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"We have no meaningful connections"

"We're so isolated and alone"

"No sense of community"

Volunteer. I know it isn't easy, but do it. Find a place you love and volunteer. Hospice, red cross*, disability advocacy, animal shelters, homeless shelters, food banks. Two hours a month or 20 hours a month, doesn't matter.

You will

Meet like-minded people

Develop a connection with your community

Learn a new skill

Be a part of a team with similar goals and challenges

Make new connections

Produce something important with your very own hands.

I promise I'm not pulling your leg. It works. It's amazing.

And bonus benefit: it helps social anxiety. It's the safest exposure therapy it is because you 100% control your time.

And it's not a job, so you choose how many hours you do and when.

*I know Red Cross is always looking for DATs. That's not easy. Your shoulder will get wet from peoples' tears. You will cry. You're seeing people after they lose everything they own sometimes. But you're there to help them at their worst point, and you loft them up and give them hope. So if you can manage it, give it a shot. Especially during fire season and winter.

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Jonathan Kent said parents aren’t for telling their kids who they’re going to be, they’re for giving them the tools to decide that for themselves, and anyway the ultimate Soft Dad has been crowned in Superman (2025).

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things you DO NOT need to be a man

a dick

he/him pronouns

XY chromosomes

things you DO need to be a man

the swiftness of a coursing river

the force of a great typhoon

the strength of a raging fire

the mysteriousness of the dark side of the moon

^this post was brought to you by LGBT^

Let's

Get down to

Business

To defeat the huns

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Do you not see why people believe astrology tho??

so i'm a custodian.

whenever someone does something cool like shit on the bathroom floor or get blood all over a toilet, i have to close the bathroom down by blocking the doorway with a CLOSED sign.

this sign is big and bright. it says CLOSED in four languages and has a do not enter symbol. it completely blocks the doorway. the only way to enter is to look directly at the sign and either move it or climb over it.

almost every single time i shut down a bathroom so i can suit up and clean a biohazard, someone will enter the bathroom with a dead-eyed, slack-jawed expression and try to wordlessly walk past me to use a stall.

and every single time, i have to block their path and say, "this bathroom is closed. there is one directly down the hall, marked by signs. please leave," and they either try to argue that THEY specifically should be allowed to use this one, as if they are god's most special little guy, or express shock even though they, again, had to contend with the CLOSED sign to enter.

often, i am standing there in the middle of cleaning up bodily fluids having to firmly repeat myself. they always leave angry or confused.

anyways, you clicked this button to send me an ask about astrology:

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preserving this awesome comment before i blocked them for unrelated bigotry

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I have two studebakers. I win.

you have to roleplay your url every time you open tumblr how screwed are you

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If this bird was bigger, I'd be absolutely terrified if I saw it.

Just a bird the size of a small leopard doing the "I see you" head twist would be enough to make me leave the jungle.

Your daily dose of fluffy animal content ♡

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The older I get the more I admire people who are earnestly, genuinely into whatever their thing is. I know it sounds like an annoying cliche but unless you're being cruel or hurtful there is really no need to be normal about things. The dude with the bad fake accent at the renaissance faire is having the time of his life. The people having photoshoots with their fashion dolls are loving it. The old lady with a yard unreasonably full of tacky ass lawn ornaments is having a blast, HOA be damned.

Don't waste your time being too cool to have fun, y'know?

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I really think we should stop saying "kid-friendly" and start saying "ad-friendly". We shouldn't indulge these companies and their excuses anymore. I also think that continuing to pretend that this is about "protecting the children" pushes a lot of the blame onto kids and teens, who don't have the political power to push through any of this censorship legislature. Corporations and governments are to blame.

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Half the people saying shit like this generally fall into two categories:

Fell for the propaganda and were terrified of the scary Muslims, so they weren't paying attention to Bush and his administration.

Saw 9/11 happen in elementary school and couldn't figure out why all the adults were sad.

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im supposed to be relaxing but i have something evil to say

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And of course it was human neglect that caused it, not the inherent use of nuclear power. Just like every other nuclear disaster in the world, people's laziness and apathy made things gross. 🙄

No fucking words.

And people wonder why the independence movement continues to flourish in Scotland...

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"Because I said so" isn't a reason even for nts, it's just lazy parenting.

"Because I said so" straight up isn't as good an answer as you think it is.