#love to live in the 21st century

[ohdeargodwhy]

[areyoudoingthis]

I am SO grateful that ed and stede exist as characters exactly as they are. I'm so grateful for these two men who are traumatized and messed up and struggle to even like themselves, who are terrible at communicating, who make enough mistakes between the two of them to fill an entire ocean. I am so grateful to watch them struggle and be seen and be loved and reach out for the things they want and are maybe starting to believe that they deserve. I'm so grateful that the show lets them fall in love and get together exactly as they are, that it doesn't say they need to wait until they've become some unattainably perfect version of themselves before they have permission to have that. i am so grateful for ofmd

[iiiidiotnathanieliii]

HORSESHOES AND HANDGRENADES IS WAY TOO UNDERRATED. I REPEAT HORSESHOES AND HANDGRENADES IS WAY TOO FUCKING UNDERRATED. AAAA GOD THAT GUITAR RIFF??? THAT FUCKING SCREAM???????

[procrastiel]

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Michael: “The [prescription] sunglasses give David an exotic allure”

[froggyplanet4269]

yoooo… taxidermy girl goes hard…

[pinkmirth]

it’s so hard for me to imagine alucard in a modern au . . . like what in the world is he doing in the city?!

[worrynoodle]

I've been having arguments in my head for days trying to figure out what I can say to my parents (specifically my mom because I think my dad is just a lost cause at this point) to get them to understand that

• being homophobic to any gay people is being homophobic to me and my sibling (they know I'm bisexual, they dont know my sibling is)

• that voting against lgbtq people as a whole, even transphobic legislation (they DONT know I'm nonbinary) will legitimately harm me and my sibling.

• that voting for Donald Trump could possibly be a death sentence for us if it gets bad enough.

• that no, Donald Trump is NOT the "most lgbtq friendly president there is" (my mom thinks that 😞)

• that even if they don't agree with it or don't like it, queer people, specially queer kids exist and they shouldn't take away life saving care for them.

But I've realized it's pointless. They will never care about me and my sibling more than they care about holding on to their ideologies and donald trump.

And what's sad is that... it isn't their choice. It is so hard, and yes they chose this in a way, but they are so completely brainwashed by conservative propaganda that there's almost no way for them to claw their ways out of it. They don't believe there is any media/news sources/experts that can be believed, that it is all pushing an agenda. They live in so much fear that is being used to control their vote to maintain right wing power.

It's so sad because they think its noble, they believe it's righteous, and in reality they are pushing away my sibling (I am stuck here) and harming us with their vote. That it's a massive domino effect and they can't see it. I've been trying for years to open my mom's mind but I fawn every time. I freeze up and don't have the skills to verbalize why they should care.

Because they THINK they do.

They have no idea.

And there's nothing I can do about it. I just have to live with the knowledge of what they are willing to do to me through their vote and their beliefs.

[mishkakagehishka]

[wurmwizzard]

Cheapest seats at the Charlotte Primus concert are over 100 bucks .... at the Korn Concert to sit on the fucking lawn (lawn chairs prohibited?) It's +50 bucks .... fuck it I can listen to you on YouTube for free assholes

[solemnxrequiem]

This afternoon was bad to the point that I may have to call in tomorrow for a mental health day, but at least Sauron has arrived to soothe some of the pain, amirite gang?

[seaofreverie]

Man.

[a-walking-fandom-reference]

the fact that disney actually made me care about a disney princess romance through a live action movie is WILD

[wildsaltair]

HIS HAIR STICKING UP OH MY GOODNESS

[madamemarmot]

He was just a mediocre musician from a wealthy family. I put up with him for a while because I thought maybe he was pointing to some dark truth about myself, and I suppose he was. I was a fool to be with a man like him. I was a fool about men in general. I learned the long way about love, tried every house on the block before I got it right. Now, finally, I live alone. Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

[headspace-hotel]

Y'all

Im not on tiktok and never have been, but I downloaded RedNote just to see what is up, and I am witnessing something truly amazing

The Chinese user community is giving the American tiktok refugees an overwhelmingly warm welcome, meanwhile the American users seem to have collectively agreed that not only will they not let the app be taken over with English and they will provide Mandarin subtitles for everything, they are LEARNING MANDARIN. Ive scrolled through so many videos of Americans offering greetings in Mandarin to try to acclimate to the new environment and be respectful, and speakers of both languages are posting lots of tutorials on language basics and internet slang in Mandarin

My God, there is an AMAZING outpouring of curiosity and delight among everyone to learn about each others cultures and daily lives. People are posting videos of landscapes, cities, towns, and natural areas in USA and China, posting recipes and traditional foods, vlogs of everyday life, and reaching out to find people with similar hobbies.

And it's not just young people! There are loads of videos from middle-aged American guys who have come to post about fishing or motorcycles and are now happily chatting with Chinese users sharing the same interests using Google translate

One American guy who was like. in his 60's had a comment on one of his videos that was like "Red Neck?" and he replied "Yes!" and I just about fucking lost it

Also the Chinese users love, and I mean LOVE, Luigi Mangione. He is apparently broadly adored in China. There is SO much fanart and SO many edits.

There are many threads initiating Chinese users to ask questions of American users about the USA, and vice versa, and everyone on both sides is clearing up a lot of misconceptions. Some of the questions I saw a lot from Chinese users were: "Is it true that American parents kick you out of the house as soon as you turn 18" (not often, but sometimes) "Do you all really wear shoes in bed" (NO!!! Apparently a lot of characters in American sitcoms are shown lying in bed with shoes on which I never noticed before!) and "are there really guns everywhere" (yes).

For the most part Chinese content creators seem just overwhelmed by the sudden influx of hundreds of followers that are super enthusiastic about what they're doing. A lot of them have made posts about how initially they thought the uptick in follower count was some kind of error, or that there was some kind of joke or prank, but then they realized the interest and enthusiasm was genuine and now they're welcoming all the newcomers.

I found several posts by Chinese users saying that this felt like a really profound historical moment, where these previously separated worlds are suddenly smashing together and suddenly there is freedom to learn about each other's cultures and connect. One of them said something along the lines of "This is a 21st century Tower of Babel and even though I'm an atheist I hope God lets this tower stand." OUGH MY HEART.

The app itself works a little bit like a video-based version of Pinterest. It's not really my thing so I probably won't be on there long term but it's been amazing to see what's happening.

[therebelledmuse]

Dear me

Just stop, it will go nowhere, at this point you have given him every thing, every words, every confirmation.

If he doesn't value you, he has to go