To everyone who is still studying despite the pandemic, I’m so fucking proud of you.
To everyone who isn’t studying because, well, we are in the midst of a pandemic and it’s hard to focus, it’s okay.
Studying or coping, either way, I’m so proud of you and keep going.
Love, Ax
Felt the need to reblog this again nearly a year later. Keep it up, it’s hard but worth it.
Not only is there a furry working on Covid-19 vaccine research efforts, but said furry is being followed by one of the world’s most influential living economists
And y know what?
Mad respect to them
Who I thought would save us in a pandemic: Brad Pitt
Who is actually going to save us: furry doctors and dip-n-dots
bob woke up and chose violence on this day
the sequel tho
It seems to me that there are times when they look at each other and everyone else fades into the background. And for just that moment the world revolves around their love? I love those moments.
And why I love them for not only who they are together but who they are as individuals and for their individual stories.
It was evident from the time Emma Swan & Killian Jones climbed a beanstalk that they’d find true love. The episode revealed Emma’s first love’s bitter betrayal mingled between scenes with a man that was just as dangerous yet had much more respect for her capabilities. Neal didn’t think she could go after the watches but Killian Jones never doubted what Emma could do. Their chemistry together was off the charts.
But I love Emma for the hero she is & the love she gave & found.
I love Killian for becoming the hero he was always meant to be & bravely facing his past.
An electric toothbrush and an escalator are two things that can stop working and still accomplish their original goal.
Ah, wonderful! This post can help me illustrate something I’ve been trying to articulate for awhile: the concept of benign or unintentional abelism.
Escalators and electric toothbrushes are perfect examples of things that many able-bodied people assume exist for their own convenience, and this post is a perfect example of that unconscious assumption.
An escalator that has broken down is still perfectly functional, right?
Well, sure–if you could have used the stairs to begin with.
But for people like me, for whom the escalator was not a convenience but a mobility device, a broken down escalator is not functional.
An electric toothbrush might seem like something that could be just as easily used turned off as turned on, but for someone with Parkinson’s, or any other number of nerve, coordination, or grip issues, the function of the electric toothbrush is a necessary feature, and without it, the task at hand becomes far more arduous (or even impossible).
I’m not angry or trying to point out why this post is “bad” or “wrong”–I’m simply trying to point out that people who assume every time or energy-saving invention was created as a means to help able-bodied people be lazier should consider re-examining those assumptions. It might help you become more compassionate toward your disabled friends and family, or at least more aware of the struggles we face daily.
I’ve had plenty of folks ask for examples of abelism and I am terrible at coming up with them on the spot, so here you go. This is a great one: assuming every modern convenience is only a convenience for everyone, when for some, it is, in fact, a necessity.
^ When I heard that this is why all those infomercials show “impossibly clumsy able-bodied people” - that these random convenience devices are really made more for people with troubles like randomslasher describes, and it’s just able-bodied actors trying to act those mobility issues out - I kinda had to stop making fun of those clips.
And the reason they use able-bodied actors instead of showing real people with disabilities use the product is because if they did that, able-bodied people would see it and be like “oh what a neat product for people with x disability” and not buy it because they assume it’s not for them. And even though that’s true, the companies need able bodied people to buy it so they can make enough revenue to stay in business and continue to produce the product for people with disabilities.
^^ also the more able bodied people that buy or have a product intentionally designed for someone with disability is that it helps destigmatize it. Which is super important.
Remember Snuggies? The blanket with sleeves? It was designed for wheelchair users/people with mobility issues so they could be warm and still use their arms without being trapped under a blanket. They were SO popular for a while, and everyone had one… which meant that if someone who was able bodied came over to your house and saw you had one too, it was less of a chance of being made fun of for it, and more like an opportunity for a conversation on about how they want one too.
The slap chopper is also another great example. I know so many people who are able bodied that had/currently have one and sure it makes things quicker and easier for them, but someone with motor control issues or bad arthritis can use it. It won’t be an awkward “why do you have this thing” conversation. It is a “woah, I have one too!” or “I love mine, so glad you love yours too” sort of thing
By selling/marketing them to able-bodied people, this makes it better for those of us who are disabled. It can destigmatize, which in turn normalizes it, which helps us become less Other and more Accepted.
Dad gets (pretend) vaccinated so daughter is less scared. (via tana_ann)
Yup the wholesome content I’m here for!
Black love ❣️
I want this for my future kids or nothing
He acknowledged that it hurt a little. He didn’t tell her it didn’t hurt and to not cry. Be honest with your kids.
anyone else remember being a child and seeing the very neat handwriting of other little girls and somehow knowing that you were a different genre of person than they were
Okay, so do vampires drink from arteries or veins or both? Asking for a friend.
@lqtraintracks This drew me in too easily, what the hell 👏😂
This guy is the Gordon Ramsey of blood.
“THIS BLOOD HAS SO MUCH FUCKING ACID IN IT, I’M SEEING TECHNICOLOR DEMONS!!!”
@lehuka123 Can you, the vampire expert, confirm?
I can’t speak to general vampires, but my vampires tend to stick to veins to start to send Venom through the body, and then go to the arteries when it’s easier to feed 🥰
This is so…… specific. Wtf.
a man of Lebanese/Turkish descent on twitter posted a AI-made reconstruction of the face of Jesus and said he looks like family and he’s so right…
him: :)
us: 😭 i trust u with my life
^OP’s tags
Me seeing imagery of the six living Umbrella Academy kids where they subconsciously leave space for Ben:
Bro, you'd think that the main character would have at least two love interests. Because they usually do, but then how come I don't get any? If everyone says that you're the main character of your life .
It’s funny to see the “Gen Z hates Millenials” narrative getting pushed now. Like, is that supposed to make me resent Gen Z or something? Is that supposed to make me not want to support them through the problems that hurt them directly? Sorry, that’s not how this works. Even if a kid is a smartass towards me, it’s not going to make me abandon an entire generation. Just saying.
just made the best non-looping gif i think
Everybody looking at this post
