My Silent Chorus

Japanese, Nerdiness, Shiny Quotes, and Other Things Ryn Likes

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[kosmogrl]

[aeide-thea]

[ID: Screenshot of tweet by tatum @​planetgraves that reads:

It’s so awkward when you meet somebody that you really really like. Like yeah i’d do just about anything to keep our connection alive. So what. Do you wanna go eat or

/end ID]

[thotsfortherapy]

it's not "am I good enough to do it?", it's "do I like it enough to be bad at it?"

[spnfanficpond]

Because what you do at first will always be crap. But crap makes good compost.

[mogifire]

friend

[roachpatrol]

this still cracks me up like can you imagine you’re 130 years old and suddenly a gigantic alien baby starts following you around

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[supercomplicatedperson]

[galaxianbitch]

i think about this tiktok literally every day

[miketon]

I was so fucking /srs when i said i hoped there would be riots at pride events this year and i still am. we need to be fucking fighting back. we need to make the fascist politicians fear for their lives and i mean that 100% genuinely. im so fucking tired

[miketon]

and while im at it shut up about slur discourse shut up about flag discourse shut up about kink at pride shut up about identities you dont understand (yes even that one) !!!!!! people are DYING. there are bigger more important things to worry about and You Are Not Helping Anyone. other queer people are not your enemy.

we dont need to be protected from clumsy baby gays or it/its pronouns or "contradictory" identities. we need to be fighting the fucking fascists trying to genocide us right now in the REAL WORLD.

we need to protect each other, not hurt each other. you're doing our oppressors' work for them. stop fucking infighting.

[shmaroace-deactivated20241124]

asexuality and aromanticism are inherently queer and deserve to be included in your pride celebrations.

[perrybearwaks]

[11111111111101111111111-deactiv]

[internalizedkryptophobia]

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

[internalizedkryptophobia]

[exquisite-peculiarity]

You don't have to understand someone completely to respect them and fight for their right to exist.

[isthescavengervideocute]

!!!

[sapphoandvanzetti]

a friend of mine has been saying "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

we have real, life-threatening forces to fight back against.

[fruitpilled-peachcel]

where's that photo of that shepherd dog being comforted by one of the sheep he guards after saving them from a wolf attack

[fruitpilled-peachcel]

love and gratefulness and kindness on planet earth

[pinkisbitter]

That fuckin picture of that guy at agraveyard holdin like, a cup or smt, with a mothman sized moth with him, both staring directly at the camera is somehow the funniest image but I haven’t been able to find it in months

[cryogenicmeltdown]

This one?

[pinkisbitter]

PRECISELY THAT ONE

[pinkisbitter]

[eurodeal]

Wow everyone is going through it. Hold my hand

[prinxe-with-no-crown]

reblog to hold the hand of the person you reblogged from

[neil-gaiman]

Our trailer for Good Omens Season 2 has just been released. It is moderately entertaining and may help pass a couple of otherwise uneventful minutes.

[sevaria]

every trans kid is a blessing

stickers and prints here

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

[huckleberrywine]

LOL

[debkorvelus]

We need HOAs or some idiots will paint their house purple or put tractor tires in their front yard.  If you want tractor tires, don’t move to a HOA neighborhood.

[captain-snark]

I couldn’t even fathom how horrifying it must be to live somewhere there are...purple houses and and yucky stuff in people’s yards. Thank God I don’t have any real problems like that.

[scrimblobimblobadimbo-deactivat]

listen my Nonna and Nonno live right by a purple house (it’s a nice lilac) and as a kid I was fucking obsessed with it because purple is my favorite color. I’d go nuts whenever we passed by it. Also it had a purple mailbox to match and it blew my mind.

No more HOAs. More purple houses.

[antelopian]

imagine trying to control what someone else can do with or on their own property just because you don't agree with their taste in decor

[tarantula-veins-deactivated2023]

NO MORE HOAs MORE PURPLE HOUSES

[gallusrostromegalus]

Related, becuase I just had to move:  “just don’t move into an HOA” Do you know what a PAIN IN THE ASS it is to find NON-HOA Housing? Very nearly everything in the CO front range that isn’t a rental has an HOA these days!

Short list of the Shit the HOA at my pervious house tried to pull:

Banning personal and community food gardens (The reason the tag for my garden is “The garden of earthly HOA violations”)

Banning people from using thier personal yards as Native Plant Restoration microzones, something that looks gorgeous and is extremely helpful to the local ecology

trying to get the city council to remove protections on adjacent city Open Space/Native Plant restoration zone so they could mow it.

mandating the use of ONE landscaping company in the neighborhood, coinicdentally owned by the HOA president’s son

Mandating the use of an unecessary water purification company on all properties.

suing city animal control for collecting lose dogs and cats and returning them to the addresses on thier collars.  You know. that thing animal control does so the animals don’t get run over or disemboweled by the coyotes or catch and spread rabies.  The thing that’s illegal to let your pet do out here for those reasons Karen.

Suing the city council to remove a city bus stop in the neighborhood that was heavily used by many residents.  They damn near got away with it becuase the HOA meetings were always in the middle of the day on a weekday.  You know, when the residents that use that stop are working.

Sending people letters threatening to fine them for having “Out Of Season” holiday decor.  Specifically targeting my Indian neighbors who were celebrating Diwali, not Christmas and the Jews with visible Menorahs.

Fining people for doing thier own appliance and car repair on thier own personal property

Fining people for operating a business out of thier house, specifically targeting a disabled neighbor that does comission tailoring and garment repair out of her home.  never bothered a soul except the one snoopy bitch who didn’t like that her clients were allowed to park in the tailor’s designated and otherwise unused parking space.

Trying to fine a neighbor for flying a Pride Flag

HOAs are invasive, bigoted, corrupt and cruel institutions that should never have been allowed to be created.  If you live in and HOA area, showing up at the meetings to tell people what the fuck is wrong with them, Joining your HOA board to protect your neighbors and possibly organize the dissolution of the HOA is one of the best things you can do to protect the marginalized members of your community.

FUCK HOAs AND LONG LIVE THE PURPLE HOUSES AND TRACTOR-TIRE GARDENS OF THE WORLD.

[mariaalenkoshepard]

Are y'all telling me this shit is actually LEGAL?

[s-shutup-its-not-like-i-actually]

Here’s how to get an HOA to leave you and your purple house tf alone

[justsomeantifas]

cant stop thinking about this post. 😔

[that-catholic-shinobi]

direct action

[prismatic-bell]

HOAs, IN THEORY, could be such a force for public good, and that’s what’s maddening. Imagine if an HOA was like “well we’ve got all these houses and this one empty lot, pay your HOA dues and we can install a community food garden!” or “leave your contact information on the HOA residents-only webpage if you’re willing to be an after-school dropoff for children in our community who may not have a parent at home” or “hi, Sally, we’ve noticed your yard’s gone rather hogwild and things weren’t like that before your husband passed last year, do you need some help? We have some folks in the HOA who can help you with maintenance, no charge.”

Instead they choose isolation over community in the name of a unity that’s in image only, and that’s really, really sad.

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

Friend of mine bought a small house, an old one in an old neighborhood. She had no idea it was an HOA neighborhood until the day she moved in. They arrived with paperwork she "had" to sign or things would get "complicated", aka do this or we're gonna make life hell for you. She immediately told them no, she has no desire to be part of the HOA, and they about blew a gasket. Went from civil to wtf real quick. They tried sending her violation reports, demanded she pay fines, threatened her, etc. What they didn't know is she's petty and gives zero fucks. She also lives keeping paperwork nice and tidy.

Shit hit the fan when she installed a wall around her property. A 3 feet tall 2 foot wide wall around her yard. Topped with gorgeous iron work with sharp points that make climbing dangeous. Think Addams Family Lite. They tried to stop the construction because she was using the /wrong/ company (a mutual aid group she worked with). Send her fines and fees, and made the mistake of sending a copy of the HOA contract with a forged signature.

Ooooo...it got so ugly! She remembered the HOA post here about that happening to others and, well, the HOA broke up because of other fuckery on top of this. But it was mostly due to her dragging them in court for fraud, harassment, disturbing the peace, trespassing, stalking, and a few other things. She was petty about it too, looked into every fucking thing she could to destroy them.

I was informed that you not, in fact, obligated to sign the HOA contract. It's not a legal requirement. When you look for a home, make sure to ask about the possible HOAs, and look at the details of your homeowner's contract. Sometimes HOAs have that shit written into the purchase. If you see it, change the contract, put your initials and date in the changed sections, and see how the real estate agent handles in. This is legal, btw.

Don't sign the HOA contract, learn the laws regarding yard stuff (did you know you can apply to have your yard declared a wildlife reserve?), and be petty af when the nosy neighbors won't mind their business.

[cranberrybogmummy]

Fuck HOAs, long live the purple houses with the tractor tire garden!

[vaspider]

Bat houses are legal to install everywhere in the US, and once installed, many cannot be removed due to the endangered status of the bats which often inhabit them. Check your local regulations.

[scarlettohairdye]

I just want to take a moment to say to all the purple house haters, from the bottom of my cunt:

FUCK YOU! I LIVE HERE!!!

Cry harder, baby!!!

[centrente]

a comic about love and friendship and the power of communication, inspired by that time i heard ask by the smiths on my run and was somehow moved to tears

(i misheard 'the bomb' as 'the bond' but i stand by it. i don't value morrissey enough to respect his authorial intent)

(sensitive wolf fans smash that mf like button!!!!)

[duskargentum]

The concept of a “favorite color” is so funny

[duskargentum]