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Sometimes, a fic doesn't have to get published, it can just be a series of messages on a Discord channel, between a dedicated group of friends going "oooh, you know what else would be cool?" continuously over a period of weeks and months :)

This is the closest I've ever gotten to making up stories around a fire with friends btw.

Me, in a hushed voice, dramatically, while roasting a marshmallow over the fire: And so... The Blorbo that was sad and alone... Was not alone anymore.

My friends, collectively, every single time (while also roasting marshmallows): Oh my god, The Blorbo wasn't alone anymore... 😭😭😭

This is entirely valid and I think we as a society have put so much value on completed, polished narratives that we forget how this kind of storytelling can be just as much fun. Maybe you aren't a novelist, and can't polish it into a traditional novel-style story... But who cares? It was fun to make , it was fun to hear, and that's what really matters.

L with the T 💖

edit: OP is a trans inclusive intersectional feminist. this post is not for “the overlap between trans men and lesbians” (quote from a terf who reblogged this). this post is for trans lesbians, and solidarity between lesbians and trans people. TERFs and other radfems dont reblog or interact.

hey please reblog this version instead so radfems know they are not allowed on this post!

amatonormativity hurts so many people and they don’t even know it. they don’t even know amatonormativity exists and yet everyone is affected by it all of the fucking time. it’s so fucking sad.

Polyamorous relationships aren’t bad they just might not be for you. Learn to accept not everything is made for you.

polyamory really helped with my self-esteem. once i stopped romanticizing people, i realized that everyone is imperfect and loveable. so if i was able to love people as they were, i was also able to feel loveable and worthy of affections myself

The thing is you read too much 19th century Brit Lit and that's literally just how you start to talk. Was speaking with a friend about another friend and I said "he's very agreeable, but he lacks discernment" like that was in any way a normal way to phrase that sentiment.

This was me when I was ten (I mean, also later but this story is about stuff that happened when I was ten). I had a teacher who was horrible (she took over in like March for another one who left and was very much a desperation hire) and one day my dad came in and told her off for giving us so much homework that even though me and my friend and both our parents spent the whole weekend trying to finish it, we couldn’t. She was not pleased.

And she took it out on me. When I started middle school the following year I was enrolled in the Honors track (hello fellow gifted children who peaked early). Cut to roll call on the first day, and my name isn’t on the list. So I go down to the main office to sort things out, where a very nice lady tells me that I’ve been moved into the ESL (English as a second language) track. For context, I’m a foreign kid who moved to the US a year earlier but speak perfect English. My dad, who had yelled at my teacher a few months earlier, has a thick accent however. Turns out said teacher called the school and said I couldn’t speak English and don’t belong in the honors classes.

However, as mentioned above, I was basically OP. In fact, I was moving from my Frances Hodgson Burnett phase into my H.G. Wells phase at that point and spoke like a haunted Victorian doll when I opened my mouth. So when this nice lady told me that I was moved into the ESL class, my response was something along the lines of, “I’m sorry to trouble you but I do believe there’s been a mistake, albeit an easily reparable one. Might you be able to address this today? I would be remiss if I couldn’t attend my first period class.”

She blinked at me in confusion for a moment and then went to her computer and put me back in honors. She did not pass go. She did not collect $200. I was back in class before the teacher finished covering the class rules.

An enemy is just a friend I haven't worn down

Are you saying that you're the main character of a kids cartoon?

I'm saying that "I'm going to be friends with you" is both a promise and a threat

Listen, you should never film strangers in public without their consent, but I swear there need to be fines or something for people who do that shit in some spaces. For example: I had to go to the ER last night, and some jerk filmed a woman who just came in and was clearly having an asthma attack. She immediately got to go back, and he was unhappy about that. Believe me, I get that it sucks having to wait when you're in pain, but you don't get to pick who deserves care when. The medical system in the US is a nightmare, and the ER could be the worst moment of someone's life. No one deserves to be recorded because some jack ass believes someone doesn't look like they need care.

This is fine to reblog. People who film strangers should be shamed if nothing else.

I know a lot of EFR instructors (Emergency first response, the people who teach CPR classes) who used to be ambivalent about this and now are firmly in the "fuck you fuck your phone category.

Maybe its demographics, EFR instructors do tend to be older and less online, but there's been a shift from voyeur filming being seen as irritating and tasteless to actively harmful.

I met one lady who had an entire section of her lecture based on how to divide labor in emergency and one of those steps was crowd control. If you are taking charge of an emergency situation, you delegate tasks. Point at one person and tell them to call 911, Point at another person tell them to warn traffic, Point at another person tell them to get the first aid kit if you know where it is. You assign small tasks to individuals instead of asking a crowd that way the task actually happens, and you're not sitting around 20 minutes later wondering why the ambulance is taking so long to show up and it turns out that everyone assumed someone else called.

Now there is another step. Pick a big dude and tell him to stop people from filming. Which is actually the tamest version of what she said, because this lady went on and on about how phones are fragile, light, small, pieces of computer equipment that can be easily punted into oblivion.

And yeah, she's probably the most vocal proponent of property destruction in the face of voyeur filming I've heard lately but she's far from the only person in emergency services who's frustrated with the eternal quest for viral videos of strangers pain.

And to be clear there is a huge difference between the paramedic who doesn't want you filming and the cop who doesn't want you filming.

(the difference is ethics in photojournalism, and the general guideline is you need someone's consent if they're "under duress" like being homeless, disabled, pregnant and giving birth, having a medical emergency, etc. It's not official or anything but it's a sort of community agreement because it's super uncool to take advantage of the laws that allow photography in public spaces for cheap scandal shots intended to shock and disturb with someone else's personal crisis- and doing that puts a bad name on everyone with a camera which makes people distrustful of anyone with one. Those laws are intended and preserved to facilitate the freedom of peaceful protest, by attempting to hold authorities like police and politicians accountable, among other things.)

the best way to end a love triangle plot line is with polyamory

heyo just a psa: gc2b is not safe anymore. old binders from them are fine but new ones are way lower quality and will almost certainly mess up your ribs (think warping or breaks). don't get binders from amazon because they also tend to be dangerous. underworks seems to have maintained their good ratings, so if you need a binder consider going with them, and remember to always do your own research :D

underworks has two collections of binders now: the original, which were meant for cis men with gynecomastia, and the newer one which was designed more with trans men's needs/proportions in mind

UPDATE ON GC2B

So about a month ago I got an email from gc2b that they were releasing "classic 2.0" (shown above) that's made to directly address this problem talked about in this post

I bought one of the half binders (mostly because when I bought two previously, one half and one whole, my cropped one split in the side within about a month of wear, but my whole one is still one of my daily binders a year later and hasn't had the same issue)

So far after wearing the new 2.0 for about two weeks fairly regularly, I haven't run into the same issue, and the added stitch does make it feel more durable, however I'll update this if that changes with some longer period wear.

I mention this now, however because with gc2b's pride month sale they aren't super expensive with the discounts, I was able to get mine for about 30-ish bucks after shipping, so if you're in the market for one I'd say it doesn't hurt to go for.

As for the old stock, it sounds like they're going to be phasing out the old single stitch design and replacing it with the new one, and while they haven't yet put out any discounts for getting rid of that stock I would say to keep an eye on it, like i said my tank one never ended up tearing so they wouldn't be too bad a buy in my opinion if they drop prices on them

My first job was working the food court at my local university. Initially, I was a generalist who would fill any necessary positions (Deli, salad bar, line cook, server, etc) until I became the pizza cook.

I typically worked during evenings and weekends, and the customer base was college students which meant I was able to make some stoner pizzas and they would sell.

It got to a point where the chefs gave me whatever needed to be used that night and they gave me carte blanche to make whatever I wanted.

Grilled chicken breasts?: Chop it up, coat in barbeque and make a buffalo chicken pizza with cheddar cheese.

Mac and cheese?: Put it all on an empty crust, pour ranch dressing and sprinkle with breadcrumbs

Ground beef?: Sprinkle it on the pizza, add sliced cheese and pickles, cook and serve with ketchup and mustard drizzled on top. Cheeseburger pizza.

Do you want fries with your burger pizza but don't want to stand in line at the grill? No worries. Here's a pizza with french fries on top.

My masterpieces were a dessert pizza (cook an empty pizza crust then spread peanut butter on it, sprinkle chocolate chips and banana slices, and drizzle caramel on top) and breakfast pizza (spread the sauce, then a layer of hash browns, runny scrambled eggs, cheese, and whatever additional toppings you'd like)

When I finally left, management had me write down the instructions for making the cheeseburger, breakfast, and dessert pizzas because they were such wild hits and I was the only one who knew how to make them properly.

I still sometimes make those pizzas (not the dessert one. I no longer have an iron stomach) when I just want to eat a stupid pizza.

he is turning the tiles brown. he needs to be contained

SCP 

fools. this was a white goat, you can see the white markings on him. he’s been soaking up the brown and he’s only got one square left. let him finish his work

HE’S STEALING THE BROWN

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the vampire tumblr theme is good bc of Them

obsessed w this. the fact that brennan is quite literally speechless.

This is the funniest addition to this post

I’m pleased to inform you that after this clip ends, Brennan immediately goes off script trying to estimate how long this took.

they seriously had no excuse for him looking at obélix like this sorry

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I LOVE THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAGGING ME <3 I've never seen that kind of sea slug before, omg... that looks so pretty. Sooo appreciative when people tag me in sea slug posts, it gives me maximum energy for like an hour

Banger after banger after banger

finally, the british begin to understand the american lust for Large Sugary Drinks