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Busy Beeoodles

@ajthebumblebee / ajthebumblebee.tumblr.com

23/ Trans Masc/ White/ American/ Digital Artist

me: i don’t want to see jellyfish so i will blacklist the tag #jellyfish

people with no common sense: je11yf1sh, je11¥fi5h, j*llyf*sh, je//ÿf!sh, j3ï||yf¡sh, gel lee fisk

result: cannot account for the sheer amount of possible ways to alter the word jellyfish

conclusion: i have to see jellyfish now.

Once again, tumblr is not tiktok, tag properly.

So poor people don’t deserve to have money?!

THEY’LL JUST WASTE IT ON SURVIVAL! 

Also, if you’ve taken more than a high school economics course taught by someone who has never stepped foot in a college economics class,

Giving $500 to poor people multiplies it REALLY FAST. That $500 immediately goes into the economy and ripples more purchases until it hits a rich pocket.

Giving $500 to a billionaire takes $500 out of the economy permenantly. You could have set it on fire and made no difference.

That is such an important part of the conversation that rich people seem to purposefully misunderstand whenever it’s brought up

Money exists to be spent, not hoarded. Yes, people should have saving, but no one should be sitting on a pile of money too big to spend in a single lifetime. “The economy” as a concept only works if people are spending money, and the people hoarding the money are so quick to blame the people who barely have any when the economy starts to fail

Having a big string of numbers in an offshore account doesnt make you an economic genius, it makes you a parasite that is ruining the economy for everyone else

EMERGENCY SUMMER SALE

SO, lot of shit has hit the fan recently. Car broke down, it'll take 1500$ minimum to fix it, I lost my insurance and I don't know when I'll get it back, so I'm 600$ in therapy debt, I'm currently waiting payment on a freelance gig, and I don't know when I'll get another job.

Plz pay me, I will draw you stuff. If you know anyone who needs a storyboard artist too, please direct me to them.

DM me if you're interested.

You ever felt the need to flex on color blind people because you can tell the difference between red and green?

seeing everyone just mindlessly sign up for threads despite all the clear warning signs feels like I’m living in Sailor Moon or a magical girl anime episode where the Monster of the Day just set up shop over night and their product is literally draining your lifeforce for the Dark Kingdom but people keep going there

It was the same way watching everyone sign up for Twitter.

that thing about how removing the middle 2 panels of a cad comic makes it funnier is true 

holy shit

I can’t even imagine what meaningless filler went into panels 2-3.

oh my god these are actually funny

this is 100% true and once you remove the horrible filler bullshit its comedy gold

Wait so what is the deal with gwenpool? I mean, presumably she's a Gwen Stacy Deadpool, but was she a spider-person beforehand, or does her universe have a spider-man, or...

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Gwenpool has no connection whatsoever to Gwen Stacy, Deadpool, Spider-Gwen or Spider-Man.

She's a regular human girl from the real world who got trapped in the marvel universe. Understanding how comic books work, she knew she had to put on a costume to survive, since extras die all the time, but main characters always survive. When she told the costume designer her full name, Gwen Poole, the designer assumed she was a Deadpool fan and gave her a costume that looks like Deadpool's.

If this whole thing sounds stupid and convoluted that's because it is, and it's kind of the joke.

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So absolutely related to Deadpool but only because Deadpool is just like that regarding the fourth wall

Correct

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Doesn't she actually hate Deadpool because he's too lolrandom for her?

Yeah they like actively dislike eachother

I love comics.

Also she's aroace.

I need UK journalists to not show 43 degrees is not beach weather like people are gonna die

Americans do not interact

Im Australian, and 43C is NOT beach weather. That is VERY hot, even for us, but for the UK its apocalyptic. At 43C you should not even be going outside if you can help it, treating it like beach weather is a one way ticket to heatstroke.

I agree with not going outside for long periods of time but you will have to plan something to reduce the heat within your households. Especially if your house is designed to retain heat

Fans pointed at open windows will pull out hot air and allow it to circulate - don't put them IN the window, leave some room by the side for extra air to get drawn in.

If you can't afford cold packs (and if you can, stock up on some NOW), get some ziplock bags and freeze them, with wet washcloths or ripped up towel inside. You want them to be ready in the freezer when you need them. Wrap them in a tea towel and put them on your wrists and ankles.

A big bowl of ice water in front of a fan will blow cold air into the room and make a massive difference. Again, if you don't have ice cube trays get some and freeze them *now*, don't wait until you're already in trouble (although I am melting at quarter past nine but my thermoregulation is bollocks so I don't know if that's the heat or just the me). If you can't afford to get any, clean out empty yoghurt pots or Tupperware or whatever you have that can hold water. Even if you end up with a giant ice cube from a lunchbox, it'll help.

Even just opening two windows at a crack will allow some air circulation - I sometimes prop open my bedroom door and leave the bathroom door open, both windows are locked at a crack because of the cats but it creates a nice little line of wind along the landing.

If you're someone who needs something on them to sleep, take your duvet out of the cover and just use the cover.

Remember that water acts as a lens - you do NOT want to wear a wet t shirt in the burning sun. I did this when I was 8 and if I tan on my back you can still see the scars.

Read the instructions for sunscreen carefully, and use the highest spf you can find. Reapply as per the instructions. If you get burned, Malibu do an amazing aloe-based spray on after sun, I got mine from Savers for 3 quid and it lasts ages. I keep it and any other after sun in the fridge, which means it's incredibly lovely to put on. Aloe is magic for burns so definitely gravitate towards that if you can. My son got badly burned (he's ginger, he went to an outdoor pool and they forgot to give him sunscreen) and he's had 2 helpings of it and you wouldn't believe how much better he is (he couldn't even really wear a shirt).

Make sure your pets have plenty of fresh cold water to drink, and if they usually have dry food consider giving them some wet food for one of their meals (cats are notoriously not always great drinkers but wet food will get them some liquid). Keep the curtains and/or blinds closed in south-facing rooms. I have blackout curtains in the front room and the front bedroom (my son's) and they make a MASSIVE difference to the heat. Make sure pets have access to these cooler spaces if you can create them.

Keep oven/hob use to a minimum if you can. I like making a massive pot of something that can be reheated in the microwave if necessary - the oven especially adds a lot of heat. Or get some wraps and ham and cheese and eat those.

Cordial or fruit juice can be better than water if you're sweating a lot. Cordial is cheap as chips. Salty snacks are also good.

Go to Iceland and buy a billion lolly ices. It's especially a good way to make sure kids stay hydrated.

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I realize op asked for Americans not to interact, and whether or not they're being cheeky, I feel obligated to reblog this to save lives.

That temperature is absolutely murder, even moreso with humidity.

Please, be safe and stay hydrated!

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For reference, 43 degrees celsius is roughly equivalent to 109.4 degrees fahrenheit. That’s bad.

This is nearly DOUBLE the typical average temperature of the UK. I don't care if you grew up in Satan's asshole, if you woke up one day and it was twice as hot as it usually is, you're gonna have a bad fucking time. The infrastructure is not built for 40+ degrees, and with the government doing... The thing it's doing, I doubt they're gonna even bother to help people, so people need to see things like this post to be able to help each other instead.

Heads up UK folks, we're looking at hitting 40°C again in about two weeks. Now's a great time to prepare however you can, figure out what you can do to make things more bearable

Putting a wet tea towel in the freezer for 20 minutes (in a freezer bag so it didn't stick to anything) then tying it to my wrists/ankles helped a lot last year, so I'll share this post in the run up in case it helps anyone else

Keep an eye out for people struggling, including yourself

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Ok but the meter on that line is SICK

i PRAY nobody KILLS me for the CRIME of being SMALL

Crisp

Delicious

That bug is an excellent poet

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iambic heptameter. six feet for the bug, and the final one divine.

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this is so fucking insidious

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important tags tbh

More and more reasons to not join Threads. Can someone put together a masterlist of all these attempted Twitter replacements and the pros and cons of them? Like: Spoutible: Has their theming together and works similarly to Twitter, but NSFW material isn't permitted and has lead to their CEO acting like a shithead when asked about it. Blue Sky: Similar to Twitter, but still feels like it's in Beta... mostly becuase it's still in Beta and is invite only. While that creates a more welcoming atmosphere and has allowed people to dogpile awful people off of it, it has limited features and not as many people as you may want to reach for an audience. Tumblr: You know this site's problems - you're here already. Hive: Had potential, but shit the bed early on with its technical issues and is mobile only.

Anyway here is your reminder that poor effeminate men existed in the 18th century and any reading of class that acts as tho every poor man was a hyper masculine rugged labourer and every rich man was a effeminate fop is an inherently flawed reading of class 🙃

reblogging again for this extremely important point, thanks for putting it so succinctly @carfuckerlynch

One of my favorite paintings at the Portland Art Museum. I especially love the work they did showcasing the historical context.