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Supernatural and other stuffs I like

“It’s only a crime if you get caught, really,” General Kenobi nodded.

“We did get caught, Sir.”

“Semantics, my dear Commander, semantics.”

“This is the best day of my life,” Fox sniffled, holding up the camera again. “General, give us a smile!”

Fox would frame and hang Cody’s mugshot on his wall 😂😂

Proper boundaries

[image description: twitter thread from Olivia Vizachero, thelessstressedlawyer

Here are some examples of boundaries that aren’t actual boundaries.

Not A Boundary: “You can’t email me on the weekends.” A Proper Boundary: “If you email me on the weekend, I will not respond until Monday.”

Not A Boundary: “You can’t talk to me like that.” A Proper Boundary: “If you talk to me like that, I will hang up the phone.”

Not A Boundary: “You need to respect my time.” A Proper Boundary: “I will end the meeting at the scheduled time.”

Not A Boundary: “You need to be more considerate and thoughtful.” A Proper Boundary: “I would like you to do these specific things for me and if you don’t, that’s okay, but I will not invest more time [into] this relationship.”

Not A Boundary: “You need to show up on time.” A Proper Boundary: “If you are late, we will not wait for you.”

Not A Boundary: “You need to give me less work.” A Proper Boundary: “I will not work more than 50 hours a week.”

Not A Boundary: “You need to do a better job.” A Proper Boundary: “If you don’t make these three specific improvements by the end of the quarter, I will give you a negative review.”

Boundaries are not mandates for other people to follow. Boundaries are not demands. Boundaries are not expectations. Boundaries are not ultimatums. Boundaries are not idle threats. Here’s what a boundary is…

It’s a particular course of action YOU take to take care of yourself when a particular set of circumstances arises. That’s it. It’s about what YOU do. Not about what THEY do. Ever.

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I want to highlight here the emphasis on telling people the specifics of what your wants/needs/limits are. “You need to do better at X” does not tell someone what you actually want/need from them and you are much less likely to get the response you are hoping for if you don’t tell them what that is.

that is the face of a man worried he will be next

Sorry, he WHAT? Imagine being this man's boss and having to sit him down like. Listen. Brian. We need you to fuck the bird. You have to act like you're excited about it.

crane husband.....

this is the diametric opposite of all those awful swan wife stories and i love it.

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(WalWaPo makes you jump through like three separate hoops before you can read the article, so I will share some of the highlights:

  • Walnut was born in a species-recovery breeding program in the 1980′s.  The program had crane chicks hand-raised by human volunteers, and at that time they did not fully understand the measures necessary make sure that the chicks do not imprint on humans and retain their identity as cranes.  
  • As a result, her keepers believe, Walnut does not recognize other cranes as members of her own species.  
  • It has not been proven that Walnut killed her previous suitors; however, there is a persistent rumor in the white-naped-crane-conservation community that she did.  
  • Because this species is highly endangered, and the gene pool of the captive population is small, it’s pretty important for the survival of her species that Walnut A) mate, and B) not kill a bunch of other cranes.  
  • The actual name of the keeper is Chris Crowe.
  • They both arrived at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2004.   
  • Walnut immediately began paying special attention to Chris--and ignoring the eligible male crane in a nearby enclosure.  
  • Walnut initiated their courtship, performing the opening moves of a mating dance.  
  • Chris realized that if he reciprocated the mating dance, it might be possible to artificially inseminate Walnut with her participation and consent.  (The process normally involves restraining the bird.)  
  • It worked!  
  • Chris and Walnut have had five children, who were raised by other crane couples at the facility--sometimes the biological dad and his mate--both because it’s unclear whether Walnut would accept the chicks as her own, and because Chris is not equipped to be a Crane Dad.  
  • However, the Institute provides her with artificial eggs to sit on, and Chris takes his turn looking after them.  (This would not work with real eggs because he can’t sit on them properly, but Walnut seems to feel that he is on the job if he just stands over them.)
  • Chris accepts that he is pretty much married to this bird.  White-naped cranes live to be about 60, and they mate for life, so he knows he can’t retire while Walnut is alive.  (At the time of the article, Walnut was 36, and Chris 42.)  

Legit cannot pick the funniest part of this

she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)

His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)

the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)

"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")

chris sits any potential human partners down, like "my love, you must understand before we wed,,, i am already... Attached" (camera drifts wistfully to the above photo) "Lady Walnut and I have an,, Understanding... the relationship is open, but very committed"

just had to explain this post to my father bc he thought my stifled laughter was a signal of illness.

well done, everyone, good game. hit the showers.

Not only is he 'married' to walnut, this has apparently happened SEVERAL times, so he has MULTIPLE crane wives, none of which know about any of his other crane wives. This man is, for some unknown reason, irresistible to cranes

the “this content has been removed for violating Tumblr’s Community Guidelines” notice really adds a lot of flavor to this post and somehow makes it MORE obscene than whatever that actually was

100 days

100 fucking days since russians started the full scale war in my country.

100 days of air raid sirens.

100 days our cities are being shelled.

100 days of fear, anxiety, nightmares.

100 days of occupation.

100 days of war crimes.

I know my Tumblr is not a good place for posts like this. I know you are boring to see this kind of posts. I suppose Ukrainian theme is annoying for you, you are tired of seeing it. But war is going on, my country is on fire. Russians still kill, rape from newborns to old age people, tourture, kidnap, loot…

If someone cares and wants to help us win, donate here https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/

Every $ counts and appreciated

The Emperor’s New … Apprentice? 

I’ve been sitting on these images for a long time now and finally decided to finish them up. It’s just a great combo.