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Baby-Doll Batman: The Animated Series
This is one criminally underrated Batman villain.
SERIOUSLY THOUGH SHE WAS MY FAVORITE BATMAN VILLAIN
Her physical condition didnāt allow her to age
No one took her seriously as an actress
And even when she was trying to get into a happy romantic relationship (albeit with another villain) he still couldnāt take her seriously as a consenting, sexually active and romantically interested adult
Thatās a lot of blows to someoneās psycheĀ
and Babydoll is both a sympathetic villain and a formidable one
I remember this episode fucked me up a a kid.Ā
And man, do I wish we could see this Batman again: the Batman that consoles his villains, because the majority (if not all) of them are mentally ill people. And Batman knows this and wants them healthy again, not punished and GOD definitely not dead.
Baby Doll is so underrated as a Batman villainĀ
but her episode was perfectĀ
Batman: The Animated Series The story of one fucked up, traumatized little boy, doing his best to help other fucked up traumatized people.
#this show is the only batcanon that matters to me #dc can burn everything else down but theyāll never pry the dcau from cold dead clawed hands
The Batman that cares about the inmates is my favorite. He doesnāt put up with their shit, but he does try to reach out here and there and heās as human as he can be to them.
When Harley was re-institutionalized, he got her that dress she wanted.
In the comics based on B:tAS, there was a time during Christmas that there was snow and it was Mr. Freezeās fault, and he was making it snow because Christmas was his anniversary with Nora and she LOVED it when it snowed on Christmas, so Batman let him finish mourning before calmly taking him back to Arkham.
He never, ever gives up on Harvey possibly recovering.
Sure, Batman is going to throw punches and do what it takes to take these guys down when theyāre hurting or threatening people. And heās not going be a complete bleeding heart; he has to protect the innocent. Heās going to take them down and take them back to Arkham, but it doesnāt mean heās incapable of being a bit human to the ones who deserve it.
Batman needs become human again
Because it needs to be here:
Remember that time a young girl with near god-like psychic powers threatened to destroy reality and the only one that could stop her was Batman because he had a previous encounter with her and was tasked with killing her to restore reality.
But instead, Batman sat with her on a swing and kept her company as the girlās psychic powers slowly killed her.
No?
Fuck you people making me emotional
The. Batman.
This is MY Batman, not the murderous fascist theyāve made him into.
if someone does theĀ āfine, youāre right, iām clearlyĀ a terrible person, iām satan, iām the worst person alive, i should just dieā thing in response to criticism of their harmful behavior, they are trying to manipulate ppl and flip the situation around so that they look like a victim
stop tolerating this in 2k17 tbh. like really and truly, if you or your friend thinks this is okay pls call the hotline on the bottom of the screen and learn how to take responsibility for your bad behaviorĀ
The bad thing is I do this on a regular basis. Not because I want to manipulate people, but because thatās actually how I feel. Iām bad at receiving concrit. I canāt say that everyone who reacts this way feels the same as I do, butā¦not every case is like that.
have you considered that, regardless of your intentions, reacting in such an exaggerated way would make it very difficult for anyone to criticize you or tell you that youāre harming people with your behavior? iām not interested in searching out peopleās motives, i donāt really care whyĀ someone does or says manipulative things. being unable or unwilling to simply apologize and notĀ make it about themselves is a solid indicator that a person is not interested in being held accountable for their bad behavior, and people, especially the injured parties in question, shouldnāt have to tolerate it.
take responsibility for your bad behavior 2k17 tbh
Okay, life lesson time.Ā
When I was in my late teens and early 20s, I kept getting involved with people who would say,Ā āOh, Iām a bad personā any time I brought up ANYTHING that was the least bit of a disagreement.Ā
Like,Ā āPlease donāt leave my X on the floorā would get,Ā āOh, Iām a horrible person!ā
HEREāS WHY THIS IS A HUGELY PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR, and if you think Iām calling you out and you think youāre about to shut down, take a breath, remember that this is about learning, and keep reading.
What is important is what happened after. My boyfriend might say,Ā āOh, Iām just an awful boyfriendā and instead of him acknowledging the BEHAVIOR and working on fixing it, heād get me trying to buck him up for the next half hour, telling him he was a good person. The behavior that started it all would not change.
Well, things led to things and I went back home to live for a while, and found that the same exact thing was happening⦠with my mother.
And then I learned about pattern arguments. Pattern arguments are the ones where you keep having the same nonproductive argument over and over again. They donāt all follow this pattern, but this is a really common one.
The trick?
BREAK THE PATTERN
First you have to know what the pattern is. In this case: 1. Grievance 2. Self deprecation 3. Ego stroking So, with my mother, we started in on one of these, and she said,Ā āI guess Iām just a terrible mother.ā And instead of reassuring her, instead of derailing the issue and letting it go⦠I said,Ā āWhen you say that, it makes me wonder how terrible a daughter I could be that you would think you were a bad mother. We have this conversation this way over and over, and the problem that I have always gets pushed aside in favor of trying to make you feel better. When youāre willing to have a real conversation about this, Iām happy to talk to you, but Iām bored with this argument, so Iāll see you later if you want to really talk.ā And I left the room. Now, my mom is a reasonably self-aware person, and does a lot of hard emotional work, and so she got it, very quickly. 10 minutes later she came out and found me, and we had a real conversation about whatever the hell the issue really was, and we have literally NEVER had that particular pattern argument again in 23 years.Ā Boyfriend came to visit. I was upset about something, he started in on theĀ āIām just a shitty boyfriendā thing⦠and my response? āYep. You are.ā His jaw dropped. He blinked. And I said,Ā āLook, thatās what you do. You say shit like that and it means you donāt have to change your behavior, and Iām tired of the pattern we have where I tell you something isnāt working for me, you tell me youāre terrible, and I spend half an hour making you feel better. Iām tired of it and Iām not doing it anymore. If youāre willing to have an actual conversation about this, and not just the same old argument, Iām game. But this thing we do where you talk yourself down and I butter you up? Is boring. And Iām over it.ā We also did not have that argument again. (The relationship finally ended for real a while after, but it ended in a grown-up way, and not with a ridiculous meaningless fight.) When you knock yourself down, the gut instinct for the people around you is to pick you up. But that means youāre not pulling your weight in the relationship. Youāre making them do the work and youāre not actually hearing them. So that brings us to another point:
How to deal with criticism
Okay, so if youāre not going to knock yourself down when someone says something negative about you, what DO you do? We donāt actually train people to take criticism well. But it is an art and a skill and NECESSARY to finding emotional stability in the face of a critical world.
I see it as a flow chart, but since the flow chart I made for it ended up in a book that I donāt own the copyright to (not a big deal) Iāll write out the decision tree here instead: 1. Someone offers criticism (constructive or not!)
2. Listen and think about it without immediately trying to defend yourself. You can say,Ā āOkay, I need a moment to take that in and think about it because I want to understand it.ā Or something else appropriate to the situation. It is okay to ask for time to think in most circumstances. Most people will appreciate that you are thinking about their words instead of immediately getting defensive or counterattacking. Think about whether what they are saying is valid, might be valid or is not valid.Ā
3A. If it is valid, then you have a choice. You can try to fix the behavior or you can acknowledge that it is a valid criticism but decide you arenāt likely to fix it. Start by acknowledging the validity of the criticism, and then say what youāre going to do to fix it, or say that itās valid but it isnāt something youāre willing (or possibly able) to change, or say that itās a valid criticism and youāll need to think about possible solutions. They may have a suggestion. Taking it or not is also a choice.Ā
3B. If youāre not sure itās valid, but it might be, tell them,Ā āI really need to give this some more thought.ā orĀ āCan you tell me more about this? Iām not sure I understand the issue well.ā Ā OrĀ āIf you can point me at some reading material or search terms, Iād like to study this before I decide what Iām going to do.āĀ
3C. If you know it is not a valid criticism, STOP a moment, and look at WHY they are making it. This is where Active Listening can be very helpful.Ā āI hear you saying that X is a problem. I donāt see it that way right now but Iād like to understand better why you do.ā Or if you think they donāt have enough information,Ā āI hear you saying X, but my understanding of the issue is Y. Hereās what I know about it if youāre ready to listen.ā If theyāre just looking for a fight, tell them youāre not interested in fighting, and disentangle yourself.Ā
4. If the criticism is something you are going to listen to and take action on, tell them what kind of action youāre going to take. If itās something youāre hearing and thinking about, tell them that. If itās not something youāre going to do anything about or itās just wrong, thank them for their input and move on.
Literally never is it going to be helpful to say,Ā āOh, Iām just a terrible person.ā Thatās very much like a nonapology-apology in terms of how unhelpful it is to any conversation. Itās kind of worse because it actually expects emotional labor from someone who is already having to bring up something unpleasant with you. Think about what they say Decide whether youāre going to do something about it Do the thing, or tell them youāre not going to do the thing.Ā Donāt demand emotional labor from other people when you were the one who messed up.Ā
Apologize if appropriate.Ā This is all predicated on the notion that youāre talking to someone who actually wants to communicate and isnāt just an asshole on the attack.Ā Because seriously, the wholeĀ āIām a terrible personā thing?Ā Boring as fuck. Knock that shit off. Maybe you are. Maybe you arenāt. But take responsibility and have a little self-respect and donāt make others pick your emotional dirty towels off the metaphorical bathroom floor.Ā
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So...
Iāve been grounded the last feww days, hell iām still grounded but my parents gave me my phone back (They had me using a flip phone for emergencies only) so i figured Iād update.
So I mentioned a while back that Jess was friends with some caleb dude and it turns out that she forgot to move the webcam before changing while they were on skype
He recorded it and sent it to his college friends, who showed it to one of his brothers, who sent it to the whole school. Jessā parents are thinking of enrolling her into a private school outside of town and actually thanked me for defending her honor...
Which brings me to the point...
So I have been seeing a therapist every other day for the past week or so,his name is Dr. Jakobs and he seems like a cool dude. except the fact that he thinks myĀ āissuesā are more than what Iāve said.
I told him everything is okay and he writes stuff down before he asked me a question.
āAre you truly happy?ā
I froze because I had no idea how to answer...
Today, I lost it...
So I am suspended for a week.
Let me ask you guys something, has there ever been a time where just one simple sentence throws you into a complete rage?
Cuz that happened today. We (Myself, Jess, Stacy, Maureen, and a few other people that hang around us) were leaving the cafeteria, when a freshman starts hooting at Jess, asking if she will do a repeat performance sometime. In the year of dating her, Iāve never seen her being as close to tears. long story short: Turns out that Jess has beenĀ āModelingā for someone and the link to it got leaked and spread around school. I told him to back off and then he said it.
āSmile dude! You-ā
I didnāt hear the rest because my fist had connected with his face at that point..
I was not kind to that kid. And on top of suspension, I get to see a therapist now.
Joy.
Wreck Update 2
So we finally got more info today. Mom and Dad sat me down and explained everything. Basically what is happening is that my car is gone. Dad strong-armed the insurance people to put a rush on their finding since the dude finally admitted fault. Dad is gonna drive the rental until the settlement check comes and after that, we are going car shopping. Mom said I can take some of it to get something nice for myself (I told her i was getting a ps4 and she laughed) and the rest is going to my college fund. They didnāt and still wonāt say how much they settled on but I told Jessica about it and she seemed happy that we had heard something, and said she would be over later. I messaged Maureen about the chem lab we had tomorrow since we had to do a prep assignment and i was lost as hell.
Maureen seems really nice and is super helpful but I still wonder how her and Jess became friends in the first place. Maybe Iāll ask Jess about it..
In Super Mario Galaxy, whenever Mario drowns in a swamp, his hand reaches out from under the surface before being sucked in. However, since Marioās head is so big, he cannot raise his hand above the surface without his head being still visible. To solve this, the game simply shrinks Marioās head so it doesnāt interfere with the animation.
Work sucks...
I know (blink-182 reference!)
So I work in a grocery store as a cashier. It isnāt a bad job, just.... annoying.
For example, my coworkers and I have a list of customer types because its a lot easier to talk about customers around other customers (These arent the most original names in the words but whatever)
1. Phoners: People who talk on their phone throughout the ENTIRE transaction. They expect you to be nice and kiss their ass but will NOT give you the courtesy to say āHey, Iām in line Iāll call you backā
2. Bag Grabbers: People who will reach around the bag carousel to get bags that may only be half full. this is one that is usually limited to older people, as they can be so impatient that theyād rather have 2 items in a bag then wait for me to finish bagging stuff
3. Grandmas/Grandpas: The super nice older people.Ā
4. Dreadmas/Dreadpas: The super rude older people
5. College kids: since we do have a campus in our town, we have a lot of college kids come in and out of the store, and about 90% want booze at one point or another, and about 47% of those ACTUALLY get it. (Our boss is SUPER strict about alcohol sales since his oldest was hit by a drunk driver (she survived luckily, but he went after the family super hard))
6. Classmates: This one is a given, you are bound to see people you go to school with.
We have more but work wiped me out today so Iām gonna call it a night
Update on the wreck!
Nothing. Still fucking nothing.
Dad has been on the phone with state farm the insurance company for the good part of an hour and here is what I know.
Ā 1. The driver of the other car, although being cited for a failure to yield, is denying fault. And because of this they cannot process the claim
2. They were going to put into a rental, but because of my age and the other driver being an asshole about the whole thing we canāt
3. My dad is a very colorful person when it comes to being fucked over to the point that my 6 year old sister just asked mom what aĀ āSupercilious Fuckburgerā was.
4. I now see where I get MY colorful language from.
I am hoping that it gets squared away soon
School Ā was interesting today
So today was fun, Jessica was out sick, which sucked balls, so I wound up eating alone for a bit, then I noticed that Maureen is also in my lunch period. I asked her about the chem homework and she laughed and said she didnāt do it because her, Jessica, and Stacy had a girlās night and they went out. She laughed and said Jess was probably recovering. I looked at her concerned for a second before she pulled out the assignment and asked what I needed help with. I asked about their friendship ad she shrugged my question off like it was nothing.Ā
Maureen asked if she could add me on facebook and I told her sure, since it would be easier to ask for her help for class stuff.Ā
I messaged Jess and asked how she was feeling, no response. Is it bad that I get a bad feeling in my gut about it?
TomSkaā¦.. you could have ended this years agoā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
Every morning I tell myself the same thing.
Tomska, I love the Beep Beep I'm a sheep bit! #weekling
IM SCREAMING
Gotta love Markās response too:
when people reblog my shitty post and curse my username in the tags:
when people reblog my shitty post and curse my actual first name in the tags:
Does anyone remember that youtube Minecraft series called āFarlands or Bustā?
Did the guy ever make it to the farlands?
I looked it up, and the guy whoās doing it has reached Episode 539, released yesterday, and no, he hasnāt reached the farlands.
Iām rooting for him.
Holy crap thatās like the One Piece of a video series kudos to that guy
Wait, does that mean he hasnāt been updating his Minecraft for years? Cause they got rid of the farlands years ago.
He hasnāt updated - and heās been doing it all for charity iirc
Whatās the farlands
In versions of Minecraft pre1.8 beta, the farlands was essentially the āedgeā of the map, where the terrain and biomes wonāt load properly. It looks something like this:
What a champion.
Kurtjmac is his channel, go check him out~
Fun Fact: Endermen were originally going to be called āFarlandersā and came from here, the āEndā of the Minecraft World
Please go support Kurtjmac. Heās a really funny guy and all proceeds of Far Lands or Bust go to Childās Play Charity, which gives toys, books and games to hospitals worldwide. He raised over 100,000 dollars last season, culminating in a FLOBathon where he livestreams the event! He has yet to die in this series, and has a little minecraft wolf named Wolfie that tags along with him. He talks about current events and space news in a sort of podcast like way, so if youve got time, go check him out!
Its been theorized itāll take him another 20 years to make it there, without cheats or the nether, and you can already start to see the game breaking around him. As a long time supporter, please go watch an episode or two
There he goes
āyou fucking disappoint meā