sometimes i read or skim arguments/talking points with the sense that like…..you’re thinking way too hard about this. like not in a dismissive way, not “you just wasted your time lol what a loser go outside”, it’s more like “why are people being made to think SO DEEPLY about shit that doesn’t matter”.
something that seriously pisses me off is people who say stuff along the lines of “if you do/like/think X then think really hard about why you do” like 1) don’t tell me what to do 2) maybe i have thought really hard about it and this is how i feel afterwards 3) ITS NOT THAT DEEP
this is in all sorts of discourse and honestly it reeks of the guys i met in high school who tried to convince me i wasn’t really attracted to women cause they always told me to think about why i like women instead of men (i ID’d as a genderqueer lesbian back then) and if i said i had they’d tell me to think harder. they didn’t care about me. they just wanted me to not be gay. they just wanted me to be available to them.
people who tell you to think hard about some random aspect about you are not being ingenious. they are not encouraging self discovery. they just want you to admit that they are right and you are wrong because eventually you’ll run out of arguments and statements you’ve rehashed a thousand times and just get mad and then they’ll use your anger against you.
y’all. IT AINT THAT DEEP. queer discourse? it’s faster and easier than saying “nonbinary genderfluid and bi” and encompasses my identities and beyond. for me, that’s it. i’ve typed out paragraphs on why i use the word but it all boils down to that.
shipping discourse? sometimes we just fucking like things and it doesn’t mean shit in our brains because brains are funky things we still don’t understand. i’m not going to dive deep into the inner mechanisms of my psyche because i like a ship with dubcon elements. it’s not that fucking serious. you’re not going to catch me engaging with a lot of “reasons why shipping x is okay” because i’ve grown up with weird ships and characters ever since i was 10 and hey, look at me, i’m queer and mentally ill but i’ve never fucking killed anyone like i apparently would have done if fiction really was at a 1:1 ratio with reality. the irony is that so many shipping arguments are bunk if you use your goddamn brain for ten seconds and engage in some nuance and critical thinking for once.
ace discourse?? “think really hard about why you ID as ace”?? because they don’t experience sexual attraction you utter walnut. and whether that’s due to trauma or internalized xphobia or what, it’s nobody’s fucking business aside from that person.
all these people are doing are trying to worm their gross ideologies into your head and make you doubt who you are. when i was younger i fell into these traps and came out like “okay i thought about it and i still like this so what now,” and they don’t have answers beyond that. because it’s a subtle guilt trip to get you to admit that you’re a liar, that you’re actually cis/straight/not mentally ill/<insert other identity aspect here> because how dare you exist as one of those people.
ugh. that’s my semi-legible rant of the day, the point being that nobody is allowed to dictate or determine my identity aside from me and sometimes therapists, and people who try to guilt people into hating themselves over dumb arbitrary shit can fuck off forever.
Our attending walked into the room wearing her white coat, name badge on, and introduced herself as the doctor. The patient continued to refer to her as nurse the entire time we were there, and when we left, asked when the “real doctor” was coming. This same attending had to stop wearing her (very conservative, knee-length) dresses/skirts because male patients would comment on her legs or try to touch them. An ophthalmologist friend was telling me that she won’t do slit-lamp exams with the door shut anymore because male patients have (more than once) groped her.
Racism is still a big problem, too. I have another friend who, just yesterday, was told by a patient something along the lines of “it’s a good thing you aren’t a doctor (he is) because your people are coming here and taking up all the doctor jobs.” And that was definitely one of the milder things I’ve heard patients say about race. They’re usually screaming slurs.
I’ve introduced myself as a doctor, discussed treatment options, and when I left, I heard the patient complain that she hadn’t seen a doctor at all.
Images of an Australasian cockatoo have been discovered in a manuscript dating from 13th century Sicily, now held in the Vatican library.
This finding reveals that trade in the waters in and around Australia’s north was flourishing as far back as medieval times, linked into sea and overland routes to Indonesia, China, Egypt and beyond into Europe.
The four images of the white cockatoo feature in the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II of Sicily’s De Arte Venandi cum Avibus (The Art of Hunting with Birds), which dates from between 1241 and 1248.
These coloured drawings pre-date by 250 years what was previously believed to be the oldest European depiction of a cockatoo, in Andrea Mantegna’s 1496 altarpiece Madonna della Vittoria.
Faculty of Arts School of Historical and Philosophical Studies Honorary Research Fellow Heather Dalton in 2014 published an article about the cockatoo in Mantegna’s 15th century painting.
This article captured the attention of three Finnish scholars at the Finnish Institute in Rome, who were working on De Arte Venandi cum Avibus and who realised they had found much older depictions. Read more.
Hi I’m a guy who grew up in poverty and at several points has been able to afford a washing machine and now I have a dryer but I’m too embarrassed to ask anyone how to use it
Whatever you do, clean out the lint trap before each load.
Where it will be will depend on your model – but it’s the sturdy plastic frame with a gauze filter stretched taught.
Reminder: Internet search engines don’t judge. And I bet, if you put the brand/model name in search, you’ll find all the instructions, with pictures.
Good luck!
Ah!! Thank you!! I’ll make sure to do that! Putting washing out on the line is getting difficult to do and you know, it’s England so this heat wave will not last forever. It’s a new place that I’m renting and although it’s been very good with instructions for devices so far there wasn’t anything for the dryer. It didn’t occur to me I could google it xD
Thank you!! 💖
Come winter, I suspect you are going to love your fluffy pajamas pulled from the dryer while they’re still warm.
Enjoy!
I’m in the UK too, and a lot of the dryers seem to be the ventless condenser kind, maybe because they’re easier to install. (Looking at models, if it has a round hatch door a lot like on a washing machine, it’s probably the condenser type.)
Those work enough differently that they don’t have the obvious lint traps to clean out, which is why I thought to mention it. It takes a lot longer to get the clothes dry than in the vented forced air type, but one less thing to keep track of without the lint filter 😅
This is what I’m here for. Not only do we need men supporting women who come out about sexual abuse but we really need men supporting other men when they come forward about these stories. Like not only am I happy that Brendan came forward but I’m so proud of Terry for voicing his support of Brendan. This is huge.
Brendan Fraser was sexually assaulted!? What the fuck!
Back in 2003 he got sexually assaulted by the former president of the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This was during the year “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” came out just to ruin that movie for everyone but nobody would listen to him.
I caught a germ, this week, when I bought something from my local pharmacy (just like the doctor’s office, that place is full of ‘em). So I’m a little brain-foggy.
But somewhere around Tumblr, I saw a link to an article about how this may be the real reason older actresses’ careers suddenly dry up. It’s not just the “aesthetic” of the young ingenue, but it’s that, as women mature, they’re less willing to put up with sexual harassment, and the “casting couch,” and get labeled a “Bad team player.”
I suggest we keep that in mind whenever any really talented rising star disappears off the radar. Instead of asking: “Were they a flash-in-the pan?’ We should ask: “Has an abuser pushed them out of the business?“
Also: Brendan Fraser was set to play Superman? That’s the Clark Kent I want to see.
This is what I’m here for. Not only do we need men supporting women who come out about sexual abuse but we really need men supporting other men when they come forward about these stories. Like not only am I happy that Brendan came forward but I’m so proud of Terry for voicing his support of Brendan. This is huge.
Brendan Fraser was sexually assaulted!? What the fuck!
Back in 2003 he got sexually assaulted by the former president of the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association. This was during the year “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” came out just to ruin that movie for everyone but nobody would listen to him.
When you hit your elbow against something, but that specific point of your elbow
it’s…called your funny bone…
that gif tho
It’s not a bone actually- it’s a nerve that is exposed, specifically the ulnar nerve. The reason it feels so weird to hit it is that it’s not designed to deliver pain signals, so when you hit it it just wiggs out and sends Garbage signals to the brain, and the brain is just like “uh, dude- Ulnar, what the hell is this garbage?? You’re supposed to curl a finger and a half, and move some muscles in the forearm, why are you sending me this crap? How am I supposed to make this into sensory output?” And the Ulnar nerve is just like “dude dude dude, brain- what the hell is going on?!?” And the brain goes- “idiot. Fine. You’re on fire, freezing and being electrocuted. Happy?” And the Ulnar goes “holy crap brain!! I’m on fire, freezing and being electrocuted! What am I going to do!!??!” And the brain says “you’re an idiot ulnar. A damn idiot.”
STOP REBLOGGING THIS FUCKING GARBAGE POST. IT IS 100% FUCKING BULLSHIT AND CAN AND MOST DEFINITELY WILL LITERALLY KILL.
DO YOU NOT SEE WARNING LABELS THAT SAY “DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING”? THEY AREN’T FUCKING AROUND. YOU CAN FUCKING BURN THEIR ESOPHAGUS BY CAUSING VOMITING, CAUSE CHOKING, DROWNING, OR MAKE IT WORSE!
AGAIN DO NOT FORCE ANYTHING DOWN ANYONE’S THROAT. THEY. CAN. DROWN.
IF SOMEONE IS LOSING CONCIOUSNESS ALL THE CHIT CHAT IN THE WORLD WILL NOT PREVENT IT AT THAT POINT THEY ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER.
“Buuut i don’t wanna take them to the hospital!!!”
WELL SUNSHINE GLAD YOU’D RATHER HAVE A DEAD FRIEND THAN A LIVING ONE BUT YOU’RE IN LUCK
CALL FUCKING POISON CONTROL. THEY ARE NOT THE COPS. THEY WILL HELP YOU.
AND IF THEY SAY GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL YOU GO TO THE FUCKING HOSPITAL. NO EXCUSES. 0. NONE.
I have seen this shit cross my dash SO MANY TIMES so PLEASE fucking reblog this and prevent some well meaning idiot from accidentally killing someone they love!
For the love of god PLEASE REBLOG THIS
I see this stupid fucking post one a goddamn week and someone is going to literally fucking die from it
Seriously just fucking call poison control if someone’s eaten something they maybe (or definitely) shouldn’t, or too much of something, but you’re not sure if you should take them to the hospital.
Tell the operator what they consumed and how much of it and they’ll tell you how much you need to worry, what to do to treat them (SOMETIMES inducing vomiting is good, other times it’s a terrible idea, it depends on what the poison is), or what symptoms you should look out for (because sometimes one person has a much higher sensitivity than another to the same substance).
They’ll probably ask you questions about the substance and quantity consumed, about the poisoned person’s current condition and how long it’s been since they consumed whatever poisoned them, and if the person has any pre-existing health conditions that might cause extra issues (like… if someone has conditions of poor kidney or liver function, they’re more at risk from poisoning because those organs are critical to processing and eliminating toxins).
Poison control lines exist to give you information. They’re not the cops, they’re there to save lives. And even if they were the cops… you’d rather have your friend get arrested for doing drugs than die, right? RIGHT? Call fucking poison control. And then you fucking do what poison control tells you to.
In the UK, call 111 unless it’s already become a 999 situation.
NHS 111 has poison control and will walk you through what to do.
As someone who has helped both someone who has taken an overdose of pills and had kids who have eaten things they shouldn’t (one ate modelling putty and another one of my kids went through 3 different supposedly childproof containers, two we still don’t know how she reached, to take more of her antihistamine medication within the space of 6 months. She was like 2 at the time which while she got it does thankfully mean she spilt more than she took), they will do it as nonjudgementally as possible and how much personal information you give is up to you though the more you give the faster they can get services to you or recommend services for you to go to if that’s needed.
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