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Do you like to use the Mushroom Cloud as a fun Barbieheimer meme? If you do, it's fine so long as you know what the cloud caused and what it symbolizes. If you don't know the circumstances of the mushroom cloud, please search ''Hiroshima Nagasaki atomic bomb people (with your safe search off)' on Google Images. *The images are very disturbing. Please DO NOT try it if you are sensitive to extremely disturbing images.

I'm Japanese. In Japan, unfortunately, many people have never seen the old pictures of the real effects of the mushroom cloud. We learn about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (both are cities in Japan) in primary school or junior high, when we are about 10-14 years old. Many adults think it's too risky to show children the pictures because it shows human bodies, which look like human charcoal. Living people got severe burns on their faces, their backs, and their whole bodies looked like melting wax (additionally, most of the people in the pictures are citizens, not soldiers. There are many kids, babies, and old people, of course.) Even though it happened in our land, many people (including me, I'm ashamed to say though) don't feel it was an actual event because it seems very unreal and it happened almost 80 years ago. Fortunately, I had a chance to learn about the atomic bombing and see several pictures of it. Now I know what happened in 1945. I think some people here/outside of Japan realize it as well.

I don't blame people born outside of Japan who have never known/learned about the effects of the atomic bombing. I want to ask you to learn and understand what happened under that iconic mushroom cloud before you make a meme with it. If you think 'So what?' after that, I will have nothing more to say to you.

I've not seen Barbie or Oppenheimer because they are not released here yet. But I feel they are both very interesting. I'm looking forward to watching them. I wish I could have fun watching them without any distractions before going to the theatres.

Don't get me wrong. I know that during World War II the Japanese government did tons of terrible things to people outside and inside of Japan. I just want people to know that atomic bombing is a very serious issue, and using the images of the mushroom cloud as a meme/design is like using a symbol of the Nazi/KKK as a fun meme. It's not fun. Atomic bombing should never happen anywhere in the world.

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📷 practice. 練習。

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These are what I saw on my birthday.

誕生日に見たもの。

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I tried to toast mochi(rice cake) but I made something different.

餅をトースターで焼いたら、別の何かができてしまった。

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When we got to the aquarium, this show just started. Sardines are so amazing and it was definitely cool.

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OK, I’m done. Goodbye.

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there’s more than just the red string of fate.

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It’s that time of year!

I can hear you all groaning by the way… Thinking “shit, I gotta go back to my family” or “fuck, I gotta live through another week of relatives grumbling about my life decisions”. 

So, the holidays are here. For some, it’s a happy, wonderful and warm time. For others less so. I know a lot of people who are NOT lucky enough to be spending the holidays with accepting members of the family. And I know that it can be especially hard for LGBTQA+ folks. Last year I went to Russia to visit my family and you can pretty much imagine how much fun it is to spend New Years arguing with your grandmother about whether “the gays” deserve to live. 

Many of us have to tolerate - not enjoy - the holiday season. And even when we do love our family, sometimes they can be a little too much, and you just need a break from the political, moral and hateful discussions of your personhood that go on all around you. 

This year I’m spending the holidays with a lovely lgbtqa friends, my supportive straight pals and my partner - so I have very little to complain about. So I want to give something to those of you who don’t have that privilage. 

This is my pledge: Starting now I will post happy, enjoyable and adorable holiday images  of all creeds and cultures, and non-religious images as well. They will be either neutral, happy things or inspiring things drawn by me or other artists that I will reblog. If you need a safe space or just a break from your holiday season with your relatives, you are welcome on my blog to spend the season with me and random photos of puppies and kittens playing in the snow. 

I welcome any help other people might be able to give with this project - so if you have something that is appropriate, please SUBMIT it to me and I will post it! Please make sure, however, that it fits the theme and the guidelines I have set up. Don’t just go to google, search for images and save them/send them to me. If you drew something yourself - awesome! Send me a link in the mail or an ask and I will happily reblog it. 

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Today, I dropped in one unoccupied house when I return after finished task.

This house was my grandmother and aunt lived in before.

Now, It became the unoccupied house because two people moved.

(This house seems to be sometimes used in the break of the farm work.)

I loved this space since the days of a child.

Well, there is the ghost called "Zashikiwarashi" in Japan.

If Zashikiwarashi live in house, family become so happy.

In this place, my grandmother looked at Zashikiwarashi in old days.

It is such a house.

I spent time slowly here after a long time.

My important villa.

今日は用事の帰りに、一軒の空き家へ立ち寄りました。

この家には昔、私の祖母と叔母が住んでいました。

今は二人が引っ越してしまったため、空き家となっています。

(たまに畑仕事の休憩で使われているようです。)

私は子どもの頃から、この場所が大好きでした。

日本には『座敷童』という妖怪がいます。

座敷童が住み着いた家は、幸せになるそうです。

祖母は昔、この家の中で座敷童を見ました。

ここはそういう家です。

私は久しぶりにここでゆっくりと時間を過ごしました。

私の大切な別荘です。

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AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Momoa, please marry me.

Jason Momoa for Men’s Health UK (October, 2014)