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So are we ready to admit the world is doomed yet <3

No cuz I'm not a little bitch

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gay rats communicating

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Dan and Phil photographed by a fan during the meet and greets in Birmingham today!

22 January 2025

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just in case some of you can't figure out what the word 'milf' stands for

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i think if you hate the gradual devolving of the mr and mr (whatever) into naming literally anything then you simply lack all sense of whimsy. obviously they love the increasingly ridiculous things we’re coming up with like dan started making fun of people for having repeats. who caaaares if the original format was only to do things that start with dan and phil like games and crafts and such. have fun in your life and call them mr and mr open can who even cares anymore it makes them laughhhhhh

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Some tips from a librarian for today and the future:

Go to the library. Get a card. Borrow things. Buying books is neat, but the books the fascists want to ban are still there, on the shelf, at your local library, and if they aren't, you can request them. While book bans can happen and are happening in public libraries, the vast majority of "successful" challenges are happening in school libraries. You can still get books from your public library, and getting the books from the library tells your library they should keep them on the shelf. Borrowing anything, walking in the door, and/or attending programs all help get your library more funding. Fighting censorship in this way is effective and costs you $0.

Pay attention to local government. Read your local newspaper, or the local-est paper you can find. (You wanna know who can probably help you read your local paper for free? Your local library.) Look up your representatives in your state and local governments, not just federal. Read their biographies online. Find out what they stand for.

When something divisive is happening in your local community (a book ban, a school board ruling on bathrooms or sports, a change in curriculum), show up. No, literally. Show up to the school board meeting, the library board meeting, the county commission meeting. If you can't show up, make a phone call. If you can't make a phone call, write an email. Your voice has the most effect on the local and state level.

Now, counterintuitively, is a really good time to get to know your neighbors. Do not self isolate out of suspicion. We are stronger together. If you need suggestions for ways to get to know those neighbors, your local library probably has groups you can join, or will start them if you ask nicely and promise to show up. Hand to the gods, a once-monthly book club or gardening club or crochet circle might be your difference between total despair and feeling maybe pretty okay.

Only talk about your personal identities and experiences if you think you will be physically safe doing so. Consider limiting your social media posting. Buy a paper diary. Talk to people in person or via secure direct message if you really want to grow relationships and make an impact. Educating others is great and important. It's also most effective when you have an existing personal relationship with the person involved in the conversation with you. Consider starting new accounts without your face or name if you choose to continue using social media.

Avoid talking about others' personal identities and experiences, particularly without their consent. Your friends, family members, children, and partners are not tools you should use to win an argument. Point to the lives of writers, activists, educators, and artists who are out if you need an illustrative example in a teaching moment with someone you know. Others' religious beliefs, immigration statuses, queer identities, and pregnancy statuses are nobody's fucking business but their own, unless they choose to tell others for their own reasons.

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sometimes i accidentally type "fan and phil" instead of dan and phil, but then i remember that that's still correct, actually.

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My favorite thing about the Mr. and Mr. ____ preshow trend is that we started the tour talking about saw trap questions to get them to answer but never had much success with those getting read or having satisfying answers so I feel we kind of lost steam with trying to get one up on them for a while but now we've got them constantly reading out question intros with underlying marriage implications so that's a huge win in my book

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me: *trying to take my socks off but they keep getting stuck on my heel* oh fuck. goddamnit.

the extractor fan in a bathroom in Norway that has an intrinsic link to my spirit: *momentarily whirs louder*

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What Dan & Phil Text Post Each Other (20/?) – Dannyboi Mini Dump

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What Dan & Phil Text Post Each Other (18/?)

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What Dan & Phil Text Post Each Other (11/?)

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he was actually foreshadowing 2025 in this

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Gayest parts? Any *phan proof* lol? Yap away please!

the doll-fucking is really... a choice they made. like i knew ahead of time that it would happen, but i hadn't actually watched any clips of it bc i didn't want it spoiled. and i now recognize this as a mistake because not only do they really go for it. in historic locations and eras. but i had to deal with dan staring me down like 'yeah? and? true isnt it?' i quite literally melted into my seat but also could not look away, because it's literally them making their own barbies fuck. on stage. and that's one of the few consistent things that happen during multiple eras of the recap.

also!

the tour bus bit (god theres so much to say)... one thing i havent seen mentioned is that dan really plays into the 'i was straight til 2019' bit. he does it quite well it's very funny and indignant in all the right places. but they use dan's supposed straightness as an out for why the tour bus bed-sharing wasn't gay. yet, they make no reference about phil in that statement. it's always only 'bc dan wasnt gay' not 'neither of us were'. and i find that quite interesting. maybe it makes for a better punchline, maybe it's more part of dan's branding and/or personal struggle, i'm not sure. but phil supposedly got hit with the same gay laserbeam in 2019 and yet... nothing.

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gay rats communicating

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your career should be your second priority. your first priority should be rpf