#be polite

[slutkels]

PSA: I am a slut and do enjoy being treated as such, but only by people I have rapport with. If we’re not mutuals, and especially if you don’t even follow me, do not come into my DMs with degrading-ass language about me and expect a response. Start off with introducing yourself and why I should get to know you and you just might get to degrade me later.

[dinosaurwithablog]

It's been a phenomenal day!!! All the love and friendship that I'm sharing with all the people who mean so much to me here in the Tumblrverse has made my day wonderful!! I've been smiling for hours!! My face is starting to hurt from all this smiling!!😁🤣🤣😁 Thank you to you all for being such loving, beautiful friends to me and thank you to all the other people who have yet to become my friends, but have shared so much joy and beauty from their lives with me through their posts!! I appreciate each and every one of you very much!! Yesterday, I posted that we should all take some time today to make the last day of this year a great one, and I've seen so much love and kindness and caring here today that I feel many of you have done that, and by doing so, you have made today a spectacular day!!! In addition to sharing joy and love here in the Tumblrverse, I did my best to share joy and kindness in the real world, too. I went to the grocery store earlier and I helped an older woman carry and load her groceries into her car. I saw another older woman sitting outside on her walker by herself. I figured she was waiting for someone so I decided to pass some of the time she had with her. She seemed to like the idea so that's what i did!! I said hello and asked her how her day was. I wished her a happy new year and we had a lovely conversation for a few minutes. When I left her, she had a big smile on her face!! So did I!! I, also, smiled and said, Happy New Year, to everyone I saw and they all smiled and said the same thing back to me, which made me smile even more. I brought a platter of butter cookies dipped in chocolate to the store for the employees to enjoy on their breaks!! And then, I made yet another Christmas cookie tree for the beautiful one year old who lives next door because she loves them and they make her happy. I, also, left a bag of cookies in my mailbox for the postman. I had made a lot of cookie dough so cookies seemed like the way to go! When I got done doing all this, I was very, very happy. I had done some simple things that made others happy and in doing so, I made myself very happy, too!! Doing little things like this is like the greatest chain reaction that multiplies joy exponentially!! In the end you've made others happier and yourself happy, too!! I love to try to do something like this every day that I can. Just smiling and saying hello can make a positive impact on the people you see. A thing as common and simple as a trip to the store can become a life affirming experience!! I believe that all these kinds of positive things add up and they can make a beautiful difference in the world around you!! It doesn't take a lot to do this and it provides the much needed joy and relief from the stress and loneliness that we all need. Think of how lovely it would be if we all tried to do this wherever we went. I love changing the things around me into a happier, healthier environment one random act of kindness at a time!!! Sometimes, all it takes is good manners. I hope you all had a day like mine. I go a bit overboard because I love to bake and share what I make with others, but that's just me. All you have to do is be nice and kind to others and smile and say something to another person to let them know that they're not alone and someone cares. It's really just that easy... happy last day of the year and Happy New Year to everyone!! A new year means a new start so let's make it a great start and begin changing the world one random act of kindness at a time!!! That's my plan... it always is 😁😁😍😍🫂🫂

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!🎊🎉🥳🥳🫂🫂💯💥💫🍾🥂✨️

[booksandbrainsandsoftthings]

Officially forming the theory that the reason more service dog handlers don't use protective gear like boots, goggles, and ear protection on their dog is because the public becomes 3000% more unbearable when they try.

We're all used to "aaaaawwww look the the doggo" when we go out with our working animals, but getting

1. Accosted for pictures (whether folks ask or just invade your space and distract your dog)

2. Pointed at like an exhibit

3. Shouted at (OMG DOGGLES, "why is it wearing that" etc)

4. Actively followed around by strangers

Is downright fucking awful.

I know it looks cool. I know some of our gear is specialized. I know pet dogs don't usually wear/tolerate what SDs learn the wear. But for the love of whatever you deem holy, BE KIND ABOUT IT. All of the actions listed above are just fucking rude. Leave people alone. Leave service dogs alone.

Disabled people can exist without being spectacles

[thatpollguy]

REMINDER: PLEASE KEEP THE COMMENTS SECTION CIVIL

This is a reminder that my poll blog is a place where EVERYBODY is welcome. The only thing that is NOT welcome is bigotry. The vast majority of the time, this is not a problem in my comment sections; you are all respectful, and even when there are disagreements between commenters on certain controversial topics, it is usually civil for the most part.

So why am I posting this reminder?

In the last 24 hours, I have had to report and block 5 different users for their immature and offensive behaviour in the comments section. Controversial topics are okay to discuss, IF YOU ARE CIVIL. But this last 24 hours has seen certain users swearing in an abusive manner, breaking Tumblr's rules by using language that incites and glorifies violence, and one person used discriminatory language towards me.

This is NOT the kind of behaviour I want to witness in my comments sections, as stated very clearly in my pinned post. This blog is for fun, to offer you entertainment, and to create a community where ALL feel safe to comment if they want to. So please, just think before you comment...

Thank you.

(I won't name the people I've blocked, nor will I go into detail about the exact nature of the comments. This is to protect myself and the people involved. I believe Tumblr has already deleted a couple of the comments already as it breaks their TOS.)

[hermioneismyrealname]

REMINDER: BE POLITE AND DON'T HARASS ANYONE!!!

On another note. Cant wait for the fights on this one. *pulls out lawn chair* go on then.

A) Team "they didn't even kiss" VS Team "Not all love needs to be physical"

B) Team "Its no longer them" VS Team "Always in every universe"

C) Team "6000 years for nothing" VS Team "For the world they love"

I get to sit back and enjoy the chaos this brings. I have my opinions but I respect the opposition and will argue on their behalf on the rare occasion because I love playing devils advocate.

Links to the polls A B C

[crooked-wasteland]

In middle school I had a classmate reading a book at her desk beside me. I looked over her shoulder and started reading the page I could see. It was about a girl fighting off a vampire attacker. He threw her into a wall of mirrors and it was such a dark, bloody image in my head that it instantly hooked me. I tapped her shoulder and asked what book it was.

It was Twilight.

Everyone and their mothers know Twilight from the hysteria that dominated social consciousness in the 2000s, so I don't have to explain why that's a bit of a joke. I was baited for a gorey vampiric horror story and was shook to my core that it was a horrible, melodramatic romance.

Except I was a genuine fan of Twilight.

As a pre-teen with a wide interest in genre, I wasn't so overly critical as to complain that the story was a romance and not a horror. I took up the book and was obsessed. I would stay up too late reading "just one more chapter" and was very emotionally invested in the story. I remember becoming quite emotional reading Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

And then once I closed the final book of the series, it was like I just ran into a wall.

"That sucked."

It was an instantaneous feeling, very similar to a slap in the face. Once I had the whole story, I immediately reflected on everything I had read up to that point and how it all fit together, only to realize this was a whole lot of nothing. I had been so thoroughly invested in the immediate happenings of the narrative that I had been crying over Bella preparing to send her kid off with Jacob not 20 minutes prior, only to now see that scene for how impotent it truly was.

It was my first experience with a disappointing narrative. The romance wasn't even done all that well, but Meyers had some genuinely compelling imagery in her writing. Specifically in the more intense and violent sections. But the romance itself was a bunch of contrivances. So when the core of the characters and story is hollow and not motivated by compelling reasons, even the moments of good writing fade in luster.

But I never noticed it until after I finished the entire series.

Anyway, I shared this as a brief PSA to please let fans enjoy themselves. Eventually they will realize it wasn't that good, and even if they don't what harm is there in just letting them enjoy the show as a show. It's reasonable to be contrarian to dogma and statements being asserted about the story and it's message that you feel are dangerous.

But a post about how much someone likes a character or even a scene has no reason to be torn down. Be happy that they are happy and share something positive if you can, otherwise, just keep scrolling. If you need to break someone else's source of happiness, that's a reflection on you.

[midsommarrabbit]