#hard pills to swallow

[classycookiexo]

This can definitely be a hard pill to swallow at times

[kryptonbabe]

And that's what really hurts

True…

[shiraishi--kanade]

"It's so embarrassing to admit I only create art for validation" did paleolithic humans not paint for other humans to see. Does a child making their first drawing to show their parents makes it any less valuable. Do gardens arranged for the visitors' eyes make the roses any less beautiful. Do love poems written for one person alone to hear make your heart ache less. You're fine

[uncanny-tranny]

Shoutout to all the other adults who have acne or any other condition of the skin that you are expected to outgrow or "just deal with."

Adulthood isn't this magical time where everything just disappears, and the reality is that these skin conditions are largely genetic. It isn't your fault (nor your skin's fault) that you are an adult with different skin than other people. In fact, it's neutral (and even, dare I say, good!).

[biancasaidstfu]

PSA: TWO PEOPLE IN A RELATIONSHIP CANNOT BE FRIENDS!

I REPEAT. TWO PEOPLE IN A RELATIONSHIP CANNOT BE FRIENDS. IT GOES AGAINST THE RULES.

IM SORRY IF THIS WILL IMPACT ANY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS OR MARRIAGES.

I HOPE NONE OF YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH YOUR SPOUSES OR PARTNERS!!!

😭😭😭

[feygaleh]

"Ashkenazi Jews can't be white, they were discriminated against!" Mfs when they find out about Irish and Italian Americans (who later went on to stay quiet about Jim Crow)

yuuuuup there it is

[chroniclesofchronicillness]

Yep, all of them

[halenhusky309]

Transformers : One spoiler

I dread for the day that most people watched Transformers : One, because of the amount of takes that basically put the blame on Orion Pax for pushing D-16/Megatron to snap (And then sneakily calling Orion Pax as someone wanted to protect status quo and didn't want to tear down the system simply because he didn't have that need to violently put the oppressors down like some types of common low-lives and force everyone to follow his crusade to screw the system).

Very spoiler!!!!! Warning

Orion Pax tried to stop D-16/Megatron from killing Sentinel has nothing to do with "we became as bad as him if we murder that cunt". It's more like "You're being unhealthy with your hatred and I don't think you should continue with this train of thoughts". And I promise you that Orion didn't that much fuck about Sentinel's well-being. He's afraid for D-16 and whatever direction his friend would become.

Orion Pax noticed how his dear friend began to go down to a very dark part, and he would never stop to spiral down further, even if he murdered Sentinel and his lackies brutally. And D-16 hasn't expressed any contigent plans to change the system into sth better, and all he cared about was how to punish and humiliate Sentinel in a most terrible way possible. And the way he acted toward Starscream and the High guards is peak red flag for potential dictatorship and oppression that use fear, violence, and hatred, which is parallel to Sentinel's own brand of opression that filled with lies, manipulation and exploitation.

And sorry to burst this bubble, but D-16/Megatron isn't the one who is revolutionary. That's Orion Pax's thing. Orion was the only one noticing And it will be funny to see the take "Orion wants to maintain the system" when this little shit first thought when learning about the truth is to expose Sentinel's fake-ass to the mass and rally the oppressed folks to rise up against Sentinel and the system. But I guess it's not violence or brutal enough for some people to acknowledge that Orion is going for the least destructive route to tear down the system because he valued life more.

This is not saying Orion Pax's solution for dismantling the system is the best and only way to go, and sometimes violence can be the best answer in certain circumstances. But if your the whole revolution is based solely on violences, killings and basically tearing down everything to satisfy your hatred/grievances without any considerations for the casualties, consequences, and priorities to rebuild the system, it become a pointless and selfish movement that will actually never bring any substantial changes besides sufferings and tragedies.

[physalian]

Img: "Hard to swallow pills: You’ll always deserve an apology from someone who’s done you wrong but stewing in resentment waiting for humility that isn’t coming from people who can’t ever admit they’ve done wrong isn’t healthy. You don’t have to forgive and forget, but you can stop beating yourself up over being robbed of closure. You deserve that, too."

[gomzdrawfr]

Ghost In a Box 003

[doctorruby]

all of you were like "ill vote if it's not for Joe Biden!!" but now that you're voting for Person Who Is Not Joe Biden, you're all still like "yeah but she sucks too!!" im gonna hold your hand so gently and tell you that it's wonderful that you want better but you won't be able to get to the utopia you want by speed running it and skipping all the steps. you want a rebellion, you have to plan it, you have to be strategic, you have to vote for people who are closest to the future you want so that progress can happen. that's how change is made. not by letting the far right win.

[thenight-comes-down-likeheaven]

Vess has given so much of himself, he has been through so much and has put himself on display in a way that most artists, most people, in fact, never will. With Caramel, it seems to me that he is telling us about himself just as much as he is calling out certain behaviours from others. He's trying to carry the weight of this fame while also being pissed about how he's been treated. Do you know how much of a toll that has to take on a person? Especially someone that is trying so hard to keep their personal and professional lives separate in the way that Vessel does? The pain, the raw anger, it's all very pointed, he isn't pulling punches, he wants us to know exactly how this has all affected him, how it's affected all of them, even if some still think it's an act.

He's never been this open in this way before, never spoken directly to us and now when he does, it's because we failed him. We allowed it to get this bad, every time we saw someone say something a bit fishy and ignored it, every time someone posted an unmasked photo or a name and we just blocked and moved on instead of drawing attention to it and why it was wrong. He says he's unable to express how he truly feels for the fear of being deemed ungrateful, that he thought he got better and now he's second guessing, and it's because people in our community couldn't be decent humans. We pushed him too far, we have taken too much. We need to do better. It doesn't matter if you or I didn't participate in the things that lead to him feeling this way, because it still reflects on all of us. We can't let this kind of thing keep happening.

I can only hope that he knows how loved he is. I hope he knows how many of us are here to stay. How many of us are here for the music, for the message, for the home that we have built here. How we want to try and repay him however we can for the solace and catharsis he has given so many of us. And that's exactly it, he has GIVEN us all of it. He has ALLOWED us to experience it, to experience Sleep Token. I hope he knows how many of us would walk with him until we couldn't anymore, for no other reason than because we care. How many of us respect and admire him, how many don't expect anything, how all we want is to see him happy and healthy, to see all of them find peace. He has shown us time and again that we matter, it's time we do the same for him, which looks like backing off and leaving him alone (that goes for the rest of the guys as well).

Here are some reminders for those who can't take a hint:

Respect boundaries. When a ritual is done, it's done, go home. No names, no faces, no spoilers, no leaks, no yelling gross things at rituals, no commenting gross things on their posts. Just don't be an ass.

They are just people. They play characters on stage, but they are still just guys, and they're doing their job. When they're off stage, they're off the clock

We as fans are not entitled to anything from them. Not music, not merch, not interaction, not a glance in your general direction. NOT ANYTHING

The band does not owe us shit (maybe if I say it again in a different way, it'll sink in)

and remember NOTHING LASTS FOREVER

[salembehindbars]

“You actually have to talk to a guy to get a boyfriend.”

[unwelcome-ozian]

[firawren]

[trombonechurchill]

I got to see Maddie Han, covered in blood, launch herself across the room at a beautiful woman holding a gun so like who's really winning here