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iamwestiec:

starfieldcanvas:

x0401x:

x0401x:

So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

Saw a sharp increase in my follower count after posting this. The legitimacy of it is driving me nuts so I also feel the need to say that you can follow anyone on here regardless of whether you’ve interacted with them or not. People like the above mentioned blog are exceptions. Perhaps they themselves think they aren’t and therefore will act like they aren’t, but they are, trust me.

Just follow anyone you wanna follow. The worst thing that can happen is maybe getting soft-blocked by the other person, but if they do soft-block you, then they were never that worth following in the first place.

wow. really hope this isn’t actually a norm taking hold with new users! this isn’t facebook, you don’t need to know people before following them

this is the ‘10 year mutuals you’ve never spoken to once’ site

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pitafish:

beggars-opera:

Millennials who survived early 2000s internet animation, which of these quotes is most seared into your subconscious

Come to Kenya, we’ve got lions!

I like it when the red water comes out…

But I am Le Tired. Well, have a nap, ZEN FIRE ZE MISSILES

I can count all the way to schfifty-five!

Dee di dee da diddy do do, dee da diddy do

Badger badger badger badger MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

MY SPOON IS TOO BIG.

We’re going to Candy Mountain, Charlie!

Fuzzy llama, funny llama, llama, llama, duck

PEANUT BUTTER JELLY WITH A BASEBALL BAT

Other (put in tags)

Results/I am Gen Z/Alpha and what is this gibberish

I’m gonna link to the animations in case y'all either don’t remember or have never heard of some of these.

A quick note: these were made in the 2000s. Comedy is subjective, there’s some strong examples of dark and/or “lolz teh random” humor in these. Maybe some cultural blindness, too. That said, enjoy a time capsule of stuff made before/during the birth of Youtube, now hosted on Youtube.

Kenya

Salad Fingers, episode 2

End of Ze World

Schfifty Five

The Hamster Dance

Badgers

“Rejected” by Don Hertzfeldt

Charlie the Unicorn

The Llama Song

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

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the-fisher-queen:

watertightvines:

clairenatural:

clairenatural:

there’s a cherry blossom tree in DC that keeps blooming every year even though it shouldn’t and the park service keeps thinking it’s dead and then it keeps blooming! well they’re removing a lot of trees to rehabilitate the area and they’ve said it’s finally time for stumpy to go and they’re going to mulch it and use the mulch to enrich all the other trees so it can help everything else keep going. and they’re also going to plant spliced little pieces of it all over so that stumpy can live forever and this is genuinely sending me into a spiral

ALT

someone brought it flowers today

STUMPY MY BELOVED!!!!

For added context on what rehabilitating the area means: there are structural issues with the Tidal Basin seawall that cause flooding like this independent of rainfall. Big portions of the sidewalk in Stumpy’s section are regularly submerged, which is bad for the land and the trees themselves, not to mention an accessibility issue for visitors.

It’s sad that Stumpy and many other trees in the area will need to be cut down, but it will ensure the continued survival of the other trees in the area, and Stumpy himself will live on in his cuttings!

I believe Stumpy will be taken to the national arboretum and his clones will return to the tidal basin after the rebuilding.

Someone left him a bottle of bourbon as an offering.

The Japanese Embassy came to pay him honor this week.

Stumpy and his cohort are part of the original gift from Japan more than 100 years ago, and many have lived this long bc the National Parks takes care of them. Normally the trees live about 40-50 years.

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shiroikabocha:

watsonsdetective:

zelamorre:

Doyle Canon: This is Dr. John Watson. He has managed to have multiple love affairs on three different continents. He is a love machine. A sex god, if you will. Able to woo multiple Victorian ladies.

80% of Sherlock Holmes Adaptations: This is Dr. John Watson. He looks like a hamster.

I’m crying laughing over this I had to share

Some adaptations take it further than others.

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ratt-teeth:

mister-crow:

ratt-teeth:

ratt-teeth:

my grandma sent me a picture of my dog with his new xmas present and i need a fucking inhaler LOOK AT HIM

oh to feel a fraction of the unbridled joy he is experiencing

YOURE ALL SO MEAN TO MY BOY

I drew your boy

HOLY SHIT

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cipheramnesia:

anais-ninja-bitch:

cipheramnesia:

froginakettle:

froginakettle:

most of the talk on this website about Game Changer is how Sam Reich psychologically tortures his contestants, but I want to make it clear to the uninitiated that he’s actually extremely ethical about it

He sends out a company wide email and asks them to choose episodes based on a chili pepper rating system

meaning he doesn’t put 🌶️🌶️ people into 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ episodes

they’re also big on consent ie cast and crew have to be okay with it before they’ll do nudity or something like that in an episode

it’s like the bdsm of psychological torture. safe, sane, and consensual.

the contestants know what they’re getting into, and they’re full down

Originally posted by sylvansleuth

Brennan Lee Mulligan is enrichment for Sam Reich

it’s a very efficient system

Kind of a dog heaven is squirrel hell situation

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elvenmother:

anexperimentallife:

I work in gaming and do this all the time. I learnt long ago that no matter what games I name, when a guy demands I name what I’m playing, that they will shit on them.

So now I just make shit up when they try to “catch me out” and listen as they list how wrong I am and all the things wrong with something that doesn’t even exist. It’s a wonderful hobby and I heartily recommend it.

(via seananmcguire)

reallyinkyhands:

recomvery:

It’s ok to want money. It’s ok to be upset that you’re poor and wishing to be rich. I understand. People who say that money doesn’t buy happiness have never eaten pasta every day because it’s 50 cents at the grocery store or been short on money for christmas presents. Constantly scraping by makes people miserable and depressed and of course you’re gonna dream about money, about being happy and priviledged. That’s not greedy or horrible, that’s life. It’s ok.

Also, something I feel like gets lost on the people who keep repeating that “money doesn’t buy happiness” is that money itself isn’t going to make you happy. Or getting additional money when you have plenty isn’t going to instantly make you happier. But financial safety is one of the most universal aspects of happiness in the world we live in (even if we wish this wasn’t the case). Like the money itself isn’t going to make you happier, but not worrying about rent will. Getting to have hobbies will. Making your favourite meal will. Meeting a friend for a coffee and a cake will. Being able to afford those things without mental and financial strain will.

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gaywaren:

official cover illustrations from the tgcf simplified cn revised edition!

kuri huang, the illustrator, who also did the covers of strike the zither, posted the HD cover illustrations of the revised edition of tgcf on twitter! here’s the link to their post on twitter~ make sure to leave comments on their tweet ♥️

here’s the bonus illustrations for the book box made by 黄油天际 on weibo ♡

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mygenderadventures:

Mermaids Website

Helping gender-diverse kids, young people and their families since 1995

Mermaids

For no reason whatsoever, here’s a link to the donation page for Mermaids, a UK charity that supports trans children and young people 💕

draculagerard:

draculagerard:

literally cannot make this shit up

#they just don’t trap actors in a room with 60000 bees like they used to#because of woke

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hadeantaiga:

Biden budget would cut taxes for millions and restore breaks for families. Here's what to know.

President Joe Biden's proposed 2025 budget outlines a range of tax breaks geared to both individuals and families.

cbsnews.com

Biden’s 2025 would raise the child tax credits back to the levels they were at during the pandemic, an objectively good thing for literally everyone. Those benefits were slashed by Trump after the pandemic “ended”. Biden is going to pay for it by undoing Trump’s tax cuts on wealthy corporations, aka by taxing them more.

You can bet your pants Trump won’t enact this budget if he wins the election.

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