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troubledbutsweet

and-fishing-equipment

daily affirmations:

i am kind

i am in control of my emotions

it does not bother me when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

everyone in the house has the right to be in the kitchen

i am kind and in control of my emotions even when someone is in the kitchen while i was planning to be in there alone

spielberkee

if you think boromir's the bad guy... do not ineract with me...

transexualpirate

every queer person got that one person who was never an actual relationship but it also wasn't not a relationship and thinking about them too long is like kneeling on broken glass

thedankmemes

scyllagf-deactivated20230531

there are so many things that I want to do. I think I will stay on my phone for 2 more hours

grifoncito

If you’re LGBT reblog and tag with your opinion on beer.

#gross af

axmxz

saltedcaramelatte

"Should we dine in here?"

#should we dine in here?#i rather not thou

cryptwretch

Hey everyone, I'm sorry to do another one of these so soon. Rent is due at the first of the month, and I don't get paid until the 7th. I was hoping I'd be able to take out a 401k loan this paycheck, which I was relying on to stabilize myself after move in costs, but it turns out I'm still a paycheck or two's worth of deposits away from that being available, and with the vet bill when my cat passed away, I was only barely able to squeak by to get into this place less than two weeks ago and have not been able to recover. I need $550 to be able to make rent, not counting a couple of other bills I'm behind on or looming close. I know if I can just at least make this rent payment, I'll be able to pay those bills with my next paycheck and be okay for long enough to get my shit together, but until then I am begging for any help I can get. I'm trying to start a new life after a difficult breakup and the unexpected loss of a dearly beloved cat, and I feel like I'm drowning, and I don't know what else to do. I'm so sorry if I sound dramatic, I'm just extremely stressed, and it's been a really hard few months.

My venmo and cashapp are both @wretchwife. I can DM my paypal if necessary. Anything at all would be so amazing.

squidbroom

homophobes are not allowed to use computers because the inventor of the computer was gay

local-chibi-girl

People think this is just a joke but Alan Turing was the inventor of the computer and his sexuality was illegal in his time (which was not even 100 years ago) and he was arrested. They put him on drugs that destroyed his genius brain and committed suicide a year after being covicted. He was gay and a war hero as well. He helped to break enigma which was a German code that they put all their messages through. He shorted WWII by two years and saved so many lives in the process.

anticritical-lapis

Friendly reminder that if not for Alan Turing you wouldn’t be reading this post and we might be ruled by the nazis

addycted

The Alan Turing statue on my campus

beefgameplays-deactivated202105

wait fuck this is soooooo important always reblog

sopretty4

I will never NOT reblog

#alan turing

tolerateit

a non exhaustive list of things to live for

bread

your favorite book that you haven't read yet

the feeling you get in your throat when a poem taps into your innermost yearnings

garlic and onion combo

holding a mug of beloved hot beverage with both hands

new additions to the cw supernatural lore

experiencing joy via witnessing + partaking in a loved one's happiness

snoopy

something really funny could happen on the internet

your new favorite song that you haven't played yet

cheese

saltedcaramelatte

• kimchi fried rice

• best friends

• books I haven't read that stay on my shelves

• art knowledge I yet to learn

• Italian soda

• my daughter I haven't adopted yet

• a cat. any cat

• love

#life is worth living

calebwittebane

no idea where i was going with this but i abandoned it at the most disconcerting moment possible

maryellencarter

look actually calling things that aren't the brand name by the brand name is something corporations really hate. because if it becomes common enough they stop having the trademark to the brand name.

did you know trampoline used to be a brand name? true facts. the inventor wanted all the imitators to call theirs, like, "elastic platforms" or some shit (i don't remember the specific shit) so he could keep advertising The One and Only Genuine Trampoline (tm). and then we didn't. and now nobody remembers him or his trademark.

paulgadzikowski

aspirin used to be a trademark of Bayer

bastionofbibliophiles

Per Wikipedia: "Trademark erosion, or genericization, is a special case of antonomasia related to trademarks. It happens when a trademark becomes so common that it starts being used as a common name and the original company has failed to prevent such use. Once it has become an appellative, the word cannot be registered any more; this is why companies try hard not to let their trademark become too common, a phenomenon that could otherwise be considered a successful move since it would mean that the company gained an exceptional recognition."

Examples of genericized trademarks include:

Air fryer

Aspirin

Dry ice

Escalator

Flip phone

Heroin

Kerosene

Teleprompter

Examples of trademarks that are at risk of genericization (so you definitely shouldn't use these terms; you don't want to take them away from the poor corporations, do you?):

Adrenaline (owned by Pfizer)

Allen wrench (owned by Apex Tool Group)

Band-Aid (owned by Johnson & Johnson)

Bubble Wrap (owned by Sealed Air)

ChapStick (owned by Suave Brands Company)

Frisbee (owned by Wham-O)

Google (owned by Google)

Hula hoop (owned by Wham-O)

Jacuzzi (owned by Jacuzzi)

Jell-O (owned by Kraft Heinz)

Jet Ski (owned by Kawasaki)

Kleenex (owned by Kimberly-Clark)