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By the way, I think it's important to know (for context, if nothing else) that most people LIKE their gender. Most people generally LIKE the experience of being their gender much more than they dislike it.

This is part of why gender, like, persists as a concept.

A lot of people (particularly people who don't realize they're trans, and also TERFs) think that most people (especially women) HATE their genders and HATE their experience with gender.

That's really far from true. Most women like being women (cis or trans). They hate sexism for sure (unless they're a tradwife or antifeminist and don't believe it exists ig), they may have suffered tremendously due to sexism, but like. They generally do like being women.

Similarly, most men, like. Generally like being men and enjoy that they are men and enjoy being a man.

So if you hate your gender, if you hate being a woman or being a man and assume everyone secretly lowkey feels that way on the inside, I really do want to let you know that that is not actually how most people feel and you should probably do some thinking about whether you might be trans

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You know how various countries have all sorts of Instagram-able food? Should you travel though or even *gasp* visit Denmark you should visit any ice cream stand and ask for an Old Fashioned. They are a staple part of Danish summer so if you order one people won’t think you’re being a weird tourist. In fact, they’ll think you’re just appreciating Danish culture.

What is it? Well it’s always the biggest ice cream cone you can get at any stand and they try to load as many things on it as possible. Three scoops of ice cream with flavors of your choice, whipped cream, jam, something called guf which is kinda like spreadable marshmallows, a cream puff and sometimes soft serve. They usually look like this

But more fancy stands can get really risky with how much they load on top

Does it melt in your hand and make you all sticky while you try to lick it off? Yes of course. That’s part of the experience!

It’s sorta like a dessert version of our open sandwiches (smørrebrød) where we pile as many toppings on a piece of rye bread as possible.

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According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.

Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.

From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

Head low in the water, mouth at water level

Head tilted back with mouth open

Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus

Eyes closed

Hair over forehead or eyes

Not using legs—vertical

Hyperventilating or gasping

Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway

Trying to roll over on the back

Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder

So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.

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Mom sent me the New York Times article on ChatGPT and delusions, saying "this...this is the future all the science fiction books predicted!!! the Pandora's box we were warned about... this is the scariest thing I have ever read..."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250810&instance_id=160263&nl=the-morning&regi_id=61713146&segment_id=203617&user_id=cdf56b43ba9e33d4e9605f5d2e17b13a

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what do you mean elon musk did a nazi salute on live tv at the united states presidential inauguration twice and is now erasing the evidence off the internet by replacing the footage with the crowd cheering instead?

would be a shame if people reblogged this, wouldn’t it?

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Any plan for combating CSA is going to have to reckon with the fact that teenagers are often horny and feel a desire to explore and express their sexuality and if they don't have a safe avenue for that which doesn't involve interacting with adult predators they will find an unsafe one which does

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Waking up from your decade long enchanted sleep to learn that, not only is sharing your True Name with the fae okay now, but there's actually a rule against using a false name when entering the faerie market.

Your friends admit that this causes some problems— it's way easier to fall victim to a false deal, or get stolen away now— but everyone goes to the fae market to buy their goods so what are you gonna do? Not see your friends? Go out of your way to buy more expensive stuff from the human market? Yeah right.

Also yes they still perform their light-footed fluttering dances under the silvery light of the full moon, but in order to get in you have to first watch the dancers perform two short plays about why you should shop at certain local businesses. Also if you want to talk about the performance afterwards then you need to trade them your True Name, your home address, your date of birth and your personal interests.

You do this so that the fae can this information on a scroll and give it to local business owners.

Another part of the deal they broke is that nobody may talk negatively about those businesses within the market walls. In fact, your friends say, the enchantment is so effective that it's very difficult to talk negatively about anything at all.

“I know it sounds un-good,” your friend admits. “But there are loopholes.”

“In retrospect,” another friend says, “I wish the town had voted un-yes to teaching the fae about money.”

“On the plus side,” the first friend says, “I hear the market is investing in one of those enchanted statues that responds to questions with deliberately ambiguous riddles, so long as you trade it your memories of secondary school.”

“Oh, cool. Is that why they're burning down the library?”

You wonder if it's too late to go back to sleep.

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So, been thinking about Avatar and the animals of Avatar, and how Zuko has kind of been dubbed by the fandom as the animal guy. Not arguing against Zuko being the animal guy, I understand why the fandom has dubbed him as such. However, I'd like to make the suggestion that, perhaps, there is another character who could also be considered the animal guy:

Sokka.

Now! I know what you're thinking. Sokka likes to eat animals. That's very true, he is the meat and sarcasm guy. But he seems to befriend, be befriended by, and know how to work with a whole lot of different animals throughout the three seasons.

Of course, there's Appa and Momo, which everyone in the Gaang gets to add to their friends list. Not surprising on its own, until you remember that Sokka started out trying to eat Momo. Clearly, Momo has forgiven Sokka of this.

Two different wild animals (enemy birds and Foo Foo Cuddly Poops) feel safe enough around Sokka enough to use his head as a perch.

He soothed wild badgermoles through the art of music and even was able to ride them out of the Cave of Two Lovers.

It is Sokka that a foxy knowledge seeker decides to help, leading him directly to the calendar in the library (and Sokka does the right thing and rewards him with a snack after).

Who is it that gives Flopsy a big ol' hug after getting everyone out of Omashu? Oh yeah, it's Sokka.

And the koalasheep just let him use them as his makeshift therapist office.

He really does ride a huge variety of animals and does so fairly well for (presumably) never having ridden an animal before Appa (which would be somewhat similar, but still require a different skill set to steer and control, and he takes to each of them so quickly). Here he is riding an eel hound, about to mount a ostrich horse, and a komodo rhino that he managed to take control of during the invasion.

And of course, we cannot forget Sokka's own beloved pet, Hawky. Look at how happy he is to have his own hawk.

So, in summary, Sokka is absolutely an animal guy that loves animals just as much as animals like him.

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i walk a fine line between “i’m asexual and i hate how much the world revolves around sex” and “sex is way too stigmatized and people should be able to be more open about it if they want to”

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Thresher sharks 🦈

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Getting thiiiiiiis close to bringing back One Drop Rules.

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pnf revival challenge day 35: Baljeet!

Hosted by @howtonerdoutovereverything! ✨

I pitched this comic idea to my sister in the morning as a joke and she said I have to commit to it because she found it hilarious nvndjhbd

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Hear me out though

What if Perry’s actually a little kid, but he pretends he’s a platypus and everyone just goes with it cause, y’know, he’s a kid. And Doof is just one of their neighbours that watches Perry everyday. And Doof and Vanessa both play secret agent with Perry every day. Major Monogram and Carl are also their neighbours, giving Perry “missions” whenever he shows up.  Oh wow I really got myself into this au… It’s weirdly cute. Just, toddler Perry and his babysitters Doof, Monogram and Carl. And Vanessa joining every once in a while.  And Norm isn’t actually a robot, but he’s really tall and stuff and pretends to be a robot for Perry. 

And like, “A platypus?” *puts on a hat* “PERRY THE PLATYPUS!?” *toddler!perry giggling*  “CURSE YOU PERRY THE PLATYPUS!!” *more giggling* “Go stop him Agent P” *determined toddler noises* “Good work Agent P” *happy toddler noises* *Vanessa making Perry a theme song* Perry has great babysitters. 

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you know I’m going to be expecting toddler!perry au art from you now

Oh nooooo, that means I have to deliverrrrrrr… what a tragedyyyyy

Doodles based on this post by @hiimaformlessblob where perry is a toddler who doof babysits and the agent thing is just a game

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A cute little cat is having a pretty good time unpacking today.