#personal stuffing

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I think the best thing to come out of introducing my dad to the Fallout series is during his second or third time playing New Vegas when he called the NCR "a bunch of boot-licking bear fuckers" and then was quiet for a second before adding "I mean, Boone's okay since he's a good shot and carries my stuff. But he's on thin ice."

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Was watching "Missing Link" with my young cousin and my (very Christian) aunt. Got to the part where Lionel, Adelina, and Susanne are taken to the temple in Shangri-La and the Yetis all kneel to the Emma Thompson Yeti leader, and my cousin goes "Oh, they aren't supposed to do that." I ask why not, and she says "Because you don't bow to false idols, just God. Why are they bowing?" And my aunt just replies, "Well, maybe they don't know about God yet, because they live far away. So nobody's told them that."

And I'm just thinking...

....one of the messages in this movie is "fuck colonialism"....

Just...just saying...

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I passed out and I'm feeling kinda bummed while I'm recovering, can y'all send me some cursed images like these

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My 4 year old cousin likes being told stories, and I've been telling her kid-friendly versions of parts of One Piece (most of the arc's villains are solved with a hug and a stern talking to, Ace doesn't die, etc). She likes hearing about Brook and Franky the most--last time I told her a story, she wanted it to include Franky meeting the Bubble Guppies.

Update: Brook met Gil and taught the other guppies to play the violin

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Just passed out after getting out of the tub. The bath was nice (I used a new bath bomb!), just a bit hotter than I could handle. My mom heard me fall and she helped me back to my bed, and while I'm really thankful she was there to help I feel really embarrassed. Like I had to crawl in a towel on my knees to my room in case I got woozy again and fell, and I couldn't even do that without her helping me. I feel better now, but not by much

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Honestly every time I'm out with Uno and a bunch of kids get excited but then tell each other not to pet her because "she's a service dog!" I'm really grateful and happy. It's hard for most kids to resist petting a dog, but the fact that they try to be respectful is so sweet

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I live with a dorm/roommate who is deaf, and it's led to some interesting things I never really thought about before I moved in with her.

Whenever someone knocks at my door, I automatically say "come in" without thinking. So the first few times she knocked on my door I went "come in," and after a few seconds of silence go "Oh shit, right" and open the door

Whenever I go to her door or when I'm wondering if the bathroom is occupied, I won't knock and will instead jiggle the doorknob. Our dorm has lever-type knobs so she'll see it moving and let me know if she's ok the room. I got so used to it that I kept doing it at my mom's house, and she was really confused

I'm taking online ASL lessons in my spare time to communicate better. We have ASL courses on campus but my schedule is full and I'm already learning Russian. So far I know basic stuff like "how are you," "sorry," etc. I figured it'd be more convenient than constantly having to read my lips.

Our dorm building has fire alarms in the halls to let us know when we need to evacuate, but there isn't one that flashes in our dorm rooms. So if they go off and you're a) hard of hearing and b) not in the hall, you don't know the alarm is going off. Anyway during the first fire drill of the semester, I was in the shower and rushed to get some clothes on and get Uno and I out of the building (I didn't know it was a drill). And I was looking for my roommate outside and realized she may not have heard the alarm and was still inside. I was freaking out and worried she might be in danger until they said it was a drill, and after our RA found out they said they'd work on installing a flashing alarm in her room ASAP.

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Every time we come back from a walk, she wants affection instead of water even though she is clearly thirsty