#I really and truly do

[xadenviolct]

I severely question one's intellect when I'm scrolling through social media (usually Facebook because that's where the majority of family is and... yeah)

And I see ones I know are in the "trump maga cult" posting things about how Kamala and Waltz are lacking brains and the entire Democratic party will bring the country to WWIII and whatnot...

And I'm just...

I love my family. I do. We definitely do not see remotely eye-to-eye on the political spectrum whatsoever, though.

And I am not saying that the Democrats are the perfect answer to all of life's problems, either. Believe me. There are so many things that this country could benefit from if it was not strictly two-party, if the DNC/RNC didn't run everything like they do, but that's the hand we're dealt right not.

Not gonna change in this election cycle (at least).

It's also not the point of my post here.

This is:

If you're voting for the likes of people like Trump and Vance... if you're so deep in the maga cult and whatnot...

Can you really say anyone else is lacking in "brains"? Can you really question the intelligence of... any other person? Any other party? Any other political... anything?

I mean...

I'm just saying.

[ponytailcoby]

It's just my very unbiased opinion but this is the cutest team in the league

[foolsocracy]

they barge into justice league meetings saying they have something very important to show them. and do stuff like this

[datcravat]

SCIENCE BEGETS TRUTH✨

[chloesimaginationthings]

Happy 1 year anniversary to FNAF ruin!!

[gotchibam]

Commissioned piece for @sinelanguage! 😼🔪

[inkskinned]

in internet posts it is easy to cut them out of your life. they are hurting you! they aren't listening to you!

they held your hair back. they lent you lipstick. they held your hand at the train station and got you home safe. they rounded on your bully, got loud, said get fucked, spitting-mad in your defense.

they also cut the hair off again. told you that you should really think twice before wearing something like that. took you for granted. took your insecurities and threw them in your face again.

you know logically it should be easy. all the internet advice comments always read it will feel better. like an equation - if a person is rotten, you just remove them. you pull the tooth that's hurting.

but it was never a big flare-up moment. you don't live in a sitcom. they never tried to take your boyfriend or steal from your apartment. they showed up to birthdays and they wrote songs about you and bring you water without you asking. once you found out they carry an emergency inhaler for you, even though you haven't had an asthma attack in years - just in case.

where is the line? people fuck up. sometimes they fuck up badly. sometimes people have raw personalities, like a powerline, and being around them is dangerous. addicting. sometimes they can't help themselves, but you know they're trying. sometimes they are just rough-around-the-edges. sometimes they don't even realize how they sounded when they said that. sometimes it's just - you've both loved each other for so long now, the way this thing hurts goes back to the root.

and that's the fucked up part. you have pushed your fingers against the sweetheart of memory. things these days are electric, tense, harrowing. they didn't used to be. there were a lot of good days in there. sometimes you want to just close your eyes and say can this be over yet? do we still need to be fighting?

doing that would give up any chance you get of getting an apology, but you don't always know that you need an apology, you love them. once they flaked on your birthday party. once they told you to get over it, people are always dying. they also let you crash on their couch for a week after the breakup, handfeeding you when you were so sad you couldn't eat. they are also judgmental about everything, occasionally react to banal statements with an attitude that is weird and fiery. they also love you like a lighthouse sometimes, so strong they cut the storm like lightning.

but the problem is that you might be storm. you might be the thing that needs breaking. what if you are two forces who are desperately, horribly drawn to each other, shaped by the other person's passions, and both good for each other and bad in equal measure.

what if you're both just people, and you're no saint neither.

just cut them off! swallowing the saltwater, you catch yourself in the mirror. you've been shaking more than usual. there's an ache in you that is oblique, loud, impossible to soothe. is this what it looks like? when life is "easier"?

your mouth will always have a hole, is the thing, if you remove the tooth.

[runraerun]

[jangmi-latte]

DEUCE BEHAVE 🫵🏻

[contactlessdrivethru]

just finished opla mood

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Out of sight, out of - wait.

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[bioethicists]

it's actually terrifying how quickly the concept of self care (originally a radical concept rooted in the black panther party's efforts to support other black ppl living through racism) became another tool of self-management which is viewed as both a moral obligation + an individual responsibility. businesses + employers + other institutions now easily wield it as a progressive way to say "if you're upset about xyz, make yourself get over it". "we are going to treat you like shit + you need to learn how to cope with that or else you're doing something wrong"

i have seen job listings where "ability to practice self care" was listed as a requirement for employment. as a case worker, we were repeatedly drilled on "self-care" as a response to unconscionably high case loads, traumatizing experiences, dead end job obligations, + poor living conditions due to subpar pay/high stress. my clients would go to appointments regarding their evictions, food insecurity, active domestic violence situations, etc + receive tips on "self care" without any tangible community, legal, or structural support to follow.

everyone absolutely deserves to care for themselves + it is useful to circulate affirmations + advice on how to do this. this should happen within communities, through a sincere concern/love for one another, as a way of helping everyone live the best life possible while we work towards total liberation. it should not be a replacement for caring for one another!!! it should be one of many ways of caring for one another!!!

[demaparbat-hp]

Thinking about @stygiovictoria's Roleswap AU.

[orionshounds]

he cares so much about them, but he has never known how to show it

and now, it’s too late.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael is very subtle about his daddy issues in FNAF..

[cousingregs]

me and the bad bitch i pulled by hiring him to dom me professionally for my bizarro comedy tv show