Midwest 8 (really means a 3)

Liz_Glitterdew on ao3, a nuisance elsewhere

[preyanimal]

love love love this

[greenwraiths-deactivated2022042]

this is the funniest tweet i’ve ever seen

[twelvemonkeyswere]

[oneheadtoanother]

[mlarayoukai]

no twinks for racists

[bapouro]

Also you kind of look FTM but usually they are cute and you really aren’t. I wish you were trans 😔 maybe u are idk but to me you aren’t

BITCH?

[that-twink-over-there]

[bob-artist]

Bittern at the grocery store

[sparkly-heretic]

A very elegant crime.

(edit: my partner just pointed out that maybe the bittern is going to pay, and that's a good point)

[bob-artist]

Don't worry, his disguise was flawless and he got away with his snack :)

[redstonedust]

i enjoy that theres a lot of dog imagery in the trans community but it seems to vary wildly between "I AM A CAGED WOLF I NEED TO TEAR OFF MY SKIN I NEED YOU TO SEE MY TEETH AND KNOW WHO I TRULY AM INSIDE" and "im ouuppyyy i need . pets on my head :) "

[alteredpanel]

'whats being intoxicated like for you as a system' irritating

[omtai]

Man I miss free the nipple. Its getting warmer and we don’t even have free the nipple anymore

[gramarye]

feminism has backslid so hard in recent years people don't even know what free the nipple means anymore

[huffylemon]

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[chartreuxcatz]

Shout out to Linda. The he/him asexual woman from my psychology quiz from a few years ago

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image ID: Multiple choice question reading: Linda, a woman, is not sexually attracted to men or women. His sexual orientation is. Options choices are: homosexual, bisexual, heterosexual, androsexual, asexual /End ID]

[themainspoon]

A quick update for all my fellow r/196 migrants about how things are going back in the motherland. A saga has unfolded:

It began with a basic hornypost, and a comment under said post:

So, the fatal BreadSlice was getting clowned on in the replies, until:

So yeah, the more things change the more they stay the same I guess.

[eggfucker700]

please tell me a gaggle of monsterfucker muppets heckled op in the street by singing "there goes mr asshole there goes mr bitch"

[deadpowol]

[tahthetrickster]

[betwixtyiff]

The closest Pokemon world equivalent to Queens, New York is Lacunosa Town in Unova. The town that has the traditions of not going outside at night due to fear of a 'monster' roaming the streets

So I'm just SAYING, if the Pokemon world and the real world were one and the same somehow, there would be at least two episodes of 1990's sitcom 'The Nanny' with a subplot centered around running away from Kyurem at night

[betwixtyiff]

It just makes for good television if there’s a giant dragon that’s the husk left behind when two other dragons are created as a result of New York’s rulers being split between truth and ideals running around scaring and potentially eating people

Along with everything else that happened

[betwixtyiff]

@doctor-dragon

You.

You get it.

[thecolorofthegame]

I know this trophy is supposed to represent a triathlon, but it looks like a cyclist award for attacking pedestrians

[aroace-ryland-grace]

I NEED TO WRITE FANFICTION <- guy who is perfectly capable of writing fanfiction <- guy who is not writing fanfiction