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CJ ll 25

[fellandfaironline]

‘What do you fear, lady?’ he asked. ‘A cage,’ she said. 'To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.’ ~ Tolkien — I think this passage is one of Tolkien’s most astute observations of human nature. Éowyn is not the only one to fear a cage, especially in today’s celebrity-glorifying culture. Many of us spend our lives wishing to do great deeds, and feeling unworthy until we do. Of course, even if you really accomplish some great deed that is seldom enough to satisfy that devil inside you that tells you that you are worthless. Thus unless we wish to end in despair, we must find out why we matter without regard to fame or success. So what purpose does your life serve and does it matter, even if not an single person ever knows your name? — #eowyn #lotr #tolkien #lordoftherings #armor #chainmail #shieldmaiden #nazgul #ringwraith #medieval #knight #viking #swordfight #cloak #cape #robes (at Pelennor Fields) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLm9D_KnbRf/?igshid=1b7kuj3ipq144

[dirthymns]

ALLOW THE FROST TO KILL THE THINGS THAT MUST DIE. SEASONS PIVOT AND SHIFT AND YET YOU ARE ALIVE

[sharkbites]

same energy

[danger]

[black-to-the-bones-deactivated2]

the most accurate thing i have seen in a while

[ambris]

I like how no one needs to say what this is about. We all know.

[followthebluebell]

adulthood is just a constant struggle of, “man, i want cookies for breakfast, but I also recognize this is a bad nutritional decision.  On the other hand, the only one who can stop me is me.  i know that fucker’s weaknesses.  i could totally take me in a fight.”

[dreamingofbabylon]

frog and toad are my two remaining brain cells struggling to keep my horrible body alive

[mamalazzer]

Avengers AU - If Tony was Peter’s biological father

Tony is super protective of his son. And Peter, inspired by his dad, becomes Spiderman anyway (his dad and his Uncle Rhodey figure him out in a second though).

My other Avengers AUs

[mamalazzer]

Just wanted to add:

[arguablysomaya]

hate to be That Guy but who’s gonna put the Infinity War gif in ????

[mamalazzer]

[mishiiima-deactivated20250430]

now add the umbrella scene for all the sadness you’ve caused me

[mamalazzer]

[everybidenjusthavegoodtime]

always practice safe sex!! until you have mastered it. then you are permitted to practice Danger Sex

[glumshoe]

The “excuse me, I’m passing behind you” touch men give you when they read you as male:

The “excuse me, I’m passing behind you” touch men give you when they read you as female:

The “excuse me, I’m passing behind you” touch your friends give you:

[libertarian-therapist]

The “excuse me, I’m passing behind you” touch I give people regardless of gender

[hotbabespaghetti]

This is probably the cutest

[kaijutegu]

This is the perfect pet for people who want to keep a small container of water with something pretty in it. Even though it’s a plant and not a fish, it’s way cuter than a sad, cramped betta- and less maintenance, too. A marimo is perfect for that pretty aesthetic or your college dorm room. Want a mason jar aquarium? A marimo will be perfectly happy in there. Want a fishbowl with pretty rocks? Get a marimo, or even a few of them! I can’t overstate how wonderful and cute marimo are.

[lotrlocked]

I just…ADORE shit like this. Oh my god it’s so cute if I don’t own one I might die.

[prideprejudce]

me to my cat: pleas stpo pushn every goddamnd thing off my desk im beggin pleas

my cat:

[creekfiend]

I love to be a homeowner. I’m responsible for so many extremely stupid things now

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

#CALL YOUR LANDLORD FUCK ITS ME. IM THE LANDLORD

i was the exact opposite bc I grew up in an old old house that always needed work and when I moved into my first apartment the landlord told me the bathroom still needed caulked and I didnt understand that meant she was sending someone to DO that so I caulked the entire bathroom and when the guy got there he went “did you……..Do This” and I was like “yes, and why, and who are you”

[creekfiend]

This is great he must have been so unnerved

[valtsv]

[chaoticgood-queer]

[magicalishizu]

[amseymour]

Reblog this every time XD

[early-baltica]

IM WHEEZING

[number6bitch]

What Would A Mediocre White Man Do? (new mantra to live by!)

[sonatine]

this is SO REAL both the specific case and the broad case in the specific case: if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you I tell this to every woman I talk to job hunting about APPLY ANYWAY THE MEDIOCRE WHITE MEN ARE DOING IT (via @galwednesday)

[eve-made-the-right-choice]

“if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you”

I really needed to hear this. I had never thought of it this way. This literally never occurred to me, I’ve just spent my whole adult life thinking I was underqualified for everything. Thinking I’m not good enough for anything because the “minimum requirements” are so high.

I need specifics. I wanna know what I can get away with. I wanna know what they really mean by “minimum.” I wanna know how much I’m actually worth.

[hellanahmean]

As someone who worked in hr, this is true.

True to the point that if someone was extremely unqualified, but because of timing we were desperate, we’d bend rules to get them hired. And the only people taking advantage of this were guys.

[needshisbones]

[djsoliloquy]

if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you

this made so much click in my head. because this was literally it–spend half the time being unqualified for everything and just not applying. and the rest of the time being qualified and not getting hired. because ahahaha fuck you, you’re too expensive now/we’re too worried you’ll jump ship and leave us because of how qualified you are! guess we’ll just hire this shitty dude to do it !? ?

[stagemanagerssaygo]

I debated posting this here but WWAMWMD? He’d post it. #girlgogetyours

[appolsaucy-deactivated20260202]

It’s way more than “if you actually met 100% of the requirements they couldn’t afford you” 

The reason they couldn’t afford you is that if you meet 100% of the requirements, you’re ready for the next position up.

Career strategy 101: The most valuable employees are always learning. Every company wants employees who won’t stagnate, i.e. sit in one role doing the same thing ever year and continue getting annual raises. A company wants to hire you for one thing at one salary, and then move you up through higher positions over the years, i.e. they keep getting new benefits for the additional money they’re spending on you.

A good company will offer you development opportunities, either within your role or in addition to it. So when the company interviews you, they want to see that you can learn what they need, and you want to see that they can teach you new skills. Companies know that the best applicants are interviewing them in return and that if they don’t offer development, they will lose those applicants to better jobs.

Companies structure positions this way intentionally and they assume you know it.

So not only should you apply to jobs you aren’t 100% qualified for, you can use 100% qualification as an indicator that you’re overqualified and should look for the next job up.

[bryntwedge]

This started funny but became really important to know. 

[bisexualgendryas]

I’ve been wavering about applying to this cashier position because I’ve never held an official job before and am worried I’m not quite qualified. I needed this.

[tenoko1]

I use to have a shirt that said “Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”.

[quasi-normalcy]

The main thing that I recall from high school English is that, after you reach a certain age, the curriculum decides that books with happy endings and likable characters are stupid and babyish and that you’re only allowed dysfunction, oppression, and misery in your literature from now on.

[kerryrenaissance]

If you somehow avoided depression so far, the school will provide you with some.

[the-british-pineapple]

If you do not have a depression one will be allocated to you

[bewareofthecar1966]

a girl i know told me how a guy she knows once moved out from his parents, ate nothing but fries and meatballs for HALF A YEAR, and got scurvy. imagine the doctor’s face when this guy shows up with like his gums bleeding and the doc has to fucking say DUDE…. THATS SCURVY…. in this day and age

[bewareofthecar1966]

this is turning into a “how a person i know got scurvy” thread and im so here for this, please share your scurvy stories if you have any

[aquarianconstellations]

the other day someone posted pics from the reddit page r/zerocarbs where these fools only ate meat and 0 vegetables or fruits and all the posts were about various symptoms of scurvy. i died when one literally read ‘i don’t want to start the vitamin C debate again but’

[bewareofthecar1966]

THE VITAMIN C DEBATE

[elidyce]

My mother told me all about scurvy when I was five and trying to resist eating pumpkin and let me tell you it’s been 35 years and I still get nervous if I go for two days without eating a green vegetable. 

I told my own little picky eater about scurvy, rickets etc and now one of her most frequently requested lunch items is baby spinach, closely followed by carrots.

I’m not saying everyone should mildly traumatize their children to make them understand that vegetables are vital to ongoing possession of your teeth and organs, but.. no, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Go for it. 

[ariadne83]

some guys i used to know went on a boys only road trip. they decided they were only going to eat things they could cook on the engine block of the car.

two of them got scurvy. one of them drank so much jagermeister + red bull that he temporarily lost the ability to see in colour.

[dexvoan]

im sorry he what now

[apricops]

Couples that tolerate each other’s endless endless rambling are a powerful and beautiful force for good

[apricops]

me, excitedly: so by Le Chatelier’s principle, no reaction ever truly ‘stops,’ it just reaches a point where it proceeds in both directions at the same rate for a net change of zero, which

my gf, knowing she’ll get to talk about glass-blowing techniques next: mhm, I see, interesting

[blackwoolncrown]

Are straight white people okay????

What is this?!

[squeezemetillipop]

People like this exist. Interesting.

[feliicityrampant]

this story has a part 2

[doctormemes]

THERE IS A PART 3 WITH GUEST RESPONSES I REPEAT THERE IS A PART 3 THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[bullyfemme]

[glorious-scumbag]

I thought things couldn’t get more horrifyingly amusing than the woman who wanted people to pay $1000 each to go to her wedding so she could “feel like a Kardashian for a day” and had a Facebook breakdown about it saying she was gonna go backpacking in Peru to “find herself” after being “betrayed” by her friends who didn’t want to partake but here we are

[caffeinatedcorvid]

I thought it was the same person ngl.

[imsuchacapricorn]

I’m in the wedding shaming group and saw both this and the Peru post before it went viral. Love it.

[imsuchacapricorn]

THERE’S AN UPDATE

[a-melior-ate]

Stephanie is a true hero.

[hemilf]

my favorite thing about this update is that the fact that we are even SEEING this means there’s AT LEAST one other snitch in the party that she hasn’t caught yet