#making an effort

[rainbowpopeworld]

I had forgotten that these two oft quoted lines are in the same paragraph. 😅☺️

“Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Two of these were wrong; Heaven is not in England, whatever certain poets may have thought, and angels are sexless unless they really want to make an effort. But he was intelligent. And it was an angelic intelligence which, while not being particularly higher than human intelligence, is much broader and has the advantage of having thousands of years of practice.”

[reybeeze]

does neil know how ingrained into the fandom "making an effort" is or is that one of those things he's completely unaware of (like ineffable bureaucracy)

[plunderpress]

One of my new year's resolutions for 2024 was to drop my habit of liking tumblr posts rather than reblogging them. If I saw a good post while scrolling through my dash, I'd simply tap the heart so I could "come back to it later" instead of subjecting myself to the intolerable agony of interruption. (Turns out it's an ADHD thing.)

But I decided that had to change, so I girded my loins, opened up my likes page, and began to go back through them all to see which felt rebloggable. After all, with determination and a can-do attitude, how long could that take?

I only got to mid-2023.

I am a prolific liker of posts.

Anyway, if you're one of my mutuals and you're thinking to yourself "why is he reblogging all these old posts?" This is why. They're only gonna get older the deeper I get into my backlog.

I am so sorry.

[digiditto]

rise and grind mother chuckers

[howifeltabouthim]

He treated her with a respect that was perfect, and indeed with more outward signs of affection than had ever been customary with him.

Anthony Trollope, from Can You Forgive Her?

[bopinion]

Just asking for a friend...

Why does it make such a loud noise in your head when you chew carrots?

Is there no counterpart for "resolutions" because they never become reality anyway?

Why are shamrocks, pigs and chimney sweeps, of all things, considered lucky charms?

Why do you always clean up at home only when visitors have announced themselves?

Why does the WiFi always break down when you really need it?

Why does it take so much effort to make an effort?

Why do you never know beforehand which decision you'll regret later?

Why aren't there more places like libraries - where it's not allowed to talk?

Does chance really exist or do we just never understand the circumstances of what is happening?

Why?

[shotgunyuri]

“Good luck. And DON’T fuck it up.”

[stil-lindigo]

Bisan is calling for another global strike!

I saw some posts just outlining Jan 21st, and wanted to clarify that Bisan has called for a full seven days of action.

What a global strike would look like is:

calling in sick to work

purchasing bare essentials ahead of the week so you can observe the general boycott of goods / buying as little as you genuinely can

putting in a concerted effort to elevate Palestinian voices and make it clear that this strike is in support of a permanent ceasefire!

For those who will have to purchase necessary goods during this time, please observe the brands that the BDS movement is asking us to boycott!

♢♢♢

Right now is also a good time to mention some better uses for your money during this week.

Available e-sims in Gaza are running low!!

Mirna El Helbawi and her team are working round the clock to continue to connect Palestinians as Israel does its best to cut them off from the rest of the world.

You can learn how to purchase and send e-sims here, and below you’ll find a list of what is currently needed (the areas in brackets indicate what region you should select to buy e-sims in).

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CareforGaza is an organisation that does verifiably good work, distributing supplies directly to Palestinian families.

They have a Gofundme set up at the moment, but because of Gofundme’s poor track record regarding refusing to transfer funds to Palestinians, I’d recommend continuing to donate directly to their PayPal here.

Good luck to all of you. Don't turn away from Palestine!

[cozylittleartblog]

@staff if you [change] the [design] of the fucking [dashboard] i will kill you

edit. i want it on the actual post that i am not actually making a de-th threat against the staff. that's shitty. the caption quotes the fucking costco hot dog meme, which i originally said in the tags. if any staff member sees this please do Not take it personally

[cold-open]

dungeon meshi episode 6, i think

[taikova]

for the anime watchers, dungeon meshi spoilers for character appearances i guess.

this came to me as i was drawing other characters like this,,, is this meme relevant, am i hip.

[no-luscinia-no-amore]

not to exactly take sides* or whatever, but I can't help thinking that describing the process of like actively perceiving one's genitalia and or sex presentation as "making an Effort" is so, hilariously, acespectrum coded 🤣

[quarklynx]

here’s my cosplay of that old lady with a sword

[batshaped]

the continued adventures of an internet user who was frozen in 2004 and defrosted in 2021: some things are just the way you left them

previous 2004 internet user comics are here: one, two, three, four, five; or just in my 2004 tag

[howifeltabouthim]

I was enthralled with the love behind the effort, the sweat on his brow.

Lisa Taddeo, from Animal

[lotus-pear]

cringefail exes oh my god