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Imagine a person who only consumes Batman-related media. That is, they only watch movies and TV shows that have Batman in them, only read books that are novelisations of Batman media, only play licensed Batman video games, and so forth. This is not so absurd an idea; Batman-related media is sufficiently popular, varied and widespread that restricting one's media consumption in this way is completely feasible. However, I trust we can agree that if you actually do this, you will be left with very strange ideas about what popular media looks like.

The next step in this analogy is undestanding that if the only tabletop RPG you're acquainted with is Dungeons & Dragons, you have the same grasp of the tabletop roleplaying hobby as our hypothetical Batman Guy has of popular media.

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🚨Time is running out🚨

Hurry up and save us

We were living a beautiful, ambitious and peaceful life, until a monster attacked us, which is the genocidal war that is destroying us.

I am Anas from the besieged northern Gaza Strip, which suffers from hunger, thirst and deprivation of food and nourishment due to the siege.

We are suffering from a severe shortage of basic foodstuffs, which has led to a severe deficiency in immunity.

We in Gaza are exposed to genocide every day, every hour, every minute, every second. We need your help.

I lost my seat in school, which I hoped to build my future from and my dream of becoming a doctor.

We lost our livelihood and daily sustenance after the war destroyed our agricultural land, which was our source of livelihood.

VETTED BY BUTTERFLY 🦋NU 913 here

TikTok link to check

1911€ out of 50,000€ raised Help us complete this amount to get my family out of destruction and war Help me with $5 or $10Yes it is a small amount but it helps save my family's lives.

@irhabiya @commissions4aid-international

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Please help me 🙏🍉🚨

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by the way this is the procedure to get out of gaza

it costs 5k USD per adult and 2.5k USD per child

if you want to raise this money via GOFUNDME it has to be arranged by someone who is NOT living in Palestine because GFM does not release money to Palestine. GFM also verifies every detail so it has to be accurate so you need someone who is out of Palestine and also familiar with the bureaucracy.

once you raise the money one of your FIRST ORDER RELATIVES have to deposit this money IN CASH and IN PERSON at the Cairo offices of a company called hala. this person cannot be a Palestinian male under 40 because they are not allowed to be Egypt without a permit

once you pay the money you have to WAIT for your names to be published by Egyptian military at the Rafah crossing and the you have 24 hours to get out

it is a very long and convoluted process that is impossible for most Palestinians who do not have contacts in other counties. Please please donate to the GFMs you see floating around because they’ve been verified and this is only the first step in an arduous journey. Once in Cairo, Palestinians aren’t allowed to work so they need money for their support also.

DONATE TO GAZAFUNDS.COM

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‏Today's vetted fundraisers

Orhan is asking for your support to help save our small family from the devastation of the war in Gaza. We are deeply grateful for your compassion. Any contribution, no matter how small, will ease our suffering. Sadly, we have lost everything—our jobs, our home—nothing remains. All we can do is pray. Every dollar brings you closer to heaven. Help your fellow humans, and you will find help in return. It is this social solidarity that unites us, regardless of race, gender, or nationality.We appeal to your humanity: Gaza is dying. Hadiya urgently needs surgery, but there are no resources here. She must leave for Egypt immediately for the procedure.I am Hadiya, mother of Helana and Orhan. I suffer from a severe stomach condition and need immediate surgery, either in Egypt or elsewhere, to survive. I also need to evacuate my children to safety outside of Gaza. We are raising funds to cover the costs of travel and services from the Egypt and Hala companies to leave Gaza. Please stand with us

@el-shab-hussein @nabulsi @irhabiya @wellwaterhysteria @sar-soor

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this line delivery has lived in my head for 10 years

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at some point we gotta acknowledge that getting the majority of your news and takes and general opinions from tumblr is not meaningfully different than getting it from tiktok even though on here it's in textual form. understanding the world through the lens of viral videos vs understanding it through breathless unsourced text posts written by dykeastarion69

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I've noticed at a lot of the social stuff I go to now, I'm one of the few there who doesn't drink, and I was reminded of the smoking poll. So now I'm curious.

(See below poll for some notes)

*"regularly" meaning you drink even when there's no occasion to motivate it. Basically, not just social drinking.

**If you've had alcohol before but don't drink anymore for any reason, choose no.

This is a ZERO JUDGMENT poll! Every answer is equally valid, and you DO NOT have to explain your answer if you don't want to!

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this should make you angry. children in gaza have been out of school for a whole year and will be out of school as long as the israeli invasion continues. palestinian children live in flimsy tents which do not offer them any protection from the heat/cold. they travel long distances to search for water. they are threatened by water-borne diseases and skin infections that are running rampant in gaza.

no aid has been allowed in gaza since may. there is a shortage of everything from food to medicine to blankets to tents. this means that prices for everything have gone up.

it has become very expensive to survive in gaza. heavy rains followed by the winter are fast approaching. a tent does not offer much protection against the elements.

help alaa [ @alaakh998 ] buy supplies for the winter and medicine for her son who is suffering from a skin infection. she has two children aged six and four. she needs to ensure their safety and welfare and it cannot be done without your help.

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Tv shows need 20 episode seasons because you used yo be able to make a whole episode that was just a dream sequences with no consequences and nobody got mad if you played around with no plot because there where 19 other episodes of plot

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Hi everyone! Here's your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

If you have time, open the website in different browsers + on different devices as well!

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Hello everyone! Tawfik has reached out to me and asked that I help him raise funds for his education.

In the next 7 days, he needs to raise roughly $4,000 for a tuition & fees deadline, or he will not be able to remain enrolled in school this autumn. I believe we can make it happen!!

You can donate as little as $5 on GoFundMe:

You can donate as little as $1 over paypal:

Every amount makes a difference!

In the heart of Gaza City, amidst the turmoil of conflict and resilience, Tawfik's journey began with a passion for software engineering. He pursued his studies at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, where his talent and dedication shone brightly in the field of programming. However, the brutal reality of war shattered his dreams, leaving his university and aspirations in ruins.

Undeterred, Tawfik set his sights on continuing his education at a University in Egypt, determined to rebuild what war had torn apart. Yet, the financial burden weighs heavily on him. Each year, tuition fees amount to $6,000, a formidable sum amidst economic hardship.

This campaign has been vetted by @90-ghost

Thank you!!!

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"IS THIS THE DEATH OF ART?" Well art has died before. Art died in both the 1980s and 1940s. Art died in the industrial revolution. Art died when they invented the printing press. Art died when we stopped painting on cave walls. Art died when you, personally, stopped finger painting. You can absolutely be a hater though that's part of it

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Palestine fundraisers with easily-achievable goals

By "easily-achievable", I mean in the 50-60K range and below. Once again, drawing from my pinned list of fundraisers, which have all been vetted by Palestinians on Tumblr (check that post for the proof next to each family name). I'll update this post just like the main list and the "under 1000 donations" list. Many of these are extremely close to completing their funding. Let's help get them there!

As always, donate if you can, reblog if you can't!

LAST UPDATED 9/2

10K range

Aya's family Goal: 15K 2/3 funded

The Saftawi family Goal: 16K 3147 TO GO!

20K range

The Sami family Goal: 20K Half funded

Zaen and Yehya Goal: 25K 1/4 funded

The Ismaeel family Goal: 25K 1/3 funded

Ashraf's family Goal: 25K 4019 TO GO!

30K range

Ahmed's family Goal: 30K 1/3 funded

The Alnabih family Goal: 30K 4434 TO GO!

The Khalaf family Goal: 30K 2875 TO GO!

Issam Aziz's mother Goal: 30K 4053 TO GO!

Amira's family Goal: 39K 2/3 funded

40K range

The Hor family Goal: 40K Under 1/5 funded

The Abushammaleh family Goal: 40K 1/3 funded

The Shaqoura family Goal: 45K Half funded

The Aburass family Goal: 45K 1/4 funded

Note: The Aburass campaign is in SEK, so the goal is technically 450K, but converted to USD it's closer to 45. Ultimately I decided to include this one since USD, CAD, GBP, and EUR will be more powerful here, and a huge chunk of the site's user base will pay with one of those currencies. The more hands on deck, the better.

50K range

Amal's family Goal: 50K Under 1/5 funded

Walaa's family Goal: 50K 1/5 funded

The Shorbaje family Goal: 50K 1/3 funded

The Aldeeb family Goal: 55K 2/3 funded

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We need less "shy, anxious, always second guessing" Apollo in fanworks, and approximately 400% more of whatever the hell this is.