Holy Jumpin'

Wings and Things

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[saintdollyparton]

Dolly continues to be The Best.

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CHOTRONETTE ‘Aurora Borealis’ dress if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways

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Credit: @pet_foolery

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[thebindingbird]

HORF

[pixelsmasher]

Oh my fucking ribs.

[from-your-ashes]

this is clearly a case of a dog being reincarnated in the wrong body

[kelila]

@betterbemeta

[flynnanimal-deactivated20211213]

I lost my shit at google street view.

[slavery]

Not enough people named WOLFGANG these days smh what’s with that

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[sinkies]

photosynthesis

[postmastered]

that’s like the complete opposite of this image

or are they the same guy

[girlnumbersix]

ladies we need to start frantically and obsessively reading books in less than 24 hours again..remember how happy we were

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[awed-frog]

Just had my nth conversation with someone about mask-wearing today - yet another well-intentioned moron who was like 

‘But the virus is gone now’ (it isn’t) 

‘But the mask is uncomfortable’ (ventilators are worse)

‘But you’re young, you won’t die’ (having this thing could impact my health for decades to come + it’s my responsability to protect those who’re more vulnerable than I am because that’s how society works)

‘But are you going to live in fear for the rest of your life’ (taking concrete safety measures actually helps me feel more in control and less worried)

‘But are you going to give up everything and stay inside like a rat’ (no, but I’m definitely going to decide what’s worth risking my health for, and shopping for bread rolls is not very high on my list of literally-to-die-for activities)

‘But what if they never find a vaccine’ (then we’ll get used to the situation just like we got used to a thousand other things like seat belts, bike helmets, and increasingly weird true crime podcasts). 

I know it’s tiring to have people call you paranoid all the time - but you’re right and they’re wrong. Check the news, keep a safe distance from others whenever possible and keep wearing your mask!

(Btw that thread is full of interesting stuff.)

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[meanplastic-deactivated20140215]

me in 70 years

[headrubs]

how many elmos must die

[koriinku]

101 elmos

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cruelmo deville

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[kaijuno]

Freshman year of college I was in a philosophy class and I was giving some sort of group presentation. The prof asked my group “what do you think is your purpose in life?” And none of them really had an answer while I just said “to make the world a better place for those who come after us” because in my mind that’s just the obvious answer. The prof looked kind of taken aback that I just had an answer on the ready and was like “Why? What’s your motivation?”

In that moment I realized I was in front of a lecture hall of privileged students. I was surrounded by people who didn’t know poverty or desperation like I had. I clawed my way here on scholarships while they were legacy kids or trust fund babies. In that moment it clicked in my head that there’s this level of empathy that you can only gain when you have absolutely nothing to lose. A level of empathy that only the impoverished have. A level of empathy that screams out that you have to fight to make things better even if it doesn’t benefit you. It’s a concept that you can only really grasp when you have nothing to lose and the kids before me hadn’t known that pain. They hadn’t developed that kind of empathy.

My only answer that I could give the prof was “Why wouldn’t I?”

[lazy-polyglot]

A level of empathy that screams out that you have to fight to make things better even if it doesn’t benefit you.

[iphisquandary]

all the angry rich people in the notes:

[theroguefeminist]

also to all the people who are arguing that class privilege has nothing to do with empathy, studies show that richer people have less empathy

i know u dont like to listen to us commoners but… lmao

[dapenguinninja]

oh this one of them good posts where the basic message is “treat people better” and this causes the most controversy

[mgmirani]