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paceyjwitter: #thank god you eventually brought sexy back...
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#TeamMasami or #TeamMakorra? Discuss.
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joshishollywood: News flash making your protagonists female martial arts experts doesn’t make you a...
News flash making your protagonists female martial arts experts doesn’t make you a feminist writer by default
You’re gonna have to try just a little bit harder
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The Post Office is not broke--and it hasn't taken any of our tax money since 1971
The Post Office is not broke--and it hasn't taken any of our tax money since 1971:
What’s going on here? Right-wing sabotage of USPS financing, that’s what. In 2006, the Bush White House and Congress whacked the post office with the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act—an incredible piece of ugliness requiring the agency to PRE-PAY the health care benefits not only of current employees, but also of all employees who’ll retire during the next 75 years. Yes, that includes employees who’re not yet born! No other agency and no corporation has to do this. Worse, this ridiculous law demands that USPS fully fund this seven-decade burden by 2016. Imagine the shrieks of outrage if Congress tried to slap FedEx or other private firms with such an onerous requirement. This politically motivated mandate is costing the Postal Service $5.5 billion a year—money taken right out of postage revenue that could be going to services. That’s the real source of the “financial crisis” squeez-ing America’s post offices.
But it’s not the only hocus pocus that has falsely fabricated the public perception that our mail agency is “broke.” Due to a 40-year-old accounting error, the federal Office of Personnel Management has overcharged the post office by as much as $80 billion for payments into the Civil Service Retirement System. This means that, far from being a drain on the public treasury, USPS has had billions of its sales dollars erroneously diverted into the treasury. Restore the agency’s access to its own postage money, and the impending “collapse” goes away.
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dysenterygay: how to make delicious chocolate milkshake
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alcoholicgifts: I keep laughing at the second pic because it...
I keep laughing at the second pic because it looks like it’s attempting to kill Anderson but can’t get all the way around
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artsyjabs: from this i just had to omfg so cuTE
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adriofthedead: pkthunderthighs: equius and nepeta are cute and...
equius and nepeta are cute and so are ugly cat sweaters okay
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softowl: charmsandpandas: harshwhimsy: dude idgi why not make a charity thing instead thats a...
dude idgi why not make a charity thing instead
thats a thousand bux man
thats a lot of money and its for octopimp t shirts
from what I understand, you need a minimum amount to get shirts from a company! and it’s not just price per shirt, there’s a minimum you have to reach.
plus…people asked for them! so he gave it to them. what people want to spend their money on is their deal, really.
this isn’t directed at you in particular, this is a general ‘you’, but… I really don’t understand why some people are so interested or upset about this. the shirts aren’t for you! they have nothing to do with you, they are for people that want to spend that money on a shirt with a design they like, so why care?
yeah, basically, here is what’s going on
a cool guy on the internet does fun, creative, sometimes artsy stuff in his spare time. he amasses some fans because he’s personable, witty, and kind.
his fans say hey!! we’d like some apparel! it would make us happy!
he says, ok, sure, i would love to make this happen—it’s a win for both of us! but i don’t have the capital to put into some shirts. so I’ll use a system designed for this exact purpose in order to raise money from the people who want to give it to me in exchange for specific goods!
then for some reason a bunch of people flip out and get angry for reasons that honestly confuse me and I would really like to see explained?
which is actually kind of scary to me because there are several personal projects i’m working on that I was considering trying to fund through kickstarter and now I dunno how I feel about that :(
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I’m making morose and pointless text posts tonight, apologies in advance [[MORE]] I’ve...
I’m making morose and pointless text posts tonight, apologies in advance
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I’ve only had one boyfriend before in my life, but sometimes I look back and realized how fucked up he left me. Even though I was happy with him, even though I was the one who broke up with him, sometimes I just… I just get angry because when I think about it, yeah. Yeah, he hurt me.
He was a really sweet kind of guy, but… I… sometimes, I felt… really unhappy. I… shouldn’t complain, but… he… didn’t often compliment me. I never really… felt like he thought I was attractive at all, ahaha. He didn’t kiss me until months in, and I was the one who had to move first. He… never tried to go any farther than that. I guess it was kind of a sexual incompatibility, which is funny to think of because we didn’t do anything.
I once mentioned that I sometimes read naughty things… and… he sort of looked at me… so disgusted, that I never wanted to tell anyone else.
He was also a young republican, which, ahahaha, why do I keep falling for them? He believed that feminism was taking away rights from men, and white people were more oppressed than anyone else, and often talked about how he as a white male would have a much harder time in life than anyone else because he was a NEW minority.
The painful thing was, I couldn’t… fight his ideas.
I would… try to make a point, like… “sexism exists” and… and I would have personal experience, and I would know that I had a point to make, but… but he was a debater. He used formal formats and techniques, and would chide me like a child if I broke any of the rules. He liked to play devil’s advocate and argue against me on things I felt strongly about, and then would tell me I was getting too emotional.
I remember really clearly being reduced to tears because I had a point I wanted to make and no matter what I said I just kept losing to him because he was keeping score.
And… so I stopped arguing.
I still don’t want to. I’m so acutely aware of how stupid I am, how my points are emotionally made and stupidly spoken. It’s really hard for me to say “No, I disagree” because ahahaha I’m so sure that the other person will just crush me and I’ll have nothing to say and how humiliating that’ll be.
I don’t know why I’m upset, really.
I’m the one at fault for ending everything. I realized… I realized I wasn’t in love with him, and I broke up with him shortly prom. I didn’t go. I… think he did.
I wanted to stay friends with him. He was a nice guy, a good friend, but… well, I heard later that he rebounded onto my best friend, and he pretty much avoided me from then on. I guess I can’t blame him.
He’s married now. I hope he’s very happy.
Sometimes I wonder if I have a right to be unhappy with him.
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Oops more being a depressing asshole you can skip this [[MORE]] I was thinking about prom a moment...
Oops more being a depressing asshole you can skip this
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I was thinking about prom a moment ago. I broke up with my boyfriend a few days before, but… but at the time, I’d thought I might still go. I had gone shopping with my two girl friends, and they were excited about going together. I asked if they’d mind if I joined, since… well, it’d been mine, not his.
They never contacted me. My dress sat in the closet. I ended up going to bed early that day. I thought they hated me until a few days later when they revealed that no… they’d just hadn’t thought to call me.
…that’s… something I understood really well, ahaha.
I’ve always been the one who’s forgotten and ignored.
There were multiple times when I’d get a call in the middle of the day from annoyed friends wondering why I wasn’t at a D&D session, only for them to realize that no one had invited me. It was pretty common. It was always me.
I also remember visiting a museum with school, and how we broke into small groups to keep together. I got separated from mine early on and nearly had a panic attack because I didn’t know where to go. When I found them again, at the lunch room, no one had noticed I was gone. My best friend was in the group.
When someone is forgotten, when someone is left behind, when one person isn’t accounted for, it’s me.
I write a lot in this stupid fucking posts, but here’s the funny thing: I am always pretty sure no one will read them, because who would even care?
…why would anyone even care?
I’m pretty much just a waste of space, you know?
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tsunderin replied to your post: Oops more being a depressing asshole you can...
tsunderin replied to your post: Oops more being a depressing asshole you can skip…[[MORE]]
Oh, honey. You are not a waste of space. I know I can’t tell you not to think that, but know that you’re precious to all of us. And you don’t need to apologize for your feelings: they’re legit and it’s better than keeping them bottled up. We love you
Oh gosh I’m just sitting here kind of crying a little because I only write these stupid things to get this stuff off my chest and whenever someone replies I don’t know what to do because it makes me really happy and that’s so, so stupid to be happy about and I really just hope no one starts hating me for this!
So I guess I’m trying to expressing stupidly weepy gratitude but I don’t know how to word it ;_;
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So I have to finish up some stuff tomorrow, and I’m gonna do that, but… I would really...
So I have to finish up some stuff tomorrow, and I’m gonna do that, but… I would really like to draw something to make people happy tomorrow, so if you would like me to draw your character or fanart of something or anything thing at all, let me know, okay?
I just wanna draw gifts for people!
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tsunderin replied to your post: tsunderin replied to your post: Oops more being...
tsunderin replied to your post: tsunderin replied to your post: Oops more being a…[[MORE]]
It’s not stupid to be happy about it: it’s always nice to know that someone cares. & no one’s going to hate you for this kind of thing. If they do then it’s like that saying: if they can’t handle you at your worst, they don’t deserve you at your best
;__; I do still feel like it’s pathetic how little it takes to make me wanna cry but… but thank you.
I still have no idea how anyone deals with me when I’m at my worst, but I’m just… really glad that they do. I try really hard to only show people my best, but when I fuck up, I’m always happy to see people don’t… resent me, ehehe.
I’m just gonna curl up in your arms and cry like a derp and be really happy that people care, ehehehe
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tsunderin replied to your post: tsunderin replied to your post: tsunderin replied… Shh, just...
tsunderin replied to your post: tsunderin replied to your post: tsunderin replied…
Shh, just come into my arms. We will get lots of blankets and pillows and fat kitties. (>u v u)>
<(;__;<) YES ENDLESS FAT KITTIES PLEASE
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REVEALED: Why I Never Shut Up Did you know that I blabber this goddamn much in real life as well as...
REVEALED: Why I Never Shut Up
Did you know that I blabber this goddamn much in real life as well as online!? OuO
I spend a lot of time talking to others as a way of fixing ideas in my mind, so it doesn’t actually require people to listen to me. Most everyone who knows me learns how to tune me out.
The problem IS, I blabber online and people LISTEN and then I get all flustered because I just talk to fill space and then I realize too late that I am both really annoying and also people are actually paying attention and then wat do!?
WAT DO
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Me: Alright! I've had a good night's sleep... Let's make today productive!
Me: Alright! I've had a good night's sleep... Let's make today productive!
Uterus: Ahahaha!
Uterus: No.
Uterus: Ahahaha!
Uterus: No.
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