“your taste in men sucks” girl i know i used to have a crush on riven from winx club

I think we take for granted how lucky we are that the 2000s era of parodying literally every movie/show/song that ever came out is over because that was truly unbearable

I am so damn nervous about language school tomorrow… I keep reassuring myself that I tested ABOVE the level I am re-entering but still. What if I think I’m better than what I actually am? What if I can’t find parking and I’m late…

Did I buy the right book? Is it weird to bring my coffee thermos?

I don’t wanna go to school tomorrow. I change my mind. Let me be illiterate haha…ha.. sigh T_T

the coffin of andy and leyley makes me sick and i hope they both die and suffer but i do like them as fictional characters and i want to see what happens to them

Hey.

Little random, but I remembered this character and had the visceral reaction to punt a rock at someone.

(TW for people with scoleciphobia)

Did y'all ever watch Big and Small on Treehouse? I did. Do you guys remember HER?!

WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO MAKE THIS? WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA

shoutout to zoopals all my homies loved zoopals (source)

Did I ever mention how much I LOVE Blazion?

JUST INSPIRIT ME ALREADY!!!

HERA YOU DON'T LIKE RICE?? Is it texture thing (I'm a big fan of rice but I could see that, lotsa tiny squishy grains on your tongue is a unique experience)? What side dish(es) do you make instead when a recipe calls for rice?

i simply Do Not have a side dish then

I wonder what a "Light Spyro " to go with" dark Spyro "would be like?

Well technically that's just regular Spyro!! In tlos Spyro has the ability of Aether/Light Aether as we see in his fury attack that uncorrupted Cynder. Dark Spyro is just when he is possessed by dark magic. Although I do see where you're coming from and think it'd be an interesting idea to play around with!!

Personally in my au it's not really light and dark magic. But two sides of a coin. They don't possess an inherit good or evil and both need to coexist for the magic to work. As they are the very basis for all dragon magic. So dark Spyro isn't a thing

Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.

For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.

I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.

oh god shut up. you didn't even know the damn kid.

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe, and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." — James Baldwin

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

I like to think that Vulcans who come to understand that Humans just can’t try to process emotions the same way as them, it’s just healthiest to let it out in harmless ways, decide that venting and stuff should be taken just as seriously as Vulcan’s meditation time, and will encourage the Humans around them to complain about what’s upsetting them

People who are used to aloof Vulcans who avoid Humans at all cost running into one comforting a Human

“-and then they said my cheesecake was subpar, and they didn’t even bring a dish!!!”

“The purpose of this event was that every participant brings a food item of sorts, correct?”

“Yeah!!”

“And they did not follow this rule while insulting dishes that were brought?”

“Mostly just my dish but yeah >:(“

“How illogical”

“That’s what I’m saying!!!”

“you don’t like the proliferation of terms like Unalive outside of TikTok because you realize that you’re aging out of youth culture and it makes you uncomfortable!”

no I don’t like it because there’s something INCREDIBLY dystopian about being forced to soften terms for basic parts of the human experience like death and sex (and even more so terms for oppressed minorities- call me a “le-dollar sign-bian” and I will bite you) purely because advertisers and corporations demand it

My grandmother is Japanese and really likes to give gifts. Often those gifts are Japanese desserts or other food, but sometimes she just slips me cash, folded up inside a tiny, beautiful envelope. But she likes to pretend she's not giving me money, so when possible, she'll hide it somewhere that I will find later.

Today I spent the afternoon with her doing chores and tech support, and she clearly felt this warranted a significant gift in return (no matter that I enjoyed myself). But she forgot to slip something into my pocket or bag before I left, so instead she rushed outside as I was starting my car, making the old-school "roll down the window" gesture. Once I complied, she was forced to acknowledge she was handing me money, but she also tried to minimize the gesture.

The result was that she said, "Thank you, dear! I just wanted you to be able to... to buy yourself a hamburger," and then handed me a darling little envelope that turned out to contain $100. And all I could think was: