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@goldencoalcat

[some-pers0n]

[guerrillatech]

[utah-mountain-drifter-deactivat]

[poorghost]

no one follows the trees warning

[rapidashrider]

You know the parable about how the foolish man built his house upon sand and the wise man built his house upon rock and it’s always about having a sturdy foundation well there is also the fact of location which is that the sand probably used to be rock except it’s been eroded to sediment because it’s a FUCKING FLOODPLAIN

[whereserpentswalk]

flood Plain perfec t size for put town in to b\uild! inside very Soft and Comfort town safe happy put town in Floodplain. Put Town In Floodplain. no problems ever in flloodplain because good Shape and Support for town roads weak of big town citizens. Afloodplain yes a place for a town put town in floodplain can trust floodplain for giveing good place for town. friend flood

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[fairycosmos]

often the choice comes down to eat a meal and shower or kill yourself

[batshit-auspol]

Occasionally as an Australian you'll be talking to someone from overseas, and you'll discover a common phrase you took for granted is, in fact, not universally known outside of our country.

Turns out casually dropping "fuck me dead" into conversation will give unsuspecting Americans an aneurism.

The more you know.

[batshit-auspol]

Imagine being on a work call with an Aussie and they suddenly announce they're gonna blow a load in response to a problem.

[fred-the-dinosaur]

Not Aussie but I asked an American once if she was taking the piss ( i.e. pulling my leg, joking. Perfectly cromulent and friendly english expression)

and she got really upset because she thought I was threatening to piss ON her

[honiibbang]

This is killing me

[batshit-auspol]

Rifling through the tags, here's some other terms which are apparently causing mass carnage whenever they escape our borders:

Having a goon (i.e. Sipping on a delightful wine)

Having a gaytime (Eating an icecream)

Having a sticky beak (Investigating)

Take a squiz (To have a sticky beak)

Get stuffed (To express a revelation is most frightful)

Chuck a sickie (Take a day off work due to the humours being misaligned)

Chuck a wobbly (When one's temperament becomes visibly upset)

Carry on like a pork chop (Acting most silly indeed)

Thongs (flip flops)

Hot chook (Pre-cooked supermarket rotisserie chicken, otherwise known as the Bachelor's Handbag)

Fair suck of the sauce bottle (Let's be real)

Shits me to tears (Something is mildly annoying)

Not here to fuck spiders (Expressing a situation is serious)

Having a piss-up (A social gathering)

I'll shout you (offering to goon an old chum)

A cruisy place (a relaxed atmosphere, where one might shout and goon the night away while enjoying many a gaytime in your favourite thongs)

[batshit-auspol]

When you fuck up a work call so bad it gets your entire country trending on social media

[batshit-auspol]

A NATIONAL NEWS HOST has now weighed in on this post 😭

We are not a serious country

[maimonideznuts]

I can't believe nobody mentioned "don't piss in my pocket", meaning "don't pretend you're doing me a favour"

[grabowskibeepboop]

I'm not american but I swear to god some of these if not most had to have been made up on the spot... It's like someone fell off Babel and hit their head really fucking hard

[todaysbird]

I think, sadly, a lot of what has spurred climate inaction in younger people (besides anti-reality brainrot) is feeling powerless or not being given the right tools to take action, not a lack of giving a shit.

[wren-songbird]

this is definitely a big part of it. i’m majoring in psychology and environmental science, and yeah, the massive amount of existential terror instilled in younger people about climate change and the complete lack of constructive, achievable things to do about it is huge. thinking about a big, bad problem that you can’t solve is stressful, so people just…. don’t.

just like any other big, bad problem, what we can do is split it into smaller, actionable parts:

- Carbon emissions from livestock? Make little diet changes, even if it’s just removing beef (it’s healthier too!)

- If you’re able, walk or bike to your classes/work/errands once a week instead of driving (also healthier)

- Corporations being shitty? Making slight changes in what products we buy (even if it’s just a slightly different brand) can make an impact

these are just a few examples, but honestly… a big factor in why people don’t make little changes is because they feel like their changes aren’t big enough, so they don’t make any change at all. Even little changes are better than none, and guilt won’t get us anywhere. Once we realize that we are capable of little changes, then we begin to realize that we are capable of big changes to!

[mokopirirakaugalaxias]

I’m generally of the opinion that our energy is best used on collective action rather than focusing on individual responsibilities, but I REALLY like the way you’ve framed that as a way of building momentum towards larger, more coordinated efforts. People need to feel that they have some kind of ability to create change, and that is learned through experience. Hope is a skill.

[oarfjsh]

individual changes do cause people around you to start caring, too. even if the practical step you take is not going to solve everything - and often exchanging x for y product is not a perfect and fully sustainable long term fix either - it does remind people that we do have to change, have to be mindful of the effects of our lifestyles. that even choosing the lesser evil is progress, and the easiest starting point to rethink your consumption habits.

[slowedmountains]

redrew the art meme that was going round a few weeks ago because “make it good later” has never been that aspiration to me, it’s even been enough to just not make the thing I really want to make in the past.

make it now. Make it however. Maybe it’ll work out maybe it won’t Make it or it won’t exist.

[mossworm]

me every day without fail: I'll do [chore] when I get home

me when I get home:

[bemusedlybespectacled]

me every single week: I'll do it on the weekend!

me the entire weekend:

[of-the-astral-sea]

all of us rn

[serenity-bitty]

[aintmyjewelry]

watching Trump’s press conference and yes he is blaming autism on Tylenol. I hope Tylenol lays down the craziest lawsuit on Earth. I hope it makes their reaction to the 1980’s Tylenol murder look like child’s play

[swanpaw]

#the 80s what

the 80s tylenol murders. tl;dr: you know that tamper seal on new bottles of medicine everyone hates? those are there because in the 1980s, some freak went into a pharmacy and poisoned a bunch of tylenol. 7 people died in the initial crime, more in subsequent copycat crimes. they never caught who did it.

Chicago Tylenol murders - Wikipedia

Chicago Tylenol murders - Wikipedia

[alex51324]

Another thing here is that the company's response to the crisis is, to this day, frequently taught in business classes as a model of how to handle a crisis.

Even though they weren't doing anything differently from other medication companies that made them vulnerable to this--and it remains unclear whether the tampering was happening in the factory, the stores, or some other part of the supply chain--they moved very quickly to recall products and develop tamper-resistant packaging, and as a result they regained the public's trust a lot more quickly than you might guess. (And the new packaging they developed also became the industry standard.)

So part of the comparison here, is that if Tylenol manages to pull off a similarly effective response to this, it could be a playbook for other companies and organizations to resist Trump's baseless attacks.

[thestuffedalligator]

Collecting books is great until you have to move all of them at once and realize that every one of the little bastards weighs about as much as a brick and collectively have the mass of a neutron star

[victusinveritas]

[liminalweirdo]

i'm not sure why this was posted without the link to the actual GFM but here it is

[animentality]

[aspecmemesdaily]

Day 432

[bobbole]

Chernobog - art by Matías Bergara

[kosmogrl]

my humor might be broken cause I find this trend actually funny

[twitblr]

🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

[isa-ghost]

This is one of the most adorable Pride posts I’ve ever seen

[granola-peasant]

What I love about the imagery of the turtle is that it’s sending the message that they are protecting themselves by being in their shell. It’s not about deceiving straight people (like we are often told), but about the turtle’s own safety. They’ll come out when the time is right and they feel comfortable. 💕🏳️‍🌈

[negativepeanuthoarder]

"love is what makes us human" actually it's 'select all images with boat' but go off I guess

[stealingpotatoes]

@mah99moud reached out to me to spread awareness of his fundraiser for his family. As of posting this (12 november), the fundraiser is at €803 of €15,000.

Please share and donate if you can! Let's get them the help and shelter they need!

(He's #232 on @gazavetters's list!)