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[ghostcaterwaul]

Reblog to gain creative energy and to give more creative energy to the person you reblogged this from.

[northern-punk-lad]

I need UK journalists to not show 43 degrees is not beach weather like people are gonna die

Americans do not interact

[a-girl-with-sparkling-lies]

Im Australian, and 43C is NOT beach weather. That is VERY hot, even for us, but for the UK its apocalyptic. At 43C you should not even be going outside if you can help it, treating it like beach weather is a one way ticket to heatstroke.

[maratrashcan-deactivated2025101]

I agree with not going outside for long periods of time but you will have to plan something to reduce the heat within your households. Especially if your house is designed to retain heat

[kipplekipple]

Fans pointed at open windows will pull out hot air and allow it to circulate - don't put them IN the window, leave some room by the side for extra air to get drawn in.

If you can't afford cold packs (and if you can, stock up on some NOW), get some ziplock bags and freeze them, with wet washcloths or ripped up towel inside. You want them to be ready in the freezer when you need them. Wrap them in a tea towel and put them on your wrists and ankles.

A big bowl of ice water in front of a fan will blow cold air into the room and make a massive difference. Again, if you don't have ice cube trays get some and freeze them *now*, don't wait until you're already in trouble (although I am melting at quarter past nine but my thermoregulation is bollocks so I don't know if that's the heat or just the me). If you can't afford to get any, clean out empty yoghurt pots or Tupperware or whatever you have that can hold water. Even if you end up with a giant ice cube from a lunchbox, it'll help.

Even just opening two windows at a crack will allow some air circulation - I sometimes prop open my bedroom door and leave the bathroom door open, both windows are locked at a crack because of the cats but it creates a nice little line of wind along the landing.

If you're someone who needs something on them to sleep, take your duvet out of the cover and just use the cover.

Remember that water acts as a lens - you do NOT want to wear a wet t shirt in the burning sun. I did this when I was 8 and if I tan on my back you can still see the scars.

Read the instructions for sunscreen carefully, and use the highest spf you can find. Reapply as per the instructions. If you get burned, Malibu do an amazing aloe-based spray on after sun, I got mine from Savers for 3 quid and it lasts ages. I keep it and any other after sun in the fridge, which means it's incredibly lovely to put on. Aloe is magic for burns so definitely gravitate towards that if you can. My son got badly burned (he's ginger, he went to an outdoor pool and they forgot to give him sunscreen) and he's had 2 helpings of it and you wouldn't believe how much better he is (he couldn't even really wear a shirt).

Make sure your pets have plenty of fresh cold water to drink, and if they usually have dry food consider giving them some wet food for one of their meals (cats are notoriously not always great drinkers but wet food will get them some liquid). Keep the curtains and/or blinds closed in south-facing rooms. I have blackout curtains in the front room and the front bedroom (my son's) and they make a MASSIVE difference to the heat. Make sure pets have access to these cooler spaces if you can create them.

Keep oven/hob use to a minimum if you can. I like making a massive pot of something that can be reheated in the microwave if necessary - the oven especially adds a lot of heat. Or get some wraps and ham and cheese and eat those.

Cordial or fruit juice can be better than water if you're sweating a lot. Cordial is cheap as chips. Salty snacks are also good.

Go to Iceland and buy a billion lolly ices. It's especially a good way to make sure kids stay hydrated.

[mav-exe]

I realize op asked for Americans not to interact, and whether or not they're being cheeky, I feel obligated to reblog this to save lives.

That temperature is absolutely murder, even moreso with humidity.

Please, be safe and stay hydrated!

[embodiedfutures]

For reference, 43 degrees celsius is roughly equivalent to 109.4 degrees fahrenheit. That’s bad.

[stellarynn]

This is nearly DOUBLE the typical average temperature of the UK. I don't care if you grew up in Satan's asshole, if you woke up one day and it was twice as hot as it usually is, you're gonna have a bad fucking time. The infrastructure is not built for 40+ degrees, and with the government doing... The thing it's doing, I doubt they're gonna even bother to help people, so people need to see things like this post to be able to help each other instead.

[femgineerasolution]

Heads up UK folks, we're looking at hitting 40°C again in about two weeks. Now's a great time to prepare however you can, figure out what you can do to make things more bearable

Putting a wet tea towel in the freezer for 20 minutes (in a freezer bag so it didn't stick to anything) then tying it to my wrists/ankles helped a lot last year, so I'll share this post in the run up in case it helps anyone else

Keep an eye out for people struggling, including yourself

[dancing-thru-clouds]

For people with latex sensitivities: aloe contains a natural latex, so do not use it on any burns you may get during this, it'll just feel worse

[prismatic-bell]

Listen.

I live in one of the hottest cities in the US. I put my weather app into Celsius to add this and I want you to read this screenshot carefully.

[Image ID: a screenshot of the iPhone weather app showing weather for Phoenix, Arizona. The temperature is shown as 45 degrees Celsius. There’s a heat warning below the temperature. End ID.]

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. You see that? You see I’m in a city where it’s normal to top 100 degrees, 37 Celsius, every summer, and at 45–114 Fahrenheit—WE are under an excessive heat warning?? People who are used to high heat are being told this is dangerous. The UK is only two degrees Celsius, four degrees Fahrenheit, below us. And our homes are built to stay cool. Theirs are built to stay warm. Because while not all of the UK gets snow due to ocean currents, all of it gets cold enough for snow. The UK is only about a thousand miles south of the Arctic Circle. It’s literally only four hours away by plane.

Either offer help, or shut up. These are not normal temperatures. (Hell, if you look at 30-year trends, 110 is unusually hot even for Phoenix, never mind the UK.)

Show some fucking compassion. These people are facing a very real threat to their lives.

UK peeps, whatever your normal water intake is supposed to be, double it, and continue adding water until you’re peeing every 2-3 hours. Your urine should be light and clear. If it’s dark yellow or orange, you are suffering from dehydration and need to get some liquids IMMEDIATELY. Make sure you’re eating salty snacks with your water—for one salt makes you thirsty so it’s easier to go through all that water, but more importantly, when you sweat you lose electrolytes and you need to replace them. Yes, I am saying that if you drink soda pop, it’s actually a good idea to pour yourself a small juice glass once or twice a day to let the sugar help rebalance you. (Absolutely do not take this to mean “you don’t need water.” This is “a few sips of cold beverage are an efficient way to get sugar into you.”)

Also, these temps are why we invented iced tea in the US and if you want a recipe for a proper iced tea, I’m happy to give you one. I have several, both sweet and unsweet. It’s not bitter like “I brewed this and then forgot it for three hours” tea is—done correctly it’s really good.

[trials-of-a-spirit-worker]

Yeah, sorry I know op said Americans don't interact but, I'm interacting just for your safety at this point.

I know y'all aren't used to those insane temperatures and I'm sorry. Keep up your electrolytes. Can't tell you how many times that's saved my ass during hellish heat waves here. It isn't just about staying hydrated it's about keeping lucid. I don't know if you have Gatorade or something of the equivalent, but drink plenty of that along with water. Dilute it if you must/hate the taste. It's salty enough, got sugars and carbs for you to get through this god awful shit.

If you feel abnormally sluggish and exhausted, you're cooking. I mean that. Like... literally. Cooking. Find shelter/relief. Op is so goddamn right about the fans in the window. It might not feel like much of a difference inside but it's 10x better than outside. I guarantee you.

Keep electronic use to a minimum. Including lights. You'd be amazed how much lights can add to heating up a room. During the summer months and especially during heat waves I don't even think about touching a light switch so long as I can help it. If you can, keep laptops off your body if you must use one. Little desks, small end tables etc. I burned the shit out of my thighs a couple years ago needing to use a laptop during a heat wave. Not fun.

Shea butter I believe is latex free and helps the skin heal, should you get burned. Its also a pretty nice natural sunscreen. It doesn't expire and if you keep it inside a relatively cool place it stays solid.

Try and keep the clothing you wear light and flowy. Sometimes less clothing isn't the answer, especially in hellish temperatures like these. You're exposing yourself to more of the sun and heat. Allow air flow on your body too.

I really hope you guys will be okay. I don't even like our heat waves here and like you saw above in Phoenix, the heat in the states can be insufferable. I can't imagine what a nightmare it is for a climate that isn't used to that type of heat.

[dredsina]

Hey is anyone in the Seattle area able to adopt a cat (possibly 2)? Our neighbor is getting rid of his cats and my wife really wants to find a home for them. One is spoken for, but Tigger, the darker one in this pic, has nowhere to go.

I’ve met both cats are they are both incredibly cuddly and sweet. Tigger is a ragamuffin (?) cat. They are both declawed (i would never declaw a cat but again these are our neighbor’s cats). Although the other one, Beau (who is a ragdoll ? My wife said) is technically spoken for, it might fall through, and as you can see they are inseparable. So although we really need a home for one, it would be best if they went together. My wife loves these cats after seeing them every day in our neighbor’s window for over a year

[dredsina]

idk if I mentioned but they’re both boys. I would take these cats but we do not have enough room with 2 cats and a dog in our apartment currently

[maddiesharafian]

The Need to Stay

(Thought I’d upload my recent comics to Tumblr! I totally forgot it only lets you upload 10 pics at a time, and this is 11, but fingers crossed it works!)

[bob-belcher]

[romantichopelessly]

anyway if you’re one of the people who think that the sides can only be written/drawn/headcanoned as white cis males I want you to unfollow me now

[fullofbugs84uy894ujui9]

reminder that this blog, while not politically focused, supports BLM. bootlickers and racists aren’t welcome here, and never will be.

[andtosaturn]

since people are asking, here’s a list of places you can donate to help the australian bushfires. donating literally $1 means you have done more than our prime minister. (* = can donate internationally; for the other ones you might have to google it) 

cfa (VIC firefighters) 

rfs (NSW firefighters) 

rfbaq (QLD firefighters) 

cfs (SA firefighters) 

red cross*

WWF NSW bushfire crisis 

WWF koala crisis 

St Vincents NSW (partnership with channel 9)

St Vincents SA 

RSPCA NSW 

i’ll keep it updated as i find more

[fandom-will-be-my-fall]

!!! WARNING, EVERYONE !!!

IF YOU SEE THIS IN A YOUTUBE AD MUTE YOUR DEVICE AND SCROLL UNTIL YOU CAN’T SEE THE VIDEO SCREEN ANYMORE.

This is an ad about animal cruelty that has very loud screaming of dying animals. Also flashing, graphic pictures of said animals, like a dead chicken or a pig biting a wired fence.

It’s about thirty seconds, the screaming starts 10 seconds in and the ad isn’t skippable.

It can trigger panic attacks and cause your anxiety to skyrocket, and it’s just generally a very disturbing thing no one should see.

I’ve only seen a warning yet, haven’t stumbled across this before despite using YT a lot but for the love of God please be careful. Here is a link to that video but ONLY WATCH IT IF YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT SENSITIVE TO THIS TYPE OF CONTENT. I’m merely giving out the link so you can report it and I wouldn’t advise any of you actually watch it.

[december-again]

Nov. 28th, 2019

[mad-hare]

Not to mention the video TELLS you to put on headphones and turn up your volume?!

[strickenwithclairvoyance-moved]

plot twist of the goddamn century

[wyoming-bound]

Logan just hangin’ on the couch when Thomas starts pestering him.

[strickenwithclairvoyance-moved]

no you can't say that it's illegal i'm gonna have EMOTIONS

[wyoming-bound]

New crack theory: Logan is Thomas’s twin brother but he’s so antisocial he never leaves the house and just helps with his videos. Hence why he’s the only side to be on a “split screen” with him. Multiple times.

[randomslasher]

Well...except...

[aimasup]

Too much of any Side is never good

A little artistic exaggeration but eh I guess it’s still up to debate what these mean

[my-darling-boy]

I was having writers block and so I took a break and soon enough it was 3 in the morning and I had impulsively sewn together a tiny mouse you’re welcome

[my-darling-boy]

For those of you who asked, I have made a sewing tutorial on how to make your very own Peaches the Mouse!

[my-darling-boy]

I see people reblogging this with “to buy” but this pattern is free??? Someone even asked me “why don’t you charge money for it, it took you forever to put the document together” and I said “Not a lot of people have money and if they have some fabric scraps and a couple of buttons lying around they can make themselves a little mouse friend for free and that might make them happy and that makes me happier than receiving money???” Make yourself a liddol creacher! Heals the Soul!

[d0nn0]

Just a reminder to check if you are accidentally using your data and not your wifi so you can swap back over

[mylifebeyondlogic]

For the love of god reblog this to be a decent member of society

[cheaphalloweencostume]

i love it when you accidentally meet eyes with a stranger in public and you flash a quick polite smile and they look at you like they wish you were dead in a ditch

[deadmomjokes]

I’ve seen this several times on my dash and always with southerners being confused in the tags why the rest of the US is like this, and as a southerner, I have to say, SAME. Like, there’s plenty to hate about the south, don’t get me wrong, but at least in general we have public courtesy down to a science. I ordered at a Sonic out West once and the guy specifically had someone take over his headset so he could come out and shake my hand because he was from Tennessee and it was the first time since he moved West that he heard anyone say “Yes sir.” And it’s just…. Automatic for me? And this polite smile thing, people will jump and glare and I’m just trying to be friendly not awkward? What else is a socially anxious southern child to do upon accidentally making eye contact? Look down and hurry away? Isn’t that rude??? Someone explain why is smiling met with such anger I am confused and afraid.

[sea-anon]

Exactly!! When I moved to Missouri I was baffled at how rude everyone is! Like I saw someone I knew at Walmart and stopped to chat and they didn’t even stop! They just went ‘hi’ and moved on. Like????

And when I moved here I made cookies for the neighborhood, cuz that’s what you do and the first place I went they said “we don’t eat things with sugar” and shut the door.

Like why do y’all hate everyone so much?

[krystal-prisms]

I’m Canadian and am also confused

[sea-anon]

Well yeah everyone knows Canadians are the friendliest people in the world

[deanismymom]

I’m from Indiana and I’m pretty sure if you don’t talk to someone you know In Wal-Mart for at least 5 minutes you go to jail

[sea-anon]

No but that would still be rude in kentucky

You are expected to talk for at least 15 minutes, say goodbye (like, a “take care y’all, tell me how that knee is doin”) and then you talk for another ten minutes, move a little further apart and say goodbye again (“well I better get going tell your nana I said hi”) and then you talk for a while and say goodbye one more time (“I’ll see y’all at church on Sunday/school/Jo-mart/Nana’s funeral”) and move on to the next person

And don’t even get me started on food etiquette

[weaselle]

It’s not a south v. west thing, it’s a city thing. That’s why New Yorkers are the purest version of this. And it’s why I get both sides. I grew up in a small town in Northern California, and it was proud of all the small town things – “you can leave your door unlocked” and all that. I got a job for a while as a bank teller, and this coworker of mine had moved there from New York. I liked him (I tend to get along with folks) but a lot of people thought he was rude. “short” “impatient” even “brusk” were some descriptions of him, not just from our coworkers, but from the bank customers too. They complained because he always rushed them, never wanted to make small talk, etc. One day I was working next to him, and I heard him verbally pushing yet another customer along, just racing him through the transaction against his will, and I thought, I’m gonna say something to him about it. As soon as the customer left though, before I could say anything, my coworker goes “damn I hate people like that, get to  the front of the line and want to tell me their whole life story. So RUDE!” So I say something like, how is he the one that was rude to you? And goes, like he can’t believe how stupid I’m being, “ not to me, to all those people in line behind him that want to finish up here and get on with the rest of their day! You’re at the bank, you know why you’re here, you step up, you do a polite greeting and get the fuck down to business. Everybody has shit to do, and they can’t do it until you shut up about your life story that zero people drove down here to listen to. It’s so selfish! I can’t stand people like that”   Since then, I’ve lived in San Francisco, and L.A., and Montgomery Alabama, and Germany and Portland and Oakland and a bunch of little ass towns like Suisun Ca, and Kenwood and all kinds of places, Santa Cruz and Rohnert Park. And I’ve thought about the thing that guy started me noticing. It’s true. The closer in to a city (and the larger the city) the more the concept of polite changes from “how you are effecting the person you are communicating with” to “how you are effecting the people packed in around you” In Oakland there are like, zero grocery stores (Oakland is literally documented as a “food desert”) and so the best grocery store in Berkeley is also a favorite grocery store of Oakland residents and it is… full. You’ll spend a full 30 minutes in the snake of cars circling around in the parking lot waiting for somebody to finish shopping and leave so a parking spot opens up. Once inside, it’s more of the same. Shopping carts are cart-front to ass cheek. You literally can’t reach onto a shelf for a box of cereal without waiting for somebody to give you a break in traffic. Sometimes you get stuck standing in a single spot for several minutes, boxed in on all sides.  I’ve only been twice, and I swear to all holy gods that if I saw two people trying to catch up on chit chat while we all tried to maneuver around them, I would been reaching for my murdering stick. It’s called skype motherfuckers, go the fuck home and talk to each other, jfc, the rest of us are trying to make a deadline for some other shit we gotta get done today. Now, going back home, to small town Nor Cal, yeah, I don’t want to be rude, I’m gonna stop and say hi, I’m gonna ask about your family, I’m gonna rack my brain and remember that you had a sick cat or a trip you were trying to take or an interest in boats, and I’m gonna ask about that shit, fuck yeah tell me about how the tomatoes are coming in this year, I hear the birds are worse than ever. Anyway, city folk ain’t rude, they just polite different; suitable for city life.

[juniperpomegranate]

This is such a great explanation, and really important.

[spinningrims]

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

[groovian-whovian]

Never don’t reblog this. There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls. This can save so many lives

[thatsthat24]

What happens when @thejoanglebook, @tallykat3, and I have any free time on our hands. This is so frickin silly, but the audio was funny, we were having fun, and I had the boys, so here lol (Audio: Bo Burnham; Makeup: @tallykat3)

[sanders-sides-thuri]

YES!!! OMG YES!!!

Oh, I hope he keeps doing things with all of them, omg. this is AMAZING

[randomslasher]

This is so amazingadslkfjsadfa

[awellboiledicicle]

Hell: are consorting with an Angel?

Crowley: yes? Are all you slackers not out there seducing any Angels? You got no game, is that it Hastur? You hating on me because you can’t get any Angel to feel an ounce of Temptation? Tell me, how’s it feel to be so unsexy you try and make one of my greatest demonic acts look traitorous?

[fieldbears]

Heaven: are you consorting with a Demon?

Aziraphale, combing his hair: I’m sorry, are you not filled with enough of Her love to open your heart to those who need it most? Now pass me that lip gloss

[spinningyarns]

I realize this is not meant to be a religious post, but I once read this and I think about it All. The. Time. Theologically, I have absolutely no idea what to do with it, and yet I feel like I should do something…

But who prays for Satan? Who in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most, our one fellow and brother who most needed a friend yet had not a single one, the one sinner among us all who had the highest and clearest right to every Christian’s daily and nightly prayers, for the plain and unassailable reason that his was the first and greatest need, he being among sinners the supremest?      - Mark Twain’s Autobiography

[inthereellife]

as a kid i used to pray that God was able to work it out with his good ol’ friend Satan. just hated the idea that two friends had an argument they couldn’t resolve i guess

[fan-enby-anonymous]

Oh my god I might cry