also thinking about this like gay sephardic poet from like the 13th century who wrote that moses would not have written down the laws against being gay if he had seen how beautiful his lovers face was and im like god the layers the romance the religious emotions..

the poet is rabbi yehuda al-harizi/judah ben solomon harizi! it’s from his book of taḥkemoni iirc, and the quote is “if Moses had seen the way my friend’s face blushes when he’s drunk, and his beautiful curls and wonderful hands, he would not have written in his Torah: do not lie with a man”

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yes i support gay rights yes i would care if you died no i’m not going to reblog that post

yes i’m glad david karp made this website no i will not call him daddy

yes i think cancer is a terrible disease no reblogging that picture wont bring anyone closer to a cure

yes i think depression is terrible. but i really dont care if youre judging me for not reblogging that post. 

When Adam bit the apple he did it because he trusted Eve. Because he loved her. Adam bit into the apple because the woman he loved told him to, no matter what God said. No matter the rules of heaven. What’s heaven to a woman’s love anyway? What’s God to your wife? The first sins of humanity, were trusting others. Eve trusted a snake, Adam trusted Eve, and I trust you. Maybe that’s a sin, just like the first couple. Maybe everyone’s right about us and we’re sinners and we offend God. But like I said, what’s God to a woman’s love anyway? What has heaven got that I can’t find sitting next to you on a cool autumn morning?

What if, and hear me out here, the lightning theif went down the exact same way…. Except Percy was a year older. He’s still in the same grade since he got held back a year (which is it really that hard to believe? He’s Percy Jackson.) and somehow just assumed Grover knew. And he never says anything. He’s a year older than Annabeth and since he’s such a nice kid he doesn’t tease her. So she thinks their the same age because let’s be real, he probably doesn’t look more different then he would have.

Then when he finally heard the prophecy, everyone’s counting his age as if he’s a year younger and that’s when it hits him. They don’t know.

But not he’s too deep in the lie to back out. He’s too awkward to tell them. He doesn’t want to see their horrified faces so he stays quiet. Everyone thinks they have another year before the prophecy but Percy knows. And only he does. Maybe Chrion knows too but he doesn’t say anything. Then, the war starts early. Annabeth thinks the war will just last a full year. But Percy knows otherwise. When he finally ends the war, everyone’s relieved and thankful.

Until Annabeth mentions Percy is “Only 15.”. And Percy just kinda grabs her arms and whispers something in her ear. Dead silence follows.

Before Annabeth yells the biggest long string of curse words ever heard by demigods.

this is so fucking funny and I’d also love to propose an alternative in which Percy is oblivious and doesn’t realize everyone thinks he’s a year younger and Annabeth says something along the lines of “well, at least we have another year before the prophecy” and Percy stares at her blankly before saying “You do realize I’m turning sixteen in like a week right”

I was rereading son of Neptune and it occurred to me than it would have been really interesting if Percy had actually gone by Perseus until he received his memories back because it wasn’t uncommon in pjo that when gods or monsters first encountered Percy, they would often use his whole name Perseus Jackson.

But in SON, the sisters of Medusa immediately call him “Percy” and maybe you could even assume from the text that Lupa did as well considering this is what Percy refers to himself as, despite having no memory.

And I think it would have been more impactful if Percy had woken, no memory, and Lupa called him Perseus Jackson, and from there on out thats how he referred to himself. In a literary sense, it would have created a distinction between our Percy Jackson, the boy we know from the original series, who hated his full name and went by his nickname, and Perseus, the boy with no memory, and doesn’t know to correct anyone because he doesn’t remember. 

By simply changing something so basic and yet so fundamental to him, it could have established a greater sense of uncertainty for the readers on if he was really going to get his memory back. It also would’ve been cool to see characters like Hazel, Frank, and Reyna call him Perseus and, after he got his memory back, whether or not he would correct them, and if they would accidentally still call him that if he did.

not to pat myself on the back or anything but like, can you imagine reading the Son of Neptune for the first time, desperately wanting to know whats happened to Percy, and the character narration name of the chapter is Perseus?

And when he gets his memory back, we flip the page to the next chapter, and the name is now, once more, Percy? I would have rioted.

The romans distrusting the son of Neptune with the name of a greek hero… distrusting the boy with name that means to destroy.

Or imagine, when Percy talks with Nico, and Nico slips and says “Percy………us” and it feels like a jolt in Percy’s spine.  

Perseus is a raw as hell name and it really could have been utilized here. 

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reblog this with what state you’re from and what neighboring state you like to make fun of. I’m from Ohio and I like to make fun of Indiana. cause they only have corn, Mike Pence, and one cool city. that’s it.

The Lincoln Assassination is really just wild if you think about it for a moment. The younger brother of one of the most famous actors in the country- himself a famous actor and heartthrob in his own right- killed the President in a theatre and yelled “Sic semper tyrannis,” a line often associated with Brutus, a character that his brother had famously played.

Like, imagine if Liam Hemsworth killed the Prime Minister of Australia at a red carpet movie premiere or something and yelled “I went for the head,” and Chris had to leave the Avengers press tour to tell everyone, “I swear I had nothing to do with this.” Imagine how weird that would be.

I fully embrace the murder of ScoMo by Liam Hemsworth

meeting a new group of people

Someone finally said it it’s so annoying!

One day I was eating at a restaurant in Peru with the 3 guys who were volunteering with me and someone asked us where we came from. So I said France, the German guy said Germany, the Maltese guy had to say Italy because almost no-one in Peru knows where Malta is, and then the American guy said Portland, like he didn’t even specify the state he just thought everyone knew where Portland is 😤

i can’t tell whether this is better or worse than

and

The American comments on this post are so irritating. I think that some of them don’t realise that the USA is just a country while Europe is a continent made up of different countries where you can find different religions, different autochthonous ethnicities, different languages etc; You can’t compare a single country’s diversity to the diversity of an entire continent.

“But Texas is so different from Oregon! People need to know which state I’m from because they’re all so different!” We don’t care. We are going to see you as an American, not as a Texan or a Californian or whatever, just like you’re going to see someone from Bavaria as a German, someone from Normandy as a Frenchman or someone from Piedmont as an Italian, not as a Bavarian, a Norman and a Piedmontese. European countries have regional differences too, even more than US states yet we don’t feel the need to specify that to foreigners when they ask us where we’re from unless they ask us to elaborate.

“But the US is so big! Some of our states are even bigger than your countries!”

Russia is the largest country in the world and undoubtedly more diverse than the US. If you were to ask a Russian where they’re from they would say that they’re from Russia, not Komi or Tuva unless they’re speaking to another Russian or someone they know to be familiar with Russian geography.

You’re not special nor does the world revolve around you, just accept that and move on.

honestly, i didn’t even realize i did this but it makes so much sense now. thank y’all for calling my shady ass out lol rip

Bro all you have to do to make foreigners mad is say what state you’re from, that’s awesome

But then I have to let people know I’m from Illinois. No matter how salty they get, I still admitted I’m from Illinois. 

The US is a massive country with an extreme range of climate, geography, culture, and population densities. We have cities with more people than Denmark. In the United States, it’s a way of finding common ground or realizing the person you’re talking to might be insane.

“Where are you from?”

“Northern Alaska.”

“The fuck you doin in Pittsburgh in February? Summer vacation? Get ya ass to Florida.”

Euros are mad that Americans do things different from them.

“I don’t care enough to learn American geography but apparently it’s the Americans problem and they’re the stupid ones hahaha amirite”

Europe, yet again, forgets how tiny it is

Why would anyone not from a country (want to) know about the geography of a country

Also did you all conveniently forget that Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America exist

You named continents. The US is a country. I guess that’s just how big it is. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

True, but it doesn’t change the fact that people from other places aren’t going to know (or care) about US geography

India is huge too, and people don’t even speak the same language from one state to the next, never mind cultural differences, but no one’s going to go around saying they’re from X city and expect a foreigner to catch on

You have a smart phone, you can pull it up, and point, for your friend.

City is a bit unreasonable, unless it’s a big one, like New York or LA. But states do make the most sense.

All the Indian students always go for their city so idk who each of us have been talking to. The French students are VERY proud of their cities

Why would they get pissy for asking where someone’s from and then getting an answer? Especially coupled with the “Americans don’t know geography” shit I’ve seen posted, lol.

Each one of our states is practically its own country with its own culture, so it’s valid. Don’t be getting us SoCal people mixed up with them Minnesotans :P

Or you could just say “I’m from America” instead of being petty and making someone google your city.

It doesn’t matter if you’re state has its own culture different from other ones, just say you’re American and someone will likely ask where abouts.

“Euros getting pissy” god forbid someone say that something mainly Americans do is annoying.

I list my state, not city, which is important to us. It’s not being petty. Why does it bother people so much when it’s important to someone else? Why does it bother you so much that you get pissy that it’s important to me to differentiate which state I’m from? You don’t have to agree, but I think it’s more petty to get bent out of shape over a cultural difference. 

The only reason I’m slighty irritable over this is because once again when someone slightly criticises anything Americans do they go off, take it as a serious personal attack on their identity.

If I’m asking for your country then I want to know you’re country, not your state.

I’ve actually had people seriously get mad over this, bashing Americans like Americans are retarded for doing something that’s part of our culture. It’s a cultural thing, it’s not supposed to be a big deal to get pissy about. I didn’t take the OP as a personal insult, but some of the other comments are bullshit about it, and my comment was pretty chill, yet you came on being pissy about it, so you’re being a bit of a hypocrite on this. 

It’s not a personal attack against you if someone does something that’s part of their culture that happens to annoy you. Too many comments are acting like Americans need to have a different culture just to suit someone else’s ideal conversation. It’s very perplexing why people are so emotionally invested in this. I don’t care if someone finds it annoying, I’m bothered by the people who think it’s fine to bash people over a cultural difference. I’m bothered by the people acting like they’re superior by virtue of being born in a different country/culture.

I had someone PM me on a forum (we’d been talking, and iirc decided to move to PM). I told him I was from BC Canada, and his reply was much like the first one. But the tone suddenly changed, and I felt he was treating me like I was an idiot. Because of the way he phrased the rest of his message.

I just dropped the conversation. Because it pissed me off. Honestly, I also figured I might have pissed him off by using BC instead of British Columbia, since he put is state and town in quotes.

People are really weird…

“Why do you say what state you’re from?” 

This is why. 

It’s like being pissy if someone says they’re from germany instead of the EU. 

“Germany is just a state in the EU, why should we care about EU states, the world doesn’t revolve around you.”

Reminds me of that post where someone in the UK was wondering if Americans knew how big the UK is…

And that saying, “100 years is a long time for an American, but 100 miles is a long ways for the English.”

Next time a European asks me where I’m from I’ll pull out a map of the U.S.

“Why do Americans get so mad when we critize the way they say they’re from? We’re not attacking their identity”

Hmmm Gee maybe it’s because like what many people said, America is a big fucking place with VASTLY different cultures yes I know that sounds dumb because I’m sure you think every part of America is either LA or New York and it’s not uncommon for people to use towns, cities, counties and states for reference. Especially when they’re used to talking to OTHER AMERICANS.

Did you know that Southern California and Northern California are vastly different from one another? Did you know that California is really fucking big and saying ‘I’m from the Central Valley [of California]’ is actually a better idea of where you’re from than just saying you’re American or even just from California?

Like it or not, the distinction is very important for Americans, sometimes even down to the town level. I know Europe is fairly diverse and yet you care more about the country scale, but it doesn’t work like that in North America.

“Why do Americans get so mad when we critize the way they say they’re from? We’re not attacking their identity” Yeah that’s true, that’s not what it’s about. Because that’s the other 99.9% of the time whenever we Americans interact with you. 

Also? We Americans didn’t form a whole ass country from different regions being conquered and then assimilated until everyone was considered to just be from that country or kingdom. We started as colonies of people that went over the Atlantic for different regions. The state of Virginia was literally named after the company (as in corporation, not just organization of fellows) that sent people over. Pennsylvania was named after the guy that wanted to open it up for everyone fleeing religious persecution in England.

The first British colony in the New World was founded in 1607. The Declaration of Independence was written and ratified in 1774. That’s almost 170 years of people thinking of themselves as separate people that became codified in our cultural identity.

Our first constitution was called the Articles of Confederacy. Each state had a different currency and different laws regarding taxation and imports. People said “The United States ARE…” not “The United States IS…”. Functionally speaking, we were a bunch of states and not a single country, and that is still part of how we see ourselves. Part of our national identity comes from being a bunch of separate groups that came together to fight against tyrannical rule. It wasn’t until after the War of 1812 (iirc, its been a while since I was in a history class) that we started thinking of ourselves as a unified nation, not just a bunch of states that all agreed to basically the same things to make trade between us easier.

I’m not trying to seem angry or confrontational. To my knowledge, the United States of America just formed in a fundamentally different way than basically all of Europe did. I don’t know enough about the way different countries in Africa and Latin and South America formed to speak for them, so I won’t.

Also, there are way fewer people coming in to the United States from outside the country for any reason at all, so most people basically ALWAYS need to clarify which region of which state they are from, because that is going to be the most useful information to the people we are talking to.

And that isn’t even going into how the US was founded by immigrants that left behind their home cultures for one reason or another, so being able to claim part of an identity that we came from is important to us. Plus, so many of us have ancestry from so many places, that we think it’s really, really interesting to figure out where our families came from, even if we don’t really hinge any parts of our identity on what we learn.

I’m from Australia which is roughly the same size as America but if I say I’m Victorian no one knows what I’m talking about

Anti-gay companies include:

Gay-friendly companies include:

SO REMEMBER. Get some Starbucks coffee, go on Google to shop at Wal-mart.com with your American Express card while eating a bowl of General Mills cereal and enjoy your stay at our fine Mariott Hotels.

Also shop at target, they dropped ties with transphobic and homophobic companies and are one of the most inclusive employers in the country

Just to clarify…Girl Scouts is completely separate from Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts is very gay & trans friendly and is overall a great organization that empowers little girls and promotes community involvement and kindness so go out and buy as many girls scout cookies as you can

”go on Google to shop at Wal-mart.com” I missed Google being listed and assumed this was telling me to only shop at Walmart online but never actually go inside a Walmart, to which I was ready to whole-heartedly agree. 

Chick-Fil-A is anti-gay too!!

Salvation Army is also misogynistic and transphobic if I remember correctly, so even more reasons to avoid them

there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but an attempt can at least be made to avoid unethical consumption

Also please remember that Boy Scouts America do not represent world scouting. I am a pan Australian scout and my community is accepting and a lot of my lgbt+ friends I met through scouting. So before you boycott all scouts check what they are like in your own country.

oof yeah a huge problem with christian atheists/agnostics has always been them acting like judaism and islam are exactly like christianity because they’re all abrahamic when. they’re nothing like it really. being hurt and traumatized by christianity does not give you the right to start being openly antisemitic and islamophobic just because you feel like it. those religions did not do anything to hurt you, and turning around and taking out your feelings on marginalized people who probably dislike christianity just as much as you do is not acceptable behavior.

I actually have a lot more respect for Muslims and Jewish people that I meet because they don’t try to force me into their religion like most Christians I’ve met

Thanks guys, you rock

is being into coffee an older sibling thing bc everyone i know who loves coffee is the oldest child

like every oldest child ik loves coffee, the middle child hates it/prefers tea, and the youngest will drink it but only if its super sweet n has a ton of milk

rb w/ if ur oldest, middle, or youngest child and how u feel about coffee

Avengers AU - If Tony was Peter’s biological father

Tony is super protective of his son. And Peter, inspired by his dad, becomes Spiderman anyway (his dad and his Uncle Rhodey figure him out in a second though).

My other Avengers AUs

Just wanted to add:

hate to be That Guy but who’s gonna put the Infinity War gif in ????

now add the umbrella scene for all the sadness you’ve caused me

welp that was a roller coaster of feels

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ugly little man

DO NOT CALL HIM UGLY

BABY BOY

good and cute

@thetuneofyourdeath, baby bat, baby bat, baby bat

stolen from a homophobic and transphobic article because this is a fucking MOOD

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