#bp things

[bu99erfly]

JENNIE, BABY FOX for Maison Kitsuné

[heymacy]

IAN GALLAGHER + his journey with bipolar disorder

╰┈➤ “At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of." - Carrie Fisher

[byler-alarmist]

Do people know most paper receipts are harmful to their health?

I'm going to get up on my soapbox for a minute, but do people realize how pretty much everyone is being overloaded with endocrine disruptors like BPA/BPS on a near-daily basis??

I don't think many people understand that ever since most of the world transitioned to thermal paper receipts (cheaper than ink), almost every receipt you handle from the gas station to the grocery store to the Square terminal printer at the local co-op is coated with Bisphenol-A (BPA) or its chemical cousin Bisphenol-S (BPS).

These chemicals have not only been proven to cause reproductive harm to human and animals, they've also been linked to obesity and attention disorders.

Not sure if your receipt is a thermal receipt? If you scratch it with a coin and it turns dark, it's thermal.

BPA/BPS can enter the skin to a depth such that it is no longer removable by washing hands. When taking hold of a receipt consisting of thermal printing paper for five seconds, roughly 1 μg BPA is transferred to the forefinger and the middle finger. If the skin is dry or greasy, it is about ten times more. 

Think of how many receipts you handle every day. It's even worse for cashiers and tellers, who may handle hundreds in a single shift. It is also a class issue, since many people who work retail and food service are lower-income and will suffer worse health consequences over time from the near-constant exposure.

Not only that, receipts printed with thermal ink are NOT recyclable, as they pollute the rest of the paper products with the chemicals.

People don't know this and recycle them anyway, so when you buy that "green" toilet paper that says "100% recycled"? Yup, you are probably wiping your most sensitive areas with those same chemicals (for this reason, I buy bamboo or sugarcane toilet paper as a sustainable alternative to recycled paper).

This page from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has some good links if you want to learn more.

As consumers, we need to demand better from our businesses and from our governments. We need regulation of these chemicals yesterday.

If you are a buyer or decision-maker for a business, the link above also contains a shortlist of receipt paper manufacturers that are phenol-free.

If you work at a register, ask customers if they want a receipt. If they don't and you can end the transaction without printing one, don't print one!

As a consumer, fold receipts with the ink on the inside, since that's where the coating is. Some more good tips here.

And whatever you do, DO NOT RECYCLE THERMAL RECEIPTS

[bluepr1ntyy]

PJ when purple people(she’s gonna kiss them)

The main kids :33

PaperJam by 7goodangel

Omni by Cereusblue

Lux by Alainaprana

Monochrome by skoopskoop

Spray Cray by weezy-pup/spraycray

Vellum by @inkblottzz

[venompinks]

BLACKPINK ♡

[iamnoodnood]

found this prompt and decided to spend the entire day working on it

this 2nd version is the real one

ONLY AARAVOS

[fujoseal]

first post ever oooo have some funnys

[owleics-fr]

I do kinda worry sometimes, like seeing people get into skin making and getting excited about it and then they go to try and sell it and maybe get little to no interest and i kinda wanna just say! Like its pretty much like that for every single person who has tried skin making. Your first attempt is kinda gonna flop, what you think is super cool and amazing other people might not. Its just how Selling Art works unfortunately.

And its not my intention to discourage people from trying it but if youre making a skin purely so other people will buy it. Dont. It wont end well i promise you. Make something because you enjoy it, make it for you!! If other people also happen to like it and want it then thats fantastic! But making art should always be about what you want with little consideration to making money off a wider audience.

[welcometomybraincomics]

The funny thing about being obsessed with Submas is I have never seen these men in game.

[*walks into the singles train with a skip in my step* "I never got there before, but I'm older now, so this should be easy!"]

Specifically bc I fucking hate battling

[*distressed face of suffering (Wide eyes, tight smile and visible shaking) with a flaming background like the world is going to end with the interior of a subway car vaguely visible through the flames* "I AM GOING TO DIE."]

I can grind all day, but put me in a battle with an NPC I can't talk to? Boooooring!

[battle 1: chipper and hopping with energy

battle 2: chipper, but no longer hopping with energy

battle 3: no longer chipper, but still smiling

battle 4: Smile is tight

battle 5: visibly wilting, tears in the eyes, a wobbly smile, and whimpering "lemme out"]

*Shakes npcs by the shoulder* I CANNOT GLOAT AT YOU!!! I CANNOT SCREAM WHEN YOU FUCK UP MY PARTY!!!! IF A POKEMON BATTLE HAS NO BANTER, IT IS NOT FUN!!!!! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[sitting in timeout corner with a sign saying "banned for harrasment"]

I have never gotten past 5 battles in a row

[comes out of the train car, immediately flops on the ground, and starts creating a growing puddle of tears]

my brain kind of just melts at that point

[face down on the train platform and sobbing]

If I can come back and challenge the same interesting people over and over again (usually other players), I'm happy. If I can run around and still get randomized battles, I'm happy.

[ Slams open the doors of the Battle Chateau with fire in my eyes and a maliciously gleeful grin "I will fight all of you and there's nothing you can do to stop me"]

But something about doing battle after battle with no breaks in between just sucks out my soul

[more sobbing at the platform. A crowd has gathered to stare. The depot agent beside the train door is face palming with a sigh]

[front-facing-pokemon]

[pxrxmoore]

ohhh no no it was never the girls problem that eddies relationships didn’t last it’s actually that he loves his boy best friend to the CORE. oops haha sorry about that 👉👈

[libbne]

the. fierce

chic. issue

[ube-bluebay]

sorry for the long post but ive been wanting to post these for a while but its kind of just been rotting in a server i've been intending to abandon

[differenteagletragedy]

One of the most fun things about being obsessed with Blooming Panic is that even though you love those little buddies so much, you don't even know their names. If you get really into it, you can headcanon your own, of course, but with their backgrounds, there are a lot of things to consider, you know? A lot of options, a lot of possibilities.

Except with Quest. Because Quest is the most Matt-looking man I have ever seen in my LIFE.

[johnslittlespoon]

tough and sweet boys are cuddling btw. at this very moment. kiss is mere hundreds of words away. sweating profusely.

[soupetiedee]

so I made a thing