3 A.M. Somewhere

Porter - 21+ - he/they - sfw - very tired

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

btw you're allowed to enjoy two differing interpretations of the same character and you don't have to justify why you like it to anyone. you can like your evil character to be malicious and serious and you can like depicting them as a silly goober. you can enjoy seeing people draw two characters in all sorts of different contexts and dynamics without having to pick one over the other. you don't have to come up with a complex reason. you don't have to explain yourself to anyone. you can like a character multiple ways without having to justify why it's not problematic or why it's not weird. do what you want. it's fandom, not a testimony before the court.

[hug-your-face]

via @swatercolor [insta]

[hug-your-face]

This is the best tag I've ever received on a post, I think

[date-a-jew-suggestions]

If you would report an undocumented immigrant to ICE you would have reported me to the Nazis and I don’t fucking trust you

[prismatic-bell]

A note:

I live in a state where you “have to” report anyone you suspect of being undocumented (that wonderful hellhole of Arizona). Now in practice this law has fallen far short, thank goodness. But if you live in such a place and they start enforcing it, here is how you get around it:

Assume everyone who doesn’t speak English is visiting.

Never ask about their job, because if they tell you they work here then you know they’re not visiting. You see them a lot for several weeks or months? Hm. Someone in the family must be ill. That’s terribly tough. They always dress in old, ratty laborers’ clothes? I feel you, my dude, I can’t afford new clothes either, and my dad has the fashion sense of an aardvark, so sometimes it’s not even about “affording” them. They say they’ve been here for years? You must have misunderstood. Spanish isn’t your first language, after all. First and last name? It never came up, or you don’t recall–you meet a lot of people.

And then, if you’re asked: no, you haven’t seen anyone residing illegally in the United States. Just people visiting.

[date-a-jew-suggestions]

Very good very important addition

[appropriately-inappropriate]

Essentially, this is the civil society version of a work-to-rule strike.

Don’t do more than is expressly asked of you, and do what you are asked with such an intense attention to protocol that not asking you at all becomes more effective than even bothering.

In this case:

“Have you seen an illegal immigrant?”

“Could you describe an illegal immigrant, officer?”

*officer describes a person who is in the country without appropriate paperwork, or who has crossed the border illegally*

“No, sir, I haven’t seen any illegal immigrant.”

And this is correct. You have NOT seen an illegal immigrant, because you have no way of knowing if Jose Fulano is here legally or not. And since you can’t see his paperwork (or lack thereof), and did not personally see him cross the border illegally, you are only answering precisely the question asked.

[dancingwiththelostboys]

I’m not American, and I have like, three followers, but this is important.

[thelawfulchaotic]

So, I’m a lawyer, who deals with immigration though does not specialize in it. But here’s the thing(s): 

1) Even someone who’s working could be here on a migrant (or other sort of) visa (hey, there are a few thousand per year, and *someone*’s got to get them, right?) or could be waiting for their case to resolve in immigration court, after having come to America to join a born or naturalized American family member. 

2) Even people who are working improperly could have come into the country legally – and just overstayed their visa or be violating the conditions of their visa, and you have no idea what the niggly little regulations that govern that might be. 

3) If a law enforcement officer asks you about a neighbor/friend/etc., take this moment to remind them that, unlike them, you cannot ask a random person off the street for their ID and be entitled to a response. 

4) Even if someone has told you that they are undocumented, you still don’t know, do you? Humans lie all the time. How could you know for sure? You can’t, because they can’t prove that they have a lack of papers. Just because you haven’t seen papers doesn’t mean they don’t exist! 

5) Don’t ever talk to cops in general. Why are you talking to a cop? Stop that, as soon as it is safe and feasible. 

Love,

a very tired public defender

[nourasbasha]

Tumblr turned the like button into a little Christmas celebration.

Like the post and you’ll see it ❄️

[nourasbasha]

Even small things can feel warm.

A tiny animation. A moment of joy.

A reminder that kindness still exists.

If you’re celebrating today, I hope your day is gentle.

[nourasbasha]

Today, while you celebrate Christmas,

we want to celebrate with you from Gaza.

Winter is harsh on our children, but we are determined to find joy and celebrate with you. If you are celebrating today, celebrate kindness too.

GoFundMe - Verified #644

Giving is also a form of celebration.

[nourasbasha]

If this small animation made you smile today, imagine what kindness could mean to children in Gaza.

Reblogging is already a form of care.

[shubbabang]

[dark-wizard-guy-fieri]

context (via @mellorocket)

[chimthecappy]

doubly funny that I saw a compilation of all the corporate accounts like "aw thanks elmo, we're doing well" meanwhile all the flesh and blood real human people are extremely not okay

[artistefish]

Okay but Elmo had actually the best and sweetest response to all this trauma dumping:

And then all the other Sesame Street character accounts joined in:

And now I’m thinking maybe we’re gonna be okay… 💗

(Comment compilation from this Twitter)

[aqueerkettleofish]

I kinda feel for the poor person running Elmo's Twitter.

"So, boss... I may have messed up."

"What did you do, Ray?"

"Well, I made a post for Elmo saying 'Hi, how's everybody doing?'"

"I mean, that's kind of what we pay you for."

"Yeah, but.... <sigh> it turns out pretty much everyone is hanging on by a thread, badly enough that they needed to tell Elmo."

"Oh."

"God help me, boss, I think Elmo needs to be there for them."

"Get the others."

[shu-of-the-wind]

this is the energy that jim henson would be proud of.

[anna-neko]

and important addition

Source: instagram

[snowysoul-squrirel]

Always reblog this. Elmo and his friends will be there in your times of trial and doubt, to help you through your torment

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

every day I learn bot comments on ao3 are stooping lower and lower

anyway if you get a comment like this, chances are that they are bot and their goal is to do whatever it takes to get you to delete your work, most certainly (from what I’ve heard) it’s because they want to “safely” steal your work, use it to train their ai without you being able to rightfully claim ownership of your work since “there’s no proof that the work was stolen/was posted elsewhere first by you” because the original source has already been deleted.

THEY ARE ALL BOTS. at first it was “ao3 is deleting fics and your entire account will be affected unless you delete the fics yourself” then it was “this work contains contents that are illegal and they have already reported you and your fic to the police” (yes, that’s how desperate these bots are), and now it’s this.

report their comments to ao3 for spam—in this case, specifically, I think you may be able to report them for harassment too—and don’t pay attention to them, most importantly don’t delete your works, don’t feel discouraged by their comments. remember that they are bots and they mass comment something like this on people’s works at random to get people to delete their works. (or even if they’re not bot, they are still pathetic bullies who don’t deserve your time or attention.)

MORE ABOUT BOTS AND SCAMS PLAGUING AO3’S COMMENTS SECTION HERE

[keikomivra]

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000) Dir. Ron Howard

[were--ralph]

you ever get tired of living but in a non-suicidal way

[were--ralph]

like everything is bad everywhere and no one has money and im tired of this cycle

[anderswasrightt]

i tried to explain how i was feeling like this to my drug counselor and she was like "yeah that still sounds kinda suicidal" and i could not figure out how to explain that i don't wanna die, i just like. am so so so tired of the way life is for me and all my friends and family. i'm tired of living like this but i'm gonna keep doing it bc i guess there's no other choice

[prof-grace-aspen]

I don't wanna die, I wanna go lay on a warm field under the sun and watch the clouds go by. How is this hard to understand?

[vaspider]

I just want to spend a few days in the dim twilight between sleep and waking, but specifically the dim twilight of a Saturday morning in April.

[crazy-pages]

Burnout. The word is burnout, but not because of an unusual state of overwork or an overly demanding position, but because the bare minimum being demanded is beyond capacity.

[jackalgirl]

How is it that Tumblr consistently puts the posts that talk about what I am feeling at the top of my feed every. single. time?

[thesaltofcarthage]

oh, tumblr, we're really in it now

[theconcealedweapon]

Remember this when people say "nothing that requires someone else's labor is a human right".

When something is ridiculously expensive while the laborers who provide it are grossly underpaid, those who demand it be classified as a human right aren't demanding more of the laborers. They're demanding that the needless profiteering be cut out while the laborers are justly compensated.

[skopostheorie]

This meme is inescapable on French insta so I'm posting it here for all to enjoy

[queen-mihai]

Always reblog flash debate

[official-megumin]

on it boss

[zocomi]

reminder that the presenter says "oh, shut up" not "can it"

[azeofspades]

Native French speaker here. "Ta gueule" is actually more like "shut the fuck up" in terms of level of disrespect

[belphegor1982]

also worth noting is that the "are you happy" is the correct gender

[kkachi-serica]

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[probuccalfat]

it’s fucking wild because one day you’re like i guess i’m not dying tragically young and you go to the store and you buy dental floss, ingredients for soup, and a bath mat

[probuccalfat]

it’s this sentiment in practice, in day to day.

[passionpeachy]

an ode to nessie

[passionpeachy]

Sending this as a postcard to *anyone who supports me on Patreon this month btw! ^_^

edit: *$3 and up. sorry if that was confusing

[tarkatan]

Obsessed with this thang

[sgdlr]

i want to share the poem inside the tag from this post, its gold

Though she's hungry, she's tha good mood. Searching thkough gorbage tincahs. ror. food Forgoatee the goatit's nota big eal. Anything at all makes a fine meai !

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This thang is joyful and whimsical!

[millenianthemums]

some of my current favorite responses to weird/confusing sentences:

“many such cases”

“we love/hate to see it”

“honestly, work”

“many are saying this”

“love them or hate them they’re spitting straight facts”

“you conjure a beautiful world”

[raqualswonderfunblog]

[ultra-pidge]

I have a new favorite word.

[mutant-distraction]

[unclefather]

Reblog if you’re a true 90s kid and you remember this tumblr

[turnipfritters]

In retrospect it was high key insane that they had the activity feed embedded into your dash board like that

[kedreeva]

It’s why you never wanted a post to escape containment here. It literally made your dashboard unusable for days or longer, obscured by notifications that didn’t even stack. It was wild. I miss it.