks are the worst thing to happen to the furry community" and it's like what are you talking about those are your cousins, at the end of the day you're both pretending to be gay dog men, i think it's just an aesthetic choice at that point

[roadhogsbigbelly]

[therottenkingsreckoning]

It's basically just this

[roadhogsbigbelly]

brave but evil comparison

[blue--folder]

Every time I see news coverage of a protest I remember this image of a single overturned trashcan in front of The Washington Post building

[what-grace-has-forgiveness]

the thrilling sequel

[stevishabitat]

[the-adventures-of-dave]

Every now and then I start seeing a rise of anti-breeder sentiment in notes on posts I reblog written by people who are (presumably) my followers. This is one of those weeks, so a friendly reminder:

I wholly support responsible cat and dog breeders

Purebred animals are NOT the cause of overburdened shelters or increased stray populations

Stray cat & shelter populations are almost exclusively made of domestic shorthairs/longhairs, not purebred cats

Major factors for increased stray populations are irresponsible pet ownership and management (ie. allowing cats to have kittens rather than fixing them, letting cats roam freely outside, dumping cats that are no longer wanted)— things that a responsible breeder is incentivized to avoid

Buying a purebred animal is not “stealing” a home from a shelter animal

Shelters and responsible breeders are not enemies, and both ultimately work toward the same goals of animal welfare, public education, and putting pets in homes where they will thrive

I literally have a purebred bengal cat why do anti breeder people follow me

Look at him. Your comments make him sad.

[thetragicallynerdy]

Being very allergic to cats but loving cats so much is just a constant question of "how many allergy symptoms am I willing to put up with in exchange for cuddling this cat" and turns out the answer is quite often "a lot"

[thetragicallynerdy]

Like yes picking up my partner's cat like he's a precious little baby man and carting him around as long as he'll let me will make my eyes itch and give me sneezes and a runny nose even if I take meds but who cares allergies are temporary giving this cat love is eternal

[astrologicallynamedpets]

I swear every day I’m reading novel sentences heretofore not encountered by humans and I’m not enjoying it

[moniquill]

‘Corn Sweat’ Is Real—And It’s Making This Heat Wave Miserable

Humid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the Midwest

[orcboxer]

[madgastronomer]

If you're going to use an ear of corn for sexual purposes, always put a condom on it, and don't insert it anally as it hasn't got a flanged base.

[rythms-of-synthax-deactivated20]

Quote of the day

[baffledtreesquid]

I’m seeing a lot of people saying this post changed their brain chemistry, and as a neuroscientist I wanted to say yes!!! Yes it does!

Wanting something requires dopamine signaling, but liking something doesn’t.

If you have a mental illness/disorder that affects dopamine, you might feel that you don’t want to do the things that you like. You do still like them. You will appreciate having done them.

Let your likes guide you.

(If you want to read more, here’s one experimental paper about it. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5171207/ This theory called the incentive-sensitization theory was originally created to explain behaviors in addiction but can be applied elsewhere as well)

Rewards are both ‘liked’ and ‘wanted’, and those two words seem almost interchangeable. However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psych

[redstonedust]

woke up dehydrated and deliriously thought "i need to call my senator about this." notably im not american i don't have a senator but even if i did what's he gonna do, deliver fresh water straight to my mouth? make the sun be less warm?