#I have to say this every six months

[separatist-apologist]

If you're thinking about writing a post about sexual assault as it relates to the characters in your favorite piece of media and you don't have that expertise, can I suggest:

✨ shutting the fuck up✨

Now with the added benefit of NOT harming ACTUAL people to prop up your favorite character!

[mixelation]

What does training for an insulin pump encompass? Why is it necessary to train for one?

so, i guess to answer this fully, i should clarify what an insulin pump is. it is a wearable medical device that continuously administers insulin. basically it's a very fancy box with a cartridge of insulin attached to me by a tube for the purpose of giving myself insulin, replacing the need for multiple daily injections

for me, training was a two hours one-on-one session. it included learning how to use the actual equipment (loading insulin, inserting the infusion set, how to unhook myself from the pump to take a shower, how to give extra insulin for when i eat, what warnings mean, etc) as well as setting up the pump with settings as suggested by my doctor & syncing it with my cgm, suggestions for how not to break my pump and set my settings so they're actually useful to me and my lifestyle, suggestions for my own safety & what to do in case of emergency, and also let me have one on one time with an expert to ask questions

many of these tasks could probably be self-taught with a few youtube tutorials, and i thought about just slapping it on without training more than once as i just had the pump sitting my my room for almost two months. however administering insulin incorrectly can easily lead to a hospital visit or death, so i held back lmao

[girlgerard]

mommm white people on tumblr are misconstruing my posts again despite the post being entirely about how important wording is + how i don’t feel comfortable posting large statements when i haven’t fully processed them yet.

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

sorry like again it’s so funny to me that people don’t realise tommy's annoying on purpose. as like. a joke. it’s bizarre to me the amount of people that think he’s actually immature like he honestly isn’t? like when he streams he's so different to how he is on youtube (unless he’s doing bits). and like. you’re meant to laugh at the annoying persona he comes up with. if you think he’s an obnoxious brat that’s the point. the joke is meant to be on himself. “why is he so immature” because he's making a joke that he's a shitty kid like if you actually listen to any of his serious talks he's usually pretty mature and respectful actually. and if you listen to like literally anyone talk about him he's apparently like that off camera too. being an obnoxious idiot is the joke because it makes it funny whenever he fails at things. does he take it too far sometimes? yeah but like. taking the bit too far is different from actually being a terrible person lol.

[alluralater]

get ready for how sexy i’m gonna look this fall. no one is prepared and i’m telling you. do whatever you need to do. slay your demons. confer with your gods. jack it one last time. get ready. i’m about to look so good

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

i would like to stop experiencing the full spectrum of human emotions every day please. putting this out into the universe

[frecklystars]

I have another gig in a week and I'm so nervous 😭 I get paid hundreds of dollars for only five hours of work, but it is so nerve-racking and the work environment is so stressful, like literally every time I'm there I'm on the verge of tears or I have to take a 2 minute break before the show starts just to run to the restrooms and cry bc I get so stressed out. And then when I clock out I just cry my eyes out in my car while driving home. But hey!!! Hundreds of dollars!!! For five or six hours of my time!!! Only a few days a month!!! Hundreds!!! Of dollars!!! So it would be totally stupid to quit.

I wouldn't have been able to afford pampering myself on my last two F/O anniversaries (and currently placing an order for a rose bouquet for Six's anniversary for the 18th) if I didn't have this second job... but if it didn't pay me such a large amount of money each time, I probably would have quit by now bc it makes me so damn anxious. The show isn't even for one week and I'm sitting here stressing about it! I have one thousand other things to stress about and this job shouldn't be one of 'em 😤

I just keep trying to think about Ken hugging me while saying "Aw, sweet girl, don't be nervous! You JUST started this job, you've only worked three shows -- you think you're gonna be perfect your first try?? You're gonna be so good once you get the hang of it. Just look at me! I've been doing Beach for 62 years now, and I still don't know what my job is supposed to be... but I know I look So Cool™ 😎"

[silanb]

Accidentally reignited my Ever After brain rot I guess it’s g2 redesign time

[heu-ris-tic]

i hate to say it but im a gym bro now im in my anime character training arc

[tethered-heartstrings]

if you told me two years ago i'd be nearing 1k memes for a gay cannibal show.... i would honestly not say much because i avoid talking to people as much as possible irl

[snzluv3r]

gf officially went through being gaslit at the doctors with me 🎉🙈 held me while i cried afterwards so that was a nice little touch

[awsydawnarts]

I hate you weight loss ads I hate you packaging that prominently displays calorie content I hate you menus that don’t show how much something costs but instead show the calories I hate you magazines that blast weight loss strategies in your face I hate you influencers promoting detox teas I hate how the world is so unfriendly to people recovering from EDs who are just trying to get through their everyday life without being reminded about it under the guise of a “fitness girlie” lifestyle

[mooremars]

Generally I think the 2023 Camelot cast recording does a very good job of conveying the onstage vibe of pretty much all the songs with the dialouge snippets. However in my heart of hearts I truly believe the Simple Joys of Maidenhood feels incomplete without the moment of Arthur realizing Guenevere has run away and right to him after she sings her intro. I'm sure I could choose many hills to die on for cast recording opinions but apparently the one I feel the most is a particularly good delivery of the word shit.

[bisexualamy]

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[kitausuret]

I haven't even recruited him yet but I think by the end of Midnight Suns I'm going to end up shipping Morbius/Venom in that universe. My character got back from the second fight with Venom and Morbius was immediately like "Venom is trying to be better 🥺 Eddie Brock is a good person and just needs someone to advocate for him 🥺 please promise you'll give him a chance 🥺"

It was weirdly sweet. I think maybe we need to bring back the Blood & Brains ship hmmmmm? 🥰

[marzipanandminutiae]

As someone who owns a doll I have literally seen levitate, but yet have no desire to be rid of because I love her, I wholly subscribe to the theory that you just have to learn what enriches and soothes the spirit and just like… be respectful.

This doll started out it’s life very normally, just one of many my grandmother bought at a craft store because she crochets Victorian dresses for dolls.

It would move around my bed while I slept and it scared me so bad I threw it in my closet. Every night it was in the closet I would hear tapping sounds on the door from inside. It scared me so badly until one night I flung the sliding doors open and it dropped down from eye level while I watched. Hecking spooky, to borrow a phrase.

However, in the cold light of dawn the next day I folded up a scarf into a cushion and sat her upon it, with her hair neatly tucked under her hat and her purse resting around her wrist on her lap, onto a doll sized rocking chair I’d had since I was a baby. There was no more moving or tapping after that.

I’ve had her through four moves now, and as long as she is proudly displayed and has her hat and purse with her, she is so perfectly well behaved. I have even been able to pick her up and carry her around without fear as long as I don’t lose any of her things or try to hide her away.

She still terrifies most of my friends but hey. We vibe. It’s pretty cool. /ramble

And that's the thing of it, for me. Everyone assumes that you should immediately peace out of a haunted house, or ditch a haunted object in the nearest campfire. But these things can be staggeringly mundane IRL, and really no cause for alarm.

Most haunted buildings I've been in have like one or two minor things happen every three months or so. Sometimes the intervals are even longer. Most haunted objects I've found, like your doll, cause very few incidents. Plenty of ghosts are happy as clams if you simply acknowledge them, and will thereafter be pretty quiet.

Okay, so you've got a haunted doll. Can you work out what the doll wants and come to a mutually acceptable arrangement? Great! No need for torches and pitchforks. And now you have a ghost friend, which is always nice.

(That seems like a more likely scenario re: Robert the Doll, to me. As I said, that Ms. Reuter voluntarily kept him around for 20 years. Would she have done that if he were actually violent? Highly doubt it.)