[emotional grunting]

Julia, 27, ATL & Albuquerque 'burbs // Get in the Golden Dumpster kids, we're going to the green place. Sometimes I write.

[toxicgaysource]

SCREAM (1996) dir. Wes Craven

[dakywich]

first time Spock decided to be funny and Jim had none of it

[evviejo]

STAR TREK - S1E15 Shore Leave

[billy-crudup]

THE LAST OF US 2.01 "Future Days" (2025) | THE LAST OF US PART II (2020)

[keltii-tea]

(affectionate <3)

[fourdogsinatrenchcoat]

Drew something really fast about Gimli’s hair turning white but Legolas still likes it 🙄 whateverrrr 🙄🙄🙄 don’t care about them 🤢

[emyn-arnens]

Gosh I just love book Legolas. He's immortal. He's a teenager. Elrond picks him instead of Glorfindel because he's average and won't draw attention to the Fellowship. He's the comic relief guy and resident Little Shit, but he can also shoot a Nazgul out of the sky in the pitch black like a one-man elf anti-aircraft defense system. He wants everyone to know that he's, like, really old. He forgets the task at hand because he wants to look at trees. His greatest qualities are that he can become friends with anyone and his loyalty is unending. He shows up to Valinor a century late with Starbucks in hand and his dwarf bestie at his side. Iconic.

[batboyblog]

President Biden's plan for the first 100 days of his next term:

—Restore Roe v. Wade

—Sign John Lewis Voting Rights Act

—Expand Social Security and Medicare

—End all medical debt

—Raise the minimum wage

—Pass the PRO Act for workers

—Ban assault weapons

—Lead the world on clean energy

—Permanent child tax credit

—$35 insulin cap for all

—Build more housing

—Invest in child care and elder care

you want that? FIGHT! for it, check if you're registered to vote and then find a way to volunteer, everyone can make a difference everyone!

[centropristis]

Also for those of you saying “why doesn’t he do it now”, he doesn’t have a Blue Congress. If he gets a blue Congress, he can pass these, but if either the house or senate stays red, no progress can get made. Vote.

[divineandmajesticinone]

Ellen Ripley & Corporal Dwayne Hicks ALIENS (1986) dir. James Cameron

[baelcrtargaryen]

Game of Thrones (2011 - 2019) // The Fallen Angel, Alexandre Cabanel // House of the Dragon (2022 - ) (x)

[billy-crudup]

Is your war finally over? GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) dir. Takashi Yamazaki

[junkfoodcinemas]

Late Night with the Devil (2023) dir. Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes

[chaotic-history]

Somehow from two different bookstores in two different states I have acquired two books that belonged to the same person..

If you're out there John Larrabee, hmu and we can talk about Tom Paine. Also I have your boarding pass from 2014 that you were taking notes on.

[chaotic-history]

Found the dude's obituary

He's from the city the boarding pass was to and he died in 2022

[sapphichymns]

No gif set could capture this amazing line delivery.

[izzy-hands]

Edgin + being completely normal in his reactions to Xenk

[l101216l]

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has dropped 18,000 tons of bombs on the Gaza Strip. This is roughly twice the explosive force of the bomb used in World War II to destroy Hiroshima, Japan. Over 32,000 individuals have been injured, and at least 9,061 Palestinians have been killed; men, women, and children who are innocent. We cannot remain silent because these are actual statistics and real human beings.

Continue talking about it.

[diysyfhcjtssuiteryyxhcft]

The biggest lie in fanfiction is that everyone has a first aid kit in their house. I have never owned one in my life

[ragingbookdragon]

Wait do y’all not have like…first aid boxes in your hall closets? Like just a plastic box that has your basic first aid shit?

[gehayi]

...no? Wait, you mean some people actually have first aid kits lying around their homes? 

[jv]

I... personally don't have a first aid kit at home and never had, neither my parents had, but... I've always had a "medicine cabinet", that always have... things like bandages, peroxide, alcohol, chlorhexidine, anti-burn cream... I don't know, the kind of things you are supposed to find in a first aid kit.

Don't you folks have that kind of thing?

[thebibliosphere]

#now#fire extinguishers? that's only for rich people

Realizing our household may be more accident-prone than most because we have a fire extinguisher on both levels and a full-on first aid kit, and we've needed them.

[nothorses]

This is terrifying. Please get some of this shit for your home.

If you are renting, your landlord is supposed to provide a fire extinguisher (check local rental laws and your lease, and if you don't know where it is in your home, find out). You should keep it in the kitchen and/or near the fireplace if you have one. You can get these on amazon for $20. Check dates and make sure your extinguisher is not in need of replacement (again, if renting, replacement/reimbursement should be your landlord's responsibility).

They will save your ass and they are not "for rich people", oh my god, holy shit.

For first aid:

First, you should definitely invest in a first aid/CPR course (infant and adult classes cost the same and are more comprehensive, it's worth it). Red cross offers them regularly and all over, and they cost around $100 and take about 4 hours your first time. You renew every two years, and renewing takes less time and costs less because you can take them online at that point, but even taking it once is helpful (but attempting serious FA/CPR if your cert is out of date is a bad idea; you will forget shit and might do more harm than good). You can also put this on your resume! It's especially useful (and required) in childcare/education.

Some basic tips for pretty run-of-the-mill stuff:

Mild cuts/scrapes/etc.: Hold a non-adhesive gauze pad (paper towels work in a pinch, or paper towels behind a gauze pad) to the wound with firm pressure and hold above heart level until bleeding stops. Wash with warm water and mild (preferably unscented) hand soap. Apply antibiotic and bandaid. Remove the band-aid after a day-ish, or at night, and let a scab form.

If you don't have a bandaid: Use a non-adhesive gauze pad and medical tape. (Non-adhesive gauze prevents the gauze from sticking to the wound and re-opening it on removal).

If it might need stitches: Go through the steps above, but don't wait for the bleeding to stop before getting to urgent care unless urgent care is closed. Don't wait over 24 hrs to get to urgent care (they can't help you after it's been too long).

If it's very deep/severe: Go through the steps above, but don't wait for the bleeding to stop. Go to the ER.

Do not wash a wound with hydrogen peroxide. You can wash around the wound with it, but never the wound itself. Use warm water and mild soap instead.

Do not attempt a tourniquet unless you have been trained and have been practicing regularly since then. You can do serious harm if you do one even a little bit wrong.

Burns: Hold burned area under cool, running water for 15 minutes, uninterrupted. Assess severity afterwards; if it blisters, go to the ER. Otherwise you can try burn cream and time.

Bee/wasp stings: Mix baking soda with a bit of water to make a paste; apply to sting and let sit until long after the pain stops. This removes the venom and prevents any further spreading.

Allergic reactions: For anything related to histamines (bee allergies, peanuts, anything involving immediate swelling usually) figure out if they have an epipen first, and let them administer it, help them if they need it, or follow the instructions on the label closely. If not, give them a dose of benadryl. Have someone call emergency services (911 in the US) while you do this, or call immediately after, in both cases. (Epipens buy time, they do not solve the problem entirely).

Seizures: Do not attempt to restrain them. Remove anything from the area that they could potentially hit themselves on, and make sure others give them space as well. Place something soft under their head (like a folded-up jacket). Time the seizure. Call emergency services if: it lasts longer than 5 minutes, it's their first seizure, they have a second one soon after, they get hurt, it happens in water, or they have another health condition (like diabetes, heart disease, or are pregnant).

And some basic supplies to keep around, in a first aid kit or medicine cabinet:

Disposable gloves (for handling any kind of bodily fluid/preventing infection) (latex-free)

Bandaids! Keep a variety; the ones made for fingertips are great for kitchen accidents.

Non-adhesive (sterile) gauze pads

Medical tape

Alcohol wipes/wound cleaning wipes

Mild soap

Antibiotic (like neosporin)

Benadryl cream (for bug bites)

Hydrocortisone (for skin reactions)

Burn cream

Aloe vera (for sunburns)

Orajel (for tooth aches)

Ibuprofen (for headaches, inflammation, and menstrual cramps)

Exedrin (for migraines)

Acetaminophen (for fevers)

Benadryl (for allergic reactions)

Baking soda (for bee stings)

Tweezers

If you know how to use others things, keep those other things around. Don't try to keep stuff around that you don't know how to use properly (like tourniquet kits), or if you do, make sure anyone using them does know what they're doing.

This list is also tailored to cover a variety of needs; you may not need some of this stuff personally, but if you have a friend over who has migraines, menstrual cramps, a bee sting allergy, or a latex allergy, it's a good idea to have some stuff on hand to help them out.

It's also a good idea to stock this stuff in your car if you drive, and definitely have them with you if you go hiking or camping (especially in a low-or-no-service area). You should also add a warm blanket, granola bars, water (in case you get stuck somewhere), and cat litter (for getting out of snow/mud) to that list for your car.

You should definitely also keep jumper cables in your car at all times, and consider getting a battery charger so you don't need to wait for someone else to show up and help you.

For the love of god, yall, please don't brush this stuff off as "rich people shit". I'm sorry you weren't taught this stuff, I'm sorry it wasn't normalized for you, but it's never too late to learn and make sure you're keeping yourself & those around you safe.

[kedreeva]

For those who look at the above list and realize it's daunting to think about getting all of that at once, you do not have to get all of that at once!!

If you don't have a medicine cabinet or a first aid supply container, you can start by getting yourself a little storage container. It doesn't have to be a first-aid labeled one. Those are nice to let OTHER people know what's inside, but not necessary.

Then just... add one thing at a time to your grocery list when you go. Get the stuff you're most likely to need first, or the stuff that lasts longest. All of this stuff DOES "expire" in one way or another. Even the gloves and gauze. Gloves can eventually dry rot (latex dry rots especially fast actually, which is why you want latex free) and the gauze will not be sterile forever. If you don't want to constantly check expiration dates on the items, stick a piece of masking tape to the storage container, write the item name on it small, and write the exp date next to it. When you replace, just replace the tape or cross off the exp date and add the new one. Then you can keep track on the outside of the bin.

Lastly, the above mentions medical tape, but there's something in my own kit that I think is good to have on hand-

Cohesive bandage tape or Vetrap (personally I use vetrap for the colors). Unlike medical tape which is adhesive/sticky, this is cohesive bandage material that sticks to itself but not to you. If something happens over an area that would be difficult or hurtful to use a bandaid for (for example, a long cut or scrape, a small wound on a very hairy surface, a larger surface area than a normal bandaid would cover, etc) you can cover the wound with sterile gauze and wrap with cohesive bandage to keep it in place.

[ober-affen-geil]

also just my 2 cents, you can pick up a basic first aid kit at Walmart for maybe about $20. That's where I got mine. It has a range of bandaid sizes, alcohol wipes, a small roll of medical tape, tweezers, and one pair of gloves. That will do you for most at-home medical needs. I have personally added to mine 3 types of over the counter pain meds, a few menstrual supplies, and one or two individually wrapped pieces of candy in case of a diabetic emergency. Next on the list is going to be a box of patterned bandaids for fun. Also a good idea to have a cold pack of some kind.

Its maybe not a bad idea to pick up some Narcan, training is very simple and can be done online. Narcan combats overdoses and you never know when you might need it.

a note on a few things listed above:

When properly applied, a tourniquet cuts off blood flow through an artery. When you stop blood flow to an artery in someone's arm or leg, they will almost certainly lose that limb. They are used in situations where someone is losing blood fast enough through a cut in a limb they will be dead in minutes if not seconds and the likely loss of a limb is justified over the loss of their life. Do Not apply a tourniquet unless you know what you are doing, and no, "I saw it in a movie" is not good enough. (The same goes for emergency tracheatomy. Do not attempt it unless you are a trained medical professional.)

CPR stands for Cardio Pulminary Resuscitation. If you need to perform CPR on someone, it means their heart has stopped beating. It means that that person is, in a very literal sense, dead. CPR is functionally beating someone's heart for them from the outside. This has a very, very high chance of not working. If you are ever in a situation where you need to perform CPR on someone, just know that that person has already died and there is every likelihood they will stay that way, and that is not your fault. (This does not mean you shouldn't try anyway, it just means it's not the magic fix it is on TV.)

If you are ever in an emergency situation with other people around where medical help must be called, and you cannot do it yourself, make direct eye contact with a person and say "you, call [emergency medical number]". Shouting for someone to help or do something will be less effective than addressing someone directly with clear instructions. Also, if you are calling in an emergency you will almost certainly be asked for either an address or where you are. Be prepared for that question. And if you are calling for a wellness check on someone who is in a locked home, fire department or medical do not need a warrant to enter. Police do.