#JESUS ALMIGHTY CHRIST

[qqueenofhades]

Hey, remember in 2012 when Obama kind of got smoked by Romney in the first debate and there was an upsurge of handwringing about how He Was Going To Lose (back when we thought Romney was the worst the GOP could do lmao lmao lmao) and then uh, the debate as with every single time before had no real effect, Obama improved in the second one and cruised to reelection?

I mean, I know people have memories like goldfish and especially political memories SHORTER, but still.

....I see it's another Stay Far Off Social Media And All News Sites kind of day. Sigh.

[heartsings77]

[thegoodmorningman]

jfc I didn't realize this Morning was going to be *that* Good!!! ANYTHING GOES!!!

[hazelfoureyes]

I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN

GO LOOK AT THEIR GODDAMN PAGE AND THANK THEM

UPDATE THEY HAVE A NSFW PATREON

[bringthekingdom]

[inkskinned]

im gonna start a fight; and, at the same time, i need you to take this in the most good-faith way possible, but:

videos that involve body-checking and intentionally (and uncritically) show a mealplan of an unhealthy number of calories are just a revamped version of pro-ana food diaries.

and yeah, i know there's arguments. i address some of them under the cut. but at the end of the day, we're just coming back to romanticizing mental illness; we've just found a better platform for it.

this is already something we've done. we knew it was wrong and tried to stop it. and tbh. it just wasn't enough.

there are people who argue "well, what if you have an eating disorder, you can't help it if you don't eat!" except that as someone with an ED; we are not infants. we know what we're doing. part of having an ED is that you are like, maybe too self-aware. even if we can't help our own food choices, we don't need to fucking romanticize the disorder - something we've been warning you about since 2013. there are hours of setup, filming, and editing that go into these videos. they do not happen to fall into place randomly. there is a reason they are pieced together to be beautiful, bright, inspiring.

there's this woman who pretty much only posts daily plans under a normal amount of calories, and everyone defends her saying but it's better than nothing! and i'm like. except she opens those with images of her showing off her body and provides no context in the video or caption that suggests that she believes what she's doing is unhealthy. she has hundreds of thousands of followers on a platform designed for young kids and teens. i refuse to believe that by accident her content just happens to be cheery advice on "healthy" versions of starving.

for any other symptom of mental illness, we would be incredibly enraged by this kind of placid acceptance of a "tips and tricks" fast-start guide. imagine if people posted pink & pretty videos saying "best places to cut yourself" as if it was a fucking storytime. we, as a society, are so fucking fatphobic that we would rather accept blatantly harmful displays of self harm than admit that we are obsessed with a hyper-thin body type.

i am not suggesting someone never talks about their disorder. i talk about mine. actually, it's a plot point in my book.

here's the difference: i recognize it's a fucking mental illness. i am very careful to never mention a specific weight, eating pattern, or calorie plan. i always make sure to position it as something that ruined my fucking life. i do not put cheery music in the background and hearts and sparkles over my worst moments. i do not film it in bright light. i do not start each passage with an image of a thin body followed by "here's how to look like her."

eating disorders should not be framed as aspirational. and the problem is that society worships the "after" image, so long as you don't get too sick. there is a reason so many people who quit being "influencers" will later admit - i wasn't eating well that whole time; an obsession with food was completely destroying my life.

we let any uncredited, uncertified person write the most backwards, fucked up shit about how to get the body you desire! because the underlying, secret belief is: well, at least they're thin! and the real thing that fucking gets me each time - they make fucking money off of it. their irresponsibility and societal harm literally pays off for them.

"why do you care so much." "don't like it don't look." "so what if people experiment with new ways of thinking of food?"

thank you for asking. we're about to get extremely personal. it's because when i was 18 i discovered "thinspiration"/"thinspo." and it absolutely influenced, shaped, and codified my pre-existing eating disorder. i went from having some troubling habits and traits to being incredibly unwell within what felt like a matter of days. there were actual pages designed to train me on how to have an ED correctly. it was all so suddenly easy. i was sick; and the nature of the illness meant - i wanted to be sicker.

it takes an average of 7 years for a person to fully recover. i know this personally - even now, 10 years from the worst of it, i still fucking struggle. i am so much happier now and i eat what i want and i literally don't think about food at all (19 year old me would shudder) and yet - i still fucking know the calories of plain toast with butter.

an eating disorder is one of the deadliest types of mental illness. over 1 in 4 people with an ED will attempt suicide.

and i'm sorry. i just do not see the exchange rate of "high rate of engagement" versus "the value of a human life."

[ssummerwwine]

always keep your mind focused on God.

[airlocksandaviaries]

Pete Maverick Mitchell had absolutely no right being that much of a cutie pie in Top Gun 1986. “Gee I crack myself up ☺️” “Maybe buzzing the tower wasn’t such a bright idea 🥺” “Let’s Go!! 😃” “she’s lost that lovin feeling Goose, she’s lost it 🥰”

Pete. PETE. What the fuck. What the actual fucking hell. Stop fucking doing that or I swear to god I’m going to kiss your stupid fuckign adorable idiot face. Bitch

[louisegluckpdf]

[madamsugarskull]

We now get back to our regularly scheduled programs while I die of sickness.

[s3v3r3dh3ad]

Nobody ever mentions how fucking GARANTUAN ARAN RYAN'S FEET ARE FOR SOME REASON?💀😭

Anyways so I made this extremely detailed scientific diagram on what I think the inside of this mfs shoe looks like.😍

My theory with 0% evidence to back it up is that this loony bitch also keeps horseshoes in his actual shoes in case he decides to pull a Dragon Chan and start kicking mfs in the ring.💀😭

[thecalvinistkat]

Only one week left until Obnoxious Couples and Chocolate Hearts Day!

[lexigraph]

Good God Almighty Thank You

[firelise]

ah yes, please take care of my restaurant. notoriously a very easy business to keep from going bankrupt, as shown in many movies and tv shows like The Bear. especially with one or no chef and one or no staff. even better when your sole investor is in jail. easy peezy.

[dmckinney79]

But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." Genesis 19:26

[bringthekingdom]