~Spiritsniget ~

This blog is just all of the things that I love and wonders wherever my fancy takes me.

[tenwordstories]

I’m tired of having to protect my heart from men who do not know their own truths

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Don’t be the reason someone feels insecure. Be the reason someone feels seen, heard and supported.

Cleo Wade (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[prokopetz]

Team “not actually oblivious to flirting, just terrified of appearing presumptuous” represent.

[prokopetz]

“Yes, in the balance of consideration this person’s behaviour could certainly be interpreted as flirtatious, but it would be purest arrogance for me to just assume they actually meant what they said. I should gather more evidence. Forever.”

[thetenderpassion]

[lovelynemesis-deactivated201903]

This has happened to me before when I was in college at a frat party. This girl comes squeezing herself in between me and my friend and throws her arms around me. “Amanda, I am so glad you decided to come!” I was so confused and just figured she was drunk and mistaked me for someone else, until I saw the panic on her face. She leaned close and whispered that a guy was following her, was certain that he had put something in her drink and if I would please play along. I looked behind her and sure enough, some creep was watching her like a hawk. We invited her to hang out with us the rest of the night and even waited until her ride showed up just to make sure she was safe. Always look out for each other!

[phoenixwolf876]

If you ever feel scared like this just come up to me like we have been friends since kindergarten, call me any name u can come up with ill play along.

[17mul]

🗣

[black-hippie-moonchild]

👌🏾

[succubus-is-smol-deactivated201]

Stay together, stay safe

[eclecticstudentwriter]

Perfect advice. I’m reblogging this as a guy, because first of all, if you”re a guy : DON’T DO THAT. Don’t be that creep.

And if you’re a guy and you notice some creep is following or stalking a girl, and that she’s obviously uncomfortable or panicked, go ahead and say hi, long time no see, pretend to be her cousin, and tell her discretly you noticed there was a shady guy. Ask her if something’s wrong, if she feels unsafe, if she wants your help (very important - she may not trust you enough, no one could blame her, don’t take it personally). (and don’t you dare take advantage of the help you offered for a flirt opportunity, that would make you no better than the creep)

We can all stop “witnessing and do nothing”, and set an example.

[hapslock]

Alternative option for a guy: if you feel safe doing so, go up to the creeper who’s following her and be like “hey WHAT’S UP bud do you like SPORTS? My favourite team is the redsox what’s YOURS my man? What you DRINKING dude that looks GOOD.” and be friendly and just loud enough to blow his cover. Draw attention to him and see what he does. He won’t feel as safe creeping if he knows people are looking at him, and maybe he’ll leave. It also means the woman won’t have to worry that you are *another* creeper she has to be wary of, and you may distract the bad dude enough to give her a chance to lose him.

[tumakhunter]

Reblogging for that last comment.

[1-ofthecoolkids2]

NO THIS NEEDS TO BE BOOSTED

[thecollectibles]

Art by Thomas Janzen

[depizan]

Woah. Timothy Zahn, are you me?

I often hear the argument that having major characters die is more realistic than having them always come through unscathed. Of course it is. But I personally don’t want my fiction to necessarily be “realistic” – I want my fiction to be entertaining. For me, that means watching engaging characters I care about get into and out of dangerous predicaments, working and thinking together in order to defeat the bad guys. While some authors (and readers) like the tension of wondering who will live and who will die, I prefer the tension of seeing how the heroes are going to think or work their ways out of each difficult or impossible situation they find themselves in. If I want realism and the deaths of people I care about, I can turn on the news.

–Timothy Zahn, interviewed by TheForce.Net, 2008

[allthingshyper]

Tim Zahn just summed up my entire issue with adult movies and fiction

I do not want to get invested in a character just to have them die or be violated or whatever, I don’t care that it’s dramatic. It’s not fun, it just leaves me angry and frustrated that I wasted my time on this media.

[milf-adjacent]

Also there’s a very strong correlation between creators who like to make their characters (and readers/viewers by proxy) suffer and creators who are really shitty people

[catchymemes]

[webofstarwars]

Star Wars fan art on canvas by u/aimlessjedi

[floralls]

Lilac by Dominika Brudny

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

It’s important to keep your feelings and your self worth in different places - because when your feelings get hurt, it shouldn’t change how you view yourself.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[webofstarwars]

Star Destroyer

[pochacco]

clearance that isn’t under like $15 is an abomination and doesn’t have the right to even call itself clearance

[spiritsniget]

The Hardest Part About Being a Teacher

By: Trevor Muir On my very first day as a teacher, I met a boy named Dave. Dave was that kid who kept his head down in the back of the room and hid behind his long hair and expressionless face. I soon found out that Dave was in foster care, and heard his backstory of abuse and suffering.&nb

I can’t save all of my students, but I can love them all.

[sheisrecovering]

Your abuser’s trauma does not justifiy them abusing you. Your abuser’s disability does not justify them abusing you. Your abuser’s gender does not justify them abusing you. Your abuser’s illness does not justify them abusing you.

For everyone that needs to hear this: there is nothing you could ever do that’s punishable by abuse, and there is NOTHING anyone could ever say to justify the abuse you experience(d).

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

i’ve been crying laughing over this for the past 5 minutes

[nebraska-doesnt-exist]

ya'know, maybe the reason rural, small-town people don’t trust national media is because national news outlets pretty much ignore 85% of the country.

nebraska is literally flooded, at least one person has died and three are missing, 60 thousand have evacuated… and the first cnn article about this went up like ten minutes ago and only mentioned flooding around omaha.

like. i’m from omaha and i’m frustrated by the lack of attention the rest of our state is getting. someone died, and you’re not going to mention that? how was this not a story worth reporting this morning? are nebraskan farmers and small-town citizens not just as important as the californians displaced by wildfires, or southern/east coast people affected by hurricanes?

when we complain about nebraska being ignored, we’re not really talking about not having shows set in nebraska, as much as we might want that. we’re talking about this — thousands of people losing their homes, their livelihood, and yet no one seems to think it’s worth mentioning.

when hurricanes devastated the south last year, nebraskans donated what we could to help those affected. we sent trucks filled with donated items and coordinated with shelters and organizations to make sure we actually sent things that were needed. i’m just saying, it would be nice to see some of that support in turn. even if it’s just bringing attention to this.

[cashmere-cat-attacks]

At the very least you would think that the farmlands that feed most of the US being flooded would be important to someone other then us Nebraskans. But we are ignored. At best Omaha is briefly mentioned. At worst we’re ridiculed and looked down upon because we’re just some dumb hicks with a boring state and a laughing stalk of a football team.

I’m terrified for my fellow Nebraskans because even us in the city don’t have enough money to be the only ones who donate. This needs more recognition because more people will die because of exposure after the fact.

[moon-bell5]

USA Today article

Omaha World Herald Article

Article with links to various places to donate

[iamthepandaprince]

I live in Fremont Nebraska. We are literally a fucking island right now. There is no way in or out of town. Half our town is flooded and the water is still expecting to rise. Two of my friends have lost their homes and one lost pets. 

The thing about the flooding is that the other half of Nebraska is experiencing blizzards. Our whole state is in anarchy right now. There’s no water left in fremont. Two of our leveys have broke and our dam is being held together through sheer fucking will. This is fucking terrifying okay? Even if me and my family wanted to leave we CAN’T. If fremont get’s flooded anymore where are we going to evac to? We can’t. We can’t get out of town. Why has this not been a fucking emergency yet?

Currently my family is okay, but were close to losing our home too. 

If you can spare anything please. PLEASE Donate. Nebraska is in need of a lot of help right now…

[blankinsidecards]

I live smack-dab in the middle of the state, four hours away from Omaha, and these are some pictures my friends and family have taken.

There are so many bridges out, so many roads impassable. Hundreds of people are stranded.

See this little island? Zoom in. Those are cows. Stranded, freezing, with no food, in the middle of calving season.

People have been losing 3 out of every 5 baby cows, because they are freezing in the mud before farmers and ranchers can even get to them.

This is my Uncle’s house, on the left

It’s a two story, and that water is six feet below the roof. They have my grandparent’s camper parked next the the barn (on the right) and you can’t even see it. My uncle has three young kids, the oldest of which has severe cerebral palsy, and now they’re living out of a hotel. My aunt only had time to pack two suitcases for the five of them. They had to leave everything else.

Really you guys, Nebraska has been flooded before, we have tornadoes every year, our temperatures are just as extreme as Chicago or Phoenix - but this is so much worse than any of that. I know there are worse things going on in the world, but this is happening too, and it’s going to impact so much more than most people think it will. Nebraska is a huge supplier of beef, pork, corn, and soybeans. Just in my hometown we have a huge Tyson processing plant that is weeks behind in production because the trucks can’t get through, and it’s costing a lot of people their jobs. This is serious.

[mad-hare]

This seems like something the president should declare a national emergency.

The damage caused by this, some farmers are saying is not repairable. With the huge loss in livestock and damage (many in this region already super poor from bad prices in recent years) many of these farmers will never be able to return to their livelihoods, without help… this is going to cause serious problems for all of the USA . A lot of farmers have tried to just sell off as many animals as possible to slaughter instead of trying to see through these coming weeks (no food, or safety, for the animals) and it’s already caused a 40% drop in beef prices, just because of this storm… so they are losing money no matter what they do. It’s horrifying to read about.

[basil0saurus95-main]

I…

Oh my god.

[pikalex88]

I just went through Nebraska myself last week and saw all this damage - and truly, there was no word of it in California. Worth signal boosting, and helping if you’re able.

[imfemalewarrior]

Nebraska needs help! 

-FemaleWarrior 

[spiritsniget]

I’m a teacher and no, I’m not worried about your grades.

As a teacher, I am not worried about a student’s grades. I do worry about their progress in mastering material, but I’m not focused on my students earning 4′s (or A grades). I care if my kids come to school, if they have friends, if they are the nice kid, if they are comfortable at school. I care that my students are safe and cared for when they are away from school. I care that they understand and have growth- not just academically, but socially and emotionally. I care that you are have the skills that you need to be successful now and in the future. I care that you have interests and that you can pursue those interests. I don’t care about your grade because I care about you.