Monkeys in a Box

Ari // 23 // she/her

[sunshiny-rants]

aphobia is not just harmful to asexual people. it hurts everyone when society tells people they are not complete without a romantic partner. that they are aren’t a whole person if they aren’t in love and sexually desirable. people spend some of the most fulfilling parts of their lives feeling like they’re wasting that time because they aren’t in a relationship. they spend so much time looking for “the one”. time that could be spent learning, travelling, building a found family. they miss out on meaningful relationships, on soulmates, because they are told that person can’t be the most important person in their life. it devalues the support that’s found in community, it devalues the love found in friendships, it devalues the importance for living for oneself.

[somecunttookmyurl]

will type it up in full later but found out yesterday my boyfriend a) did not know (most) saints were actual real human beings b) thought mother theresa was fictional c) actually thought this about a LOT of famous historical figures including tutankhamen and albert einstein

[onyxbird]

Has he never seen photographs of Einstein that he knew were supposed to be Einstein (or other widely-photographed historical figures) or did he think they were images of an actor or something? Did he say what works he thought any of the historical-figure characters were from?

[somecunttookmyurl]

long story short he thought anybody who had made an appearance in tv shows/cartoons (he saw einstein in a cartoon) was not real because television isn't real and people on tv aren't real unless it's reality tv or the news

[somecunttookmyurl]

long story long:

rhys: you know st. enoch right me: yeah. wait. the place (in glasgow) or like... the actual saint r: what saint me: saint... enoch? r: there's a saint enoch? me: what did you think it was named after. like. patron saint of glasgow r: no that's saint mungo me: right yeah my bad. saint mungo's mum r: wait saints have mothers? me: ...yes? last i checked people do tend to have mothers r: wait saints are PEOPLE? me: ...yes? they just get canonised for doing miraculous shit? r: they aren't like. made-up divine beings like angels? me: uh..... no? some of them probably weren't real but like. mother theresa was definitely real she was LITERALLY still alive when we were kids r: MOTHER THERESA WAS REAL?! me: did you.... think she wasn't r: i thought people made her up! me: dude she died in like. 1997 r: what was she canonised for then me: like. helping poor sick people mostly r: oh like florence nightingale me: i mean not a saint but yeah r: WAIT WAS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE ALSO REAL me: ...is this a bit are we doing a bit right now. yes she was a real nurse in the crimean war r: what but that was like 4 years ago me: the FIRST one r: oh me: you thought she was fictional? r: yeah like sherlock holmes. wait he's not real right me: yeah no sherlock is fictional r: i thought tutankhamen was fictional until like... 2009 me: what why r: well like the curse of tutankhamen shit. curses aren't real so he wasn't either me: no he was definitely real r: i thought einstein was fictional me: ........... r: i first saw him in a cartoon! those aren't real! people on tv aren't real! when did you first learn he wasn't made up? you're acting like it's weird to think he's not real me: i mean like... i literally never thought he was fictional r: i thought dickens wasn't real until i read one of his books in school. me: okay but like you know queen victoria was real right r: yeah me: okay good because there was like. a whole doctor who thing with her r: that aired after we did a whole unit on the victorians at school me: did you find out dickens was real before or after you studied victorians r: ........ me: it was after wasn't it r: ......yeah

[somecunttookmyurl]

@learnorlose are you real can you confirm

[hungwy]

I hate how 3 pm is so close to 2 pm so there's an illusion that there's still time left in the day to do things but in reality 3 pm is also close to 4 pm and if it's close to 4 pm you might as well just wait till tomorrow. <- can't argue against this by the way.

[evermore-fashion]

Favourite Designs: Linda Friesen ‘Maternity’ Haute Couture Gown [x]

[soracities]

the “humans are inherently selfish” fanclub can genuinely and in all honesty go to hell. i once came back from a school yard where the kids had heaped piles of leaves and cut wildflowers on a narrow strip of grass bc a bee had died. i actually want to cry.

[cup-of-anxi-tea]

when i was a child, my parents told me our houseplant would die of lack of sunlight. i was so young i don’t even remember this, but apparently, my response to this was starting to carry the plant around like an emotional support stuffed animal. whenever my family went outside i would hold the pot on my head to make it reach the sun better. i wasn’t in school yet, didn’t have any exposure to the lessons on caring they give in elementary, i don’t remember my thought process - but i can guess. kids integrally care about things, even tiny bugs and inanimate plants. humans care.

[karadin]

don’t let them beat it out of you

[iisland-breeeze-deactivated2023]

I am so normal about this....

[glowingghosty]

this is actually happening RIGHT NOW, i haven't looked to see if anyone's gotten pictures but it should be currently visible UNTIL early February!!

"A rare green comet is expected to pass by Earth this week and will be visible in the night sky for nearly a month, according to NASA and astronomers."

I'm glad i checked because i was about to set a reminder for feb 2 and it might've been too late

[peoplegettingkindamadatfood]

[tvandfilm]

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE 6.03 – “The Tattler”

[deathgasmic]

i have no game when it comes to flirting, i just say raw unfiltered unhinged thoughts and hope something sticks

[blumineck]

I did some more fantasy archery trope testing. This time the arrow stabby thing!

[twitterlols]

[sweatermuppet]

[already so afraid] let me add caffeine to this, actually

[everythingfox]

Puppy is one with nature

(via)

[twitterlols]

[muaddibstyleguide]

Ah, literature!

[softgrlfriend]

that’s enough emotions for a whole year. ciao

[insertchaoticenbyname]

The earlier in the year you reblog this the better it gets

[plumstreet]

WHERE is that poem about that person learning all about their partners hyperfixation before getting dumped the last line is like "love is a stack of books on my nightstand with a bookmark near the end" I need it to feel whole help me please

[cielosky]

NYT Tiny Love Stories, 2/11/2020

A Bookmark Near the End

He loves history. He wanted to write a biography of John Quincy Adams. I, shamefully, knew almost nothing about John Quincy Adams, so I went online and bought every biography of him I could find. One day, he called me, claiming that we wouldn’t work out long term. He said he loved me but that we had different interests. “What does love mean to you?” I said. “That’s an impossible question,” he replied. I, however, find love to be quite simple. Love is the stack of biographies on my nightstand with a bookmark near the end. — Julia Nicole Camp 

[zephyr-of-death]

how am I supposed to stay sane after reading this smh

[sharb]

I keep seeing people talking about tumblr live and this “week long snooze button” but I haven’t seen either and seeing people constantly talking about these features that sound terrible but I can’t see makes me scarred I’m gonna run into them and I’m just constantly like this

[sharb]

You know I might retire from social media and just go live in the woods

[forcesensitivebantha]

Oh my god I just checked, and I’ve recently moved from the US to Ireland… And the Tumblr live features Do Not Exist any longer. what the fuck