#the way it was

[vintage-tigre]

Hitchhiking first became popular during the Great Depression, when vehicles were scarce and transients were numerous. But those were simpler times. Once romanticized by Jack Kerouac and the beat generation, hitchhiking has since been cast in a darker light. Horror stories told from the viewpoints of both drivers and hitchers became more prevalent. Because of this perceived risk, hitching has lost nearly all of its value and romantic image. In a Freakonmics podcast, statistician Bill James explained that hitching drove itself out of existence. Basically nobody hitchhikes anymore. ... And the real danger was not hitchhiking; it was the fact that you had a certain number of random crazy people who will hurt you. As long as you have the same number of random crazy people you have the same number of violent crimes, and eliminating hitchhiking doesn't, in my opinion, do anything to change that. So, it was a social change that protected the individual but was more revealing about the growing social distrust and the deterioration of the innocence of society in general.*

[fullmetalscullyy]

when you let go, you'll see it differently

summary: as you break hold, break it recklessly

Roy and Riza run into some trouble while raising a teenager

rated: g | words: 4554 | tags: royai, family royai, royai kids, au, canon divergence, angst, angst with a happy ending, teenagers

an: written purely on good music and vibes lmao once again, you don’t need to have read the previous fics in the series to understand this one!! tldr royai have two kids. riza never joined the military bc of reasons, so they didn’t work together, they got married before roy went to ishval, and… stuff happened. but now they get to be a happy family :)))))))))))

part of “the way it was” series

read on ao3 | read on ffnet

snippet:

“What happened?” His question was softer now. Gentle. Riza’s heart squeezed. “Like I said, I overreacted. It was silly of me.” “Then I’m even more intrigued.” He grasped her chin and turned her face back to face him, so her eyes met his once more. “There’s never been a silly word uttered from your mouth, Riza, so I feel I need to know what it is you speak of.” She rolled her eyes, but Roy tutted and drew her gaze back to his. “Tell me. Please.” His prompt was so soft. Already so open and understanding of anything she had to give, as he always was. “The girls were late walking home from Gracia’s tonight. I was worried something might have happened.” Roy’s grip on her tightened and he looked alarmed. Immediately his head moved to look up, as if he could see if his daughter and niece were okay from through the ceiling. “They’re okay,” Riza soothed. “They were slow walking home.” “How slow?” His eyes narrowed as they returned to meet Riza’s. “They arrived here half an hour after Gracia called.”

read the full fic on ao3 | ffnet

[mementoblues]

The Way It Was, June 2014

[angelmaldonado]

maybe a thief stole your heart.

[grvnge-archive]

*sees preview of 2014 tumblr-related picture and clicks on it 🫢*

*sighs in relief when it's a single image in a post and not a collage of 4-10 pictures 🥰*

[lacilou]

[italianharlem]

Pleasant Avenue: The Way It Was" by Daniel Golio tells the story of Italian immigrants surviving in the slums of Pleasant Avenue on New York City’s East side in the 1930’s and the origins of the real Italian mob in NYC. – Read the book - Click Here

or get the E book Free – Click Here

[aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202]

I find it so funny, in light of TikTok’s imminent American demise, that even now they aren’t considering moving to tumblr. The last two social media refugee crises (Twitter -> X and whatever happened with Reddit) prompted a wave of wide-eyed new baffled tumblr users to flood this app and yet last I heard all of the tiktokers are flooding en-masse a Chinese social media app. That is entirely in Mandarin. Instead of moving to tumblr.

[vintage-tigre]

[fullmetalscullyy]

just... reminiscing... :)

[daftpatience]

slow down for your disabled friends. thats like a bare minimum kindness that we shouldnt have to ask for. i love that youre so quirky and walking fast is a cool personality trait to you and all that but i bet you can count your physically disabled friends on less than one hand

[italianharlem]

Pleasant Avenue: The Way It Was" by Daniel Golio tells the story of Italian immigrants surviving in the slums of Pleasant Avenue on New York City’s East side in the 1930’s and the origins of the real Italian mob in NYC. – Read the book - Click Here

or get the E book Free – Click Here

Rome, Italy (by Gabriella)

[jessepinwheel]

I love it when people use "shrimp" to mean "beyond the human range". like "shrimp colors" but applied to other things. "shrimp emotions" "shrimp sounds" "shrimp morality", as if shrimp are living some kind of transcendent existence that humans can never comprehend

[rioblitzle]

working retail

[arynneva]

wait do people read first person stories and think they're the ones in the story???

Saw people talking about not liking first person, which is fair, but their reasoning was like "I would not do that" and I don't understand that mindset.

First person stories are still about a character. A character making their own decisions. First person isn't about you???? At least I thought it wasn't. What am I missing? I've always seen first person as just a more in-depth look into a character's mind and stricter POV. Not as a reader stand-in.