Im Scared Of Everything

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2. The Allies win WW1, imposing the Treaty of Versailles on Germany.

3. This causes tension between Germany and the rest of Europe, something Adolf Hitler takes advantage of and begins WW2.

4. Japan joins the axis in WW2 in order to expand their empire.

5. The Axis is defeated, and Japan comes under US occupation.

6. American soldiers bring comic books, cartoons, and other American mediums to Japan which stay behind even after the occupation is over.

7. Post-WW2 Japan imposes strict censorship laws that include the banning of most conventional porn.

8. Japanese citizens retaliate by drawing comics with women having sex with vaguely penis-shaped objects like tentacles to exploit loopholes in the law.

Growing up, I spent most days with my grandmother while my parents were at work. My grandmother was a spry old Estonian woman from Saaremaa who had herself grown up on a farm, but her favorite hobbies in her retirement were reading, being a card shark, and gardening. She had a lovely backyard with a lot of flowers: both those native to Maryland and some that reminded her of her homeland. She spent a lot of time out in the garden, and my very earliest memories are of sitting in the grass watching her putter around in the dirt on her hands and knees.

So one weekend afternoon when I’m perhaps barely a year old, I’m at my parents’ house on their day off, just sort of noodling around on the grass behind our townhouse. My mom thinks she hears me babbling to myself and so she quietly sneaks up behind me, hoping to maybe catch some of my first words.

As she gets closer, she notices that I’m pulling up grass in my fat little baby hands while I mutter something. Just fistful after fistful of grass and tossing it in every direction. She gets up right behind me and finally she can make out what it is I’m saying as I rip up the lawn:

5. Walk with your keys in your hands and keep a key between each finger

6. If they put you in the trunk kick out the headlights

9.Elbows are one of the strongest points in your body, and they’re sharp. If they grab you from behind, jab them. Hell, you could use your elbows in any situation. 

10. Keep your own throat and/or stomach covered. Both at once is ideal, but they’re probably the easiest for them to hit. The comments all say hit them there, but you should keep your own torso safe. 

11. I wear my braid or ponytail to the front, like Elsa or whatever when I do wear them because my hair is really long. Just don’t wear it to the back if it’s easily grab-able.

12. Trust your instincts. TRUST THEM. Even if you think you’re being paranoid. Just get to a safe place.

13. Don’t just yell help. Try to find a way out of anywhere if you’re trapped. I was stuck in a small restroom once after some idiot thought it would be funny to lock the door when I was in there. The window was tiny and super high up.. Sure, I yelled help, I even yelled fire, and I SAW people’s heads turn, but the just walked away. You know what I did? I kicked open the fucking locked door. I broke the lock. The door still didn’t open all the way, because the lock had a screw attached that I couldn’t reach. So I did some crazy contortion shit(it hurt, but it worked) and I climbed out of the window. Don’t expect anyone to come running. Think and act.