Nonsense

i block and report adult content blogs that follow me so stop please

[cracklewink]

god’s honest truth 🍎

[existennialmemes]

Not to sound like a decrepit, rambling corpse about it, but back in my day Word used to be a pre installed program that came with your computer, if you were running Windows.

No subscription. Just program.

On your computer. You got to use it forever and ever and never had to worry about it going away.

Because it was physically on your computer. As a program. That you actually owned. Not because you got it separately, but because it was a standard inclusion with your computer.

I'm sorry but I'll just never get over it. I remember when companies cared about their products being usable out of the box. I remember when our things belonged to us.

Old man shaking fist at cloud, wherein the cloud is the background of the Windows 98 logo.

[atanerrum]

[long post warning] hey what's up you guys welcome back to my channel. I'm artblocky so i want to show what I've got in my mostly-trigun-acrylic marker-themed sketchbook so far, I started it last year in january and its still going. don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell button [upbeat music]

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thank u for reaching the end of this post traveler may ur maladaptive hallucinations about ur favorite fictional characters be epic this day or night. kudos my good sir updoot!

[maruti-bitamin]

toumei

cara/insta/bluesky/ store

[heckyeahponyscans]

I don't have strong feelings about Labubus, I think they're cute but I don't have any desire to collect them, but I do think the "discourse" around them is sooo strange. A lot of people point to them as the Tiktok fueled demise of all hope and the avatar of overconsumption and like . . .

Fads have existed forever. Cabbage Patch Kids, pogs, and, in 1634, tulip bulbs.

The modern avatar of overconsumption is clearly Funko Pops.

[heckyeahponyscans]

#lets be so honest the insane hatred and vitriol for labubus is literally just cause its smth marketed mainly for young girls #every fad or trend aims at young girls has always been so insanely demonized

Very true . . . In the 80s adults were mad that girls were so into jelly bracelets. You know, these things:

There was this contrived moral panic over them because of made up bullshit about how "different bracelets have different meanings! And some of them signal sexual availability!!! And if a boy takes the black bracelet off a girl's wrist then she has to have sex with him!!!" Totally disconnected from reality.

BTW that is how I feel about the argument that Labubus are bad because, being blind boxed, they will start kids down the path of a gambling addiction. It's so reductive. It's like wringing your hands over kids playing D&D because they're rolling dice to resolve combat.

[dynamaxed]

hi! carey means needs help still - he's the voice actor for frylock in aqua teen hunger force! adult swim screwed him badly and pays no residuals and barely paid him during the show's run. he has heart failure and survives on con earnings, plushie sales, and donations while waiting for disability to get back to him. posts used to make the rounds for him, but haven't in a while, so i wanted to make a new post!

if you'd rather buy a plushie - here's the shop he and his wife run!

[thatveganwhiterose]

ELVIRA PHOTO DUMP!!!!

Yes, she is on the couch a lot. She is 12 now and takes lots of naps!! But she does get about three walks a day and plays “chase ball” a lot!

[fuckyoubaker]

A HOPE POWERED K*LLEDOZER

[pomrania]

Something I've gathered, is that almost everyone seems to think they only have a "necessary" number of shoes; however, everyone has a DRASTICALLY different idea of what that is.

For purposes of this post, I'm defining "shoe" as "footwear you'd wear outside the house", and "actually used" as "something you've worn within the past month, and/or that you expect to wear again within a year".

Reblog with how many pairs of shoes you have that are actually used, and what they are.

For me, it's a pair of steel-toed shoes that are what I normally wear when I have to wear shoes; sandals; running shoes; and winter boots. So, four pairs. (Plus there's the old worn-out stuff that I just keep in the closet because I'm allergic to throwing things away if it's still vaguely functional, but that's why I specified "actually used".)

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

The linked article

[lastweekseyeliner]

so ive worked in childcare for a bit now. during the pandemic, the place i worked started a day program for kids whose parents needed to return to work. turns out the school district uses memorization and cueing, and when combined with online learning that read all the instructions to them, overwhelmingly the kids aged 5-9 just... couldnt read.

i brought in a bunch of my books from childhood, and we started having one-on-one reading lessons with the littles. then i went out and bought about fifty more books secondhand. first step was covering the pictures so the kids couldnt guess what the words said and had to actually TRY reading them first. second step was making a list of new words for each kid so we could learn about those words, what they meant, and if the kids were old enough, some of the etymology behind them (because if you can recognize latin root words, it's easier to make connections for pronunciation later on eg. unicorn -> universe).

the kids HATED this. reading was previously the easiest class and now it was really, really hard. but reading class had also previously been the most boring class; their books were ten pictures with a single sentence on the opposite page. we got through it by taking turns reading books the kids picked out from my collection- they would read one sentence or paragraph, then i would read the whole page complete with funny voices, then it would be their turn again, etc. it turns out that if kids are motivated to hear the rest of a good story or a lot of information about a topic they love, they're more willing to struggle.

the kids improved so rapidly that i honestly almost cried a few times from how proud i was. one little girl (kindergarten aged) went from being unable to sound out the whole alphabet to reading goodnight moon by herself in two months :'>

all this, though, was NOT my job. my job was to keep the kids on task during their online schooling and prevent them from killing each other or starving. i am not a teacher. the school system was failing these kids to the degree that outside individual reading lessons were necessary, and school systems across the US are still doing this!

if you are a parent or teacher or childcare worker, PLEASE check to see what your kid is being taught. ask to see examples of lesson materials. raise concerns about the importance of phonics over any other reading strategy. join the pta, go to school board meetings, send emails- just make sure your kid is actually learning to read.

[maroonracoon]

Drawings of my cat Darkly

[maroonracoon]

Custom Pet Commissions are available to help fund Darkly's surgery :) TY!

[unexplainedthings]

[opalescent-potato]

#oh no!! #his LUNCH

[ivoreene]

traveling together

[the-cuix]

forgot to post it here

[polararts]

I made something. if ya want one they're in my shop

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

getting lost in boston is fun because I turned around on a street corner three times and some guy yelled "hey stupid! the bus is that way!" very helpful interaction and accurate insult, 10/10 no notes

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

one time I walked around a building a couple times looking for a bathroom and this guy went "this bitch thinks she's on a merrygoround, where the fuck are you tryna go? bathroom? one floor down to the right behind the door that says bathroom."

[mentohol-blog]

My very first time in Boston. I was absolutely miserable, trying to drag my giant suitcase up a lengthy set of stairs in the pouring rain. This guy who had already reached the top looked back at me with the most pure expression of disgust I’ve ever seen in anyone’s eyes, marched back down the stairs, grabbed my suitcase, carried it to the top, left it there for me, and walked away without ever saying a word. I think about him often.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

For the people in the notes going "why is Boston like this": a) the insults are a way to show you have no ulterior motives when helping someone (and don't need to be thanked or repaid), and b) Boston was settled by the Irish

[littlealienproducts]

Sleepy guinea pig in her acorn home ♡

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