"I think I'm trying to make a point about something but I'm not sure"

Yeah you are.

You're trying to show that saying 'someone else's fiction isn't able to harm you' is wrong, actually, look, it harmed you! when in actuality, you just harmed yourself.

I am fascinated to see what your comment to the author was.

"Hi, I read the warnings for this fic, then read the fic and it triggered me for some reason and caused a month long a psychotic episode, and then I read your fic again on purpose, knowing that it triggered me before, and gave myself a panic attack, and you know I'm obliged to tell you this, next time can you just change half of your fic and give it a happy ending so I won't trigger myself, thanks"

No one needs to read that on a work they put time and effort into.

I was reading a fic that involved a medical procedure that gave me a panic attack out of nowhere, but that wasn't on the author. That was a me problem.

It's a me problem that is so far divorced from the author and what they wrote that telling them about it would be cruel.

And that was a me problem that I didn't even know I had until that point - I can't imagine =knowing= that I'm about to read something that would trigger me and STILL blaming the author and their fic.

Dear Reese's,

One time I ate one of your peanut butter cups and it triggered anaphylaxis. A year later, I came across another one of your peanut butter cups, and even just seeing its bright orange packaging was enough to give me a panic attack from the memories of my medical emergency. But, I still opened the package. I didn't eat the whole cup because I have a peanut allergy, but I did break it open and lick the middle.

Now I feel obliged to contact you and let you know that your clearly labeled peanut product triggers severe reactions for people with peanut allergies. If you could change about 59% of your product (the chocolate on the outside is fine! It's just the peanut butter that's the issue), I would appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Tumblr Anon

government is trying to ban tiktok meanwhile millions of poor and disabled americans are about to completely lose their internet access at the end of april because congress wont renew funding for the affordable connectivity program

hell fucking world

if you want to help us convince congress to do something that actually benefits society, please check out the link below. we only have roughly 45 days of affordable internet service remaining from the time this post has been written

say that shit

As of April 19, 2024 we currently have just 10 days of ACP funding left

please spread this and reach out to your representatives before its too late to save this vital program

guys the email stuff seems super intimidating but it's so easy. put your name, email, and city and they'll send in the emails FOR YOU. all repaired and written

I don’t understand why folks can’t just throw callouts out completely

Like why am I seeing posts like handwringing like “well this guy is a transmisogynist so maybe don’t reblog callouts from him”

Maybe just don’t reblog callouts. Maybe just block ppl you don’t like and move on with your life. Maybe they’re all bad and harmful and we don’t need to be making dossiers on anyone.

Like I’m serious. What’s it doing for you? Is it getting you accountability? Justice? Safety? Just throw it away

This is not about any specific call out. This is about all callouts everywhere.

“Take this!”

enough about taylor swift already. reblog and tag the smallest, least known artist you listen to

god i always feel so awkward asking people to give me credit when theyve used my icons or transparents jfksjjfd

like ik i didnt like. draw these or anything, i just took official art and did a bunch of edits.... but it Does take quite a bit of time to make them, and it also requires having a good eye for icon-making to have them actually look nice in Icon Size

like i gotta keep it visually pleasing and add color adjustments but have it still recognizeable what is in the picture when small, cropping just right so its not too zooomed out/too close and also centered or off-center in a way that fits the pic better, choosing/editing the background, any extra details i edit/draw on, dont have it be cluttered, etc. some of the transparent i make are even from bad quality and/or small pics that i have to manually clean up and basically draw over bits to make them look nice.

im always putting a lot of thought and work into making my icons nice and my transparents clean so i feel like i deserve credit for them! and yet when it comes down to approaching someone to ask for credit when theyre using one im just like ah, >.<;; could you credit me pls... if you dont mind... if thats okay with you... 👉👈

alright. ig putting time and effort into making nice icons and timidly reaching out to someone to ask them if they could credit me for using one (when i asked for credit on the og post with the icons as well) just means im "trying to claim official art as mine" and i just "take a screenshot and turn it into a square" 😶

like i get its one of my simpler edits compared to most of my other icons but... if it really was just "taking a screenshot and turning into a square" then maybe just do that your own damn self?

idk how some ppl will be like "omg this character is sooo hot, i love them so much 😍😍" when they draw them looking so different from canon. like FAKE FAN you have to alter their body to find them hottest. get on my level [looks at straight up canon material and gets so horny i pass out]

for reference kiki and bouba respectively

It’s practically 2014 and you guys still don’t know how to google if an article is real or not before giving it 100,000 notes

WHAT A DREAM

Finally, some good fucking interior design

@shrimpsisbugs

you know the economy is in shambles when all of us are looking at a moderately spacious single bedroom apartment like a Bolshevik at the Romanov imperial palace

Buckle up, European and Foreigner Tumblypoos, because I'm about to learn you a thing about AMERICA.

You see these delectable motherflippers? These are called STATES. You stupid foreigners might not be able to wrap your head around this, but basically they're administrative subdivisions of the country.

And here's the thing: They are totally heckin' different from each other! For instance, New York:

Looks TOTALLY DIFFERENT from Kansas:

And they both look TOTALLY different from California!

So before you make fun of an American for not knowing where tiny third-world countries like "Check Republic" or "South Korea" are, maybe think about how much we have to learn about the unique regional differences in our OWN country. Maybe you should think about AMERICA more.

Had a discussion with a close friend last night and I'm curious.

Feel free to rb and tell me about your childhood best buddies! ^_^ Mine was a unicorn that my grandmother made me when I was 3 named Kasma, and I still have her!

Mother Fucker Unlimited

BIG CHUNGUS

It’s Meep! Meep is a bit of a celebrity in the axolotl world. She is believed to have a form of dwarfism and is not significantly overweight, although she looks it especially in this photo.

The owner is a well-known and experienced handler who has four other axolotls that are way more… axolotl shaped lol. But she is healthy, not being overfed or suffering due to poor husbandry.

Actually Cute!

I would die for Meep

I think maybe I missed the birds and the bees talk after all, I don’t remember this part

that’s the Hawks & Hornets discussion, the more advanced version that covers kinks.

so in third grade I told two of my friends I could talk to horses & made up a really dramatic backstory of how I “discovered” my powers & our teacher overheard us talking about it and told the child psychologist I was seeing for insomnia issues & the child psychologist asked me about it & I was first and foremost terrified that if I admitted to the lie, this medical professional would tell my friends I made it all up

so I doubled down and insisted I could really talk to horses. I was doing major damage control. I didn’t realize you can’t just tell psychiatric professionals you have magic powers, I was 8.

so I ended up in counseling for this for an entire year until eventually I just stopped going for some reason but when I was 20 the office contacted me to tell me the psychologist was retiring & asked if I wanted a copy of my childhood records before they were filed away and eventually shredded & I said sure & went over them & discovered that she had diagnosed me with “psychotic delusions” bc I was 8 and apparently convinced her I truly thought I could talk to horses.

genuinely cannot tell if I my parents should’ve been cashing in on me as the most sought-after child actor of the era or if that psychologist was just extremely so so so bad at her job.

I also figured out I stopped seeing her because she told my parents the diagnosis and my dad was like “she’s doesn’t think she can talk to horses!!! she’s lying to you 😭😭😭😭” but she didn’t believe him

i say i was a weird-horse-girl in elementary school and you say “me too” but did it get you a psychiatric diagnosis