#but also !

[teaboot]

I feel like if you're using a lot of disposable plastic bags in your day to day life, you've gotta do something sustainable to make up for it. Like using bamboo toilet paper or eco friendly cat litter or something, yknow

Honestly I exaggerate for comedic effect, while I DO routinely use ziplock bags to hold spaghetti I cook maybe once a month and the bag itself is usually for freezer storage. I actually throw out maybe one bag a week? I DO hate washing plates and tupperware and junk but that usually just means I eat sandwiches without a plate.

I agree though that needless waste should be avoided, and I do avoid it- biodegradable bags and recyclables, empty butter tubs used to store leftovers, etc.

This said, though, not applicable necessarily for myself but for a lot of others- I feel that it's importat to remember that there are many people who legitimately NEED things like plastic straws, or catheters, or pre-packaged foods

And the idea that that's a moral failing that individuals need to personally make up for when a single billionaire blows out more CO2 in a long weekend than I will in my whole life on a superjet meet-cute in the Bolivian rainforest between humvee drag races funded by the river-polluting textiles plants they planted in a third world country to avoid EPA laws and give an entire village stillbirths and stomach cancer is an idea that those very same bigwigs have spent a LOT of time and money investing in planting in the public psyche.

Like- Glass bottles are infinitely recyclable, so why are so many drinks in plastic now? Loads of drinks manufacturers used to buy them back and clean them for re-use, so why did they stop? If they chose to make something out of a limited and environmentally irresponsible material, why is it my failing to track down a correct process of disposal for them? What if there are none in my area? Do I lobby for more recycling plants in my area? Do I set aside some of my limited time outside the pain factory of my job- which I have more than one of, thanks to rising costs of things just like that drink I just emptied- to properly dispose of this company's waste FOR them?

Say coca-cola just rolled up to your town and started dumping millions of empty plastic bottles in the street, going, "wow, you should really think about building and staffing a recycling depot, it would be really shameful of you to just put these in the trash." When companies purposefully use materials with limited lifespans- because yes, even plastic can only be reused so many times- and tell you it's your own fault if it harms the environment- that's essentially what they're doing, just with more steps.

Yes, its important to be as environmentally concious as we can in our day to day life, but responsible sustainability is not catholicism. We don't get good boy points from our lord and savior Captain Planet every time the average low-income household gathers together to hold hands and repent for a single-use plastic that allows them to access something they need.

Entire families could eat trees and shit dead lithium batteries for years and still not do as much damage to the planet as an average dye plant or braindead celebrity does in a week just for fun, and I'm mad about it

...this went on longer than intended.

TL/DR: DO recycle and minimize waste, but don't beat yourself up over the little waste you can't avoid, and follow the money.

EDIT: Part 2

[hookinhand]

4x16 i’ll never leave 5x09 never mind

[kinthulou]

I am a person who has an unintuitive pronoun but mostly uses they/them because it's easier for everyone--including me! Like the person before me said, it's between you and the person who has given you that choice. Chances are, if they have given you the choice, they won't be upset if you they/them them forever, but! It will mean the world to them if you learn their other pronouns! Many of my friends have over time figured out how to use thon and started incorporating that pronoun in their casual conversation about me, and it's really wonderful? Like it's the happiest thing in the world. And I know it took time and practice and everyone came to a point where they had the capacity to put in that effort at different times, and like. It's all cool. But if you have a friend who uses pronouns that are hard for you and offers they/them if those pronouns are too hard? Seriously. Even if it takes you a long time to get there. It is likely to make them very happy if you put in the effort. Because it means you are showing them that THEY are worth that effort.

*grabs your hands and speaks to you in a tone that is so gentle* they/them pronouns stop being universal once you learn a person's pronouns. Sometimes that person's pronouns will include they/them and in that specific case you are allowed to keep using those pronouns for that person. In any case where you learn a persons pronouns and that person doesn't use they/them, you should no longer use those pronouns for that person. If you continue to use they/them pronouns knowing that person doesn't use them, you are now misgendering that person. Kindly stop doing that please. Thank you, I love you.

[itsjustlikefallingsnow]

hate hate hate when people write previously fucked up codependent weird relationships as mellowing out completely after a year or two of being together, or, even worse, after the first kiss. like who do you think you are to make them normal. theyre going to be even worse because now there's two of then and theyre working in tandem

[paintedkinzy-88]

Thank you to @inkclover for doodling with me yesterday! I definitely needed a pick me up and you definitely provided, as usual. You’re a great friend and EXTREMELY skilled artist, it’s an absolute pleasure talking to you! (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Even if you DID get your gays all over my dragons… 🙄 /j

(Thank you to @develation for joining the voicechat as well — you’re a riot and I love you very much, mwah.)

I’m gonna be a bit down for the count the next week or so in recovery, so I’ll try to use at least some of that time drawing, but whether thats my own personal project or something for fanfics, will entirely depend on how I feel. XD

Until then, feel free to send any asks you want! I’m feeling chatty. (〜￣▽￣)〜

A couple close ups! My doodles are on the left, and Inky’s are on the right! If it’s not obvious, Inky is absolutely the faster drawer 😂😂

[maraskywalkers]

freaking out about the ending so much I forgot about the actual RAINBOW that was over the shot of Buck & Eddie hello can we talk about this what what hello

[tomthefanboy]

"Last time you heard anything about an evil sociologist"? My friend have you never heard of politics? Not the reporters and politicians. The people manipulating them and developping strategies for large swaths of the country. They are the wicked viziers shifting a thousand votes and destroying a million lives.

The evil social scientists have been here all along.

incredibly, the architect behind both the building that melts cars in london and the building that burns people in las vegas foresaw this exact problem happening for BOTH buildings, did not do anything to prevent it, and describes the effect as "phenomenal". King

[sydneyadmu]

honestly tv is really dead. I’m tired of streaming services making those 8 episodes shows that never get the chance to have more seasons after making the audience invested in the characters and also making the cast and creators uncertain and anxious about getting the chance to go back to another season. I miss when we had actual shows with multiple seasons in production from the start to keep the interest going, this format of not quite a show but also not a limited series fucking sucks and I feel so bad for everyone that works for these streamings

[catgirlcaliphate]

Turning off the reblogs on this. At the time I wrote it, it felt like what I needed to say. There's not as much activity on the post now, but when there is, I feel...sort of hollow. We're so far past the point where this even means anything.

Y'all remember "cops aren't supposed to kill guilty people, either", right?

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to die beneath the rubble of their homes.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be shot with expanding bullets that cause massive tissue damage leading to amputation.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to have their flesh burned away with white phosphorous.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve their fishing boats blown up.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to see their husbands and fathers executed in front of them along evacuation routes.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve an anonymous phone call threatening to destroy their lives and families.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be detained for years without charges.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be tortured, starved, and sexually assaulted in prison.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be deprived of water.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve their olive trees to be uprooted while they look on.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve sixteen years of blockade.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve to be prevented from traveling for lifesaving medical care.

Palestinians who have done something wrong don't deserve this genocide.

[hillhomed]

and they were the best of friends forever

[a-foggy-maggy]

alright everyone, if this gets 1000 notes I'll do a redraw

Romeo and Jiuliet / Edwin and Charles

[isjasz]

[Ready for a new game?]

day 11 definitelynottober - heart in your fist & week 1 weeklyhermittober - beginnings

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IM SO READY LETSGO SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW LIFE SERIES💥💥💥💥💥💥

[nemkero]

atla au but nothing changes except sokka is taller and zuko is shorter

[lemon-wedges]

Im gonna be honest, i watched The Menu last night and all that been on my mind since then is getting a cheeseburger

[cangse-sanren]

@feluka @imaginacjakordiana

It has been [0] days since i bullied the nif fandom with jingyan angst