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Wait so is the mandate of heaven and the divine right of kings the same kind of concept, or have I massively misunderstood one or the other?

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When a small kid decks their shit and starts screaming, it's apparently useful to ask them "are you more scared or more hurt?" because they might actually pause the shrieking to understand that adults might not automatically know what they are feeling, and that they can and should use words to communicate whether they need emotional support or medical attention.

I wonder if it could be applied to tumblr. Asking shrieking people "are you disagreeing with what OP said, or are you mad about the way they worded it?"

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still mad about smart TVs. that shit should be in a separate box like you can literally buy one of them androidtv boxes for £30. it doesn't need its own ip address it doesn't need its own app store it doesn't need to replicate the functionality every device plugged into it already has

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statements like "It's wrong to masturbate about a person without their consent" and "It's wrong to do something that quietly arouses you while you are in public even if no one can see it" show that a person's understanding of morality basically involves magical thinking. like I wrote this post on the toilet. That's not the same thing as me literally shitting on you

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"its ok if you find people annoying as long as you dont like act on it" yes but more of you should be investigating WHY you find somebody annoying. is that woman too outspoken and "bitchy"? is that black man not "polite enough"? is that disabled person too whiny and victimizing? is that child too clingy and attention seeking? you need to actually ask yourself WHY people make you feel a certain way. you still dont have to be friends with them but i think it has to go further than just staying polite. life gets better when you unpack why certain people bother you, and it can help you develop not just patience but also empathy for people different to you. which sounds like some childrens cartoon bullshit but a lot of you need to hear it anyways, apparently

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Honestly, I love the idea of a vampire who only drinks blood taken from blood banks and hospitals, because it so beautifully encompasses someone who's more concerned with the vibes of something than the actual impact of it.

Drinking from someone on the street, barring some other condition they may have, isn't likely to kill them unless you gorge yourself. Taking blood packs? There's always a shortage of blood, and having even less of it runs the very real risk of getting someone killed in a way that is wholly out of your control once you've sipped on that blood. Someone you can't assure the innocence or guilt of, if you're the type of person who cares about that.

Despite that, in popular stuff, I often see discussions of drinking from a blood bank being somehow better or preferable, and yeah. No. The only thing it does is make you feel better while doing more harm, because of that degree of removal. You're effectively drinking blood from someone on the cusp of hypovolemic shock, but since it's not straight from the tap, some people seem to think it's better.

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i am some sort of fey creature and my cat is the human who i have arbitrarily decided is my favorite human.

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Here's a cute date I went on with a lovely person I was dating for awhile earlier this year. We were FULLY locked in the whole evening lol

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Thought you were getting some work done? Too bad!

This new PokeMinutes short is animated by ayk_nkt and NaSaAnimation!

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i think anyone who’s every used the internet has seen this picture at least once

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being able to play songs in your head is cool and all but not really if you can't control what and when it plays so this is a visualization of me trying to concentrate while angel of music plays in my head

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When my uncle finally divorced his abusive wife and became a bachelor again he was like 55 and already used to wearing dad attire. Anyway so that year at the big family camping trip my aunts were trying so hard to hook him up with their friends but he kept wearing this sweater with a kitten in s hammock that said “beach bum” on it. And every time they saw it they’d say “Wear a nicer sweatshirt Stan!” And he would just earnestly reply “This IS a very nice sweater!”

Anyway my aunts were full of shit that sweater kicked ass

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I'm Stuck between Sloppy Gertie and Ragged Ass Annie here