#ineffective

[shadowisabean]

I'm just a BABY!!! 🐶🍼

[nando161mando]

[howifeltabouthim]

'If we follow the path we're on, what we have always done, we lose. We only prolong the inevitable.'

Jenn Lyons, from The Ruin of Kings

[miss-floral-thief]

Hope it doesn’t rain on way back

[kensaidthat]

Not Smart

The Tennessee Legislature is pushing a bill that could ban cold beer sales in convenience stores and groceries. The reasoning behind the bill is to cut down on DUIs across the state, but I'm doubtful it will be effective. Most people I know (including me, unfortunately), get hammered at bars, restaurants and other places that serve alcohol (speaking of that, the bill also has provisions that hold bars and restaurants accountable if they "overserve" customers). Besides, if cold beer sales at stores are banned, my guess is that it will drive people to liquor stores for much harder stuff that doesn't need to be chilled. As a consequence, this bill will likely hurt small brewers who rely on sales to grocery and convenience stores for most of their revenue while making highways less safe. While having empathy for one of the legislators who was injured by a drunk driver, this bill is idiotic and an example of the GOP's feckless leadership. The people of Tennessee deserve better.

Article: https://pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/politics/cold-beer-ban

[mortuarybees]

same people crying about ups drivers winning $42/hour are the same people who dismiss unions and say they just take your money and don't do anything for you. Bet you'd like $42/hour!!!!!!!

[glitteraffe-art]

skate or die

(based on this post, under the cut):

[its-kinda-snowy]

I don't think Herbert won the knot tying badge in Eagle Scouts :/

a continuation of this post based off of all your amazing comments :3

[uncanny-tranny]

One reason you might not be very "good" about a trans loved one's pronouns or the language you use for them might stem from memorizing what they want, rather than actually changing how you view them.

For instance, my trans friend came out rather late compared to me. However, since internalizing that I wasn't really correct about who she is, because she's a woman and I didn't know that, it was instantaneous to refer to her by her name, to use language that accurately reflects her instead of what I thought she was.

When you actually internalize that a loved one is actually this way instead of what you thought, it makes it so much easier to truly and actually change your perspective on them.

In short, are you memorizing who they are, or are you actually learning who they are?

[venusaur-propaganda]

Drawing Venusaur with every Pokemon pt. Roaring Moon

[lizbethborden]

[sha-brytols]

the reason why i'm so endlessly obsessed with the dynamic between the magi warden and jowan is because of how. insane the PRIVILEGE you get from irving is. like they're both around the same-ish age (with jowan likely being just a couple years older), they both came to the circle at similar ages (jowan being there longest), they're both arguably very similar in their skill level (the part where the warden and jowan both have to open the door through magic i think can be used as proof of this!) and more than that, they're both so inseparable as a pair that jowan says he sees them as a younger sibling.

but even despite this jowan was literally constantly thrown under the bus by irving literally every chance he got. we know jowan's blood magic was almost definitely a symptom of irving enticing young apprentices towards the forbidden arts in order to weed out the "weak" willed mages, but the thing is, we also know that the only reason jowan turned to blood magic at all was because he was being denied his harrowing, and at a certain age if you haven't had your harrowing then you're essentially guaranteed to be made tranquil. so the insane dogging on jowan from irving was done even *before* he was put on irving's radar for practicing blood magic.

meanwhile the magi warden is irving's favorite student. his pride and joy. he constantly sticks his neck out for them (literally having to be told off by greagoir for essentially cheating during the warden's harrowing by telling them exactly what they will have to face in order to succeed), practically showers them in praise when introducing them to duncan, defends them after helping jowan escape EVEN IF if they were doing it directly under his nose, and all but verbally thanks duncan for rescuing them from the circle. it's very clear that irving sees the warden as almost his own child. but its also like. why did he choose them as an apprentice? you can play the warden as belligerently hostile towards the circle as possible and he still adores you.

meanwhile jowan was doing everything in his power to be as compliant as he could even despite his obvious resentment towards the system, but he was always just so replaceable. the kid literally never stood a chance and i'm almost certain at least part of it is because irving already chose his model student to groom and mentor into his successor, and it happened to be the magi warden.

the fact that one of the two magi wardens is a human noble from the free marches as well also adds a delicious layer to me too because then its like. now the problem seems way more systemic. your star pupil just Happens to be a young mage from a prestigious human family. and then its like. fuck why was amell even In kinloch hold to begin with? why werent they sent to the gallows? they're canonically the eldest of their siblings, so it couldnt have been to avoid having two relatives in the same circle at once. you know what i think though. i think they were only sent there because their family was influential enough to avoid having them locked away in what is essentially the most notoriously evil circle in all of thedas.

just very delicious to me how depending on your origin theres almost very clearly a class element at play. jowan was just a random village kid compared to amell. insane.

[kaurwreck]

y'all have eventually got to realize that kunikida's temper and attentiveness to his schedule aren't callousness, they're coping mechanisms. right. y'all have to eventually figure out that much over seasons + tens of chapters of him being so tender it would snap him in two if not for the order he's constructed around himself. y'all will inevitably pick up on that with how he approaches dazai and kyouka, especially, right? surely.

[pinkmoondoll9shihtzu]

Pppl pls stop telling me To get therapy I Do Not Want or Need Therapy i need Friends

[alshaverpressbox]

(shakes head like horse) minnesota wild @ detroit red wings, 22 february 2025

[b0amagination]

Alright whump community, what do we think ✨