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Shiny Vaporeon & Shiny Espeon ko-fi doodle for Mihai! ✨

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hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset

the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years

taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult

at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)

'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65

it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age

it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.

you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.

young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!

there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big

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Pokemon Hanafuda

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I've been dreading making this post but here it goes

I am a 33 year old trans woman currently in a very tight financial situation

at the end of December, I broke 3 of my ribs in an accident as had to stay home from work to recover and just barely recently returned to work

however, due to a lack of sick leave to cover 2 months (time spent recovering and dealing with work not wanting me back until I was at 100% capability), my next paycheck will be lower than average, and since I've been living paycheck to paycheck, this is really bad news

especially since the bill for both my hospital visit and an increase of my car insurance payment decided to happen all at once

my savings are dreadfully low and this isn't even taking the regular bills for this month into mind

I know it's a very hard time for a lot of people, which is why I feel guilty writing this, but if any help at all can be spared I will DEEPLY appreciate it so much; PLEASE ONLY HELP IF YOU ARE ALRIGHT FINANCIALLY

Paypal

Venmo - @ alaudelo

I would very much appreciate it if you could REBLOG this 💜

thank you all so much 💜

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I just think they're neat

the Vaporeon was a christmas gift from the other year.

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Z-A starters explained

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Just a heads-up that if you're in the US and you never want to be pregnant, sterilization surgeries are currently 100% covered by insurance policies that are compliant to the Affordable Care Act. They are considered preventative care. Bilateral salpingectomy (removal of the fallopian tubes) is essentially 100% effective at preventing pregnancy, and it otherwise doesn't mess with your hormones. It also reduces rates of ovarian cancer by around 80%. This surgery is usually done laparoscopically and the recovery isn't too difficult. I had my surgery on a Thursday and went back to my desk job on Monday.

Bilateral salpingectomy doesn't affect periods, but I also had an endometrial ablation around a decade ago and it got rid of my periods. It can be done at at the same time as bilateral salpingectomy. People have mixed experiences with this, so do your research and talk to a doctor about it, but it may get rid of your period or at least make them much lighter/more tolerable.

If you're interested in sterilization, I would recommend having it done sooner rather than later, as I imagine conservatives are going to go after the Affordable Care Act as soon as they can (I have read that it's funded through the end of this year, but take that with a grain of salt), and sterilization may become a target in and of itself as well.

There's tons more detailed information at r/Sterilization, including a list of doctors who will sterilize people without children/younger people. I highly recommend reading up more there! Just wanted to give a PSA that sterilization is something you can do, it's currently free*, it's not too intense of a recovery process, and it's extremely effective. I'm elated I got it done and I want to empower other people to get it done if it'll give you peace of mind.

*Be careful and do your research first of course, insurance companies love trying to screw people out of their money, but it should be completely free if you're using providers that are in-network. Be sure to read about insurance coding, as it can affect what is/isn't covered. Also endometrial ablation might not be covered, so read up on that if you want to go that route as well.

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"you don't like mpreg?" i don't even like fpreg

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aira, jiji, and vamola as irasutoyas! 🩰⚽️👽

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What a tragic ending

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Brother Ignatz trying to get out of dish duty by pretending to be a stand of reeds. again.

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two bros, both alike in sexuality

in a hot tub, where we lay our scene

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*lying at a job interview voice* yeah i can sing all of the lyrics of American Pie by Don McLean. WITHOUT slipping into the weird al version. easy

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mercy seems like a long shot here, so my prayer for inauguration day 2025: may they be incompetent. may they just be really bad at implementation. may their egos choke their effectiveness. may they drown themselves week by week with infighting and selfish posturing. may they be easily distracted. may the very governors and senators and agencies and religious leaders that the new administration expects to be friendly force endless stalemates to preserve their own power. may every delay turn into a three ring blame circus so chaotic that no one remembers what they were doing. may the good and necessary parts of government be too boring to draw attention and keep running quietly in the background. may the next four years be full of sound and fury and signify nothing.

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Chikorita ko-fi doodle for anonymous! ❄️