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[anonpolls]

A strange genie appears and has an offer for you. You’ll be cured of all, you’ll have a stable job you’re happy with, and you’ll basically just live the best life you can imagine. However, there’s a catch—you’ll have to relive one specific grade level from middle or high school (the genie is American).

Which would you pick?

6th grade

7th grade

8th grade

9th/freshman year

10th/sophomore year

11th/junior year

12th/senior year

decline the magician’s offer

none, i am the magician

answers to the magician

Remaining time: 3 hours 10 minutes

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[revizyonist]

med people are so annoying "This family's 8 year old child who was about to go through a major surgery and kept crying that she was hungry so they pitied her and gave her food, she then had a heart attack in the surgery. They're so stupid 😒" girl they didn't know that could happen or why it happens. it takes so little time to explain to them that will happen instead of telling them "no food" with no explanation 10 times

[revizyonist]

"Before surgery, your body’s reflexes that protect your airway are relaxed by anesthesia. If there’s food or liquid in your stomach, it will near certainly come back up and go into your lungs, which can cause choking, a severe lung / heart infection or even a heart attack. That’s called aspiration, and it is life-threatening. It's hard, but it's only a single day to prevent near certain death. Not eating or drinking beforehand massively lowers the risk and helps prevent these life threatening situations under anesthesia." <- TIP: patients have brains which allows them to receive information just like you

[ancelineonline]

I have four kids. I’ve had one or another of them need some kind of surgical procedure that requires anesthesia four or five times over the past 15 years.

This Tumblr post is the first time someone has explained to me *why* I couldn’t feed them before those instances.

I’m not stupid. I understood that just fine. Hell, my kids would have understood that just fine. But no one bothered to tell us.

[bowditch]

i did know this before having kids (i have six). we have a kid that's needed multiple procedures requiring anesthesia. and every single time, i am asked multiple times if i'm sure he was not given any food or water after a certain point.

every single time i have had to say, "i understand that if he had food or water, he could aspirate it into his lungs under anesthesia. i am not lying to you." THEN someone would make a little note and i would stop being repeatedly asked.

not a single time was that risk explained to me. the only reason it came up was because i already knew. i still don't understand why it isn't standard pre-op counseling or pre-op check information, when me as a parent acknowledging the actual risk also put THE MEDICAL STAFF at ease because i conveyed that i had informed understanding as reason to not lie about giving my kid food.

"maybe some people will get nervous and refuse surgery" okay so they need more counseling about risks and anxiety, not less information in a way that actually does endanger their child or themselves!

[arctic-turtle-cassiopeia]

Reblogging to save a life and teach medical professionals basic communication skills

[incognitopolls]

Hypothetical scenario: You're attending a wedding, and at the reception it turns out that no alcohol is being served. You know that the couple getting married don't drink alcohol often, but also that they don't struggle with addiction. You don't know anything about the drinking habits or restrictions of anyone else in attendance.

Would you be surprised and/or disappointed if you attended a wedding and there was no alcohol being served?

Surprised and disappointed/upset

Surprised, but neutral, not disappointed/upset

Disappointed or upset, but not surprised

Not surprised and neutral, I'd be fine with it

I'm more surprised when there IS alcohol

Other

I don't know the expectations re: there being alcohol at weddings/show results

Voting ended onMay 21

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[musashi]

Hey can you guys reblog Cheeseburger so he can take a sunbeam nap on lots of blogs. No other reason I just want you guys to see him.

[musashi]

So, Cheeseburger died on November 21st after an unfairly short battle with an unfairly rare cancer that is rarely seen in cats. I only got to spend a month with him after his diagnosis, and losing him has been the greatest heartbreak of my entire life so far. He was my best friend and my soul cat, and he was there for me when I was completely alone, for twelve long years.

I made this transparent PNG the night he died in preparation for one of the many ways I was going to memorialize him--a surface rug in his likeness that I planned on laying directly in the line of his favourite sunbeam. And I uploaded that PNG here, because this is the website where people post their cats.

I was not expecting the reception I got. Many people have pointed out that this post has more reblogs than likes, and how insane that is in 2025 when reblog culture is at an all time low. I didn't even talk about the fact that Burger passed away in the original post, it wasn't a tearjerker reblog bait or anything like that. People just loved Burger that much, in the same way I fell in love with him at first sight. He was such an ugly kitten.

Anyways, it's really special to me that so many people have reblogged my best friend. I made this PNG to memorialize him in a completely different way, and you all wound up doing just that in ways I never even imagined.

Thank you. Wherever he is, I know the sun is shining.

[redstonedust]

tomodachi life giving you so many oppertunities for custom images and text with no filters means the obvious answer is of course to fill it with sex and penis. which is why i appreciate that every tomodachi life post ive seen is actually pretty lacking in sex and penis. instead we've been giving our miis enough cigarettes to kill a small village.

[anonpolls]

How much time do you spend STYLING (not including washing) your hair on a typical day?

None, because I don’t have hair

None, even though I do have hair

Less than 5 minutes

5-10 minutes

10-20 minutes

20-30 minutes

30-60 minutes

More than 60 minutes

Varies too much to call any of the above “typical”

Voting ended onApr 10

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[rniyura]

hi life has been busy anYWAY

Congrats to @pangur-and-grim on publishing!!!

Trying to explain the Lore of the creation of the book to my fiancé made me realize I've been on this corner of the internet a long time. I dont remember when or why you made and sold these Pangur sketches, but I know I've had it for years and it's a weird (positive) feeling to watch someone parasocially achieve something so cool. Looking forward to reading it soon!

[pjharvey]

my best tip for anyone trying to get back into reading is to remember that you can read books to avoid other responsibilities in ur life and it can become a vice if you play your cards right

[northshorewave]

Which of these are within walking distance of where you live?

Bank

Grocery Store

Bar/Pub

Doctor

Library

Park/nature reserve

2/6

3/6

4/6

5/6

all 6

None

Voting ended onNov 13, 2025

Feel free to tag your location.

[digitaldeathx-deactivated202605]

self-awareness check, list five things you like that aren't media pieces in the tags now ‼️

[curiositysavesthecat]

What did you dissect in school?

A frog

Pig’s heart

Sheep’s lung

Several things

Something else

My school didn’t have students dissect anything

I didn’t attend school

Voting ended onOct 20, 2025

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[umarell]

[ctrl-salt-delete]

never stop doubling down

[girldick-conniseur-revengance]

@desperate-acts-of-capitalism

[incognitopolls]

Do you wear any jewelry that you never take off (or only very rarely take off)?

Yes, both piercings and non-piercing jewelry

Yes, only piercings

Yes, only non-piercing jewelry

No, but I do wear both piercings and non-piercing jewelry at least sometimes

No, but I do wear piercings at least sometimes

No, but I do wear non-piercing jewelry at least sometimes

No, I never/almost never wear any jewelry

Other

Voting ended onOct 12, 2025

"Very rarely" could include anything that you only take off when you need to clean it, have to have medical imaging, want to keep it safe during an atypical activity, etc.

If any part of the jewelry remains on or in your body all/almost all the time (e.g. a stud that stays in and you swap out interchangeable ends), count that.

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[no-mere-mortals]

Someone is filling out a form and asks for your full name.

How do you tell them your name?

Just say your name

Say your name, but you’re ready to spell your first/last name

Immediately start spelling

I don’t have a name/I’m bald/my name doesn’t use any known writing system

Voting ended onOct 9, 2025

[ulyssessimpsongrant]

I think a lot of my followers are 25+ so I wanna see something.

“Mid-twenties effect” is defined here as like, your moods and mental health leveling out and somewhat stabilizing. Not mental illness disappearing but a general decrease in mood turbulence and that feeling that everything is the end of the world mostly disappearing. And this usually happening around age 25 though anywhere like 24-27 would also count it you had to place an exact time where it “flipped”.

Did you experience the “mid-twenties effect”?

Yes

No, I am 28+ and this has not happened at all as of now

No, but I’m in the 24-27 range so there is still time

Yes, but this happened later in life for me than 24-27 (tell me in the notes)

Under 24 button

Voting ended onOct 6, 2025

REBLOG FOR SAMPLE SIZE!!!!!!!!

[userautumn]

people who don't take off their outside clothes before sitting down when they come inside are so scary to me. there's outside on there

[jazzhaaaands]

As long as youre not rolling around in the dirt it should be ok, right?

[userautumn]

no.

[peppermintquartz]

Time for a poll!

do you sit on your furniture when you've just come home

no there's outside on there

yes but only the edge of the seat

yes I make myself comfy

I not only sit down, I flop down and relax

Voting ended onSep 26, 2025

[yesornopolls]

If you were socialized as a girl in your childhood: did your ears get pierced before you turned 7?

If you were socialized as a girl in your childhood: did your ears get pierced before you turned 7?

Yes

No

See results

Voting ended onSep 22, 2025