there are people who leave the house without a pair of earplugs. what insanity
there are people who go outside, who spend an entire day in environments completely out of their control--and these bitches don't bring earplugs? that is not Standard Practice?
what happens if the traffic is too loud? what happens if co-workers are having a nearby conversation? what if the grocery store music exists? what happens if the basic Vibe is just Grotesque? and you go out there, into that vile wilderness, without so much as a pair of goddamn foam earplugs to do battle? you build your own hell brick by loathsome brick
your "harmless" outdoor catgirl just fucking killed and ate my subby birdboy
my Watership Down inspired illo, originally created for Black Rabbit cafe (Edinburgh). prints available here ♥
America has a weird relationship with cults where they’re terrified of small cults (or organizations they think are cults) but completely normalized massive cults that hurt many more people (eg: LDS Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Amish, Scientology, most Megachurches)
To anybody asking if the Amish are a cult, the answer is yes, very much so.
They’re a high control group that isolate you from society. The cult decides how you dress, how you behave, who you marry and how. They control what you know, blocking all information from the outside world. They control how you feel and what you’re allowed to think with threats of both social and supernatural harm. They’re a cult.
The best method to determine if a group is a cult, in my opinion, is Steven Hassan’s (cult expert and former cult member himself) BITE model.
BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.
The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.
I think this model is the best one for several reasons:
- It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups
- It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.
- It focuses on what’s important, which is what the cult does to its members, and those members’ experiences, and not on irrelevant details like how uncommon their doctrines are or whether they have a charismatic leader
This is a great example of Thought Control used by cults whenever they’re confronted with criticism.
The creator of the BITE Model considers abusive relationships to be two-person cults.
As someone who grew up in the Mennonite church around one of the biggest Amish populations in the country… both Amish and Mennonites are cults. Outsiders view them as “quirky” and “harmless” because they’re not DEATH cults. Doesn’t make them not cults.
The only way to combat loneliness is to spread joy and love. I love the world I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you
cafes as a concept are like. brilliant. u put something that smells nice (coffee and pastries) and you get to eat them and the inside is soft lighting (autism) and they play quiet music (autism) or theyre bright and have big windows with pretty natural lighting (autism) and they play upbeat music and you can wear cute outfits to them and not worry it will get messed up because the menu is not messy foods and its usually foods with similar ingredients (autism) and the drinks are built in a pattern thats repeated across cafes (autism) so even if youre somewhere unfamiliar you can figure out what youll like safely. and sometimes their are CATS THERE. and even GAY PEOPLE
"How to get rid of the fucked up clown on your dashboard" I would never unfollow my mutuals like that :((
[guy who hasnt drawn in a few weeks voice] yeah the world is horrible and life is agony
[guy who finally drew again voice] yeah the world is beautiful and life is wonderful
this was a hit with the artists who havent drawn in a while community
OP turned off reblogs (and I understand why) but I wanted this on my dash
Hands down my fave thing about hurricane season is when zoos put their birds in the bathroom to protect them from the wind and we get images like this
Photo from St Augustine Alligator Farm
A completely random phrase I wrote down on my phone at some point and which I didn’t want to leave languishing there forever, so slapped this little thing together. I do wonder what sort of fortunes she tells.
This was startlingly evocative the moment I read it, and I couldn’t help but write something. Thank you for the lovely words that sparked something.
The old bee woman was telling fortunes outside the cathedral again. The cathedral had long since stopped holding services; time, decay, and several harsh battles in long-forgotten wars had seen to that. It now served as a curiosity for newcomers and just another landmark for the locals. Children would sneak into it on dares, and young lovers would worship one another in nooks where once other kinds of worship took place.
I’m honored to have inspired this!
Anonymous asked:
what is your DARK gender and DARK pronouns
i hope the anonymous person who sent the "i used to live in your house. i'm drunk in boston and it's the only address i know. happy holidays" postcard is aware that they wrote my favourite poem
