No, Naming Is Hard!

I can't handle that kind of commitment.

[nonaferatu]

This would have had me crucified on tumblr 10 years ago but maybe we are ready for this conversation now:

If you are a socially anxious person, you have to socialize. Your panic/anxiety attacks will only get worse and trigger more frequently if you constantly avoid contact with The Public. Not saying that you need to be a social butterfly- but there is a genuine problem with not being able to order your own meal at a restaurant. And it cannot be solved by always having someone else do it for you.

This is a PSA to about 3/4s of the Portland Youth populace

[nonaferatu]

everyone who reblogs this and is like "I ordered my own tea this week" or "I only barfed once when I had to give a presentation'- you are doing amazing sweetie. Have patience with yourself, you are relearning a skill so difficult that people get 4 year degrees to do it professionally.

[sapphosewrites]

I've probably watched too much Leverage, because a man in campus cop uniform came in to ask questions about our box office safe today and my boss let him in and gave him all the info he wanted, no questions asked, and all I could think is that we are horrifically easy to con

[sapphosewrites]

Yes, guy with a toolbelt who says he's the plumber here to fix our known leak, please have unrestricted access to our basement directly below the box office.

If this were Leverage he would be drilling through the floor right now

[kajaono]

Maybe he is? Have you checked?

[sapphosewrites]

No, although I did check the organizational ID of the British woman who came in to do a last minute film shoot on the second floor, bringing with her an equipment cart large enough to hide a person in.

[sapphosewrites]

So it turns out that there is, indeed, money missing from the safe.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

I was trying to describe something that was pissing me off but xkcd already articulated it better than I could

I'm just like. I'm very tired of the hyper individualist cynicism that's so common on here, where so many tumblrinas feel very confident saying that nobody can read, everyone is dumb, most people are unwashed dullards etc. except for me, the very special tumblr user who's smart enough to notice that everyone else is very stupid. come on now.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

I think if your worldview relies on the unquestioned assumption that most people suck you're like. how do I put this kindly. philosophically you've maybe never moved past the mindset of a socially uncomfortable seventh grader.

[yourenotgettingthisusername]

[castledock]

Image description: a screenshot that reads the following;

“Nobody:

Girls that bullied goth kids in high school:”

Attached images are of Taylor Swift, a white woman with sunglasses, blonde hair, a black tank top reading “this is my fight song”, and green shorts. She is wearing a leather bondage harness. It is backwards.

[betazoidpantsuit]

my favorite genre of humor is alt text being just completely factual and somehow reading the image for filth

[mysharona1987]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

think I've been mildly cursed by a witch

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

for years now my laptop charger has reliably broken every 6 months. admittedly i keep replacing it with the cheapest possible generics, but I've tried differed brands and ALWAYS, 6 months in Death knocks impatiently at my door, its skeletal hand outstretched demanding yet another goddamn power cable. the only feasible explanation is i pissed off a witch. the alternative is that i'm the problem, which seems unikely

[commieseals]

the witch is called enshittification

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

excellent so is this like a rumpelstiltskin situation or

[pangur-and-grim]

accidentally stayed up until 2. they got so tired waiting for me to go to sleep

[pangur-and-grim]

[yviisxo]

young sherlock cannot be real. yes we are going to have moriarty have a very flirtatious chess game with sherlocks sister. yes moriarty will be attached to sherlock's hip. yes moriarty will be at every family dinner, INCLUDING the big family reunion. gay sex would be less gay than this

[inevitable-destruction]

"In order to know your enemy, you must become your enemy."

[ammyle]

Sherlock and James coordinate their outfits like they REALLY want that dating allegation. Even on the first meeting, their costumes still complement each other so well.

[ziggyisweird]

Gayest shit I've ever seen

[the-lady-stardust28]

This is James' blackboard while he's planning another crime btw.

[save-me-from-fandoms]

"Do you know why I took it? I took it for US 🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘🔪🔪🔪" -- James Moriarty

[violetwanderer]

[phantomoftheorpheum]

Young Sherlock's version of Mycroft has the energy of, like, "I, too, would like to shoot Sherlock in the face 90% of the time, but if you do it, I will, regrettably, be forced to make sure you never know peace again, in this world or the next," and I'm so here for it.

[prairiebeetle]

some of you will see a historical document recounting the story of a woman who confessed to witchcraft after being imprisoned, starved, beaten, and likely tortured and act like it's full of awesome true witch facts collected from a friendly interview

[toskarinfr]

must feel good as fuck to curse a prince for being rude to you while you were larping as an old woman for no reason

[thememedaddy]

[johannestevans]

Watched a documentary about abuse and advice one guy said to give children was, "Tell them that if someone is hurting them, to tell someone - and don't just tell one person. Tell as many people as possible, and keep telling as many people as possible until the abuse stops." and i really liked that

Bc so many ppl focus on the idea of telling A Trusted Adult, but even a well-meaning individual can fuck up and let abuse fall through the cracks or not know what to do

Whereas if a child tells LOADS of adults AND other kids, there's far less opportunity for an abuser to do damage control

Consistently telling their story and spreading it around disempowers the abuser to control and coerce the flow of information, or to utilise gaps and weaknesses in systems of reporting or welfare to isolate the child

Just really good advice. Not suprised I don't hear it more often.

[magiclamd]

Same for women. Same for anyone being abused. If an abuser thinks you will tell EVERYONE what they did, they are much more likely to think twice. It’s why they cut you off from your friends; it’s why they tell you to keep it a secret from your parents; it’s why “gossip” is stigmatised. They want you separated from the herd. Fuck them.