run and run and run

I like to think I'm vicious, but really, I'm adorable. Don't let that fool you though. I bite. Current obsessions are The Legend of Zelda Avatar: The Last Airbender & Legend of Korra Honda Rebel motorcycles classic caddies Doctor Who Sailor...

[undergroundwubwubmaster]

✨️ Twinkle twinkle little star, how the hell you draw an arm ✨️

[preserving-tiktok]

[coffee-without-anesthetics]

forgive me father for i have opened a notification and read the message within to make the red dot go away and then forgot to reply for a month . it will happen again

[fanonical]

post-apocalyptic gang like the kings, the gang that worship elvis from fallout new vegas, except they’re all skaters who worship tony hawk

[galahadwilder]

Addendum: none of them know what he looked like

[therealbeachfox]

What did The Hawk look like? He looked like you. You look like Him. We all look like Him. The Hawk was always told “You look like Tony Hawk”, but no one ever thought He was The Hawk. So we can only presume that everyone looks like The Hawk. He is the commonality of all humanity. 

The commonality of all humanity that does sick shreds.

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

Tony Hawk is a member.

[trungles]

[aesthetic-uni]

It’s that time of the year again

[clouds-of-wings]

[aerialsquid]

"A rare photo of a telecom technician hatching. He even still has parts of the eggshell on his head."

[rocketsaurus]

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE OPEN FOR GENDER IDENTIFIERS ON US PASSPORTS

Right now, you can submit a comment for consideration on the proposed changes to US Passport law that will include requiring a change from "Gender" to "Sex" on all passports and require that people identify with their sex assigned at birth.

THIS IS THE LAW THAT WOULD BAN TRANS PEOPLE FROM UPDATING THEIR IDENTIFICATION

Please take a moment to click through and submit a comment. This kind of thing is fast, easy, and is one of the many ways to show your support of the trans community to the people that need to know how many of us there are.

[rocketsaurus]

YOU HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS TO COMMENT

This is an excellent low effort way to make a clear statement to the government that you do NOT support the unnecessary and expensive process of changing everyone's passport just so that a tiny population that has done no measurable harm to society can feel afraid.

Public comments are one of the many tactics we have to show the people in power how many of us are willing to stand up and say fuck this. Stand up and say fuck this in every single place that you can.

[stephenroot]

Writing Effective Comments

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Will accept comments up to March 17, 2025.

[naamahdarling]

There's only 12,000 comments. We can do better!

[hopefulkidshark]

Venice Carnival, Italy: The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the world for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday, which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. According to legend, the Carnival of Venice began after the military victory of the Venetian Republic over the patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrich II, in the year 1162. In honour of this, the people started to dance and gather in St Mark's Square. It lasts for 10 days, usually starting at the end of January or beginning of February. Masks have always been an important feature of the Venetian Carnival. Wikipedia

[mischif]

One of these costumes is not like the others…

[bogleech]

[mokimo-art]

this is such a looney tuney solution. love it

[nudityandnerdery]

[despazito]

Nosy ass plant

[teethsmoothie]

[dynastyscans-deactivated2024100]

saw someone say "an 11-year-old isn't even supposed to know what sex is and if you do something horrible must be happening to you and you need to get out of there" like can we be for real for a moment. have some people honest to god never heard 11-year-olds making sex jokes in their life

[dynastyscans-deactivated2024100]

and let's be honest. if something bad was happening, good sex ed would help them recognize that. trying to shelter children from even knowing what sex is doesn't help or even work, it actually enables abuse. teach them about consent

[goshihateusernamessofcknmuch]

Hot take: let's not discuss sexual stuff around CHILDREN.

Let's not sexualize children or even think of children & sexual stuff

Don't discuss sexual stuff with CHILDREN.

They cannot consent.

Children cannot consent and I dont know how many times we have to tell you this.

CHILDREN. CANNOT. CONSENT.

[dynastyscans-deactivated2024100]

people like you are the reason so many kids can't speak up about being sexually abused. go back to the catholic church or whatever. we need proper sex education and this is dire

[dynastyscans-deactivated2024100]

oh they're literally catholic. that explains a lot.

[gandalf-the-bean]

sex education ≠ sexualization

sex education ≠ sexual abuse

sex education ≠ child endangerment

HOWEVER

sex education = increased safety through knowledge

sex education = decrease in teen pregnancy

sex education = decrease in spread of sexually transmitted diseases

sex education = productive and necessary

[depressed-cryptid-deactivated20]

Hello! Literally practicing Catholic here! Raised by Catholic parents since birth! I went through things exactly like this as a child entirely because my parents neglected my sex education due to viewing it as 'scarring' and 'inappropriate'! Please fucking educate your kids about sex and what constitutes sexual abuse! Teach them they have a right to refuse! :)

[queeranarchism]

And let's also say the uncomfortable part out loud here: it's not only about protecting kids against older teens and against adults.

The average age for puberty to start is 11-12, but it is normal for puberty to begin between the ages of 8 and 14. Puberty is only considered 'too early' by doctors and delayed with puberty blockers if a girl is 7 or a boy is 8. And while not everyone experiences sexual arousal in the first years of puberty, quite a lot of kids do.

So, as deeply uncomfortable as it makes adults: some 11 year olds have already been getting horny for 3 or 4 years. And while their first explorations of that feeling often happen alone, some of that hornyness will drive those kids to seek out others to experiment.

So without information, that 11 year old may end up having sex with another kid and may get pregnant. That 11 year old may sexually assault a younger kid, not out of malice but out of simply not knowing that you should not do this to others. The idea that these things will not happen if we don't tell kids about sex is patently false.

I know we don't like to think about literal kids getting horny, but if we ignore the fact that this happens, those will kids suffer because of our cowardly unwillingness to face the facts and to give them the information to stay safe and to be safe to others.

[thishazeleyeddemon]

some people just have a very idealized image of 11 year olds in their head.

I work in a middle school and trust me. You talk to them for 5 minutes they're going to make it very clear they know what sex is

They have a childish perspective on it - it's a scary fascinating adult thing that's fun to be transgressive and make jokes about, not a part of their lives, but they know what it is.

[the-bible-translated]

abstinence shouldnt be assumed and doesnt always even work (mary)

[meandtherodentinthewall]

Flashback to when I was about that age and a couple of my friends and I were making annoying sex "jokes" (the word "joke" here meaning "saying words like 'orgasm' and 'blowjob' over and over and giggling at each other") until my mom finally got tired of our nonsense and said "do you even know what that is?", asked us if we had questions about sex, and then proceeded to start listing all the technical definitions in her "nurse voice." Right there in the middle of a Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Mortifying, at the time, but absolutely the correct approach. There was no shame, no scolding, no moralizing, and no "you're too young to know about that." Only facts presented in a neutral and non-judgmental way.

As for the "consent" argument, well. Children can't consent to purity culture, either.

[ariaste]

All of this, and also: If someone ever tells you (as @awearytravelerliveshere did) "You shouldn't even be THINKING about this topic," that is literally a red flag for fascism. Regardless of what the topic is, THAT'S FASCIST-ALIGNED RHETORIC.

In this particular case, "not even thinking about it" means you willfully and deliberately have your eyes closed, and you're therefore not a safe adult for any of the children in your life to come to if they're ever in trouble and they need a grownup's help. Because you don't even think about that, so you'll freak out the minute they tentatively broach the topic, before they ever get anywhere near the difficult, tricky, scary part where they nervously tell you that they think someone might be doing something bad to them or to another child they know.

Because let me tell you what, that conversation almost certainly isn't going to start out with, "Hey so FYI my teacher sexually assaulted me and you need to call the cops." It's far more likely to start like, "Ummmm.... can I ask you a question... it's about [whisper] sex? I think?" You can respond, "Yeah, sure, what's up, kiddo?" or you can say "[GASP] Firstname Middlename Lastname, you shouldn't even be thinking about that at your age!" One of these responses results in a good exchange of information, the cops being called, and the child being kept safe from further abuse. The other one means the child blushes and shuts up and apologizes for being Bad, and the child doesn't get the rescue they need from an abuser, and the child takes on even more of a burden of trauma and shame that they'll be unpacking in therapy 20 years from now: "Not only was I abused, but when I tried to tell a trusted adult, I was scolded and ignored." That's what not even thinking about it gets you.

But hey, good job! YOU kept your brain squeaky clean! You didn't even think about it! And that's way more important than the actual welfare of the actual child in front of you -- right, fascist???

[siriosa]

sex ed is lifesaving. it can save decades of therapy costs. as we used to say in kansas: tell the truth and shame the devil.

also: thought crimes are not a thing. purity is not a thing. just fyi.

[safije]

Ramadan in Gaza 2025

[animentality]

[kayliebeanie]

PSA

This is The Adjuster (Robin Hoodie, Guy That Shot the CEO, etc.):

And this is Luigi Mangione:

And yes, they are both super cool and hot as fuck but remember, they are two different people. The Adjuster has not been found and Luigi was never involved in the shooting.

Do not talk about them as if they are the same person and do not further spread the idea that Luigi is guilty.

[zmpl]

Can I Please Eat In The Computer Room Tonight? by Nicole Nikolich (2025)