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Just so y'all know, I have decided to put a bunch of my art on @starlos-art-stuff-lol.

Yeah I'm an artist btw

Anyways, if you're just here for the reblogs, you can stay here.

But if you want more of

✨ME✨

Then I'll be at @starlos-art-stuff-lol

kagaintheskywithdiamonds

yorhaw

Hi I’m op of the twitter post. I was referencing this tumblr post I saw ages ago. I didnt expect it to blow up.

footlongdingledong

hi I’m the guy that made that post. Yours is funnier

cosmic-crasher

I never even considered how this might look to someone unfamiliar with the katamari game series

kidzbopdeathgrips

werewolf-transgenderism

oh my god I just saw the cutest thing in the world. little Black girl with beads in her hair for the first day of school and the beads were pink then silver then a bunch of yellow then beige then grey to make them look like pencils 🥺🥺🥺 brb I will draw an artist’s rendition

werewolf-transgenderism

^ like this. waaaaaugh 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

ishimarukiyotaka

literally the worst way of ending a series is “all the survivors are happily straight married with tons and tons of babies!”

ishimarukiyotaka

people still getting mad at this post i made in 2014 so I will add here. in 2026. that the point of this post isn’t “happy endings bad” its when the story’s only way to imagine a happy ending is a heterosexual nuclear family for everyone.

bombusbombus

Everyone except me is wrong about The Character

bombusbombus

And my beloved mutual who fills a sort of "scheming advisor" role in my opinions about The Character

#lady Doris #and my advisor is Anony

possessionisamyth

If you live in the USA and you're pleading for donations to pay your rent, bills, or get food then dial 211! Please dial 211 before the last minute!

It's a toll free service with people who will help you find programs in your community to pay those bills, find food, and find housing! They will give you numbers to call so you can get help.

It is not 100% foolproof. Their job is to direct you to a program they believe will help your current issue, but it's still a step up from praying random strangers online will give you enough cash before a deadline! The added benefit of these community programs, which get funded by the local government most of the time, is if there are more people using them then they can get more money to help more people.

You're not taking resources from other people if you use your community services. Your taxes pay for them. Use them.

Dial 211 first to see if they can help, and if for some reason they can't, then make your donation posts!

https://www.211.org/

dcmcboxers

Hi I work for my state's 211 service. It really breaks my heart how many people only know to call us at the last minute. 211's can provide a whole wealth of resources to use before things ever get to a cut off utility, eviction, or homelessness!

I can't speak for all 211's but most should also have a website detailing all the agencies in their database. if you don't like phone calls, this can be something to reference instead.

If you don't have health insurance but you need to see a doctor, reference 211! We list clinics that provide free or discounted general care, vision, and dental services to low income households and people without insurance! Many hospitals also have financial aid policies that can severely reduce your bill if you had an expensive procedure!

If you're stuck in a dead end job or need educational resources reference 211! There are a lot of programs focused on providing basic adult education as well as trade skills or other high demand fields! State governments are generally more interested in funneling people into work than providing benefits, but you can still use this to your advantage especially if you have some form of disability but are still able to work. That includes if you're neurodiverse or have mental health issues! Most of these programs are extremely underutilized.

If you believe you qualify for public benefits but the bureaucracy of the process is in your way, reference 211! There are agencies specifically geared towards helping people obtain the benefits they qualify for- for free!

If you need help with your taxes-

If you need help finding a pro bono lawyer-

If you need help finding affordable housing/section 8 housing-

If you need help finding food pantries-

If you need help paying for your prescriptions-

If you need help obtaining disability aids or assistive technology-

If you need help finding transportation options-

If you need help following a natural or personal disaster (like a home fire)-

If you need help repairing a home you or your family owns or it needs modifications to be accessible-

If you need Queer resources-

Reference your 211!!!!!

I had no idea what 211 was before working for it but I wish I had. I've learned so much about what resources are actually available to the community even in a ho hum area of the country like my state. I've saved my partner literally thousands of dollars just from the medical resources I've gathered.

Not enough young people know about or utilize these services but they are there for you!

P. S.

This isn't an intended use of 211, but I like to reference the agency listings when I look for jobs. Many of the agencies listed are non-profits which, while they certainly are not perfect, generally have lower barriers of entry to decent paying jobs with benefits. The work environments tend to be much kinder and at least pretend to be forward thinking. You're more likely to find jobs without as many people applying as well, especially if they're only advertising their positions through their own website.

sameenbyhat

Get help paying bills, finding food, and locating other resources near you. Call 211 now for confidential help from a caring expert.

brosser-les-dents

Oh my goodness. Sharing this because maybe your state has something to help you see a dentist! If it's been a while, please see I'd you have any dental services in your area. It's really so important to see a dentist.

riptidesblog

It's really funny that Kai is the most normal one among all the ninja Wu looked for in the pilots. Cole? Climbing mountains without equipment. Jay? Jumping off skyscrapers with wings that might not work. Zane? Underwater without any equipment. Meanwhile Kai is just doing his job in his house like a normal person.

diamondeyes-deluxe

I work with kids and sometimes we have to do safety lessons with them about like, not telling strangers on the internet your home address or something. And sometimes the kids wont understand why, so you have to impart upon them that, well, some adults want to hurt children. And thats kind of difficult to do, because you have to beat around the bush, both because you dont want to scare them (while still making them understand how serious it is) and because you might lose your job if you explain it too straight forward.

Luckily, for some reason, the villain of one of the most popular franchises with children for the last 10 years happens to be a serial child murderer. So when a kid asks why they shouldnt trust strangers, instead of hand wringing and humhawing my answer out, I can just say "we dont always know when a strange adult has good intentions with children, or when they are William Afton."

weirdstaffbot

Are you excited for the new restaurant

anarqueeen

Hey so last night I was really drunk and I inverted your dog. yeah he's now everything he once wasn't, and no part of him is retained from his former self. But you can see glimpses of what he once was in the reflection of what he's become so thats cool.

charlesoberonn

America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)

charlesoberonn

To anybody asking if the Amish are a cult, the answer is yes, very much so.

They’re a high control group that isolate you from society. The cult decides how you dress, how you behave, who you marry and how. They control what you know, blocking all information from the outside world. They control how you feel and what you’re allowed to think with threats of both social and supernatural harm. They’re a cult.

charlesoberonn

The best method to determine if a group is a cult, in my opinion, is Steven Hassan’s (cult expert and former cult member himself) BITE model.

BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.

The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.

I think this model is the best one for several reasons:

It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups

It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.

It focuses on what’s important, which is what the cult does to its members, and those members’ experiences, and not on irrelevant details like how uncommon their doctrines are or whether they have a charismatic leader

charlesoberonn

This is a great example of Thought Control used by cults whenever they’re confronted with criticism.

saxifraga-x-urbium

#you might notice that there are a lot of similarities between cult techniques and those of abusive partners#and that is an important thing to be aware of

yah that goes in the post

charlesoberonn

The creator of the BITE Model considers abusive relationships to be two-person cults.

forgotn1

It’s important to note that almost every sect of evangelical christianity in the US today fails the BITE Model.

alp-crispy

This was the post that lead to breaking my JW mindset. Been a while since I seen it.

charlesoberonn

I’m glad I could help in your deconstruction, if only a little bit. I wish you all the luck in your journey moving forward.

tuulikki

And to highlight a key aspect of the “two-person cult” dynamic:

Not all high-control groups are religious. Secular cults exist.

I’d strongly recommend reading this brief bio of Janja Lalich. She’s a deprogramming therapist, but she’s also a cult survivor from a political cult.

proudfreakmetarusonikku

high control groups can also form in friend groups and online! any social group can theoretically be a high control enviroment that’s abusive. any group can be a cult if someone uses that group to control and abuse others.

gaslit-dipshits

appalachian-werewolf

Follow the money behind America's data center boom. Track 2,300+ projects, PAC spending, and the politicians who sign off on it.

crabussy

"I'm so lazy for lying down so often" "I'm so greedy for eating such a big meal" MY BEAUTIFUL FRIEND!!!! YOUUUU ARE A GIANT OMNIVORE. YOU'RE MEGAFAUNA. DO YOU KNOWWW HOW ENERGY EXPENSIVE IT IS TO KEEP A GIANT OMNIVORE WITH A HUGE BRAIN RUNNING. very!!! very energy expensive!!! eat that burger take that nap. holy moly. you wonderful animal. your species is made for frequent meals and daytime rests and long sleeps. let yourself be a human.

teapotpartythot

I did some napkin math on the kilowatts it takes to run a human when you convert over from calories and 2000 calories a day is 2.326 kWh, or roughly a Jackery HomePower 3000 a day, and when you look at the stored energy in a typical person, i.e. stored as fat, I at least was kind of horrified and wondered why people aren't near constantly on fire, and then remembered that we're technically combustion engine, so we kind of are, begrudgingly, just not in a way that harms us.

dinopumpk1n

Мили

hallownest-archive-deactivated2

imo the best way to interpret those “real people don’t do x” writing advice posts is “most people don’t do x, so if a character does x, it should be a distinguishing trait.” human behavior is infinitely varied; for any x, there are real people who do x. we can’t make absolute statements. we can, however, make probabilistic ones.

for example, most people don’t address each other by name in the middle of a casual conversation. if all your characters do that, your dialogue will sound stilted and unnatural. but if just one character does that, then it tells us something about that character.

jauntylittlefrillyboy

lost-and-kinda-dumb

another 3am thought: i don't care about people who are outside of my personal life thinking i'm "not a real man". i just want my rights to medical autonomy. regardless of whether or not i'm "actually a dude", gender affirming healthcare has been repeatedly proven to improve quality of life, reduce suicide rates / ideation, and it has zero impact on anyone else. the regret rates are remarkably low (you're way mire likely to regret a hip replacement) and most detransitioners have had to do it for safety.

if you wanna call me she/her because of "biological reality", fine, do that. i won't like you, but it's your freedom or whatever. unless it's workplace harassment, because it's not freedom of expression when you're giving me shit while i'm tryna earn a living.

but the second you start protesting against my freedom to bodily autonomy, healthcare, and taking a piss, that's when i give a shit.

lost-and-kinda-dumb

and to anyone who would like to compare top surgery to self mutilation,

the difference is that top surgery, again, has been objectively proven to improve the wellbeing of trans people. this has been researched for decades around the world.

just because breast tissue is naturally occurring and not causing any physical harm doesn't mean it's bad to remove. would you say the same to cis men (or 'biological males', whatever you wanna call them) with gynecomastia? that's a condition where men develop breast growth. it can have a variety of causes, but the actual tissue doesn't cause any physical harm. would you tell then they can't have the tissue removed because of that? i mean... it's technically naturally occurring.

gynecomastia is the reason top surgery was first invented, by the way.

and if anyone would like to compare it to people cutting off healthy limbs or that one woman intentionally blinding herself then... idk what to tell you man. not having tits isn't a disability.

alr, last rant for the day. back to your regular scheduled programming.