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Have a lucky Friday 13th

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Reblogging to emphasize the family bit. I've only come to really understand recently how my mother acts in certain situations is beyond not okay, though I've seen the results of it for years (alienating my sister and niblings, and mother 'not understanding why'). Like, I knew there were communication disconnects, but it took me way too long to understand how emotionally manipulative/willingly blind she'd been. And still is.

If something happens from someone you still want contact with, encourage them to seek therapy so that hopefully they can have their come to Jesus moment about what's happening (the excuse of 'professionals can help you work through anxiety about X' worked well for me since anxiety is always how she thinks it manifests). Because, as I've learned, it's stupid difficult to both comfort them/be an understanding confidante AND give them the tough love message of 'You're F*ing Up'. It may take years (ugh) to finally get them in therapy, but hopefully it's worth it for you when the family member finally has their come to Jesus moment.

If they never have the realization, well... eventually you ned to make the choice to love them in spite of tiptoeing around their feelings, or you decide you can't do that anymore. Some people have enough daily spoons to do that, and some don't. You'll have to decide what is best for you, not best for them.

fucking hell i forget that some people violently hate polyamory and are way too proud of admitting it :/

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did you know that the well-known factoid that male anglerfishes degenerate after attachment until they’re basically just a pair of testes is false? i knew of course that they don’t just become “growths” on the female because I’ve handled dozens of attached pairs and every male I’ve ever seen has been very much obviously a whole and complete second fish, but I sort of assumed there was internal degeneration, perhaps muscle atrophy, etc. i can’t believe no one ever corrected me on this but this just doesn’t happen. in obligatorily parasitic species, the male actually continues to grow and increases considerably in size after he attaches to the female, because the two of them can only reach sexual maturity together. me, an octavia butler fan: is this the height of romance??

what is true is that attached males do have hugely enlarged testes proportionate to the rest of their bodies & organs, and that they receive all nutrition from the female’s bloodstream so their stomachs are always empty, though their own gills seem to still be functional, as are their fins and muscles—you can even induce movement and swimming motions on recently dead attached males. I can only assume that at some point someone said that basically the only biological function a male anglerfish needs to perform is sperm production and this got taken out of context and luridly exaggerated over time. he’s not just a pair of testicles! he’s her forever partner! one flesh one end!

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My Star Trek friends, reblog with your favourite most ‘out of context’ Star Trek image

I’ll start:

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“X bodily fluid is just filtered blood!” buddy I hate to break it to you but ALL of the fluids in your body are filtered blood. Your circulatory system is how water gets around your body. It all comes out of the blood (or lymph, which is just filtered blood).

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And then there's palate paralysis.

Am I hungry?

Yes.

Options are...*checks fridge* pizza or burrito.

But both sound disgusting. And nothing, absolutely nothing, sounds appetizing, or even palatable enough to choke down. Except maybe that one restaurant clear across town that's not an option right now.

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I'm at a loss

I lost the game

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Xena Warrior Princess 3.05 Gabrielle's hope

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Low poly low resolution Crow 🌟

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New Crow Time 💀👁

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I think one of the funniest things I’ve accidentally taught my parrot is yelling “WHAT?” The best part is that if he says something weird and and someone else says “what???” he usually repeats what he just said. Like just now, I was cooking in the kitchen and he heard me boiling water so he asked “you wanna noodle?” but I couldn’t quite hear him so I yelled “WHAT” and he repeated “you wanna noodle?”

Mostly he just likes yelling it, though.

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