#taken aback

[cruell-summers]

the way almost no one had I Can See You as their claimed vault track and now literally everyone is talking about it

[birdhug]

i just opened this and said “jesus” out loud

[jakonwastaken]

huh? huh? huh? huh? huh? huh?

[a-very-disreputable-intj]

Got my flu shot and the pharmacist who gave it was the most cheerful person I've met in a very long time. He cracked rapid fire jokes while jabbing me with a needle with so much enthusiasm that my needle phobia couldn't even manifest because his demeanor disoriented me so much!

[rottmntrulesall]

THEY BOTH TOUCH HIS MOM’S SKULL PENDANT I AM UNWELL

[callisteios]

this scene was my 9/11

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

[yuutaguro]

(not as) old nanami painting pt.2 🖼️

[p1nkshield]

Dick in passing: Dami, I think the next time Ra’s tries something I think you should call him peepaw instead of Grandfather.

Damian:…

Dick: just to see what happens.

Later during a fight

Damian: For the last time peepaw, I will never return to your side!

Ra’s: You are gravely mist-… what?

Damian:…

Ra’s:…

Dick is just bird laughing in the distance while taking out assassins.

Crying and absolutely howling, clutching his stomach while bodying ninjas.

[milflaszlo]

You know what I think? It’s cold, unlovable bitches like us make the world go round. EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022)

[hotcinnamonsunset]

🎣lure me in, baby!

[threeweekz]

i was kissing him n then i absentmindedly touched his arm and i was like :o and then he flexed it for me n i was like O.O

[sabertoothwalrus]

not only do Felix and Luka have the most information of the entire cast between the two of them, but I think their interactions would be so funny/bizarre and I love thinking about it. also I think they should be gay for each other

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

So I finally watched Puss in Boots 2....

[kathydavie]

Word Confusion: Taken Aback versus Taken Back

Word Confusion: Taken Aback versus Taken Back

But for an a . . . Taken back is the popular usage of taken aback, and it is so wrong! If you want to show your ignorance, use taken back to indicate surprise. Taken aback is an idiom indicating that something startled you enough that you jumped back in surprise, shocked, or left someone disconcerted or abashed. Taken back is a corruption of taken aback, but means to be returned, recovering…

[stillgeekingout]

you’re in the right place - a little farther in