#but let's just pretend

[ultravioletbrit]

“smooth” - Jegulus microfic - @into-the-jeggyverse - 208 words

“You like crunchy peanut butter?” Regulus scrunches up his nose in disgust at James’ sandwich.

“Don’t tell me you like smooth peanut butter?” James asks incredulously.

“Of course I like smooth peanut butter. Why would I want to chew my peanut butter? It’s supposed to be smooth. Smooth as butter? It’s in the name, James.”

“I don’t care if it’s in the name, Regulus. It’s boring. Crunchy peanut butter has texture and more flavor and the crunch compliments whatever you have it with. It’s perfect.” James says defiantly.

“Smooth is just better, James. I don’t know what to tell you.” Regulus shrugs.

“Reg, you’re allergic to peanuts. Have you ever even had peanut butter?” Sirius chimes in.

“No.” Regulus says simply and James’ jaw drops. “I just like arguing with him.” Regulus smirks at James who just continues to gape at him with wide, disbelieving eyes.

Regulus walks over to James, pushes up on his toes and kisses his cheek.

“Make sure you brush your teeth after you finish your sandwich or your kisses might kill me.” He tells James then turns on his heel and leaves the kitchen.

James is left holding his crunchy peanut butter sandwich, which he promptly tosses in the bin followed by the entire jar of peanut butter.

[bilbos-stolen-untensils]

Gwen: Truth or dare?

Merlin: Truth

Gwen: When is the last time you slept?

Merlin: Dare

Gwen: Go to sleep

Merlin: I don't like this game.

[mattmonss]

Father and daughter bonding <3

[lettuccine]

pov: you play poker game with marcille

[mossmittens]

the judge every time someone presents evidence or asks a question or considers a possibility or has an objection

[endykelopaedia]

"black people are seen as hyper-masculine and face a lot of violence for it, so yes you can be oppressed for seeming or being masculine"

AHT!! lets talk! black people are not actually hyper-masculine. hyper-masculinity is a projection by people trying to justify anti-black fear and violence. it is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the hyperfocus on the masculinity of black people is itself racism!

when you call this issue of racism anti-masculinity or misandry or whatever, you are obfuscating the bigotry at play. ESPECIALLY given that it is overwhelmingly just white women's fear about black people's supposed hyper-masculinity that actually gets listened to & acted upon.

in addition, there are other addendums people tack onto their anti-blackness that completely cause this logic to fall apart when applied. Namely, adultification! black people, black children get adultified by white society.

We are assumed to be older & more independent, and thus less in need of the safety, care, sensitivity, accommodation one would give to a child, and this results in violence and neglect. it is directly observable in the way black children are more likely to get detention, suspended or expelled for the same behaviour as their white peers, s/a rates for black youth, and the arguments that 40 y/o cops give for brutalising & murdering black 20, 16, 12, 8 year olds who so much as breathe in their line of sight.

Given this then, following the misandry logic, we can say being recognised as older or as an adult is a form of oppression.

"black people are seen as older/more mature and face a lot of violence for it, so yes, you can be oppressed for seeming like or being an adult"

we can for the sake of this post name this oppression adultery.

i kid. but do you see the problem. being recognised as an adult is obviously, not itself a form of oppression, in fact quite the opposite, being recognised as adult can grant you a lot of privileges that children do not have.

and black kids are evidently, not adults or people who act like adults. they dont mature faster. black 18 y/os will also face the problem of adultification to justify violence against them. black maturity is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the form of oppression is racism, and adultification is the deployed means of enacting racism.

the means of combatting the adultification of black people would not come in creating adult positivity or "advocating" for adults or telling children not to fear adults. it comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

similarly the means of combatting the hyper-masculinisation of black people comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

Racism explains both of this phenomena far better than "misandry" ever could.

[humming-fly]

The 2D vs 3D contrast of the sonic and shadow generation hubworlds cracks me up the more I think about it

Bonus:

[hajima-7]

Zevran doodle cause of this tweet

[hinamie]

yuuji smiling and sukuna making a face like That did u really think i wouldn't do a panel redraw

[homkamiro]

Those stupid. Buckteeth.

Original by @ the_angler_mann on twt

[raw-detergent]

Dean Winchester is saved.

[neytui]

Been reading a fic where Hiccup is the prince of a kingdom and I wanted to give it a try to portrait him like one

Lol so I didn't know you can't reblog with a video so I'll just edit it, here u have a quick speedpaint of it

[dollya-robinprotector]

Luka - deciding on what to wear on round 7 to face Till

[crescentbutton]

What are your headcanons for older Okarun?

here he isss

[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

[deecotan]

"Oh! Oh! Jail for Soundwave! Jail for Soundwave for One Million Years!!!"

This was a lot funnier in my head