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irishgop · 5 months

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Nature’s group hug: a sky and tide filled full embrace the evening’s sunset.

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secondbeatsongs · 2 years

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Hello! I'm Julie from Cariona and I just want to ask if you're interested in doing ads/promotions here on Tumblr? If yes, how much do you charge per reblog?

For proof of legitimate promotions, you can check @catchymemes, @sulfatto, @isnt, and many others.

Website for reference: http://cariona.com Over 200 five star Facebook reviews: https://www.facebook.com/carionaproducts/reviews

Please feel free to respond here or reach out to us on [email protected] for more details! Thank you once again and have a great week!

absolutely fascinating that you decided to send this as an ask, when you also DM'd me. unfortunately, you may realize that this was a mistake - you see, asks can be responded to publicly.

so, allow me to respond:

hi, Julie! I'd never heard about Cariona before, so I decided to go poking around, and I learned something!

well, I learned a few things, actually. from your site, Cariona seems to be a small business that sells reusable menstrual products. and while I will never advertise a product that I haven't used, there's nothing wrong with wanting people to promote your company.

I have, however, found a few problems.

the first thing I found was this post by @crafiet from May 12th of last year, saying that shortly after making a purchase on your website, her debit card info was leaked, and used to make facebook ad purchases.

it seems that at least back then, your payment system was insecure. I'm really hoping you've fixed that, because. yikes.

and when I messaged crafiet to ask if it was okay if I linked to her post, she also mentioned that even though your website says you ship from Georgia, her package came shipped from China, and took a long time to arrive.

that's pretty sketchy.

the next thing I found was some folks talking about receiving cards with their orders that have a QR code on them with the words "Scan For God's Message To You", and that on the other side, have this bible verse:

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Psalm 63:1

fun fact! that's from the King James Version (which I have a lot of thoughts about, but I'm not going to get into that right now).

additional fun fact! that particular psalm is from that time David fled to the wilderness because Jonathan's dad was trying to kill him.

and that's why I have to talk about the verses that follow it:

(ID in alt text; link to the NIV version if you want it)

so...are we like 100% sure it's god that David is thinking about here? because...I mean...that's pretty horny, right? and all of this while on the run from his boyfriend's dad?

I'm not saying anything, but like...¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it's a weird verse to choose for this, that's all.

anyway, back to you, Cariona: after seeing people talking about the bible verse cards, I decided to poke around your website more, and allll the way at the bottom of it, finally found your "About Us" page, which ends with this:

...look. there's nothing inherently wrong with being christian. but to say "we do not wish to impose any beliefs on our customers", and to then put bible verse cards in people's orders? that's sneaky, and I don't like it.

I also think it's a bit sneaky that you've flagged your tumblr account as pro-trans on shinigami eyes. at least, I assume you flagged it yourselves, because I didn't find a single post on your blog that mentions trans issues.

(though you have, entertainingly, reblogged some stranger things fanart, and a castiel cat cosplay)

and while your website uses very gender-neutral language, your "About Us" page doesn't say anything about being inclusive of trans people, just that you don't "discriminate against anyone who has a different belief than ours."

unfortunately, that's not good enough for me. I have this sneaking suspicion that "trans people are the gender they say they are" counts as a "different belief".

lastly, since you say on your website that people can message you asking about your faith, I had a friend do that!

baptists. you're baptists, which is a pretty conservative denomination.

and according to you, part of that 10% you donate goes to your local churches, and some missionaries. who are also probably baptists.

so.

in the end, I just...don't trust you? I don't trust that the 10% you're donating is going to organizations that aren't homophobic or transphobic. I don't believe that you're not trying to impose your beliefs on others, because that's what you're obviously doing. I mean, your "About Me" says that one of the reasons you built this company is to spread the gospel.

and I especially don't like it that you reached out to me (an openly queer person) for promotion without mentioning that you're an evangelical company.

so to answer your question, Julie: no. I am not interested in doing ads or promotions for you on tumblr. and honestly, you probably picked the wrong website for this kind of thing.

#asks #carionausa #cariona #additional info for the record:#my friend told me they did say they donate to some environmental stuff #like maybe wwf they thought?#but from the wording they weren't sure #and also another charity called #Connecticut Quest for Peace #which I couldn't find out much about #it doesn't have a rating on charity navigator #but the posts I found about it on tumblr are all...mmm #very religious in nature #and no judgement if that's your jam #but it's not my kind of thing #so #no thanks #I don't like the idea of promoting a company that gives money to the baptist church and other religious organizations #I just don't #sbs rambles #and I couldn't even find much information about cariona besides this #no business registered in georgia under that name so #who knows #I wonder...hmm #if I was just looking at this information #with no other context #with the errors on the website #and the shipping from china #...I wonder where Cariona _is_ based.#or if it is in georgia - what name is it registered under?

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eirene · 7 months

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Church at Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1905 Childe Hassam

#Childe Hassam #american art #impressionism #illustration #art #painting #art history #architecture #1900s #early 20th century #church #Connecticut #autumn #nature

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mpmountainworks · 1 year

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Connecticut block print on new papers // May ‘23

#art #my art #artists on tumblr #outdoors #nature #mpmountainworks #original work #block printing #print making #lino print #connecticut #New England #bird #flowers

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insilverhalide · 3 months

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Kent Falls, Connecticut, USA // September 2023 // Pentax KX // Ilford Delta 100

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convexedconvrt · 8 months

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nhv; autumn 🗝️

#my photography #photographers of tumblr #autumn #fall aesthetic #nature photography #forest #trees and forests #connecticut

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crystal-eise · 5 months

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Some shots of Zak Whitcomb @youthless-skate

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telos-100 · 11 months

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Somewhere in Connecticut

#35mm film #nature #connecticut #autumn #photoblog #beautiful photos

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yourfavoritegeminiii · 8 months

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I haven’t posted updates on here since I was like 12 so I’ll just leave these pictures of me from my recent shoot 🖤

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tvckerwash · 2 months

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a yet to be fleshed out scene from my ct lives au is more or less just ct going "I cannot believe I have to go on a mission with these 2 strangers whom I don't trust in the slightest because my former teammates mercilessly slaughtered all of my boyfriend's teammates so now his boss doesn't think he's qualified for field work anymore"

#she's more used to the director's bs than she wants to admit okay #she's also not sure how to deal w /not/ being seen as the cringe fail loser girl (affectionate)#ct: you want *me* to take point on a mission that is clearly of great importance????? ME????#also 'yet to be fleshed out' i say as if the whole fic is not just a vague collection of ideas that have yet to be connected or solidified #rvb #red vs blue #agent connecticut #the two strangers are felix and locus btw. and the mission isn't chorus. but that's all im gonna say lol #like it's not that ppl didn't get punished for messing up in pfl but most of the time being dropped lower on the board was the punishment #being temporarily removed from the active roster for a mission or two was generally seen as an extreme measure considered pfl's nature as #a highly experimental high risk unit #re: felix and locus in my ct lives au im debating on if they were marines or ODSTs prior to working for charon #ODSTs would make more sense in being able to keep up w wash and lina but the colors of their armor for the warrior test thing says marines

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minister-erik · 2 months

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