one cannot have both compassion and innocence

>#I love how this gag would be funny at any point since the third century BCE

I taught my kid that swear words (important note: this does not include derogatory names for groups of people) are just words that can carry a social consequence. When you are a child, this consequence isn’t on you, as much as it is on your parents, who are responsible for you. As such, parents usually just ask their kids not to swear. Instead of that, I told him to ask me before he swore so I could explain the potential social consequences and we could make the decision together. So far, he’s asked a handful of times if he could swear at Trump while we watched the news. I found this perfectly acceptable, so he got to say “Ｆｕｃｋ trump”. Once when he dislocated his knee, he asked to swear - I said yea, he yelled “HOLY SHIT OUCH” and I asked if it made him feel better, he said it did. Once in traffic someone almost hit us and he asked to swear, I said yes - he said “That guy is an ASSHOLE” and I was like, yeah. 100% he was. He’s never asked to swear at a time that I felt was inappropriate. I have 0 regrets about this parenting decision.

This is 100% how I’m planning to teach my kids about swearing. As a parent, I’m supposed to be the safe space where my kids can practice being a member of society. That shit doesn’t come naturally, it has to be learned and taught.

[recommending something i sincerely love] ok so the thing about it is it kinda sucks

Hey this post is not for terfs btw. The umbrella term “queer” is used here on purpose.

I told a guy his total was 13.21 and he said “wish it were that year, could actually get some good music on the radio”

breaking news from the AP, our boys on the front have just sacked constantinople. take that, heretics. coming up next are the soothing lute dirges of bing crosby

Also noting that this line has a lot of clothing that works for people who need easy chest access or have limited upper body mobility, like if you are recovering from surgery or doing chemo

this happened months ago. i cannot keep it in any longer. a while ago i went on a porn site ive never been to and it asked if i was over 18 and i misclicked and said no and it automatically sent me to google images of puppies and kittens. i still cannot get over how funny this is.

I like to think this is the story of him breaking out of prison and then going on an extended spree of mischief

dystopia au where we are all assigned one of two chosen genders at birth

Thanks to ultrasounds, the genders can be assigned before birth.  The people are so excited to conform they throw “Gender reveal parties” to make sure their offspring exist in a strict binary since before they can even form thoughts. 

Children are color-coded according to their binary assignment. 

One of the genders is seen as inherently inferior.

This all sounds really effing creepy when you put it that way

#BECAUSE IT IS

And if you deviate from the assigned gender you can be disowned by your family, fired from your job, and beaten by authorities.

This is like one of those YA dystopian novels where you’re born as one of the bads or one of the goods

"codify" is such a fun word. lawmakers! turn this into a fish

i literally love saying "ON IT BOSS!!!!!" whenever someone asks me to do something like i'm some sort of henchman. it doesn't matter if they're my boss or not for real even because in the moment they are, and whatever they requested of me i'm on it

I’m fascinated by how MUCH Americans know about all of their presidents, like you could ask “which US president enjoyed circus clowns” and they’d be able to tell you that it’s Samuel Whatshisname the 14th president in 1830. I don’t know fuck about Canadian PMs or their personal stories. I know the important shit like who’s on the hunnit and who John A was because he was so evil you HAVE to know him. The rest is just Trudeau.

My mid-read reaction to this post was "But we've never had a president with the first name Samuel" and I think that proves your point.

oh me? I lost my penis when I ignored the "Don't touch the machinery" sign. you know how it is

nearly ran a redlight thinking about >penis ripped off by penis gnomes on my way home from work

putting this post on every machine from now on thank you

Penwas :(

Penisn't ):