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Jan. 3rd, 2018
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thekameshell:
thatsthat24:
How Northerners Talk Temperature with Southerners đĄ
Southerner: Boy, it got cold!
[Dramatic *dum* sound]
Northerner: Cold? You donât understand cold.
Southerner: I mean itâs colder than usual for us
Northerner: Where Iâm from, this is what we call a sweltering, sweaty, hot day.
Southerner: I was just saying, compared to other days, itâs a little colder
[Background music becomes more intense with time]
Northerner: Stop sobbing and complaining to me about how freezing cold and miserable you are! You donât know the meaning of the word miserable!
Southerner: I wasnât
Northerner: Youâre weak. You know nothing of this world. You make me sick.
[Background music stops]
Northerner: Okay, thanks for having us for the holidays! Be back soon!
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thekameshell:
thatsthat24:
How Northerners Talk Temperature with Southerners đĄ
Southerner: Boy, it got cold!
[Dramatic *dum* sound]
Northerner: Cold? You donât understand cold.
Southerner: I mean itâs colder than usual for us
Northerner: Where Iâm from, this is what we call a sweltering, sweaty, hot day.
Southerner: I was just saying, compared to other days, itâs a little colder
[Background music becomes more intense with time]
Northerner: Stop sobbing and complaining to me about how freezing cold and miserable you are! You donât know the meaning of the word miserable!
Southerner: I wasnât
Northerner: Youâre weak. You know nothing of this world. You make me sick.
[Background music stops]
Northerner: Okay, thanks for having us for the holidays! Be back soon!
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frightguard:
frightguard:
you may spank it⌠once still remains the funniest image ever created on this bitch of an earth
like how do u top this in terms of pure comedic value. donkey kongâs ass. the suspense. the mere implication that donkey kong nasty. him looking out to sea like heâs making the hardest decision of his life. its so fucking good
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frightguard:
frightguard:
you may spank it⌠once still remains the funniest image ever created on this bitch of an earth
like how do u top this in terms of pure comedic value. donkey kongâs ass. the suspense. the mere implication that donkey kong nasty. him looking out to sea like heâs making the hardest decision of his life. its so fucking good
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goopy-amethyst:
âWhy the sudden rise in Sonic the hedgehog posts, Goopy?â because finally after years of being ashamed I am putting ton of the junk cringe culture hammered in my head and I am enjoying whatever the fuck I like.
I am drawing with bright colors, I am enjoying Sonic games, I am drawing neon hybrid furries and listening to electronic music, I wonât be here forever and I am tired of giving a fuck on whatev bitter ass people say, fuck it.
And this is a message for everyone following me, kids, adults, teenagers, w/e:
Dude I know you are scared of people laughing at you an all and I know how it feels but fuck it! FUCKING LIVE!
The world is a clusterfuck right now like who gives a fuck?! Make your op self inserty character, draw neon Sonic OCâs and pair them with Shadow, do Cupsonas, make your fursona a dragon-wolf hybrid, sing Steven Universe songs, design an Alicorn princess and work on your Undertale costume.
Holy shit at least youâre not a bitter-at-life motherfucker who goes around messing with people for enjoying something they donât and mocking at them for that, as long as its harmless WHO CARES, you donât have to excuse yourself for liking something harmless, you donât owe ANYONE ANYTHING much less an explanation.
Let em stay bitter, you go and be happy goddamn it!
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goopy-amethyst:
goopy-amethyst:
âWhy the sudden rise in Sonic the hedgehog posts, Goopy?â because finally after years of being ashamed I am putting ton of the junk cringe culture hammered in my head and I am enjoying whatever the fuck I like.
I am drawing with bright colors, I am enjoying Sonic games, I am drawing neon hybrid furries and listening to electronic music, I wonât be here forever and I am tired of giving a fuck on whatev bitter ass people say, fuck it.
And this is a message for everyone following me, kids, adults, teenagers, w/e:
Dude I know you are scared of people laughing at you an all and I know how it feels but fuck it! FUCKING LIVE!
The world is a clusterfuck right now like who gives a fuck?! Make your op self inserty character, draw neon Sonic OCâs and pair them with Shadow, do Cupsonas, make your fursona a dragon-wolf hybrid, sing Steven Universe songs, design an Alicorn princess and work on your Undertale costume.
Holy shit at least youâre not a bitter-at-life motherfucker who goes around messing with people for enjoying something they donât and mocking at them for that, as long as its harmless WHO CARES, you donât have to excuse yourself for liking something harmless, you donât owe ANYONE ANYTHING much less an explanation.
Let em stay bitter, you go and be happy goddamn it!
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rrueplumet:
not that iâd actually wanna live in a different time period, thanks very much, but also lately im vibing the idea of being born hundreds years ago when an army trudges through my city and kills all my loved ones and i must assume a male disguise in order to seek revenge in this male-dominated society so i cut my hair short and slick it back and join the army and learn how to use a big heavy broadsword and i soon have a reputation as a great swordsman which is only overpowered by my reputation as a great lover despite the fact i never take all my clothes off but i still manage to get all the women and the other guys in my regiment canât figure out how iâm so good with them but i just gotta shrug and play up the ladies man thing until one day i meet a princess of the blood and im charged with protecting her on a journey out of the capital but we get separated from the rest of the regiment and i start developing feelings for her because sheâs spunky but i know It Can Never Be for a number of reasons and then one night she catches me bathing in the moonlight and i instinctively draw my sword because No One Can Know My Womanly Secret but also sheâs the princess and also also now iâm in love with her so i simply hand the sword over but she throws it aside with a clatter and throws herself at me and we make love by the lakeside and the next day i put on my soldiers gear and we keep moving wondering what the future will hold when the enemy horde comes upon us and i defend her but am outnumbered when suddenly our separated guards catch up and we fight the invaders and i kill the man who slaughtered my family because he is conveniently part of this regiment and weâre all happy for our victory but i still look sadly at the princess because It Can Still Never Be and i must take her to the capital to meet her betrothed and we kiss and make love sadly in a tent one last time but then we finally reach the city it turns out her fiance is a huge Gay too and has a huge entourage of gays following him around and brushing lint out of his fur coats and he hires me to be the queenâs bodyguard wink wink nudge nudge and i meet her nightly using a secret passageway under the castle and also i get a really cool new sword and history doesnt remember me as anything more than a friend to the queen until centuries later when a bunch of love letters are found in a secret compartment under the castle by a lesbian librarian who was researching the local history and she falls in love with the lady castle tour guide as they bond over an interest in our love story the endÂ
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rrueplumet:
not that iâd actually wanna live in a different time period, thanks very much, but also lately im vibing the idea of being born hundreds years ago when an army trudges through my city and kills all my loved ones and i must assume a male disguise in order to seek revenge in this male-dominated society so i cut my hair short and slick it back and join the army and learn how to use a big heavy broadsword and i soon have a reputation as a great swordsman which is only overpowered by my reputation as a great lover despite the fact i never take all my clothes off but i still manage to get all the women and the other guys in my regiment canât figure out how iâm so good with them but i just gotta shrug and play up the ladies man thing until one day i meet a princess of the blood and im charged with protecting her on a journey out of the capital but we get separated from the rest of the regiment and i start developing feelings for her because sheâs spunky but i know It Can Never Be for a number of reasons and then one night she catches me bathing in the moonlight and i instinctively draw my sword because No One Can Know My Womanly Secret but also sheâs the princess and also also now iâm in love with her so i simply hand the sword over but she throws it aside with a clatter and throws herself at me and we make love by the lakeside and the next day i put on my soldiers gear and we keep moving wondering what the future will hold when the enemy horde comes upon us and i defend her but am outnumbered when suddenly our separated guards catch up and we fight the invaders and i kill the man who slaughtered my family because he is conveniently part of this regiment and weâre all happy for our victory but i still look sadly at the princess because It Can Still Never Be and i must take her to the capital to meet her betrothed and we kiss and make love sadly in a tent one last time but then we finally reach the city it turns out her fiance is a huge Gay too and has a huge entourage of gays following him around and brushing lint out of his fur coats and he hires me to be the queenâs bodyguard wink wink nudge nudge and i meet her nightly using a secret passageway under the castle and also i get a really cool new sword and history doesnt remember me as anything more than a friend to the queen until centuries later when a bunch of love letters are found in a secret compartment under the castle by a lesbian librarian who was researching the local history and she falls in love with the lady castle tour guide as they bond over an interest in our love story the endÂ
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partykeefus:
someone: how many times can you read about your OTP falling in love?
me:Â
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partykeefus:
someone: how many times can you read about your OTP falling in love?
me:Â
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When I hear police sirens getting closer
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Me, a homebody who never does anything illegal: They found me.
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Me, a homebody who never does anything illegal: They found me.
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ladylike-foxes:
embyrr922:
cali-cocaine:
this is good
Iâd just like to add, see how they behave when theyâre angry/frustrated/exhausted, and if you see something that concerns you, wait until theyâre calm, and then talk to them about it.
My husband used to yell when he got frustrated, but after I explained to him that I found it upsetting, he stopped yelling and started consciously working on asking for help before he got to that level of frustration.
When Iâm upset over something, or just in a bad mood, I tend to withdraw. My husband explained to me that it makes him feel like Iâm mad at him, so now when I need some space, Iâll tell him what Iâm upset about, or that Iâm in a bad mood for no particular reason, and I need to be alone for a little while.
See your friends and partners at their worst, but donât assume that their worst is immutable. If someone loves and cares about you, theyâll try to accommodate you to the best of their ability.
^^^^
This is the best advice Iâve ever seen on this site, and it is so important. Communication is everything, and is 80% of the reason my husband and I have such a healthy, strong, and supportive relationship.
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ladylike-foxes:
embyrr922:
cali-cocaine:
this is good
Iâd just like to add, see how they behave when theyâre angry/frustrated/exhausted, and if you see something that concerns you, wait until theyâre calm, and then talk to them about it.
My husband used to yell when he got frustrated, but after I explained to him that I found it upsetting, he stopped yelling and started consciously working on asking for help before he got to that level of frustration.
When Iâm upset over something, or just in a bad mood, I tend to withdraw. My husband explained to me that it makes him feel like Iâm mad at him, so now when I need some space, Iâll tell him what Iâm upset about, or that Iâm in a bad mood for no particular reason, and I need to be alone for a little while.
See your friends and partners at their worst, but donât assume that their worst is immutable. If someone loves and cares about you, theyâll try to accommodate you to the best of their ability.
^^^^
This is the best advice Iâve ever seen on this site, and it is so important. Communication is everything, and is 80% of the reason my husband and I have such a healthy, strong, and supportive relationship.
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princesss-nympho:
Try this: donât try to make your stomach look flat in the next picture you take. Donât hide the things you always try to hide. Admire yourself in a more natural pose. And if youâre ready, post it & tag me đ
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princesss-nympho:
Try this: donât try to make your stomach look flat in the next picture you take. Donât hide the things you always try to hide. Admire yourself in a more natural pose. And if youâre ready, post it & tag me đ
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lizalot:
Skin tone swatches, for use as a resource.Â
Spudfuzz on Deviantart made the original resource, which I modified to be a bit more realistic. She gave me permission to post this.
âThese swatches, like all art resources, should be used as a âjumping off point!â All colours are relative, and change with lighting conditions. As they are now, these swatches work best for adoptables, character lineups, and other art where local colour is important. â
[DA]
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lizalot:
Skin tone swatches, for use as a resource.Â
Spudfuzz on Deviantart made the original resource, which I modified to be a bit more realistic. She gave me permission to post this.
âThese swatches, like all art resources, should be used as a âjumping off point!â All colours are relative, and change with lighting conditions. As they are now, these swatches work best for adoptables, character lineups, and other art where local colour is important. â
[DA]
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poorlytimed:
transjemder:
Millennial culture is having two wildly different conversations with the same person on two different apps at the exact same time
conversation 1: cheese borger
conversation 2: thatâs why I think Iâm so afraid of making myself vulnerable, because my father taught me I couldnât ever truly trust anyone
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poorlytimed:
transjemder:
Millennial culture is having two wildly different conversations with the same person on two different apps at the exact same time
conversation 1: cheese borger
conversation 2: thatâs why I think Iâm so afraid of making myself vulnerable, because my father taught me I couldnât ever truly trust anyone
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hermanncrab:
Existing is cringy tbh youre always gonna look back on things you did and be embarrassed so why keep beating yourself up about it
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hermanncrab:
Existing is cringy tbh youre always gonna look back on things you did and be embarrassed so why keep beating yourself up about it
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fruitlupee:
showerthoughtsofficial:
Shirts are crazy, your body goes in 1 hole and out 3
excuse me
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fruitlupee:
showerthoughtsofficial:
Shirts are crazy, your body goes in 1 hole and out 3
excuse me
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ariaste:
ariaste:
ariaste:
The opposite of grimdark is hopepunk. Pass it on.
#this is a good post #also I need an example of hopepunk #bc the name #resonates with me #and I need it #please #if you donât mind (via @lavender-starling)
So the essence of grimdark is that everyoneâs inherently sort of a bad person and does bad things, and thatâs awful and disheartening and cynical. Itâs looking at human nature and going, âThe glass is half empty.âHopepunk says, âNo, I donât accept that. Go fuck yourself: The glass is half-full.â Â YEAH, weâre all a messy mix of good and bad, flaws and virtues. Weâve all been mean and petty and cruel, but (and hereâs the important part) weâve also been soft and forgiving and KIND. Hopepunk says that kindness and softness doesnât equal weakness, and that in this world of brutal cynicism and nihilism, being kind is a political act. An act of rebellion.Â
Hopepunk says that genuinely and sincerely caring about something, anything, requires bravery and strength. Hopepunk isnât ever about submission or acceptance: Itâs about standing up and fighting for what you believe in. Itâs about standing up for other people. Itâs about DEMANDING a better, kinder world, and truly believing that we can get there if we care about each other as hard as we possibly can, with every drop of power in our little hearts.Â
Going to political protests is hopepunk. Calling your senators is hopepunk. But crying is also hopepunk, because crying means you still have feelings, and feelings are how you know youâre alive. The 1% doesnât want you to have feelings, they just want you to feel resigned. Feeling resigned is not hopepunk.
Examples! THE HANDMAIDâS TALE is arguably hopepunk. Itâs scary and dark, and at first glance it looks like grimdark because itâs a dystopia⌠but goddammit she keeps fighting. Thatâs the key, right there. She fights every single day, because she wonât let them take away meaning from her life. She survives stubbornly in the hope that one day she can live again. âDonât let the bastards grind you down,â is one of the core tenets of hopepunk, along with, âThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.â Jesus and Gandhi and Martin Luther King and Robin Hood and John Lennon were hopepunk. (Remember: Hopepunk isnât about moral perfection. Itâs not about being as pure and innocent as the new-fallen snow. You get grubby when you fight. You make mistakes. Youâre sometimes a little bit of an asshole. Maybe youâre as much as 50% an asshole. But the glass is half full, not half empty. You get up, and you keep fighting, and caring, and trying to make the world a little better for the people around you. You get to make mistakes. Itâs a process. You get to ask for and earn forgiveness. And you love, and love, and love.)Â
And THIS, this is hopepunk:Â
Here I am with more addendums to this post: Seems like a lot of people are saying the word ânoblebrightâ at me, and I just want to be really clear about this: Noblebright is not hopepunk. Noblebright does not espouse the same ideals that hopepunk does. They are two distinct, separate, coexisting things.
Noblebright is Arthurian legends. The world is a good place, people are essentially good. The codes of chivalry are in full effect. People in positions of authority are there because they are wise, prudent, caring leaders. They rule because they deserve to rule. They protect the weak, they uphold their ideals, thereâs people practicing chaste courtly love in every bower and garden. Things are fine, and people have adventures in which they triumph because (see: all of the above).Hopepunk is (as many wonderful people in the comments have pointed out) Discworld: The world is the world. Itâs really good sometimes and itâs really bad sometimes, and itâs sort of humdrum a lot of the time. People are petty and mean and, yâknow, PEOPLE. There are things that need to be fixed, and battles to be fought, and people to be protected, and weâve gotta do all those things ourselves because we canât sit around waiting for some knight in shining armor to ride past and deal with it for us. Weâre just ordinary people trying to do our best because we give a shit about the world. Why? Because weâre some of the assholes that live there.Â
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ariaste:
ariaste:
ariaste:
The opposite of grimdark is hopepunk. Pass it on.
#this is a good post #also I need an example of hopepunk #bc the name #resonates with me #and I need it #please #if you donât mind (via @lavender-starling)
So the essence of grimdark is that everyoneâs inherently sort of a bad person and does bad things, and thatâs awful and disheartening and cynical. Itâs looking at human nature and going, âThe glass is half empty.âHopepunk says, âNo, I donât accept that. Go fuck yourself: The glass is half-full.â Â YEAH, weâre all a messy mix of good and bad, flaws and virtues. Weâve all been mean and petty and cruel, but (and hereâs the important part) weâve also been soft and forgiving and KIND. Hopepunk says that kindness and softness doesnât equal weakness, and that in this world of brutal cynicism and nihilism, being kind is a political act. An act of rebellion.Â
Hopepunk says that genuinely and sincerely caring about something, anything, requires bravery and strength. Hopepunk isnât ever about submission or acceptance: Itâs about standing up and fighting for what you believe in. Itâs about standing up for other people. Itâs about DEMANDING a better, kinder world, and truly believing that we can get there if we care about each other as hard as we possibly can, with every drop of power in our little hearts.Â
Going to political protests is hopepunk. Calling your senators is hopepunk. But crying is also hopepunk, because crying means you still have feelings, and feelings are how you know youâre alive. The 1% doesnât want you to have feelings, they just want you to feel resigned. Feeling resigned is not hopepunk.
Examples! THE HANDMAIDâS TALE is arguably hopepunk. Itâs scary and dark, and at first glance it looks like grimdark because itâs a dystopia⌠but goddammit she keeps fighting. Thatâs the key, right there. She fights every single day, because she wonât let them take away meaning from her life. She survives stubbornly in the hope that one day she can live again. âDonât let the bastards grind you down,â is one of the core tenets of hopepunk, along with, âThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.â Jesus and Gandhi and Martin Luther King and Robin Hood and John Lennon were hopepunk. (Remember: Hopepunk isnât about moral perfection. Itâs not about being as pure and innocent as the new-fallen snow. You get grubby when you fight. You make mistakes. Youâre sometimes a little bit of an asshole. Maybe youâre as much as 50% an asshole. But the glass is half full, not half empty. You get up, and you keep fighting, and caring, and trying to make the world a little better for the people around you. You get to make mistakes. Itâs a process. You get to ask for and earn forgiveness. And you love, and love, and love.)Â
And THIS, this is hopepunk:Â
Here I am with more addendums to this post: Seems like a lot of people are saying the word ânoblebrightâ at me, and I just want to be really clear about this: Noblebright is not hopepunk. Noblebright does not espouse the same ideals that hopepunk does. They are two distinct, separate, coexisting things.
Noblebright is Arthurian legends. The world is a good place, people are essentially good. The codes of chivalry are in full effect. People in positions of authority are there because they are wise, prudent, caring leaders. They rule because they deserve to rule. They protect the weak, they uphold their ideals, thereâs people practicing chaste courtly love in every bower and garden. Things are fine, and people have adventures in which they triumph because (see: all of the above).Hopepunk is (as many wonderful people in the comments have pointed out) Discworld: The world is the world. Itâs really good sometimes and itâs really bad sometimes, and itâs sort of humdrum a lot of the time. People are petty and mean and, yâknow, PEOPLE. There are things that need to be fixed, and battles to be fought, and people to be protected, and weâve gotta do all those things ourselves because we canât sit around waiting for some knight in shining armor to ride past and deal with it for us. Weâre just ordinary people trying to do our best because we give a shit about the world. Why? Because weâre some of the assholes that live there.Â
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liepard:
New Years is a time to reflect on all the dogs and cats weâve seen this year, and to look forward to all the dogs and cats weâll see in the year to come
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liepard:
New Years is a time to reflect on all the dogs and cats weâve seen this year, and to look forward to all the dogs and cats weâll see in the year to come
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kaiiwooo:
westafricanman:
well iâll be damned
welp
SHE DID THAT !
IF YOURE NOT GOING THIS HARD FOR BLACK WOMEN YOU ARE NOT AN ALLY
SHE DID THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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yunngmocha:
thelovelybones124:
kaiiwooo:
westafricanman:
well iâll be damned
welp
SHE DID THAT !
IF YOURE NOT GOING THIS HARD FOR BLACK WOMEN YOU ARE NOT AN ALLY
SHE DID THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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brittlife: keraleda: âLighten Upâ by
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brittlife:
keraleda:
âLighten Upâ by Ronald Wimberly
Beautifuly written- and drawn.
Damn. Really powerful and beautifully drawn.
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brittlife:
keraleda:
âLighten Upâ by Ronald Wimberly
Beautifuly written- and drawn.
Damn. Really powerful and beautifully drawn.
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metapianycist:
kakaphoe:
metapianycist:
if you think that sex and gender being social constructs means that dysphoria and transness are no longer meaningful, you have grossly misunderstood what a social construction is
money is a social construction, but that doesnât mean that there are no real world consequences from your bank account balance. knowing that money is socially constructed doesnât change whether or not you need to pay bills.
The next time some TERF asks you to âdefine womanhoodâ.
Ask them to âdefine a Tuesdayâ.
this is my absolute favorite commentary on this post â¤ď¸
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metapianycist:
kakaphoe:
metapianycist:
if you think that sex and gender being social constructs means that dysphoria and transness are no longer meaningful, you have grossly misunderstood what a social construction is
money is a social construction, but that doesnât mean that there are no real world consequences from your bank account balance. knowing that money is socially constructed doesnât change whether or not you need to pay bills.
The next time some TERF asks you to âdefine womanhoodâ.
Ask them to âdefine a Tuesdayâ.
this is my absolute favorite commentary on this post â¤ď¸
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bisouette:
i wanna be the girl walking out of her apartment in the morning
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bisouette:
i wanna be the girl walking out of her apartment in the morning
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punkasslouis:
I just watched a kid break down in the bookstore because his books for the semester totaled $600 and thatâs the american university system in a nutshell
I was on the verge of tears when I got to the cashier so yeah, thatâs messed up
Go here and just, donât waste any more money okay?
While I entirely support following that link, I also suggest going to Abe Books or Book Depository or even eBay to see if there are inexpensive print versions of books you need. I havenât paid full-price for any of my texts while Iâm in school⌠because that would DOUBLE the cost of school.
I use the ISBN of the require books and search the cheap sites for them.
Good luck out there, guys!
Paging FenrisLorsrai! Come work your resource magic on this post!
I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED. (but Iâll post on my actual bookstore account)
Quick anddirty meta search for books: Addall. itâll crawl 40+ book sites at once including ABE, ALibris, Amazon, Half in both domestic AND foreign versions.
Meta search #2! GetTextbooks.com which focuses specifically on textbooks. It omits some foreign sites that AddAll includes, BUT it also includes a whole bunch of rentals as well.  Renting is probably the most cost effective method overall.
NOW, HOW TO SEARCH!
First determine a few things:
Make sure you have the ISBN
IF IT IS A BUNDLE: Determine if you need a software key/CD/workbook/lab book or not. Â Many times you do not. Â Math classes increasingly NEED the software key, but more on that later
ASK THE PROFESSOR: If this is not the first edition of the book, can you use a previous edition?  One edition back is generally half the cost of current, two is generally about 1/8th the cost.  Generally you can get away with this if its material that doesnât change rapidly. Your course on the Civil War, you can probably use two editions back. Your computer programming class on latest greatest language⌠you probably need newest edition.
FOR LITERATURE CLASSES: determine if you book is from before 1929. If it is, its in public domain, you can almost certain get a free copy online. Â If they want a SPECIFIC copy for an essay bundled with book, see below.
Now, run your search by ISBN using the two metasearch sites. Â Open them in separate tabs. Â
gettextbooks shows you WITH the shipping, Addall does NOT show you the shipping. Â keep this in mind when youâre comparing. Â Youâll see a lot of duplication. Â GetTextbooks will also show you SOME variants.
Now that you have those open, open two more tabs. Â Run a second search on same two sites using the author and exact title you picked up from search #1. Â This will show you all the international editions and weird bundles that donât exactly match the ISBN of the bookstore
WHAT THE HELL IS AN INTERNATIONAL EDITION: its a paperback version of the US version with an angry notice on the cover saying âNOT FOR SALE OUTSIDE INDONESIAâ. Its the same book, but way cheaper.  ignore the angry warning, the US Supreme Court has your back. NO, REALLY. Right of first sale, baby!  ignore the angry warning and you basically have same book, it just isnât printed with ink made from student tears and unobtanium.
Now filter results based on whether you need any Extra materials or not.Â
IF YOU DO NEED THE EXTRA MATERIALS: this is where it gets tricky. an intact bundle is generally the most expensive option or near top end of price curve. Â If you NEED the other materials, you may be able to get them cheaper in pieces. Â and you can buy mismatched pieces!
Say for example you need a math textbook, but need the software key for the math problem program. Â The professor said you can use older book. Â Buy a math book that one or more editions back and then buy the software key separately from the SOFTWARE manufacturer. Â Youâll find the software keys on booksites all by themselves, but theyâre generally way more expensive than buying the key direct from software manufacturer. and no shipping then!
NOW A WORD ON LITERATURE: sometimes profs want you to get a specific edition of something to read a specific essay in the book. You have about 50/50 odds that the essay is in the front of the book. IF IT IS, you may be able to read the essay on Amazon by going to that books page and clicking on the âlook insideâ. Â They generally preview between 10-30 pages of books and that often means its the essay you needed, not the actually BODY of the book. Â So you can look up the specific copy of Frankenstein on Amazon, read the essay, then download a free different version from Project Gutenberg.
FOR RECENT NONFICTION, make sure you have an up to date library card for your HOME library and the LOCAL city library where your college is. Â Many have digital loans available, where you can check out the ebook for free and popular nonfiction is frequently available that way.
IF YOU CAN GET YOUR BOOKLIST BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL: shop for the mundane things locally first. Â There will be 50 people in CollegeTown looking for that book, you may be the only one in your home town. Â supply and demand, if you found it in collegetown, it may be 10X price of your local bookstore.
and check you local library as well! Â You may be able to check out some of those books from your local library and take them to school with you and renew them online one or more times, depending on how in demand they are. Â There will be NO copies in CollegeTown library because thereâs 50 people asking for it. Â But your HOME town, you may be able to renew it twice since its low demand. Write on your calender when theyâre due or need to be renewed. Â Renew them OR tuck the whole pile into a Priority Mail flat rate box and send them home to your folks. Â The cost of the priority box to send several library books home is probably way less than what youâd pay for them. (or if its stuff you know you need AFTER a break where youâll be home, request a hold from school, pick up at home)
ONE LAST WORD BEFORE YOU BUYâŚ
You determined you HAVE to buy a book and youâve narrowed it down to a few choices of source. Â Run a search for âcoupon + Sitenameâ what looked like the lowest priced may not if you find a coupon for the 2nd or 3rd lowest priced option. Gettextbook will generate some automatically, but you may be able to find even better ones.
So make yourself some food, get a beverage, put on some tunes and compare prices!
and if youâre reached point of wanting to curl up in a ball and die, you can send us an ask with the ISBN for your book and answers to questions aobe (extra materials, previous edition, etc) and weâll send you back an note with a link to the cheapest one we can find. Â I do this for a living, send an ask and Iâll get it done usually within about 12 hours.
WHOOP WHOOP MASSIVE EXCELLENT RESOURCE ADVICE ABOVE!!!!
In my experience avoid purchasing the textbook before you hear the words in person from your prof. I found out that I needed a specific edition AFTER I bought the textbook I thought I needed.Â
For Arts kids check out [university/college name] + textbook exchange on facebook, a lot of the time theres upper years selling books to you, so you usually get them for at least half price. This is always a cash deal where you meet the student on campus.
For science / engineering kids, talk to some upper years about what textbooks youâre actually going to need. I have a friend in second year applied math engineering who didnât purchase any textbooks this semester because all the content was on KahnAcademyÂ
The on-campus libraries almost ALWAYS have your textbooks. If youâre really strapped for cash, borrow them. For me theyâre on a 3 hr loan, but sometimes if you try to check it out right before they close you can take it out overnight!
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I just watched a kid break down in the bookstore because his books for the semester totaled $600 and thatâs the american university system in a nutshell
I was on the verge of tears when I got to the cashier so yeah, thatâs messed up
Go here and just, donât waste any more money okay?
While I entirely support following that link, I also suggest going to Abe Books or Book Depository or even eBay to see if there are inexpensive print versions of books you need. I havenât paid full-price for any of my texts while Iâm in school⌠because that would DOUBLE the cost of school.
I use the ISBN of the require books and search the cheap sites for them.
Good luck out there, guys!
Paging FenrisLorsrai! Come work your resource magic on this post!
I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED. (but Iâll post on my actual bookstore account)
Quick anddirty meta search for books: Addall. itâll crawl 40+ book sites at once including ABE, ALibris, Amazon, Half in both domestic AND foreign versions.
Meta search #2! GetTextbooks.com which focuses specifically on textbooks. It omits some foreign sites that AddAll includes, BUT it also includes a whole bunch of rentals as well.  Renting is probably the most cost effective method overall.
NOW, HOW TO SEARCH!
First determine a few things:
Make sure you have the ISBN
IF IT IS A BUNDLE: Determine if you need a software key/CD/workbook/lab book or not. Â Many times you do not. Â Math classes increasingly NEED the software key, but more on that later
ASK THE PROFESSOR: If this is not the first edition of the book, can you use a previous edition?  One edition back is generally half the cost of current, two is generally about 1/8th the cost.  Generally you can get away with this if its material that doesnât change rapidly. Your course on the Civil War, you can probably use two editions back. Your computer programming class on latest greatest language⌠you probably need newest edition.
FOR LITERATURE CLASSES: determine if you book is from before 1929. If it is, its in public domain, you can almost certain get a free copy online. Â If they want a SPECIFIC copy for an essay bundled with book, see below.
Now, run your search by ISBN using the two metasearch sites. Â Open them in separate tabs. Â
gettextbooks shows you WITH the shipping, Addall does NOT show you the shipping. Â keep this in mind when youâre comparing. Â Youâll see a lot of duplication. Â GetTextbooks will also show you SOME variants.
Now that you have those open, open two more tabs. Â Run a second search on same two sites using the author and exact title you picked up from search #1. Â This will show you all the international editions and weird bundles that donât exactly match the ISBN of the bookstore
WHAT THE HELL IS AN INTERNATIONAL EDITION: its a paperback version of the US version with an angry notice on the cover saying âNOT FOR SALE OUTSIDE INDONESIAâ. Its the same book, but way cheaper.  ignore the angry warning, the US Supreme Court has your back. NO, REALLY. Right of first sale, baby!  ignore the angry warning and you basically have same book, it just isnât printed with ink made from student tears and unobtanium.
Now filter results based on whether you need any Extra materials or not.Â
IF YOU DO NEED THE EXTRA MATERIALS: this is where it gets tricky. an intact bundle is generally the most expensive option or near top end of price curve. Â If you NEED the other materials, you may be able to get them cheaper in pieces. Â and you can buy mismatched pieces!
Say for example you need a math textbook, but need the software key for the math problem program. Â The professor said you can use older book. Â Buy a math book that one or more editions back and then buy the software key separately from the SOFTWARE manufacturer. Â Youâll find the software keys on booksites all by themselves, but theyâre generally way more expensive than buying the key direct from software manufacturer. and no shipping then!
NOW A WORD ON LITERATURE: sometimes profs want you to get a specific edition of something to read a specific essay in the book. You have about 50/50 odds that the essay is in the front of the book. IF IT IS, you may be able to read the essay on Amazon by going to that books page and clicking on the âlook insideâ. Â They generally preview between 10-30 pages of books and that often means its the essay you needed, not the actually BODY of the book. Â So you can look up the specific copy of Frankenstein on Amazon, read the essay, then download a free different version from Project Gutenberg.
FOR RECENT NONFICTION, make sure you have an up to date library card for your HOME library and the LOCAL city library where your college is. Â Many have digital loans available, where you can check out the ebook for free and popular nonfiction is frequently available that way.
IF YOU CAN GET YOUR BOOKLIST BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL: shop for the mundane things locally first. Â There will be 50 people in CollegeTown looking for that book, you may be the only one in your home town. Â supply and demand, if you found it in collegetown, it may be 10X price of your local bookstore.
and check you local library as well! Â You may be able to check out some of those books from your local library and take them to school with you and renew them online one or more times, depending on how in demand they are. Â There will be NO copies in CollegeTown library because thereâs 50 people asking for it. Â But your HOME town, you may be able to renew it twice since its low demand. Write on your calender when theyâre due or need to be renewed. Â Renew them OR tuck the whole pile into a Priority Mail flat rate box and send them home to your folks. Â The cost of the priority box to send several library books home is probably way less than what youâd pay for them. (or if its stuff you know you need AFTER a break where youâll be home, request a hold from school, pick up at home)
ONE LAST WORD BEFORE YOU BUYâŚ
You determined you HAVE to buy a book and youâve narrowed it down to a few choices of source. Â Run a search for âcoupon + Sitenameâ what looked like the lowest priced may not if you find a coupon for the 2nd or 3rd lowest priced option. Gettextbook will generate some automatically, but you may be able to find even better ones.
So make yourself some food, get a beverage, put on some tunes and compare prices!
and if youâre reached point of wanting to curl up in a ball and die, you can send us an ask with the ISBN for your book and answers to questions aobe (extra materials, previous edition, etc) and weâll send you back an note with a link to the cheapest one we can find. Â I do this for a living, send an ask and Iâll get it done usually within about 12 hours.
WHOOP WHOOP MASSIVE EXCELLENT RESOURCE ADVICE ABOVE!!!!
In my experience avoid purchasing the textbook before you hear the words in person from your prof. I found out that I needed a specific edition AFTER I bought the textbook I thought I needed.Â
For Arts kids check out [university/college name] + textbook exchange on facebook, a lot of the time theres upper years selling books to you, so you usually get them for at least half price. This is always a cash deal where you meet the student on campus.
For science / engineering kids, talk to some upper years about what textbooks youâre actually going to need. I have a friend in second year applied math engineering who didnât purchase any textbooks this semester because all the content was on KahnAcademyÂ
The on-campus libraries almost ALWAYS have your textbooks. If youâre really strapped for cash, borrow them. For me theyâre on a 3 hr loan, but sometimes if you try to check it out right before they close you can take it out overnight!
For future reference
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We did it kidsâŚ.. Dungeons and Dragons is officially Gay Cultureâ˘
Shut the fuck up, it is not Iâm not homophobic but it is not mostly gay people that play dnd so shit the fuck up
Anyway I was there at the last Gay Agenda meeting and the LGBT council heads (Wanda Sykes, Anderson Cooper, Stephenie Beatrix and Laverne Cox) voted unanimously to ban str8s from playing DnD. It was right after the motion to ban Kevin Spacey from the community for being a creep.
Im bi and i play dnd so its gay culture
Also bi and play dnd. Iâm the group bard.
*strums lute* Itâs Gay Cultureâ˘
Fuck your guys. Your not gonna take this from me too. I love DND and your not gonna claim it as your own. Not again.
did a mean gay take ur lunch money :(
Critical Role has canon power lesbians and had 2 bisexual/pansexual main characters in their last campaign. Critical Role has helped make D&D more popular than itâs ever been so Iâm gonna say yes D&D is quite gay lmao.
Also D&D has always been about fantasy and escapism and has let people explore things so obviously gay people, both closeted and not, have wanted to play for that reason. And the handbook itself talks about how sexuality and gender expression with your character is whatever you want it to be sooooo.
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poseyslegtattoo:
We did it kidsâŚ.. Dungeons and Dragons is officially Gay Cultureâ˘
Shut the fuck up, it is not Iâm not homophobic but it is not mostly gay people that play dnd so shit the fuck up
Anyway I was there at the last Gay Agenda meeting and the LGBT council heads (Wanda Sykes, Anderson Cooper, Stephenie Beatrix and Laverne Cox) voted unanimously to ban str8s from playing DnD. It was right after the motion to ban Kevin Spacey from the community for being a creep.
Im bi and i play dnd so its gay culture
Also bi and play dnd. Iâm the group bard.
*strums lute* Itâs Gay Cultureâ˘
Fuck your guys. Your not gonna take this from me too. I love DND and your not gonna claim it as your own. Not again.
did a mean gay take ur lunch money :(
Critical Role has canon power lesbians and had 2 bisexual/pansexual main characters in their last campaign. Critical Role has helped make D&D more popular than itâs ever been so Iâm gonna say yes D&D is quite gay lmao.
Also D&D has always been about fantasy and escapism and has let people explore things so obviously gay people, both closeted and not, have wanted to play for that reason. And the handbook itself talks about how sexuality and gender expression with your character is whatever you want it to be sooooo.
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In order of appearance: The Firebird (x2), Alice (Ivanâs mother) and lastly, the wolf. More sketches of the same characters here -> [X]
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Hereâs a thread with information about Aokigahara (The Suicide Forest in Japan) by the lovely user flavordays on Twitter. If you needed proof of how much of a scumbag Logan Paul is, here it is.
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Hereâs a thread with information about Aokigahara (The Suicide Forest in Japan) by the lovely user flavordays on Twitter. If you needed proof of how much of a scumbag Logan Paul is, here it is.
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