Xalxe

Special skills: snark, pretending the internet counts as a social life, encylopedic knowledge of Survivor

[jamesrhodey-deactivated20171030]

When I’m finished, they won’t even know your name.

[xalxe]

overheard at art college

Art Instructor: ...and here's Mary pointing at Jesus-

Sneering girl: IF you believe in that sort of thing.

Art Instructor: Oh the painting is real, I promise you.

[salyagalpal-deactivated20171027]

checking in on youtubers after years of not watching them

[harboua]

This country is such a fucking joke. Did you know that if we were to divide the income in this country fairly it would be about 300,000 per person. That’s annually. You could give each person in this country 100,000 and still have enough to invest in infrastructure and research. Instead we have people who don’t have water, don’t have their basic human rights fulfilled, because they don’t have enough to pay a bill. 

[the-uncensored-she-deactivated2]

Capitalism is inhumane.

[meeshaya-deactivated20210523]

Me and my mutuals logging tf in

[dekutree]

tbh I don’t see the fuss about having waiters/waitresses not being happy and enthusiastic like I came here to eat I didn’t come here to be amused by employees as long as I’m getting my food and they’re not being blatantly rude I don’t see why y’all need to go on yelp to rank a restaurant 0/5 and have an outburst on why your waitress didn’t smile at you when she poured you water

[ldannyavidanny-blog]

this is pretty fucking important

[gyllenhallelujah]

one of my favorite things about kitchen nightmares are the waitresses who work at the restaurants that are super fucking chipper just waiting for their managers to get their asses dragged by gordon ramsey 

[dacelio]

No offense but I hate it when people sit down next to me to smoke…like sweetie…I was here breathin…

[ditto-licious]

same but with offense 

[kellyhopkinsvillegoblin]

The real Tumblr experience is hearing about how to turn off a feature before hearing about the feature itself.

[jasper-rolls]

[danceinthedarkbyladygaga]

the fact that people dont consider game of thrones as “cringey” of a show as doctor who or sherlock is literally just because of how many men are obsessed with it. thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[benepla-deactivated20180521]

this post literally shocked me into a new light and I will now vocally make fun of game of thrones every day of my life thank u ted

[savethebeesbby]

bdsm stands for

Bees Do So Much for the environment

[theweirdwideweb]

[thexfiles]

teachers!!! stop fucking making gay marriage and lgbt rights a “fun” debate topic and pretending like there aren’t actual non-straight, non-cis kids in your class that are directly affected by this shit!! like while yall are having fun flexing your fuckin debate skills we are actually getting assaulted and murdered for this shit but whatever! have ur fun!

[therealraewest]

“Hey kids as a fun exercise let’s see how many of your peers hate you for existing.”

[emogender-deactivated20191222]

mankind? No. man mean

[vondrakenhof]

Let’s talk about the battle in the Department of Mysteries for a sec. So after the group gets split up, Harry, Hermione and Neville go one way and Ron, Ginny and Luna the other. The next time we see the latter group Ginny’s ankle is busted and Ron’s brain is addled. Luna says that the Death Eaters blew up a planet in the planetarium and hit Ron with some sort of hex.

Let’s take a moment to examine that. If the curse that hit the planet had hit any of the kids, they’d be dead. So the Death Eater probably missed, hit the planet ahead of them, injuring Ginny. But here’s the important part: the one who actually gets hit by the hex? Ron.

Why is this important? Because Ron is consistently described throughout the series as tall. Like, every time Harry sees him after the beginning of summer he’s described as having shot up. Again. On the other hand Ginny is described as “the small one” by Bellatrix Lestrange. But Ron is behind her. I don’t know if you know this but tall people can run really fast. I am not particularly fit but I am tall. And I can pour on the speed when my adrenaline’s up, which I have no doubt was the case for everyone in the Department of Mysteries. But he’s behind her.

Because he did that deliberately. He kept his body between the Death Eaters and the girls. He shielded them from their spells. Because those he cares about are more important to him than his own life.

I don’t know, I just think about this a lot.

[coyotelaughingsoftly]

Ron is a strategist, and has already shown a willingness to take the hit for the team and be left behind. In any group, I think that’s just his default position; take the hit, buy more time for others to escape. He’s well aware that realistically, someone is going to be hurt. In this case, Luna is creative and smart enough to come up with something out of left field to throw the enemy off. Ginny is small, but she’s an athletic powerhouse who can throw strong hexes. If it comes down to a crunch, Ron knows that the two of them can fight their way out, and he can increase their odds by at least holding off the wave behind them.

[thefellowshipofthedragonmark]

Honestly, this is such an important point.

Consistently throughout the series, Ron can be seen being taken out of the action somehow. AND IT IS NEVER BECAUSE HE IS WEAK.

Rather, it’s because Ron is a STRATEGIST, who CARES.

In Philosopher’s Stone, for example. Ron allows himself to be “taken” by the queen, because he knows that he is standing with the Boy-Who-Lived and the Brightest-Witch-Of-Her-Age and Voldy must be stopped and it’s SIMPLE to him. Ron is a strategist, like has been said. It’s a strategic decision - who cares if it puts himself in harm’s way?

In Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron and Harry are faced with the Grim, and what does Ron do? He pushes Harry out of Sirius’ path, in the process allowing the dog to latch onto his outstretched arm and pull him away, breaking his leg as they enter the Willow. This decision is simple too - it’s because Harry Potter means the world to Ron Weasley, and Ron would not hesitate for a moment in putting himself between Harry and danger.

RON IS A STRATEGIST, AND RON CARES.

And when it comes down to it, he never hesitates.

[otterandterrier]

And don’t forget DH:

“Wait,” said Bellatrix sharply.  "All except… except for the Mudblood.“ Greyback gave a grunt of pleasure. “No!” shouted Ron. “You can have me, keep me!”

“Right,” said Ron, squaring his shoulders. “So you can’t go, that’s what he wants, what he’s expecting. You stay here and look after Hermione, and I’ll go and get it —”

Where do people who claim Ron is a coward who hides behind his friends get their bullshit from?

[devilboyblues]

Money can buy

Independence and safety (not having to rely on abusive ppl, getting to control how you spend your time and money)

Experiences (travel, events, vacations, entertainment)

Health (medical care duh, good food, good location, reduced stress)

Opportunity (car, being able to move, having a safety net, “looking professional”)

Confidence (clothes that make you look good, things that make you feel good)

i dunno that seems a lot like happiness