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Chances are someone failed to flip a pancake

The man who previously owned our house works at the post office. He knows I live at his old place because he sees his own old address on the mail I bring in. We have mentioned it once or twice, but it's strangely awkward, so I have never asked any of the questions I want to ask.

I have a lot of questions.

Why was there a hot tub in the house? Did you own parakeets, or were they cockatiels? Why didn't you paint any of the rooms except for one flat hunter green wall in your son's bedroom? Did you mean to leave that horseshoe here or do you want it back? Did the fact that the master bedroom doorway is much narrower than the doorway into the en suite bathroom ever bother you? Did you lie in the master bedroom staring at the beautiful big windows, silently tortured by the fact that they were 6 inches off center? Are you still mad about the big beam that traverses the 15 ft living room ceiling and how it too is maybe 3 inches off center? You lived there for 30 years and didn't install a single drawer pull; why?

But there's one question that haunts me. Every time I go to mail something it's there, threatening to jump right out of me if I'm not careful.

What the fuck is that tiny spot on the living room ceiling?

It's a 3/4" circle, probably about 11 ft up (the living room has a 15 ft peak). It is brownish. I've stood on a short step ladder and taken a picture of it and examined it as closely as I am able. It looks like gravy, slightly thinner in places, with what might be specks of seasoning in it. It is the only mark on the otherwise pristine white ceiling. It was in fact the only spot of dirt in the entire house when we moved in. Place was immaculate.

This stupid spot has haunted me since, sometime in the week after moving in, I looked up and first noticed it, right above where I sit.

I have genuinely considered having it chemically tested, paying for somebody to do fancy science to it until they can tell me exactly what it is. I've considered even just getting a taller step ladder and scraping off a sample and getting it wet to see if it has a smell.

It's definitely not poop since there's absolutely no way they would have left it up there. It's definitely not paint as the room was originally white. It's never grown or changed color, it's not mold, there is nothing above it in the structure of the house at all. It is nearly perfectly round, yet still obviously not a deliberately placed mark. There's no other spots around it. It stands alone. It must have been made from directly underneath.

And the thing is, the guy knew it was there. He absolutely knew it was there. There's no way in hell he did not know it was there. I could ask him and he would know what it was.

I'm deeply afraid I'm going to die without knowing. But how do you even begin to ask somebody, after fifteen years, about the single mysterious TINY stain they left in the entire house?

I just don't know. I just don't know.

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TW: Pedophilia

Teenagers are rarely taught the reason why they can't consent to sex with adults.

And that's because teaching them that would completely unravel our coercion-based society.

It can be difficult to explain in detail the exact reason and all the specifics in a way that they will understand. But the simplest way to phrase it is that in some cases, even when someone agrees to something and even when they appear enthusiastic about it, there's too much of a power imbalance that it's no different than forcing them. Also, having power and being abusive doesn't require a conscious expectation to be obeyed.

Imagine a world in which every teenager understood that and was easily able to call out anyone who tried to convince them otherwise.

They'd know that there's no such thing as an employee consenting to working for a poverty wage, working in unsafe conditions, working long hours, or working without taking breaks. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to paying a bank overdraft fee. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to student loan debt. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to medical bills. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to generating profit for banks or landlords in order to have a place to live and being evicted or foreclosed when you lose your source of income. They'd know that there's no such thing as consenting to a police search. They'd know that there's no such thing as a child who's okay with their parents spanking them. They'd know that being dependent on someone does not mean that you can never criticize them. They'd know that if it's considered abusive to simply play along when someone obeys, then it has to be much more abusive to actively expect to be obeyed, which many adults do to them.

And people who benefit from a society based on coercion masquerading as freedom wouldn't like that.

So instead, teenagers are taught something dismissive. They're taught that what they want doesn't matter. They're taught that they're too young to know what love is. They're taught "it's the law". They're taught things that are insulting to their intelligence, which they'll naturally rebel against.

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one of my trans friends added me to a discord channel called "egg group chat" and I was starting to get very introspective before I realised they're organising a group buy of eggs from a local farm

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3/26/25

Most Western media have said “hundreds of protesters in Gaza” are demonstrating against Hamas when visual evidence shows that tens of thousands in so many cities and neighborhoods throughout the Strip, likely cumulatively hundreds of thousands, have come out against the war, the terror organization, and Hamas’s rule over the Strip. I have noticed a lot of people asking why now? And where are the women? Are you kidding me? Can you imagine being a woman in Gaza trying to make your voice heard in a Hamas-controlled, male-dominated society while trying to sustain the basics of survival? Even then, these young kids, men, elderly folks, and all those out in the streets are taking risks to be out in the streets in opposition to an ISIS-like organization that would have no problem killing Palestinians challenging its fascistic rule. It is despicable to watch Western media, “pro-Palestine” and “pro-Israel” voices online, attempting to dismiss the significance of what is unfolding right now in Gaza and suggesting that they are all “Hamas.” Some are insistent on dehumanizing the Palestinian people of all being pro-Hamas and pro-terror or want to ignore inconvenient Palestinian voices that shatter their overly simplistic “resistance” narratives. The people of Gaza have spoken, even if entrenched interests and narratives don’t want to listen. Please pay attention to who is supporting them and who is working overtime to dismiss their pleas and desperate cries for change.

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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Got naruto'd again :/

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Sorry for being incapable of answering a question without like 900 "It dependssss" prefaces. Unfortunately too many things depend on too many things

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Just had the opposite of this happen to me. Suddenly had the thought "why does cock mean penis". A wonderfully worded question, surely a sign of an inquisitive mind, perhaps pointing to a path to becoming a great scholar or some sort of alchemist.

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Point and click adventures when you click on the toilet

It's locked. It's locked. I don't need that right now. It's locked. I can't use that right now, my balls are empty. It's locked. I can't use that right now, my balls are empty.

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god i'm so tired of everybody's bad faith interpretations of everything. where's the trust. where's the forgiveness. where's the understanding that most things are complex and most people have many layers. and like the black eyed peas once said. where is the love

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god i'm so tired of everybody's bad faith interpretations of everything. where's the trust. where's the forgiveness. where's the understanding that most things are complex and most people have many layers. and like the black eyed peas once said. where is the love

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the best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago. the second best time was 9 years and 364 days ago. the third best time was 9 years and 363 days ago. the fourth best time was

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Being trans and working in an office is funny sometimes

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Tryin to prove a point to my homophobic mom

Reblog if you think it's perfectly fine and maybe even great to put coins in the blender