Me, sipping champange in a silky white dress, lounging on a windowseat: How was 2015 for me? I’m glad you asked, dear. Do you mind holding this glass while I set myself on fire.
I will also add the differences in their support of the TPP. Bernie has lead the opposition to the
TPP, while Hillary has been a major supporter until just a couple of months ago.
Wow, I had no idea Satan was so knowledgeable and generous with his time.
#TeamSatan
Can satan come teach a class at my school
Amusingly, among the Western European demon-conjuring cults of the 16th Century, many demons were greatly valued for their skill as teachers, often to the point that grimoires would place greater emphasis on the subjects each demon was qualified to teach than on their supernatural powers.
For example, this guy?
Teaches moral philosophy.
And this creepy dude?
He’s your astronomy professor.
Seriously, look this stuff up some time - it’s wild.
I now want a comic or cartoon series about demon teachers and their human students. Not sure if it should be college or high school.
“Aw, man - I got Professor Lionwheel. I hear if you fail his exams, he eats your legs.”
“Yeah, but he’s supposed to be really good about keeping regular office hours.”
“Huh. Sort of a trade-off, really.”
What do you have to do to get a scholarship?
this whole post
I’M SO GLAD I’VE BEEN TAGGED IN THIS POST, THE MOST ME OF WACKY FOLKLORIC TRIVIA
(the majority of these demonic entities can also be summoned to FIND STUFF YOU’VE LOST. demons: very serious careers, highly respectable, no faffing around.)
I am reminded again of the existence of the Scholomance, which these days is mostly remembered as being a World of Warcraft Dungeon but is actually a real (For values of real based on “Exists only in local folklore”) school of black magic in Transylvania with classes supposedly taught by demons. (Famous alumni: Dracula, possibly, if you believe Bram Stoker.)
I mean,sure, it drags the top student off to be a demonic personal assistant forever, but you know, small class sizes and a 100 percent graduation rate. That’s a better track record than Hogwarts, at least.
When I was growing up any time my brother upset/hurt/was rude to or downright nasty to me I was told “he’s just doing it to get a rise out of you” “he’s just doing it to annoy you”
Like??? I know?? I know he’s being mean to upset me. I know he’s saying horrible stuff to annoy me. And guess what?? I’m annoyed!!!!
I was literally told not to be upset, because his intentions were to upset me????
How is that not upsetting? Especially to a young girl??
THE GASLIGHTING STARTS EARLY.
As I was relentlessly bullied, I was often told not to react because the reaction was what they wanted, and that they would stop bullying me if I did not respond.
In reality, no, they just tried harder. All the advice ever taught me was to bottle up all the pent up frustration and misery, so ultimately what changed was that no-one knew how badly I was suffering.
This is amazing. I've been thinking a lot about cultural appreciation vs. cultural appropriation this year. I haven't come to any solid conclusions, but I think that the main idea is that, if you are part of the dominant culture, and your culture actively oppresses members of another culture, than, no, morally, ethically, whatever, no you're not really capable of assuming any of the trappings of another culture without it being theft, and appropriation. Even if you don't personally feel that you personally go around oppressing people, the fact that you are putting their feelings after your own is an indication that you are the oppressor.
You know, I have some awesome men in my life. And I've still heard way too many of these. Except the makeup one. But only because I wouldn't have a clue as to how to apply makeup.
“There’s no point to a guy yelling, “Hey sexy baby” at me out of the passenger window of a car as it speeds past. Even if I was into creepy misogynists and wanted to give him my number, I couldn’t. The car didn’t even slow down. But that’s okay, because he wasn’t actually hitting on me. The point wasn’t to proposition me or chat me up. The only point was to remind me, and all women, that our bodies are his to stare at, assess, comment on, even touch. “Hey sexy baby” is the first part of a sentence that finishes with “this is your daily message from the patriarchy, reminding you that your body is public property”.
OK, honestly, I can't believe I'm living in a world where people who want to make money off of children believe that girls don't want to play with dolls. I fell into a mirror universe dude. I'm going to go home and check the number of octagonal drinking glasses.
“As disappointing as it was to see Rey left out of the Target six-pack of The Force Awakens figures, it came as an even bigger shock when fans discovered Hasbro’s popular Star Wars: The Force Awakens Battle Action Millennium Falcon set comes with a light-up Millennium Falcon, a BB-8, a Finn, a Chewbacca…and no Rey. [Hey, she’s only the PILOT - PF]
“Command the Millennium Falcon and strike against the formidable power of the First Order,” reads the Hasbro product description, accompanied by the image of a young boy playing with the set. “Imagine its amazing stealth as it dodges asteroids and blasts enemies. Its movie-accurate decoration helps capture the excitement of the latest saga.”
The omission of Rey from the Millennium Falcon—the ship that she flies in several key Force Awakens scenes—drew sharp criticism from fans. It reminded them too well of how Star Wars studio Disney similarly treated Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow this year in its male-centric rollout of Avengers toys. Despite playing a crucial role in the Avengers team of superheroes, Black Widow was included in only a fraction of Disney and Marvel’s official merchandising.
More problematically, like Rey, Black Widow was rewritten out of her out of her own scene in Age of Ultron products depicting her motorcycle-flying sequence, replaced by Captain America and Iron Man. Toy partner Hasbro did the same to Gamora, the lone female hero of Guardians of the Galaxy, who could only be found on a handful of officially licensed items despite the fact that 44 percent of the Marvel ensemble’s opening weekend audience were female.
“It’s frustrating and stuff, and it bums me out,” added Guardians director James Gunn of the Gamora toy snafu. “I had a big conversation about this yesterday with one of my producers at Marvel about trying to make sure, especially, that Gamora is represented more in [merchandise] and all the Guardians toys.”
But the difference between Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Force Awakens is that in the Star Wars sequel Rey isn’t just one member of an ensemble of heroes: She’s literally the lead character.”
So... it's all my fault, and there's no institutional factors at work here AT ALL.
Also, loving the white dude's hand there. Not that there aren't white men who are chronically underpaid, I'm just saying STATISTICALLY, that is not one of the ACTUAL "common traits."
It’s not easy to ask for more money. And because it’s so intimidating, a lot of people end up earning much less than they’re worth. Over time, not asking for a raise can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars . Knowing the classic traits of an “underearner” can help you understand where you might be going wrong.
I wish people would stop saying “It’s July. Well done for wasting half a year.” Did you make someone smile in the past six months? Did you stroke a cat or throw a stick for a dog? Did you learn a new fact or teach someone a new joke? Did you laugh, cry, scream or sing in the past six months? Because if so, congratulations for not wasting your time at all.
I really needed this
I’m bringing this back for December to remind everyone.
You did not waste your year.
If you made it this far, that’s already not wasting your year.
You made it through the year, you laughed, you cried, you smiled, you saw the sun and felt the rain, and most importantly, you’re still here.
Okay so someone really needs to write a fanfiction about Lafayette and his wife.
I mean
Their parents arranged their marriage when they were 14 and 12 years old, respectively, but then they didn’t tell them.
They felt they were too young, so they agreed to say nothing about it for two years, during which they’d arrange for them to run into each other a number of times, “accidentally”, and have them fall in love of their own volition.
It worked.
If that is not the most fanfiction shit you have ever heard, honestly.
[a lot of survivors have to fight to NOT have empathy for their abusers bc we have been manipulated into having tht emptahy in order for the abuse to continue, therefore being outraged and angry and lacking empathy for abusers is a radical and healing act for many of us]
This is so important I’m so sick of being told I have to be the better person. I am the better person by default, I demand the right to be and behave like I’m in pain.
“I am the better person by default,“
Yes. This.
If someone abuses and brutalizes you, that’s, uhh, not even remotely the same as being angry with them and wishing they would fall off a cliff.
So fucking true in my own personal experience.
This is so important.
For everyone who tells me I should have a relationship with those people in my life because “everyone deserves a second chance” lol
This rant brought to you by Star Wars: The Force Awakens (featuring Rey, the lady scavenger-pilot-mechanic-Jedi of my heart) and also years of simmering resentment.
Also, Rey is literally just a female version of Luke and Annakin. Are they Mary Sue’s? No. They’re heroes (well, up to a point, re: Annakin)
You want to talk about some Muslims standing up to Islamist terrorists? Here are some Muslims putting their lives on the line to do so:
(CNN)—Their M.O. is a tried and terrifying one: Launch a raid, single out Christians, and then spray them with bullets. But when Al-Shabaab militants ambushed a bus Monday, things didn't go according to plan.
A group of Kenyan Muslims shielded the Christian passengers and told the attackers they were prepared to die together. The Muslim passengers, who were mostly women, told the Islamic militants to kill them all or leave them alone, witnesses said.
The bus carried over 100 passengers. The Muslims on board helped some Christians hide, and gave Christian women their hijabs to wear. They told the terrorists: “If you want to kill us, then kill us. There are no Christians here.” It worked. Tragically, one Christian who fled was apprehended and murdered, as was another man whose truck had been driving behind the bus. But the people who remained on the bus all survived. The terrorists, after warning the passengers they would come back, slipped away.
Words cannot do justice. Let the actions of these incredibly brave human beings serve as another example that love can conquer hate. Let the lives they saved serve as a testament to cooperation between members of different faiths, and different communities. Let us work together to defeat those who would divide us.
why arent u exploring the ocean its literally right underneath us ?? u can send a robot a million miles into space looking for aliens but not into the giant void that takes up the majority of the earth we live on?? please i am scared
NASA knows. NASA has seen the dark beneath. NASA’s urgency to leave the planet grows ever stronger
What I like is how Sam already knows all the security arrangements for the last remaining EXO-7 off the top of his head, which implies Sam either a) has seriously considered making off with it before or b) ALMOST MANAGED IT SINGLEHANDEDLY ONCE AND THEY HAD TO UP SECURITY.
I want to write an action movie about some older retired government agent who’s married and settled down. He’s started to let his guard down. And that’s when the past comes back to haunt him.
They come for him while he’s home alone and he’s resisting their interrogation techniques, refusing to betray whatever or whoever they’re after. Except then his teenage daughter comes home early.
And the baddies send one of their henchmen out there to deal with her. And RetiredActionDad is all “Don’t you touch her! I’ll kill you! Rar!” But the baddies just laugh.
Except they realize, after a little while has passed, that the one guy never came back from dealing with the daughter.
And then go outside and find the missing baddie floating face down in the pool.
The rest of the movie is the teenage girl calling in favors and running around following the baddies to save her RetiredActionDad.
So Taken, but in reverse.
It should be called The Liability.
I would watch the hell out of this.
And then in the sequel, the daughter has joined the FBI, following in her dad’s footsteps. But the brother of the villain from the first one wants revenge. So he kidnaps her mother. She and her dad head abroad to find mom in the villain’s secret lair…while mom has already escaped has been busy hiding in the air vents and stabbing goons with knitting needles. Turns out she was a Russian spy who defected and married her government handler forty years ago, and can handle herself.
