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idk when we decided that explaining yourself shouldn't be part of an apology but like. if someone was a dick to me and apologizes but I still don't understand why they did it I'm not gonna feel any better

"Sorry for hurting your feelings earlier. I was trying to say x, but I guess it came across wrong. I don't think you're stupid."

or

"Sorry I snapped at you. I didn't get enough sleep last night so my patience is a little low today."

is a better apology than

"I want you to know that I am sorry that my actions offended you. I take full accountability for my actions and I am listening and learning. I hear you."

alright for the millionth time I'm seeing yet another author I admire talk about how they literally can barely afford to live & yet there are people openly admitting to pirating their books so, like

i guess it needs to be said again

pirating books is not the same as pirating your favourite Disney movie or whatever. book piracy kills author's incomes and can genuinely ruin someone's career

Textbooks and other research materials being paywalled by greedy fucking publishing houses who won't pay any of that money to the authors anyway? Pirate them.

Novel written by an author and published through a regular publishing house? BORROW FROM A LIBRARY or buy outright. Do not pirate. The sales/borrow numbers OUTRIGHT determines pay to the author, whether their next book gets greenlit or cancelled, etc.

Multi-volume series that you want to read the end of? BUY OR LIBRARY.

You can get ebooks and audiobooks through your library! Don’t pirate books!

Ha ha seriously tho.

I needed to hear this right now. <3

My new favorite post.

As someone who finished her undergrad at 40, I feel this later update. Take your time. Progress made at any speed is progress.

Capitalism is feudalism repackaged.

feeding you all my buff lesbian musketeer barbie agenda

Love that his reaction to being pranked was to pull the exact same prank on his buddy

Link to the gay porn library of Alexandria.

Happy pride.

Justin O’Neal

You telling me that Jack Black would not be 1000% down to be kidnapped by the muppets for a shenanigan, or possible a hijink?

Mr. The Frog still sends me more than “we all agreed a celebrity is not a people”

I'm trying so hard to make a joke about "this is so conservatives are afraid of reading to our kids". But I can't because my brain restarts and makes the dial-up loading sound every time she does the dress swish part.

"It's story time. *swish swish swoosh* It's story time. *swish swish swoosh*"

Love it. Can't get enough.

Anyways, yes. This is what drag story time is (and yes the skirt is designed to look like books and the titles on the skirt is either books she's written or books that inspired her).

-fae

rocky horror picture show asks what would happen if frankenstein’s creature knew its purpose from birth. it also asks “what if victor frankenstein did drag and a lot of cocaine” which is a frankly more important question

—

Elie Wiesel

(via quotemadness)

I've been watching some videos about plot choices in DA:O and DA2 that I've never seen, and Merrill has this amazing line in the Gallows at the end of Act 3, if you side against her and the mages. It speaks to everything I adore about her character, and sums up the central conflict of the entire Dragon Age series so poignantly:

"If I leave these mages to die, or I help you kill them, what then? Magic can't be made safe, and it can't be destroyed. Fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could."

That's the thing I love about Merrill. Out of all the mages we encounter throughout the series, on both sides of the mage-templar conflict, Merrill has always been the one who, despite her flaws, or maybe because of them, understands the hard truths about magic that almost no one else seems able or willing to accept.

This line in the Gallows reminds me of another line she has, a banter line with Anders after Justice takes over and almost kills that one girl.

Merrill understands that magic is not safe, and will never be safe. And until the rest of Thedas is ready to accept that, the mage-templar conflict will never end. Because until you can accept that there's no silver bullet solution to the problem of dangerous spirits and mages who choose to hurt people, you'll never be willing to do the hard work it takes to co-exist.

Five asexuals are playing cards.

One starts to explain the rules: 

I’d say no cheating, but there are already five aces at the table.

just a reminder that apparently anybody who isn’t ace cheats

this literally says the aces are cheating…………. because… you can’t have five aces in a deck………….it’s the Opposite of the second comment…

Reading comprehension on this site is piss-poor

How dare you say aces piss on the poor

Happy pride y'all

Literally

If gender roles and stereotypes are contextual, so are standards of gender nonconformity. Some expressions might not seem particularly bold to you or me, but in the right context would completely change the way someone is treated. A man wearing plain, barely visible stud earrings could be considered risky. The same outfit can communicate entirely different things on a stage, on a college campus, on the bus or behind a front desk. A lot of it, maybe most, has nothing to do with clothing but your subtle mannerisms, as those of us who are still considered "flamboyant" no matter how we dress will tell you. Much of this does not translate in an online persona, and social media has given us a skewed view of just how "normalized' certain expressions are. It's all so RELATIVE!

On yet another DAI playthrough. I’m not being very timely with these, but I still want to meme-ify some of this stuff, so here’s two more meme redraws! (pst pst If you like elves and queer fantasy…I got a comic for you.)

hey dont cry. thousands and thousands of bisexual trans people in the world ok?

happy pride month to asexuals and aromantics and everything in between. i want each and everyone of you to know that you are loved and cherished by the community even though there are some who try to diminish us. you are a valued, important, and valid part of the lgbtqia+ community. thank you for simply existing this pride 🏳️‍🌈🖤🤍💜🖤🤍💚