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i find it annoying that you’re joking about which vaccine you’re getting as if it’s an ice cream flavor you can choose from, implying there’s an overabundance of it, while people from the southern hemisphere are begging for any vaccine at all.

north america and europe blocked petitions from these countries to drop patents and let us mass produce these vaccines for cheap, so that everyone has access to it. but no, they’ve decided their profit and ‘intellectual property’ is more important than literal human lives. countries from the global north also have bought vaccines amounting to 3 or 4 times their population.

When I was a child, from the time I was about four and could understand things, my mom told me and my brother that we should have a secret word. That way, if we were ever in trouble or felt unsafe and we didn’t want the people around us to know we needed her to come get us, we could let her know. So she let us pick the word and my brother and I chose the phrase “peanut butter cups.” (I’m happy to share the phrase now since both my brother and I are adults now). 

I used the phrase twice in my life. Once, I was at a friends house when I eight years old. Her dad got really drunk and was throwing things against the wall. I was really scared and I didn’t want to draw attention to myself on the phone when I called my mom to come get me because I didn’t know if he would get more violent if I asked her to come get me. So I called her and was calm and after a couple minutes I asked “Hey mommy, did you get me those peanut butter cups from the store?” And she said “I’ll be right there.” And she came and got me within minutes. 

Second, I was a teenager spending the night at a friends house. Her brother and dad were drinking and they started talking about things that made me uncomfortable - ie: what they liked to do to women. My friend didn’t seem perturbed and said that was normal for them and that I shouldn’t worry. But I was worried because they were really drunk and I was 15 and the only ‘woman’ around that wasn’t related to them. I went in my friends room, told her I needed to call my mom and say goodnight. Before I hung up with her I asked “Next time we go to the store, can we get some peanut butters cups? I’ve been craving them.” And she came and got me, just like that. 

Even if you just ask the child “Do you know this person” if the adult butt’s in make sure to ASK THE CHILD! Even a shy kid will tell you they don’t know this person or just met them or something!

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New hoodie and t-shirt designs! Print is on the back and the Pride Knights’ logo on the front. ステー・プラウド means ‘STAY PROUD’ in Japanese! Hope you all like the new designs. Available until April 12th!

When someone is really freaking mad at me for inducing an emotional response from them

when readers give me a background of how/when they read my writing

when readers give me a background of why they shouldn’t have been reading my writing (usually while at work)

when readers quote my work back to me in comments

Religion is the easy way to pretend to have answers with absolute, unjustified certainty.

One of the best dance routines I’ve ever watched.

https://mymodernmet.com/cab-calloway-jumpin-jive-nicholas-brothers/

Here’s a clip of them from seven years earlier: