Virtual Carrot

Blanket statement that I will not share individual donations requests, be them reblog or asks. a) i do not have time to vet them b) I like to nurture at least one space without a constant stream of financial stress

Alright, I've had it. Even if you're legit, stop contacting me, because I will report as spam. I will not share crowdfunding requests from unknown and I don't have time to check "vetting" done by blogs that are completely strange to me.

If you don't want to have your blog struck out off tumblr for spamming, do not contact me.

sad beige moms are nothing compared to sad beige teachers

if i was a child and had to be in this colorless environment for 8 hours a day i’d be banging my head on the floor

put down the iPad op

girl how did my post end up on the catholic department of motor vehicles side of tumblr

that one picture says “be a rainbow” and doesn’t even use rainbow colors ☠️

Did anyone else notice the most ironic bulletin board ever:

“The rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color”

Ma’am, those colors are whispering

my favorite part of the spn fandom is the total unwillingness to yield to the cass spelling

This has been a PSA.

I’m trying not to reblog posts on this blog but I feel that this is important to post here.

on a related note:

And for the people asking “Well if you don’t support it irl then why would you like it in fiction?!” Because when it’s happening irl real people are suffering and dying and that’s horrible and I’d never want that. But when it’s fiction, when no real people are being hurt or killed, it’s interesting to explore the experience, the effects it may have, and to an extent experience the emotions involved without actually having to experience the horrible thing. You explore scary, dangerous things from a safe distance.

Because it’s how stories work.

Because it’s how stories work.

Happy birthday to AO3 🎂🎉

We stan!!!!

chaotic good

There’s a happy ending to, because the robbery was unsuccessful, the couple ended up getting the money Eden needed from a movie inspired by em! Also John only had to serve part of his sentence. Check out their wedding photos btw they’re beautiful.

reblogging because I’ve seen this post a thousand times and I’ve never seen the happy ending!! 

Everyone go watch Dog Day Afternoon please please please it’s the movie mentioned in this thread it’s Sidney Lumet’s best imo and Al Pacino plays John and he is heartbreakingly good in it.

Not only have we always existed, but there have always been people who loved us. Never forget that.

and those people who love us are fuckin RAD!!!!!!

my dad said “i think youll like this movie” & he turned on dog day afternoon & i was like i wonder why my dad thinks i would like this specific movie about al pacino robbing a ba–ohhhhhhhhhhhh

i had no idea it was based on real life tho!!! wowie

the first rule of being on the internet is you should have other stuff going on, besides being on the internet

Anyway if yall still don’t believe global warming I watched with my own two goddamn eyes an EF2 tornado rip through my apartment complex (and thankfully not kill anyone) IN FUCKING FEBRUARY

Like I had to wake my bf up because it sounded like a fucking freight train whistling through the windows and we saw the actual funnel illuminated by lighting on the way down to the basement shelter and like

I have had nightmares for years about tornados at night. I used to fucking tornado CHASE with my meteorologist friends in college but like. I will not fuck with one if it’s dark. You can’t see it. You don’t know where it’s coming from. You can’t just run because it’s dark. Fuck man.

I had to live my literal worst nightmare and people still wanna argue about cow methane levels and shit

The tornado completely demolished this warehouse. You wanna know what’s special about this warehouse? I worked in that building. It’s two blocks away.

everyone in the world is either a democrat or a republican. everyone in the whole wide world is a democrat and a republican and america is the largest and most populous country in the world and america is easily the most culturally diverse country in the world because the middle class white people in my state (like a little country) are very different than the middle class white people over there (another little country, once more called a "state") and you could never understand how bad it is in america, the main country in the world. where are you from again? it's bad in america and america is bad but the way that america is run is the only way a country could possibly be run unfortunately. i don't like it but it's the only right way for a country to be run and you don't get it because the main victims of the main country are all here and you aren't. where are you from again? they never told me about that place. i don't think you get that real people live in america. probably because you're a republican. real people live in america and real people are hurt by america but what can you do? god said america has to be like this. god said this because god is real so god is american. you don't get it because you're over there and we're all here in america, the realest country in the world. where are you from again? how can you talk like this with what's happening in america? you're a democrat, right? where are you from again? my country is so large it stretches over yours and presses down hard. it's not my fault that they never told me about that place. my country covers the world. you don't understand how bad this will be for real people in the real world, the first world, the only world. they never told me—where in america are you from again?

If your democrat friends start muttering about stolen election conspiracy theories, the time to have a sit down with them and express your concerns is NOW, while you still have a chance to reach them, not 6 months from now when they're fully conspiracy-pilled.

Here's some of the talking points and why they're bullshit:

But just as importantly as the facts: sit down with your friend and talk about the anxiety that's behind their conspiracy leanings. Acknowledge their pain and fear. Help them find ways to feel less powerless and regain their sense of agency. Take them to a mutual aid event, involve them in a fundraising event for a marginalized group, invite them to a local community effort. If they spend more time feeling connection and empowerment and less time doom scrolling online, they're far more likely to stay in reality.

This this this

I worked as an election judge across multiple polling locations and election types in my state from 2018-2023 (presidential primary and general elections, midterms, and special elections like for the school board etc.)

US elections are extremely secure. There are so many safeguards in place. Everything is double and triple counted.

The number of ballots electronically counted by the box are checked against the number of physical ballots at the end of the night, and also the receipt papers that individuals exchange for their ballot. All three of these counts MUST MATCH. Sometimes you're off by 1 number and it means everyone stops and triple counts these papers until you find the error (human error, it's been 16 hours and two pieces of thin receipt paper were stuck together and the second person to recount finds it and everyone cheers because thank fuck, it means no one dropped anything on the floor anywhere.)

There are eyes everywhere and there's a deliberate mix of poll workers across political parties/affiliations. It's simply not possible to alter even 1 ballot at 1 polling place, much less thousands.

Unfortunately, Donald Trump won this election. If there was interference, it was NOT at the voting booth. That's simply not possible. The "interference" (if you can even call it that) comes from right wing propaganda convincing stupid and/or hateful and/or selfish people to vote for him.

So a few days ago I got a comment on one of my stories. It was not the worst comment I have ever gotten but it was not nice either. I found it rude, demanding, and condescending. I confess, my reply to this comment was snarky and sarcastic.

I then got a reply from the poster claiming they were very blunt due to being neurodivergent and that they could not help it. They just wanted me to write them a story. I had ruined their good opinion of me.

I wrote back apologizing for hurting their feelings. I explained they had also hurt my feelings and that my response was partially in response to that, partially because I know who comments like that affect authors. That we work hard on our stories. I pointed out they had not even said they liked my story. I gave them advice on how they could have phrased their comment instead that would have made it less offensive to the author. At this point I was going to give them the benefit of the doubt. Yeah no, they sent another response calling it victim blaming and cyber bullying. The victim blaming was pointed out solely in response to the first line they said which was 'I am sorry your feelings were hurt' Also got an accusation of name calling, which no I did not. At this point I am just going to delete their comments and block them.

For people who consider themselves to be blunt but want to consider the author's feelings as well, here is some comment advice. The comment I received that started this was 0/4.

"the black ops soldiers I had gathered", he hand picked those anbu soldiers himself. Sometimes I forget how authoritative Kakashi is, he's no longer an anbu captain or even a part of the Anbu black ops at all, yet he still has the authority to give tasks to anbu agents.

Accidentally wound up on "hear me out cake" tiktok, and I swear, if another one of these bitches puts down an at-most-unconventionally-attractive human man, Lady Dimitrescu or Nick Wilde/Robin Hood I am going to lose my fucking mind.

Saw one where the first person they named was Disney's Aladdin and I tapped out so hard I entered a fugue state and didn't regain full consciousness for like a solid hour.

Girlies giggling and gasping because they said their 'hear me out' was Gill from Finding Nemo, like

I'm so sorry, babygirl, but that's a hot fish. I know you thought you were being so controversial, but that is one of the most fuckable cartoon fish in existence. This is weaksauce.

"dry cleaning" implies the existence of "wet cleaning"

...Laundry.

Stop making up words

Lord, grant me the strength to throw away this box that i'll never use, the courage to throw away this box that i'll never use, and the wisdom to throw away this box that i'll never use

the new queen

let’s pour one out for all the janitors who clean and never get enough appreciation

Don’t they gotta clean up what we pour out

fuck stop it everyone the post is cancelled everyone please stop fuck what have I done