[combatknife]

ive grown so attached to wearing a mask in public that i do not think ill listen to the cdc and not wear one when I’m fully vaxxed lol

[raionmimi]

If that’s your girl, then why she looking my way when I say “Mom?” every time I lose my mom in the grocery store

[horsegirlimogentemult]

i love not being a teenager but also sometimes people on the internet just say words and i have to look them up on urban dictionary like i’m 90

[whitepeopletwitter]

[cannabisbutch]

Really wish abled people would stop assuming that disabled people aren’t the experts of our own experiences, and that we have somehow missed a solution you spent 0.2 seconds googling 

[unclefather]

*gains exp from not having a panic attack in home depot*

[unclefather]

*loses a little health because i made eye contact with a garden gnome*

[ovur]

Uhh guys? Can we normalize having long legs and a tight pussy maybe,,,,,??

[ripvaccinated2017-2021-deactiva]

NO! my legs are short and my pussy is a cave known for its natural acoustics

[ovur]

I apologize for my lack of inclusvitiy... I'll off myself now

[printedword]

[tomboytwentynine]

When Biden officially wins this election, white liberals should be the FIRST to admit that it could not have been done without the votes of people of color SPECIFICALLY. There is no way Georgia would have flipped blue today without the work of Stacey Abrams and the tens of thousands of black voters she got to register. Arizona would definitely not be a blue state without the indigenous votes of its reservations, specifically the Navajo nation. Do NOT go and be smug about this win without fully acknowledging who you have to thank.

[himbo-kronk-stan]

Oh thank god the horse is out of the hospital

[whitepeopletwitter]

[artdetrump]

[democraticsenator]

I HAVE SO MUCH ANXIETY FOR TO IGHTS RESULT

VOTE BLUE DAMMIT WHATRE YALL DOING

[aliveandalsodead]

Woke up ready to follow some hashtags on the United States election and ride this day out with y'all and then realized I'm Australian and with the time difference it's the 3rd of November here and the 1950's there

[harringtonlovebot]

a few things -

1. tomorrow w the election results, realize that many votes were mailed in and will be counted until the end of november (x). tomorrow will not have a definitive winner. it’ll be a projection. it seems that a lot of mail in ballots are democratic party votes, so keep your head up unless there’s some kind of massive landslide.

2. voter intimidation is real and i would expect it to be pretty bad at the polls tomorrow. if you experience or witness voter intimidation, please call 1-866-our-vote (1-866-687-8683) to report it. this number calls the national voter protection hotline and they can send federal investigators as well as local law enforcement to help. it’s a good practice to record any voter intimidation that you see at the polls and write your account and report it to local law enforcement, the ACLU, local news, etc. save this evidence in a place that you will not lose it and cc yourself on any emails you send to ensure you do not lose it too.

2a. if possible, vote with a friend or family member.

3. if you are uncertain about your voter status, have not gotten a response that your mail-in ballot has been processed, or if you are booted from the polling line for xyz reasons, please make sure you grab a provisional ballot. idaho, minnesota, and new hampshire unfortunately do not do provisional ballots, but all other 47 states do. as per the linked website, it is a federal law in these states to give voters provisional ballots. quote, “If an individual declares that such individual is a registered voter in the jurisdiction in which the individual desires to vote and that the individual is eligible to vote in an election for Federal office, but the name of the individual does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the polling place or an election official asserts that the individual is not eligible to vote, such individual shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot….” if your state gives them and you cannot vote regularly, get one of these!

4. if you live in a large city and expect lines, make sure you dress for the weather and bring a snack or two!

5. some states will allow you to declare an emergency ballot if you are sick on election day. if you’re feeling under the weather, check if your state will allow you to have one.

6. here are the tips the CDC has for voting during the pandemic so that you can protect yourself at the polls.

7. TIME magazine has a really great q&a article for other questions you may have tomorrow!

8. please take care of yourself. avoid social media and the news if you need too. hang out with people in your bubble and try to do something to distract yourself if you’re worried about the results!

i hope some of these links have helped and please feel free to share.

[inkskinned]

i think “i wish platonic dates with friends were a thing” is another way of saying “i want a deep emotional intimacy.” it’s a new age. shallow friends are easy to find and hard to let go. the two of you can sit for coffee, talking about nothing, secretly texting under the table that you want to leave. she begs you to come to the party but abandons you once you’re through the door. he won’t talk to you outside of class, won’t even look at you even though two weeks ago you kissed. 

it’s the age of the internet and our empathy is evolving. yes, isn’t long-distance now so easy. there’s a lot we have to be thankful for.

but there’s a lot that’s changing. there’s no words for the emotion you feel when someone is taking a picture with you that you know is only happening because they want to look fun and popular and you’re a prop; there’s no word for when you know it’s because you’re uglier than them and it makes them look good - there’s no word for watching people socialize for social media credit. we know it happens. not just “hang on let me take a picture of my food.” not just “i’ve got to text my mom back, one sec.” i mean that strange distance between two people who comment on each other’s posts but cannot connect in person. i mean you pour out your soul on twitter but then clam up in person. i mean internet loneliness; the sensation of 212 thousand followers and still so empty, knowing if the plane goes down, the ocean of the internet will wash out your memory. 

“i want a friend date,” she says, and he snorts - you mean friends?

it’s hard, sometimes. finding a best friend. when i was little i had an assignment about it. i remember crying in the hallway because i didn’t have one. everyone else in class did. i wrote about my shadow. i didn’t fit in. over the years i’ve had a couple. one turned out pure evil. a few were my best friend but i wasn’t theirs, in the end. a lot just drifted from me until we were only friends by nostalgia, not connection. but i ached for the feeling of a best friend the whole time: the person you can be silent with, the person you can be wild with, the person you can be 100% yourself with.

we live in a society where romance is said to be the only space you’re allowed to really be close with someone. how many of us have said to make sure you marry your best friend. we know from dating that there exists a kind of connection we don’t always get in our friends - even a platonic one, a connection of spirit, a freedom of behavior. 

i get it. a platonic date sounds wonderful. it’s not hurting anybody. let’s both have three seconds where we’re honest with each other in a raw kind of way. it’s terrifying. or we could just talk about what’s bothering you. i’m also still fucked up about the avatar: the last airbender ending; i also don’t get katara and aang. 

it’s about trust. about vulnerability. so yeah. maybe i’ve done all kinds of platonic-date things. but i’ve also had the opposite happen: the non-friend. someone you don’t want to cut out, not necessarily - but not someone you can tell your secrets to in the end. i think what we’re all asking for is to be less lonely. we want to get close to people, but we don’t want to seem like we’re hitting on somebody. 

come on out with me. we’ll both dress up and drink wine and split the bill and talk about deep things. be best friends for a moment. lord knows i need one. what i’m asking is for a quick moment of emotional intimacy. of reality. of not-just-here-for-the-party. i think a date sounds lovely.

[fairycosmos]

i used to only hate my body but now i hate who i am as a person too lol