Merry Doodles

welcome to my new app, UberFeats. i will send heroes to your house to commit great Feats of strength and cunning

meow-minola

Will they do my dishes?

they will Slay your dishes

krakoansam

What about the laundry?

they will Slay your laundry

terri-theslime13

what about the minotaur harassing my cows

this-is-a-name-dont-worry

they will Have Sex with the minotaur

talentlesshuman

My version of chinese+chinese american miku along with a few of my favorite international mikus having hotpot together

itsmythang

eldritchmage

This is why every vote matters. YOUR vote matters. Please vote!

stele3

Actually that’s exactly how it works. Here, lemme break down the numbers. I’ll be using the 2020 presidential election voter turnout.

In 2020, the total U.S. population was about 332,450,000.

Of that number, about 240,000,000 were eligible to vote.

Of eligible voters, only about 66.1% actually voted. And that’s a high turnout, historically speaking.

Of the 158,427,986 eligible voters who actually voted,

81,283,501 voted for Biden. That’s 24.5% of the overall U.S. population.

74,223,975 voted for Trump. That’s 22% of the overall U.S. population.

(I’m guessing the graphic used updated number from 2024 for population size.)

But yes, that’s exactly how it all works. Not everyone in the U.S. is eligible to vote (sometimes due to voter suppression, but also due to being too young).

Of those who ARE eligible to vote, as many didn’t vote as voted for either Biden or Trump.

Who wins is determined by who fucking shows up to vote.

Democracy works exactly as well as how much you participate in it.

Trump voters are only 22% of the general population.

They’re only 31% of eligible voters.

They’ll be easy to defeat.

IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY FUCKING VOTE.

vergess

Which is why it's important to pair posts like this with actual resources on, for example:

Who can vote

How to register

How to fill a ballot

Where to vote

What to expect on your ballot

How to report if your voter registration is illegally denied or mishandled

How to process a change of name or address

How to get an ID card (financial assistance not available)

See, the thing a lot of people don't get is, the US system is designed to SUPPRESS AND DENY votes. Fun fact for those who went to school elsewhere: none of the stuff I linked is actually required learning in our schools. Followup fact: the reason I mention financial assistance for ID cards is, our free ID (social security card) is not valid for voting in half of states; expensive photo IDs are required.

For the Americans, you must understand: Most places with elections take the exact opposite approach. Do you know how fucked up it is that in the US you can't even get a whole day off work, despite voter queues often being several hours long due to lack of polling places? How absolutely pigshit bonkers it is that people have to PAY to vote (via ID fees)?

The international folks are appalled because that's fucked up! 18% picking your president is unhinged! It actually truly does represent a broken system!

In other words this is a real, systemic issue that can take years to overcome IF you even have the ability to do it at all.

If you're lucky enough not to face any of the hurdles, stay informed on the subject so you can help the rest of us out.

Voter suppression is not caused by personal moral failing.

It's caused by the broken system.

bitchesgetriches

Don't Boo, Vote: If You Don't Vote, No One Can Hear You Scream

filmnoirsbian

I love getting unaccompanied minors (kids flying alone) who so clearly just. Don't want to be here lol. Sometimes I get to know a little of their story, like their parents are divorced, or a family member died and they're heading to the funeral, but usually they just don't want to talk about it and that's fine. But I always treat the flight like it's a challenge to make them smile. I offer them snacks and soda but that's never enough, that's whatever, they could get those from an airport vending machine. Chump change. So then I tell the worst jokes. Just the most embarrassing, kindergarten teacher, annoying dad jokes you can think of. And those always get a groan, or a "Seriously??" And that's my in! Now I can say "Why, what's your idea of a good joke? No, come on hotshot, make your best joke, let's see it." And they hem and they haw but of course they eventually tell me their very best joke because kids are little competitive comedy goldmines. And it's always super funny, so I laugh, and that's where they slip up. Because you know what you almost always do when your joke successfully makes someone laugh? You smile. And I'm like. Gotcha. Rookie move. Now you're going to end up having a good time in spite of yourself. I win.

filmnoirsbian

Did this with an 11yo u.m. today and he said "What did the ghost say to the other ghost?" And I said "What?" "Nothing. Ghosts aren't real."

filmnoirsbian

I'm literally a flight attendant, offering snacks and drinks is my job

gshsjb

joey-wheeler-official

Pacing back and forth solemnly considering this offer

can you at least give us link to where your active? Also glad you are alright I was worried

im mostly active in my ig and i sometimes post in ao3. both of my names there are verymerrysioux =w=

#thought i'd try a fresh start after years of being mia #and i also wasn't sure if i'd stick around long

hello, i am alive (part 2)! i have a new tumblr where i mostly reblog and occasionally post art, it’s @temtemdesaratem

can you at least give us link to where your active? Also glad you are alright I was worried

im mostly active in my ig and i sometimes post in ao3. both of my names there are verymerrysioux =w=

Ahhhh!!! I'm glad you're still active! Are you cool with sharing your IG? I ain't too active there but I'd love to follow you!

https://www.instagram.com/verymerrysioux/ go wild >3o ❤

i’m still alive, just doing it on IG

i logged in after like, a year-ish since i went mia and i felt guilty at one person asking if i was okay. maybe they’ll see this, maybe they won’t. if they do, i’m sorry for worrying you.

so yeah, i’m okay uwu;;;

#im scrolling through and wondering #oh why did i become inactive again #and then i saw flagged posts and #oh yeah thats partly why #(the other part is because mobile sucks more)#ig has a lot of blegh too but i dont scream in frustration like i did with tumblr mobile

also like the flagged posts i have now are surprisingly accurately nsfw-ish. i would have been fooled by hoping the algorithm is good if the first flagged ones i had weren’t doodles of a literal baby.

i’m still alive, just doing it on IG

i logged in after like, a year-ish since i went mia and i felt guilty at one person asking if i was okay. maybe they’ll see this, maybe they won’t. if they do, i’m sorry for worrying you.

so yeah, i’m okay uwu;;;

#now watch as i yeet away again

shipping-isnt-morality

“Your morals in fiction reflect your morals in real life!”

Some people’s do, but mine and many others don’t. Fiction can explore dark, dangerous, and twisted ideas without the risk of direct harm to others, so it’s inherently morally neutral. Some people are more directly empathetic with fiction than others, but your ability to empathize with a fictional character is frankly just not a good moral thermometer.

“Well, ok, but it’ll desensitize you over time!”

Research says no. Personal experience says no, too; I have been consuming dark fiction for over a decade, and my empathy remains perfectly intact.

“Your taste in fiction reflects your world view!”

Sometimes, and to a limited and inconsistent degree. You’re probably comfortable with things (like young teens fighting in open combat) in fiction that would be horrible in real life, right? Everyone’s threshold for where their suspension of disbelief ends is different. For some people it doesn’t exist, and they never view fiction as any more real than the average person sees a Barbie doll as an actual person. This is a function of our relationship with fiction, not our relationship with reality.

discouroborose

controversial opinion but i actually think twilight and fifty shades probably were a net good when it came to preventing real-world abuse, because they triggered really widespread conversations on what abuse is, how/why it happens, how it works and what it looks like.

fatalism-and-villainy

I was actually talking to some people about this a couple weeks ago. Twilight came up in conversation, and spurred a refreshingly non-wanky discussion of female fantasies and such. And one of my friends was talking about how she read it when she was thirteen and would have conversations with her mother about it, and her mother would often make comments like, “hmmm, that doesn’t sound like it would be a healthy dynamic in real life,” and that that was really beneficial for her because the book allowed her to talk about abusive relationships with her mother, when the topic probably wouldn’t have come up otherwise.

I think in general “problematic” media can be good at providing an actual model for various ingrained, unquestioned social norms, and a lot of the “it shouldn’t exist!” refrains feel like stifling discussion and glossing over things that make people uncomfortable.

defilerwyrm

Let people grow.

When I was younger I was very right-wing. I mean…very right-wing. I won’t go into detail, because I’m very deeply ashamed of it, but whatever you’re imagining, it’s probably at least that bad. I’ve taken out a lot of pain on others; I’ve acted in ignorance and waved hate like a flag; I’ve said and did things that hurt a lot of people.

There are artefacts of my past selves online – some of which I’ve locked down and keep around to remind me of my past sins, some of which I’ve scrubbed out, some of which are out of my grasp. If I were ever to become famous, people could find shit on me that would turn your stomach.

But that’s not me anymore. I’ve learned so much in the last ten years. I’ve become more open to seeing things through others’ eyes, and reforged my anger to turn on those who harm others rather than on those who simply want to exist. I’ve learned patience and compassion. I’ve learned how to recognise my privileges and listen to others’ perspectives. I’ve learned to stand up for others, how to hear, how to help, how to correct myself. And I learned some startling shit about myself along the way – with all due irony, some of the things I used to lash out at others for are intrinsic parts of myself.

You wouldn’t know what I am now from what I was then. You wouldn’t know what I was then from what I am now.

It distresses me deeply to think of someone dredging up my dark, awful past and treating me as though that furiously hateful person is still me. It distresses me to see others dredging up the past for anyone who has made efforts to become a better person, out of some sick obsession with proving they’re “problematic.”

Purity culture tells you that once someone says or does something, they can never go back on it. That’s a goddamn lie. While it’s true that some remain unrepentant and never change their ways and continue to harm others, it’s important to allow everyone the chance to learn from their mistakes. Saying something ignorant isn’t murder. Please stop treating it that way. Let people grow.

got-zayn

Still call it out and question it ….

defilerwyrm

Bruh. No. Listen. Call out what people do now, absolutely. If they haven’t changed, call them out on their record. This post is explicitly not about people who HAVEN’T changed. What this post IS saying is, if someone is making an effort to be a good person, don’t go digging around in their past for evidence that they were once for what they’re now against, or once against what they’re now for, as “proof” of what they “really think,” because people’s opinions and beliefs can change.

The obsession with finding shit in someone’s past and then claiming that a questionable or even sordid past negates all possibility of a good present needs to become extinct. Gold-star activism and purity culture are bullshit and we need to collectively reject the fuck out of them.

If someone has changed for the better, don’t harass them about what they were like before they fuckin’ changed. That’s shitty and it needs to stop.

arrghigiveup

Do not punish the behavior you want to see

faragonr

That’s why there are people in the world now who won’t ever change for the better. Because they know that no matter what, they’ll always be seen as that horrible person from 6 years ago, so what’s the point?

It’s hypocritical as hell to demand change out of someone and then turn around and act like it didn’t happen.

dr-hollands-deactivated20190209

i love cutthroat kitchen but bingewatching makes it really stand out how often alton brown refers to himself as ‘daddy’ and makes contestants wear spreader bars

I’m sorry what

you heard me

fiskeorn-deactivated20180416

elkian

#I CAN’T BELIEVE I NOW KNOW WHERE TO BUY THE EXACT FETISH GEAR THEY USE ON MY FAVORITE COOKING SHOW

@genericrevenge

son-of-maglor

OKAY BUT WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY USING SPREADER BARS ON A COOKING SHOW??!??! DOESNT THAT MAKE IT KINDA HARD TO COOK???!?

kinda, yeah

renthebarbarian

@datas-vibrating-robot-dong this seems like your speed

gregorydickens

That logo looks familiar.

WHAT

OH MY GOD

sylveonce

paintmeahero

We met Alton Brown at a show he did here - we paid the extra cash to meet him and get a blurry cellphone pic with him and have him sign a picture. He noticed my (male) companion’s pocket watch, and proceeded to order him to take it out of his pocket. It wasn’t obnoxious, it was in a Dom tone that brooked no argument. So he complied. When he found out it wasn’t wound, and so not working, he was deeply disappointed, and told him to do better next time.

If this guy isn’t a Dom, I’ll eat that spreader bar.