I have a sibling who's questioning their gender and may be a demi boy (maybe? I don't quite grasp demi genders yet, but I'm trying). They want to experiment with that and work up the confidence to tell our mom eventually, but our mom is.... not exactly very open to gender discussions

She acts like trans people are weirdos, and she's in the group of people who think they/them and neo pronouns are stupid, and. While I don't think she'd throw out my sibling or do anything super extreme like that, I can only do so much to be supportive here

I listen to my sibling, I let them talk about their gender stuff, and I ask questions and give feedback when they ask for it. There's a lot I don't get yet, but again, I'm trying ^^" does anyone have advice here, regarding any part of the situation? There's nothing that can be done as far as our mom goes, but my sibling and I are open to advice and encouragement and things

On today's episode of: Am I The Asshole

My house is old and has a wood floor with nails sticking up here and there. Not the pointy ends thankfully, but still. I've lost probably close to 10 pairs of socks because the nails catch my socks when I'm walking and rip massive holes in them. To solve this issue, I have to wear sandals whenever I get up and walk around

AITA for wanting to walk around without sandals and not have so many of my socks constantly get destroyed by the floor nails?

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This is literally me, what are you talking about

Rambles about heavy subjects under the cut

So uhhhhhh

I never thought I'd have to make a post like this, because it just feels weird and I'm not sure what to do or how to phrase things, but

My grandpa died yesterday. I wasn't there when my mom received the call from the hospital, I just heard about it from my sister. My sister and I were never really all that close with him because of some issues within the family, and our mom wasn't too close with him for a while either, but she'd made amends with him. She'd go see him, pick him up for holiday dinners and gatherings so he could be with us and be a part of the family again, and then she'd take him home. He was a diabetic, so she'd even taken on reminding him to take his meds and things, whenever he was with us. I can't tell you how many times she went to the little bar where he liked to go sing karaoke every Tuesday night (I believe. I think it was Tuesday, but it could've been another day of the week, too)

Even though my sister and I weren't really ever close with him, he meant practically the world to our mom. She's been talking to some people, since he didn't have a will or anything written up. His passing was sudden and unexpected, so now everyone's scrambling to figure out the details for what to do with him

We don't have a lot of money. Sometimes it's hard scraping by, as is. My mom works at a hospital, my sister started working at a pet store, and I'm fighting with the social security people to try getting disability. I've been denied probably 3 times already, but I'm still trying my hardest to get through to them

The cheapest option for funeral stuff for my grandpa is cremation, but even then, that's $3000. We don't have that kind of money. His girlfriend's pastor chipped in maybe $500, I think, but beyond that, I'm not sure. I feel like I need to do something to help this situation, since my mom absolutely doesn't need this financial issue on her shoulders. She has a lot to worry about already as things currently stand, and I feel bad that I can't do more for her, but. All I can do is this. Making a post, rambling about the situation, and maybe asking if people could consider donating a little to my Ko-Fi

Donations would help a lot tbh, and I think my current donation goal was set to like... $200 - $250, something like that, but. It's a start. There are some things in my shop you can buy, I'm gonna try to add more soon, and I have commissions open, even though I haven't drawn in ages

I feel really icky about doing this and asking for donations, because I know that for a lot of us, money is tight, and I understand that things aren't cheap anymore. $300 used to get you a heaping cart of groceries that'd last a while, but now, it barely covers enough to last 2 weeks

I.... don't really know how to finish this post off, or how to properly close it, so. Again, donations would be greatly appreciated and it'd help a lot, and I'd be so, so grateful for every cent of it. It's not an obligatory thing by any means. You don't HAVE to donate, and if you can't afford to, I completely understand

What's that meme that's like. Drawn, of someone pushing aside a cast of characters to pick the one oddball, obscure character that was hidden behind them. I need it for meme reasons but can't find it on Google images, help

Hey everyone, group effort to bother Tumblr staff idea: we report every ad that pops up. Not as offensive or inappropriate, but as "this ad is broken", since that might force them to actually look at it and check it out

A note for people who've spent so much time on Tiktok that it's censorship tactics have rotted their brains:

Tumblr and Tiktok are not the same. Please for the love of god, don't tag things like this

Just say "blood." Seriously. It's fine. Your blog won't get banned because you said "blood," I promise

Me: Alright, time to get up and go wash dishes, hopefully I'll be done soon so that I can—

My brain: Hey. Hey hey hey hey hey psssst hey

Me: ......what?

My brain: Why's Alphys built like a Sandshrew

Me:

My brain: Sandshrew Alphys

Me: What???

"We need to protect the children! Censor everything!"

Oh yeah? If you wanna protect the kids so bad, why am I still seeing ads for games that are like this:

((Suggestive content below the cut, so heads up))

I do plan on adding more stuff like this as I come across them, because I’m trying to prove a point here. Idk what my point even is 100%, but I’m making a statement anyway

Why does it sound like there's a creature breathing real loud in the vent intercom thing in this break room right now

Friendly reminder:

Due to Tumblr's recent update, go into your blog settings, click on "visibility," and then switch on the "prevent third party sharing" option

If you don't, they'll basically farm all of your stuff and share it with AI companies

Where I am, I didn't get to see a total solar eclipse, but I did see a partial one, and I took a bunch of photos. Felt like sharing the best of what I managed to get, so ye

I got these pictures by putting a pair of eclipse viewing glasses over my phone camera

Under the cut will be pictures of what it looked like without the special glasses. Yes, my eyeballs hurt a little, but I'm fine :P

Man, the bots aren't even trying to be convincing anymore, are they?

Saw this shirt at Walmart earlier and thought it was worth sharing, since it immediately got my attention