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crippledanarchy:

When you call “influencers” what they are, freelance marketers, it makes the phrase “mommy/family influencer” sound just as dark as it is in reality.

They are using their children to sell you things. Some of these people intentionally have children solely in order to use them as marketing devices.

They aren’t harmless or wholesome. They are expanding and normalizing new and different forms of familial abuse to a worldwide audience

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animentality:

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God I know I’m entirely doing this to myself, but I actually can’t wait for it to be December 2024, I’m so tired

covington-shenanigans:

liz-squids:

thelittleblackfox:

xenosaurus:

I turn 30 next month so here’s what I learned in my 20s:

—don’t work for startups, they’re always one ‘innovative idea’ away adding ‘sell your kidneys on the black market’ to your job description.

—keeping a collection of basic OTC medicine on you will save your life one day. I recommend Advil, Imodium, and TUMS.

—those little single-use glasses cleaning wipes are 1000% worth the money

—overly self-depreciating jokes just make people uncomfortable, wean yourself off of them

—you can buy dehydrated mini marshmallows in bulk online and they’re a godsend for hot cocoa

—people don’t care if you have fidget toys on your desk they just want to play with them

—try to go to bed BEFORE the existential ennui kicks in

Also drink water and eat a plant

This is all GREAT. I turned 40 last week, so permit me to add what I learned in my 30s:

• keep on not working for startups
• sometimes there comes a point where the thing (fandom, hobby, friendship, romantic relationship) you loved no longer brings you joy. And that’s okay. Try to mourn the loss, take joy in the memories, and don’t burn any bridges in case ten years go by and you find yourself back in that fandom/hobby/relationship again
• it turns out that (ugh) moderate regular exercise is (spit) good for you. The sooner you make it part of your life, the easier it’ll be
• related: if you throw yourself into a new exercise regime too hard and too fast, without stopping to rest or consider whether a particular move is good for you … well, shoulder injuries are painful and consults with orthopedic surgeons are expensive
• knees are bastards too
• don’t even get me started on ankles
• there may come a time when your digestive system is too fragile for ibuprofin. I’m sorry
• one day you’re gonna wake up and realise you no longer give any fucks about some things that used to bother you
• on the other hand, you might be alarmed to realise what you still give a fuck about
• never get down on the floor without an exit strategy for getting back up

I turn 50 this year. what I have learned in my 40s:

• “loving yourself” is less of a feeling and more of an action. you can start doing it any time and it will make your life better and better as you go on
• this will happen incrementally - be patient
• along those lines, if you haven’t started making an active effort to quit shit-talking yourself, suck it up and do it
• no, shut up. do it. “but it’s haaaaard!” don’t care. do it.
• whether you like it or not, you are mortal and you need to go to the doctor for an annual checkup
• stretch regularly - your future self will thank you
• at some point you will encounter people much younger than you arguing passionately and incorrectly about history you personally remember and experienced
• this will be infuriating and annoying
• otoh, most other things just… will not matter to you as much
• at some point you will shift from wanting to go out to being like “eh” and deciding to stay in. this is okay.
• you will have absolutely no idea what The Youth are talking about and you will not care
• but if you keep your mind open to new ideas you’ll never be irrelevant
• your company still doesn’t love you - don’t give them more than they pay you for
• get a fucking hobby, especially a hobby that involves physically creating/handling something and/or moving your body in physical space. it will do you more good than you can imagine

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eternalgirlscout:

in my experience nobody stops having a favorite animal when they grow up but people DO stop asking. well now i’m asking. what’s everyone’s favorite animal mine is the noble manatee

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pleuvoire:

regular plea for people to stop using this as a reaction image

[ID: A white man in a suit who is saying, “Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die”. End ID]

this is a real sentence that was said by a during an snl skit by the guy in the picture (norm macdonald) in response to a real news story - specifically, the murder of brandon teena, a trans man, whose death macdonald is mocking here. this very sentence that has now been turned into a meme prompted a trans rights org to picket the nbc in absence of any apology from them (the statement here slightly misquotes the sentence, but you can find video demonstrating that the wording in the image is what he said). i’ve used this as a reaction image in the past when i didn’t know the history behind it but i think more people should know and we should stop using it like this

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queerpeers:

queerpeers:

darrenpillowscriss:

queerpeers:

queerpeers:

queerpeers:

postal service kinda gay….

all these “packages” that are “in the male” 🤔😳

you know van gogh wasn’t appreciated in his time either

ALT

incredible

usps banning people from fingering? who do they think they are, the catholic church?

this is the funniest joke on this post, including the post itself

@swords-n-spindles

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teathattast:

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can-i-make-image-descriptions:

eggshellsareneat:

theoneofwhomisblue:

suddenlysprite:

Moving house tomorrow

Be careful, I’ve heard they’re heavy

Not mine, mine is a

[Image ID: Picture of a lighthouse /End ID]

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