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swedbank1820

@swedbank1820

they/them | aroace

Trying to figure out if you’re ace or aro can be so goddamn hard because it’s like, trying to find the absence of something. Imagine you’re at a pond and you want to know if there are any turtles, or fish. Say you find a turtle and you’re like “great! Now I know there are turtles.” Or a fish, now you know for sure there are fish. Or you find both, and now you know for a fact there are both turtles and fish in the pond.

But like, if you don’t find any turtles it might be that there are no turtles or maybe you’re just really shitty at looking for turtles and maybe you THINK you saw a turtle over there or maybe it was just a stick. Maybe there are only a few turtles. Maybe you need to do something special to find the turtles. Maybe a bunch of these rocks are actually turtles but you couldn’t tell them apart. Maybe there are no turtles. You have no idea. Meanwhile some people are saying “Oh there have to be turtles! You’ll find them eventually ;)” or “How many turtles have you found in your pond?” or “Try planting some vegetables at the shore to attract the turtles.” Or “Oh no! What disaster happened to your pond that there are no turtles?” And you’re just standing there wet with an empty net and a tired expression.

But whatever because whether there are turtles or fish or not your pond’s ecology works just fine without them because that’s what eco-communities do they form a system around what they have. You aren’t missing anything if you don’t have turtles you just have a pond system without turtles. If someone tried to change you by pouring a bunch of turtles into your pond it would probably fuck something up.

So you don’t have to be entirely sure. You don’t have to search every inch of the damn pond before you can decide there are probably no turtles. If you want to take the aro or ace label because you think it fits go for it. And if you do find your turtles you can rename the pond. That’s fine.

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picrew tag game that i was tagged in by @cinnamonnotfound uwu thank u!!

this was fun! here is the link!!

ok time to tag some people, if u dont want to do it u dont have to guys uwu but I'd love to see those face reveals 🙏

here ya go and thank you for tagging me. this was fun!!

thank youuuuuuuu @colorfulrainbowfire for the tag!

here's mah face!

no pressure to do this!!

here's me :))))

tagging @swedbank1820 :D

this is probably as close as i'll get :D

tagging @righteous-scamp :>

hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate

BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard (under My Filters) to get rid of it!

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3

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o/ <- person waving

o7 <- person saluting

ol <- person raising hand

o1 <- person scratching head

\o> <- person stretching

\o/ <- woohoo!

<o> <- EXTREME STRESS, LIKE "OH FUCK OH SHIT" STRESS

orz <- the person is on their hands and knees, on the floor, god what happened to them

OTL <- same, but we are now closer to them (mb softly pat their back or something)

or2 <- the person is still on their hands and knees but they've got a fat ass now

OP2 <- still on their hands an knees but this time they've got a fat ass and great tits

remember to drink water!

here is a list of some things that are not water

  • Soda!

It's delicious, but even diet soda isn't as refreshing as water, so it should only be drank in moderation!

  • energy drinks

Like coffee they can help give you a nice boost in the morning, just don't drink too much in one sitting!

  • juice

Even though it's made of fruit, it isn't a full replacement for fresh water!

  • Beef Broth

No matter how much you love drinking Beef Broth, you need to drink water sometimes too!

  • sweet tea

"Sweet" isn't in the name for no reason! Sweet tea has a lot of sugar, but don't feel bad for having a glass every now and then!

  • paint

do not drink paint

  • paint

this should not be consumed, even in small quantities, paint is highly toxic

  • paint

I have no control over you, I cannot stop you, I don't even know you. I can only beg you through the screen. paint is not something that you should drink

my words are powerless unless you choose to give them power