QUEEN TURTLE

I have no idea what I’m doing with this account anymore 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m bi as fuck🏳️‍🌈

[midwestgender]

ppl don’t understand adhd/autistic cleaning processes. we think so far ahead it’s like,,, impossible to do shit. you want me to vaccuum my bedroom floor? okay. we need to pick up all the stuff thats on it first, though. and where are we going to put the stuff? well, theres a couple categories of Stuff- Clothes, Random Items, and Trash. Trash is easy, we just throw it away. Clothes have to be sorted into Clean, Not Clean- and then the not clean ones have to go in the laundry bag, but theres so many so i might have to start a load now- ugh, distracted. lets go back to the clean clothes. well, these go in my drawer but- my drawer is really disorganized, so i’ll have to organize the clothes first so that theyll fit and look neat. by the time i’m done with that, i’ve spent an hour and a half trying to do stuff in my room. i finally turn to random items, most of which can find a home on my desk, but others i dont really know what to do with. plus, my desk is dirty. so i have to organize my desk, figure out where everything goes, and the stuff that doesn’t have a place can go in… a box, i guess. (not like i don’t have three other boxes full of random stuff in my closet)  so i put all the items back up but now i have this box full of stuff i dont know if i need so i have to go through it, sorting it into donate and dont donate piles. i might as well throw in some clothes to, so i dig through my clothes drawer and get the clothes i dont want, throw them in there too. okay, back to the random items- the ones i dont want to donate are still here, so i have to put them somewhere. i dont have anywhere to put them- maybe i should get a shelf? i start googling shelves, figuring out which ones would be best for my room, debating prices, learning about installation, and eventually im like ‘well, already on my computer’ and i decide im going to ‘check’ social media and end up lost in it for an hour or so. you walk back in, and theres stuff all over the floor, albeit in bags and boxes, and it still hasnt been vacuumed. its been five hours since i started. how does it take five hours to clean your room? it just does. 

[highground501]

This post walked into my room, pointed to the three boxes of random stuff sitting in my closest right now, and then shot me.

[semiramis-audron]

This post felt like that moment in a horror movie when the creature answers a question the protagonist had only Thought in their head!

[r3conning7hell]

Literally just had a conversation with my situation about this. It's so hard, especially when you work a full time job and take care of a third party. I hope with time and feeling like I have a schedule again, and a better one, it will get better. I can move through the paralyzing debt that ADHD, being one of many mental disabilities I have, puts me in. I'm still growing, we're all still growing. And we're never grown from learning, connecting, or doing anything we want and still feel at peace with the world I've created for myself.

[tacochippy]

wait thats an ADHD thing

[linguisticparadox]

It can be! It's a manifestation of executive dysfunction!

[barbara-lazuli]

These adhd posts have to stop being so relatable

[senritsu]

roommates of tumblr, stop using metal utensils on your roommates nonstick pans and stop soaking their cast iron pans in soap thank you and god bless

[senritsu]

roommates of the world: it doesn’t actually matter if you use metal on nonstick every once in a while

their pans:

[catgirl-bartender]

for those wondering, those scratches are where the non-stick coating has been scraped off (usually by metal utensils or cleaning utilities like steel wool), which means that food will stick more in those spots. plus, there runs the risk of more bits of that coating coming off into your food as you cook.

Non-stick pans and skillets are best for medium heat as they don't conduct heat as well, and for wetter foods like eggs and fish and pancakes.

On the other hand, cast iron pans and skillets don't have a built in protective coating. The metal will absorb grease and fats as they cook, building up an equally efficient non-stick coating of its own. And without the chemical coating that non-stick pans come with, there's no risk of any of it flaking off or melting into your food. They can handle higher temperatures without damage, and they get hot faster on the burner. Beef, pork, and chicken are best cooked on cast iron.

You don't want to let them soak in soap because it will remove that grease coating that makes the cast iron pan's non-stickiness, plus absorb soap that might melt back off into your food. A soap and sponge rub down is all it needs.

[catgirl-bartender]

@marraphy

[marraphy]

[gaycism]

Why is this so funny to me

[d34ct-1v4t3d-deactivated2021033]

people wondering why bow’s dads named him bow if they’re anti-soldier historians …first of all, bow is trans and chose that name for himself so jot that down

[vanilla-inkwell]

y’all this ain’t even just speculation based on personal readings of the character

like look at this:

explain what on earth those cloth wrappings (Bow wears it when he’s in the hot tub with Adora and Glimmer) could possibly be if not a binder

they’re utterly inexplicable otherwise. there’s no stigma for male nipples in Etheria (see: Seneschal in Flowers for She-Ra), and by extension no mandate that shirtless cis men can’t be shown in the show. cloth tightly wrapped around your chest wouldn’t enhance the experience of enjoying hot water. it’s not a thing carried over from real life; if it’s a cultural norm made up for the show, it’s bizarre and pointless, since it indicates nothing about Etherian society except that there’s a weird, seemingly-contradictory norm regarding what men wear when publicly in water

the simplest, most sensible, most viable answer? Binder.

and on top of that…

y’all that’s almost literally just a trans pride flag (System Failure is the episode this screenshot’s from, if you’re curious)

no way did a bunch of queer creators put a character elsewhere indicated to be trans in front of a trans pride flag by sheer accident (especially considering there’s a lesbian in the background of the Princess Prom whose dress is literally the lipstick lesbian pride flag, and Sea Hawk has an actual flag of his face made with almost exactly the bi pride colors)

and now we know that ‘Bow’ being his birthname makes zero sense, because his dads are pacifist historians opposed to violence, and we know that he taught himself archery; Bow deriving his name from the thing he’s secretly most passionate about not only makes total sense, it’s honestly the only viable explanation

to sum: Bow is Trans, y’all, so jot that down

[politijohn]

[spooniestrong]

This is exactly why insurance companies shouldn’t exist / be allowed to deny or approve anything. Doctors do that when they order treatment.

[thatmissannie]

Imagine: Its 2025. You're getting pulled over. A community representative approaches to let you know you have a taillight out. They don't need your license and registration, they don't write you a fix-it ticket. You're back on the road in less than five minutes. You swing by the store and grab a new light, not because you're afraid of what the city will do to you, but because you respect your community and know that having all your lights working is part of the driving privilege.

Your neighbors got into a loud spat a few weeks ago and without fear or hesitation, called a domestic assistance number. A counselor arrived and was able to talk the couple down and suggest solutions for their disagreement. No one was hurt, the kids participated in the discussion, and it's been quiet ever since.

Your friend has been struggling with addiction and you fear they might be a danger to themselves or others. You call a substance abuse specialist and they talk you through ways to help your friend get treatment. They offer to send an agent out to speak with your friend directly and provide information on harm reduction centers in your area.

Black and brown people are no longer being exploited through tickets and fines to pay for police. Trust is slowly being fostered in the community.

Teachers are being paid a living wage and students are being given more time, attention, and education. Books are up to date and classrooms are optimized to keep up with technology.

Trump is out of office.

It’s been a very long time since the name of a murdered black person was used as a hashtag.

Casual racism is no longer tolerated. The KKK has been classified as a terrorist organization. The Confederate flag isnt flown and has been removed from any official state flags or insignias. Most Confederate monuments have been taken down and placed in storage or museums.

You trust the investigation force to deal with crime the same way you trust firefighters to put out fires.

That's what 'defund the police' looks like. What we've seen in the last few weeks shows how overreaching and power-drunk many officers are. We asked too much of them and then called them heroes despite evidence to the contrary. We let them think that they could get away with anything, including murder. Its time for change.

Copied and pasted.

[shuttershocky-deactivated202512]

Truly the most baffling and yet my single favorite part of Kingdom hearts 3 was Donald casting Zettaflare.

If you’ve played a lot of Final Fantasy, you’d see it doesn’t go to Zettaflare. Literal gods and all-powerful beings like Bahamut have the strongest possible magic and their flare spells don’t reach there.

And then in KH3 Donald casually reveals his magic is stronger than god in his squeaky and incomprehensible Donald voice and hits Ansem with Zettaflare.

100000000 Kingdom Hearts games of Donald being unable to cast goddamn cure on Sora only to whip that out in the last possible moment.

[shuttershocky-deactivated202512]

Typing out that joke I just realized 19 years of not healing us was actually Donald conserving his MP for when it truly mattered

[swamp-bumpkin]

only two character’s in Square Enix’s works have ever used Zettaflare

One was a penultimate boss being aided by the supreme power by an eldritch god that threatened to destroy existence

The other was Donald fucking Duck

[redgoldsparks]

My latest comic for The Nib was written by my friend Mike Thompson- it’s his first published comics work! 

The Nib has been a steady source of income and a huge support to me and many other indie cartoonists for years. They publish amazing work, but will be cut loose by their financial backer in July. You can read the official post about it from editor Matt Bors here.  They are still running their kickstarter-funded print magazine, but have to put digital publishing on hiatus until they figure out their next steps. If you’ve been thinking about supporting their membership program, now would be a good time. They have levels from $2 to $40 per month. I really don’t want this to be my last Nib piece! 

instagram / patreon / portfolio / the nib / etsy

[ruffboi-mags]

you know what, THIS is how you address historical queer folks of all stripes in a respectful way. you refer to them the way they chose to be referred to, and you say “it’s impossible to know how they would’ve identified in today’s society, but they’re part of our history regardless”.

[78-is-a-odd-number]

Friendly reminder that “rock paper scissors” exist in the Avatar universe

It’s made after the avatar cycle

Not which element actually beats each other in reality, cause that would depend on the bender. In the game it’s decided who wins after the order of the avatar cycle.

Water beats earth

Earth beats fire

Fire beats air

Air beats water

Who wins between water and fire? No one, they are opposite elements. They can’t beat each other.

Who wins between air and earth? No one, they are opposite elements. They can’t beat each other.

The hand gestures are either a move in the bending style or a representation of the element itself;

Water - A hand doing waves (suggestion) - no one really knows the hand gesture for water

Earth - Hand is clenched as a rock - as shown by Aang (pictured above) in the episode City of walls and secrets

Fire - Fingers are flames - as shown by Sokka (pictured above) in the episode City of walls and secrets

Air - A hand facing forward - as shown by two Airbender boys in a flashback (pictured above) in the episode The storm

That’s all the information we have about it at the moment.

(Decided to give the updated version it’s own post)

[unbossed-deactivated20251218]

A job that allows one to abuse others with virtual impunity will always attract those who want to and will.

[biokitty]

So glad to know we’re giving this technology to a group of people who will almost certainly abuse it to murder people in the worst case scenario and in the best case scenario will allow them to continue arresting innocent civilians for non-violent petty crimes during a global pandemic in a disinfected car.

[fluffmugger]

Yeah as an Aussie I can tell you they absolutely fucking will because they already have

[kropotkindersurprise]

July 20 2020 - Protesters in Portland use hockey sticks and leaf blowers to counter an attack by federal troops using tear gas grenades. [video]

[nativenews]

[eco-socialism]

[coyotesmokebreak]

Meanwhile foodies are pilfering and destroying large swathes of ᏩᏍᏗ left and right because they’re “trendy” now 💅🏻

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

do people really still think states are reopening because coronavirus is under control and becoming less common ??? the re-opening is literally just for money. nothing has changed in real life to warrant it other than concerns about the economy.

[lakeside-conservative]

The economy is fairly important you know. Like, really important. To distill the economy down to just money is an epically large mistake.

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

the economy isn't gonna fuck you

[vexlleth]

You know what the economy isn't? A living, breathing, conscious and thinking organism. It is a concept. It is observable as a part of society and yes, when distilling it to its basic definition, every society, even an off grid family of 5, have economics. I get that. Good for you and me that we're intellectual.

Guess what that means though? The economy doesn't think, doesn't feel, doesn't plan, doesn't breathe. Its a reactionary concept that develops based on OUR actions. WE are alive. WE control the economy. We could literally pause it if we wanted to.

Plenty of "smart" and "accomplished" people who talk in terms only a wallstreet broker can understand will tell you that if the economy stops everything burns to the ground. Actually, it doesn't have to. Its quite simple. You can absolutely say "a horribly deadly pandemic has broken out and we do not know enough about it. We must hit the pause button. Money will have the same buying power when we start again because we will make it so. We will provide food for ourselves as we always have but do so in as safe a way as possible, and we will treat those who are sick without indebting them."

People did not start building their own houses because they wanted equity in the shares market. They wanted out of the rain and snow.

You have GOT to start being even the most RUDIMENTARY amount of fucking empathetic here. Literally a gas company making money doesnt fucking matter. It doesn't matter at all because money is an object that WE give value to and if theres no more people theres no one to give meaning to your bank account. So please pick up your mask. Put it the fuck on. And care about your fucking neighbors you uncaring, business suit, industry worshiping cretin.

[old-japanese-men]

[aloebara]

Don’t tell me this is real.

[twinkabuse-deactivated20160621]

it actually is. as someone who dedicated his entire life to making family oriented films for many generations of children filled with magic, love, fantasy, and innocence. of course he’s disgusted with how otaku culture has heavily influenced most, if not all anime.

[bukopan]

YES MIYAZAKI GO OFFFFFF

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

Today in fuck ableds I went to the recycling center where they’ve decided the best way to implement social distancing is to block off every other parking spot with a large concrete barrier - starting with the only disabled spot.

Then I went to the grocery store where the delivery guy decided the best place to park his truck was - you guessed it - the disabled spots. I was doing curbside pickup so I wasn’t planning to park there anyway (because I’m not an asshole) but every other disabled person was completely fucked.

This is him trying to explain why he parked there over the noise of me yelling at him.

People with actual disabled plates/placards are out here only using the disabled spots if we need them - otherwise we will leave them for someone who needs them more that day. Meanwhile Ableds are dumping anything and everything in those spots and parking in them at the drop of a hat. If you don’t see disabled people as actual people then you’re not inconveniencing anyone that counts when you abuse accessible parking, right?

[poisonsappho]

I had a woman flip me off and tell me to mind my own business when I called her out on using the disabled spot to run into the post office. She very clearly got uncomfortable when I just gently said she forgot her placard (we all have brain fog days or just forget so I try to always open with that in case it’s an honest moment of forgetting).

Anyway, able-bodied Karens really try to say disabled people are faking but they think that spot is for them to use when they want to walk like a few feet less.

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

I always lead with “You forgot your placard”. Anyone who’s disabled (and no you can’t tell by looking) will thank you for reminding them because nobody wants that ticket, whereas Ableds just get angry at you.

Anyway Ableds who abuse disabled parking spots, I hope your car catches on fire.

[raevenlywrites]

Reblogging for "you forgot your placard". Knowing the right way to respond to things like this helps so very much. I want to be able to help without being a jerk, and this approach seems perfect.