LIFE IS NOT A WAITING ROOM

We're all just here to have fun.

3) statistically you will never be the worst person at anything, there is always someone in the world who is worse at stuff than you are

https://e1.nmcdn.io/assets/pushkin/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/Wait-theres-torture-in-Zootopia_-Examining-the-prevalence-of-torture-in-popular-movies.pdf

like this sentence from the introduction alone is fucking crazy. “approximately half of adults in the united states think that torture can be acceptable in counterterrorism.” what!

Introduction: Zootopia is a computer-animated Disney film about a rabbit police officer—Judy Hopps— and a fox con artist who partner to investigate a criminal conspiracy. Toward the end of the film, Officer Hopps needs to find the drop-off location for "night howler" flowers (a poisonous flower that has been weaponized to turn animals "feral"). She turns to an organized crime boss to extract information from a lackey of the antagonists. The crime boss's polar bear enforcers hold the lackey over a hole in iced-over water, threatening to throw him in (and ostensibly kill him) if he doesn't give up the location. "Ice him," says the crime boss. The lackey quickly gives up the desired information and our heroes go on to (spoiler alert) save the day. In an animated film, this scene may seem like an innocuous plot device to move the story forward. Yet, it also serves two other functions: it suggests that torture is an effective method of extracting information, and it normalizes this violence for a young audience in a way that may prepare them for darker depictions of torture—often involving humans—as their media consumption evolves toward more adult-geared content.

rewatched PHM to take reference screenshots so I figured I'd do the Aro-Ace flag with some of them :) <3

however IN PRACTICE people have been emailing the trees directly to compliment them on their beauty, thank them for their shade, and send well-wishes and personal news. like this isn’t something that happens on the side, this has ended up being probably the primary use for this system; people really act like the trees themselves are reading the emails, and I kind of love it.

there’s even a celebrity tree

I was worried when he didn't rush out to greet me immediately but it was just because he was cozy.

Each reblog = one wish my cat will overthrow fascism

You can always change your name if you don’t like it. You always have that option. It doesn’t matter why – it can be conformist or anti-assimilationist, serious or silly, a minor change or a major change. Your name is yours, and you have every right to change it to be whatever you want.

i think i saw a movie like this once

Guy makes a really stupid decision and gets in a car accident -> no real damage from accident but insurance goes up -> starts beating himself up over his stupid decision -> gets depressed -> starts to realize he's single and had crash been worse he'd die alone -> realizes he's never had a relationship or even a crush and starts wondering what he'd want out of a relationship -> starts to realize he doesn't really like girls so he thinks he must be gay -> realizes he likes girls and boys about the same amount, so he must be bi -> later realizes that "same amount" is none at all -> he's ace