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they should make a pill that makes people in their 20s feel good about where their lives are going

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You turn off the light, cats light up the space

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I'm sorry sir but no a "shrimp" did not in fact fry this rice. you're lumping crustaceans together in a very unhelpful and bigoted manner. our chef is a giant freshwater crayfish.

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PSA: norovirus cases spiking in the united states

norovirus is a contagious little fucker that survives hand sanitizer and sanitization in general. according to the CDC, norovirus is the #1 cause of barf, diarrhea, and food poisoning in the united states.

50% of norovirus outbreaks happen in healthcare facilities. norovirus is the top cause of outbreaks from contaminated food, and over 50% of all foodborne illness outbreaks in the united states are norovirus. 90% of cruise ship outbreaks are norovirus, and norovirus easily spreads through schools.

a person sick with norovirus can shed billions of tiny norovirus particles, and it only takes a few of them (seriously, talking. ten) to get someone else sick. norovirus is spread through vomit and fecal matter, and someone can remain contagious weeks after they feel better. norovirus is spread through direct contact, like sharing food with someone who was sick, ingesting contaminated water, or by touching a contaminated surface and then putting your hands in your mouth.

and yes to be totally clear, part of the reason norovirus is so contagious is how many people go to the bathroom or vomit without adequately washing their hands with soap.

according to the CDC, there were 91 separate norovirus outbreaks in the US during the week of december 5th 2024, up from 69 the previous week.

norovirus can survive on surfaces for days to weeks, is resistant to heat up to 145°F/63°C, and is resistant to sanitization. some types of food that are more likely to spread norovirus include fresh fruit, leafy greens, shellfish, and foods that are served raw. raw oysters have been a big one lately. this is in addition to any food touched by someone with norovirus after it has been thoroughly cooked above 145°F/63°C. food contaminated with norovirus can look, smell, and taste completely normal.

norovirus is often colloquially referred to as a 'stomach flu' or 'stomach bug'. it can involve nausea, stomach pain, vomiting (possibly projectile), diarrhea, headache, fever, body pain, and more for 1-3 days. these symptoms start 12-48 hours after exposure, and most people fully recover within three days. there is no specific treatment for norovirus other than treating symptoms and trying not to become dehydrated. there is no vaccine for norovirus.

around 19-21 million people get norovirus every year in the united states, 465,000 visit an emergency department, 109,000 people get hospitalized for it, and 900 people die from norovirus. every year, in just the US. norovirus is more likely to be severe in young people, old people, and people with a weakened immune system.

and just as a reminder, having previously been infected with covid-19 is one of the things that can weaken your immune system in the long run.

this is a lot to say...

WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY AND THOROUGHLY. WITH SOAP. HAND SANITIZER DOES NOT KILL NOROVIRUS

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rate the resolutions

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It's my 14 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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Oh boy I can't wait to see what kind of posts are in my favorite character's tag! :D

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the problem with taz balance is you first listen to it as a naive high schooler like "oh, funny dnd popdcast made by those mcelroy guys i see in tumblr memes all the time! and they apparently have gay characters too! let me check this out! haha his name is taco that's so random XD" and nobody could have warned you that a decade later you'll still periodically think about lucretia and her martyr complex and be stricken with the urge to start gnawing your own limbs off

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“girl dinner” “girl math” “i’m just a girl” okay but I am an adult I am six feet tall I am loud as fuck I take up space I am smart and capable. So are you. Why would we want to laugh at jokes where the punchline is that women aren’t? Why would we want to make jokes about being small and childish and incapable? Who do you think laughs at those jokes the loudest?

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sometimes i wish i could tell other women that you can just stop removing your body hair and in many cases the consequences will be way less severe than u expect. you can go to the beach with all your leg hair intact and nobody will stop you or say a thing. you can stop waxing your upper lip and people won’t stare at it the way u might be bracing yourself for. you can quit plucking your brows and eventually they will grow back into themselves and no one will even notice. like for sure women are punished for not participating in beauty rituals but i also feel like so much of it is like The Panopticon sometimes where you just convince yourself that if u stop that kind of gendered upkeep everyone will be mad and stop talking to u forever when in reality you just keep existing and nothing remarkable happens. it’s not always easy but you can kind of just stop for real

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Great news everyone. There was a kitten wandering in the drive thru at work and my inner warrior cats kid tried to be a hero and capture him.

I have now suffered multiple puncture wounds and have to go to the emergency room.

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Sorry to be that person, but "girl math" doesn't mean "girls are bad at math". It's a way of saying "how many women use math irl"

Like "If I get hit with armor, it doesn't count because my health remains the same"

Or "I returned $30 and spent $5, that's a net positive, so I basically got this for free"

Not that girls literally don't understand math and don't get that things cost money. It's a simplification of thought processes and analysis, actually implying high-level thinking, not "girls are so bad at math we don't even try"

I know, it's not that serious, but taken out of context it sounds worse than it is.

ohhhhhhhh my god you cannot make“teehee girls just use a different kind of math around shopping to justify buying more stuff cause they’re girls using girl math” into a feminist statement it IS an actual problem to ascribe not only gender (woman) but childishness (girl) to poor financial literacy and say that the kind of math girls do is actually exclusively related to the domestic sphere when we talk about shopping or buying food or presents or little treats. Do you fucking hear yourself

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despite what popular opinion may lead you to believe, some rocks actually do have scientifically-proven auras! Unfortunately, those rocks are uranium and the aura is cancer. 

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bro...what we could have had..

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It’s almost christmas. Palestine is still under the brutal oppression of Israel. Please, donate what you can to Palestinians.