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[111wishesss]

How to avoid situationships in simple steps

• If he wants to be friends with you, go out more in groups instead of 1 on 1

• If he wants to be more than friends, let him know he should ask you on a date first

• Tell him you are only looking for a serious committed relationship

• Don't do relationship things if he hasn't officially asked you out to be his girlfriend

• Detach from him in order to think more rationally instead of emotionally

• 3 months rule: if he doesn't ask you to be his girlfriend in 3 months, you're out

[alwaysbegrateful365]

a wise man said...

[thoughtkick]

“You have me. Until ever last star in the galaxy dies. You have me.”

— Amie Kaufman, Illuminae

[valentineua]

Positano (2025) - Seth Armstrong (b.1983)

[talisidekick]

I don't care what nationality you are. US, UK, French, German, anyone in Europe, please do me the grandest of favours and spread this around. Steal the link, make your own post, I don't care; just get it to the eyes of your viewers because if they're Canadian, I need your help.

This petition ends May 26th 2023:

What is this about?

"Whereas:

The world is becoming increasingly hostile to transgender and nonbinary individuals;

Transgender and nonbinary people's rights to live as themselves are being restricted and removed in many places;

This includes the so-called "Western democracies" which have historically been presumed safe;

The United Kingdom is revising their Equality Act to exclude trans people from its protections;

More than a dozen American states have enacted or are considering legislation eliminating or criminalizing gender-affirming care; and

Canada has prided itself on being an inclusive, tolerant, and welcoming society for everyone regardless of gender identity or gender expression.

We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to extend to transgender and nonbinary people the right to claim asylum in Canada by reason of eliminationist laws in their home countries, whatever country that may be."

It's better to give people an exit plan, and just hope they won't need it, then to do nothing and assume they'll be fine. Help us keep making Canada a positive place for everyone. I hope you'll sign if you're Canadian, and if you're not, I hope you'll help us make some positivity by sharing this around.

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

You want to know why Inigo Montoya remains such an iconic and beloved character even 35 years after the Princess Bride came out?

It’s because he’s one of the few characters in fiction who has a story where he has dedicated his life to revenge, his whole motivation is about getting revenge….and he gets it! and then he isn’t empty or despairing! he doesn’t regret it! he’s totally satisfied!

because so many stories about revenge or rage are about characters “seeing the futility of their actions” or learning “their desire for revenge has only made them the monsters they hated” FUCK THAT.

Inigo Montoya kills the man who kills his father, is allowed to live in the narrative after and be happy about it and it is so satisfying. it’s fantastic. it’s iconic.

let more characters rage against the world, bring it down with bloodied hands, and let them be FUCKING RIGHT about it. Let them celebrate their success with sharp grins, and let them live happy, full lives where they always remain proud/fulfilled for what they’ve done

[shinobicyrus]

Another thing that set Inigo Montoya apart from other characters with vengeance arcs is that Inigo’s vengeance drove him but it didn’t consume him. He was wronged and wanted - needed that injustice to be corrected - but his vengeance was focused. Rather than taking his pain out on the whole world, Inigo was a charming, pleasant, good-humored person that treated everyone respectfully, even folks he was fighting. He even asks politely to people he meets about any extra digits they may have.

Would a bitter, angry, vengeance-consumed man swear on the life of his father and help a guy he was planning to duel, then give him time to catch his breath? Would he hand his sword over to his future opponent to lovingly show off his late-father’s skill as a swordmaker?

“You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.”

I think part of what makes Inigo so iconic and beloved is because while vengeance was his story, it wasn’t who he was, so when he achieved his vengeance it was less an emptiness and more of a satisfaction, a story completed, a wrong made right, and a man suddenly baffled at the possibilities before him, not sure what his next story would be.

[existentialcomicsfeed]

Anarchy on the Street

[strangestcase]

I think people would armchair diagnose bad people with cluster B disorders much less if psychiatric disorders hadn't all been given names by ableists who of course picked the traits most unberarable to "sane" people to name them rather than, you know, the ways it affects the people that have them. It's like, when doctors are all "this disorder gives you extremely low self esteem. and it's called the Selfish Fucking Asshole Disorder" or "this disorder makes you want to die so bad. and it's called the Hysteric Bitch Disorder" or "this disorder disconnects you from your peers. and it's called the Insane Evil Cunt Disorder" and so on and so forth, so of course you have people going "oh, this person is a selfish fucking asshole, they MUST have Selfish Fucking Asshole Disorder! this further proves that all people with this disorder are like that in the first place!" Do You See It

[reads-too-many-writing-prompts]

Bruce, at a family dinner (asking solely in order to spend more time with his childern): Something big is going down in Gotham, this Friday. I need someone to be my back up in case something goes wrong. Dick: no can do. The titans and I have training. Jason: Nope. Lian has a dance recital. Steph: I have to- wait. what? Damian: who's 'lian' Jason, shovelling food in his mouth: don't worry about it. Dick: do you have... a child?? Jason: NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS. Bruce, emotional and confused: Am I a...grandfather? The table: (ERUPTS)

[shepardlives]

“I’d kill for you. Please ask me to kill for you.” “No.” Is a top tier ship dynamic no I do not take criticism

[shepardlives]

The idea of a person being capable of incredibly immoral acts but held in check but their love of their partner sends me every time

[ii-zi]

yes

[joematar]

pairs well with this one

[gentleaffirmations]

Even if you were a difficult child, you didn't deserve to be hurt.

[gentleaffirmations]

I hope this message reaches all the neurodiverse and disabled people who were made to feel like their abuse was justified because they had "behaviors".

While this message is true for every child, you are who I had in mind when I wrote it.

[memeuplift]

[soracities]

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

[paper-mario-wiki]

HEY wanna read but annoyed on where to find copies of books?

Here's an archive with millions of PDFs of books and papers and magazines and essays and stuff.

[meltedgarment]

I've been looking for such archives, thanks

[hollowboobtheory]

fuck parental rights honestly

[hollowboobtheory]

if your child's teacher notices they come to class every day covered in bruises, they don't need your permission to talk to them about it.

[hollowboobtheory]

no. nobody needs your permission to protect your children from you.

[the-haiku-bot]

no. nobody needs

your permission to protect

your children from you.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[evie-the-mostly-human]

It starts now

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Arthur Miller, The Crucible

[evie-the-mostly-human]

do you still have any contact with simon / simone?

No. And that is a choice I made on purpose. They are very kind online. But I want you to know that every “gentle reader” who ever met them in person ran. It happened a few days before they stopped going on tumblr.

I stayed the longest. Three years as their partner. And I’m still trying to recover. They are just another person, no monster. They made me sign an nda, held it over my head as a legal document so I wouldn’t talk to my old friends. Only for me to find out it’s a fake legal document that won’t hold up in court. They are Kristina Meister.

They are manipulative. They always picked people who survived narcissistic abuse, but hadn’t recovered from it. They did it on purpose.

I have pictures of their diary where they fantasize about starting a cult.

I’m sorry. I’m very very sorry. I know they were a person many would reach out to in a moment of suffering, when they needed someone. They were that for me. And they managed to do a decent job of that when they could choose every word carefully and hide who they were behind a screen. I sought safety in them. They gave it for a short while, but eventually they took advantage of that dependence.

You may be searching for something right now, a friend, comfort, advice, and while you can’t find it in them please don’t stop searching for that. The relationships all us gentle readers had with them, were not equal. There was a power imbalance. I suggest searching for an equal in someone who doesn’t hold themself above you. If you need support or care, even if it seems impossible in your life right now, it is not.

My world was ending when I leaned on a stranger from the internet. It didn’t go well… but I clawed my into a better life than I’d ever had before. It takes time, which really really sucks. But it can get better. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you what you were looking for, but I hope you find it.