hope is hard but necessary

After 13 years of this, it's still funny to me that detailing a full mental breakdown on tumblr is standard fare, but posting a nice selfie is a fraught decision.

this is the correct way around and every other social media site is wrong

I like the idea in fantasy that humans are better at maintaining things long term because they set up societies or professions to do it whereas dwarves and elves and stuff are like “just get bob to do it he’s got a good few hundred years left” and then bob doesn’t teach anyone else how to do it

the problem with waking up early is you feel absolutely miserable and like you are going to die for the first two hours. and then it’s basically fine. but ohhhhh those first two horrible hours

Frankly, I think companies presenting basic health and consumer safety information as "boring," "uncool," and "not worth your care" should carry a hefty fine based on the revenue that company generates

The lameo gay crap we're legally forced to tell you: You may die of diseentary

It occurs to me that the bemused way Americans see something like this is probably the same way Japanese people see Americans who say they love, like, Osaka or wherever.

That pastrami (or maybe corned beef?) does look delicious, though.

She needs to give an opinion on the Wawa vs Quick Check debate if she hasn't already

It's just so crazy to be perpetuating the idea that education is incompatible with disabled children at the same time that republicans are trying to repeal the policies that mandate that schools accommodate and teach disabled children. Like?? Are you stupid???

I think the skeleton key to understanding most tumblr discourse on education is that, when you push past all the buzzwords, they’re not arguing for increased accessibility, but instead buying into plain old reactionary anti-intellectualism. They act like even valuing education is elitist and classist and ableist and every other -ist that you can think of, and it becomes abundantly clear from interacting with these people that they’re compensating for their own lack of curiosity about the world, failures, and unwillingness to learn anything or read a book (which is why they do often claim “no one taught me this in school!” about a basic fact and get offended at people who tell them to use the phone they’re using to look it up). They use disabled students as a shield against their own inadequacy and act like expecting students to do anything they don’t want to do is oppressive because they’re still mad they had to write a book report in middle school instead of sit and watch movies in class with their friends all day, but kids don’t have the knowledge or life experience to know that of course it’s important to learn reading, writing, critical thinking skills, basic math, etc. or else you’re really going to be at a serious disadvantage in life as an adult. But these people are still mad at their teachers, so they say all of this education is frivolous and a waste of time and smhhhh we shouldn’t be teaching students how to do math, that’s icky and difficult and it’s oppressive to challenge students in any way, we should be locking these students out of a college education (which is evil and elitist anyway) by not even trying to make math more accessible to them and instead bring back home economics and teach students of color or disabled students how to clean and cook—because leaving the hard academic subjects for the middle class white kids doesn’t sound Republican at all, right? 🤪

In Babylon 5, didn’t one of the non-humans think Daffy was the god of frustration?

Holy shit, this is nearly 70 years old. This would have been right on the heels of color television being commercially available to the public.

@amayatepes look at this

LMAO

Huh. That’s just a whole ass Daffy Duck cartoon.

Everything about this cartoon is top-notch. The timing, the animation (watch Daffy’s different walks) the art; this is a treasure

Ryland Grace and his popularity as a character feels like such an important step in repairing the cultural tsunami left by the long running trope of every genius character needing to be an insufferable asshole to everyone in a ten mile radios about it.

Conversely, Eva Stratt is doing wonders for repairing and inspiring a appreciation for commanding women with dubious moral convictions who are fully willing to bend laws for the greater good without hesitation.

And together they are doing brilliant things by not kissing or hooking up even once.

Alternatively: this character is some kind of rock star celebrity in their field and has a bunch of honorary degrees from several different institutions, and also this story takes place before most universities adopted a separate postnominal for honorary doctorates specifically to avoid this sort of confusion.

men will literally bend backwards to make you feel stupid rather than admit they might be wrong & then expect you to be nice to them

My first novel after Magic Tree House level books was a 400 page fantasy novel. My mom read my brother and I the first one in the series and wanted to switch to something lighter. I was sorely disappointed until she told me I could read it on my own. I devoured that book and never looked back. I was reading 100 pages an hour within two years.

Ngl I totally forgot fandom discourse was a thing. I don’t care man, I have car payments