the thing about me is i get hannibal and hamilton confused
yeah so i just thought to myself, it’s wild how there’s a musical about the guy who eats people
THATS WHAT SWEENEY TODD IS ABOUT?
enough. i thought it was like a boy who was a ballerina. idk where that came from
I've had a feeling for a while now that people are ruder now than they were before the pandemic. I did some googling and turns out I'm not crazy or alone in thinking people have gotten ruder and more aggressive over the past few years. The articles chalks it up to stress from the pandemic and the economy and other global situations, but I think it's deeper and more complicated than that. I don't think stress is a valid excuse to be rude to strangers who don't deserve it, even when I'm really upset or stressed out I don't use a random service industry employee, or any random undeserving stranger, as my punching bag because that's deplorable behavior.
I think one of if not the biggest contribution to the rise of rudeness comes down to people spending years inside getting little to no in person socialization and spending massive amounts of time online, and social rules online tend to be different than social rules in person. Online it tends to be more normal and acceptable to be aggressive and hostile to strangers, usually because there's not the same consequences (it's hard to punch someone through a computer screen) and also it's easier to not feel guilty about bad behavior when someone is just words and pictures on a screen, it tends to make the hostility and aggression spilled on others not feel as "real" or "bad" as treating someone like that in person. (and I'm not saying this is okay, I really think as a society we should address and work on the ease and acceptance of being a total raging sack of shit to strangers online) But I think if people spend years spending massive amounts of time online and little to no time actually in person with other people, it's going to affect their sense of how it's acceptable to behave and treat other people as they adopt the social norms of the internet.
I do like the point this article makes that rudeness and aggression are contagious. It is a social contagion, the more you're rude and aggressive to others the more tense and upset they'll feel and start behaving rudely and aggressively too. The good news is, kindness and courtesy are also contagious.
by far the funniest thing you can say immediately after winning the NBA finals
for those of you who don't follow basketball, this guy is the best player in the world right now
are you not allowed to just...stop playing basketball?
reminder to clench your jaw, slouch your spine, and put a dirty mug somewhere you will forget about it
had the wildest interaction today some random woman called me a slag and my dog a fucking faggot because I was using a pink lead/harness and he’s a boy like what the fuck lmfaoo
he did start wagging his tail when he got called a fag so good for him <3
imagine seeing this and being like oh my god oh my god i need to say a slur right now
[id: two tweets from H.A. (@dirtcup_art) reading: "they need to come up with jobs for people who suck shit at everything and also cant be in locations because they are scared. every job app is like "must be good at things" "must be ok being in a location" "must be able to talk to others" could you give me a fucking break please". end id]
every day I get on here and see some post going "do not make an account on ZYLPPHONE, the hot new social media! it turns out making an account gives the creators (who are nazis) instant access to your bank account and also causes your pets to explode!" and this is all very baffling to me because I cannot believe anyone is actually fucking around with new social media platforms that shit sounds exhausting. if tumblr ever gives up and goes all the way under I will simply turn into a crab and go back to the sea you will not be finding my on zylophone
Even saying ”I’m so sorry, I completely forgot” sounds marginally better than ” I’m so sorry, I didn’t completely forget, I actually completely remembered. I thought about it the whole time and it stressed me out so much my brain built an insurmountable wall around it.”
My 51 year old therapist mother LOVES Pokemon go
Today I met a German Shepherd named Sasha outside Starbucks. Her human came over and said, ‘Watch this - who’s a good girl?’ And Sasha responded, 'Aroo-ooo-ooo!’ Which was of course adorable.
He told me that she was a rescue, and that she had spent her first two years living in a crate. When he got her she was overweight, anxious, and in bad shape.
'I taught her that to sort of, you know - give her her voice back,’ he said. 'I would ask and she would answer, and she would see that it made people smile, and it makes her happy.’
So anyway, this man took this abused animal and in addition to getting her healthy, feeding her, walking her, and all the normal stuff - it was important to him that she have her *voice back*. It’s like - he wanted his dog friend to feel strong and safe and valid.
I can’t stop thinking about those two. My heart is so full of them.
Ok just for curiosity reasons
I genuinely hate to say this but please reblog if you hit the like button for a larger sample size thank you <3
the results are SO FRICKING FUNNY
me doing normal human activities: is this allowed? is this allowed? am i allowed to do this? is this allowed? i don’t want to get in trouble can i do this is this allowed?
A friend of mine bought her first house alone after 30-some years of living with other people who made the rules, and she kept asking me questions like this. “Can I just tear out the carpet?” “Can I just take down the window coverings?” Finally she asked me, “Do I have to paint the door white? What if I wanted it to be blue or something?”
I said, “Well, you can, but you’ll have to pay a small fine at the county office.”
“Really?”
“NO! It’s your door! You paint it blue if you want it blue and nobody can tell you not to!”*
To this day, we both give ourselves permission to do things that our brains are uncertain about by saying, “Eh, if it comes to it, I’ll pay a small fine at the county office.”
*No HOA in her neighborhood, obviously. YMMV.
