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Also for the record if someone does say or do something insensitive and it doesn't seem like they were being Intentionally Malicious, informing them and going "hey this isn't cool by the way" is 100x more productive than trying to be snarky and rude without any specification about what ur mad about. I've gotten so many anons where people were mad at me for xyz reason and I genuinely don't know what I did to incite that reaction. I don't wanna be bigoted in any way shape or form, and I understand not everyone is like that, but at least tell me what the damn problem is so I can fix it instead of cluelessly continuing to propagate harm

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teen titans if it were good

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extremely underrated subgenre of tumblr post: when someone makes a general statement about something, and another person offers a counter-statement that's just completely nonsensical, and the OP just agrees instantly even if it makes no sense at all

examples:

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it’s crazy how different you get treated in a mask but what really gets me is that when people ask why I’m masking, I’ve stopped saying I’m immunodeficient and started saying I have an immunodeficient family member at home. I am not exaggerating when I tell you this has 100% improved every single encounter I’ve had with anti-maskers. i’m not exaggerating in the slightest.

i used to tell people i’m immunodeficient and they’d ask invasive questions about my diagnosis, whether my parents kept my childhood overly sterile, whether I was vaccinated as a child (with the implication that it would have been bad if I were).

Now that I say I have an immunodeficient family member at home, people smile knowingly and say, “oh, well you do what you have to do,” and “my mom went through chemo. I remember how hard it was to do all the precautions” and “that’s so kind of you.”

if i tell someone i mask because i’m disabled, i’m assumed to be the weak link in our society, a burden to my family.

if i tell someone i mask to protect a disabled family member, i become the burdened, compassionate caretaker deserving of sympathy. how sad that i must limit myself to protect someone i love. how heroic that i choose to do so.

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liberals be like he bombed a country…. without congress approval

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I don't know how long this will last, but the situation here in Gaza is getting worse every day after the war between Iran and Israel. I forgot about Gaza. No one talks about us anymore, and the news doesn't mention us. All that is being discussed is Iran, Israel, and America.It's as if they forgot that the main problem is Gaza.

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I love very specific cakes

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Horrifying to think about the impunity of the West. Horrifying to witness Western terrorists dehumanizing whole communities and then audaciously couching it as a necessary stepping stone to peace. A city was continuously bombed and put under seige for over 21 months in the name of Jewish safety, and the West upheld the opinion that this is not a genocide.

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This is probably the biggest news in paleontology to come out in a while.

Previously, the only remains we had of this group of humans were some teeth, a partial jawbone, and a fragment of a finger bone. But through examining its mitochondrial DNA, we were able to identify them as a group of humans distinct from Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalensis. Unfortunately, the remains we had were not enough to give it a formal taxonomy.

Cut to 2018, and a worker in China hands in a fossil skull to some scientists, claiming that his grandfather had found it in the 1930's and didn't tell anyone until his death. In 2021, it was identified as a distinct human species and named Homo Longi, or Dragon Man.

This year, another study was done on the Homo Longi skull, looking for DNA. The study was able to find some mitochondrial DNA, revealing that the Homo Longi skull was actually that of a Denisovan.

Now that we have a more complete specimen, I think it will be easier for us to identify remains in the future. I'm also expecting a small debate over whether the species should remain Homo Longi or be called something else, but I think it will end up remaining Homo Longi.

See below for an article on this

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Iran celebrated, Israel celebrated the end of the war, and Gaza waits and calls, but no one listens. The war between Iran and Israel is over, but the war in Gaza is not over. Children are still dying, families are still being displaced, walking long distances, homes are still being demolished over the heads of those inside, and injustice still exists. Also, don't forget that hunger has never left people, but more importantly, Tumblr users, listen to me with your hearts. I always write posts asking you to participate with me and donate to my family, but unfortunately, I only find a few who do. If you want to do something for Palestine and for my family, you can donate via the link here. This donation campaign is what enables us to live in Gaza, which has been overlooked and is no longer cared for by many people.

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keeping houseless people in thoughts during heat wave

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The ability to turn reblogs off has really added a new dimension to shitty posts

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writing my breaking bad remake where walter white pays for his cancer treatment with twitch streams but he’s equally secretive about it and jesse is his moderator and gus is a rival streamer anyway this is stupid

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