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idgaf if my parents are disappointed in me I'm not impressed by them either

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Pack dynamics for domestic urban fantasy werewolves:

● They're never exclusively werewolves. Werewolves have a habit of aggressively adopting everyone they are fond of and when you've won the trust and affection of one, the rest come along in a package deal.

● They're territorial in the protective sense. No trouble in our neighborhood. No hunger in our houses. No fear on our streets.

● They hold grudges. Shopkeeper overcharged one of the pack members in their store? None of them will shop there again. Restaurant owner yelled at one the cubs who got a job there washing up? They've just lost all their hungriest diners.

● Young werewolves think the word "pack" is way too old fashioned and prefer words like crowd, crew, fam, and swarm. ("Honestly, honey, swarm? What are we, pigeons?")

● They're nosy. The upside is no one with a werewolf pack to back them up will ever be left to fend for themselves. The downside is that everyone is always sticking their hairy noses in.

● They vary greatly in size. In some places, especially more rural ones, it's not uncommon to find entire villages that are basically one pack. In other places they might only have a dozen members, scattered about. And many packs start with a set of two or three going somewhere new to build a life and a community.

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He at da goodwill.

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fucking insane to me that people can be mean to kids. this thing is four to five shoe boxes tall and youre shouting at it ?? ? what is your damage the mf just got here.

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Have you played the same video game more than 10 times (from start to finish)?

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"The trannies should be able to piss in whatever toilet they want and change their bodies however they want. Why is it my business if some chick has a dick or a guy has a pie? I'm not a trannie or a fag so I don't care, just give 'em the medicine they need."

"This is an LGBT safe space. Of COURSE I fully support individuals who identify as transgender and their right to self-determination! I just think that transitioning is a very serious choice and should be heavily regulated. And there could be a lot of harm in exposing cis children to such topics, so we should be really careful about when it is appropriate to mention trans issues or have too much trans visibility."

One of the above statements is Problematic and the other is slightly annoying. If we disagree on which is which then working together for a better future is going to get really fucking difficult.

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““When I was about 20 years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child, she didn’t believe in striking children, although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day, when her son was four or five, he did something that she felt warranted a spanking–the first in his life. She told him that he would have to go outside himself and find a switch for her to hit him with. The boy was gone a long time. And when he came back in, he was crying. He said to her, “Mama, I couldn’t find a switch, but here’s a rock that you can throw at me.” All of a sudden the mother understood how the situation felt from the child’s point of view: that if my mother wants to hurt me, then it makes no difference what she does it with; she might as well do it with a stone. And the mother took the boy into her lap and they both cried. Then she laid the rock on a shelf in the kitchen to remind herself forever: never violence. And that is something I think everyone should keep in mind. Because if violence begins in the nursery one can raise children into violence.””

— Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, 1978 Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (via jillymomcraftypants)

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save me bitching

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I can't understand people who do this. "My dog is very well trained!" Don't care, stay away.

My dog, she's such a cutie, but she is easily scared, especially other bigger dogs. She reacts first by being aggressive to try to scare others off and then she hides at my legs or tries to run away. I really don't need to have her even more stressed by your hyper active doggo running up to her, she's hesitant to go far from home as it is. "My dog is very friendly!" Great, but mine isn't.

I think the thing that pisses me off the most is when people do that AND NOT EVEN LOOK AT THIER DOG. It thankfully doesn't happen much in my neighbourhood but situations where I had to pick my dog up because she was terrified and I look up and the owner is far away and not even looking in my direction have happened and I think that's unacceptable.

If you're in an area where it's required to keep dogs on a leash, respect this rule and keep your dog on a leash.

These rules often exist for very good reason. Many people are afraid of or have anxiety over dogs. Fears and phobias of dogs are far more common than you might realize, and it's easier to trigger that fear/anxiety/phobia of your dog if they're off a leash.

It also makes it harder for your dog to attack smaller animals, especially if that smaller animal is someone else's pet. Owners of small dogs, and cat owners who take their cat out on a harness and leash, often complain of how many close calls they have of their pet nearly being attacked because someone let their dog off leash in an area it's not allowed. Likewise it makes it easier to keep an eye on your dog to keep them safe from an attack.

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If you know someone who is new to your community in any way, whether they're new to the country, or new to the town/city, or even just new to the job/school/club/activity, reach out to them to help them adjust in anyway possible.

Don't leave them in the dark to learn things the hard way, let them know anything you think would be helpful or good to know. Let them know who they can reach out to if they need help. Recommend things to them. Mostly just make it known that they can ask you for help if they need to know how to do x in their new community. Most importantly just try to make them feel welcome.

Coming into a new community can be exciting, but even if it's exciting it's still often scary and can be a really uncertain time in many people's lives. Having some feeling of support and especially feeling welcome in a new community can make a huge difference, you'd probably want the same for yourself while adjusting to a new community.

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pokèmonize yourself!!!!

spin this wheel to see your pokemon type

spin this one to see how you'll look like

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I think with the right circumstances, I could survive this. Tho I would most likely go on a quest to find someone who can actually sword-fight, so I can gift them it, in exchange for protection

Spin this wheel to get a weapon for a zombie apocalypse.