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The old school lack of transparency on tumblr is amazing because you assume the people you follow must all be equivalent to you and then you see someone write “I brought my youngest to college today” and someone else write “my mom wouldn’t let me listen to Ariana Grande when I was a kid” and then your head explodes

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At first I got angry...but then noticed the usernames.

What is the probability that two users with stereotypical American male names + random numbers, who instantly reblog from each other, are real people? I say pretty darn low. Even though their blogs seem genuine at first glance, I think they are bots aimed specifically at the US audience. I think they either real people (=russian employees) or, most likely, AI. They would probably argue with you and hold the conversation pretty well if you tried to talk to them.

Be mindful people, we live in crazy times. Safer not to get into any arguments online, bots or not.

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Yesterday, I went to Baltimore with the intention of visiting a friend in hospice. Her health had taken a sharp nosedive over the weekend, and on Monday evening, the doctors said she maybe had a week left.

What actually happened was I went to Baltimore to help clean out her stuff, because she died at 8:44 on Tuesday morning and my plane didn't land until 8:50. So me and another friend helped another friend/her roommate (before hospice) find important documents, as well as save sentimental items for her actual loved ones because her family, well.

Her friends were her family. But because she died intestate, the people in her family of choice were entitled to nothing under the law. Instead of her beloved, disabled partner, her estranged family has legal rights to her savings bonds and the rest of her estate. (Sometimes common-law partners can inherit but they weren't together long enough to meet that criterion.)

I knew this was coming for a long time. You don't recover from the brain cancer she had. But it still really hurts. And knowing that people she hadn't spoken to in years are getting that money instead of the person she loved most... well, that hurts too.

Please, if you don't have one already, make a will. It's not hard. We don't like to think about it, because nobody likes thinking about post-death legal matters, but you need to make a will. If you're in the US, you can use websites like Free Will. You don't need an estate attorney or anything like that. In many states, a notarized letter is fine. I don't know enough about international estate law to say anything in that regard, but take half an hour to google estate laws in your jurisdiction and put together a will.

If something happened to you tomorrow, who do you want taking care of your pets? Do you have a collection of anything that you want looked after? Do you want your money to go to a person, a charity, or something else specific? If you don't have kids, everything reverts to a spouse. If you don't have a spouse, it goes to your parents. I know I don't want to burden my parents with figuring out what to do with my tegu, my skeletal collection, or my library. But if I died tomorrow, my will would take care of all of that. Thinking about mortality isn't fun, but dying intestate is worse. Make a will.

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Talking shit about clichés like there isn't an abundance of unicorn art from the 80s that fucking slaps.

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made some versions of the agony grip for my friends for when the whole gang gets it . including different levels depending on the anguish

and a joyous one for when there is love abound

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quarters are insane. 4 of them is one real money? what the hell

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I just remembered that my first love was Pink-Haired Manga Boy and what can I say

I'm sorry I forgot about you Ruruka Crimson Spell<3 Guess I know where Moussa's braids came from :')

I am not immune to Tragic White-Haired Anime Boy, after all he was my first love, but now that I've grown up, my eyes have been opened to Tragic Auburn-Haired Anime Boy and what can I say, he's just superior

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Yumoto had an emo phase in middle school.

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Happy Kiss Appreciation Bingo 2024 - Possessiveness

first one done~! fura, taiju and kyo all wanting to have ata to themselves~~~

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he's cat coded

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a day on gotham twitter

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I just saw the track and field Olympics uniforms I keep hearing about and holy FUCK

Apparently there's a "shorts" option as well but wtf was Nike & the team officials ever thinking with this design???????

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Some of you don't have firm principles that transcend ideology, and it shows.

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glad to see those spreading the truth

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saw this poster in my dream and immediately woke up to google who the fuck is Pedro S. 

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[image ID: a digital drawing of Wildmutt from Ben 10. he is an alien that resembles a large dog, with orange fur, thumbs, no tail, and no eyes. he has ears on the side of his neck that resemble gills. end ID]

i've been watching Ben 10 with a couple friends, and I'm quite fond of this transformation... Feral Mixed Breed Dog