#Like you’re just advertising. stfu!!

[peteytheparrot]

Oh yay a comment that’s so nice of the- I will beat you to death with hammers

[underworld-park-offical]

TOLKIEN: Zzzzzzzzrzrzrzrrzzzz

TOLKIEN: Zzazzazazezezezezezrzrzzrrzrrr

PHONE: ♪ I'M A BARBIE GIRL ♪

PHONE: ♪ IN THE BARBIE WORLD ♪

PHONE: ♪ LIFE IN PLASTIC ♪

PHONE: ♪ IT'S FANTASTIC ♪

TOLKIEN: Huhhheheehdbfd…

TOLKIEN: Huh

TOLKIEN: What

TOLKIEN: What the fuck?

TOLKIEN: Why is my phone going off?

TOLKIEN: Are the fucking queers calling me again?

TOLKIEN: Eeeeyup its them

TOLKIEN: What

GARY: Have you ever been beaten by a wet spaghetti noodle by your girlfriend cuz she has a twin sister and you got confused and fucked her dad, well that’s how it feels to drive a Ford F-250. That sounds really cool. But you know what else is cool? The new 2020 Ford F-150, winner of 10 J.D. power awards. Perfect for hauling big things and going long distances. But you want to go offroad? Try the new Raptor Edition, which cannot just go offroad, it is perfect for going extreme off-roading. You can go rock climbing or across a desert, really quickly. It is also good for the great American thing - BBQs! In fact, you can haul MORE than one oven! That's pretty cool, huh? So hurry, and buy the new 2020 Ford F-150, now for sale at your local Ford dealership. RED: Wgat RED: Stop RED: Stop speaking BEBE: Girl get the tape from the backseat RED: Already on it NICHOLE: Heyyyy Tolkien NICHOLE: Did I wake you?

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: No..

NICHOLE: Oh NICHOLE: That’s  NICHOLE: That's good

TOLKIEN: What's going on

NICHOLE: So uhm NICHOLE: Ahahaha NICHOLE: Funny story

TOLKIEN: Nichole what did you do??

TOLKIEN: Did you fuckin

TOLKIEN: Commit fraud?

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: Again?

NICHOLE: What NICHOLE: No NICHOLE: Of course not NICHOLE: I am a law abiding citizen NICHOLE: Except for when it comes to the Barbie Movies

TOLKIEN: Okay? We’ve all  pirated a Barbie Movie

TOLKIEN: What makes you special?

TOLKIEN: If it's not fraud or piracy what did you even do

NICHOLE: There’s a sentient advertisement in our Porsche now

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: Excuse me?

NICHOLE: Yeah uh NICHOLE: We saw Gary NICHOLE: Or G-4R-Y if you wanna use his actual name? NICHOLE: Fuck I don't know anymore NICHOLE: He was walking in the cold for some reason? NICHOLE: And you know how he only speaks in ads?

TOLKIEN: We all do

BEBE: Wait BITCH do you think we could reprogram him to be like

BEBE: An ALEXA???

GARY: Need some music for that impromptu dance off? Ask Alexa to play songs or playlists from Prime Music and Spotify so you're always ready to show off your sweet moves-if that's what you call them ;) "Amazon Echo: Alec Baldwin and Missy Elliott Dance Party Commercial" via @popisms :https://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/126873/Amazon-Echo-Commercial-2016 GARY: I really don't want you to see me like this. You need some entrance music. Alexa, play Alex dance playlist. Playing Alex playlist. That's dance music? Alexa, play Pep Rally by Missy Elliott. Really? Perfect! I got a little something for you. It's beautiful. Does this mean I'm gonna be in your next video? Let me see what you got. (Lyrics) Anything you want me to (Lyrics) Pep rally, pep rally, pep rally Oh, this a pep rally Pep rally, pep rally, pep rally Bounce, biggity bounce, biggity-biggity bounce, bounce Where my clappers that stomp? Now rock with it Bounce, biggity bounce, biggity-biggity bounce via @popisms : https://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/126873/Amazon-Echo-Commercial-2016 GARY: I’m Gary! The Mormon who advertises! RED: I mean RED: I’ll become a mechanic if it gets him to stfu 💀💀💀 WENDY: No- RED- NO PUT THE WRENCH DOWN! RED: FUCK YOU GARY: The future. You used to chase it. Now you’re living in it. The Wavefront is an all-electric automobile that propels driving into a new era. With sleek, aerodynamic design, and ultrasonic sensors that prevent collisions, there’s no more getting left behind. Life’s short. Drive fast.  GARY: I’m Gary! The Mormon who advertises! RED: SHUT THE FUCK UP!! WENDY: RED!! NO!! BEBE: GIRLY POPS AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU BEBE: I'M GONNA HIT A DEER IF YOU ALL DONT HUSH RED: WENDY LET ME GO I'M GONNA KILL HIM WENDY: WE ARE NOT KILLING THE AD NICHOLE: SHUT THE FUCK UP IM ON THE PHONE BEBE: SHUT THE FUCK UP I'M DRIVING!!!! RED: CAN I THROW HIM OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR??!?!?!?!?!? WENDY AND NICHOLE: NO!!! NICHOLE: Tolkien I'm gonna have to let you go NICHOLE: We might die- NICHOLE: RED PUT DOWN THE WRENCH YOU'RE GONNA KILL SOMEONE! RED: THAT'S THE GOAL!! GARY: As a parent, I want to know that my kids are safe wherever they are. That includes riding in the car. With the new Carpool Optic from Solar I can breathe easy knowing my kids will arrive where they need to safely – whether I am the driver or not. RED: AUGHHHH!!!!!! NICHOLE: I’m hanging up now NICHOLE: MMMMMMMMMOKAYBYE

TOLKIEN: Bye?

(Beep Beep Beep)

TOLKIEN: Jesus christ

TOLKIEN: (Yawn)

TOLKIEN: Man

KENNY: Hey

TOLKIEN: Ah!

TOLKIEN: Oh my god I got jumpscared by a fucking queer!

KENNY: Oh hardy har har har

KENNY: You got games on yo phone?

TOLKIEN: …

TOLKIEN: What

KENNY: Do you got games

KENNY: On yo phone

TOLKIEN: I mean like

TOLKIEN: I got like

TOLKIEN: Subway surfers??

TOLKIEN: If

TOLKIEN: If that works???

TOLKIEN: Uh

TOLKIEN: Ok?????

TOLKIEN: Here

KENNY: Thanks

KENNY: Oh yeah, can I call my sister while I play subway surfers?

KENNY: I gotta make sure she’s not

KENNY: Yknow

KENNY: Fuckin’ dead

TOLKIEN: No you’re gonna kill my damn battery

TOLKIEN: Just call your sister you dont need to play fucking subway surfers

KENNY: Fine

KENNY: Killjoy

TOLKIEN: Ugh

KAREN: I can't believe McDonald's served me that lukewarm fucking patty 

KAREN: And then had the AUDACITY to tell me KAREN: That it gets cold over time!?!?

KAREN: I think they just undercooked it ON PURPOSE to make ME look like an idiot

TRICIA: Damn, that's crazy

(🎵 KAREN METAL 🎵 )

KAREN: OH MY GOD

KAREN: WHO'S CALLING ME AT EXACTLY 1:59 IN THE MORNING?!?!?

TRICIA: Bro just say 2 AM 💀

TRICIA: …

TRICIA: I can’t believe I just said that out loud

KAREN: WHAT?!?!?

KENNY: Hi

KAREN: WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME?!?!?

KAREN: DO YOU KNOW HOW LATE IT IS?!?!?!

KAREN: I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER

KENNY: Sis it's me

KAREN: UGHHHHH

KAREN: You missed your nail appointment

KENNY: Shiiiit that was today?

KAREN: You still owe me the money for it

KENNY: … KENNY: Karen, we don't have money, we’re poor

KAREN: Get a job

KENNY: …I do have a job

KAREN: Okay so then you have money?

KENNY: No

KAREN: That doesn't make sense

KENNY: Anyways- KENNY: You alive?

KAREN: Clearly

KENNY: Okay cool KENNY: So uh KENNY: There's demons around, I hope they find you and kill you and you die bye

KAREN: …What?

KAREN: Tricia do you know what the fuck he’s talking about?

TRICIA: No

TRICIA: Also stop calling on speakerphone

TRICIA: You remind me of my brother (derogatorily) 

TRICIA: …

TRICIA: WHY DO I KEEP DOING THAT!?!??!

TRICIA: UGHHH

TRICIA: I’m gonna go yell at my brother by cursing me into the influencer gene pool

TRICIA: You wanna come?

KAREN: If I get to yell at someone, of course

TRICIA: Be-

TRICIA: …

TRICIA: I'm not even gonna say that 

CRAIG: Who the fuck where you talking to

CRAIG: I feel like they were talking shit smh my head

KENNY: Oh just my bitch sister and your bitch sister

KENNY: Told her she was gonna die soon

CRAIG: LMAOOOO I’m dead 💀💀💀

KENNY: Lol it was funny she was so mad

TOLKIEN: I swear to god you guys are the same person sometimes

CRAIG: Smh my head no literally untrue

KENNY: Common Tolkien L

TOLKIEN: I want you both dead

CRAIG: …

KENNY: …

TRICIA: Okay where tf is blud

TRICIA: I'm gonna kill his ass

KAREN: Ugh

KAREN: He probably set up Kenny to fucking prank us

KAREN: Going to yell at them both when we find them

TRICIA: For real

TRICIA: Smh my fucking head

TRICIA: OH MY GOD CAN I STOP DOING THAT!?!?

KAREN: There's his door

KAREN: Should I kick it down?

TRICIA: No he will literally kill me

TRICIA: Instead we’re gonna go in his room

TRICIA: Steal all his shit

TRICIA: And fucking burn it

KAREN: Ohh yay! Property damage! My favorite!

TRICIA: Shhh shhh shhhh

TRICIA: Stfu

TRICIA: He’ll hear us

KAREN: No

KAREN: You're not the boss of me

TRICIA: Okay

TRICIA: On three

TRICIA: One- Two-

KAREN: THREE

KAREN: Ew it's so dark in here

KAREN: It smells like fucking Ccool Ranch Doritos in here

TRICIA: Shut the fuck up

TRICIA: He’s gonna hear you

TRICIA: I know where he keeps his Supreme hoodies

TRICIA: HOOOOOLY SHIT IS THAT A DEAD BODY!??!?!?!?

KAREN: AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

KAREN: WE ARE GONNA DIE

KAREN: GET THE MANAGER!!

TRICIA: SHUT THE FUCK UP THE KILLER COULD STILL BE HERE YOU QUEERMO

GREGORY AND ESTELLA: Shhhhh he eepy

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

TRICIA: …

KAREN: …

KAREN AND TRICIA: AAAAAAAAAAA-

TRICIA: Okay

TRICIA: HAILLLL NAWHHHHH

KAREN: I’m calling the police

TRICIA: That is the smartest thing you could ever do

KAREN: Hello? 911?

KAREN: Hi yeah, there's some queers in our house

KAREN: Please come

KAREN: Bye

(Edits made by @pissblanket and @cattpup5)

[v-anrouge]

you’re acting like only just now a chinese company making a game for a chinese audience is being racially insensitive???? it’s been like this and also you support disney by playing and advertising their games. stop being such a hypocrite since you’re also supporting a racist and transphobic company

Yana AND disney supporters have literally BEEN in my dni list ever since i GOT INTO THE FANDOM i don't support twst I don't encourage anyone to support twst i have never and woll never ever give them money kindly stfu u don't know what you're talking about

[ryomaandgundhamkin]

Hear me out on this.

Unless you’re mega super rich or you are just way too OP at what you’re learning, a SINGLE heart shouldn’t be 500 gems. You know how long it took me to get 930? 4 FUCKING UNITS. Maybe that’s just me being dumb but that’s not even 1000. And you know what that means. NOT EVEN ONE EXTRA HEART PER 2 UNITS. Which means, you kind of just have to sit there for 5 FUCKING HOURS until a heart regenerates. Or you can do the practice, which is nice, but not so much after doing it 6 times in a ROW.

Like, if you have Duo Super or Max or whatever the fuck, OMG good for you. But us who can’t afford this thing that’s literally almost $200 a YEAR or don’t decide to, which is SMART, are suffering because we are learning a new language/skill “slower than if you had Duolingo Super”! LIKE BRO STFU?! Like I don’t care if “Super Learners Learn 4.2x Faster Than Normal People” (insert nerd emoji)- LIKE STOP ADVERTISING IT PLEASE? POR FAVOR? I won’t want to fucking video chat with Lily every time I finish a lesson I want to BE DONE WITH MY DAILY GOAL.

Yeah, sometimes I do over my goal and I get dedicated to Duolingo. But still, you should not torture me with this. ENDLESS LOOP OF ME JUST practicing for hearts then FAILING A LESSON then practicing for hearts then FAILING AGAIN. Also literally the only ads in Duo are ADS ABOUT SUPER. it’s painful sitting there watching the same animation about the fucking family bundle bro. LIKE BRO I DONT CARE MY FAMILY DOESNT DO DUO. if duo asked me Spanish or Vanish, at this point I’d just say Vanish because this is honestly stupid. LIKE IDK ABOUT YOU BUT UHH… wtf duolingo. WTF. Like- YOU HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE YOUR MISTAKES EXPLAINED TO YOU? can’t I just go to character ai and do the same thing? Like I can literally ROLEPLAY in character ai in Spanish and have the magical parenthesis person in CAI tell me if I wrote it right!

I hate duolingo because. I was doing a lesson. And one of them were you have to write in Spanish popped up. ALL I HAD TO TYPE WAS “a”. I MISCLICKRD AND TYPED “s” AND ENTERED BC I RUSH THROUGH WUESYIONS LIKE THOSE. AND I HAD ONE HEART. SO I GAD TO RESTART AND DO THE PRACTICE VECAUSE. 1. I DIDNT want to spend my gems and 2. I HAD ONE HEART. I hate practice so much because I had to do it… 5 TIMES BY NOW AND ITS 2 HOURS TILL MY NEXT HEART REGENERATES.., argh I’m tweaking out because I’m dedicated to duolingo and I do 2 hours a day sometimes even tho my goal daily is only 5 mins

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Anti LO answers:

(1) Omg!!I’m so glad I found this blog. I really need to rant about LO. I hope it’s okay that I rant! ^^ (1/?) Advertisement I hate the fact that Webtoon will never shut the fck up about Lore Olympus. Every single time I go to their Instagram or Twitter... Lore Olympus this! Lore Olympus that! Like Stfu! Stop fcking saying how “good” LO is and help smaller creators who have better storylines, characters, and plots! Stop shoving that shit into people’s faces!

(2) Diff anon but i saw the Lo Daphne art and she looks literally like Persephone but with pointy ears and a braid. Surely the main character should be a unique color/design? Yet Daphne and several other nymphs are just Pink Persephone with pointy ears and longer hair. Smythe has good technical skills when she bothers to draw anything but she is god awful at character design. Lo Hades looks fairly unique and stands out, while every woman is a slightly different version of each other.

(3) So, the early release of LO had a paragraph long trigger warning on it. So you'd think oh there must be something traumatizing in it, right? Nope, it was Apollo going on a date with Daphne and him talking to Thanatos. You're going to put a huge warning on NOTHING but only do a measly "warning" on a chapter that triggered actual rape victims who you deemed "haters' afterwards for asking for better warning and an apology?! The editor deserves a raise for dealing with this adult-aged child.

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1) Heyy! I was late to answer cause I waited you to send more parts after seeing the (1/???) but nothing came xD I agree a LOT with you! I am tired of seeing LO ads in Webtoons EVERY time I get there, especially when there are so many talented creators there. I get that the site needs to advertise their most precious asset but it’s also a good strategy to lure in new readers with new works. 

2) Oh noooo... Do you have a pic of Daphne? Because I haven’t found it.

3) Ooooof! I get that some people might be triggered because Daphne will date her future almost-rapist. And “when you are burnt from the porrige you try to cool even yoghurt.” (Sorry I had to sneak one more bad translated Greek expression there xD) Meaning, she had so much backlash from the last one that she is extra careful now. Her behavior in the Apollo situation was horrible. I hope she is better this time. 

[into-control]

I don't like gay people I'll never like gay people sorry not sorry. I find the idea of two girls or two guys disgusting and wrong. It's just weird. The idea of two girls or two guys f*cking makes me want to puke. Why do you have to advertise your sexuality everywhere just keep it to yourself weirdos. I will never accept you - if you’re here then something in you wants to know more about it 😂 so stfu and except it

👁👄👁

[thenobullshtblog-blog]

Ink Etiquette

Since I am getting a new tattoo in September it’s made me think about all the questions, comments and unwanted concerns that I usually get when I advertise I am getting a new piece.With that, I've been inspired to do a rant style blog on stupid shit people say regarding my tattoos. At the end I’ll answer some typical general questions for those who want to get inked but are doing a little more research first.

First things First-tattoo etiquette, you gonna learn today.

Stop telling people they will regret their tattoos

What do you care? It’s not your body, you don’t have to look at it every day! Who gives AF. I cant tell you how many times people have told me I will regret the size of my tattoos, the placement, and that if all my pieces don’t have a huge significant meaning that im gonna wish I never got them. IT’S NOT TRUE. I am not you, so don’t project your shit onto me-10/10 we have different views about life, Negative Nancy. My two largest tattoo pieces have no special meaning. It’s Art. I love art of all kinds, and wanted it on my body because its beautiful and badass. I’ve had one of those tattoos for over 4 years now, have never regretted it a day in my life and its honestly my most highly complimented piece. So suck it.

Stop asking people if they’ve thought about how they will look when theyre 40 or 80

Well spoiler alert, I take phenomenal care of my skin and body in general and I have full intentions of being a super hot milf until I reach the puma and then cougar stage so I’m really not worried about anything up until my mid 70’s. I do understand the general laws of aging and gravity but can you honestly tell me that 80 year old saggy wrinkly tattooed skin looks WORSE than non tattooed saggy wrinkly 80 year old skin? Yeah I didn’t think so.

If you don’t like someones tattoo-you actually don’t have to Say Anything.

So many people have this burning desire to voice an opinion that was never actually asked for. If you don’t have anything nice to say-don’t say anything at all. Unless they ask you for your brutal honest opinion, I would try and avoid commenting. Now if someone has a shitty tattoo I’m not saying lie to them, but just keep their feelings in mind as this will be on their body Forever unless they get it removed or covered up. I've had people ask me if I like their tattoos-and if I don’t like them either because i’ts not my personal style, or it’s a poorly done tattoo this is what I say “oh wow, who did you go to?” and then I start asking about the artist. That’s a safe bet. You don’t need to comment, especially if your comment is not nice. Again-these are permanent, it’s not a shirt that they can return at the store.

Realize that your preference of tattoo style and size may be different than someone else

Go big or go home, has always been my thought when getting a new piece. I’ve always loved large tattoos, dainty isn’t really my style. I am a little extra and I like that part of my personality to show with the art I wear on my body. I’m so tired of the bulging eyes people give me when I tell them how big my piece will be, or when I show them the ones I have (after they ask). You don’t have to get a massive tattoo and I understand large pieces aren’t for everyone-OK but get your active bitch face under control especially if you’re going to ask someone a question about size. I’m not shitting on the infinity sign you have on your ankle-lets move forward.

Stop saying “my tattoos are for me”

This is also something people say to me once I tell them how large my piece will be, they normally respond with “oh, I’d never get a tattoo that big-my tattoos are just for me”. Cool? Mine are too? I didn’t pay all that money, give my literal blood sweat and tears to the ink table if all my pieces weren’t for me. I honestly prefer to have pieces that I can see in pictures, that are easily displayed where I will be able to admire them every day without being totally naked. I don’t need a hidden tattoo on my ass cheek for it to be “for me”. Unless you literally have a tattoo that you got because someone else begged you to get it for them because their skin physically cant be tattooed for some odd reason, and you want to specify that the new tattoo is for you-OKAY THEN STFU.

Stop asking people how much their pieces cost-it’s tacky.

We ALL KNOW that nice ink isn’t cheap. Generally speaking people don’t go around bragging about how much they dropped on a sleeve. Ink is an expression of Self, not Wealth. If you really like the artist who did that persons piece, ask them for the artists Instagram or website so you can get their contact info and email the artist directly to inquire about pricing. On the flip side-if someone’s tattoo looks like dogshit, don’t ask them how much they paid for it. They probably know it looks like dogshit and it’s a sensitive subject- you asking about the price is just salting the wound.

Before you ask somebody Why they are getting what they are getting, consider WHY you are asking them that.

There are usually only a few reasons why people ask about what someone is getting, whether they know it or not. A lot of people don’t even Realize why they are asking what they are asking until they think about it.

1. they love art, and are truly interested

2. they don’t support tattoos and want to give you the whole “don’t put a bumper sticker on a Ferrari spiel”

3. they want to add their two cents to what it is you are getting, try and impose their ideas or change your mind to redirect your vision. Regardless they will subconsciously judge you by the content of your piece and form ideas about you based on what you’re putting on your body and where.

If you are asking “why” for any reason other than the first one. Kindly fu*k off.

Nobody puts bumper stickers on Ferraris, but how many ‘rraris have you see with custom pant jobs, bruh?  And as for you Linda, nobody cares that you don’t like my futuristic post-apocalyptic leg sleeve idea-you’re not changing my mind. Fu*k your two cents if it’s not going toward the bill. And we both know it’s not, so again-kindly fu*k off.

 Alright- so that just about concludes my ranting about stupid shit people say or ask. Lets get to some actual Q&A’s/tips and comments.

What does it Actually Cost?

It depends on the artist! Some artists charge by the size of the piece, and some charge by the hour. Whenever I email a new artist I always ask them if they charge by the piece, or hourly-they’ll let you know. From what I’ve experienced I’ve typically had artists who charge between $150-$250 per hour, but my philosophy when getting a piece is “spare no expense”. This is going to be on your body FOREVER. No, I’m not ballin like LeBron, I’m ballin on a budget, so yes I do have to save up to get my pieces-but it’s always worth it. You get what you pay for.

What does it feel like?

The best way I can describe it, is a hot cat scratch over and over again. In some more sensitive areas it can feel like what I imagine branding would feel like. Everyone has a different pain tolerance and skin sensitivity, so some areas may be more sensitive on some, than others. A lot of people say the ribs are by far the most painful-to be honest when I got my sternum piece although the bony part of the sternum was murder, the ribs weren’t bad at all-in some spots it rattled my rib cage so much it kind of ticked. Likewise, some people get inner bicep/tricep tattoos like it’s nothing, the back of my tricep killed me. I was almost in tears. It totally just depends on your skin.

Go the Extra Mile

If you cant find a local artist that you Love, drive. Even if it’s 2-3 hours out of the way. Again, this is going to be on your body forever. I would rather drive an extra 2 hours or so for the artist I know is going to crush my piece, than a local artist who would probably do an okay job. That’s not to say you cant find a good local artist-but if you cant, expand your search radius.

Walk in, or wait?

It depends on what you want, but if you’re asking for my suggestion I would do as much research as you can on the tattoo shop. Look at customer reviews, the artists online portfolios. You'll have better luck than hoping you randomly pick a good place for a walk in. Although I do have a walk in lettering tattoo and it looks just fine haha For a planned piece understand that the artist you want may be booked for the next couple weeks, months or up to a year. Don’t get discouraged, you'll have time to really think about the piece you want, change any details, and usually if they're booked that far out-they're pretty good and well worth the wait.

Color or Black and Gray?

This is a personal preference. Growing up I Hated how pale I was, being a ginger was a struggle all around but the porcelain skin was definitely a target. I hated wearing shorts, and never did all through high school because of how beaming white my legs are. To be honest I didn’t start wearing shorts until I got my First tattoo. Artists and tattoo admirers alike have complimented my skin time and time again, and how the colors in my tattoos really pop because of how pale I am. So, I prefer color tattoos because they show up super vibrant and it makes me feel even more comfortable in this vampire skin. I don’t necessarily think color is better over black and gray and in some cases I think that it also totally depends on the type of piece you are going for. Consider your skin tone, the type/style of piece you are getting and then decide.

Think it over, and speak up.

I feel like a lot of the “regret” that people are talking about with tattoos comes from spontaneous ideas or trends. There have been so many times I have seen a bad ass concept for a tattoo and I thought about finding and artist and setting an appointment ASAP. The next day I will revisit the idea and go eh, I guess I don’t love it that much. I have a Pinterest board that is just for my tattoo ideas, I pin shit on there so later I can look at it and think if that’s something I really want or not. I definitely recommend either pinning similar images of a concept you want, drawing it out, or writing it down in a notepad and then sleep on it. You'll be surprised how quickly you may change your mind in the course of even a few days, a week, months or a year. If you’ve had the same tattoo concept for quite a while, and every time you revisit the idea you still love it just as much-it’s probably safe to start on that piece when you're ready.

When you finally decide to get your piece, the artist will usually have it drawn out in some form, either on paper-or on an iPad of sorts that shows you all the details and potential coloring (if you're getting color). Do Not be afraid to speak up if you don’t like something or want to change something. It is their job as the artist to accommodate your wants especially since they are putting something permanent on your body. Even when you get the stencil on, if you don’t like the placement, or want to change something-let them know. They can remove the stencil pretty easily and print out a new one after they fix whatever it is you want fixed. But don’t just deal with something if you're certain you don’t like it. You're gonna have to look at it every day.

Artistic Freedom

This is just another opinion-and by no means a fact. But I’ve found by giving the artist freedom on my piece has always made them turn out even better than I imagined. There are quite a few people out there who go in with a very specific piece or picture in mind and are disappointed when their piece doesn’t look EXACTLY like the picture. Well, that’s pretty hard to replicate as it is but especially when that artist isn’t the original artist of that picture or drawing that you bring to the table. This does not go for portraits-obviously you want your Marilyn Monroe to look like Marilyn Monroe and a portrait artist definitely should be able to replicate that haha I am talking about more “creative” pieces you want. My suggestion, have a few pictures of things you like (and some things you don’t like) regarding the concept of your tattoo and tell your artist to have fun with it. If your artist enjoys drawing up your piece and has freedom to add their flair on it, it will probably turn out better than you micro managing the shit out of them. I’ve always given artists freedom and I’ve always been crazy surprised at how the piece they gave me turned out way better than anything I had in mind.

This is all that I can think of? I probably lost 99% of you by the first 500 words, but to those of you who made it to 2,376..cheers.

[channiekyun]

bête noire//wanna one//jihoon

pairing: park jihoon/reader  genres: fluff, cafe au!  word count: 1237  summary: what really made you two pissed off was each other. but why? a/n: possible pt 2 maybe idk??

flower boy cafes: jinyoung//jihoon//jisung

bête noire: (n., french) a disliked person

people had their preferences on everything

like some people like their routine the same every day

You would say you were not like this, even though others may disagree, you couldn't blame them for thinking this though

(Y/N) (L/N), your residential girl-next-door type, flower girl

the girl you’d see walking the corners of the street and, with a single look from her, would make your heart drown in a pink, foamy mixture called love (cheesy, but it became your slogan anyway)

in the heart of the country, Seoul, it was known that you worked at a trendy cafe

and no, not any ordinary cafe, but a flower cafe which found itself plastered on tabloid magazines

your visuals were everywhere, even making you a near obsession

fans became regulars at the cafe and profit was booming

it was a routine for you for people to come in asking for pictures and autographs

there were frequent requests for you to do your aegyo

“is your heart drowning in my love yet?”

or

“does the sight of me make your heart drown in pink?”

you were literally internally dying every time but that’s okay lol

you were teased for this by coworkers but you took it lightly 

many fans were surprised by your behavior when they met you, how you were somewhat mature and held a cute aura, and it did not disappoint

people were fascinated by you and adored you, which made you happy

through the clear glass windows of the cafe, you could see the clean white walls with strung up lights holding polaroid pictures of employees and aesthetics. bookshelves carried books, potted plants, petite trinkets, and products. splashes of color put emphasis on the white walls. a delicate aroma of coffee and flowers filled the store

and every day, you would come in at 7:30 AM and get ready everything, starting from the actual food to the music coming from the speakers

you started the first hour by yourself, which made the cafe an even greater attraction

but before the doors could open, you would always see the resident flower boy enter the cafe across from yours.

there was a cafe across from the flower girl one, which mostly catered to the male audience. this other cafe was a flower boy cafe, which catered to the female audience

the cafes had a sister-brother like connection and for this reason, the street was called ‘flower plaza’

both stores were insanely popular, which made them also rivals

there was a boy who worked there who made all the internet rage, Park Jihoon, which made him some sort of rep for his shop

so let’s just say you were the rep for your own shop too

both of you were always compared to for some reason?

like, you get you both had the ‘visual’ title and all, but other than that, nothing else was there rlly

you both got to your respective places at exactly the same time, making some awkward ‘hellos’ and smiles happen, but there was always some underlying feeling

whenever you would glance up across from you before opening time, you would see jihoon and his light brown hair, the round glasses which were sometimes there placed on his nose, and his perfect, pink lips formed into a dainty smile

no, you are not admiring him from afar stfu

you kinda hated him in a way

the way he treated female customers (or customers in general) seemed fake, almost sickening for you

you aren't jealous, get out

whenever he did his signature ‘jeojang’ aegyo or wink, it made you have a sick feeling in your gut

no, you aren't in love, of course not

but you had this sick feeling in your gut everytime you saw him anyway

nope, you’re not in denial either, nope

“I want you outside the store advertising today.” your boss had said to you

“wait, why?” you questioned

“I know you’re an extraordinary worker here and you bring, like, half the customers in, but I’d like to see your charms work outside,” she replied

and that’s how you ended up outside the store

the street was bustling and crowds of people were the only thing you could see 

you waved and greeted people before they went in

you sighed with content with your hands on your hips when you could finally catch your breath

and that’s when a small space opened up on the street so you could see across the road

was this to be expected??

jihoon was right outside of his cafe advertising like you were doing

that’s when you figured this was your boss’ way of getting back at the other shop

jihoon must’ve noticed at the same time as you bc his p e r f e c t eyes widened and you knew he was as displeased with this as you were

he grimaced, and quickly went back to what he was supposed to be doing

but before he got back to work, the last thing he saw was a sneer on your p e r f e c t face

and that’s when he knew the game was on

it was a couple minutes until you saw a couple of girls with their phones out at jihoon’s “I’ll capture you in my heart”

you scowled

jihoon then peered up to see you weren’t where you were for the last hour

did you leave work? were you working inside now? what??

let’s just say he was upset at this

and he would never admit it but you were strikingly lovely to him

the way you served customers were unique, which was different from other’s who usually put up a huge act

in the mornings when you said hi to each other he always noted that you even looked even though your probs only got up 20 minutes ago

this is a secret, but he looked across to your store a lot just to see you, i’m not crying u are

you remember when I said that there was always an underlying feeling whenever you had small talks with him? just guess

you treated him so cold and he did the same

jihoon was completely infatuated with you, but he saw you as a rival at the same time

but he saw you slightly less than a rival

you had gotten out of the cafe with a tray full of glasses of strawberry milk 

and with a crowd watching you, “does the sight of me make your heart drown in pink?” you winked, making fans swoon

your aegyo was top notch and shameless

(did I hear some screaming?)

and the glasses on the tray were all gone

his eyes were blown wide at your performance

he wanted to walk over there and tell you that you were cute and were killing him inside

tell you all about how he loved you from first sight

and jihoon was still watching from a distance

and as you turned to the door to the shop, you glimpsed and smirked at the shock written on his face

he smirked lightly and winked and you huffed, walking to the door

and if you wanted an answer to your aegyo: yes, his heart had already drowned in that pink, foamy mixture called love from the moment he saw you

[maestrowave]

I think it’s one thing to fall yourself fat to (intentionally or not) make overweight people feel bad and get reassurance for yourself to make yourself feel validated, and yet it’s another thing to be expressing your insecurities when you feel vulnerable.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with being fat, and if you’re overweight that’s between you and your doctor, no one else, however society has constantly shamed people (women especially) for being larger, or having more ‘curves’ than is usually expected. By showing us models in magazines who are basically skeletons from the moment we pop out the womb, and advertising diet pills inbetween watching television shows with our parents as kids, and trying to force us to reach an impossible beauty standard that nobody ever truly achieves.

We’ve been conditioned to think that fat=bad and that results in, as mentioned in previous reblogs, eds and body dysmorphia that presents itself from a horrifically young age.

When people destroy their health to try and reach an ideal weight, it’s not because they hate fat people. It’s because society has trained them to hate their bodies, and to do anything to not be *gasp* overweight! Because we’ve been told there’s nothing worse, it’s unhealthy, and disgusting to be fat, when in reality that’s not the case, at all, whatsoever.

And people with eds know that. They know that they don’t NEED to be skinny to be beautiful, because you don’t!

But when you express those insecurities in front of people who are overweight, as said before, it’s only pushing that idea that fat=bad further into the minds of people who those words could hurt and affect deeply. And those words DO hurt and affect people, which is why it’s important to think before you share things you’re insecure about.

However that then leads to another problem- people bottling up their feelings and problems because they’re terrified to hurt others. Which only leads to more self-destructive behaviour, more fat-shaming, more hating yourself.

There needs to be a way that people can share their insecurities without fear of being reprimanded (“What are you talking about, you’re not fat at all stfu”), or worried that they’ll only damage someone else’s psyche further, like others said before. And therapy isn’t an option for everyone.

We can’t shame people for being fat anymore than we can shame people for being SCARED of being fat, which sounds like a really fucked up thing to say, I know, but bear with me.

Eds are a mental illness which CANNOT be controlled. You cannot just wake up one morning and be like “oh, you know what, I’m tired of hating myself and my body, imma go eat and be healthy” and you can’t wake up one morning and go “huh, I don’t really want to be overweight anymore, I’m going to go and lose a load of weight immediately”. It’s not realistic.

The only way to combat people calling themselves fat in a negative way is to teach people from a young age that fat is okay and fat is beautiful and normal.

We can’t keep shaming ourselves and expect people who share our insecurities (that may or may not be true) to be okay with us calling said insecurities ugly. It’s not okay, and is so fucking toxic, but at the same time we need to accept people needing to share those insecurities in a way that DOESNT hurt others (so not just going “ugh I’m SO fat, but not that that’s bad, you’re gorgeous!”). That is different to going “im feeling really insecure about my body but I know that it’s okay to not be [insert insecurities] yet I still feel like this”. The two are not interchangeable, and it is wrong and horrible to act as if they are.

This may be completely incoherent, I have no idea.

I’m so sorry if this came across as rude or horrible, it’s late and I haven’t slept properly in a while. I was trying to look at it from both sides and write an unbiased opinion, and I’m so, so sorry if it came across as otherwise.

thin people calling themselves fat negatively is so malicious... especially in front of fat people

[inwildesttdreams]

Alright, this is the first and last time I am going to say anything about why you need to become your own person and get off the Taylor Swift is secretly a bitch train. (Spoiler she's not.) This piece of trash article I just read makes my head want to explode. What do you rude illbred humans want Taylor to do or say? Do you want her to literally say the words I'm a bitch? So you can just hate her more? Why would she do that? Why would she give you what you want just so that you can go around hating her more and saying I told you so to everyone? More importantly, how would she even do this? The things addressed in this article are either A) NONE OF YOUR GOD DAMNED BUSINESS or B) not her fault. Yeah, her feminism isn't the best, but neither is yours. Unless you've actively spoken out, gone to protests, and actually done something other than whine behind your screen, stfu. Also, why is it JUST Taylor you are worried about not saying anything political? Where are all the other female stars and singers that you claim are 'worlds above' fake Taylor here? You are already tearing her to shreds why would she comment on anything just so you can judge and hate on that as well? Plus who knows what all she does charity work wise because she doesn't advertise it for PR like Kanye and Kim. Which brings me to that mess, literally why would they record the conversation if they weren't trying to cause controversy. Both of them became famous ON controversy. If you're stupid enough to believe they had anything but bad intentions, there's no point in reasoning with you. We don't know the full story, we never will, and honestly get over it already. And lastly, her boyfriends are just that, HERS. If we were part of that relationship we wouldn't be shitting on each others heads saying they were 'PR stunts'. Honestly this would be so much easier if instead of spending hours and hours of your life trying to tear people down, you just lived. Your. Own. Life. Literally all you have to do is not buy her music and ignore her. For hating someone "sooooooo" much you spend quite some time talking, texting, posting, and vlogging about her. Get a life, grow up, move on. We have bigger things going on. My state literally just made a law that makes you have to pay for rape insurance so gf yourself. Girl I will always have your back. It's time we took back what it means to be fucking POLITE. @taylorswift

[myuberlife-business-consulting]

13 notes from #PhilKnight, founder of #Nike, #WÜLFUNIVERSITY & #MyUberLife that will shift your #business brain. 1. It’s alright to be Goliath but always act like David. Stay low- keep firing. 2. Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency. Be a WLF. 3. In periods of stress and grief, not only does your mind do funny things, you say things that surprise you. So breathe. 4. Make history or be a part of it. Move Big. 5. Now we understand that the most important thing we do is market the product. We’ve come around to saying that Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool. Make it dope or die. 6. If you want to spend time saying this is cool, you’re going to get your ass kicked. Don't take advice from fuxkbois or basics. 7. Marketing knits the whole organization together. Marketing is not just PR or Advertisement. It’s the atttiude of the entire thing. 8. I’ve always believed that businesses should be good citizens. Make money. Do good. Simple. 9. There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success. See my last post. 10. Sports is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions. Culture beats strategy. 11. A brand is something that has a clear-cut identity among consumers, which a company creates by sending out a clear, consistent message over a period of years until it achieves a critical mass of marketing. POV is everything. Spend time here. Dn't rush. 12. My job is to listen to ideas, maybe cook up a few of my own, and make decisions based on what’s good for the shareholders and for the company. STFU and trust the process and listen to everything - especially those that know. 13. It doesn’t matter how many people u offend, as long as you’re getting your message to ur consumers. I say to those people who do not want to offend anybody: You are going to have a very, very difficult time having meaningful advertising. Yep. #MULFMAB #BeAWolfAboutYourDream

[mrrightandmrbubble]

The only deal-breakers that I put in advertisements for the rooms here are no drugs in the house and no parties into the wee hours (not just as a courtesy to me but because of the neighbourhood and due to there being a kid next door). Other than that, come as you are. So when I find you stashing acid tabs in the freezer and bang on the walls for you and your friends to STFU at 4am because you brought the club home with you, we’re gonna have a problem.

Especially when you keep seeing how far you can push it.

Especially when you go on to damage things that belong to me because you’re too smashed to get a hold of yourself.

Especially when you keep me up and I have to lie in bed and listen to you through the wall peppering your conversation with “rape” and “rapist” like it’s no fucking thing.

[wildamongwolves]

Obviously that’s a solution only for those who dislike Richard and Barris. But you’re in luck as I do have a solution for you as well: scrolling past! I’m sure you do this when on other social media because if you didn’t you’d never leave the internet, there’d be so much to complain about. And if you really want to see only content specifically to your liking, I suggest you go on Facebook and like a bunch of ads, because advertisers are the only people on this whole planet who are interested in tailoring their content specifically to your liking. No one cares to or is obligated to think of you when posting on their own blog about their own ship. What you’re indirectly suggesting here is everyone else must avoid posting stuff you don’t like so that you don’t have to block the tag - do you hear how entitled that sounds? Using the Thomas tag in a manner that doesn’t offend other people is impossible when a) no one can know what will offend strangers on the internet, b) a few angry dexmas shippers have decided to be upset not just about Barris posts, but also about posts that don’t even exist. Because we have not been posting “vile and disgusting” things or this constant stream of negativity about Guy that you guys are insisting on. (Again, bring me the receipts.) I’m sure we agree that ship/character hate doesn’t need to be in the tags, but saying that DA2 is a nightmare Thomas wakes up from in Richard’s arms is neither. Talking about DA2 in a way you don’t like is neither. Unlike some of you, we’ve also not ever posted things with the express purpose of getting back at you lot. (”Richard has a small cock and no balls” was hilarious.) You can support your ship without having to bring another one down. Did y'all berate Jimmy/Thomas shippers the same way back in the day? If you’re going to indirectly make such claims about what we’ve been doing, I’m gonna need to see some receipts. We have never, ever berated you for shipping Dexmas, or tried to bring your ship down. We don’t care what you ship. We never have, and we never will. We also don’t care if you think Guy is a bit problematic or if you think he’s the sweetest cinnamon roll of a man to ever have existed. You’re all welcome to your opinions. The actual issue that you’re trying to obfuscate here is that the half dozen or so of you angry Dexmas shippers have decided that only your opinions are valid and everyone else must stfu or go away. That’s shitty in general but when people are being told they’re imagining the on-screen sexual harrassment that is triggering them or making them uncomfortable, you’ve truly crossed the line to actively harming people. (Although certainly bullying and gaslighting etc are harmful on their own.) Now if you guys don’t see it as harrassment, that’s fine, like I said, but your experience is not universal. And if it’s me you’re accusing of berating Dexmas shippers in the above post, you might wanna read it again because what I was doing was addressing one Dexmas shipper in particular about something they’ve been doing, and the post has nothing to do with Dexmas itself. You’re also missing a crucial difference between you lot and the nice Thommy shippers, which is that they don’t pretend Thomas never assaulted Jimmy or immediately try to silence people when they post on their own blogs about it. Call out posts like these are incredibly weird and very aggressive. From the example you showed it didn'r seem like GDDL actually turned hostile or used any kind fo personal insults. And I didn’t accuse them of doing so. And I don’t really care if you think it’s weird and very aggressive tbh, that’s small pickles compared to GDDL gaslighting people about sexual harrassment.

This level of petty shipping war compared to our fandom size and the rather limited amount of fan creations we have is so counter productive. Couldn’t agree more! If you guys stop trying to control what people are allowed to say in their own goddamn blogs, you’ll find that the shipping war will magically disappear.

I can’t believe I’m going to open this can of worms on my so far very positive blog, but this was too long to post as a comment so I have to post it separately as its own post. @guydexterdefenceleague​​ you need to assess your behaviour. Differences of interpretation of fiction and word of god aside, you keep behaving like a grade A asshole. I’m going to really need you to stop telling other people that what they see on the screen is not actually sexual harassment. You need to stop using words like “genuine harrassment” to indicate Thomas’ harrassment is not genuine, because the logical conclusion is that anyone who has experienced similar harrassment is wrong about it having been harrassment! You do not get to or have the right to to control the narrative of what can be considered sexual harrassment. Your feelings about it are not objective, or the truth. If what I see as Thomas being clumsily fondled by Guy or being by sexually harrassed by being asked to perform sexual services as a joke is romantic for you, that’s great for you! If you think Thomas’ facial expressions and body language clearly spells out he is pleased on both occasions, that’s great for you! But if other people see them differently, are triggered by them, or if they make them uncomfortable, who are you to tell them their feelings are not valid or police what they get to say? If you find Richard’s lip touch and kiss triggering that’s valid, but your being ok with the chest fondle or joke about sexual services doesn’t make them universally not triggering. And telling people they are wrong about their own discomfort and triggers is a DICK move. Don’t you think we have enough gaslighting, controlling, policing, and silencing of the victims of sexual crimes in real life? Do you really need to do this in a fandom space, too? People have told you they have been victims of sexual harrassment at work and are thus uncomfortable with the scenes in DA2 - if you care more about real people and their trauma/experiences than about a fictional character, I suggest you stop indirectly telling real people they are wrong about the sexual crimes perpetrated against them by telling them they are wrong about how they feel about those scenes with Thomas and Guy. It’s offensive to real queer people who lived then to say that 20s relationships can’t meet modern standards of consent. Queer relationships of the past did not automatically have consent issues, for god’s sake. It’s also just factually wrong - people were just as capable then as now of reading one other’s expressions and body language as they are now, not to mention being clear in the wording when they are alone. It’s rude to call people’s concern “fake.” In fact it’s rude to keep policing the Thomas tag and jumping on any post that you disagree with. Actually, I’d like to see all these posts you are just about sick of where people are fake concerned about poor harrassed little Thomas! I haven’t seen any, can you link them? If you are just about sick of all the posts, I suggest you block all Barris and Richard Ellis related tags. That way, when a post has either content, you can just not look at it! We’re all responsible for curating our fandom experience and I suggest that is what you do if you are sick of seeing content you don’t like. No-one is actually forcing you to look at it or engage with it. Everyone in this fandom has the right to use the Thomas tag, not just people whose opinions you personally agree with. Barris shippers or people who like Richard are not obligated to not use the Thomas tag just for your pleasure. I suggest instead of trying to bully people until all of the content in the tag is to your liking, you save yourself and the rest of us the time and mental energy of arguing and instead block content that makes your fandom experience unenjoyable for you.

[samdelpapa]

Se sapete l'inglese capite meglio={Oh, What a Lovely Race War! - Taki's Magazine

photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Anders Behring Breivik

I don’t revisit my old work. I’ve been writing this weekly column for four and a half years now, and I never reread old pieces. Because for me—and I’m sure I’m not alone among opinion journalists in this regard—each essay I pen represents a catharsis of sorts. I had some bee in my bonnet, I wrote about it, and now I’ve had my say. What reason is there to go back? If what I’ve written resonates with readers, the piece will go viral. If not, it won’t. But regardless, I’ve relieved myself of whatever was busting to come out.

Not to be crude (a phrase inevitably uttered by those who are about to be crude), but it’s a bit like having a really good bowel movement. After you’ve had a fully satisfying bathroom experience, your body feels free, emptied, unburdened. And you’re ready to move on.

The sense of release that comes from having your say and being heard, though it may seem trivial to those with no opinions to share, can in fact be quite powerful.

Which brings me to the recent crop of right-wing mass shooters: Robert Bowers in Pittsburgh (shot up a temple), Brenton Tarrant in Christchurch (shot up a mosque), and John Earnest in Poway (shot up a different temple). As an old-timer with a morbid fascination for these things, there’s an odd twist to this new breed of gunslingin’ whiteys, compared with the ones from my youth. Before James Huberty shot up a McDonald’s full o’ Mexicans in 1984, he tried to seek medical help for what he knew was an incipient psychotic episode. Huberty had no political goals. He was feeling compelled to “hunt humans,” and deep down, he knew there was something wonky with his wiring.

In 1989, Patrick Purdy opened fire on a bunch of Asian schoolkids at Cleveland Elementary in Stockton, Calif. (our crappiest cities love naming their schools after even crappier ones, as a reminder that things can always be worse). Purdy started his day by calling in a threat to the school, telling them what he was going to do. Then he drove his car behind the school and set it on fire…loaded with fireworks! Still, the teachers and staff laughed it off, displaying the keen intellect that so exemplifies California public school employees. “We got a threat of a mass shooting? And now we have an exploding car? Crazy coincidence, man. Jupiter must be in renegade or somethin’.”

Sadly, five Vietnamese and Cambodian kids soon realized it wasn’t just a “crazy coincidence” as Purdy’s bullets shattered their bodies. Having defeated the dastardly tykes, Purdy killed himself. Authorities found that he’d carved the words “freedom,” “victory,” “Earthman,” and “Hezbollah” into his rifle, and on his flak jacket he’d scrawled “PLO,” “Libya,” and “death to the Great Satin [sic].”

“I’m not saying the recent spate of racist shootings can be entirely pinned on the silencing of the far right, but I do believe it’s a factor.”

And on that very day, a homicide detective coined the phrase, “the fuck?” Because how disjointed can you get? There was no coherent agenda. Death to America, hooray for PLO and Hezbollah, yet he targeted Asian kids and practically dared the school to stop him before he killed. Like Huberty, this was no ideologue. He was a loon with a bunch of loose screws.

But today, the white dudes who commit these types of shootings leave behind lengthy, detailed manifestos. More than that, they leave themselves behind. Mass shooters in the ’80s and ’90s rarely survived, typically dying by their own hand. But these guys seem to really, really want to be taken alive. Anders Breivik in Norway was the first. Lengthy manifesto, taken alive, and he stood trial with no apologies, like a political dissident facing a kangaroo court (which it kinda was; the bastard got only 21 years for 77 murders). The Pittsburgh, Christchurch, and Poway shooters, same deal. Lengthy manifestos and 8chan posts, taken alive, now awaiting trial. Charleston’s Dylann Roof? Lengthy manifesto, taken alive, unapologetic at trial.

This is the age of the “intellectual” (and please note the scare quotes) racist killer. Black mass shooters continue to excel at their preferred specialty—workplace massacres. But white mass shooters have evolved, so to speak. Now they all want to be op-ed writers. Which brings me back to my initial point: the cathartic nature of ranting in an essay and putting it out for the world to see. It has a cleansing, purgative effect, like (again, not to be crude) a really good poop. I’ve read every one of those racial murder manifestos, and you know what? They’re as good as anything on any leftist race-baiting site. Roof? Tarrant? Earnest? Breivik? In terms of writing ability, in terms of effective polemics, their work is no worse than what you find leftists spewing on BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Salon, ThinkProgress, Vox, etc.

Leftist antiwhite sites that are allowed to exist by our benevolent internet overlords—sites that are allowed to have advertisers, sites you can post on social media—employ writers who are no more skilled than these murderers, and just as hateful. In terms of writing ability, I’d put Breivik and Tarrant up against any of the semi-tards who post at Salon. Hell, those two guys, whose manifestos together total more than 1,574 pages, are exactly the kind of prolific ideologues who, were they leftists, would be highly sought after by the editors of high-quantity political sites.

But ay, there’s the rub. See, the right-wing versions of left-wing race-haters aren’t allowed the catharsis. Banned from social media, banned from websites with traffic, they write their “masterpieces” knowing that the only way their work will be seen is if the media has a reason to publicize it. So, they give the media a reason.

I’m not saying the recent spate of racist shootings can be entirely pinned on the silencing of the far right, but I do believe it’s a factor. Groups like the ADL and SPLC, and cowards like Zuckerberg and Dorsey, have so effectively cleansed the ’net of rightist thought (including the commonsense, nonviolent kind), extremist whites are not allowed the release of taking a good figurative shit (oh wait, I forgot to preface that with “not to be crude”). Yeah, they can write stuff for their eyes only, but any real opinion journalist knows that the catharsis comes not just from the writing, but from knowing that your words will be seen. That’s where the feeling of satisfaction comes in. That’s what allows you to move on.

Since Breivik, every racial mass murderer with a manifesto has stated that he hopes his words and actions will provoke a race war and foment racial conflict. Same exact goal as the leftist race extremists at CNN, The L.A. Times, HuffPost, and BuzzFeed. Stir shit up between the races. But leftists get to do it with words. They’re allowed to do it with words…words that are seen and heard. When Don Lemon comes home after a hard day of yelling at white people, as he greases his backside with Vaseline, don’t doubt for a moment that he feels a sense of satisfaction that his hate has an audience. Again, this is the catharsisthat ideologues feel when they know their words are actually reaching people.

A feeling of helplessness and the frustration of being ignored often accompany mass killings. This helps explain why blacks prefer workplace shootings to ideological ones. D’Quanté Jones can scribble a barely literate “essay” about how “white people be racist when they be chewin’ they food,” or “white people need to STFU and quit havin’ babies,” and it will get published, guaranteed, at HuffPost, The Root, Ebony, The Grio, etc. His screed will be allowed on Twitter and Facebook, and he’ll see, from the cheers and jeers in the comments and the retweets and reposts from friends and foes alike, that he’s had an impact. He’ll get that purgative release. But at work? D’Quanté feels left out, ignored by his white colleagues, who, oddly enough, don’t enjoy socializing with someone who hates them.

Eventually, D’Quanté will deal with those feelings of frustration by coming to work with a gun. “Now y’all pay attention to me, motherfuckers.”

The increase in verbose, “literate” white racist mass killers is not unrelated to the banning of far-right thought from popular internet platforms (and, in some cases, from the internet itself). Do you think it’s gone unnoticed by extremists that the only way these manifestos get seen by a wide audience is when they’re accompanied by murder? Several of these manifestos have expressed a hope that the concomitant murders will provoke governments into imposing more censorship, more gun control, and upping the antiwhite rhetoric, thereby creating even more racial conflict. And the left has responded exactly as these killers hoped. More censorship, more gun control, and more antiwhite rhetoric, thus disrespecting the victims by carrying out the wishes of the nuts who murdered them.

After 9/11, the left’s favorite line was “Don’t let the terrorists manipulate us into doing their bidding! They want us to start bombing Muslim countries! They want us to initiate a war between the West and Islam! We honor the victims of 9/11 by understanding what the terrorists were trying to bring about, and not letting it happen.”

Notice how that’s never the talking point in the wake of a racist mass shooting. You know why? The left genuinely did not want to go to war against Muslim nations. The left genuinely did not want conflict with the Muslim world. But the left really does want the same race war that Roof, Tarrant, Bowers, and Earnest seek to foment. So leftists ignore their own post-9/11 advice, and play right into the killers’ hands.

To be clear, neither side will get its beloved race war. As is the case with all wars, the vast majority of ordinary people want none of it. They go about their lives, generally getting along well with others, reserving violent impulses for domestic situations and personal squabbles, rather than grand ideological goals.

But still, the clown parade will march on. Leftist race extremists will continue to be allowed major platforms to spew antiwhite hatred with a clear desire to provoke, while rightist extremists, denied platforms to do the same, will continue to find “creative” ways to be heard. There’ll be no race war, but lots of small-scale bloodshed. And the twisted, unspoken “partnership” between far-right killers and the media and government leftists who do their bidding will continue.

And everyone will live happily ever after (except for the victims and their families, but c’mon, who cares about them when there’s a race war to wage!).}

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The best memes of 2018 so far

If you feel like you see bad news every time you log onto social media, you're not alone. Going on Twitter can be an overwhelming experience, with constant arguments, drama, and snitch tagging.

Memes are the only thing holding the internet together at this point. 

It's been a stressful year so far, but at least we have these memes! Let's take a walk down memory lane — meme-ory lane, if you will.

1. Eating Tide Pods

Vincent van Gogh used to eat Tide pods because he wanted happiness inside him

— lusty goth (@elkalumpy) December 27, 2017

The Tide Pod eating craze technically started in December 2017, but its effects lasted well into the new year, concerning parents nationwide. The forbidden snacks will always have a place in our hearts for the countless memes and cursed foods it inspired. 

2. What your child is really texting about

Is your child texting about @olivegarden? Here’s a quick guide to find out: OG: Olive Garden LMAO: love me an olive LOL: lots of lasagna ROFL: ravioli or flavorful linguine BRB: breadsticks rock, bro WTF: where’s the fettuccine STFU: some tiramisu for us

— jillian dradzynski (@jillianallyce) January 22, 2018

Concerned parents could breathe a sigh of relief as Tide Pod obsessions died down, but it seems like texting lingo will always be a mystery to the Olds. Luckily, a handy guide to common acronyms became a meme. What are your kids texting about? Probably Olive Garden.

3. Change my mind

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— Prodigy (@CSN_Prodigy) February 21, 2018

Sometimes you look at a meme and realize there really is hope for humanity. When a conservative podcaster/professional troll set up a table encouraging people to change his mind about "male privilege," the internet got to work and turned him into a meme. It became a platform to share your diciest opinions, from pineapple on pizza to the plot of Bee Movie.

4. Wholesome memes 

People have a knack for finding the good in anything, and as dark as 2018 seemed, the flood of wholesome memes gave us hope. While wholesome memes have been around for a bit, 2018 is their year to shine.

5. Gru's plan

If you have a brilliant, well-thought-out plan that ended up going wrong, Gru's plan is the meme for you. The four panel image conveys so much optimism and disappointment in one revelation, perfectly capturing what it feels like when stealing the moon doesn't go your way.

6. American Chopper hot takes

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— Garf Gab (@GarfieldFanArt) March 22, 2018

American Chopper came back for a revival this year, prompting the internet to bring back an iconic scene from the original show. The destructive father-son duo became a meme for the hottest, spiciest takes. 

7. Build your perfect man

ladies you have $5 to build the perfect man $300 - tall $200 - smart $400 - rich $150- famous $2 - name is Paul $3 -is a mall cop $500 - attractive

— Lazy dog (@LaziestCanine) April 25, 2018

Does the perfect man exist? This meme encourages people to build their ideal partner. There's just one catch — you have limited funds and the characteristics you can afford are pricey. Guess you'll just have to settle for Paul Blart, mall cop. 

8. Who killed Hannibal?

This is a damn good contender for best meme of the year - all of the variations are good...but this one is the best pic.twitter.com/SwpOUAuRjk

— RickyFTW (@rickyftw) April 18, 2018

The "Who killed Hannibal?" meme is great for situations when you've done something shitty and need to shift the blame to someone else. Like Eric Andre in The Eric Andre Show, some people just refuse to take accountability.

9. Walmart yodel boy 

11-year-old Mason Ramsey went viral for yodeling in Walmart, and instantly stole America's heart. He performed at Coachella, landed a record deal, and released a single about being in adorable tween love. Walmart yodel boy slaps. 

10. Is this a pigeon?

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— Cat Graffam (@catgraffam) May 4, 2018

Although this image has been around since 2011, the meme blew up this year to convey absolute confusion. The meme originated from an anime, where a character points to a butterfly and asks, "Is this a pigeon?"

11. Ladies, imagine your best life

Ladies, imagine this. It’s 15 years from now, and you have no kids. You’re the cool wine aunt that occasionally comes back to the country for a brief visit before leaving for another long, exotic vacation. You have no commitments, and a suspicious amount of money.

— Em Treasure (@emtreas) May 22, 2018

A viral Twitter movement subverted a romanticized version of suburban life by asking ladies about their most ideal, most bizarre life. The meme covers it all, from (again) the plot of Bee Movie to imagining marriage with Stuart Little. 

12. Yanny or Laurel?

It's The Dress of 2018. The audio illusion tore apart the internet, with friends and neighbors turning against each other over whether a recording said "Yanny" or "Laurel." It was fun until the Trump administration hopped on and killed the meme forever. RIP.

13. Sad cowboy

they always say yeehaw but never ask haw yee pic.twitter.com/Zcqy3y1sbc

— fahad 🤠 (@ShlongUziVert_) March 25, 2018

Who hurt this sweet country boy? We just want to know. The sad cowboy meme (alternatively, and more accurately called "sad howdy boy") has been around since 2017, but popped up again this year. Someone needs to reach out to him and let him know that everything's going to be OK.

14. By the age of 35 

By age 35 you should have lost at least twice your most valuable information for lack of backups.

— Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza) May 20, 2018

By the age of 35, there's really no need to have your life figured out. The meme plays off a report by Marketwatch telling people that by the age of 35, they should have twice their salary saved. Twice. Who even has time for that?? 

15. I am: gay/straight/bi

i’m: ⚪️ gay ⚪️ straight ⚪️ bisexual 🔘never gonna give you up pic.twitter.com/6lsdZkN4g0

— hanz💨 (@hasharakl) May 23, 2018

Broke: labels. Woke: RickRolling. The gay/straight/bi meme has it all: pop punk lyrics, nods to classic Vines, and poking fun at tired gender binaries and sexuality labels.

16. Distressed LeBron

When you leave all the doors open but your dog poops in the house anyway pic.twitter.com/LY8u7CqQzJ

— Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) June 1, 2018

Poor LeBron. His reaction after the Cavaliers lost to the Golden State Warriors became an iconic meme for, well, when you're too stressed for words. 

17. IHOb

IHOP is changing its name to IHOB and while people think it stands for “breakfast” I’m putting my money on BETRAYAL

— bea (@bayahhh) June 6, 2018

IHOP changing its name to IHOb for burgers was probably the most overhyped marketing ploy in history. The name change was thoroughly underwhelming, but sparked a hilarious Twitter feud between rivaling fast food brands. 

18. Melania's awful jacket

ok i am into this jacket pic.twitter.com/ZJdx4hwIsG

— sara yasin 😐 (@sarayasin) June 21, 2018

Melania, girl, what are you doing? The First Lady wore the worst possible jacket for a visit to meet detained immigrant children at the border. Was she trolling her husband? Was she messing with the mainstream media? Is she really that clueless? Either way, the $39 Zara jacket will probably be remembered as one of the memes defining this hell presidency. 

19. Alexa, play Despacito

nakia: t'challa was murdered in a ritual combat m'baku: this is so sad alexa play despacito

— beth (@sam_bucky) June 27, 2018

This is a beautiful shitpost. Reminiscent of the world's smallest violin meme, "Alexa, play Despacito" is the perfect reaction for overdramatic, not very sad news. Why is this meme so funny? It's not just not caring about the situation, but telling Alexa to play Despacito conveys absolute detachment from feeling anything. It's art. 

WATCH: IHOP tries to advertise its burgers and gets flamed

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Ok. I love the costume, and the story, and all that, but the original quote wasn’t “women didn’t grow up on Star Wars”. It was “Women didn’t grow up on Star Wars THE WAY MEN DID.” Big difference, people.

Growing up- Where were my Princess Leia sheets? Endless variation posts? Princess Leia shirts? Star Wars heroines that weren’t Princess Leia?? When the Special Editions hit theaters, there was a huge flood of Star Wars merchandise of all varieties and hey, it’s the 90s, we’re going to get some token representation, right?  WRONG. 

My awesome feminist mother searched high and low and found two- yes, only TWO- Princess Leia figures in stores that were genuine action figures that could pose and do stuff and look like they could fight. One of them advertised having all these pieces but it was really, “oh hey, you can detach both her cloak and her skirt so it looks like she’s fightiing in a white bodysuit”. The Endor exploding speeder bike was awesome and I loved the poncho and there was a button to shoot lasers. Lasers!! I had never gotten toys with push-button lasers before.

But what did the boys have??? Star Wars bedspreads, and maybe Leia appeared off to one side. Star Wars posters with the ESB one having her receiving a kiss and not, you know, coordinating an evacution. Endless figures in multiple sizes. SO MANY SHIRTS WITH JUST THE BOYS UNLESS IT WAS A BIG ALL-CAST PRINT. Or she was there but only with her sexy one-hip-cocked and clearly not planning to fire the gun pose. Just.... so much merchandise.

We grew up with Star Wars. But it sure as HECK wasn’t the way that the boys did.

Now: Things have gotten.... some better.. Forces of Destiny was a nice effort, although I really only enjoy it for the fun poseable figures that I spent my childhood desperately longing for. But it barely accomplished a fraction of what DC Superhero Girls did. The surplus of girls’ SW shirts (although excessively feminized) have been good, although I prefer the standard non-FoD SW shirts that heavily or exclusively feature Rey. KO has 6 SW shirts with women characters on them. But still. Side rant ahead:

WHERE ARE MY WOC STAR WARS HEROINES???  What’s been the progress on that lately? Oh yeah, a bunch of bigoted trolls who no nothing of race theory arguing that we need to shut up about WOC in SW because “if you’re not a white woman, you’re a WOC” and Kelly Marie Tran is going to be our one token WOC to appear prominently on-screen and we all need to STFU. Endless ranting about Asia and colorism issues there aside, one is not enough. Not for me, not for my daughter, not for girls of color. 

What’s the closest SW has come to a woman appearing prominently on-screen that doesn’t have white skin? Tiny bit parts of a Black woman and an Indian woman appearing as Jedi masters in ep. 1 aside, there’s Sabine. A secondary character (and some sort of love interest for the main character, yet another straight white cis-male orphan who’s plucky and somehow has super-strong Force potential???) on an animated cartoon that isn’t doing nearly as well as the one that preceded it. And how’s her merch going, universe???

Oh, look at that!!! They made her white-skinned on the t-shirts!!! (all of them, not just the Henley) Why? Because they could have gold letters and all the different colors but, what, adding in a non-white skin tone upped the cost of printing by $0.05 per shirt??? Well, isn’t that special. And I swear, on the show, it feels like they’ve been animating her as lighter-skinned ever since they introduced her bald, Black Mandalorian friend (agh, can never remember her name). Lemme tell you a story:

Once upon a time, it was 2017 and I was at a nerdy Star Wars event. I passed a beautiful Black family- dad was Lando, one boy was Mace Windu, one boy was Finn, and the girl was a generic Jedi in robes and cloak complaining loudly and gloriously about how she didn’t even have a NAME and it just WASN’T FAIR. And I just wanted to sob and shout and shake down the foundations of Lucasfilm until they healed her pain.

She was making the face I made in the nineties when my parents couldn’t find me a single Princess Leia shirt. Or a predominantly Princess Leia poster. Or Princess Leia sheets. But WORSE, because at least I got a glimpse of the potential on screen. And what did she have? Her loved ones cosplaying as SW’s beautiful Black man trifecta and not even a name for herself.

So let’s add to this quote.

“Women didn’t grow up on Star Wars the way men did.” “Black people didn’t grow up on Star Wars the way white people did.” “Black girls didn’t grow up on Star Wars the way white boys did.” “Queer kids didn’t grow up on Star Wars the white straight kids did.” “Trans and enby people didn’t grow up on Star Wars the way cis people did.” “Disabled people didn’t grow up on Star Wars the way able-bodied people did.” I’m hungry and I’m cranky and I’m going to bed. But some things had to be said.