what a long strange trip it's been

reblog if youre older than ao3

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The History of Samhain

Samhain Facts

Samhain Correspondences

Samhain Crystals

Samhain Colors

Samhain Plants

Samhain Incense & Oils

Samhain Animals

Samhain Foods

Samhain Ritual & Magick

Samhain Deities

Samhain Altar Ideas

Samhain Activities

Last Minute Samhain Ideas

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The History of Mabon

Mabon Facts

Mabon Correspondences

Mabon Crystals

Mabon Colors

Mabon Plants

Mabon Oils & Incense

Mabon Animals

Mabon Foods

Mabon Ritual & Magick

Mabon Deities

Mabon Altar

Mabon Activities

Last Minute Mabon Ideas

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Lughnasadh/Lammas History

Lughnasadh/Lammas Facts

Lughnasadh/Lammas Correspondences

Lughnasadh/Lammas Crystals

Lughnasadh/Lammas Colors

Lughnasadh/Lammas Plants

Lughnasadh/Lammas Incense & Oils

Lughnasadh/Lammas Animals

Lughnasadh/Lammas Food

Lughnasadh/Lammas Ritual & Magick

Lughnasadh & Lammas Deities

Lughnasadh & Lammas Altar Ideas

Lughnasadh & Lammas Activities

Last minute Lammas Ideas

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Litha History

Litha Facts

Litha Correspondences

Litha Crystals

Litha Incense & Oils

Litha Colors

Litha Plants

Litha Animals

Litha Foods

Litha Deities

Litha Altar Ideas

Litha Ritual & Magick

Litha Activities

Last Minute Litha Ideas

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The History of Beltane

Beltane Facts

Beltane Correspondences

Beltane Incense & Oils

Beltane Colors

Beltane Crystals

Beltane Plants

Beltane Animals

Beltane Altar

Beltane Food

Beltane Deities

Beltane Ritual & Magick

Beltane Activities

Last Minute Beltane Ideas

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Ostara History

Ostara Facts

Ostara Correspondences

Ostara Colors

Ostara Crystals

Ostara Incense & Oils

Ostara Plants

Ostara Animals

Ostara Food

Ostara Altar Ideas

Ostara Ritual & Magick

Ostara Deities

Ostara Activities

Last Minute Ostara Ideas

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The History of Imbolc

Imbolc Facts

Imbolc Correspondenses

Imbolc Colors

Imbolc Crystals

Imbolc Incense & Oils

Imbolc Plants

Imbolc Animals

Imbolc Food

Imbolc Altar

Imbolc Ritual & Magick

Imbolc Deities

Imbolc Activities

Last Minute Imbolc Ideas

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The History of Yule

Yule Facts

Yule Correspondences

Yule Crystals

Yule Colors

Yule Plants

Yule Incense & Oils

Yule Animals

Yule Foods

Yule Ritual & Magick

Yule Deities

Yule Altar

Yule Activities

Today You Learned about Gilbert! Or, as he’s more commonly known, the Marquis de Lafayette. Or as Lin Manuel-Miranda calls him, “Everyone’s favorite fighting Frenchman.”

Also, uh, this picture was taken in a room before I noticed the sign that said ‘No pictures, please,’ so, uh… this photo shouldn’t technically exist.

So you probably know that the Marquis de Lafayette was a young Frenchman who came to the colonies to help the Patriots fight for independence from Britain, and became one of Washington’s top generals, who helped build support for the American cause among his fellow Frenchmen (if you didn’t know that, call your high school history teacher and beg him or her to do a better job). He’s also the namesake of every ‘Lafayette’ and ‘Fayetteville’ you’ll find across the US today.

Things you may not know!

-His full name was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette.

-He offered to serve in the Patriot army without pay.

-He wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the document laying out some of the ideals at the beginning of the French Revolution.

-While he’s buried in France, he’s buried under American soil from Bunker Hill that was sprinkled on his grave.

Sure! @snoweylily At heart it's because both are dicks.

With more depth, the I hate children crowd operate on the same level as people who complain about neurodivergent people: these things are inconvenient to me so the people doing them are terrible and I hate them.

Obviously neurodivergent adults are adults, before someone thinks I'm saying otherwise. The principle of 'someone is inconveniencing me/doing things I don't find appropriate, ergo I hate them/think they shouldn't be out in public/think people should 'better control' them' remains the same.

So we have that. Then we have the fact that kids are constantly learning and growing and being exposed to new things. Adults don't always or even often interact with new things with perfect equanimity, even without being little cocktails of constantly changing everything packed into an equally constantly changing small package. 'I don't hate kids, I hate the parents who let them act like that' like what. Like kids, who don't yet know how to act? They can only learn by practice and exposure. 'They shouldn't be let out until they've learned then' how? The I hate children crowd don't want them in public. How are they gonna learn, through VR?

Not wanting to have kids? Absolutely valid. Not thinking you should be in charge of kids? Also absolutely valid. Sensory issues? Valid, but not the kids' faults, who are probably having sensory issues themselves. Hating kids?

Well, how would the hating kids crowd feel if someone hated them for learning and existing as a child? In the words of Maxine, that was you once. Be humble.

(And if people DID hate you simply for being a kid, I am sorry. That was wrong of them, and you didn't deserve that. Think of how much it hurt and reconsider this dickery now)

If you know what you'd have to do to solve a problem, but you just don't want to do it, your main problem isn't the problem itself. Your problem is figuring out how to get yourself to do the solution.

If your problem is not eating enough vegetables, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make vegetables stop being yucky". If your problem is not getting enough exercise, the problem you should be solving is "how do I make exercise stop sucking ass". You're not supposed to just be doing things that are awful and suck all the time forever, you're supposed to figure out how to make it stop being so awful all the time.

I used to hate wearing sunscreen because it's sticky and slimy and disgusting and it feels bad and it smells bad, so I neglected to wear it even if I needed to. Then I found one that isn't like that, and doesn't smell and feel gross. Problem solved.