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i like the phrases "it's not for me," "it's not my thing," and "i'm not the target audience" because they're the most concise way to express "this thing that you enjoy has merits but idgaf about it" without being aggressive

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why are people so disturbingly okay with using the r slur. I thought we had outgrown this years ago.

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ARTFIGHT PROFILE !!!

hey all!!! this is my art fight if you guys are interested in attacking my characters!! :D

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first year doing artfight i chose team fossils because bones are awesome can we all give it up for bones . let me hear it for bones

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When I am appointed to represent a child, my first action is to separate them from their parents and tell them the following things:

1. I am their attorney. I do not work for their parent or the judge or the cops. I don’t care what any of those people want.

2. My job is to listen to them and try and make what they want happen in court. (At this point I make a joke about how most people want me to get them out of trouble but if someone wanted to be in trouble I would do my best.)

3. What they tell me is confidential. It goes nowhere unless they agree to it. (If old enough, I talk to them about mandatory reporters, and how I’m a mandatory non reporter.)

4. I will give them lots of advice because I’ve been doing court for a while and I know a lot about it, and they don’t. It’s all really complicated, and if they don’t understand what’s happening it’s my job to help them figure it out.

5. They will make the decisions. (At this point I usually have to reassure them that I’ll help, I’ll speak for them in front of the judge, and I’ve got their back. It’s scary to have an adult say you’re in charge, most of the time.)

6. I tell them I know it’s absolutely wild to have some stranger come in here and say “hey, you can trust me!” and that I get if they don’t believe everything right away, because I plan to show them through my actions and my words that I’ll fight for them.

7. But nonetheless, I will treat them like a person who can make decisions, because they are living their life and I am not.

I do not:

Pretend to be cool.

Try to be their BFF.

Overwhelm them with detail.

Let their parents in the room until the kid asks for them. (I provide openings for this, and ask if the kid wants their parent to help them remember and understand.)

I want to emphasize I went into this job knowing nothing about how to interact with vulnerable populations, especially children. The training was minimal, and my role means that I can literally walk into a facility and get an unmonitored visit with a minor client one on one.

In my years of practice I have never felt threatened by a child, even one that was “violent” and “unstable.” It turns out just saying “hi, I think you’re a person with thoughts” is wildly successful? Now people treat me like I have special Child Whisperer powers. My powers are that I ask the child what’s up and I’m not scared to say things that are objectively awkward. I know nothing about anything.

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Say cheese!

I did the six fanarts challenge again, this time with canon characters!

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I beg you to help my dear friend Mohamed, who does everything he can to help his family even in these dire circumstances. The unending siege on Gaza has driven prices for the most basic items very high and the bombing never ceases.

His wife, Manal, needs chemotherapy treatment. She was not able to receive her latest dose because of donations slowing. His son Abdul Rahman remains in recovery in the hospital after a recent shelling, in need of skin grafts and hospital care. His two girls Sarah and Lynn are going hungry. Through all this Mohamed battles with own injuries and illnesses. He desperately needs donations that are steady and reliable to continue helping his family.

GFM Poster @save-mohamed-family

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got a text from my old boss that she got new kittens, which didn’t surprise me bc she’s infamous for having like 10+ cats at a time and is constantly taking in strays from neighboring farms. average thursday for her right. but then i go to actually open the image she sent and

unique markings indeed!

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Two lil things, first off, a sprite edit i did for @ghostoforpheus! its for our s5 au n i love them,, Also!! I have had a CC discord for a few years now! I wanted to show it off again for yall! It's a very nice place full of great people :) https://discord.gg/J7ahvr8Ykj

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I love being friends with prostitutes and transsexuals and artists and drug dealers and perverts and queers

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How it feels commenting on a mutuals post like a grandma and fumbling the interaction

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how it feels to live in my tumblr mutual echo chamber where all our opinions are the correct ones

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me writing posts about media no one cares about: and another thing,

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Look I don't wanna bitch but if your Tumblr fic takes longer to scroll past than the Do You Love The Colour Of The Sky post then it would be kinda appreciated if you put the majority of it under a Read More button

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you dont have to bring up kit patridge every time you talk about nathan. it's okay. you can just talk about nathan himself ok? (shushing you like youre a scared horse)nathan was a pretty cool character himself in s1 alright there is plenty there for you to talk about ok. you dont have to bring up kit. frankly i don't know why you think reducing him to what kit did does Nathan's character any more justice than what happened in canon (shushing you again) (you catch me secretly reaching for your horse ketamine) you didnt see that,

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i don’t understand people who love a problematic character but get angry when people mention the evil things that character did. like, that’s your man! he’s proud he did all that, support his hobbies!

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Finally figured out how to permanently disable google assistant on phone