I’ve acquired like twenty followers in a week. And, y’know, I’m glad to see you and all, grab a party hat, etc, etc, but I just…what the hell kind of woodwork are y’all popping out of?
Okay for real, now, kids, seven followers in a day, you’re too sweet but also freaking my used-to-being-ignored ass right out.
Won’t this, ya know, be a bad idea and give Trump an advantage over the Democratic Party altogether?
How so?
It splits a the democratic votes apart and that way, neither Dem candidate will get enough to win. If Bernie can’t even get the nom in the primary, why would he get enough write ins to stand a chance to win the Gen Election? Plus, there are some states where you can’t even write in. This is a Bad Idea. It’s unfortunate, but you can tell there’s a ton of Bernie supporters who are young/haven’t been taught enough about the full election process to make decisions accordingly.
ATTENTION! THIS IS A PSA! DO NOT WRITE BERNIE INTO THE BALLOT!
BERNIE DOES NOT WANT YOU TO WRITE HIM INTO THE BALLET! THAT’S WHY HE SAID HE’S NOT GOING TO RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT, BECAUSE HE “DOES NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ELECTING SOME RIGHT-WING REPUBLICAN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” HIS. EXACT. WORDS.
(if you don’t want to watch the full video, the quote is at 1:41).
Listen, the last time something like this happened, Ralph Nader run in the Green party and split the Democratic votes between Nader and Gore. Which allowed for George W. Bush to become president.
DO YOU WANT THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN TO TRUMP?
The two-party system sucks, but pretty much the way our system is set up, any vote that is not for the Democratic nominee will be for Trump. The only votes that count against Trump are for the Democratic nominee, whoever that may be.
So don’t write anybody in. It’s throwing away your vote. You might think it’s a political statement and in another election I might advocate for it, but THERE IS THE LEGITIMATE CHANCE THAT DONALD TRUMP COULD BE ELECTED INTO OFFICE. And nobody, particularly not Hillary Clinton, is a bad enough alternative that it is worth running the risk. Remember what it was like when Bush was in office? Trump will be that times 1000x, with extra blatant xenophobia, racism, homophobia, and misandry thrown on top.
I’m pro-Bernie, but I’m much more anti-Trump. Whoever runs against Trump in the Democratic party has my vote. I hope he or she has yours too.
#anything-but-trump
If Trump gets in everyone has a problem, we act like this is just an American issue, but you are a superpower on the world scale who many countries depend on economically, politically etc, don’t let a racist idiot run your country, for all our sakes.
If Trump is elected the whole world is fucked. Just thinking about America’s geopolitical role being headed by this guy is scary. If Bernie is not nominated, please for vote for the Democratic nominee. Splitting the democratic vote would only ensure Trump a win.
THIS. FUCKING THIS. I’M SO SICK OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK.
I GET IT, HILLARY ISN’T THE BEST OPTION, BUT IF IT’S HILLARY VS TRUMP, PLEASE GOD, VOTE FOR THE LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS. IF YOU WRITE IN BERNIE, YOU ARE GIVING YOUR VOTE TO TRUMP.
listen, trying to describe Soul Eater to anyone who isn’t very familiar with certain types of tropes and storylines - especially ones commonly found in anime and manga - is a fucking trip.
“he turns into a scythe, but he can also play the piano during battle. like, FROM the scythe. sometimes the scythe turns into a piano. but it’s all him. also, his partner has wings on her soul and they can make the wings come out of the scythe.”
“so there’s a dangerous magic book that the characters go inside and experience the seven deadly sins. no, it’s not dante’s inferno, but it is a reference”
“the sexy lady is their cat/their cat is a sexy lady”
“the grim reaper is a school headmaster in nevada”
All right, story time.
All you need to know is that, A, it’s the first week of freshman year of college–you know, orientation week where no one has anything to do because they’re too worried about the freshman class wandering off and getting eaten by bears or whatever–and B, there are about a dozen people (all in various stages of heat-induced exhaustion on our un-air-conditioned campus) draped over couches and chairs in the informal lounge in the student union.
The dude with the computer wired up to the TV says, “Here, I’ll show you guys the first episode of an anime.”
My ass, having never seen an anime before in literally my entire life, sits there and goes “sure” along with every other semi-functional person in the room.
The first episode of Soul Eater happens on the screen. Over the course of the twenty-two minutes, about half the people in the room have wandered off because they lost the plot, and those of us who are left are all sitting there slightly slack-jawed and baffled. It ends, the dude pauses it and goes “Okay, do you all want to watch another.”
There are a couple beats of dead. Freaking. Silence.
Finally I sit up from where I’d been watching it and go “What the fuck did I just witness.”
The dude smirks and goes “Soul Eater. Do you want to watch another episode?”
Fast forward to the end of the week (about five days) and everyone who made it through the first episode has seen two complete seasons of Soul Eater.
It’s now been three years and I’m pretty well versed in the anime thing at this point. I honestly don’t think I’ve been really STUNNED by an anime since Soul Eater.
Do I necessarily recommend starting with SE? No, no I do not, it’s like saying “Yeah man, gateway drugs are for the weak, hit me up with some of that hallucinogenic mushroom and come back for me next month.”
On the other hand, it’ll make everything else seem downright freaking NORMAL in comparison.
France’s politicians and community leaders have criticised the “intolerable” violence against Paris’ Jewish community, after a pro-Palestinian rally led to the vandalizing and looting of Jewish businesses and the burning of cars.
please please please spread this around, please speak up about this, please let everyone know that this is not okay, please please please protect my people from a second kristallnacht, please
Listen. I love my followers and my mutuals dearly. You know how occasionally I post something like ‘every Jew on this site has a list in their head of who reblogs what and who ignores posts about Jews’? I’m talking about this shit. I have been seeing things on my dash about the situation of Jews in France for over a year, but it’s coming from other Jews 99% of the time. Please stop ignoring this. This is literally history repeating itself and we can’t be the only ones calling it out again.
This is the first I’ve heard of this, and I’m flabbergasted! If you go and read the article it’s even worse; “anti-Jewish violence is seven times higher than in the 1990s, and 40% of racist violence is against Jews, despite them making up just 1% of the population.” I mean, holy crap! I know Tumblr is very US-centric but this definitely needs to be heard about!!
Anonymous asked: sleepover saturday! so a story about my day is the guy i have a crush on is really nice and validating because i'm a trans demiboy and he makes me feel really cute and handsome!! he's so amazing and nice and i'm !! very happy rn! and my queer platonic partner is being really adorably overprotective and making sure he'll be good for me and i just feel really happy and content. how was your day?? anything interesting happen??? also, another question! are you a spoonie???
OH MY GOD SWEETIE I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. *wraps in blankets, feeds cookie* WAY TO GO YOU.
Let’s see, for me, today I got to spend three hours with my closest friend from high school, which was awesome because I ended up two years ahead of her in college and like hours and hours away (so even though we’re the same age, I’ll be graduating with my bachelors while she finishes sophomore year), so we NEVER get to see each other. And she is a fucking delight to be around, let me tell you a thing, she bought me a Blizzard and we talked Marvel for an hour of that time.
My best friend-cum-platonic life partner had a good day at work today, which is awesome because yesterday was literal hell on Earth from the sounds of it.
My mom helped me dye my hair to get rid of the streaks I had until recently, and it’s brown with red undertones now (my usual color, give or take), and the dye is VERY red and I almost had a heart attack when I got in the shower to rinse it off and looked down because I did not expect to look like I committed a bloody, bloody murder.
OH, and this technically didn’t happen today but I can’t fucking shut up about it: I got to go see X-Men Apocalypse last night with my parents and it was GLORIOUS and my mom was a real champ about the fact that I generally cannot stop myself from bursting out with informative factoids during X-Men movies and therefore sitting next to me is probably a struggle. I’ve been almost pathetically devoted to the X-Men since I was a wee little seven year old and this is definitely my favorite movie yet.
And as for whether or not I’m a spoonie: um, I’m not entirely sure? I don’t think I’m familiar enough with the criteria (are there criteria?). I’m not disabled, nor am I autistic, although I am fairly ADHD with a splash of a few other acronyms in there (*sarcasm* PTSD yay). I’m intensely introverted (my best friend is basically my only friend at college, my friend from high school is the only one I’m really still in touch with), so I at least appreciate the mental image of spoons based on “Okay but if I deal with this person for three hours today I’m going to want to crawl under a rock tomorrow,” but I’m fairly certain the answer is no, I’m not. I could be wrong. It’s way too 1:14 in the morning to do a lot of research though.
OKAY that is everything interesting that has happened to me lately, I get real rambly past about midnight, sorry. I hope your crush works out, sweetie, and I applaud your partner because you seem like you deserve ONLY THE BEST.
When I was 17 my appendix ruptured because I thought I was just having period cramps and didn’t go to the hospital so don’t tell me PMS symptoms are no big deal
this actually happened to me during my math final and i didn’t think anything of it and when i was later admitted to the hospital my math prof was asking me ‘you didn’t have to take the final! why didn’t you tell me it hurt?!?!’ and i told him i’ve had cramps worse.
he gave me 100
This is actually an extremely common occurrence simply because in sex ed they don’t teach you how to tell the difference between menstrual cramps and other more serious pains. The way to tell the difference between cramps and appendicitis is that while menstrual cramps are generalized toward the middle of the stomach below the belly button, pain from a swollen or burst appendix will start in the middle of the stomach and relocate to only the lower right side, even lower than menstrual cramps, and is a very localized pain. It also comes on extremely suddenly and will worsen over time or when you make a sudden movement, like a cough or a sneeze.
Basically, if you’re feeling any sort of pain, even if it’s menstrual cramps, don’t hesitate to tell the school nurse or a parent, or if you’re out of school and home even make a doctor’s appointment. Chances are if your cramps are that bad there’s something they can do to improve that as well.
I am boosting the shit out of that reply, because I am twenty-fucking-five years old and did not know how to tell the two pains apart
Adding another diagnostic tool! This is something we use in the ER called the rebound test. Basically, appendicitis and cramps react differently to certain things. If you’re still not sure if you have cramps or appendicitis, take two fingers and press them into your abdomen where the pain is (try repeating this on the lower right quadrant of the abdomen just to be sure.)
When you press in firmly, it will probably hurt. Here’s the test: LET GO. Does it get better or get worse? Appendicitis will immediately hurt worse when you let go. Cramps will not. Go to the ER if the rebound test makes it worse!
THE REBOUND TEST IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
My husband got sent home from the ER with a rupturing appendix. When he came back and was rushed into surgery, the surgeon was super angry – “Why didn’t anyone do the rebound test?!”
Wait but the rebound test has always, always made my cramps worse
Hey, buddy, don’t panic. Other things can make the rebound test cause pain, and if that’s your ‘normal’ experience of cramps, it probably isn’t indicating anything life-threatening as above. NONETHELESS, you may want to talk to a doctor (if you have that option/are willing to do so/think that they will listen to you) because, A, that sounds like a hellish experience and you might be able to get something to help; B, that might lead to a false negative if something serious DOES happen; and C, that’s slightly unusual for menstrual cramps and it might give you some peace of mind/answers to have a medical opinion on it.
