Like a Swift Kick in Your Cat's Ugly Face

[thememedaddy]

me irl

[laxsara-deactivated20210802]

the meaning of life is summed up in the story elmer bendiner tells about how when he was a pilot the second world war, his plane was hit with a barrage of anti-aircraft fire from the nazi forces but the crew survived. and how everyone was saying it was a miracle until they investigated the shells that got in the fuselage and found there was no explosive charges in any of them. in one they found a note scribbled in czech, written by the person who had been forced to manufacture the shells, and it just said ‘this is all we can do for you now’.

[laxsara-deactivated20210802]

every time i see someone acting tough online about how harm reduction is pointless and in some convoluted way worse than doing nothing i think about that person in some soul-destroying nazi factory in occupied czechoslovakia removing all of the explosive charges from their anti-aircraft shells and writing a note that they must have known would probably never be read, just to say ‘this is all we can do for you, and we’re going to do it’. they are trying to make us kill you and we refuse. i do think that maybe it’s all going to be okay.

[eucalyptus-sage]

honestly that "it costs 0 dollars to be kind" bullshit is bullshit. it does cost things to be kind. it costs time. it costs energy. and it isn't always easy and it isn't always natural. it costs so much to be kind, sometimes. but that's the whole point. if being kind were easy, or simple, every single person would be an angel. but they're not, and the world isn't easy and simple. so no, it does cost something to be kind. but it's worth it anyway.

[thelatestinagrandtradition]

I think about this all the time

[pondnaravit]

[hymnsofheresy]

isn’t it disgusting how american society only expects people to grieve for a few days until returning back to their everyday lives? that we should either overcome or repress our trauma of losing a loved one before the week is over with?

[hymnsofheresy]

now im not saying that we should bring back the mourning periods of the victorian era BUT

[canary-prince]

Hospice workers and other related professionals ABSOLUTELY think we need to return to year long mourning periods! Structured time lines aren’t perfect (grief isn’t linear; it comes in slowly lulling waves) but a year is a hell of a lot better than a week. Moreover, it was a set of rules for the rest of society to abide by and that helped tremendously. Grief and shared grief make us panic; we aren’t certain what to do. Structured mourning periods help. Its pre-laid boundaries and guidance from the past. 

So anyway bring back mourning periods. 

[jewishdragon]

Jewish tradition has a very structured mourning period, and it’s structure could be useful to others. I believe it could help as a guide for others, especially since it’s not only structured for the mourners, but for their community. 

The first thing we do is sit Shiva. Shiva is very intense mourning for those closest to the deceased (usually relatives but I would argue if you are close enough to the person it will hit just as hard). It lasts 7 days, where those closest to the deceased do not leave the house, and do not cook or clean. Instead the community brings over food and takes care of the normal day chores, as well as sit with the mourners to support them physically and emotionally. (For more religious folks there are prayers throughout the day at the house). We wear specific clothes for this week as well. It is deep deep mourning. 

After that week begins the Sheloshim (30) for thirty days (in reality it is 23 days as the 7 days of Shiva count towards the 30 total days). The mourners return to society in terms of taking care of themselves and going to work and such, but avoids socializing/parties/concerts/seeking entertainment, to focus on the loss. For religious folk, there is a prayer said every day (mourners kaddish) during this time. This can still be done with other friends and family to give emotional support even just by being present. 

For those mourning a parent (though I think this step is crucial for losing anyone close), the 11 months of mourning begins. You no longer are sequestering yourself from society, but you still spend time each day remembering the person. (in jewish tradition this means you keep saying the mourners kaddish every day for 11 months).

Why I think this is so so so important is the community aspect. Especially during Shiva. I remember a twitter thread that was posted here a while back about someone who lost their father and how they wouldnt have made it through if their friends hadn’t come to support them as they were so deep in sorrow they couldn’t take care of themselves (friends brought food, cleaned the house, etc). It almost exactly described Shiva, minus a religious aspect. And they described slowing being able to re-join society afterwards, like the 30 days. 

Grief shouldn’t be done alone, and mourners should be given support from their community to give them time and help them properly grieve and re-integrate with society. 

[commiedervish]

If there was a sci-fi novel with a megalomaniac billionaire who was the son of an Apartheid emerald mine owner, and he was privatizing space exploration so the public no longer has a say in it…you know that would be considered bad, right? The heroes would fight to stop SpaceX.

The fact that anyone considers SpaceX as anything other than a continuation of the transfer of public sector science, that was run for the public good, into the hands of billionaires is a testament to our propaganda. Having space exploration controlled by one billionaire is bad.

Remember in the 60s when rockets launched and the credit was given to the scientists and astronauts that actually made it happen?

Now it’s given to the billionaire who pillaged NASA tech and is now using it as his playground and promotion for his cars. That’s bad. SpaceX is bad.

[datasoong47]

To be fair, there have been some scifi stories of a libertarian bent that included the idea of privatized space travel being a good thing

[brownheadedcowbird]

born from the mountain goats’ “white cedar” and the drive home from the worlds worst new years party

[babyegg-deactivated20250610]

When ppl kno about ur depression and they randomly ask “are you okay? How are you doing?” In that special voice

[croptopdelapistola-deactivated2]

Whats up u depressed bastard

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

i’m tired of seeing memes for shit i’ve never fucking heard of so here’s some memes for a piece of media that doesn’t fucking exist. fuck you.

[crayyola-deactivated20220827]

Ive cried of laughter 3 times because of this set of tweets its so fucking funny help

[screenshotsofdespair]

[la-laborista-republiko]

[antifainternational]

Pro tips from original antifa.

[luckyfirerabbit]

Reblogging for reasons

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

We gotta talk about this guy:

Now, your gut reaction that that’s the most ridiculous-ass exaggeration you’ve ever heard is, as they say, not wrong.  Yes, make fun of this fool and the platoon-sized element of pigs that apparently stalks him while he sleeps or something, by all means.

But a big trend I’ve noticed is that the people turning this into the hot new meme are acting as if hogs … aren’t? … a serious problem?  Which as both a country kid and an environmentalist, I find … concerning.

I really feel like I shouldn’t have to say this, but “Ha-ha, problems I can’t see aren’t real and an ongoing ecological disaster that’s been tearing North American ecosystems to shreds for the past 500 years is f u n n y” is a pretty bad take?

[elisamaza]

i think the way he phrased it made it seem like he was pulling that story out of his ass and that is why it was made into a meme. but by all means if it is an actual problem then i’m pretty concerned as to why that’s a problem that the homeowner has to solve themselves.

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

Oh yeah!  [rubs hands together] Story time.

So:  Pigs are not native to the Americas, but were brought over from Europe during the initial period of colonization, as livestock.  Many of these pigs escaped, and found an environment wherein the native predators weren’t really prepared to deal with them, and went hog wild (as is, I’m sure you can imagine, their wont). 

All individuals of the porcine race, even domestic pigs, are frighteningly intelligent social animals who are voracious omnivores and perpetually horny, and it doesn’t take very long at all for an emancipated pig to remember its roots and go feral, so wild hogs will absolutely dominate any ecosystem they come into and out-forage, out-fight, and outbreed the native fauna while shredding the native flora.  In addition to being uncannily intelligent, they’re also super territorial and they can and will gang up on you and wreck your shit if they percieve you as being on “their” turf.  Children, pets, livestock, etc. all live in terror of The Porcine Menace.

And the reason why it’s something that homeowners have to be concerned about how to deal with on their own is because of just how e n o r m o u s the problem is.  As of last February according to the USDA’s census, the distribution of breeding populations of invasive feral hogs in the US looks like this:

[elisamaza]

jesus my county is purple too. so are you saying that the problem is so enormous that, even if the cities/counties are intervening, it’s not enough? why…have i not heard about this

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

I honestly haven’t a damned clue why people don’t know about this; I wasn’t even aware that people didn’t know about it until this became a meme a couple days ago. We had assemblies about it in elementary school.

[elisamaza]

[wodneswynn-deactivated-deactiva]

One thing that just adds to the surrealness of all this is that dude in the tweet up there actually makes kind of a good point, it’s just worded in the absolute worst possible way.  “I need to keep a ranch rifle on hand due to the infestation of aggressive invasive omnivores in my area, and many proposed ‘assault weapon bans’ would include ranch rifles” is a totally valid point.  Dude just tried to say it in CHUDese instead of English.

[ghost-roads]

ok but the most random fuck you from the harry potter movies was professor flitwick’s completely unexplained radical makeover overnight

[ppolkadotty]

Someone nominated him for Queer Eye

[rosecrystal]

fathers be like i fucked u over during the most important formative years of ur life and was never there for u but now that ur an adult and theres no help or effort needed from me lets be best friends bud!

[rosecrystal]

“i wanna fix our relationship”

pay me 187k in cash by tomorrow 

[klbmsw]

[blackqueerblog]

Am i the only one taking notes just in case?

[bluelivesaintshit]

Americans joke about living in a cyperpunk dystopia but chinese protesters are going 1for1 with censor bots in order to spread info, engineering anti facial recognition solutions daily, and running pop up resistance bases out of ghost towns we will never be on that level here lmao

[beebugger]

International outrage is important. We’ll never survive our totalitarian governments if we don’t help each other, regardless of culture.

[let-fred-live]

News update! A student (20 years old) has recently been arrested for buying these laser pens, on the account of them being an offensive weapon, claiming that they set things on fire.

Now, there’s a nightly tourist attraction that uses these lasers, sized up multiple times. There is nothing inherently offensive or dangerous about these tiny laser pens, mainly used for stargazing.

So what do the people do?

They come out, to the planetarium (another popular use for these lasers) and they all shine a spectacular laser show to:

1). show their dissatisfaction for baseless arrests

2). display that there’s nothing dangerous about these lasers

3). they try to set the entire planetarium on fire with the very vicious glare of multiple lasers (it did not work)

4). also to satisfy the urge to shine a flashlight at a planetarium and make shadow dogs out of their hands

5). they’ve also turned it into an impromptu disco with song requests being taken, neon beachballs being tossed around, a public karaoke session

6). They also attempt to set a newspaper on fire via the sheer offensive firepower of multiple lasers singled upon one target. Newsflash, it didn’t work.

7). They also attempt to light a cigarette, to no avail.

[the50-person]

HONG KONG UPDATE 7 AUG 2019 Part 2

[go-drink-the-kool-aid-deactivat]

Pray for Hong Kong guys