Aquarine Pose

"Give us your government-issued ID to access our app's full features" babydoll you are text messages.

every time I see the Boots advert for hearing tests that's like "Your granddaughter is upset you missed her joke" or the other one that's like "your dog is sad the TV was too loud" I start to feel slightly insane because. hold on. we're like 200 years into the Deaf advocacy movement (exact timescale varies by country), a non-insignificant part of which is the idea that deaf and hard of hearing people should be able to choose to reject or use hearing aids without shame or pressure from hearing people. this shit isn't exactly obscure anymore. and major pharmacy chain boots has decided it's a good idea to make adverts that subtly imply you're causing problems for the people around you if you don't go get a hearing test (to get hearing aids. so you can hear ""normally"" again).

I was born deaf and my parents got me cochlear implants when I was a baby. I love being able to choose when I can hear and when I am deaf, but they get so mad at me for having them off because they can't communicate with me. It feels better to not have them on because of the mental overstimulation with it and I focus better without them, but they still try to guilt trip me into wearing them all the time, even when no communication is happening. So frustrating.

We have reached the "sound of coworkers using the stapler is way too loud and makes you want to throw them out and window" stage of tired

The old school lack of transparency on tumblr is amazing because you assume the people you follow must all be equivalent to you and then you see someone write “I brought my youngest to college today” and someone else write “my mom wouldn’t let me listen to Ariana Grande when I was a kid” and then your head explodes

and we need that! keeps us humble. 

Then I'm just like WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE AN ADULT

It goes the other way, too, because WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE A CHILD?!!

I'm 16, that's like, barely a child

I'm in my 30s. You are baby

I'm older than both of you in a trenchcoat.

honestly one of the best things we can do for ourselves is realize that people of different ages than us can still be the same kind of person as us. it's humbling and it gives everyone involved a sense of continuity, and it busts those stupid generational stereotypes media is so fond of.

on valentines day do NOT propose to anyone do NOT ask anyone out do NOT go on a date do NOT have sex do NOT marry anyone. go to coolmathgames dot com and start playing papa's freezeria

ok

I'm gonna be cleaning up hundreds of broken limbs at home due to the ice storm so no romance for me

How about some peaches with a side of watermelon?

At this point, we may as well add the cherries and pineapple to make a sunset fruit salad!

I have cochlear implants and I was implanted when I was 2 and I love them. So happy my parents made the decision to implant me as a child when I had no medical autonomy of my own. 🤗