An actual potato

hi I'm bi, against assholes and actually kinda funny If you look past the ugliness™

[thecrazyundead]

Look I absolutely do not mind people that are vegan or vegetarian, usually.

But the gate-keeping is unreal to absolutely hilarious. Someone posts about their journey of trying to live sustainably and how they're not 100% vegan because of that.

Cue the vegan-warrior going "vegan means you don't abuse any animals at all- you can eat plant-based part time but you can't be vegan part time, it's a lifestyle"

Like so... If I keep chickens in my backyard, give them ample amount of space, food, entertainment and make sure they're healthy and taken care of... And eat their eggs... I'm still vegan???? Cuz I'm not abusing them. Legit, if you wanna talk about murdering animals or forcing them to do something they don't want to do, I get that that's cruelty.

But literally picking up the eggs they drop all over the place and give zero fucks about the second they're popped out? How's that abusing them??

Some people act like humans aren't a part of the ecosystem and it shows - we're just as much an animal as any other one. We need to eat certain things to live and yeah, animal products do contain nutrients we need. That doesn't mean by eating those things you are inherently bad or cruel, or that a vegan person is inherently better than you, it's a choice to make and as long as you make the most sustainable choices you can afford to, why should anyone hate on you for that?

Like that person was honestly just doing their best to live sustainably, which is commendable really, and did not deserve some self righteous "oh I found it so easy to become vegan" bs thrown at them.

Because ngl, a plastic bag filled with avocado's that need gallons of water to grow, are being farmed by people that get barely paid a tenth of our hourly wage in a day, to then get shipped across the world which pollutes our air - not really the most morally sound alternative if you ask me. So I feel it'd be nice for everyone, no matter what diet they're choosing to follow, to try and understand that every single thing we consume comes at a price and no dietary option is inherently "morally good" if you're not careful.

You can eat animal products in a sustainable and morally good way, and you can eat vegan food that is absolutely unsustainably sourced and horrible for the environment and ecosystem - it's all dependent on what you choose to buy.

[thecrazyundead]

Most of the people that hate cats -not just dislike them but actively hate them- either usually think they're evil because they're interpreting their behaviors based on dog behavior or because they haven't met a cute cat

Like no a cat is not a dog, obviously, just like how a Hamster isn't a bird but you can still like both animals for how they are. It's just gonna get difficult if you misinterpret their behavior and think they're hostile or distant when they might just be overwhelmed, don't know how to play with you or don't trust you yet, and maybe they just wanna hang out around you instead of being all over you.

Cats are the pet that's most like humans, weirdly enough. Treat them like tiny, introverted strangers and you will probably do it right

[whitepeopletwitter]

[thecrazyundead]

Damn, good for them

[catchymemes]

[thecrazyundead]

Gentle take of this:

Hey I can recommend you to watch Brooklyn 99, it's a pretty funny show, the episodes are like 20 minutes long and I liked any of the seasons, you can skip episodes as you please it usually doesn't matter much cuz it recaps at the beginning of each episode. Plus it's on Netflix which most of us are hogging from someone.

Go relax and watch something you like, the world is pretty shitty rn and everyone deserves some time to mentally recover

[whitepeopletwitter]

[thecrazyundead]

Jesus im gonna get gray hairs from this shit. Living wage should mean you can LIVE TO DO THAT JOB. Everyone with a rationally thinking brain understands that every single job needs to be done by somebody-no matter if you need a degree for it or not. So the minimum wage should be the BASIS TO LIVE OFF OF. So if you work full time, no matter what you work, you should be able to pay rent, pay your bills, afford groceries, afford getting to and from your job-basically afford to live without worrying about basic needs.

Our prices for living have risen tremendously, meanwhile the average and minimum wage has pretty much not changed at all. That's not even a moral issue, that's a mathematical issue - if you need to spend more money than you earn, you're not earning enough money, simple as that. If you work a full time job, you can't work more than that, so your pay has to change. And no, not everyone can just drop their job and become a doctor or something because life as we know it would literally collapse if everyone that's underpaid would just up and quit their job.

You wanna go back to hunting your own food? Sewing your own clothes? Growing you own crops? Then by all means, pay no one a penny. But if you wanna benefit of off someone else's labor, you have to pay them what they deserve - a living wage - so they may be able to continue providing that labor in a safe and healthy way.

[liberaljane]

Everyone deserves a livable wage, because there is no such thing as unskilled labor.

Art by Liberal Jane

[thecrazyundead]

Work is work and every job needs to be filled. Grocery stores need staff, fast food restaurants need staff, strip clubs need staff. No matter if you see that as "a good job" or not, you directly benefit of that labor as well as everyone else.

Don't bite the hands that feed you, sell you your clothes and provide you with porn and art and literature - they all need food and shelter too. And imagine a world without any of the jobs you deem unworthy of an actual living wage, let that idea humble you.

[thecrazyundead]

Given how nasty some people are to waitstaff, I feel like restaurants should hire their own headstrong mom™ to put people back into their place. Like an employee who is only there to say the blunt truth the other staff can't or does not dare to say to customers in fear of getting fired. And who else puts the fear of God into people better than a mom?

[hogwartshousefriends]

Let that inner flame burn brightly and lead your way to battle

A Ravenclaw and Wampus INFP for @hestiiajnes

[line-and-ink]

‘Final Cut’ black and red

Buy it here

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

recently learned about a horticultural technique called Espalier, it’s the funniest goddamn thing i’ve ever seen.

Espalier allows trees to be trained into 2-dimensions, by tying the branches to a flat surface as the tree grows. They literally flatten the tree. They make the tree flat. Flat tree!!!

Look at this. This is objectively hilarious:

And people get fancy about it. Look at this nonsense:

(the first one’s called a Belgian Fence, and can be used as an actual fence)

Espalier is actually a very useful technique for

increasing fruit yield

gardening is small spaces

maximizing or minimizing sunlight (since the branches all face the same direction) and therefore extending the growing season

Like. this is a legitimately practical gardening method. but it looks like they squished a tree between the pages of a book. just squashed it flat like a sad little dried flower! i could use these trees as a bookmark!!!

But yes, it is also a healthy and clever way to grow lots of fruit in small spaces, in climates they might not otherwise be suited for. I’m still going to make fun of it, but it honestly looks delightful and delicious.

Espalier!

[love-in-the-time-of-waffles]

i showed this to my cousin and she said “just cause it’s flat doesn’t mean it’s 2d” and, with a completely straight face, said “it’s tree-d” anyway im crying

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

please tell your cousin she made the author of this post cry

[thecrazyundead]

Alright, to clarify this cuz I keep see it springing up. "Money doesn't buy you happiness" only means that it doesn't buy you social or psychological fullfillment, but it doesn't mean that you don't need money at all to be happy.

Hierarchy of needs, anyone? A pillar of psychology, lemme give you the tldr- needs are separated into different categories and have different weights, like how food and shelter is at the very bottom cuz that ones the most important to everyone. You can only go further up/worry about the other needs when those needs are met. What's at the very tippy top? Self fullfillment.

Achieving your dreams and such is most often only on the mind of people that are financially secure, that's why those people can say with more ease that money doesn't buy you happiness. But it's bullshit to try to ram that down the throats of people that have to eat instant ramen 4 times a week to get by.

Money doesn't buy you happiness, sure, but it sure as hell buys you the financial security you need to survive and thrive in this world, which you need in order to actually worry about what you need to be happy. So next time you feel like money would help you and make you happier, maybe you aren't shallow, just a more necessary need of yours isn't met?

[thecrazyundead]

If I see another parent complaining about their kids behavior or just plain existence in a "quirky" tik tok I'll fucking scream.

These parents willfully decided to have kids and once they pose some kind of inconvenience, they will publically complain about them and shame them on platforms they are probably also frequenting and for what?

The fact that they're depressed, that they forgot to do something, that they are stuck at home quarantined because of school.

That's ridiculous to me, just plainly ridiculous. It's a freaking kid, not a machine. They forget things, they have feelings, they exist! Shoving them out of the door to school isn't for your convenience, it's to educate them. School isn't your free babysitter and if you can't stand having your kids around you why did you want them in the first place?

Kids aren't pets, seriously. And even pet owners are nicer to their pets than those people.

[t-b-y-c-b]

20% is better than 0%.

Brushing your teeth at least once every day is better than none at all.

A few hours of sleep is better than none.

A few minutes outside for fresh air is better than none.

Writing a few paragraphs of the essay today is better than procrastinating till later.

Doing something is better than nothing (of course there is exception for some cases).

Do things at a pace which makes you comfortable whilst allowing you to make progress.

You can do this!

[thecrazyundead]

That.

If what I posted before wasn't putting it right, I mean that.

Thanks to you for writing what I wanna say, I mean it, I'm horrible with words

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[cyberinfection]

mfw poser “punks” gatekeep being alternative because you don’t agree with their politics 🥺

[pq4]

shut the fuck up i beg

[thecrazyundead]

Punk is rebelling against the dumb shit in society. That also means dumb people trying to fit themselves into the punk scene to be considered "cool" or whatever.

Punk is against conservatives, to its very core. Try and be both and punks will laugh at you and roast the shit out of you cuz that's what they've always done

[thecrazyundead]

I know it's hard and shouldn't be thought of as pretty

So when you feel like garbage and all you can do is get up and change your shirt, or wipe your face with a makeup wipe or eat a hand full of cereal - that's what you could do and that's okay. It's not pretty and people will say it's not enough, but it's what you could do, and that should be enough.

It's not enough in the eyes of everyone, but that's not important. It's important that it becomes enough in your eyes.

[thecrazyundead]

Me during dnd: *carefully plans out anything I do as to not worsen my Partys situation, generally avoids trouble at all costs and keeps the others in check*

Party member: YEAH LET'S JUST GIVE THIS STRANGER A BIT OF MY MAGICAL ESSENCE SURE

Me: HE'S SUS AS HELL WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, HE COULD TRACK US ALL DOWN

Dm: you don't know this for sure (meaning yes he can and he will fuck us over with this once he has the opportunity)

Why do I even try at this point, I swear they're bound to fucking walk off a dang cliff for some half assed loot

[ryebreadgf]

i will never understand why americans write dates like that. it hurts my brain. it's just pure logic to go from day to month to year

[ryebreadgf]

@ americans in the notes trying to explain that it actually does make sense: no it doesn't <3

[thecrazyundead]

To add to it - I recently found out that Fahrenheit is based on the temperature of the inside of.... A horse's ass

So uhh, yeah