Weird + Fun = Us

We mostly reblog UT stuff, but we're supporters of the LGBT+ community! She/Her.

[hallucinogenxz-deactivated20220]

so for my art project we had to fake a death/murder. for mine I did someone who had jumped off a building. when I was laying down while the picture was being taken, 7 people came running up to me asking if I was okay and if I needed an ambulance etc. I’ve been suicidal for a very long time, and the thoughts of jumping off buildings and ending my life have gone through my mind a thousand times. But the fact that people actually stopped and came running over to see if I was alright made me see that people do care, strangers care. so many people looked and walked past, but these 7 people some how took these suicidal feelings away… weird huh? But the moral of this story is that people do care about you, even people who don’t know who you are.

[alice-humphries]

if you don’t reblog this, fuck you

[sparkhy]

oh my god this is amazing

[puppeteeriing-deactivated202501]

@royalnxrd

[steviemcfly]

Shit people have forgotten about the Bush Era:

Free Speech Zones, which were a real thing and not a plot element in a particularly ham-handed dystopian novel.

The phrase “hidey hole.”

Watching a budget surplus become a massive deficit that was bigger than it even looked because the White House was just like, “Okay, we’ll just not put the wars on the books and just ask for more money for those every few months.”

The sheer number of times Alberto Gonzalez said, “I don’t recall,” to Congress regarding war crimes and human rights violations.

“…now watch this drive.”

Mission Accomplished.

“The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence,” “yellowcake uranium,” Condoleeza’s “mushroom clouds” fearmongering, and all the other bullshit we were fed to get into Iraq.

The President of the United States said so many stupid things that there were one-a-day calendars consisting of an individual quote for each day of the year. They didn’t all have the exact same quotes.

[emolumentsclause-deactivated201]

“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”

And then we went to war.

[teeth-and-spackle]

“Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research: human cloning in all its forms; creating or implanting embryos for experiments; creating human-animal hybrids; and buying, selling or patenting human embryos.” - George W. Bush, 2006 State of the Union

[steviemcfly]

Okay, that’s the best one.

[asgardreid-deactivated20180407]

Bush watched that Batman Beyond splicing episode and had nightmares for a week

[sidneyia-deactivated20210826]

was it hidey-hole? i thought it was spider-hole.

[lord-kitschener]

Yeah, it was spider-hole

[comedownstairsandsayhello]

I think my favorite was how we un-ironically referred to a whole set of countries as the “Axis of Evil” as if that phrase gives us some kind of meaningful understanding of their geopolitical role and isn’t borrowed straight out of a mediocre made-for-TV superhero movie.

[steviemcfly]

And then there was:

We literally got a terrorism forecast on the news every morning like it was pollen. So many of the things that happened, if they were in a dystopian novel, people would be like, “That’s way too goofy and ridiculous to actually happen in real life,” and yet they did.

[lady--liberty-blog]

THE LAST ONE’S REAL?

[tiffanarchy]

Yeah https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System

[daggers-drawn]

Not only was the terror threat system real, but it was often raised and lowered based entirely on how panicked they wanted us to be. Famously they raised the level for no reason during the 2004 election.

Also, “Free Speech Zones” looked something like this:

It was literally a cage.

[oak23]

I genuinely forget that people, even within my own age group, has forgotten the Bush era since they were teenagers and below the voting age at the time, and so forgot how fucking horrifying it was.

[peredurthefool-deactivated20200]

I always reblog this reminder

[mommapolitico]

The terror levels were often raised before elections, with “reports” of “terror plans discovered and destroyed.” Fear is the best tool to control the populace. Make us afraid of the other and compelling us to vote for “safety” and the status quo.

[like-bunnies]

Freedom fries, people. 

[aimchatroom]

Don’t forget that we went from incredibly low unemployment (4%) to 15ish percent during the recession under bush

[sexioto]

[crilbyte-deactivated20240607]

Oh shit. No. Shit. Thank you

[villianext-deactivated20190407]

Just gonna reblog this out of gratitude because I actually did forget…

[weirdplusfunequalsus-blog]

harry potter apparates: telepotter

[libraford]

Remember that time when Pence made a last minute decision to not sign an application for a grant that would have made preschool in Indiana more accessible and help fix our crumbling infrastructure?

[libraford]

Remember that stern letter that a bunch of big businesses in Indiana wrote to Pence because he signed a law that was discouraging business from both within and without the state of Indiana?

[libraford]

Oh, and that time that Pence caused an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana because the only clinic that did HIV testing was a Planned Parenthood and his fixation on defunding reproductive rights caused it to close- even though that particular clinic didn’t even offer abortion services?

[libraford]

And then there’s the “Pence Must Go” signs all over central Indiana…

[libraford]

And who could forget the time that he planned on using taxpayer dollars to fund a news outlet because he couldn’t control the negative image surrounding him from the press.

[libraford]

What about the time that the FEC had to rewrite laws to prevent challenging candidates from using campaign funds for personal use because Mike Pence used 30% of his campaign funds on mortgage payments and golf tournaments?

[libraford]

And who else remembers when they were giving states a chance to individually tailor their Clean Energy laws to fit the needs of the state and Pence just said ‘no’ and didn’t offer any alternative?

[libraford]

Hey, what about that time that Pence stated that condoms were ‘too modern’ of a solution to HIV and STI prevention and that abstinence was the best choice?

Remember also that 49% of pregnancies in Indiana are unintended, and that out of 1000 teenagers, an average of 49 will become pregnant before they age of 19. And that STI cases have reached record rates for the state of Indiana.

[libraford]

Oh! Remember when Pence went against the advice of legal professionals and signed a good number of laws that mean that you are classified as a drug dealer (whether proven or not) if you are found with a certain quantity of drugs in your possession, and increased the minimum sentence to ten years- even when it was argued by many legal sources that the best way to combat drug use is rehabilitation and not incarceration?

[libraford]

How about the time that he campaigned heavily against raising the minimum wage to match neighboring states, even though an overwhelming majority of Hoosiers polled said that they support a $9/hr wage and approximately 93000 residents of the state bring home less than $300 a week?

[lillivati]

Or that time he stripped the office of state superintended of all its meaningful power because he didn’t like who won.  (More.)

That person being Glenda Ritz, who by the way, received more votes than Pence.

[libraford]

Of course, I thought that it needed no mention, but who could ever forget the national embarrassment that was the RFRA laws, which allowed business-owners to refuse service to people if they felt ‘religiously burdened,’ which essentially boiled down to discriminating people who are part of the LGBTQ community. 

[libraford]

And you know I’d love to rant about Mike Pence all day long, but for those of you who want a more comprehensive list of how incompetent he’s been as our governor, this one sums it up pretty nicely and has sources! 

[libraford]

Oh, but don’t take my word for it: here’s another masterpost of all this and more. 

[cripcraponyrcomputer-deactivate]

These are testimonies from three separate sexual assault cases brought against tr*mp. one from a woman who was thirteen when he and his pedophile bff used her as their sex slave. 

but PLEASE keep telling me how he is just a hilarious cartoon character on the same level of immorality as hillary.

[trippin-lazy-blog]

TO ANYONE CHATTING TO SOMEONE ONLINE

If you are considering meeting up with someone online use this trick identify who really are who they claim to be:

1. Ask them to Skype 2. If they refuse or can’t for some reason ask for a current selfie 3. If they also refuse or can’t do not meet up with them 4. If they provide one ask them to send another with them holding 3 fingers up 5. If they refuse read step 3 6. If they provide a selfie where they show 3 fingers they are probably for real

(If you’re still unconvinced try again with them drawing something in their hand)

I SAY THIS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY please spread this message as more and more young people are lured out into situations where they get kidnapped because they weren’t 100% sure the person they were talking to was real.

[prismatic-bell]

ALSO IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MAKE SURE YOU STATE THE FOLLOWING:

“My [fill in trusted adult here] wants to come too. [pronoun] said we can do our own thing and [pronoun] will just sort of grab [pronoun] own table, but I wanted to let you know. Hey, if you have an adult coming too they could sit together!”

If hearing this freaks the other person out and they decline, TERMINATE ALL CONTACT. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to block. I’m 26 years old and if you tell me you’re coming with a friend or parent for your own safety, I will automatically say “hey, cool. Y’know, if you’re nervous we can just do Starbucks or something, I’m okay meeting in a busy place. That way your [adult/friend] can hang out, too, and they don’t have to pay for [admission, a movie ticket, whatever].” Your safety and comfort is important to me, and is important to any good person you meet online who wants to meet up IRL. In the early 2000s when I first started seeing online safety PSAs, this was a widely-spread tip. Use it.

And for the record, you can use this over the age of 18, too. I still won’t meet people from online except in public places. You never know–that person holding up three fingers and drawing a Pokemon on their palm could be some pervert’s child, niece, nephew, family friend’s kid who was encouraged to take some silly pictures. Always voice-verify and always meet in public, with another person if possible. 

Be smart and stay safe, kiddos. Nina loves you.

[stephiex-deactivated20190318]

This is all so important for everyone and especially my younger followers.

Anyone who is being upfront with who they are and who you can trust will do whatever they need to do to make you and your parents/guardians comfortable. Hence why I am constantly requesting to too-busy-dancing13 to FaceTime her mom…

[a-l-l-of-the-l-i-g-h-t-s]

Please please please listen to this. Not everyone out there can be trusted.

[themallred3000]

Petition to have Tumblr actually do something about porn blog bots following users.

• It’s annoying. • It gives an imperfect metric for how many followers you have. (I would estimate about 25% of my “followers” are porn blogs run by bots). • It makes pulling up your activity page iffy even if you use Tumblr strictly for SFW content. • It’s problematic for individuals who have struggled with sex and/or pornography addictions, especially since many of the blog names are not obviously porn names, causing you to preview the blog. • It exposes minors to illegal and harmful content.

And to many of us: • It’s disgusting. • it’s degrading to human beings, especially women. • It makes Tumblr a less classy, less reputable place.

Please share this if you agree this is a serious problem.

[bottomsurgery]

[balta-naktis]

jesus

[dekuking]

straight men deserve a noble piece prize for this

[drunkvanity-deactivated20161113]

stop spreading this rude ass meme

[myboyfriendpetebuttigieg]

All animals go to heaven is just illogical planning. You’re telling me every crocodile that ever lived is in heaven? Heaven must be swarming crocodiles. Does that sound like heaven to you? Thousands of millions of crocodiles?

[zooophagous]

*SLAMS FIST ON TABLE*

YES, DAMMIT

[rashkah]

[skidar]

And Steve Irwin is showering them all with affection

[hntrgurl13]

But does every Stingray go to heaven? I mean, what if Steve Irwin just randomly came across the Stingray that killed him?

[skidar]

Steve would probably pat it and say ‘Sorry I spooked you mate, gosh your a beauty! You must have grown three times since I last saw you!’ 

[emaleiigh]

this is a pure post

[taqibun-deactivated20181231]

my theme is broken somehow wtf

[taqibun-deactivated20181231]

O WAIT

AFTER I CLICK EDIT THEME AND DO NOTHING THEN SAVE IT

ITS FIXED

[weirdplusfunequalsus-blog]

@flavor-text-chara would this fix ur theme?

[jennstarkid]

About a week ago I posted this.

I’ve been getting horrible messages like this in my ask for months, including:

and my personal favorite

After getting the message saying “Just go kill yourself” I was completely done dealing with this person’s horrible messages and replied with just an “Okay.” and logged off tumblr.

About a week later I logged back on with 17 messages in my ask, most of them from the anon. I scrolled down and at first when I logged off, the anon messaged me things like

I scrolled up more and all of a sudden they started sending me more and more messages like

This was extremely surprising to me. I thought “After all those horrible messages you sent to me for MONTHS about hating me and wanting me dead, you say ‘sorry’ and that you ‘cant be responsible for someone’s suicide’?”

But I guess the lesson goes like this:

DONT TELL ANYONE TO KILL THEMSELVES UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR WHAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HAPPEN

[galaxywarrioress1234]

DON’T TELL ANYONE TO KILL THEMSELVES EVER.

[red-rioter]

THIS POST IS SO IMPORTANT I WANT EVERYONE ON TUMBLR IN THE WORLD TO SEE IT

[serenityhayashi]

This needs to be reblogged. I couldn’t scroll past this if I tried, I got a message like that but not for me, it told me to my friend to kill them self, I was livid! I didn’t answer it because a message like that doesn’t deserve an answer but I don’t see what is so funny about telling someone to kill them selves! I really don’t! It’s sick and it’s wrong. This person though, I take my hat off to you. You taught that bully a lesson.

[dressedlikeadaydrexm]

this.

[luna-bane]

This will always be number one on the list of things that aren’t okay

[lovelyseptics]

Ho-ly shit.

[mr-white-eyes-cosplay-deactivat]

I’ll never not reblog this

[norc-ara-deactivated20160821]

If you dare scroll without reblogging this you have no soul…….. i mean you do but reblogging this wont ruin your blog……. please just spread the word.

[anon-of-the-shadows-archive-dea]

Please people don’t send anon hate your just hurting yourselves…

[dirtyundertaleconfessionsblog]

One of My online best friends was send anon hate like this. She was a sweetheart, talented, funny. And she was just a middle schooler. Not only was she being cyber bullied, she was being bullied at school and trapped with parents who didn’t support her and didn’t care.

That anon. Pushed. My best friend. Over the edge. She took her own life around November 14th, 2013. I never sobbed so hard in my life because no matter the effort we put in to try and save her from the brink it was no use. I felt guilty for years because I couldn’t do anything more. I don’t even have closure, even after these years.

Bottom line: Do. Not. Send. Anon. Hate.

Not as a joke. Not if you are being serious. Never. There’s no reason. I don’t care.

Do not do it. It’s not funny. Suicide and self harm is not funny, it’s not cute.

[sugarwurm]

Since making the first set, I’ve seen many comments being added about how animation meant so much to so many people. That it’s changed their life, their view on the world, and how it’s taught them valuable life lessons they couldn’t have learned from anywhere else. Don’t you see how important animation can be? How so many lessons, so many feelings and emotions can be carefully packaged into a twenty minute show? They’ll only continue to make our lives warp into something magnificent.

[officialqueer]

Concept: bi/pan/ace kids feeling safe and welcome in their community.

[dishoarse]

Don’t group bi and pan with ace, they’re not comparable, they don’t share he same type of issues and being ace doesn’t make you LGBT.

[officialqueer]

Concept: bi/pan/ace kids feeling safe and welcome in their community.

[little-wolf-white-peacock]

Concept: bi/pan/ace kids feeling safe and welcome in their community.

[trickstarbrave]

I have no more words anymore. One of the worst attacks and mass murders committed in Japan, and it was committed against the disabled.

Everyone just wants us dead. To vanish. Anywhere we are. Even the people who are hired to help take care of us. Even our families. Anywhere in the world it seems.

My heart however goes out to the people in Japan who will be suffering, and living in fear. Disabled people who will be afraid of leaving their houses. Of people who will be grieving so much.

[ayellowbirds]

The death toll is up to nineteen, now. I have no words, either.

[naerill-deactivated20190531]

I just want to highlight that the murderer was someone who worked in the facility, someone who worked with disabled people, who supposedly would take care of them and help them live more comfortably. Emphasis on “supposedly”.

I want every single person who’s tried to silence disabled people by saying that those who work with us have disabled people’s best interest in mind, to read this.

To read that a mass murderer who specifically targeted disabled people, was someone who worked with them, and wants all disabled people to disappear.

[donidarkowitz]

DEAR EVERYONE AGAINST BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS, read this AND EAT A DICK.

Assholes.

[ichiwashername-o]

Alright cool but when you start BLOCKING FUCKING AMBULANCES AND OTHER EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO ADVANCE YOUR FUCKING POLITICAL AGENDA, THEN MAYBE YOU’RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE.

[sixpenceee]

Qian Hongyan was just four when she lost both her legs. A speeding trucker left her for dead as she crossed the main road in her village of Zhuangshang in southern China. 

For nearly two years Qian was immobile as she didn’t even have enough of her body left to sit up in a wheelchair. Doctors said her only hope of being able to move by herself again would be extensive surgery to allow her to be fitted with prosthetic limbs.Her parents couldn’t afford this treatment. 

Qian’s granddad Yuan came up with a simple but effective treatment to get her moving again. He took a basketball the village boys had discarded and cut a hole just big enough for tiny Qian to fit into, padded the inside with stiff floor mats from his car, then propped her up inside. All of a sudden Qian was able to stabilize herself and was able to by move herself by rolling the ball in any direction she wanted. She supported herself using wooden handles. 

From that day on Qian would not be stopped by any obstacle. She went back to school, started to play with her friends again, and started to get back the life of any girl her age. She began professional swimming training in 2007 and defied the odds of her double amputation to become one of the first members of the Yunnan Youth Swimming Club.

She won three gold medals in last year’s Yunnan Para Games and took a gold and two silver medals at the National Swimming Championship for the Disabled (Under 18) in 2009 before continuing impressively at this year’s Para Games.

SOURCE

[sixpenceee]

I should have added this in the original post but after attention in the Chinese press, Qian traveled to Beijing to receive free artificial limbs at the China Rehabilitation Research Center, a center that has been providing help to the disabled in China for over 20 years. At 18 years old she is ready for her full adult prosthetics. 

[the-goddamazon-deactivingsoon-d]

This is so important.

[madness-is-my-life]

Wow…. It did get much better…

[aproposnegro]

She defied the odds, and did it with the help of her family. Now that’s a powerful story.