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to any people who say “we’re not going to help florida or texas with their hurricanes” even as a joke: i just want y’all to consider how marginalized communities are disproportionately hit by hurricanes in terms of damage. some of y’all justified some parts of louisiana getting completely destroyed by these hurricanes just with the fact that we went red and not even considering the sheer amount of voter suppression in this state. y’all saying this shit is really fucking scary and really shows that y’all really never cared about the people suffering from the corruption in the South’s governments.

I really fucking wish that other people would be calling out Kinetic Games for their blatant disregard for cultural appropriation in their game, Phasmophobia. It’s so frustrating being one of the only people calling them out for their cultural disrespect and then getting dogpiled by white gamer boys misgendering you and telling you you’re uneducated about occultism and esotericism.

IT COSTS $0 TO NOT APPROPRIATE A LIVING CULTURE GO AWAY

The wild thing is, you didn’t say to scrap the whole thing. You just said change the name. Sure it may be difficult to go in and do that (idk anything about game design) but what they were doing was just smoke cleansing. There wasn’t a ritual to it.

Oh it’s absolutely nuts the amount of vitriol they’re spewing. Especially the Wiccan person being like WE SMUDGE TOO ya and Wicca is mostly cultural appropriation 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

Oh and the woman who accused me of triggering her dysphoria is cis and talks about her uterus all the time.

Fuckin clowns comin out of the woodwork.

Oh and Until Dawn should definitely have not used w*ndigos in their game and should issue an apology!

Thank you for taking the time to do this! If you see this, please share it! I’m so sorry for your experience.

My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.

I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”

I searched and searched for the post this graphic was from, and the OP deactivated, but I kept the graphic, because my BFF does the same thing, uses her imagination to come up with the worst pain she can imagine and pegs her “10″ there, and so is like, well, I’m conscious, so this must be a 5, and then the doctors don’t take her seriously. (And she then does things like driving herself to the hospital while in the process of giving birth. Probably should have called an ambulance for that one!)

So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”. 

I hate reposting stuff, but I’ll never find that post again and OP is deactivated, so, here’s a repost. I can delete this later, i just wanted to get it to you and I can’t embed images in a chat or an ask. 

This is possibly why it took several weeks to diagnose my fractured spine.

Pain Scale transcription:

10 - I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.

9 - My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.

8 - My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.

7 - I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.

6 - I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.

5 - I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.

4 - I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.

3 - My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.

2 - I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.

1 - My pain is hardly noticeable.

0 - I have no pain.

It’s also really important to get this kind of scale to people who have chronic pain, because chronic pain drastically lowers your perception of how “bad” any kind of pain actually is, and yet something like this pain scale is extremely user friendly. 

For example, if someone asked me how much pain I’m in at any given time, I’d say hardly any, and yet I’m apparently at a chronic 2.5, and it only goes up from there depending on the day. 

There’s also a similarly useful “Fatigue Scale”

I haven’t been below a 5 on this scale for 4 years 

Here’s the fatigue scale

Fatigue scale image desc:

10: can barely move; can’t talk

9: can barely move; can talk

8: can move, but can’t do much more than watch TV

7: can watch TV and play a game on my phone simultaneously

6: can do work on my computer lying in bed

5: can get around the house, but definitely couldn’t go out

4: can run a light errand

3: can get in my 10,000 steps, making my fitbit happy

2: can do three or more activities in a single day

1: going clubbing!

See also the Mental Health Pain Scale by Graceful Patient:

Mental Health Pain Scale transcription:

MILD

1 - Everything is a-okay! There is absolutely nothing wrong. You’re probably cuddling a fluffy kitten right now. Enjoy!

2 - You’re a bit frustrated or disappointed, but you’re easily distracted and cheered up with a little effort.

3 - Things are bothering you, but you’re coping. You might be overtired or hungry. The emotional equivalent of a headache.

MODERATE

4 - Today is a bad day (or a few bad days). You still have the skills to get through it, but be gentle with yourself. Use self-care strategies.

5 - Your mental health is starting to impact on your everyday life. Easy things are becoming difficult. You should talk to your doctor.

6 - You can’t do things the way you usually do them due to your mental health. Impulsive and compulsive thoughts may be hard to cope with.

SEVERE

7 - You’re avoiding things that make you more distressed, but that will make it worse. You should definitely seek help. This is serious.

8 - You can’t hide your struggles any more. You may have issues sleeping, eating, having fun, socialising, and work/study. Your mental health is affecting almost all parts of your life.

9 - You’re at a critical point. You aren’t functioning any more. You need urgent help. You may be a risk to yourself or others if left untreated.

10 - The worst mental and emotional distress possible. You can no longer care for yourself. You can’t imagine things getting any worse. Contact a crisis line immediately.

These are so important! SO SO IMPORTANT SHARE THIS AND SAVE IT TO SHOW YOUR DOCTORS!

This is the first time I’ve seen the fatigue scale, and HOLY MOLY that’s a revelation!!! These should be on all hospital and doctor office walls.

anyway attack on titan is nazi propaganda and i dont trust ppl who like it, and as a Jew™ and general decent person i have the fucking right to say i hate snk and fans of it on my own blog

also hetalia (i dont feel the need to link a source for that one since it is literally called axis powers hetalia and one of the main characters is a personification of nazi germany)

hi there, i hope its okay that i add onto this! i am a korean jew and i think its important to state that attack on titan also glorifies japans history of oppressing korea. the source emma provided also goes further into detail about this if anyone wants to know more

tysm for this post because snk makes me so uncomfortable, and not a lot of people realize what it is

Attack on Titan’s author believes in eugenics and thinks Korean people aren’t even human; I can’t ever understand why someone would want to support the work of a guy like this

the post linked in the first part was deleted – here’s an archived version of it

Can non Jews reblog? Because this is kinda a Big Deal

OP didn’t answer (at least not on this version of the thread), but I would say yes, gentiles absolutely should reblog. Lack of knowledge is what allows this shit to grow unchecked.

… OH my 😮

Bringing this back since 2020 is the worst and Axis Powers has been confirmed to be coming back. These aren’t a case of death of the author/being able to separate artist from their work. The ENTIRE POINT of these is advocating for eugenics, racial fetishization/superiority, fascism, and nazi sympathizing. This isn’t “Man, hetalia fans were so cringe with their constant rape jokes and general annoying behavior both irl and online” this is “hey, we’re experiencing a global rise in fascism + concentration camps, maybe AXIS POWERS is not just a problematic fave but actually harmful nazi sympathizing garbage”???

i hate that on the internet we’ve been put in this position where acknowledging and discussing sex-based oppression means you dont believe in trans rights and vice versa when the truth is transphobia is the natural result of sex based oppression! these arent at odds and i wish that was understood

cis women and trans people (regardless of sex or gender) are in this hellscape together and when you free one we’re all free

6 months on

breathing heavily

don’t worry that’ll only be a problem for one more book

PELASE

a compilation...

Wild Cats That Look Like Domestic Cats!

European wild cat (Felis silvestris), sometimes erroneously listed as the ancestor of the domestic cat:

African wild cat (Felis lybica), the actual ancestor of the domestic cat:

Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), it may be cute and very small but it has a 60% success rate when it comes to hunting, which is more than any other cat:

Sand cat (Felis margarita), this is kind of loose, as they’re basically the Felid version of the fennec fox:

Chinese mountain cat (Felis):

Geoffrey’s cat (Leopardus geoffroyi):

Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis):

And rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus):

Don’t try to pet them! I’m sured they’d love a box to sit in, though.

You forgot the Pallas cat!

A box full of friends!!

Kitties!

very prett kits i pet

I made another ATLA redraw  ❤ I’ve tried my best to recreate the scene from The Boiling Rock but I don’t know, something’s not right with the pic and I don’t know what, hmm 🤔

(Special dedication goes to @ladygollum because it’s her fault I drew this :^) )

JHDKFHDJDDMD anyways, zukka

I love atla but the comments on the trailer are kinda ridiculous. One person said that raya isn’t “original” since it’s atla’s setting and raya is basically korra.

Like atla is based Inuit, Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan cultures, while raya is based on southeast Asian cultures like Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Philippines.

We should probably stop comparing the two and just really appreciate the visuals, animation, soundtrack, and the diversity of the cast. Raya looks promising and I’m excited to see it!

Protest happening in Nigeria. 

One Nation. One Message. One Demand. = End S.A.R.S Now

⚠️TW: mentions of death, graphic depictions of violence/police brutality⚠️

please help and get the word out so i can get outtie! thank you so much! 🥺🥺🥺