[id: a tweet by @TPAIN that reads: “I encourage everybody to at least (in private if need be) take a shot at doing something you actually think you’d like but your friend circle has deemed it “corny” or “lame”. Liberate yourself from the constant need of approval from everybody besides yourself and go have fun”. /end id]
u know, i think he means it
[ID: tweet by T-Pain @TPAIN reading, “Why is Steven Universe making me cry right now?!”]
on my knees begging you to please look up “squick” if you don’t know it and help bring it back to fandom space by using it. it’s a valuable word we’re missing that through normalizing could solve some of the more prevalent communication issues.
squick = “this makes me uncomfortable I do not want to see it.” without the moral judgement and everything else that blows it out of proportion. a thing can make you uncomfortable, even deeply so, and not be problematic.
please stop scrolling and take the time to read this.
i don’t think people understand the extent of the horror happening in palestine right now. “death” means nothing to people because of desensitisation so let me just tell you what white phosphorus is. it’s being used in israeli munitions and has been and will continue to be fired across gaza and the palestinian borders.
white phosphorus burns when it comes into contact with oxygen (at nearly 800°C or 1500°F. the human body can withstand ~50°C for reference.) the air you breathe in ignites and it is near impossible extinguish. it sticks to clothing and skin and is very difficult to remove because it will continue to ignite in air. it burns flesh up to the bone and even past the bone because it penetrates tissue and is absorbed VERY easily. if you inhale it it’ll destroy your respiratory tract and lungs. it can cause failure in multiple organs including the liver, kidneys and heart. it is being released in one of the most densely populated places on earth.
the only way to treat someone exposed to white phosphorus is to submerge them in saline or water and to pick out the substance with forceps, and when you undress a wound the substance can re-ignite. this is just ONE weapon that is being used to kill palestinian people right now. palestine does not have access to medical care, humanitarian aid, power, or internet. their hospitals are being bombed. gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world with over 50% of the population being children. many children are the sole survivors of their families. there are videos of children experiencing panic attacks and symptoms of ptsd. the fact that israel has committed war crimes in plain sight means that we can only imagine what will happen to the palestinians in complete darkness.
israel has and will continue to deny this. your interests and fandom will still be here, you will wake up tomorrow morning and see your friends and family, but an entire nation of people are being wiped off the map. being silent is being complacent. reblog, spread information, tell people in real life, attend protests, sign petitions, call your government offices, at the very least be angry and upset and horrified because once you become numb and indifferent and hopeless the oppressors will have already won.
what’s happening right now is more than a genocide and once it becomes a part of history we’ll wonder how the world let this happen. genocides have been part of all nations. just because it is far away does not mean you don’t have to be concerned. the fact that YOUR governments and YOUR idols and the people around YOU are supporting the mass eradication of an entire group of people should scare you. it shouldn’t make you feel anything less than sick and angry and disgusted. DO something about it, no matter how small you feel your voice is, because palestinians no longer have one.
That is so horrifying. Not just how bad the CG is, but also how disgusting the actual act is of using a person’s likeness without their consent. The depths a multi-billion dollar company would go just to save a penny is just spine chilling.
“phones are disrupting natural sleep cycles” I mean true but also bold of you to assume I had one before the tech boom lol catch me out here reading chapter books by the light of my light up pens in the third grade
freshman year of college I (a simple lesbian) met a gay dude and we instantly clicked and started talking about our childhoods and stuff and discovered we were born in the same hospital on the same day so we became each other’s beards and watched hentai together every weekend
That sentence started and ended in very different places
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