Whaliens_world

Hi everyone my name is G. And im surprised I'm back here just in case the bird app crashes and burns. BTS are my loves

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

I came back from Korea and my insomnia has only gotten worse. Also crying again at night so thats been fun. I really took a nose dive after coming back

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

I think I'm going to start coming back here into this void. I've been gone awhile. But I don't feel comfortable in Twitter now X anymore. So slowly going to relocate back here. I'm just over everything

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

It's so weird to be back here

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

Hi ARMY. I'm admin 💜 for the PTD Day 2 concert. Our plan is to sing 2! 3! to BTS during the encode intermission. Some updates: we are now doing lyric sheets since banners are really expensive and we cannot get in contact with HYBE or Sofi. We are also in need of volunteers for passing out the lyric sheets and picking up flyers to bring to sofi since we are planning on sending 55k sheets to CA. We also have a gofundme now!! Even a dollar helps. All proceeds will go to printing the lyric sheets. Our goal is 6,955 dollars! If you can't donate please reblog or volunteer. If you want to stay connected, our Twitter, discord will be linked below along with our gofundme and our volunteer form. Our insta is @btsptdday2. Can't wait to see you there!

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BTS Project D2 (Nov 28) - Army Time, organized by BTS ARMY

Hello, we are BTS LA PTD Day 2 (11/28) Administration. The purpose of this gofundme page… BTS ARMY needs your support for BTS Project D2 (N

BTS Concert Day 2 (11/28)- Volunteer Form

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[whaliensmikrokosmos]

Hi Army! If any of you are going to D2 for the PTD concerts in LA please go to https://twitter.com/btsptdday2?s=20 and follow for updates on the D2 project. We are also looking for volunteers so please access the volunteer form below if you are interested in either translating or passing out banners. Also the banner designs can be find below.

The latest Tweets from BTS Project D2 (11/28) - Army Time (@btsptdday2). Home to all things for BTS PTD LA 11/28! If you'd like to volunte

BTS Concert Day 2 (11/28)- Volunteer Form

BTS Concert Day 2 Project 11/28/2021 !PLEASE READ BELOW! This form means you will be attending the BTS concert in LA Day 2, (11/28/2021).

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

Hi Army! If any of you are going to D2 for the PTD concerts in LA please go to https://twitter.com/btsptdday2?s=20 and follow for updates on the D2 project. We are also looking for volunteers so please access the volunteer form below if you are interested in either translating or passing out banners. Also the banner designs can be find below.

The latest Tweets from BTS Project D2 (11/28) - Army Time (@btsptdday2). Home to all things for BTS PTD LA 11/28! If you'd like to volunte

BTS Concert Day 2 (11/28)- Volunteer Form

BTS Concert Day 2 Project 11/28/2021 !PLEASE READ BELOW! This form means you will be attending the BTS concert in LA Day 2, (11/28/2021).

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

Hi Army! If any of you are going to D2 for the PTD concerts in LA please go to https://twitter.com/btsptdday2?s=20 and follow for updates on the D2 project. We are also looking for volunteers so please access the volunteer form below if you are interested in either translating or passing out banners. Also the banner designs can be find below.

The latest Tweets from BTS Project D2 (11/28) - Army Time (@btsptdday2). Home to all things for BTS PTD LA 11/28! If you'd like to volunte

BTS Concert Day 2 (11/28)- Volunteer Form

BTS Concert Day 2 Project 11/28/2021 !PLEASE READ BELOW! This form means you will be attending the BTS concert in LA Day 2, (11/28/2021).

[whaliensmikrokosmos]

Hi Army! If any of you are going to D2 for the PTD concerts in LA please go to https://twitter.com/btsptdday2?s=20 and follow for updates on the D2 project. We are also looking for volunteers so please access the volunteer form below if you are interested in either translating or passing out banners. Also the banner designs can be find below.

The latest Tweets from BTS Project D2 (11/28) - Army Time (@btsptdday2). Home to all things for BTS PTD LA 11/28! If you'd like to volunte

BTS Concert Day 2 (11/28)- Volunteer Form

BTS Concert Day 2 Project 11/28/2021 !PLEASE READ BELOW! This form means you will be attending the BTS concert in LA Day 2, (11/28/2021).

[spacezeros]

wanting and not wanting at the same time

a comic for asexual awareness week

[spacezeros]

bringing this back today for the start of pride month. still overwhelmed by how well this comic went down and with how many people relate. it’s easy to think aro-ace people are all totally accepting of their identities and really proud of who they are. i guess on websites like this you see a lot of people proudly putting their identity in their bio, a flag in their profile picture.

in fact i think a lot of aro-ace people really hate that part of themselves, hide it, and struggle for a long time to ‘accept’ who they are and feel any sense of ‘pride’. that’s the feeling i wanted to capture here. the disappointment, the loneliness, upon realising that you can’t feel what is such a wonderful thing. the embarrassment of not being ‘normal’, of being some random sexuality that nobody irl has heard of, and letting down those around you because you can’t be who they want you to be. how desperately you want to change, how desperately you want to feel. but you just can’t.

i know not all aro-ace people feel like this. i know lots of aro and/or ace people feel able to be in relationships, to feel closeness and have partners in other ways. but i think it’s important to be aware that some aro-ace people do feel like this.

the comments on this comic have mostly been great but a few have been very frustrating. a comment it got a lot was along the lines of ‘aw!! you don’t need to have sex to be in a relationship!’. you completely missed the point, hah. this is not a comic about sex. it’s about a lack of feeling, the lack of something beautiful other people seem to have. another comment that popped up a few times was ‘maybe she’s a lesbian’. well maybe lesbians and aro/ace girls have more in common than people think - maybe they both often struggle to accept that they feel no attraction to men, even though society has conditioned them to do so, sometimes spending years trying to force themselves to like men in that way, when they just can’t.

this comic is called ‘wanting and not wanting at the same time’ because she wants to love. but when it comes down to the reality, she can’t fulfil the requirements of that. she wants to love someone forever, to get married and have children and grow old with her soulmate, but she doesn’t want it with this person. or that person. or anyone she meets or will ever meet. a sort of catch 22, i guess.

hope that makes sense. thanks for listening, and have a lovely pride month ❤️

[bigcatawareness]

i don't really understand why you would be pro-zoo. like i understand nature reserves and sanctuaries where people can observe from afar, but it doesn't seem right to me when they're locked up in generally small confined areas for people to watch them do nothing all day. idk maybe i'm getting this wrong, and i still really respect you, i just don't understand this. like i interned at a zoo and felt uncomfortable with how small their living areas were and how they had no stimulation

Zoos don’t look like this anymore.

They look like this:

Good zoos do not keep their animals in “tiny spaces” with no enrichment.  I’m not pro-roadside zoo.  I’m pro-accredited zoo.  Zoos are incredibly important for conservation and education.

Are Zoos Necessary?

The Importance of Zoos: Resource Post

Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter: Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or Aquarium

Why I Want to be a Keeper

Why I Believe in Zoos

[useless-zoofacts]

There should be way more pictures of modern zoos so i just add some more

[merp-a-derp69-deactivated201808]

Seriously zoos do so much important conservation work as well I hate when people shit all over zoos as if the animals are locked up and not looked after

[nyxetoile]

The SF Zoo has two sea lions. Now, if you know SF, you know that sea lions are a Thing. They’re all over Pier 39 and various other beaches in N California. In fact, the zoo is near the ocean, so there are sea lions not 200 yards from the zoo entrance. So having sea lions in the zoo seems sort of superfluous.

Except the sea lions are blind. One was found as an adult after suffering a gun shot wound to the face that destroyed his eyes. The other was found as an adolescent, weak and starving because it had been blinded and unable to hunt. So they were rescued and introduced and the zoo built them a nice pool where they can swim and sunbathe and people toss them fish. It’s not the biggest exhibit, or the fanciest. But it’s a home for them, where they’re safe and well fed. Sea lions aren’t the most romantic of animals, but they’re a part of SF culture and a lot of us have a soft spot for the loud, bulbous things. And because of zoos, these two get to live long, happy lives.

Whenever anyone complains about zoos, I think about Silent Knight and Henry. 

[zoogeek327]

I think it’s St. Louis zoo that is saving big cats in Africa. Scientists couldn’t figure out what was killing off the local lion population. They were dying off from Canine Distemper. The local unvaccinated dogs of the towns would spread the disease to other animals or have it themselves. When the lions ate the infected animals they would catch it as well. You know what that Zoo is doing to stop this disease? They are going over to those towns and vaccinating the dogs for free. The community loves it and people from other villages comes for miles to get their dogs vaccinated as well.

They also do work with camel populations because the local human population use the camels for food sources the zoos help monitor the camels health.

Another zoo, I want to say it’s the Oregon zoo but don’t quote me on that, is helping female inmates. The zoo works with the female prisons by encouraging the inmates to assist in the breeding and raising of endangered species of butterflies. They plant the specific plants that the butterflies and catapillars need, raise them, and release them. These inmates get noted in any scientific journals that get published. They are giving these inmates a sense of accomplishment and validation.

Zoos not only save species but bring together and assist communities in an effort to save the environment. Zoos, good zoos, are essential to the future and I will fight anyone who tries to say otherwise.

PS you don’t see PETA doing any of this.

[oscarwetnwilde]

One of the local zoos in my area at one point rescued a bald eagle that had been shot and kept it in the zoo to let it recuperate until they freed it again. Some of the zoos in my state will keep injured animals there until they heal again.

[elenilote]

Helsinki Zoo is the world leader in snow leopard and Amur leopard conservation, in their care these endangered species have managed to breed more than anywhere else in captivity and this in turn has enabled the re-introduction of these animals back to their native habitats. https://www.korkeasaari.fi/helsinki-zoo/

[thekgalaxy]

I work at a zoo that is instrumental in the California Condor recovery program (among dozens of other conservation projects). We went from 42 surviving individuals left to over 400, over 200 of whom are in the wild. We’re part of the amur leopard species survival plan with two young animals who are eagerly attempting to make babies. We host one of North America’s only bachelor troops of western lowland gorillas, preserving the social structure of wild gorillas. All of our bald eagles are rescues who would not survive in the wild. All our keepers participate in field research and conservation work in addition to a full time team of conservationists. We host the most genetically valuable male Masai giraffe in North America, who has sired 5 offspring with 1 on the way, increasing the genetic diversity of his entire species. If you’re against zoos, you don’t know what zoos do.

[nazrigar]

Super, SUPER important thread.

[vet-and-wild]

Also zoos tend to do a lot of breeding and conservation work with smaller, less charismatic species like invertebrates and amphibians. Those species are extremely important in the ecosystem but don’t get the same notoriety as the charismatic megafauna.

[weaver-z]

Marvel directors: Even when actors like Chris Evans do their own stunts, we make sure they’re VERY wired in and rehearse a lot before filming. We also add dangerous weapons in in post so there’s no chance of danger, even with a prop. :)

Good Omens directors: We’re making David Tennant DRIVE A FLAMING CAR and IF HE DIES, HE DIES

[weaver-z]

@littlexolotl

If he dies

HE DIES.

[mishandjen-tellmehow]

WTF 

I SAY WHAT THE F 

WHAT WAS HAPPENING !??!

@castiel-saved-me-from-myself

*ah, i need to elaborate, i’m not stressed over this, i’m .. uhm. shook, more like it, yes, ahhahah 

[fandomsmeantheworldtome]

IS THIS TRUE? OMG !!!

[mishandjen-tellmehow]

I just remember something, due to this article here 

The fire at the bookstore was real and the burning books were also real, too ( they collected thrown away books and made them look like antique books)

[ducktaleswoo-oo]

BONUS:

[janthonysangel]

Hey um wtf

[snowbertlover]

“And I’m very glad that he survived” WHAT

[faireladypenumbra]

It was just “set David Tennant on fire” ‘o clock all day on the Good Omens set

[jenny-jinya]

I’ve had this story in my head for a while. Please make sure your pet is always in a safe environment, be it in the freezing cold winter or during a very hot summer. Keep them safe <3 Webtoons

[nik-the-bik]

I can’t believe I actually spent my time on this

[nik-the-bik]

Every once and a while this ancient post rises from the depths of hell and I still get people telling me “Oregon be cold sometimes” like guys i really maybe thought about this for .86 seconds and all i wanted to do was roast Ford please let me be

[bone-and-brawn]

Men: Your Consent Matters Too

Fellas, listen.

You don’t have to do anything sexual that you’re not interested in. Moreover, you don’t have to explain why. “No” is a complete sentence.

Not interested in getting pegged? You don’t have to. Monogamous and not into the idea of another partner? Okay. Not sure about period sex? Cool.

And if your partner decides to question or mock your maturity or your masculinity or your sexuality because you say no? It’s time to re-evaluate the relationship. See if you don’t deserve better than that.

[bloodbather]

This isn’t shared enough.

[pastel-skeleton-bones]

Amazing post OP, but I’d like to add that you don’t have to have sex at all if you don’t want to. Just wanted to make that clear

[backgroundasexual]

Asexual men are just as valid! Just because society tells you men want to have sex all the time doesn’t mean it’s true. If your partner doesn’t respect that, then they don’t respect you.

[two-thirtyy]

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

[taykoutmccleod]

reblog if its friday and you made it

[find-the-beauty-within]

The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

[priincessolivee-deactivated2025]

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

[politicsoflanguage]

Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators

In a room full of non-native speakers, ‘there isn’t any chance of understanding’. It might be their language, but the message is often lost

“A lot of native speakers are happy that English has become the world’s global language. They feel they don’t have to spend time learning another language,” says Chong.

“But… often you have a boardroom full of people from different countries communicating in English and all understanding each other and then suddenly the American or Brit walks into the room and nobody can understand them.”

The non-native speakers, it turns out, speak more purposefully and carefully, typical of someone speaking a second or third language. Anglophones, on the other hand, often talk too fast for others to follow, and use jokes, slang and references specific to their own culture, says Chong. In emails, they use baffling abbreviations such as ‘OOO’, instead of simply saying that they will be out of the office.

“The native English speaker… is the only one who might not feel the need to accommodate or adapt to the others,” she adds.

[lierdumoa]

I’ve been thinking about this post all day, and the article glosses over one important detail. All of the “native English speakers” the article mentions belong to the same niche demographic: white collar/corporate professionals

English corporate speak is it’s own fucked up dialect. 

It’s so incomprehensible and exclusionary that even a native English speaker with a master’s degree in English will have difficulty parsing it. Trust me when I say that nobody who isn’t a business major knows what the fuck “synergy” means.

And the jargon’s just half the problem. The other half is the gross overuse of hobby-specific expressions and analogies.

Go to most corporate offices and you’ll be bombarded with sports analogies that only make sense to someone who spends all their free time watching ESPN.

I tracked down this quote I read in a tumblr post years ago:

“I remember working with a law school in which white men heavily dominated the faculty. They used lots of sports metaphors (doing an end run, Monday morning quarterbacking, and so on), with legal jargon thrown in for good measure. I suggested that this was not a particularly welcoming trait in their school, that in fact it was sexist, but they paid little attention. I made my point by speaking for about five minutes in dressmaking terms: putting a dart in here, a gusset there, cutting the budget on the bias so it would be more flexible, using a peplum to hide a course that might be controversial. The women in the room laughed; the men did not find it humorous….Language is power, make no mistake about it. It is used to include and exclude and to keep people and systems in their places.”

- Frances E. Kendall, Understanding White Privilege

My point is,

This kind of poor communication probably shouldn’t be blamed on monolingualism alone. It’s most certainly made worse by an exclusionary and elitist work culture.

You’ll probably encounter far fewer communication issues talking to a cashier at a tourist trap than you will talking to a lawyer or a stockbroker.

[roach-works]

assuming it’s other people’s job to understand you, instead of your job to make yourself understood, is characteristic of people with unexamined and unchecked privilege.