#and yeah pizza parties

[thelastcetra]

I sometimes remember that I used to work in a bank which was one of the most socialist corporations in the country and laugh at the irony of it. But it's also a reminder that even the perfect world version of a corporation is still a corporation and it sucks your soul out.

[egophiliac]

Do you have any final theories/desires for Book 7 Part 12?

(slamming fists on table) I DEMAND MORE CHE'NYA

[avengerchuck]

What if we were the only members of our band with straight up animal paws but also played the only instruments requiring the precise dexterity of human hands. And what if we were both bears

[thenamessparkplug]

shoutout to my old 4th grade teacher for being more supportive of me one time 6 months ago than my own mother's ever been< 3333

[katanaski-main]

My little sunshine baby’s bday is on Saturday and he’s so exited for it 🥰

[gracieblood]

this could be us but you playin

[born-to-lose]

Interesting how one week with a disrespectful, lazy, stupid, rude, know it all coworker who's 5 years younger than me and doesn't know shit but somehow got in through nepotism can make my blood boil so hard I threw up three times in the past two days and got ulcers, yet while I was working as a bartender and had to deal with rude drunkards who overstepped boundaries and had to be escorted out by security or had the police called on them, I was pretty chill about it and got over it shortly after

[moonauu]

Would you come to my Halloween party if I sent this with no other context?

[woundlingus]

You know why I saw that cry face of Raphael’s an I’m an apologist. If my Dad made me to literally be a lesser lifeform made to serve another for thousands of years after he just jumps ship after making all those little bitches, no employment benefits, no vacation days in a billion million years, I too would decide maybe we should just kill those guys and just be happy. Out of all the characters that try and end the world Raphael’s is frankly the most real and down to earth.

[aslightaddity]

I love how my quinceañera (it’s not one of those big ones, technically it just barely qualifies as a party but like shhhh-) was full on Batman themed. Like yes it’s one of the most important birthdays of my youth and like a rite of passage for many Afab Latinx people and I even have my nice dress and

And it’s Batman themed

Idk I love this but it’s so funny to me!! Also it was really funny to my tías XD

[silvcrignis]

Name: Andrea Lyons || (The Springrabbit’s @trapton Survivor)

Blood Status: Unseelie Fae Blood (Will never tell a stranger that shit though)

Eye colour: Green

Age: 25

Birthdate: That fuckhead grape flavoured rabbit erased it so I can’t remember when my birthday is anymore… Fuck him

Height: 5’10

Description: A finger hits play.

¡Message Started!

If you’ve played that game by Fazbear Entertainment, you know me already. You all call me “Tape Girl”. Not a bad moniker but Tape Girl does have a name. I’m Andrea. I used to be a normal game developer for what I thought was a normal company. Of course you know how that shit turned out… If you have this tape, you either want to find me or you need my help. If it’s the first, tough luck, you furry asshole cultist or head furry asshole, I’m not that dumb. If it’s the second… That’s a little harder… You’re gonna have to… You’re gonna have to find that old burnt up bear & your gonna have to touch some corpse parts with any electronic you have… She was the one who helped me stave him off the one time I almost slipped up. She can help you- you- too, I’m kinda… Laying low. Anyway general messages are over. These next two are personal, shit the rest of you won’t get.

Jeremy… If you’re somewhere in that void… If you can still hear me… It’s okay to go… It’s okay to let me go. I know you fought your hardest but you don’t have to try to save me anymore. You did your best… You have to rest now. That’s the last thing you can do to help me. Move on. Please.

& hey bitchass violet Trix mascot, because I know you’re listening merely due to the fact you never left well enough alone… You’re never going to convince me. You’re never going to get me on your side… I’m not caving to your dickhead whispers, I’ve seen some SHIT before & after you… Watch your ears fucker, because when you do find me… It’ll be because I came LOOKING for you. I’ll get you for Jeremy. Fuck you, dude.

!Message Ended¡

[capesandshapes]

For anyone who doesn't understand, I'm going to just break it down:

That executive chose the worst possible example to criticize their clients and I hope the company he worked for is freaking the fuck out now, because screw them.

In most cases epilepsy is believed to be less of a disorder and more of a symptom

We still don't know what the fuck causes grand mal or mini mal seizures because there's literally so many different possible reasons why someone can have a seizure varying from poor nutrition, brain swelling, dropped a lot, flashing lights, dehydration, low blood sugar

and most fun of all-- brain tumors.

One almost killed my twenty seven year old friend last year and caused her to have multiple seizures-- including one that broke out while she was driving. She went in and out of surgery for months to get every single piece of her tumor removed because it turns out tumors are just completely shit for your brain and a pretty life threatening condition.

Brain surgery is also super rough on young adults in the prime of their lives who are more than capable of understanding what they're going through and the risks associated.

Before she entered her first surgery, and every single time after (partially because people going in and out of brain surgery sometimes don't have the best memory), they gave her a packet on alternative methods of treatment and approaches that they would likely take if her cancer were to reappear. Proton therapy was considered a future option because it creates less damage to surrounding cells than radiation, which was considered a pretty pressing concern considering the fact that it was her brain.

People use their brains to, you know, think and stuff. Also walk and talk and breathe and smell-- all of that ordinary shit that makes precise and effective treatment all the more important. People tend to be pretty careful with treatment options when it comes to the brain and its many ailments, because awful things can happen when you're not.

Proton therapy was also presented as a possible future method of treatment to my parents when I was first diagnosed with epilepsy as a kid and they sat in the er following me bashing my skull in on the sidewalk outside of my school. Curiously, because it is a targeted treatment meant to destroy tumor cells, my parents were informed it was only really an option if I had brain tumors.

Because believe it or not, doctors are not nor have they ever been really strapped and ready to fire lasers at everyone and everything. Especially knowing that a treatment like proton laser therapy can cause damage to surrounding cells.

To the shock and disbelief of many, despite the fact that lasers are objectively cool, they're typically only used when the benefits outweigh the risks and a doctor has a well documented and argued case for using them. You know, like finding a tumor in a CT or MRI. (And boy do you get a lot of CTs and MRIs when you have epilepsy)

Now, I'm no fucking healthcare executive, but I am uniquely qualified in being a former epileptic and a former child epileptic with emotionally present parents, and to be frank?

Seizures of any kind are terrifying experiences for a child. They pose a massive risk for injury and death, paired with an emotional toll that does not fade away. My grandmother choked on her tongue and dentures during a seizure and passed away while I continued to be a child actively having grand mals. My friend with the tumor had a mini mal (what doctors consider the less severe option) and drove off the road, nearly injuring herself and others. When I had finally passed the seizure-free threshold to have a shot at being a non epileptic adult, I had to wait six months to drive for the very first time.

And when I was twenty two and received a severe concussion after years of being seizure free? They still sent me through a tube and then put me in the rubber cap with wires everywhere so they could read my brain activity. All because we never did find out why I had seizures, so I get to live the rest of my life like this, worrying about every brain injury and constantly waiting for the next one. It's super fun and I definitely recommend it.

If someone had told my parents that I had a condition that indicated a need for proton laser therapy and that it had a very good chance of stopping my seizures all together or even slightly lessening the chance of me having seizures, they would have done anything to get it--

And it would have been fucking worth it, because of the life I would have had as a result of that. A life that so many other people deserve to have regardless of how it slightly lowers quarterly profit margins.

So

Fuck Cigna, fuck united, and fuck the us privatized health insurance scheme. Fuck that executive in particular and every single high level employee who wants to go crying to the press about how people don't want to pay their companies to watch them fucking die.

Survival shouldn't have a premium.

It is really disturbing how people can lose their humanity and threaten you just because you *checks notes* sentenced their child to death :'(

[murderessdominatrix]

idk how i feel about the fact that many kids are no longer allowed to distribute candy and treats at school for valentine's day and halloween, but instead are now told if they bring something, it MUST be a toy or trinket because

1) buying toys for the whole class is more expensive than buying cupcakes and

2) the slimes and fidgets spinners and stamps are going to hold children's attention for all of two seconds before they go straight into the trash can. The candy is at least consumed, and the wrappers are less plastic than a literal plastic toy.

I understand this policy is likely for children with food allergies so severe they cannot be in the same room as them, and enforcing this policy school-wide is easier than reminding a class of kindergarteners not to bring in nuts, but still. It seems a little wasteful.

Instead of toys and stamps maybe people could send in school supplies like themed pencils and erasers? That seems more useful than a stretchy guy or a rubber duck.

[avengerchuck]

Everyone watch this youtube video I made immediately

[milo-is-rambling]

Guy when he imagined living near his friends in the future and is swept with a wave of joy so intense he feels ill

[red-hemlock]

🦚

Mun Questions n' Stuff!

🦚 Last moment you felt proud? Or, any moment you have!

(Answered HERE for the most recent moment!

But uhhh... I guess graduating Summa from college would be the next? Funny thing was at the time I'd always thought Magna was the highest honor, and I wasn't really paying attention too, so I just showed-off the little neck tassel when I started getting all the congrats after the ceremony and was like 'oh cool thanks that's nice hahaha yeah cool'. My family just looked at me like I'd sprouted five heads on the spot haha. T_T)