:3 feels happier than :) But not as genuine as :]

:3 is my favorite. Full of deceit and silliness. The jester’s face. The culmination of all that’s chaotic and ever changing.

:) can be ominous, if it’s alone or accompanied by odd context! But sometimes, it’s yer friendly ol smile. :] is a friendly face. That is a friend. Look at it. What harm could it possibly do?

:3!!!

You have the secret knowledge my friend

The little guys are here… the littlest of smiles… like being handed a flower on a nice day…

Like this almost

You understand the treasures!

:] is 'ehehe joaks'

:3 is just cute

:} is up to something

I just saw a post implying that Tumblr is doing scab work by promoting OnePiece during the strike because ~Tumblr accepted money to make this promotion and that's against SAG-AFTRA rules~

the strike prohibits union writers and actors--and writers and actors who may someday like to join the union--from engaging in and promoting their work in movies, television, and streaming (they can actually still do stage, commercials, and even soap operas, because those are different unions)

Tumblr is not part of or planning to be part of the writer or actor unions

what Tumblr is doing is just regular advertising

if regular advertising were against the strike, then there would not have been any promotion at all allowed for any movie over the last two months

I mean, yes, I completely understand being irritated with how this One Piece promotion is going

but Tumblr isn't breaking the rules of a union, which it's not now and never will be part of, by running annoying ads

Just saw a different post where that same person added that same take again, and this time I saw that the notes were full of people very firmly correcting them

but then I saw someone saying, more or less, "Yeah, they're not crossing the picket line, but they are violating the fact that you must disclose when you're doing paid advertising!"

and, once again, that's not how that works, either--the rules about stating when you're doing a promotion for which you were compensated applies to individuals, especially in social media posts that may otherwise give the appearance of someone just casually chatting with their besties about something new they tried

Tumblr is basically a corporate media entity running commercials and billboards

which by their very nature are known to have been paid for

You don't watch the SuperBowl then report the NFL to the FTC for not having a disclaimer on every commercial and stadium-side sign about being a paid promotion.

Like, yes, I absolutely get being irritated by this particular advertising campaign. But that doesn't mean there's something morally reprehensible at the core of it. It's just annoying. You don't need any deeper reason to dislike it.

God damn people really do keep looking for "virtuous" reasons to dislike things

How about it's fucking annoying

Any time I see those statistics about how the average American throws away 60 to 100 pounds of clothes per year I really wish I had a list with names and addresses of everyone who qualifies as a Fast Fashion Georg so I can ask them if they are on crack

Finally watched the Addams Family Values recently! and honestly. my main takeaway is

Debbie slays. And Joan Cusack is a QUEEN

Joan Cusack has never appeared in a film that she did not steal.

And as for Debbie, I will always repost my stance on her end.

The potential of a spin-off series of the hijinks of her trying to kill fester over and over and failing every time was WASTED. I’ve been saying that FOREVER

Post Exertional Malaise (PEM) - What is it?

What it DOES NOT describe is that the minor physical or minor mental exertion can come from*:

- sitting up or rolling over in bed

- a coughing fit

- DIY noise

- the TV being too loud

- using the bathroom

- getting too cold or too warm

- too much light in the room

- a phone call or text conversation

- a hot shower or bath

- the noise of a hairdryer, of dishes being put away, the vacuum

*this is not a complete list by any means, it's all I can manage

For me, PEM has been one of the hardest to accept, knowing that the smallest of things will make my symptoms worse.

I genuinely used to think it was something people were wrongly trying to pinpoint because we usually have no other reasons & crave reasoning, so "it can't be from doing ONLY that," right?? Wrong.

I'm already having these symptoms, but now I'm going to suffer more with the symptoms because of some hollow event like brushing my damn teeth??

It's hard to accept because these things did not affect me this way before, but now, I cannot bear them.

Being in a state of PEM is to be in a state of pure suffering. You feel like you're dying but you're not, you're waiting for it to stop.

PEM makes me extremely depressed & all I want to do is be alone. In fact I HAVE to be alone, because everything is too overstimulating & makes it last longer.

It makes me extremely irritable, when I have to strain my way through the day, forcing my head to stay up with my hands, when all I may have done is fold some washing.

Stretching and straining my eyes open like I have been awake for 3 weeks. Trying to stand up but it's like someone in front of you forcing you back down with their body weight, every single time.

I get unbelievably apathetic towards PEM, because "this is who I am now" & I DESPISE IT.

Being ill, PLUS being in a state of PEM is living torture. It's the antithesis of everything I aspired to be. It is NOT ME.

hope is a skill

hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

favourite additions

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and the second person is a bot. Hot damn, frank.

Well. Fuck.

Ok, yeah, obviously I'm posting this up to ask for help because holy fuck we need it, and the partials we'd been doing for previous months are not adding up enough.

So yeah, now would be a great time if you need to buy leatherworks for like late fall or gift season. Here's that link, to help out and get stuff at the same time: http://tormentedartifacts.com

Or if you're willing to just donate and help out, and keep a trans woman artist and her family housed, which would be even better, here's a donation link: http://paypal.me/tormentedartifacts

Right. What we got in helped, but it's the OPPOSITE of a reprieve because they'restill insisting on the rest despite chucking in 6 and a half already, plus September, which means 7.2 grand more by the 11th. HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THIS, I don't know but I'm going to have to try and ask y'all for help again.

And yes, I've seen the comments- i live in unincorporated territory- less agencies and the ones there are are already overtaxed or unavailable.

For you, who's feeling so lonely today ❤🌹

Happy Valentines day❤

I propose “nongry.” Or possibly "nungry." You’re hungry, but also no. Plus it sounds a little like angry, which you will definitely also soon be.

at this point I wish advertising in general was just literally illegal. Word of mouth only. Maybe exceptions beneath a certain net value like if you’re a startup or a family run business but if you’re already making a billion dollars then making even one single commercial or banner campaign should be a crime and I mean a crime like the CEO gets investigated on national television and goes to prison forever and everyone agrees they’re a sick fucked up maniac

This is mostly a reminder to me that it's bandcamp friday and I should go buy those albums I've got on my list - but maybe someone else would benefit from the heads up so here you go: today, on average of 93% of your money reaches the artist/label (after payment processor fees)

Cheers to everyone who is coming up on or has already entered their hobbit era! May the years bring you many new adventures! But be wary of hot elves!

And happy 24th birthday Dipper and Mabel!

So incredible. 😍

I've watched this about 10 times now. Absolutely mesmerizing

— Fortesa Latifi  (via moronthehound)