On the Waterfront

Ophélie. She/her. Late twenties. Disaster Bisexual. OphelieduLac on Ao3.

[senatortedcruz]

I hate Elon musk so fucking much

[senatortedcruz]

Exactly!!!!!

[sprinkledsalt]

Regarding the "meme" video Trump posted online depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, it cannot be stressed enough that this is what has driven Trumpism since the beginning; white people wanting societal permission to be open, gutter racists against the Obamas. That's all this whole fucking thing has been about for over 10 years. It drove racists insane that a black man was the most powerful man in the world for 8 years and they were expected to respect him instead of call him the n-word. When Trump came on the political scene with the racist birtherism conspiracy theory, they eagerly lapped it up, and then when he launched his 2016 campaign in which he essentially said “fuck civility, be openly racist again”, these bottom feeders clapped like seals. So much suffering because MAGA would rather tear the country apart so they could call black people monkeys without consequence than have a black president (just like their Confederate ancestors who would've rather torn the country apart than live among free black people). And the shut-ins on here as pale as mayonnaise will insist both sides are the same and "Copmala would've been just as bad u shitlibs!!111!!!"

Meanwhile:

Bonus:

[basilibino]

Everything said here is largely correct, however for the sake of accuracy, and to bolster op's position, I want to mention that the root of this racist vitriol actually goes all the way back to Obama's first campaign.

There was misinformation on Obama's birthplace since '91, and rumblings of theories about it in '04 when he began running for Senate, but Birtherism really picked up the moment it was clear that he was going to be the Democratic Nominee for '08. Sarah Palin promoted Birtherist conspiracy theories while running for VP.

The Tea Party, which would go on to influence just about all modern far right orgs, was formed in the way it was to oppose Obama's policies, especially the ACA.

During the 2008 campaign, there were shirts with pictures of Curious George labeled "Obama '08"; February 18, 2009, the New York Post shared a cartoon in which Obama was depicted as a literal chimpanzee (conflating him with Travis).

It cannot be overstated that the catalyst for so much of our current political escalation was this seething hatred at the idea of a Black Man in power.

[nortism]

You can never escape the symbolic Waterloo dates!!

[mephistopheles]

"bottom" please consider 🫵 whether the word you are looking for is in fact "submissive" ! because if we decide that taking dick means your personality & character r inherently subservient 😃 we might as well just throw in the towel on the most basic premise of feminism & 🔫 kill ourselves 🎉

[cosmogyros]

[kurulover]

I hate that when you’re stressed enough your body just starts falling apart. I think it should realize you’re already stressed and don’t need that and start functioning better actually

[kurulover]

[opheliedulac]

current mood: the phrase of "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols that goes "no future! no future! no future for me!"

[hyliantomatoes]

wait now i’m curious what’s everyone’s go-to pair of shoes

[dailymusicians]

CHAPPELL ROAN via maccosmetics on Instagram (June 11, 2026)

[segamascott]

got my first ever official customer complaint because when i was going over the terms of their life insurance they were like "well i don't plan to die" and i was like "well you're going to"

[thethirdromana]

Putting the term "Catholic guilt" on a high shelf where fandom can't reach it until everyone learns how to identify characters who are very very clearly coded as Protestant.

[queer-crows-nightmare]

[orpheuslament]

this recent trend of teenagers using genAI chatbots to talk to fictional characters is fucking grim. what you should be doing is roleplaying on private messages with your friends until the lines between you & the characters begin to blur & you develop some very complex & confusing feelings for each other that culminate in a massive fallout you dont have the tools to process nor understand

[amurderof]

#can not emphasize this enough#start a multifandom game with 20-30 maladaptive weirdos#care about crossover ships that can not be explained#learn to negotiate truly incomprehensible drama#it will prepare you for adult life way better and more fun than leadership class#and perhaps you will some day marry the hottest weirdo (tags via @somarysueme)

cosigned

[prof-grace-aspen]

Rent-lowering gunshots:

QUEER IS NOT A SLUR

We reclaimed it way back in the 1980's. It is the accepted term used in academia, in colleges and universities ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I can't believe we have to have this discussion AGAIN. During PRIDE month.

[the-kirbe-anon-archive-deactiva]

I love dandelions!

*puts a dandelion in your hair*

Reblog to put a dandelion in prev's hair

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

so what you're gonna do is you're gonna trim the top off a bulb of garlic, using the knife's edge to take off the tip of every individual clove, that's important. you're gonna place the garlic face-up in a square of tinfoil, drizzle with olive oil, wrap completely in foil, place in baking tray, repeat with a copious amount of garlic bulbs. you're gonna put that baking tray in an oven set to 375-400°F, for 30-50 minutes, until soft and browned. you're gonna toast some good bread, slather generously with butter and honey, maybe a tiny lil bit o' salt. and then. you're gonna SQUEEZE. OUT. THAT. ROASTED GARLIC. onto the butter honey toast. and you're gonna eat it. food stolen directly from the plate of the gods. that's what you're gonna do.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

the garlic. it beckons you

[thesweetestsupervillains]

It occurs to me that "1920s gangster doing a cooking show while holding you at gunpoint" is an untapped market.

We've had normal cooking shows. Now we need period piece cooking shows in character.

[ao3cassandraic]

I'm uh.

Just going to point out that this happened, and then go into hiding (with, I hope, somewhat improved opsec) before somebody puts a horse head in my bed.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Huh.

[chrispineofficial]

saw an annoying post. but i’m being so brave about it

[chrispineofficial]

i’m obsessed with you. shall we get married

[valtsv]

we need to bring back the phrase "what business is it of yours" in a big way i'm serious

[valtsv]

i know you can just say "none of your business" but phrasing it as a question with a jarringly formal tone is the ideal way to shoot an overfamiliar unwelcome overture dead in its tracks and force the person making it to confront the boundaries they're taking for granted + it would really piss people off which is funny

[valtsv]

&also it allows you to experience the joy of talking like an autistic vampire, which i highly recommend

[doyoulovethewayzeylily]

doomscrolling tiktok together and I turn to you and ask, "why doesn't your algorithm recommend any videos with Black people?"

[doyoulovethewayzeylily]

doomscrolling tumblr and I turn to you and ask, "why don't you reblog anti-racism when it makes you feel uncomfortable?"