The only downside to talking to small children like they’re normal people and treating them like normal people (as per my mom) is that as they develop into bigger children they are viscerally aware of every single moment in which they are pandered to like stupid little accessories (as per my dad, my teacher, the special ed aide, every adult in my middle school) and you end up getting a lot of phone calls from people reporting your kid for (checks notes) “undermining authority”, “disrupting the classroom environment”, “disobeying elder peers”, and “unionizing the grade eleven gym class with intent to incite a mutiny” (as per me) and you end up with a Grown Adult who will absolutely encourage and enable other people’s children to fuck the sustem

Anyhow the most empowering shit you can say to a kid in my experience has to be

Im autistic and Ive talked to all my niblings and friend’s kids like this because I remembered being a kid and hating being talked down to 🤣

My favorite exchange was a niece asking me why I swear a lot. I think she was in 1st or 2nd grade at the time? Anyway I responded with “When you have a job and pay bills sometimes you need to say things like fuck or shit to feel a little bit better.”

She nodded sagely, then asked if she could swear too.

“My sister would rather you wait til you have a job and pay bills before swearing.”

from: @teachingwhilemuslim (june, 2024)

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@mbta-unofficial I’m having a problem with one of your stations; it won’t let me get off

Official Post of Massachusetts

I love this woman

Some more old art, with some soft shedora too in the mix (forgive me if I've posted any of these arts already)

This last one is my favorite, its very cute :>

All of these are on the same canvas, just on different layers because I'm very unorganized like that

in law school, my mom took me to this stress retreat because my family was vaguely aware i was a suicide risk. and they didnt allow phones, so i brought this huge bag of books. and one of the options for "destressing" was this fake cave grotto thing, where they'd decorated a room to make it look exactly like an underground cave and the air was like -10 degrees, but there was a like 4ft deep pool in the middle that was kept super super hot, so you would just switch between the hot and cold. and they would bring you an endless supply of this weird syrupy drink thing that was like super caffeinated and tasted like sugar and mint. and so i spent multiple days sitting half submerged in this fake grotto drinking mystery liquid and reading. and i have to be honest i really did feel less stressed

In retrospect, one thing I kinda like in ATLA is how Zuko never tells the gaang how he got his scar.

It would have been cool to see their reactions to Zuko's story and see how their perspective on Zuko changed. And I have no doubt that he tells them about it at some point. But this way, it doesn't come off as emotional blackmail, with him trying to paint his actions as 'Yes, I hunted you across the world, but I actually had a really good reason."

If he did, he might have had a better chance of joining the Gaang, but he doesn't. In traditional Zuko fashion, he takes the most challenging route possible.

Zuko takes full accountability for his actions, even though they came from a place where he felt he had no choice. Because at the end of the day, he realized that even though his father put him on his avatar's path, he was the one who zealously attacked them at every opportunity. He isn't letting himself off the hook for anything.

#zuko is so funny to me because at multiple points throughout the show if he had any manipulative bone in his damn body #he wouldve gotten somewhere #blue spirit? why are you throwing fire. the avatar is talking with you. LIE. #its so fucking funny bc the gaang is like 'zukos EVIL he is PLAYING you' guys zuko doesnt know how to do that. #full honest truth confessing insane shit in front of them. he didnt even gaf about being friends or being FORGIVEN it was abt the goal #'i need the avatar to take me into their group so i may aid in however possible to stop my father' that was the goal. truly was like #'take me as a prisoner if this is the way i can help' HES CRAZY (@ponytailzuko)

34 and ready to score!

Some jokes just never get old

autumn/winter affirmations:

American friends: If you are so convicted to donate to food banks during the ending of SNAP benefits, as someone who worked in nonprofit, please know it is much more impactful to donate MONEY than it is to donate food. Food banks can order items in bulk and get them tax free, and it gives them the flexibility to order what they need.

Check on your neighbors, help each other out 🙏🏻

Someone may have already put this in the notes, but if you're donating money to a food bank, and they're a tax-deductible charity and your employer offers matching donations, please look into that! I completely forgot until this post came around that this was an option. I just went in and submitted my receipt, which automatically doubled the $100 I sent to my local food bank to $200. This will really stretch the amount of food that they are able to buy at no additional cost to you.

Where's that one video of the guy yelling "One dollar's worth of food, coming through!" as he pushes an enormous pallet of vegetables?

When I donated $50, the splash page informed me I had donated ?? FIVE HUNDRED (500) ?!?! MEALS???!!!

Taking the phrase "virtue signaling" away and putting it on a high shelf.

You guys know that virtue signaling is only a problem because the signal is a lie, right? You realize the problem with virtual signaling isn't because it's signaling but because it promises something it fails to deliver on, right?

Queer flag stickers in a store window aren't virtue signaling unless they are also failing to make a safe environment for queer customers and employees.

You guys have decided "communicating one's values is bad," and that's extremely fucking stupid.

Bob's Burgers

Reviving my tumblr account once again to dump my polytrix art yahoo

Rumi & Turtlenecks: (⚠️last panel is suggestive⚠️)

for those who aren't aware, jamaica is about to experience its worst storm in history with a catagory 5 hurricane for at least a full day. i only ask that you keep jamaica in your thoughts, and if you have a bit of spare money, contribute some money to families, because they are absolutely gonna get destroyed

Greater Fort Lauderdale Diaper Bank (many of whose employees have roots in Jamaica) is collecting monetary and (if nearby) physical donations.

Please also visit this website for information about local shelters and donations!

>new game is announced

>don't buy game

>new game is bad

>$60 richer

i have made millions with this one simple technique

Princess Prom is the gift that never stops giving

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