Little Ol’ Me

•~”Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future” -Oscar Wilde~• 23/ F / Christian / SFW SAHM/Happily Married •~Just my own little magpie nest~•

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[rxttingcorpse]

[probuccalfat]

dead serious normalize having an average boring ass life where you have enough to meet your needs we do not need to be remarkable we just need to be alive

[thewomanwhowasthursday]

"But we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you"

1 Thessalonians 4:10-11

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just saw someone say 5 year olds can't read and it had thousands of likes

[we-have-black-marble-at-home]

i always thought i was just biased because my mom "home schooled" me for pre-k so i went into public school already knowing how to read, write, basic phonics and spelling, basic addition and subtraction, etc. i have such a vivid memory of sitting on the carpet during my first week of school wondering why our teacher was going over the alphabet and which sounds the letters make. don't we already know the alphabet? i got frustrated doing what everyone else was doing until the 1st grade teachers agreed to pull me out during reading and math time to join them instead.

but you're supposed to do that. my mom was actually right in doing that and not saddling some poor teacher with a kid who doesn't even know their own full name or how to hold a pencil, let alone WRITE their name correctly. i didn't realize it was that bad. i feel like if not just sheer laziness and handing their kid a tablet, parents forget kids don't come out of the womb being able to figure these things out on their own. reading and writing is not instinctual and they don't learn just waddling around with a sticky ipad in their hands playing cocomelon on repeat. any delay in learning these skills can lead to major deficits down the road if not immediately corrected. it's why there were kids in high school who were functionally illiterate with no developmental delays or cognitive issues

[thisauthorisscreaming]

Does it count as 'sword in the stone' if it looks more like 'sword in the cairn'...?

[quakebeforetheauthorityofgod]

“Can you pray for me?”

Buddy; I would stand before God himself and speak of your goodness if I could.

[unusual-suspects]

x

[shadowfromthestarlight]

stop describing anyone who knows an obscure fact, memorizes something, is passionate about something, or has an interest outside the mainstream as autistic, k thanks

[manda-kat]

Did you know that races and nations in fantasy stories aren't always representative of real life people? Sometimes a race of evil creatures who are born wicked is NOT a stand-in for whichever race the writer hates.

An evil nation can represent things like corruption, despair, sin, sickness, hatred, self-doubt, trauma- anything that poses a threat and must be overcome by good can be represented by an army of evil. Often an evil race represents evil itself and the hero defeating them is good triumphing over evil. Call it cliche, but it's rarely racist. Would it be less problematic if the good guys killed good people rather than evil monsters? If the heroes represent pure good, then their villains being evil isn't racist. It's normal.

Not to mention that even in the scenario where the evil army in a story represents a real group, it still might not be racist. Great example: Fantasy Nazis. Is it fair to say that every person in Nazi Germany was pure evil? Absolutely not. Do we need to address that nuance in a fantasy story about their victims? No!

Some people don't read stories in good faith. They make a checklist of forbidden tropes and use them as proof that a story is problematic. Instead of policing the words creatives are allowed to use, we should focus on what they use those words to say.

[fillyreports]

Also I think if you see a fantasy race and immediately think "well they're terrible! They must represent X race!" Perhaps. The problem is you.

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[francesderwent]

we think pining is romantic because fidelity is romantic. the reason it pulls at our heartstrings is less the idea of a longing that can never be satisfied and more the idea of someone being faithful to their love even when they’re not getting anything from it

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Sorry, quick PSA because this is important to me and it hadn't really clicked in my head it's something people were having trouble with until just tonight.

If you are someone interested in reading the Bible, for whatever reason (religious, questioning, academic, etc.), and you don't have access to one but do have access to a phone or computer, go to this website right here: https://www.biblegateway.com/

It has a combined couple hundred translations of the Bible available, for free, across over seventy different languages. Some of the translations are also available in audio format. There are also reading plans if you are interested in reading the Bible but feel overwhelmed or don't know where to start.

In a time when technology has been such a blessing made it more accessible than at any other time in history, I just want to make sure nobody interested in reading the Bible isn't able to just because they're having difficulty in their hands on a physical copy for whatever reason.

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