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some things that horror movie culture has taught you are scary…. are just ableist

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dear Americans very concerned and angry about the concentration camps your government is running:

you should be angry, you should be furious, you should do everything and anything you can to shut them down.

but here in Australia, we've had concentration camps for refugees for nearly 25 years. we've protested and petitioned and yelled, but the government was 'clever' and put them offshore, away from the mainland where we can't reach them, can't storm them. then they banned journalists from going. then they banned doctors.

the only time mainstream news tends to report on the "offshore detention centres" is when yet another group of children try to commit suicide.

yes, the Australian government has concentration camps for people fleeing warzones, and the people in those camps are tortured so bad that the children try to kill themselves.

Americans, I hope you manage to close your governments camps, by law or by force. maybe when you're done, you can turn your attention to us? we could use some loud international outrage from a western ally, the government might care. the public has spent 20 years trying and failing.

non-Australians, please spread this information. I don't think many people know internationally, except the island nations we pay to host our camps and keep quiet.

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The ghost in my apartment doesn't know who she is.

I was lucky in some ways to own my own house at thirty, unlucky in a lot of other ways.

The money for my small apartment had come from my Mum’s life insurance and inheritance. I had spent three months in our old family home until the memories started to eat me up and I realized I couldn’t stay there. I rented it out, and used the rest of the money to pack up and move away. My Dad was never in the picture.

It was an old creaking flat that needed too many repairs for what I had paid for it. I had taken it because it felt like it had been lived in. The furniture had come in the deal, and it was damaged but beautiful. My favorite piece was a big velvet armchair.

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finding out people dont usually add numbers by first adding something to make a ten (for example 7+6= 7 plus 3 is 10 plus another 3 is 13) & that its actually an adhd thing is the WILDEST shit literally ive lived like 10 years (or however old i was when i learned to add and stuff) thinking thats how everyone does it. what the fuck

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@minors be vicious & unforgiving in whom you cut contact with online!!! do it relentlessly!!! you shouldn’t have a 30 year old hounding you on why you unfollowed them, you aren’t obligated to “"keep up”“ with people 2x 3x your own age!!!! if u see something resembling a red flag, welcome the block button’s presence!! protect your peace!

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not to be gay on main

but I said gay rights babey!!!!!!

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If you would report an undocumented immigrant to ICE you would have reported me to the Nazis and I don’t fucking trust you

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beauty standards are all bad but one that sticks out to me is the idea that women should be free of body hair, because literally no-one has naturally no body hair like what are we trying to emulate here?

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“you can’t identify your sexuality or romantic orientation as being not attracted to anyone. That doesn’t make you LGBT.”

“okay, then are you straight?”

“what? No, I’m gay. I’m a guy attracted to guys. I don’t feel attracted to girls.”

“So you’re identifying yourself as who you are attracted to, but also by who you aren’t attracted to. Correct?”

“well… Yeah, but-”

“Then why can’t asexuals and aromantics define themselves wholly by who they are not attracted to?”

“well… Because sometimes they date the opposite gender. So they’re like passing.”

“Bisexuals may date the same or the opposite gender. Does this make them straight, if they date the opposite gender? Does appearing to be straight mean you are straight?”

“well no…”

“then why does it make asexuals and aromantics straight?”

“..well they’re just a new trend, they just want to be in the community because it’s cool now.”

“what about this newspaper from 1970 that talks about including asexuals with other LGBT people? Also, there are many historical figures who are thought to have been asexual or aromantic, such as Nikola Tesla and Queen Elizabeth, to name a couple.”

“..oh. Huh.”

“is it possible that asexuals and aromantics are LGBT, then?”

“huh. Yeah, I guess so.”

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2019 is the year y'all stop treating bi and pan women as “secondary” wlw

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so i was walking around fernsdale tonight and decided to stop in their local pride center and explore a bit. i walked in, and what am i immediately greeted by?

this, sitting on a table right at the entrance!

so, just a reminder to all my fellow aces out there- i know it can be scary trying to be yourself. tumblr is a platform that allows those who wouldn’t accept you to be very loud about their opinions. but, please remember that tumblr is not! an exact reflection of the real world! there are people out there who will accept you for who you are, and they are much more numerous than you would think.

please don’t shove yourself back into the closet just because of some exclusionist or otherwise anti-ace posts you saw online. you are okay to be who you are, and you are okay to be proud of that.

seeing that flag sitting there just reminded me once again that many people are accepting and that you can find them anywhere, if you only try.

don’t pay too much attention to discourse on here. it doesn’t matter in the end. just remember that you can be loved and accepted, no matter what tumblr may lead you to believe.

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the switch from ‘a girl worth fighting for’ to coming upon the decimated village in mulan is THE MOST kick-in-the-teeth mood change IN ALL OF CINEMA

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GOD i hate this idea that not graduating when anticipated is considered “late” or “not on time” because it only just reinforces the stigma of being behind, not being as good as your peers, etc and it’s garbage! if you graduate at a time later than you had anticipated, youre still worthy of respect and you still graduated, whether it was a semester, a year, or thirty years down the line

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Things Not to Do in a Cemetery

By someone who works at one. 

Please don’t leave glass items on your loved one’s grave. I understand the urge, really I do. But those vases/picture frames/beer bottles/fancy solar lights/etc are gonna break eventually, and be a pain in the ass for everyone involved. 

Different cemeteries have different regulations when it comes to what’s allowed in the park and what’s not, and some are more lenient than others about enforcing those regulations. If you’re not sure, ask someone who works there.

If you put up tiny plastic fences and solar lights and garden decorations around your loved one’s space it will probably be removed at some point bc y’all… The grounds crew needs to mow the grass. And some of that stuff is probably technically against the rules anyways, but everyone’s trying to be nice about it. 

Do not sit on or lean against any of the markers or memorials. They may all be made of granite, but the upright ones will flop right over if you push them hard enough, and if the ground is wet the flats will sink into the dirt. Also it’s fucking rude. If someone sees you sitting on their mom’s headstone, they might just kick your ass. 

Decorations around a grave will be removed if they are broken, or if a grave side service/ burial is going to take place nearby. We do need to bring heavy machinery in to dig graves, and for outside services there are also tents and chairs laid out. If you notice the decorations have been disturbed, it’s probably not vandalism BUT if you’re not sure, it never hurts to ask. 

I personally don’t care if you want to place food or drink on your loved one’s grave. It’s very common. But if you complain about ants all over the headstone, and I go out to see that it’s because you left a whole ass packet of oreos and an open six pack of corona, I’m not gonna be impressed or happy. Like I’ll be nice about it, but I will think you’re a dumbass. 

If the cemetery allows you to bring pets into the park, that’s great. That’s chill. Please pick up after them. No one likes to see a big pile of dog shit in the middle of the cremation garden. 

Do not fuck in the cemetery. I swear to fucking god. Don’t even make out in the cemetery. You shouldn’t be doing that shit in public anyways. I don’t care about your morbid goth fetish. Some grandma is going to see you getting frisky next to her son’s grave, and beat you to death with her purse and the ten pounds of silk floral arrangements she brought to place there.

Don’t be afraid to visit. We want these parks to be a place where you can both mourn and celebrate the person who died. I regularly see families who have picnics out there, especially on holidays. If you haven’t visited in a while and aren’t sure where your loved one is, ask someone on staff. It’s our job to help you find them, and no one is going to judge you for visiting for the first time in like 10 years. 

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big bang theory is awful for obvious reasons but honestly shout out to them for inventing “bazinga” so i have a word i can drop into any conversation for a one-hit kill

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lmao i got called fake bc im past life kin and dont act 100% like my kins now. like damn could you Imagine living like that