This is the only day you can RT this

love david and goliath being like one of the main bible stories for kids. like yeah you might be small but with god on your side you can kill someone with a rock

Oh so when golden boy David does it, he’s heroic and a man after God’s own heart, but when I, CAIN-

I have an incredibly cool object to show you all, but I am very sleepy and need a little nap first. I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere.

Okay, I'm awake. Here you go:

Poorly designed fire-breathing deer lighter that catches its own antlers on fire when you use it sometimes, my beloved...

i dont claim to be an expert on love but i think theres something to like… ok so my girlfriend got undertale on the switch a while back, right? and she’s definitely not a bad videogamer but it takes practice yknow, esp when youre doing a neutral route and actually fight stuff. so when she got to the hardest bosses i took the controller and beat them for her. not because she couldn’t, but because i love her. and that’s what my brother did when i was a kid playing sonic adventure 2 or whatever, not because i was dumb but because he was good at it and he loved me. and when i want my girlfriend to read something (a post, an essay, a novel) but she’s too tired to actually read so it i read it to her and i do silly voices and she laughs and we have more fun that way. when you hand a water bottle to your friend and they open it without you even having to ask. when you spent a million years fixing the flat tire on your bike and then your dad just takes the tools and does it for you. its not a judgement, it’s just a service. you could do it yourself, but why should you have to when you are loved?

I just got woken up, from a nightmare, by the train going by shaking my bed, to find that duolingo randomly sent me the first notification in over a year, please understand my state of mind right now

Piano Shelf

© Navigon Nutzer

there's a vibe with smoking/drinking on a couch that you can't really get with any other furniture. it's the most mood-versatile of substance consumption seating

literally anything handmade is so dope. idc what it is it could be anything. a quilt, a painting, a basket, a sweater, a wooden table, a shed, a meal. how magical

I think that we should stop criminalizing pirating and I wish the government would give everyone $50,000 every month no matter what and I think that people should stop treating sex workers like they're scum of the earth and I wish that we all cared a little more about artists and musicians and dancers and writers and I think we should stop acting like gender and sexuality is the same for everybody and I think we should all steal a little more

— Louise Glück, Solstice

immortal words

#i'm losing my SHIT#would you like to not see a dog?#it's brown Thank you, @dreamwaffles, that's it EXACTLY 😂

Even in slow mo it's a blur

Even beyond “X Corp” just sounding like nonsense, it’s such a villainous corporation name. Like “X Corp” is what you’d call a blatantly and cartoonishly evil corporation in a PS2 game. “X Corp” sounds like it sells obviously and dangerously defective products, not by incompetence but by actual malice for customers, in an early Ratchet and Clank game.

Ah yes, Musk, the CEO of X Corp and SpaceX. Absolutely a real person from real world

(e)XCorp. Bringing you more divorce than ever before.

Did I just employ the "Treat Them Like You are A Kindergarten Teacher Again" method with my insurance company today? I surely did. Did it work? Probably better than intended because I made an actual doctor feel contrite.

So, my insurance has been trying to not cover my SNRI because it is new on the market and no generic available yet, so pricey.

I apply for a refill and the request gets locked for review. Again. For the 3rd time.

This time I call and immediately ask to speak to the actual doctor making these clinical decisions. Very politely. Must be a slow day because they allow it.

ME: [Teacher voice] I'm calling in regards to the SNRI you have placed a lock on. Why was this decision made?

DOC: Well, there are dozens of other medications on the market in that tier, and far cheaper for you and [insurer]. We have sent a request to your doctor to consider alternatives.

ME: I am aware of that. So, can you do me a HUGE favor and look up my prescription history really quickly and tell me how many SSRIs and SNRIs were only filled once in 2022 for me, showing they were poorly tolerated?

DOC: It looks like eight.

ME: Great job! Now, can you please look at my genetic test for psychiatric drug tolerance and tell me how many medications are listed in the safe category?

DOC: Two.

ME: Awesome! Now, can you tell me what type that other drug is that I'm not taking?

DOC: Yeah, totally, it's an MAOI.

ME: That's correct, you're really knowledgeable! Should I be taking something as dangerous as an MAOI with my other medications, or even just in general?

DOC: It's contraindicated for sure.

ME: It is! So true! So, last question since you've been incredibly smart and helpful. Is it less expensive for [insurer] to pay out for the medication knowing they already get a huge manufacturer discount anyway, or is it more expensive for them to pay for me to need potentially long-term inpatient psychiatric care?

DOC: I'll clear the code, ma'am and flag it as medically necessary. I'm sorry about this.

ME: I appreciate you SO MUCH. You have a great day now.

WALGREENS PHARMACY TECH WITH 5 NOSE RINGS AND PURPLE HAIR STARING AT ME: ........... OKAY! It'll be ready in five minutes. You wanna come work here?

Target is pulling some of their pride merch because of threats to employees. and of course, employee health and safety should be the number one concern of any employer so I'm glad they took it seriously.

But it also feels like shit. Like Target, in the heated atmosphere of the national conversation about queer people, still decided to put up their collection as it was and failed to properly assess the risks beforehand, and did not take action to ensure the safety of their employees before there were threats. and why wouldn't there be? There are men playing soldier with real guns outside of libraries because drag queens are reading books to children. Where people are not threatening physical harm, state governments are trying to legislate trans people to death.

So Target can just advertise pride when it's beneficial to them, and take it back down when it's not. They can put their employees in harms way, many of whom are probably queer, if it means making a headline.