yes 2020 has sucked like a ravenous kirby but in november we finally get to vote that hateful orange turd out of office so eyes on the prize ya’lls

Ok but.. who are we voting in??? Both candidates suck. Gaud help I’ve never voted before.

ffs will someone PLEASE explain why voting in another shoddy white male liberal is VASTLY DIFFERENT from allowing a fascist republican to remain in office?

basically you’re voting for the ADMINISTRATION and the PARTY not the person. also: Biden is crummy. Trump is actively killing hundreds of thousands of people. There is a fucking difference. Not recognizing that difference is what got us Trump in the first place. It’s the difference between a landlord who refuses to perform repairs, and one who ACTIVELY SETS YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE. Do not let let the republican propaganda machine convince you they are the same. 

Register To Vote.

Biden believes in the system. He’ll staff the State Department and release his tax returns and listen to his daily briefing.

He won’t send anonymous stormtroopers to snatch people off the street and hold them for hours.

He won’t spend all his time every day on Twitter and react poorly to every single word that isn’t glowing with praise.

There are SO MANY differences between them.

If your choices are half an onion in a baggy that’s been in the fridge a bit too long and developed some mold, and a napalm-filled flaming dumpster that is barrelling at ninety miles an hour towards an elementary school playground, you have the moral obligation to vote for the moldy onion.

And then you support the fresher onions in the Onion House and Onion Senate, and do activism to make the moldy onion scrape some of its mold off, and by the way the fact that people were supporting fresher onions in the onion primary is already paying off in that the moldy onion’s policies have noticeably less mold than they might have a few years ago … look, this analogy has thoroughly gotten away from me, but I hope the first part was clear enough.   Moldy Onion 2020, let’s go.

Moldy Onion 2020

Moldy Onion 2020

Friendly reminder that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 87 years old and has cancer for the fifth time and whoever wins in November will likely get to appoint her replacement who will sit on the Supreme Court for the next 30-40 years

Biden has committed that he will appoint the first black woman to the Supreme Court

Trump appointed a rapist who wants to overturn Roe v Wade (among other things)

Y'all want a badass Justice like Sonia Sotomayor or another rapist who wants to destroy your rights?

You’re not just voting for a President for four years, you’re voting for judges for the next forty

Dear Young Voters,

Biden wasn't my first choice, but he is now my only choice. He will pick a female (most likely a WOC). And, he will pick decent Supreme Court Justices.) We're stuck with that rapist Kavanugh.

I don't want to go back in the closet.

I don't want to have my marriage invalidated.

I don't want the country to no longer be a world leader.

I'm begging you, vote Blue.

Vote for local Democrats.

Vote for Senator.

And, start running for office.

Burgundy

I didn't think she could get sexier, but there she is...

hey lesbians you’re not a fake lesbian if you find some men to be conventionally attractive. you were most likely raised to know what an ‘attractive’ man looks like, and you probably still recognize it. seeing a man as attractive under societies rules of ‘attractive-ness’ doesn’t make you a fake lesbian.

like seriously i’d appreciate it if people reblogged this more because a lot of young lesbians (including me) struggle with compulsive heterosexuality and being told they’re not real lesbians because “they’re attracted to a man!!!!”

you can find someone aesthetically pleasing without being sexually or romantically attracted to them

and also this applies to trans lesbians so terfs don’t reblog this ever

You can be a lesbian and still recognize a man as attractive/handsome.

You can be a gay man and still recognize a woman as attractive/beautiful.

you can be a heterosexual man and still recognize another man as attractive/handsome.

you can be a heterosexual woman and still recognize another woman as attractive/beautiful.

you can be straight or lgbt+ and still find the person of the gender you are not traditionally attracted to to be attractive/handsome/beautiful/whatever

I’ve long argued that there’s a difference between “finding someone attractive” and “being attracted to someone”.

The former is more an aesthetic comment. I can recognize that Harrison Ford is an attractive man, without actually being attracted to him.

It’s like he’s a magnet, but I’m gold. He may be attractive, but he doesn’t attract me.

^^^ all of this

PS. You could have slept with men at anytime in your life and you're still a lesbian. Just because you're not a "gold star" lesbian doesn't make you worth any less.

And, if anyone tells you different, tell them to come see me.

They think they're cool. So dumb.

Okay, but THIS.

My therapist only recently understood that when I said, “I don’t know how to make this phone call or make this appointment.” I very literally meant I didn’t know what to do. I can dial the phone, but what do I say EXACTLY? What questions are going to be asked? What do I need to have on hand? What if they ask me something I don’t know the answer to?

I’m one of those people that needs very specific and detailed instructions if I’m doing something for the first time.

Be patient with people. We all have our struggles. Sometimes it can make all the difference in the world knowing someone can spare a few minutes to care about you and walk you through something that’s hard for you.

HOW TO MAKE AN IMPORTANT ADULT CALL 

FOR THE FIRST TIME

From an adult who has been doing this for about a decade now: 

Remember that about 10% of any office’s weekly call volume is from people just like you who have never done this in their life. 

So! Here’s the steps: 

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I can’t tell you how much I needed this.

I had to ring my car insurance yesterday, which I’ve never had to do before. It was terrifying. BUT when I explained to the call center person, including calling myself a useless adult who can’t adult, and they were very kind. It’s always worth saying “I’ve never done this before” because they’re usually a kind human (apart from P.B in my office, who I won’t name, but you get her on the phone and good lord, you’ll want to throw yourself out a window. I think she wants you to throw yourself out the window too) who will assist you however they can.

Here’s the Subway Reddit thread they were referencing.

also as a call center employee:

1) your problem isn’t even the dumbest or most pointless thing i’ve dealt with in the last hour

2) im much happier to rephrase and explain myself to someone who is honest with me about not understanding vs. someone who just pretends they understand in order to not embarrass themselves and then continue to screw stuff up through not knowing and then having to call again. save yourdelf the time spent listening to our annoying queue music and just tell me. i’m happy to help.

3) i swear the only customers i remember are either super rude or super sweet ones. i’ll probably forget our call within like 5 seconds after hanging up, so don’t worry about making a negative impression. we get so many calls that any embarrassing problems you might have have 100% come up before and we dont think about it twice.

4) you dont have to phase stuff a specific way. the other day a customer used the informal you with me and called me the sweetest person on earth bc i unlocked his online account, as long as you’re not insulting or condescending, it’s okay and you’re good to go

I used to work in a call center. I ran into some of the most awful people ever who would act like I was stupid. BUT, my best calls were teaching someone how to use the website. My favorite call took an hour because the caller was legally blind and needed to know where things were on the site. We went block by block over the entire site and I magnified my screen like he did so I would know exactly where he was and what he could see. It was the BEST call ever.

Then, my moron supervisor bitched at me for taking so long. This was years ago and I was in my 30s, so I wasn't intimated. I told her to just listen to the call, so she could tell me what I did wrong. She never mentioned it again.

Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894-1917) is considered a heroine in Romania for her role during World War I. She fought and died on the battlefield, while leading an infantry division.

She was responsible for setting up the first Scouts organizations in her country. Even though she was a battlefield nurse at first, she started fighting, driven by the deaths of all four of her brothers. Today, she is remembered through several monuments and names of institutions in Romania.

Sharing because too many people think soldiers and warriors throughout history have only been men.

The term was literally *coined* by the media then absorbed into psychiatry later. I have a few readings on this lemme try to find the titles at least

Edit the website I use is being funny but I’d recommend The “ Short Step ” from Love to Hypnosis: A Reconsideration of the Stockholm Syndrome by Celia Jameson and this

Stockholm Syndrome isn’t just about dv, it’s about maintaining state power by pathologizing empathy with oppressed people

I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.

that’s already how it is in australia

That’s just so fucked up. :( Do certain medical conditions exempt you?

?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting.

I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote.

Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this: 

Or this: 

Or this: 

You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it. 

And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote. 

And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile. 

ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party.

Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out.

A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable.

And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day.

“oh no, what if people actually have to participate in picking the government officials who will impact their lives” jesus christ

It is not compulsory to vote.

It is compulsory to register to vote. It is compulsory to receive a ballot and have your name checked off.

You can tear it up or scribble all over it.

Because it is compulsory, the government is obliged to make sure everyone can, which means polling booths everywhere, accessible to all with any disability, usually multiple in every town.

They also have absentee voting provisions - if you’re away from your electorate you can go to ANY booth and receive a form for your area.

They also have voting booths open before Election Day if you wont be able to make it on that day.

They also have mail in voting if you are outside the country or for any other reason.

You don’t even have to prove why you can’t vote on the day. You can just attend the early polling booth and vote if you want.

The benefit of compulsory voting is that the government MUST make it easy and accessible for everyone, as opposed to the awful, biased system the US has.

now pls, you are being very harsh on that guy

they obviously didn’t know any better, voting in different countries is different, im assuming in their country its a hard thing to do, they even asked if medical conditions exempt you from it in a worry that people with chronic pain wouldn’t be able to, idk, stand in a 2 hour line or something

i agree that voting is a part of being a citizen but c'mon that person was actually worried that some people would have to pay a fine for not being able to vote

in america a lot of places don’t even let you leave work to vote.

America wants to make it as hard to vote as possible so those who can’t get to a Voting booth or get time off work can’t vote.

And wouldn’t you know the people this effects most is the poor and minorities.

It was created this way. It didn’t just happen. In Washington you can mail in ballot but only 2 states in America do that.

So remember kids.

Unless you are rich and white America will do its hardest so your voice means nothing

I'd like to add that employers HAVE to give you three unpaid hours to vote, which is fine if you don't have to take a bus or any public transportation to get to your polling place. It is set up so the lower social economic classes can't vote or make an effort to vote. With the electoral college, it is set up so someone's vote in California counts less than a vote from Louisiana. It's fucked up.

Plus, there's the general consensus that politicians are all bad and it doesn't matter because the two parties are all the same. By disparaging the process and the people, we discourage voting.

This is how the greatest experiment will die. Trump is destroying the US and our relationship to the world. He's allowing decisions and agreements with other countries to happen without us. Once the world realizes you don't need the United States, you'll tell us to piss off and we will fall, just like the Soviet Union in the early nineties.

This is why I don’t tell 99% people im bisexual

I love how gay people do it too. Just… really? You’re literally saying the same shit to bisexuals that straight people say to you, and you don’t see the hypocrisy? 

If youre biphobic or hate bisexuals, fucking unfollow me, for serious.

^^^

If youre biphobic or hate bisexuals, fucking unfollow me, for serious.

Why is this a thing like really? Homosextual people of ALL beings should understand that you like what you like and if the answer multiple choice then that’s just more love to go around non?

BY REBLOGGING THIS YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOUR BLOG IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF BI FOLKS!!! BISEXUAL PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY AND IF YOU DISAGREE, PLEASE UNFOLLOW ME

BISEXUAL INDIVIDUALS ARE VALID AND LOVED ON THIS BLOG, PASS IT ON!

BY REBLOGGING THIS YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOUR BLOG IS COMPLETELY ACCEPTING OF BI FOLKS!!! BISEXUAL PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY AND IF YOU DISAGREE, PLEASE UNFOLLOW ME

THE REPLIES SAY IT ALL

HELLO I’M BI, FUCK EVERYONE WHO’S BIPHOBIC

I better not hate bisexuals, my wife is one.

What I don't like is TV shows who make a female character bisexual and then immediately put her in a heterosexual relationship. It's like they do it for the ratings or to look cool.

Little felt plague doctor!  Because why not.  I make no claims about its medical effectiveness–I’d rather make claims about its medical ineffectiveness–but if you want a tiny soft plague doctor for your desk you can find it on Etsy. 

(look for the shop Janewt on Etsy–I find that sometimes the link from Tumblr doesn’t work)

Sharing because I want one but don't have time to order right this minute.

meirl

God, I LOVE Millennials!

every year we have to say it

Can’t stress it enough.

listen, do what tf you want. half these mf w nine degrees super unhappy or working below their degree level. go where ya heart takes you. shit ass country.

CHOOSING A TRADE SCHOOL IS ALSO OKAY.

DO NOT LET PEOPLE LOOK DOWN ON YOU FOR CHOOSING TRADES.

I got my GED and didn’t go to college until i was 32! And that’s okay!!!

Started college: 1984

Graduated high school: 1985

Certificate in Criminal Justice: 1991

Graduated with Associate's Degree: 2002

Graduated with BA in Business: 2006 (with over 360 accepted credits)

Starting Grad School: 2021

I'm 52 and it's okay.

Sheet Pan Sausage and Potatoes

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Is this how you roll?

No. Not when Bae is wife and you are FREAKING TRAPPED IN AN 800 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE WITH HER!

If I have to listen to her bitch for one more second, I'm going to go CRAZY!