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i'm bored, so i post a lot.

[mamaangiwine]

When people graffiti on buildings: Yes! Ha ha! Fuck yes!

When people graffiti on rockfaces and cliffsides on hiking trails: What the absolute fuck.

[mamaangiwine]

It's not punk to poison the soil, dude.

[dragonsrequiem]

It's down with The Man, not down with Mother Nature, my dude.

[bossymarmalade]

Demian DinéYazhi’ (Diné), “My ancestors will not let me forget this” (2020)

[blockbustervideos]

WILD AT HEART (1990) dir. David Lynch

[ruspacalafiori]

1998 FIFA World Cup

[wishingonadandylion]

[aichu-dechu]

[loveletters2myself]

guest etiquette

don’t ask “can i bring anything?” say, “i’ll bring a side or something sweet, any preferences?”

never show up empty-handed. some ideas: flowers, wine, a jar of local honey, chocolate, homemade jam. literally anything, doesn’t have to be expensive.

if you bring flowers, make sure they’re already in a vase.

if you bring wine, it stays, opened or not.

hosts are usually underfed. bring a little something just for her. a croissant, a coffee, anything.

don’t show up early unless you’re being useful. lighting candles = useful. waiting around the house = not

stay off your phone entirely. if you must check it, excuse yourself quietly.

shoes off.

tend to the room energetically. if someone’s being left out, invite them in. make outsiders feel welcome.

compliment the invisible effort. the way the napkins were folded, the playlist, the glassware.

if you loved one of the host’s dishes, ask for the recipe. highest form of flattery.

always make conversation with the children. “how old are you?” is boring. ask their favorite dinosaur or snack combo.

don’t be the one to gossip. bring good energy.

say a proper goodbye to everyone in the room.

text a thank-you the next morning.

[desert-neon]

What's a squick?

First, thank you for asking. This is something I feel is important!

Second, to those who wonder where this question came from, a while back, I reblogged this, and added the comment about squicks not being the same as triggers.

So what, you ask, is a squick?

A squick is an old fandom term for something that makes you supremely uncomfortable and you absolutely do not want to read it. It can be a trope, a ship, a concept, or just an event that happens within a fic or in canon. For me, abused animals are a definite squick. I don’t like it, and will generally avoid reading any graphic descriptions of such. (That includes tumblr gif sets and such too, people! Tag that shit, will you? Even if it has a happy ending.) Another deep, deep squick of mine is infant age play. Don’t like it, don’t get it, don’t want to think about it.

Now, neither of these things are dangerous to my mental or emotional state. I have never experienced either in my life, and they do not bring about any sort of PTSD, dissociation, or spiral of depression, anxiety, etc. They are simply things I prefer not to think about in my daily life, or read about in my escapist hobbies. Therefore, they are not triggers. Triggers are very real, very bad things for some people, and to label things we choose not to read because we find it disturbing or gross or weird is to diminish the very real danger of actual triggers.

I love the term squick. It perfectly describes the concept without assigning any negativity to the thing you dislike, or to people who do like the thing you dislike. It is something you personally do not care for and wish to avoid, simple as that.

[thebibliosphere]

A squick is an old fandom term

*waves walking stick in the general direction of her lawn* This.

[persian-slipper]

Bring back “squick” 2k16

[mobius-m-mobius]

#i miss this (insp)

[thislookslikeanxfile]

[ana-log]

What Susan could have had…

[tweeterwilbury]

I dont care about matt damon and ben affleck but they gave us Which could mean nothing so they are like rpf patron saints in a way

[mysharona1987]

Nigel Farage not beating the allegations anytime soon.

[amartworks]

I think a lot about the architecture ideas drawn by Étienne-Louis Boullée

They're sketches from the 1780s and they look like the end of the fucking universe

[twelvemonkeyswere]

We all know Wentworth is the best Austen man. There’s no discussion about it. He’s the best among her heroes. Your favorite might be whomever, it doesn’t matter. Wentworth is the best of them all. He knows it, we know it. We love him.

[jace-targaryen]

SHE'S THE MAN (2006) dir. andy fickman

[leonardcohenofficial]

edge of the city is 7AM. a woman under the influence and love streams are both 4PM. mikey and nicky is 11PM. husbands is both 3PM and 6PM. the killing of a chinese bookie is 7PM. “étude in black” is 1PM. i shan’t explain further; if you understand you understand

[leonardcohenofficial]

minnie and moskowitz is 5PM. shadows is both 8AM and 10PM. opening night is 8PM. faces is midnight.