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muaddibstyleguide

what’s he typin about

virtuevistavalley

🅱️eefswellings

lilacandladybugs

*whispering to myself as i try to email my academic advisor* fear is the mind killer. fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. i will permit it to pass through me and over me. when it is gone i will turn the inner eye to see it's path. where the fear is gone there will be nothing. only i will remain.

Me playing beatsaber

Blogging this tweet because this explains SO MUCH about the mindset of pretty much all the folks I’ve known who’re against single-payer, it’s not even funny…

hopesterling

This….

This never occurred to me. Not once. That Americans are against Health Care because they think it actually costs tens of thousands of dollars for a broken arm, hundreds of thousands for a complicated birth, millions for cancer treatment.

Because they’ve never known anything different. The idea that a broken arm is only a couple hundred bucks; a complicated birth a couple thousand; cancer treatment only tens of thousands; all easily covered by existing tax structures.

withasmoothroundstone

This explains a lot. And it’s a good example of what I was talking about in my post on scarcity being used to prop up ableism – always question the idea that a resource is genuinely scarce. Even if it seems obvious that it is, quite often that’s the result of careful manipulation and misconceptions that you’re not even aware of.

And never think you’re too smart to be fooled by that kind of thing, it doesn’t work like that. Similarly, don’t think people who are fooled by something are stupid. Nobody can have all the information about everything, and nobody has the time and energy to investigate and put together conscious conclusions about every piece of information they’re given. It doesn’t take being stupid, or even just gullible, to believe something like this.

lizardtitties

I currently live in a country without free medical care and still, it’s enormously cheap compared to the USA. An American expat wrote a piece for our English language paper about how she paid more for parking at the hospital than giving birth to her baby that’s pretty interesting:

https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2016/01/06/healthcare-in-iceland-vs-the-us-weve-got-it-so-good/

thebibliosphere

Yesterday I had to go to the hospital cause I injured my eye, I’m frankly dreading what the bill is going to be, but what made me balk was being told in the pharmacy that my insurance was denied for the antibiotic eye drops and it’d be over $100 out of pocket. So I didn’t get my eyedrops.

I’ve had these same drops before living in the UK. They cost me seven GBP.

It’s the exact same drug, same steroid, same strain of antibiotic. But somehow the US gets away with charging $100 for a generic non brand version of a drug which is easy to create and widely used. It’s downright robbery, but also a form of eugenics through poverty and class warfare. You keep the poor poor by making sure basic necessities remain unattainable and then you make it seem like the norm so no one fights it.

The rest of the world is not like this.

Eat the rich. Resist.

flyingfishtailoutpost1

It’s downright robbery, but also a form of eugenics through poverty and class warfare.

THIS. THISTHISTHIS. THIS IS WHAT I KEEP TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE.

the-library-alcove

My blood pressure medication (Candesartan) costs between $40-$125 USD for 30 tablets in the US. Here in Germany, 98 tablets costs me 5 Euro.

robosaurusrex

This is also why so many Americans are against cutting police budgets...

marius-new-hat-and-coat

Hamlet as hats I’d wear when putting on a production where I’m every character in different hats

Hamlet

Horatio

Ophelia

Laertes

Polonius

Gertrude

Claudius

Ghost

Fortinbras

Rosencrantz and Guildernstern (It’s the same hat, but R wears it facing forward and G wears it facing backwards)

robosaurusrex

The first one is not a hat, which makes it the perfect hat for a Hamlet.

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babyanimalgifs

This cute platypus

(via)

big-ass-magnet

I fully understand why westerners thought the platypus was a hoax at first. I’m looking at a real live one moving around and it STILL looks fake.

bogleech

The one thing that could have made them sound any more made up would have been if you said the boys have secret viper fangs that can absolutely fuck you up with venom, and they do, on their goddamn feet.

special-lucky-chosen-one

cursed platypus facts: * five (5) X chromosomes * only the left ovary works * produces milk but has no nipples. the mother just kind of sweats milk out their chest. nature is beautiful * was nearly called the “duckmole” * swims with its weird fish eyes and ears closed, hunting entirely by electroreception * born with teeth, but then they fall out

robosaurusrex

you forgot that the males have a venomous stinger

twitblr

Controlled bathroom breaks are dumb, if I gotta go I gotta go! (x)

knerdy

This is the thread I got mad in!

…I’m still mad!

analogueswords

I see people use the excuse “but what if they’re just going so they don’t have to pay attention!” a lot, and it’s a really poor excuse.

Aside from the fact that kids (and adults!) need and are entitled to regular mental breaks, keeping a bored kid in the classroom isn’t going to magically make them pay attention. What it IS going to do is create an environment of distraction for the people around them. You wanna know how I know? I was that kid. I have adhd, and when I wasn’t able to get up and walk around, I talked to everyone. Constantly. When allowed to go outside and refresh my brain when needed, I became a lot less disruptive.

And when it’s older kids? If a high schooler doesn’t want to learn something, they’re not going to, and you can’t make them. That’s their mistake to make. As a teacher, try making the material more accessible and engaging. That’s your job. Whether the student does their job is on them.

“Kids have died in bathroom fights” is definitely an argument I haven’t seen before, but it’s so patently ridiculous that I don’t think it needs to actually be addressed.

politijohn

Everything is certainly not okay

grimeclown

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/police-racism-us-cities-human-rights-cops-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-a9580251.html

University of Chicago study warns law enforcement authorised to commit ‘state-sanctioned violence’ without significant reform

ororomunroedontpullout

Where’s that tweet that said America would invade America if America wasn’t America.

hazeldomain

Listen. I want to tell you guys about the Dollar Tree. If you ever need to rebuild your life fast, you want a dollar tree. Everything in a dollar tree costs one dollar. No exceptions. Nothing has a price tag. Everything is one dollar.

This is Dollar Tree not Dollar General.

Dollar Tree looks like this:

Their stuff is off-brand but decent quality.

Here are some things you can buy at the dollar tree for one dollar:

- any kind of makeup- foundation, eyeshadow, lipstick, lip gloss, mascara, etc

- socks

- Sports bras (sometimes)

- combs, brushes, hairclips, scrunchies, hair ties, headbands

- clothes hangers, laundry bags, mothballs

- any kind of office supplies or school supplies. Staplers, pencils, posterboard, pencils, pens, etc.

- party supplies including paper plates and balloons

- all kinds of toiletries- shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, washcloths, deodorant, razors, shaving cream, nailclippers, etc. Decent sizes, too.

- ceramic/glass plates, bowls, cups

- reading glasses, sunglasses

- plastic buckets

- cleaning supplies, detergent, bleach, laundry syrup, fabric softener, dish soap, sponges. brooms

- electronics, headphones, night lights, phone chargers, batteries, screen cleaners, phone cases

Basically? If you ever get kicked out of your house or find yourself with a couple bucks and nothing else, get thee to a dollar tree.

mamstheodd

All the dollar tree stores I have been in have some sort of medical aisle too. Its actually where I went first when my tooth broke for some off brand orajel (Works much faster and better than orajel imo, longer too if you put it on a cotton ball and keep it in the area) And sometimes even emergency temp tooth repair kits, which are at least $7 elsewhere. Dollar tree is a miracle.

ahshmeeeee-in-wonderland

I love Dollar Tree. When I first moved out this place saved me.

rikuzegram

Every 20-something individual needs a Dollar Tree nearby.

corporalbutts

Dollar Tree also sells PREGNANCY TESTS and yes they work! Go in and buy like 5 of them, don’t spend $25 on three at CVS, not worth your money and honestly has saved me TONS of anxiety.

strawbebbynya

Dollar Tree also takes EBT. I nearly cried when I discovered that, because of my strict dietary needs.

babybunsworld-blog

Dollar Tree is good for greeting cards, as well. Don’t have a lot of money?

No problem!

They have a 50¢ section and a $1 section!

ziddie

They literally have EVERY candy you’d get at a theater too, and way more. Their snack row is to DIE FOR.

Also–college kids! When my roommate stole all of my forks and bowls and then moved out unannounced in the middle of my freshman year, I went straight to Dollar Tree and got 2 packs of forks (each pack is 4 forks) for $1 each and some cute bowls that are still my favorite bowls in the house. Not only is their silverware sturdy, but their plates and bowls are really cute.

c0smicdusk

A few dollar tree stores near me have even added a cold foods section! So check your local Dollar Tree for a $1 bag of frozen chicken nuggets and get yourself a meal!

spillybun-deactivated20190921

The Dollar Tree actually has quite a few name brand products now too!

official-lucifers-child

also as a test i got a bunch of their makeup products and tested them on different parts of my body (different levels of skin sensitivity) and the final test was my eyelid and not once did i react. everything looked and felt fine, no stinging or rashes. of course it’s not the Absolute Best Quality but it is pretty darn good, fantastic for $1

sandersstudies

I take 10$ of tip money to dollar tree and come out with lunch and dinner for a week and also some cool pens.

bonesbuckleup

Iroh: People work their entire lives to find spirits and access the spirit world. It has taken years of dedication and study for me to reach the small part of it that I’m able to find.

Sokka, who accidentally steered a canoe to where the Avatar had been frozen for a century and then fell in love with the moon and also spent 24 hours in the spirit world that one time and was the only one who the hallucinations flat-out spoke to in the magical swamp: what, like it’s hard?

bundibird

oh, oh, oh, but i liiiiike this — you know that theory about how, Zuko, Katara, and Toph are each crazy-powerful, especially given their respective ages (like, Katara and Toph are literally unparalleled in their field despite being so young, and sure - in terms of Brute Force - Zuko isnt as strong as Azula, but he is unquestionably the better bender of the two of them, not only in his ability to redirect lightning - an insanely difficult thing to do - but also just in his overall understanding of the element of fire) and that the three of them are their respective element’s chosen champion; their element’s answer to the fact that the Avatar was absent for 100 years. That each element is trying to fill the vacuum left by an absent-Avatar, and they each have picked one champion to fill that void, and those champions are our three here. That the three of them together make three-quarters of an Avatar. That the world was trying to create balance by gifting extraordinary abilities to three non-Avatars, who - if they worked together - could maybe bring the balance that the Avatar was supposed to.

Well the couple of versions of that theory I’ve seen either don’t account for the Spirit element of the Avatar, or say that Iroh is the Spirit’s representation, which… works, I suppose, as he certainly has a great respect for and understanding of the spirits. But as OP says, he has to work very hard for any actual encounter with them. And it breaks pattern, because the others are all of a similar age to each other, whereas Iroh significantly older and also not a core member of the Gaang.

But Sokka —– Sokka.

Our boy Sokka just strolls into situations with Spirits on the regular. He finds himself tangled up in Spirit related bullshit all the time - which is hilarious, given how scientifically-minded he is and how disdainful he is towards “spirity nonsense,” and I confess I’ve always just seen it as that. Easy comic relief. Get the scientific guy tangled up in intangible, spirity shenanigans, how hilarious would that be. But what if it’s more than that?

No one else has just…. falls into Spirit shenanigans the way Sokka does, or has encounters with Spirits the way Sokka does. Even Aang objectively has a harder time getting in touch with Spirits than Sokka (unwittingly) does, and not only is Aang the actual Avatar, but he’s a monk. They're known for their spiritual enlightenment.

But Sokka just…… crashed straight into the Avatar’s ice-ball, and he not only fell in love with a girl who was part-Moon Spirit, but she fell in love with him too. Sokka was the one who spotted the Wan Shi Tong Library in the desert. You know - the literal domain of the Spirit of Knowledge. He’s the one who decided to go there, and then he just… found it. This library that’s so hard to find that many scholars believe it’s just a myth, he decided to find it and then he did. Just spotted it out in the desert. Just like that.

Sokka got kidnapped by Hei Bai and just…. chilled out in the Spirit World for a day. The Spirit hallucinations talked to him in the swamp – the only one of the Gaang who was actually spoken to by them. I feel like there’s other occasions, too, of Spirity Bullshit befalling Sokka, but I can’t remember them off the top of my head. But none of the others have this many interactions with Spirits, and certainly not accidentally. Aang has to seek them out; they don’t really just happen to him, not the way they Just Happen to Sokka.

So what if, what if, what if…. What if Sokka is the Spirits’ answer to the lack of an Avatar. What if Katara, Toph and Zuko represent their respective elements, and Sokka represents the Spirits. What if Sokka is the Gaang’s bridge to the Spirit World.

imbeccablee

@e-vasong why would you hide these in the tags like this

incidentalcomics

Understanding Poetry (after Mark Strand)

This comic appears in my new book, I WILL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR BOOKSHELF. You can order it from your favorite local bookstore, or find it online wherever you get your books!

whitepeopletwitter

gaypitbull

“i wish i could go on platonic dates with people”

gaypitbull

icyanz

It’s called a queerplatonic partner.

dancing-cockroaches

ssstable9

Oh you mean like having friends?

mysti-crow-deactivated20200305

No that’s something different. I am firm on the idea of a platonic date. Friends is just people you don’t hate as much. Platonic peeps are actually people you care about.

gaypitbull

r4cs0

These people have never had any friends ever

paper-mario-wiki

you’re in one of the thinnest countries in the world; you should lose weight so you can stop looking like a stereotype lol

ok this is something i see kind of often and i want to address it because i feel like people are getting worse and worse at this:

when writing anon hate dont end it with “lol”. it COMPLETELY undercuts the sincerity of your criticism. By saying “lol” you’re saying “I’m admitting that the purpose of this message is to make you feel bad, not give you advice that WOULD make you feel bad about yourself or your identity”.

as little as 5 years ago people would send flames that actually HURT a person. you used to get MEANINGFUL attacks on who you were at your core, shit you couldnt change. nowadays its all fuckin “maybe if you stanned twice your hair wouldnt look so greasy LOL” like what the fuck ever dude this petty gradeschool recess shittalk does not stick with a person, you forget about it within 200 seconds and get on with what youre doing.

put some effort into your insults. make a person feel like shit, god damn, i just want to FEEL something.

paper-mario-wiki

Okay this one is slightly better because it’s filled with genuine malice beyond a single fact about me. The problem with THIS insult, however, is that your anger with me specifically is coming through so thick that I can tell you’re attacking me from an emotional place and not a logical one, making it kind of hollow.

Additionally, I have no idea where you got 3 different parts of your argument; sad brony, clown aesthetic, guilt trip over a VR headset.

The clown aesthetic I guess I understand because I talk about my interest in clowns a lot, but that’s like saying I have a “ghost aesthetic” because I like ghosts or a “video game aesthetic” because I like videogames.

The other two I legit have no idea where you’re getting those from, which makes me think that you saw a stray post or two of mine and established an idea of what I must be like in your head from a subjective perspective based on a few strands of information.

This is definitely a step up though! We’ve graduated from grade school to middle-school.

If anyone else has one I’d love to get one more good one in! The bar is pretty low so far so hit me with a juicy one. I’m going to bed soon and I want you to hit me with something that I’ll be thinking about when I wake up in the morning!

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