Life, as expected?

A family once stopped in and said they were trying to get to a random small town in Missouri and were flabbergasted when I said that I had never heard of it, and that I had no way of looking up where it was, and basically just giving them directions to get to the city due east of where we were so they could go to the library and print out directions (they also never like that we don’t have wide ranging cell service. We got working internet last summer. This isn’t news.)

So I can’t even beging to imagine how overwhelmed I’ll be if I ever go to like, mainland Europe again, or the states 😵

I didn’t know how to explain to them that I would travel 3 hours just for food I’m craving.

Sometimes during our visit we’d want to visit the nearby city, which was a 2hr round trip (or more) through a winding canyon road with no exits in between.

Also people get angry that certain areas of the state have traffic patterns where you can leave at 5pm or at 7pm and arrive to your destination at the exact same time. Commuter traffic.

remember all those months ago when i said i was going to make a uquiz? yeah

new fun trend: take this quiz and tell me your score

Posted here only as a public service, so you don’t accidentally send copies of the Bee Movie script to that address or otherwise fill it with trash. Please don’t let that happen. I’m begging you. Please. Stop. Don’t.

turns out the kid just had a special interest in Five Nights at Freddy's

I wrote back to psychologist like "I'm not sure how to explain this but looking up five nights at freddys might bring you progress with this patient"

“i love bible”

Jefferson: spray paint! I support my son’s artistic endeavors

Miles, sweating: mom are you trying to set me up with Spider-Man

7) More Features ! The fancy rigid-foldable frame, the anti tippers (sometimes used by beginners), the motorization (wheels, smart drive) when propelling yourself is difficult Calvin says “and now vroom vroom motherfuckers”

that’s actually really, really creepy.

That’s the point. Stop focusing on what she’s “doing wrong” and start focusing on how YOU can stop rapists. Like not just standing by when someone spikes her drink, or making sure she wants to go home with that person, or educating people that “getting her in the mood” with intoxication is still rape, or that you need enthusiastic consent from both parties or IT’S STILL RAPE. Stop insinuating that it’s her fault she’s getting raped and not that we are letting it happen as bystanders and community members. Her behavior has NOTHING to do with if she is raped or not.

If you want her home safe as much as you want yourself home safe then stop teaching people that there’s nothing they can do.

Nope. Not buying it. Stop telling rape victims that their actions in any way led to their being raped, because they’re not out there raping themselves. Stop acting like rapists are this wild, unknown element and not people you talk to in elevators and see in grocery stores and go to parties with. Rapists are not wild animals or traffic accidents or damaging weather phenomena. They are PEOPLE. And the sooner we focus on preventing them from raping instead of on telling victims how their choices bought them their outcomes, the better.

Asking criminals not to commit crimes isn’t going to change anything otherwise the law existing would have brought crime to zero.

Rape is not equivalent to a terror attack. You don’t get prior notice that rapists are in your area and to seek shelter. Rape occurs in such a wide array of circumstances that avoiding all or even most of them is impossible. And suggesting that victims of rape could have prevented their rape (or ‘eased their chances of rape’ or whatever spin you prefer) by following your handy advice is 100% victim blaming.

You are focusing on teaching the wrong population. You think you’re charging in to save potential rape victims, but you’re only telling them in the end that their rape is their own fault for not listening to you.

You are seriously fucked in the head to view things like good advice as attacks on your character. We should all be able to freely act without consequence but we aren’t there yet so deal with the situation as you can rather than dealing with it by… what? What is your option for dealing with rape during a time of So called “rape culture”? Because you’re saying women can’t be advised and neither can rapists so?

Enjoy your world that's only populated by rapists, rape victims and women you think you're helping by telling them how to live their lives. I'm through repeating myself.

that’s actually really, really creepy.

That’s the point. Stop focusing on what she’s “doing wrong” and start focusing on how YOU can stop rapists. Like not just standing by when someone spikes her drink, or making sure she wants to go home with that person, or educating people that “getting her in the mood” with intoxication is still rape, or that you need enthusiastic consent from both parties or IT’S STILL RAPE. Stop insinuating that it’s her fault she’s getting raped and not that we are letting it happen as bystanders and community members. Her behavior has NOTHING to do with if she is raped or not.

If you want her home safe as much as you want yourself home safe then stop teaching people that there’s nothing they can do.

Nope. Not buying it. Stop telling rape victims that their actions in any way led to their being raped, because they’re not out there raping themselves. Stop acting like rapists are this wild, unknown element and not people you talk to in elevators and see in grocery stores and go to parties with. Rapists are not wild animals or traffic accidents or damaging weather phenomena. They are PEOPLE. And the sooner we focus on preventing them from raping instead of on telling victims how their choices bought them their outcomes, the better.

Asking criminals not to commit crimes isn’t going to change anything otherwise the law existing would have brought crime to zero.

Rape is not equivalent to a terror attack. You don’t get prior notice that rapists are in your area and to seek shelter. Rape occurs in such a wide array of circumstances that avoiding all or even most of them is impossible. And suggesting that victims of rape could have prevented their rape (or ‘eased their chances of rape’ or whatever spin you prefer) by following your handy advice is 100% victim blaming.

You are focusing on teaching the wrong population. You think you're charging in to save potential rape victims, but you're only telling them in the end that their rape is their own fault for not listening to you.

that’s actually really, really creepy.

That’s the point. Stop focusing on what she’s “doing wrong” and start focusing on how YOU can stop rapists. Like not just standing by when someone spikes her drink, or making sure she wants to go home with that person, or educating people that “getting her in the mood” with intoxication is still rape, or that you need enthusiastic consent from both parties or IT’S STILL RAPE. Stop insinuating that it’s her fault she’s getting raped and not that we are letting it happen as bystanders and community members. Her behavior has NOTHING to do with if she is raped or not.

If you want her home safe as much as you want yourself home safe then stop teaching people that there’s nothing they can do.

Nope. Not buying it. Stop telling rape victims that their actions in any way led to their being raped, because they’re not out there raping themselves. Stop acting like rapists are this wild, unknown element and not people you talk to in elevators and see in grocery stores and go to parties with. Rapists are not wild animals or traffic accidents or damaging weather phenomena. They are PEOPLE. And the sooner we focus on preventing them from raping instead of on telling victims how their choices bought them their outcomes, the better.

Asking criminals not to commit crimes isn’t going to change anything otherwise the law existing would have brought crime to zero.

Rape is not equivalent to a terror attack. You don't get prior notice that rapists are in your area and to seek shelter. Rape occurs in such a wide array of circumstances that avoiding all or even most of them is impossible. And suggesting that victims of rape could have prevented their rape (or 'eased their chances of rape' or whatever spin you prefer) by following your handy advice is 100% victim blaming.

that’s actually really, really creepy.

That’s the point. Stop focusing on what she’s “doing wrong” and start focusing on how YOU can stop rapists. Like not just standing by when someone spikes her drink, or making sure she wants to go home with that person, or educating people that “getting her in the mood” with intoxication is still rape, or that you need enthusiastic consent from both parties or IT’S STILL RAPE. Stop insinuating that it’s her fault she’s getting raped and not that we are letting it happen as bystanders and community members. Her behavior has NOTHING to do with if she is raped or not.

If you want her home safe as much as you want yourself home safe then stop teaching people that there’s nothing they can do.

Nope. Not buying it. Stop telling rape victims that their actions in any way led to their being raped, because they're not out there raping themselves. Stop acting like rapists are this wild, unknown element and not people you talk to in elevators and see in grocery stores and go to parties with. Rapists are not wild animals or traffic accidents or damaging weather phenomena. They are PEOPLE. And the sooner we focus on preventing them from raping instead of on telling victims how their choices bought them their outcomes, the better.

that’s actually really, really creepy.

That's the point. Stop focusing on what she's "doing wrong" and start focusing on how YOU can stop rapists. Like not just standing by when someone spikes her drink, or making sure she wants to go home with that person, or educating people that "getting her in the mood" with intoxication is still rape, or that you need enthusiastic consent from both parties or IT'S STILL RAPE. Stop insinuating that it's her fault she's getting raped and not that we are letting it happen as bystanders and community members. Her behavior has NOTHING to do with if she is raped or not.

Bro, I’ve known you for twelve seconds and enjoyed none of them, I’m not taking homework assignments from you.

There’s a vast difference between “this is an important thing to be able to do,” and “this is a thing that you must be continuously available to perform in public for any stranger who asks.”

If they're making the goal posts, they can go reach them themselves.