This Is Really Just Random Shit Sorry

She/her 20 something No constancy no fucks

[ao3tags]

Hey do you think that tumblr about weird AO3 tags will post me on it?

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[watermelonrandom]

The older I get, the more the constant troupe of “the difficult mother in law” feels like socially accepted sexism

[foxboytail]

As a young adult, I used to think what messed me up as a kid was having completely unfiltered access to things I wasn’t ready for, like NSFW content, gore, heavy discourse, and the existence of predatory adults online. But now that I’m older, I see it differently.

The problem wasn’t what I had access to. It was that I didn’t have access to a safe adult I could actually talk to; someone I could trust to help me without immediately cutting me off from everything and everyone. I remember getting messages from strangers on Skype. I didn’t even respond. But when my parents found out, they banned me from using it entirely. That meant losing most of my contact with friends outside of school. So what did I do? I went behind their backs. And once I was hiding, I couldn’t tell them when something actually dangerous was happening, like when I started being groomed. By the time things escalated, I was already alone with it.

I think about an episode of Scared Straight where a girl was dragged through a prison because she’d been talking to adult men online. She wasn’t doing that because she was reckless or malicious; she was lonely. Her parents weren’t present, she was being bullied at school, and these men gave her attention, told her she was pretty, told her she mattered. She was already being harmed. And the adults in her life responded by terrorizing her. Humiliating her. Calling her a slut. Telling her she deserved it. Breaking her to pieces.

What lesson does that actually teach? Not “this is dangerous, come to us.” It teaches: If you get hurt, we will hurt you more. Do you really think that makes her stop, or does it just make the predators look safer by comparison? They might as well have driven her straight into the jaws of those predators with torches and pitchforks. Because when every path back to safety is lined with punishment, kids don’t run away from danger. They run deeper into it.

If you want kids to be safe, stop treating them like problems to control and start treating them like people worth protecting. Stop ripping away their autonomy the second they make a mistake or encounter something risky. Stop teaching them that honesty will cost them everything.

Be the person they can come to without fear of losing their entire world. Because safety isn’t built through control, it’s built through trust. And if you aren’t safe for them to tell the truth to, then you aren’t keeping them safe at all.

[bylertruth3r]

Bro Conan is Bylering out like crazy 😭

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[phylliszero99]

Okay I can't help but post this. He's so cute aww😭💗

[watermelonrandom]

Smosh: Arasha needs to stop trying to force herself into situations and banner. Its so awkward and hard to watch. It clear how uncomfortable she makes Shayne so often, if i cared enough I would make a whole compilation of her just trying to insert herself into the cast. Any time I see she’s in a video I get so bummed bc its hard to watch. She is the new Olivia.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Breezeh aka Briscoe Park aka Space Cowboy (American, b. Cary, NC, USA) - Photos I took in Louisiana, Photography

[annakarenina]

“making this film did not bring any closure” oh…

[redeyeyuna]

Eastern Red Bat gets a short stroke before falling asleep 🧡

[sodomit]

Made a little something on slur reclamation.

[sodomit]

And there it is, yeah.

[sackboys-moved]

When someone says something reminded them of you. You know

[solitairians]

why is trying to make a new friend so embarrassing. hi. me again. asking for your attention once more even though i am literally just some random person to you. it's because i want to be not just a random person to you. please understand

[goth-queen]

[mysharona1987]

[nicostiel]

Here we go again

[weaver-z]

This boomer comic incinerated every “I hate my wife” comic instantly

[technofeudalism]

“no crew, no help, just pure hustle” cut to this poor woman bawling her eyes out. what the fuck is wrong with people? why is this being framed as a good or impressive feat? this person makes below poverty wages already. Burger King meanwhile takes in $27 billion in global revenue every single year. everyone involved in making this woman endure this should be tortured and force fed chicken fries until their heart gives out. fuck this country.

[daysleftofsecondterm]

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