hi so recently i’ve joined fandom twitter (genshintwt and anitwt), and i just want to say that i miss everyone i’ve met here back in 2011-2014, they remind me of you guys so much, i hope that you’re all well
to my most recent followers or much later mutuals, thank you for being here
i can’t believe we’re all young professionals and academics and we’re still logging on to tumblr.com every single day to clown on ourselves. who let this happen
I got on Tumblr in 2013 as a high schooler and now I’m a therapist and I’m. Still here.
Cats can see 6 times better in darkness than humans, so when we turn off the lights in a room and start fumbling they must think we suddenly turned idiots
humans literally evolved to have a heightened sense of taste in childhood because smaller bodies are more sensitive to poison and adults are just like “nah kids are Picky Eaters™ specifically to annoy me”
Also certain neurodivergencies can cause kids to be sensitive to certain foods and tastes and textures. That also isn’t just to annoy their parents. We literally can’t help it. If your kid freaks out at certain food, don’t force them to stay at the table until they finish it every night. Just give them different foods. Kids are not bad. They deserve to eat food they like that doesn’t make them sick. Be kind.
Telling kids their taste buds will change as they grow is a game changer. I’ve known many kids who were yelled at so much for being a picky eater that they dug in their heels, refused to eat certain foods, and never retried them even when they were adults. But explaining how child taste buds are different in an “isn’t that interesting!” way will get the kids into it
Explain the science of taste buds to children, tell them it’s okay they don’t like certain tastes because it means their body is trying to keep them safe, and tell them they might want to retry foods throughout their life because they’ll taste different as they age. Every single time I’ve done this the child has been excited to retry foods as they grow
All kids are scientists. If you tell them it’s okay to experiment with food they’ll be eager to do it
Some foods will also just scare them off because they’re different every time you try them so it’s like a Russian roulette but for your taste buds, and I feel like a lot of parents seem to forget that.
Also undiagnosed allergies and especially intolerances are a thing.
I almost never ate fruit as a kid. Turns out I can’t digest most local fruits unless I take antihistamines first, but I only discovered that as an adult, so I was called picky as a kid because I preferred sugary snacks that don’t make me nauseous over healthy fruits that do.
Would you like to go to college OR would you like to save your mother homelessness? Ah, you’ve chosen to help your mother? How heartwarming.
[Transcript: a young woman with long blonde hair is speaking directly into the camera.
“I’m gonna tell you guys something that honestly changed my life for good. So if you’re in college, and live in a dorm or an apartment, there’s a good change that a lot of people living in your dorm or apartment have an Alexa. And if you go into the hallway and yell loud enough... I’ll just show you the rest.”
The girl is now standing in a dorm hallway. She yells at the top of her lungs:
“Alexa! Play Fireflies!”
There is a moment of quiet where several Alexas responding can be faintly heard. After a few seconds, Fireflies by Owl City begins to play loudly, followed a few seconds later by another starting up, then another, then another as the woman begins to walk down the hall, smiling and laughing, to a growing cacophony of Fireflies by Owl City.
End transcript.]
this is the funniest thing in the entire world
derry girls be like i can excuse hatred for the english but i draw the line at homophobia
W h o a
this makes me uncomfortable
This are the kind of memes Miles Morales has in his dimension
Into the memeverse
you walk in here and they deal with every single problem youve ever experienced in your life and then you go to the cash register and they kill you
My mood in my flu induced hysteria
