Nov. 24th, 2013

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nightsgrow:

The real problem with the Tales of the Bots’verse (and more specifically everything concerning Dummy/DJ) is that it’s making me want to have kids. Which has never been a part of the equation for me. This is seriously ruining my life.

Spend an hour with an actual four year old and I guarantee that feeling will go away. :D

I love kids, but that’s mainly because I haven’t got any of my own and can give back the ones I have temporary custody of.

I have no desire to have kids.  I am honestly confused by my continued desire to write kidfic.

I blame other people.  It’s so much easier and good for my ego.

Kidfic is great. It’s all the positive attention of holding a child in a crowded park and being surrounded by admirers without ever having to endure a temper tantrum or dirty diaper unless you’re the one writing it. 

Also you will never have to send your kidfic to college. 

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“I love the smell of the universe in the morning.”
- Neil deGrasse Tyson  (via wethinkwedream)
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Sh*t Book Snobs Say: Translations

E-reading isn’t REAL reading. = I need my personal preferences about my hobby to be validated as the only right and moral way do to a thing.

Making crafts out of old books is a DESECRATION! = I’ve never seen a library dumpster.

I only read prize-winners/confirmed classics *sniff*. = I don’t know how to think for myself.

Book bloggers are killing literary criticism! = I’m an aging white man in publishing and I don’t know how to think for myself.

Oh, I’ve never heard of that book. Was it reviewed in the NYT/on NPR? = I don’t know how to think for myself.

I would never read the tripe that is Twilight/50 Shades/Oprah’s Book Club selection, and I am going to tweet that statement 50 million times. = I am still as worried about being cool as I was when I was in high school.

The book is always better than the movie, no exceptions. = I’ve never seen The Godfather or The Princess Bride and also I am no fun at parties.

Rap music is not poetry, but Joni Mitchell/Bob Dylan/Belle and Sebastian is. = I am racist.

I refuse to use an e-reader because I just love that old book smell. People who do not love that old book smell are not real readers. = My favorite perfume’s base note is mold.

People who shop at Amazon for books are evil. = I have disposable income and like to make moral judgements about people who do not.

I would NEVER dog ear pages, crease a spine, or eat food while reading. = I have unreasonable expectations about how much the people to whom I bequeath my books when I die will actually want them.

I guess it’s good that they’re reading at all. = I will internally judge you until your reading tastes morph to match my own, which are far superior to yours because I read more books written by white men who live in Brooklyn.

I don’t have a TV because that would cut into my reading time. Did I mention I don’t have a TV? Hey. You there. I don’t have a TV. I don’t get that TV reference. = I am not all that interesting. Also, I watch three hours of Netflix a night on my laptop.

I don’t care if the main character is likable. It’s the PROSE that’s the thing. = My ability to tolerate insufferable jerks makes me better than you because you’re obviously only reading for escapism, which is an inferior motivation for reading.

I’m not a romance/crime/Western reader. I mean, I’ll read LITERARY genre. SOMETIMES. = My kitchen is full of quinoa and kale and soy ice cream. Someone please validate what a grown-up I am.

I don’t understand adults who read YA. You’re a grown-up person, you should read grown-up books. = I don’t like dancing in the rain or ice cream cones or trampolines or whimsy and my neck tie is too tight.

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dftba-winchesters:

stumpology:

tries to spell word

cannot spell word

uses different word

Rearranges entire fucking sentence so I dont have to use that word

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conro101:

oh I have a thing tomorrow? guess I’ll go to bed at 2 AM instead of 3 AM

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pumpkinspicedharvest:

overconfidence-and-a-screwdriver:

mylifeinreferences:

I nominate Joss Whedon to direct the new Star Wars movie and Nathan Fillion to be Han Solo.

So really what you’re asking for is more Firefly.

yes

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persephonesidekick:

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just-cat:

sad-white-girl:

I would be an awful parent. My kid would say “I don’t wanna go to school I just wanna sleep” and I’d probably get in bed with them and say “I feel you”

"why weren’t you at school today"

"my mum feels me"

*police sirens*

I had to work up the nerve to be a “humorless child abuse surviver” again, but I was like fuck it, anybody I want to listen to on tumblr will understand…

Stop making jokes about kids accidentally saying the wrong thing and implying molestation with the implication that that will get parents in jail.  It’s fucking hard enough to get them to believe you enough to take serious measures when you’re tryingto tell.

And by the way, most teachers really don’t want to report.  If they here something ambiguous most will pointedly ignore it or tell you not to say it because it could be taken the wrong way.  I got that once when I was actually trying to tell. Responsible teachers will ask you what you mean first.  People don’t make reports without checking what the kid means.  The reason we have mandatory reporting laws in the first place is that reporting is a huge hassle and can make enemies.  Most won’t do it if there’s any kind of deniability.

I realize that this joke is not meant to be a realistic outcome of the situation, but I see stuff like it all the time and aside from being a (usually untagged like this case) trigger, it basically contributes to the kid version of rape culture.  People don’t believe kids because they think that they’re too confused or impressionable to know what they’re saying.  Sometimes this happens but it’s also pretty easy to clear up.  But a joke like predisposes people to drop the issue before they realize the kid is serious if it sounds like it could be a mistake.

So seriously: Stop it!

once again, I get nicely schooled. I am so lucky to know folks like persephonesidekick and other tumblrites who call out this sort of stuff when they see it so I and other people who just don’t ~notice~ learn to.

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you know, I just don’t understand not tagging shit with AT LEAST the name of the fandom the day of/following a new episode, particularly one as big as the day of the doctor.

I just.

really?

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“My whole life I’ve been telling myself: “don’t be afraid.” And it is only now that I’m realizing how stupid that is. Don’t be afraid. Like saying: “don’t move out of the way when someone tries to punch you” or “don’t flinch at the heat of a fire” or “don’t blink.” Don’t be human. I’m afraid. And you’re afraid and we’re all always going to be afraid. Because that’s the point. What I should be telling myself is: “be afraid, but do it anyway. Live anyway.””
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THIS IS ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY in a nutshell

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geeketheghoul:

I love how starter pokemon all go through the three stages of life; the cute and cuddly phase, the awkward puberty phase, and the badass cool phase.

Except for Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur just keeps turning into a bigger Bulbasaur.

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Real food.

Nov. 24th, 2013 08:51 pm
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fatnutritionist:

"Real food" is a term I dislike almost as much as "real women," and for many of the same reasons…

Right this minute, there is someone going through chemotherapy shopping at your grocery store, buying popsicles and ice cream to help their sore mouth, and worrying what the cashier is going to think.

There is someone on hemodialysis buying white bread instead of whole wheat, trying to keep their phosphorus levels reasonable between appointments and hoping for the best.

There is a person attending intensive outpatient treatment for their eating disorder who has been challenged by their therapist to buy a Frappuccino.

There are dietitians picking up a dozen different candy bars to eat with their clients, who feel ashamed and guilty about enjoying them.

There is someone who just doesn’t have it in them to cook right now, and this frozen pizza and canned soup will keep them going.

There are people recovering from chronic dieting and semi-starvation who are buying chocolate and chips at their deprived body’s insistence.

All around us are people listening to what their bodies need and attempting to make the best possible choice within a context of overwhelming food pressure. All of their choices are valid, and every single one of these foods is “real.”

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oh, hey! I had not realized you could a) get RSS feeds of bookmarks by tag and b) that you could get RSS feeds of bookmarks filtered by up to THREE tags. ho shit.

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