#i tried to be polite

[elephant-in-the-pride-parade]

Ohh. Paramount has a form for general inquiries. I am so happy. I know exactly what to inquire about. 😈

[vampibrainrot]

I hate when people use Jade as an excuse for why a certain ship (that has nothing to do with her) would work. Like yeah, both Jade and Jason are assassins and both met Roy, but it's kind of stupid to assume Roy would treat both the same way as if they didn't have very different motives to be who they are, how Roy met them, and why they live like this.

Okay, Jade is an assassin. But her reasons to become Cheshire are different than Jason's reasons to become Red Hood. Accepting to be trained and become a mercenary and killer was her only chance of survival. It was this or being sold as a slave. Also both Jade and her relationship with Roy are much more complex. They didn't know each other's identities when they first met, but when they found out, the things between them became a lot more messy. Roy ISN'T okay with the things Jade does and he talked about it more than once. He tried to convince her many, many times to change, and at one point gave up, bc he can't stand being with someone like this, no matter how much he loves her. Roy can understand why Jade lives this life, that's why he tries to help her and doesn't turn his back on her at all.

I'm not an expert on Jason, so a might say some bullshit now, but anyway Jason became Red Hood for revenge. He wanted revenge for his own death, revenge against Bruce for not killing the Joker and to prove to Bruce why his way isn't effective. Jason chooses violence to prove his point and that's what Roy wouldn't accept. Roy "too good to work in the darkness" Harper, the man who will question even Oliver's methods, avoids violence at any cost, aims at someone's clothing when shooting an arrow to hold them against the wall while Oliver aims for the shoulder, who is also very stubborn, wouldn't accept that. And there's the whole thing of Jason going to Start City and kidnapping Mia and threatening to kill her just to prove his point to Bruce

And lastly, there is this small little detail that JADE IS LIAN'S MOTHER and Roy doesn't have the right to keep a mother from seeing her daughter or letting whatever is going on between him and Jade affect her relationship with her DAUGHTER

[ghosthazard]

Take Aim

[dailymanners]

Always use "excuse me" if you have to get into someone else's personal space.

Someone at the store is standing in front of the shelf where there's a can you want to grab? Don't just reach into their personal space without warning, say "excuse me" or "pardon my reach" first so that they at least have a warning that someone is about to reach into their personal space, and most importantly, so that they have a chance to move before you get into their space.

Or if someone is standing on a walkway or in a doorway you need to get through, don't just silently shove past them or squeeze past them, say "excuse me" so that they have a warning that a someone is about to squeeze or shove into their personal space, and they have a chance to move out of the way before you do you.

People deserve a fair warning if someone is about to squeeze or shove or reach into their personal space. A lot of people are not okay with having someone, but especially a stranger, randomly shove or squeeze or reach into their personal space without warning. They also deserve a chance to move out of the way first for the sake of their comfort.

Try to avoid just staring at people who are in your way and expecting them to read your mind that you want them to move. Most people cannot, in fact, read minds, so having someone stand in front of them and stare at them often only leads to making them feel uncomfortable and frustrated.

But also more importantly, if you are standing somewhere someone needs to get to, and they say excuse me, you should move aside for them even if just temporarily, so they can avoid the discomfort of having to reach into your personal space or squeeze past you.

If someone is saying "excuse me" it's because they would like you to move because they don't want to have to get into your personal space, whether it's out of respect for you, or just because they themselves are not comfortable getting in your personal space.

All of this goes double for people with trauma and/or people who are neurodivergent. If someone has trauma related to abuse or assault they may find it more upsetting or possibly triggering to suddenly have someone shoving or reaching in their personal space without warning.

Or, many types of neurodivergence can make it especially disturbing and unpleasant to have someone else in your personal space, especially without warning.

You can never be 100% sure who is and isn't traumatized and/or neurodivergent, so always practice respecting other's personal space by giving them a fair warning with "excuse me" or "pardon my reach" before getting in their personal space, and moving aside when you hear those magic words. Or, even if someone isn't traumatized nor neurodivergent, it's still fair to not like someone in your personal space without warning and not being given the opportunity to move first.

[duckprintspress]

Schumer: Does the senator yield for a question?

Booker: Chuck, this is the only time I can tell you no.

Schumer: I just wanted to say - do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud this caucus is of you? Do you know how proud America is of you?

Booker cries, wipes his face, puts his hand over his heart, as the senate fills with raucous applause and cheers and the chair calls for order.

Booker: You asked if I yielded for a question? You asked - did I know? I know now.

Booker: I don't want to wrap this up yet. My mom's watching.

[bitchslapblastoids]

did sister daniel have a lesbian situationship at her christian all girls school?

she fuckin ran through that thing like a train, you have no idea. there was nothing left.

……….my all-girls-catholic-high-school-lesbian-romance-having ass is listening intently

[kan-be]

so I’ve had this fantasy AU in the back of my mind since 2021 and I finally decided to draw some stuff on it

[gingerswagfreckles]

Probably the only thing giving me any hope at this point is that every few days some random gentile posts in the Jewish subreddit something along the lines of "I think I'm going insane am I going insane what's going on why is every single comment on my social media feed straight up Nazism why does nothing get taken down when I report it why is my niece simping for a terrorist organization what's happening are you guys seeing this shit." And the answer is always yes ofc we have been seeing this shit for a while. But it's always nice to get some confirmation that someone else is seeing it too.

[scarycranegame]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND READ THIS.

THE CURRENT VOTE COUNT IS NOT THE FINAL RESULT.

IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO COUNT ALL OF THE VOTES AND DETERMINE WHO WINS THE ELECTION (POSSIBLY MORE IF A RECOUNT IS NECESSARY).

IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE FINAL RESULTS WILL NOT LOOK LIKE THE INITIAL RESULTS.

STOP DOOMPOSTING AND LEARN HOW THIS SHIT WORKS.

[shalom-iamcominghome]

American jews 🤝 Israeli jews

"holy shit, I'm so scared for you in your country - it isn't as bad for me in mine!"

[corviiids]

i think L should've tried harder to piss light off. provoking light into slipping up would not only be hilarious i also think it would be extremely easy and effective. not saying you could get light to actually confess this way, but he would definitely make more dumb mistakes if, for example, L kept interrupting their homoerotic brain chess matches to insist that kira is actually matsuda because the butts match

[dailymanners]

When entering any place of business, such as a store or restaurant, if a staff member greets you, then acknowledge them and greet them back.

Although for many jobs it's a required part of their job to greet you, especially retail workers, receptionists, and restaurant workers to name a few, that doesn't make it feel any less dehumanizing to say "Hello!" to another human being only for them to ignore you. Acknowledging staff members and greeting them back is important for acknowledging their humanity, they are, after all, a human being, and not an automated machine.

This is also important when going to check out at a store. If you approach the cash register, and the cashier greets you, you should acknowledge them and greet them back. Cashiers already have to deal with being dehumanized enough. The least you can do is help humanize them by acknowledging them when they greet you and speak to you.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

An update from my seat inside federal civil service (I am a contractor and report to feds, but am not a fed myself). I am seeing the federal workforce being galvanized to resist the recent strings of Executive Orders and attempts to fire people. If you want to feel heartened by your fellow Americans following through on their oaths to protect this nation, here's a Reddit thread:

On the flip side, where I am seeing people capitulate in advance is on the contractor side.

I have seen contractor companies already scrub their sites of DEIA mentions, as well as pull employment offers from people they were about to hire for contracts that now seem uncertain.

For those not aware, many federal contractors only hire for active contracts. And even if you already have been working for a company for years, if your contract ends, or is cancelled, you are put on a "bench" which eventually leads to being terminated if a new contract is not found for you to work on.

So, even while there is a strong and just call for federal employees to resist, there is a lot of collateral damage happening now at the contractor level that has already left many on their own without jobs.

If you are a federal civil service contractor, I hope you have been following how your company is responding to the EOs and I hope you have a plan for what to do if you are benched soon. I also hope you have a union at your company that can help you. If you are additionally trans, I'd consider the possibility of not passing any public trust or clearance checks in the near future and have a backup plan if federal work suddenly becomes untenable. State or municipal work, if you still feel strongly about civil service.

Resist, but have a backup. Some of us are in pretty shaky positions right now due to our contractor status.

[leche-flandom]

okay violence is not the answer etc etc...that fist pump though? UGH we're gonna see that airbrushed above a teary eyed bald eagle on the back of so many ripped sleeve spring break t shirts for the rest of our goddamn lives

[sanshofox]

Little summary so far of the elections, for my non german followers:

Germany is unfortunately one big step closer to become a right wing country.

The conservative party cdu won the election. But the problem is that they developed negatively just like the conservative party, the republicans, in the US. They are more extreme in their views; lots of it is has right wing characteristics. They were even willing to cooperate with the right wing party afd, on an anti-immigration bill, which led to a public backlash. So as for better chances to win in today’s election the cdu had to row back on their bill. The majority of voters were gen x and boomers.

Spd and grüne, which were part of the coalition we had until now, lost a lot of points and are now in the middle field/ third place of votings. Their coalition era was a difficult one. Also lots of decisions were blocked/boycotted by the other coalition party: fdp. Which are luckily now out of the bundestag because they weren‘t even able to get the 5% vote njehehehe (additionally: christian lindner, fdp leader, that was responsible for this mess is now „out of a job“ as he resigns. One of the very few good outcomes today.). Spd and grüne apparently had the most votes from millenials and gen z (correction: in recent releases we see that spd had lots of voters from older gens too).

Die linke (leftist party) garnered a lot more votes than usual with almost 9%. This uptake is due to former spd and grüne voters now voting for them. Lots of first time voters (gen z) voted for die linke. But also gen z in general and millenials.

And now to the very bad news: the afd , the full on right wing party, is the second most voted party with around 20%, which is of course very bad news for germany‘s history. Most votes came from boomers, gen x and sadly, first time voters. (Correction: in recent releases we see that in fact the younger generations voted for afd, not boomers :( )

Coalition possibilities: For the sake of preventing afd to gain even more power, we hope for a cdu, spd and grüne coalition. But as I said before, the cdu was willing to work with the afd not too long ago and only rowed back because of public demands, but the cdu‘s goals stay the same nontheless. Friedrich merz, cdu leader, lies and contradicts himself a lot to get more votes. You could say he uses the same tactics like trump. So it wouldn’t surprise me when he lied about the cdu, spd, grüne coalition too and would choose the afd (depending on the final percentage outcome of course). Let’s hope for the best.

[drdtfuitgumies]

could you do Xander and Tsuno as a superhero/vigilante duo?

superhero bonding! do you think this is how xander embraces the title of "ultimate rebel"?

thank you for the request! and happy birthday tsuno!!