We Are the Music Makers

There are things I am, and things I'm not. Mainly I'm just a working class citizen, trying to make a difference. 31/andro/Vegas

[inanotherunivrse]

in another universe I’m easier to love

[stilesisbiles]

Homophobes: 

Me: 

[yesseptember]

Gürbüz Dogan Eksioglu

[dreamsuggestion-deactivated2019]

my kink is when people don’t get bored of me in a week

[animusrox]

There was a time when it was all about comics for me. I had a girl, probably the same as yours. She always complained that I spent too much time with my own comics. And, eventually, we broke up. Mallrats (1995) dir. Kevin Smith

[ascotus]

[guerrillatech]

[trilobiter]

Remember that, though the potato crop was devastated by blight, there was always enough food in Ireland to feed the people. The people simply could not afford to buy the food at the prices that Britain insisted they pay. The British were more concerned that the Irish people would get something without paying than they were about Irish people starving to death.

[meckamecha]

Don't forget that the British also blockaded food aid from the Ottomans to Dublin, increased evictions, and mandated export of all staples except potatoes.... While also mandating that only the Irish Lumper variety be grown. A particularly bland and flaky type of potato, and highly susceptible to disease, it's only saving graces being size and starch content

[alternativeheart]

In honor of Hopeless Fountain Kingdom turning 3 I wanted to post some pictures from the era that I adore🐝 This for sure isn’t all of them but I figured I’d show some💛 Pt. 1

[squidificati0n]

[nerdjona]

This is the link from the video. It’s important that we try to take action. Don’t buy chocolate that may be connected with slavery. In the link there’s also information about slavery free chocolate.

https://iradvocates.carrd.co

International Rights Advocates

End child labor in the cobalt and cocoa industries.

[anarkissa]

On chocolate, coffee, tea, other products coming from the global south: if you can afford it, buy only products with some kind of a certificate that demonstrates the product has been ethically produced (and this has been verified by an outside agency), such as the Fairtrade, UTZ or Rainforest Alliance certificate.

But also beware that some producers have made up their own certificates, with no outside oversight. These essentially fake certificates include Cocoa Life, the certificate invented by Mondelez – one of the companies listed behind the link for using slave labour, who stopped using Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa and switched to their own certificate instead.

[leepacey]

here’s a list of companies who use fair trade chocolate:

Clif Bar

Tony’s Chocoloneley

Ben & Jerry’s

Aloha Feels

Newman’s Own Organics

The Endangered Species Chocolate

Dagoba Organic Chocolate

Starbucks

Aldi’s brand

Green & Blacks

Sappho Chocolates

Larabar

more info here

full list of ethical companies in the carrd above

and a list of companies who knowingly use slave labor to make their chocolate:

Hershey’s

Mars (M&M, Snickers, Dove, etc)

Mondelez (part of Kraft) (Cadbury, Toblerone, Oreos)

Nestle

Lindt

Godiva

Ghirardelli

sources: 1, 2, 3, 4

[makiema]

SPIRITED AWAY (2001)  | dir. HAYAO MIYAZAKI

[sandmandaddy69]

[yesdaddyblog-deactivated2019050]

[dailylarina]

I heard that you like the bad girls, honey, is that true? Video Games (2011) - Lana Del Rey

[utteranonymity-deactivated20150]

Fun little trick I learned in therapy: validation. When someone is upset, don’t try to fix the problem, point out the cause, or tell them it could be worse. Just validate their emotions. Be like, ‘shit yeah man, that sucks. I’m sorry you’re going through that. I’m here for you.’ That’s literally all you have to do to make them feel better. Thank you and goodnight.

[ryantippery]

[maramahan]

The greatest tragedy of Among Us is making friends and then accidentally disconnecting before you get to say goodbye

[maramahan]

I just... I wound up hosting for a bit, and a player by the name “Dad of 3” came in to join my game

He was... well. Clueless is an understatement. When I say he has no idea what was going on, I mean the second round he was in he SLAMMED the alarm button and said “my screen said imposter what does that mean”

“It means you’re the bad guy this time, dad,” We explained. “But next time try and keep it secret, okay?”

“Okay”

The next round, he killed another player right in front of me and immediately self-reported.

“I got my first kill,” he said.

“Good job, dad!” we all replied. “You’re getting it”

He was so proud, next round, when he helped us catch the killer. And we were proud for him. He was trying so hard.

His kids showed him the game, he said — “Look dad a meme” — so he was playing it for them.

“What’s sus” he had to ask. “Is it inappropriate?” “No dad. It’s short for suspicious, because suspicious is a lot to type.” “What’s gg?” “It means good game” “ok. Thank u. gg”

Two rounds later, he slammed the alarm again. “My map looks different,” he said. “There are buttons on it”

“That means you’re the bad guy again, dad. You push them to sabotage us. Try it out”

We spent that round watching Dad of 3 gleefully pop in and out of vents at random and press all the buttons just to see what they did

“Have you killed anyone yet dad?” “No. It feels strange.” “It’s okay. It’s just a game. You can kill us if you want to practice.”

He was trying so hard. I don’t know if he’d ever even played a video game before, but he was trying so hard to understand this thing his kids enjoyed, and my little group of strangers was doing our best to help him get there.

I’m so proud of that random father’s effort, and I’m proud of all the other players who were so willing to help him learn.

Then out of nowhere he was gone. Mid-round, Dad of 3 vanished to a bad connection, and I’m legitimately sad. I’d hoped we’d get the chance to play a round for real, and I’d have liked the chance to wish him luck and say goodbye.

But since I can’t do that, I’m throwing this into the void: I hope you have a nice time, Dad of 3, and I hope we were able to help you learn so you can have fun with your kids.

Good luck out there, buddy.

Daybreak says hello.

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Addams Family Values (1993) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld