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my family loves to say things to me when I’m struggling like “you might have to change your lifestyle,” or “it’s going to be hard, but it’s possible,” but when I ask them for real, concrete suggestions or support, they have nothing. like you clearly see a solution I don’t. I’m not even being salty here. I am genuinely asking like what should I do. Walk me through it. help me with ideas. you’re unable to help me financially, unwilling to help me with resources like childcare or housing, and that’s fine, you aren’t obligated, but you keep saying I can change things without even trying to give me tips on what I can change. I need help. I don’t know what to do, clearly, or I wouldn’t be here. Like you don’t need to know the answer but if you’re gonna tell someone an answer exists, it would be nice if you could point them in the right direction.

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shoutout to all the fuckwits who voted for this

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the word empathy is WIDELY misused, even in mental health spaces. 

empathy:

is responding to a person’s emotions by experiencing the same emotion as them (i.e. feeling sad when something sad happens to that person, or happy when something happy happens to that person.)

is an automatic response that cannot be controlled

cannot be learned

sympathy:

is recognizing that another person is in pain, even if you do not experience that pain, and offering comfort to that person

is something a person must actively choose to do

can be learned

compassion:

is showcasing care and support via words and actions

is something a person must actively choose to do

can be learned

if you need an example of a person with no empathy who practices sympathy and compassion, look no further than data from star trek: the next generation. he doesn’t have emotions at all, but he’s still kind to people and wants to help them.

stop telling people that they’re evil because they don’t experience empathy. stop equating empathy with morality. stop equating empathy with caring. stop saying that cruel people “lack empathy.” stop throwing neurodivergent and mentally ill people under the bus. 

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If I had a tail I'd wrap it around yours when we sit together. If u even care

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When you've been a writer for long enough, commas become more of a spiritual practice than a grammatical one.

Could I explain the actual rules of how they’re used? Absolutely not.

Do I rely on sensing a tremor in the force to tell me where to use them? Yes and this has never failed me even once.

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so it turns out that time actually does go by faster as you get older. just like how adults told me it would when i was younger. pisses me off

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You can reblog this only today

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What really ticks me off when talking about ai is when people are like "it's unavoidable" or "you'll have to learn to use it someday" or "its going to be part of the future" like no it's plenty avoidable actually if you have a spine stronger than a dandelion. You simply say "no" and continue to use your own goddamn brain.

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this is, as the kids say, frying me (a glasses wearer)

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My followers know I hate talking about politics and current events, and generally refuse to do so, but this is important.

A bill has been introduced in the US that would make all pornography a federal crime. Owning it. Creating it. Distributing it.

Under this law, fanart of nude characters would be a federal crime.

Under this law, depictions of homosexuality or simply being transgender, would be considered pornography and a federal crime.

This bill is not going to pass.

However, the reason for this bill is to continue to push the "overton window". The reason for this bill is to make banning pornography seem more and more normal to everyone until they can actually do that.

And remember, they consider depictions of gay characters and transgenders characters "pornography" in any context, including platonic.

They have been working on this for a decade now and it has been working.

If you are one of the people in fandom who thinks that "nasty" porn on AO3 should be banned because it's "icky" or "immoral", then this mental scam is working on you.

Censorship is never about protecting people.

Censorship is always about control.

Do not let the rising moral panic affect your mind and make you weak to propaganda that lets others control you and control what you watch and read.

Do not fall for the scam.

When they say they are going to ban "pornography" it means they're going to ban anything they don't like by calling it "pornography" and they don't like you!!

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You know the Grimm version of Snow White makes more sense than most versions if only because in that version Snow White was like 7 years old.

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my most toxic trait is i fucking love work gossip. i play neutral not to be the bigger person or take the high road but to hear slander and hearsay from every side. two coworkers complained about each other to me in the same afternoon and i nearly blacked out from the rush

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not to gross u out but i daydream abt u resting ur head on my chest and ur completely at ease and ur safe and warm