here we go buddy here we go buddy here we go

26. im a gay man and i go here to scream into the void. i mainly yell on twitter (@ itsrbaku ) but I'm active here too.

[flanneldragon]

he just kind of rolled by like a big shitmetal tumbleweed

[hungwy]

one final cadaveric spasm for the idiot pigiron husk that was prototype "pjackk" jack

[roadhogsbigbelly]

[jade-do-stuff-deactivated202410]

How dare you to hide this in the tags.

[rhysintherain]

Remember "don't let your kids eat any junk food, EVER" in the '90s?

My mother was one of the no-junk-food moms. But parenting has an expiry date, and do you know what I did as soon as I was no longer supervised?

I ate potato chips for lunch at work every day for all of my first job. And all of my first year of trade school. Not potato chips with lunch; potato chips and nothing else for lunch.

Banning kids from something that's not always good for them:

Has a time limit. Your kid will grow up. You won't be able to enforce the ban on an adult.

Gives them no practical experience on how to manage their relationship with that thing when they get unrestricted access to it.

Makes that thing incredibly attractive to them. Even if it kinda sucks.

Makes them sneaky about it, meaning they won't come to you for help if it becomes a problem for them.

My mother wanted healthy kids who didn't eat junk food. What she ended up with in the short term was little goblins who stole baking chocolate from the top cupboard and kept bags of chips they bought off friends hidden under their beds. What she got in the long term was adults with no idea how to regulate their own diets and a mountain of shame about eating anything that tastes good.

Is that the relationship you want your kids to have with the greatest source of information and connection our species has ever seen?

[nudistcat]

When I went away to college, it was incredibly easy to pick out the kids who'd been raised by absolutist parents because they had so much trouble self-regulating around whatever it was they'd been completely cut off from - food, staying up late, dating, pocket money...whatever.

I'd been given a lot more freedom AND the responsibility that came with it as a teen. Not that I was always great at knowing my own limits but I never catastrophically blew past them like a lot of my peers. Natural consequences in a managed setting are much better childhood preparation for independence than covert access via unreliable sources.

[imjunebitch]

This pride month I'm coming out of the closet as someone who unironically enjoys the song One Week by The Barenaked Ladies

[tinyaibou]

in just half an hour i can close

[tinyaibou]

i can close in just half an hour

[tinyaibou]

a little over half an hour

[tinyaibou]

in exactly half an hour i can close :)

[pjackk]

Cant forget my final words were aint no comback gonna come my way since im done for good nobody will see me no more since im fucked for good because im finished and its all i got so im badly over for good

[tinyaibou]

in just half an hour i can close

[tinyaibou]

i can close in just half an hour

[tinyaibou]

a little over half an hour

[tinyaibou]

in just half an hour i can close

[tinyaibou]

i can close in just half an hour

[tinyaibou]

in just half an hour i can close

[segamascott]

if he rips his father's still beating heart out of his chest with his bare hands i would vote for him

[kooldewd123]

pokemon has given us a lot of fun takes on mundane life in the pokemon world over the years but "work-from-home pokemon trainer" has gotta be up there as one of my absolute favorites. sorry can you come in to the office today deborah from finance says she's supposed to battle you. yeah she says it's important.

[inthetags]

Reblog and put in the tags if you can remember where you got the shirt you're currently wearing.

[kosmogrl]

[daily-lifeprotips]

If you have a senior to check on ask them to "borrow" something small so they think they're helping you.

My mom (72) recently downsized and moved close enough to me that checking on her in person regularly is not really out of my way, but when I was obvious about it she wouldn’t let me “stop-by” because she was, “fine”.

Well, one day I actually needed some aluminum foil so I called and asked if I could borrow enough to cover a baking tin because I didn’t want to run to the store. She said sure, but when I got to her house she needed furniture moved, a wasp nest removed, and her coffee pot fixed. After I got the foil I mentioned each thing cautiously and she let me take care of them for her. So next weekend I’ll need a cup of rice and check on her again.

[morwentrouble]

Even better, here’s an array of more reciprocal options for building relationship & supporting seniors’ dignity and independence:

- ask for something they can actually help you with. Elders have skills. Mending? Advice about knitting, gardening, home repair, nevermind professional training?

-ask about their experiences. “I was reading about xyz event the other day & I would love to know what that time was like for you. Can we chat about it over tea?” Goes double for family history for relatives.

-“Someone gave me this [or, I ended up with extra] & I don’t need/want it, but I bet you have a use for it. Can I bring it over? I would hate for it to go to waste.”

-work side-by-side. They get your physical help, you get their experience & expertise. “Could I come over & have you show me how you [used to] prune your gorgeous roses? I’m trying to get better with mine.”

[cottoncandylesbo]

honestly the circus didn't seem all that amazing or digital to me

[cryptotheism]

You don't mean that.

[dragon-png]

[justalurkr]

Xitter ate the tweet this is from, but Tim Bender posted it

On what the male loneliness epidemic is really about. Given actual alternatives, women are opting tf OUT of "traditional roles".

Edited to add found the tweet