The Litter Box

Random mutterings from a strange-minded individual.

[dinosaurs-on-wheels-deactivated]

how can someone be asexual? i’m glad you asked. obviously i can’t speak for all of us but i for one lost my sexuality in a drunken game of poker against captain jack harkness.

[bi-privilege]

how multisexuals are made: we win our sexuality off the asexuals

[autbucky-remade]

us graysexuals have a more nuanced agreement, we get our sexuality back on weekends and on holidays we occasionally borrow someone else’s

[boomsnapwhist-deactivated201701]

sexuality banking

[lauren-m-jankowski]

I’m crying! 😂

[comparativelysuperlative]

Fractional reserve sexuality.

[sayitwithsarcophilus]

I lost most of my sexual attraction in a game of high stakes Apples To Apples in college, but later I found some bits and bobs between the couch cushions.

Demisexuals never lost theirs as such, but they keep it packed in layers of tissue paper in a box in the basement next to the fine china and only bring it out for special occasions.

[acejokes]

I traded mine to become a dragon.

[hi-def-doritos-deactivated20181]

I bartered off my attraction with a cleric for the chance to cast some wicked cool spells to give myself an eternal supply of cake. #noregrets

[eggerlandmystery]

i always thought kiwis were like the size of the fruit kiwi for some reason

theyre p big 

[heortewyrm-deactivated20180606]

ill be damned

[whenlifegivesyouconures]

I THOUGHT THEY WERE SMALL TOO???

[nzbekitty]

Kiwi evolved to fill the same ecological niche as cats. So yeah, they're pretty big.

[lattendicht]

The Surprisingly Sincere Up Front Guide to Voting

New Zealand has a general election coming up this month - in fact, advance voting is already open around the country. These are a couple of basic guides to the logistics of voting in this election.

Of particular note is the new requirement to state your full name aloud for the Issuing Officer. If this is an issue for you, you may want to consider advance voting, and doing so early, as advance voting locations are often empty (except for the last 3 days, as noted in part 1). 

Part 1: Advance Voting

Highlights: 

Do I need my EasyVote Card to cast an advance vote?

No.

If I don’t have my EasyVote Card, do I need ID?

No.

…

Do I have to be enrolled?

No. We can enrol you in the advance voting booth and you can cast your vote at the same time. The only time you can’t enrol is on Election Day.

What if I’m not sure if I’m enrolled or what electorate I’m in or which roll I’m on?

You should definitely come in and advance vote

Part 2: Everything Else

Highlights:

Can I vote if I don’t have my EasyVote card?

Yes.

Do I need ID to vote?

No. No. No you do not.

Are you sure?

*screams into a pillow*

I’ve voted heaps of times and I don’t have any questions, so I can completely ignore this, right?

Here’s what’s new this time around. You will be asked to state your full name, aloud. This is a legal requirement. If you refuse to do so, the Issuing Officer will send you to the polling place manager for a talking-to and a spanking. Okay, a form. And you’ll have to cast a special vote. I personally completely understand that this will make some people uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable. We should probably take it up with whoever it was who made the legal challenge that led to this change.

Please vote in this election. You can find out more about the mechanics of our proportional voting system at the Electoral Commission website, plus information in languages other than English, and instructions for overseas voting.

[nzbekitty]

Two things: first, advance voting runs from Monday 11 September until Friday 22nd, so it's not "already open". Advance voting for NZers living overseas IS currently open, and you can download your voting papers from the Electoral Commission website. This option is not open to those of us living in NZ, though.

Secondly, though it's true that there is a legal requirement to confirm your name, you DO NOT have to say it out loud. If you are non-verbal, you can nod when the issuing officer points at your name on the EasyVote card, and you can then be issued an ordinary vote. 

The NZ Electoral Commission's position is that nobody who wants to vote gets turned away. Not enrolled, or not sure whether you're enrolled or not? Turn up to an advance voting place, fill in an enrolment form, and vote on the spot! If it's election day and you don't know if you're enrolled, but you've turned up to the voting place just in case, cast a special vote! If you're out of your home electorate on election day, you can go into any voting place around NZ and still be able to vote. If you don't have a fixed address, you can still enrol and vote.

Basically, the NZEC did a bunch of research into voter fraud and voter suppression, and came to the conclusion that since the incidence of voter fraud in NZ was phenomenally low, they should instead concentrate on making sure that as many people as possible could exercise their right to vote. 

This election is shaping up to be mighty interesting. Definitely one to take part in. Lots of people will be voting for the first time. And the anniversary of universal women's suffrage in NZ, September 19, falls within the second week of the advance voting period. So it's historic, yeah? 

[sizvideos]

Deadpool’s instructive video may save your testicles

[mrs-prism-deactivated20180422]

This is both entertaining and really important.

[accidentallypatriotic-deactivat]

Yo if you’ll reblog the boob campaign, you can damn well reblog Deadpool discussing bollocks.

[vaporwavevocap]

Excellent.

[feanna]

And testicular cancer has an EXCELLENT healing rate if caught reasonably early. Maybe we should mention that! So IF you feel a lump, it might still be nothing, but if it’s something, it might be very very treatable.

[rvmspeedwagon]

Please check yourself it could save your life.

[tenoko1]

Well, and the importance of the fact that he became Deadpool due to having cancer. Deadpool doing cancer exam vids for men and women was excellent, and was the first time I’ve seen it urged for men to check themselves regularly.

[cricketcat9]

Check your own, tell your boyfriend/husband/friend! 

My friend had it, caught it early, recovered, has kids and lives happily ever after

[nzbekitty]

And not just men, either! Trans women, make sure you check your equipment regularly. Stay safe and healthy!

[mjalti]

i crave simple things in life like fresh sourdough bread with a shallow but ornate dipping bowl containing olive oil/balsamic/fresh herbs on a moonlit evening overlooking the sea in some fuckall, Mediterranean location where i’m left alone to eat my bread and let the iodine from the sea air heal my torn up spirit & also six hundred million dollars in unmarked duffle bags stuffed into a swiss bank account box i receive for completing a job of dubious morality

[nzbekitty]

"What? They're very distinctive needs, Nate!"

[lemonmeirngue]

This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.

[unclebabie]

THIS ONE!!! THIS IS THE ONE THAT WORKS!!!!!

I reblogged him the day i started treatment and 1. GOT TO MY APPOINTMENT ON TIME 2. FOUND A FREE PARKING TICKET SOMEONE LEFT IN THE METER FOR ME AND 3. GOT FREE STARBUCKS AFTER MY APPOINTMENT!!!!!

[cutedemonbabe]

I’m convinced bc I reblogged this on Friday, got hired at a job I had a million interviews for, went on a first date that went well, and got kissed a billion times so like hell ya to the luck cat

[nzbekitty]

I could do with some luck...

[nevver]

Chicago

[hibiderry]

A family can be a princess, a farmboy, a scoundrel, a walking carpet, a golden anxiety machine and and a beeping trashcan.

[tikkunhayam]

Up until I see walking carpet I always expect this to be Princess Bride

[nzbekitty]

"Boop beep brrrp blip!"

"You keep saying that. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[goodfuuuuuuuckinriddance]

people who are afraid of snakes are fuckin’ WILD, like dude, just carefully step over these fat babies’ sausage bodies and gently move the burmese python chillin’ against the door, then you become unfathomably rich. i would do this for $10. i would do this for FREE. 

[william-snekspeare]

I would pay $10 to do this

[seananmcguire]

…I would have trouble making it to the door before figuring out how to take the snakes with me….

[nzbekitty]

One question: which side of the door am I on to start with? Do I get $15.5 billion AND get to play with sneks? Because if so, count me in! 

[nzbekitty]

My hobby:

Telling New Who fans that the so-called "UNIT dating controversy" is about who Classic Who fans ship the Brig with.

[nzbekitty]

Mama tamarin just wants to be able to go to the bathroom alone for once.

[imaginesteverogerss]

Imagine Steve wearing Mr. Rogers-esque sweaters and everyone around him like “aww he has no clue, sweet child" but he absolutely knows, and hums the song casually and refers to the Avengers as characters from the neighborhood.

Humming, Steve takes a seat on the bench in the foyer to untie his loafers. He tucks them carefully under the bench, lining them up beside his sneakers, then reaches for the shoes Sam’s just toed off and left in the middle of the floor, lining them up too.

“When are you going to quit teasing them?” Sam asks.

Steve grins up at him. “When are they going to quit calling me Mr. Rogers?”

“Probably never.”

Steve nods. “Well, then. Probably never.”

[nzbekitty]

Steve is actually quite proud of his cousin Fred.

[nzbekitty]

blep

[thepersonalquotes]

[that-re-blog]

ALWAYS

[chloecats7]

why everybody foreget the H

[orchardevan-deactivated20180513]

my second name ALWAYS.

[goldicthehedgefox]

for spelling: THEY KEEP FORGETTING THAT I DONT HAVE AN E IN MY FIRST NAME, AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON MY LAST NAME. for pronounciation: ITS ALWAYS THE LAST NAME. A L W A Y S.

[galaxastar]

My first name! No E in my first name folks. My name is not Janae!

[teffyjeffy]

FOR F SAKE, ITS JeffREy NOT JeffERy!!!!!!!!

[namesarehardforme]

Just… my last name. Everyone gives up after the first 3 letters

[sailormew4]

My last name gets butchered every time

[myst-l-vie]

My surname… every freaking time…

[darthmelyanna]

Last name: constantly.

First name: thought it was a standard English name until I moved to a large city and people started assuming I was Eastern European.

[drst]

“Everyone gives up after the first 3 letters” - this.

[lattendicht]

Everyone’s so used to non-standard spellings of basic names now, so I have to spell out Alice for them. And my surname keeps getting messed up too (Cantabrians can’t handle the Scottish tendency to use men’s given names as surnames).

[nzbekitty]

My first name has only 3 letters. Apparently, this confuses people SO MUCH that they either misspell or mispronounce it. Seriously, you get special kudos from me if you can pronounce it right first time.

What really gets my goat is when people try and "correct" what they think is my bad pronunciation. OF MY OWN NAME. I mean, you'd think they'd realise that I know how to pronounce it correctly, but nooooooooo.

[babyanimalgifs]

[o6eiyrskb4hg7rix8hih-deactivate]

it’s name is Memphis Zoo

[madeofmoons]

beautiful

[nzbekitty]

What a terrible-looking cat. It looks like steak or something. 

[sixpenceee]

Tiny warthog cooling off in a tiny mud puddle

[blooodge]

OH MY FUCKING GOD.

[-ohwell-ohwell]

When I was a young warthogggg *cue Timon and Pumbaa*

[nzbekitty]

This is not a warthog. It's an African river piglet. Baby warthogs don't have stripes.

[voidfishasmr]

it’s obviously not the only factor but one thing all podcasts i support financially have in common is free and easy to access transcripts

[voidfishasmr]

i wasn’t going to elaborate but then yet another podcast i follow and love made transcripts a patreon reward and

i’m not happy

i’m not happy at all

i just need content creators to understand what they’re doing to their fans with hearing and processing disabilities when they expect them to pay extra for content everyone else gets to enjoy for free

i just need content creators to realize that these disabled fans are often under- or unemployed and don’t have unlimited money to throw at them in exchange for their otherwise free content

and i understand that these fans are not necessarily who content creators have in mind when they decide how to release their transcripts

but that’s part of the problem

that’s a huge part of the problem

i need content creators to understand that by refusing to prioritize (or even acknowledge) their disabled fans and their needs they are committing acts of ableism

if people need to pay to access your transcripts your podcast isn’t accessible and you have no right to pretend otherwise

if your transcripts are available for free on demand? that’s better but sorry your podcast isn’t accessible either and you also have no right to pretend otherwise

i know you can do better

please do better

[nzbekitty]

That's one of the reasons I love GlitterShip. Besides being a queer, diverse SFF fiction podcast, the transcripts are right there in the show notes. I don't even have to go to their website for them.