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Inner 8 & the Isms

@inner8andtheisms

my hobbies include: avoiding deadlines, bribing myself with cake, and swiping left on Tinder This is probably not safe for work? I don't know, it depends where you work, maybe?
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Allow me to elucidate, @a-sour-nectarine

When most people "roll their eyes", they flick their eyes directly upward, usually as far as they comfortably go, then resume looking normally.

When someone who learned the phrase before the behavior does it, they usually go in a circular (ish) motion. Since most eye movements are lines, it's usually pretty triangular: the key points are usually a diagonal up one way, then to the far other side, then to a diagonal low the first way. Thus, the eyes basically make a loop, so they "rolled".

I've found that when people who learned the up-down way first try the circular motion, they might risk motion sickness, so experiment carefully.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN MOST PEOPLE JUST LOOK UP

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In the wake of the dual strike I would like to remind everyone that "hollywood elites" is an antisemitic dogwhistle and if you are referring to company executives call them executives

I would further like to add that “cabal” is an antisemitic dogwhistle a pretty decent chunk of the time. You’ll really only see it used in three contexts: people using it as a dogwhistle, people using it not knowing it’s a dogwhistle and thus making it easier to fly under the radar, and, rarely, in a joking way where they not only don’t know it’s a dogwhistle, they’re not even entirely sure how the word is supposed to be used.

It has its origins in the word “Kabbalah,” which is a Jewish learning pathway so closed that even most Jews can’t partake in it. (It’s Jewish mysticism, and at an absolute bare minimum to begin study you should be a Jewish adult extremely well-versed in Torah and Talmud; the stricter Orthodox practice states you must be a learned, male, married Torah scholar over the age of 40.) Because people enjoy shitting on closed practices, goyim were quick to go IT IS SECRET SINISTER WORLD-DOMINATION PLANS, and that is where the word cabal came from.

So: if you mean “monopoly,” as in “The Walt Disney Company has brought almost all modern major audiovisual properties under its control in a monopoly that controls well over 75% of wide-release and streaming media,” please say monopoly.

Wearing diapers, needing a bed pad (chux) or wearing underwear liners for incontinence is actually way more common than a lot of people think. When I started having to wear them, it was really stressful and upsetting until a lot of other people in my life were like "hey, I use those too!"

So if you're having accidents, leaking, having too much moisture, whatever the case may be, try incontinence products. They're totally normal and a part of a lot of people's lives. It's such a relief to not worry about having an accident, you deserve that feeling too.

Like literally, 1/3 of people who have given birth have leaking, so if you have a mom, an aunt with a kid, and a grandma, chances are at least one of them has incontinence and wears protection for it. That's just ONE type of incontinence too.

But also if you do start leaking, whether you've had a baby or you're young or old or whatever, and it's a urine leak thing, you should see a doctor just to make sure it's nothing serious.

Sometimes it can be fixed with some simple pelvic floor exercises, sometimes you may need some minor surgery, but either way it's not something to ignore because the acidic nature of urine can cause more problems the longer you leave it untreated.

And yes, use incontinence pads, they are normal!

I also have to wear liners every day to protect my underwear, and I've had a doctor tell me it's 'not normal' to have to wear liners every day you don't have your period. That doctor was fucking wrong! I stopped going to them! Because every other doctor I asked said 'of course you should wear liners if you have regular discharge, it's just like that for some people'.

So sometimes, you really need a second opinion. And in the end, it's about your comfort and your health! Use the pads! It sucks that it costs money but the less you have to worry and think about the leakage, the better!

I came into my room and there was a web directly across the inside of my doorway even though it had only been a couple of hours since I last walked in here. Of course I immediately thought of this old Far Side which is never too far from my mind

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Have loved this particular Far Side moment for ages.

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there are three types of pigeon breeds: "just your average french fry thief," "a little weird but nothing to write home about," and "what the fuck"

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all images from the american pigeon museum's breed gallery

normal dude. just loitering around the city. kinda funky, interesting colorway, but feral pigeons have plenty of variety. not really of any particular note, all things considered

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u know, that one’s a bit of an oddity right there. in the realm of weird, yeah, but i can still connect point A to point Z

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what the fuck. no, seriously, what the fuck is this. how did you get to this morphology via selective breeding. what led you to choose to continue this at each and every step. what.

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bonus: why they ourple