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waiting for a package to arriveâŠ..
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apparently controversial fucking opinion: some of us need closed captions/subtitles to understand what is being said in a video and donât want to see fan transcribers demolishing captions with zalgo text or giving their own commentary/cracking stupid jokes when we turn those onÂ
i promise your jokes/theories/fucking leet speek for some reason can stay in the comments and not in the captions where i have to keep rewatching the video to figure out if thatâs actually being said or not
stop putting your own jokes/commentary on whatâs being said in the video!
if the video is silent while someone is doing something, there are no needed captions! stop putting weird summaries of whatâs happening visually!
i guess i can technically read these yes but holy shit itâs annoying cut it out
iâm glad you suddenly realized captions support stylized text but stop using it, neither of those words had any spoken emphasis on them and this stuff only makes it harder to read captions at a glance
and thatâs what captions are for- i need to be able to glance at them so i can continue to watch the video while i know whatâs being said. i donât know whatâs being said if theyâre cluttered with your unnecessary jokes, and i canât glance at them and call it good if theyâre stylized or written weirdly or full of emoticons and stuff.
You must be fun at partiesđ
oh my god shut up, it isnât ânot being fun at partiesâ or âkilling the jokeâ some people are deaf and hard of hearing or have auditory/sensory processing difficulties that make it difficult to hear, especially with or dialects.Â
subtitles are there to give accessibility to these people, not for you to have a laugh in and to make the text difficult to read. itâs an accessibility tool not a school note book.
if you want to do this make your own gifs and put fake subtitles on them if you have to. make a parody video. just donât kill the video for an entire group of people in the name of âfunâ
sometimes you need to step back and look at how far youve come :)
remember the time i pitched a longform piece to buzzfeed and the editor was like, âthis sure is an interesting idea, how about you write this entire 12,000-word article on spec and then iâll take a look at it and see if i like it enough to publish it and pay you for itâ and i was like, âno, i want some assurance that you will publish my work and pay me for my labour before i spend several months researching and reporting and writing this piece, that is standard in this industry,â and she never replied to me, and i eventually pitched it to another publication with a fraction of buzzfeedâs budget and got paid literally thousands of dollars. bc i think about that a lot.
itâs almost like buzzfeed isnât real journalism
no, buzzfeed is real journalism, buzzfeedâs news team were pulitzer finalists, itâs just that buzzfeedâs management is made up of grifters and their greed has penetrated every level of the publication! effed up!
this is the funniest twitter thread iâve ever seen in my goddamn life
The âwhat colorâ guy is going places
The âwait no come backâ has me weak.
If your vegan âactivismâ involves holocaust comparisons you owe me a $50 Amazon gift card and a 2,000 word essay explaining why you think Jews are comparable to cattle Goyim reblog (esp. if youâre vegan)
guys this is important
Me: tomorrow is tomorrow I can stay up late fuck shit
My brain:
Always Remember:
kissing can and will, get boring.
its ok to go to sleep on opposite sides.
forgetting favorites, dates and replies is only human.
you dont have to like, or be friends with all of their friends and vice-versa.
they have a right to spend weekends dedicating to their friends and family. you have the same right.
privacy is still in play.
trying simple things that they like, no matter how much you are sure you will dislike it, is a very small step you can take to show your love to them.
you dont gotta have the same taste in music, food, books etc.
saying i love you, thank you, take care, please and i missed you really helps.
you cant agree with all their life decisions and they cant with yours. keeping an open mind and having an honest and deep discussion about it helps.Â
they dont need your permission to do things and neither you need theirs.
the intention and care behind the gift matters. not its price tag.Â
dont try and change them. help them become better versions of themselves and get the same help and support and care from them.Â
know what matters most and focus on that.
â Thereâs a whole world out there. â Thereâs one right here. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) dir. Ol Parker
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Tom Hiddleston attends the menâs singles final on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 15, 2018 in London, England.
Just because that online test said that your best chance at being happy is a situation where everyone already likes you, but they mostly leave you alone except when theyâre delivering food to you⊠that doesnât mean you can hide in your room and wait for that to happen. Thatâs how hermits are made, Mae. And they die alone in the middle of winter. Waiting for pizza from friends they donât want to see.
I just finished babysitting my friendâs children, and she has most definitely mastered the no spanking/alternative discipline route. I always talk about taking it because I donât believe in abusing children, but Iâve never personally seen it in action by a Black parent. Her children are 2 and 5 and they are the kindest, nicest toddlers Iâve ever met. They listen to her because sheâs their mom and they automatically recognize sheâs important and she gives them what they want (love and affection and rewards). In return they like to clean for her and give her artwork and cuddles all of the time.
To get them to listen to her, she makes sure to listen to them and what theyâve got to say instead of telling them to shut up all the time. The 5 year old asked her a few months ago why you canât eat food that was on the floor after picking up food on the floor, and she explained it calmly and clearly. He asked 4 other questions after that and she answered all of them. He was satisfied and happy with the answers, and ever since he hasnât done those things. She lets them gush and gush about Hot Wheels or Team Umizoomi and engages with them and counts with them and everything, so they never feel alone or neglected enough to not want to obey.
My friend lets them make mistakes by themselves on the rare chance they donât listen so they can learn from them and let that be punishment enough. For example, the younger one weâve been telling not to go near the dog cage because he doesnât like dogs. He went near it a while ago, got his hand licked, freaked out, and hasnât been anywhere near it since. The board on the wall that she uses has a column for each boy horizontally, and vertically are all the traits she wants them to have, like being nice, listening to her and their teachers, eating their food, cleaning up, having manners, etc. They get a sticker whenever they do it for the day, and they lose all their stickers when they break a habit. Thatâs enough punishment for them, so they donât break it.
When they wake up, itâs cleanup time, or bedtime, she plays what she calls âmusical habitsâ. She puts on a playlist of their favorite songs (itâs like 20-25 minutes) that make them feel motivated, and they should be finished getting ready or cleaning by the time the last song is over. If theyâre not, they get a toy from their toy bin taken away or an Oreo from their snack bag taken out (aka eaten by her). But she hasnât ever gotten to that because they always finish. They donât even like hearing the consequences lol. And I just wanted to say I really enjoyed seeing good parenting by a Black woman that wasnât abusive or harmful to the childâs development, it gave me inspiration and hope. Just had to talk about it somewhere.
I wrote this post about a year ago. Since then, Iâve become the godmother to both of these babies, and they are STILL so well behaved. I babysit from time to time. Theyâre also enrolled in Montessori programs.
Sheâs now teaching them about mindfulness, Spanish, self care, and cooking. They have little yoga mats and practice breathing in and out with her every morning, and then they do affirmations together. I visited them a while back and they have a new board up! She created a system where theyâre challenged with the task to do something nice for each other or for someone else every week. With this challenge theyâre instructed to use their listening skills to figure out what that person might want or need, and then figure out how they should react. The only reward at the end of the week is a big hug and some snacks, and every month, she lets them have a movie day if theyâve done really well.
Sheâs also making them use their words when theyâre upset instead of grumbling in silence. Her oldest one was notorious for that. She made up a little saying to remind him: âMommy canât help if Mommy doesnât know.â Itâs forced him to explain why heâs upset and that gives them a chance to have an actual conversation about it. Now they talk about ANYTHING. If they donât feel like talking at that moment and they express that, sheâll lead them to their playroom and turn their favorite show on or let them meditate or draw until theyâve cooled down. She also accepts letters if they just didnât want to use their words. It was so good to watch.
By the way, I got many messages about this post asking me to ask my friend where she learned these techniques. She said that she wrote down all the ways her parents hurt, hindered, or stunted her developmental growth and then wrote down ways they couldâve approached it better or loved her better. That second list is her guideline.Â
I usually see people say theyâre never gonna treat their kids like their parents treated them yet end up doing it anyways. So this is encouraging⊠knowing that it is possible to be better than youâre parents.
There are so many unintended consequences to well-intentioned actions. It feels like a game you canât win.
#CHIDI WAS RIGHT
The Good Place really went with making their new Point âthere is no ethical consumption under capitalismâ and I respect that
Pepper: *gives Tony a positive pregnancy test for Christmas*
Toby, sobbing: I canât believe you gave me something you peed on for Christmas. Thatâs actually kind of kinky. Oh my god, Iâm going to be a dad I canât say stuff like that anymore.
hereâs some burning sage to cleanse ur blog of bad energiesÂ
why is this making me feel so much better