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I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD

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You are inconsistent. You do not need to have a grand unified theory about what to do about Michael Jackson. You are a hypocrite, over and over. You love Annie Hall but you can barely stand to look at a painting by Picasso. You are not responsible for solving this unreconciled contradiction. In fact, you will solve nothing by means of your consumption; the idea that you can is a dead end. The way you consume art doesn't make you a bad person, or a good one. You'll have to find some other way to accomplish that.

Claire Dederer, Monsters

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i feel like we as a digital society have forgotten the important rules of the internet

Don't feed the trolls

Never give out personal information

Anonymity is the best defense

Don't click suspicious links

Don't click popups and ads

Just because it's written doesn't mean it's true

You are responsible for your own experience

There is porn of everything, act accordingly

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omG I SEARCHED GOOGLE FOR A SEWING MACHINE DIAGRAM AND THIS CAME UP I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING

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Could you maybe reblog this post if you think respecting trans peoples' names and identities is a basic right and not a political opinion?

No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people

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Encouragment for writers that I know seems discouraging at first but I promise it’s motivational-

• Those emotional scenes you’ve planned will never be as good on page as they are in your head. To YOU. Your audience, however, is eating it up. Just because you can’t articulate the emotion of a scene to your satisfaction doesn’t mean it’s not impacting the reader. 

• Sometimes a sentence, a paragraph, or even a whole scene will not be salvagable. Either it wasn’t necessary to the story to begin with, or you can put it to the side and re-write it later, but for now it’s gotta go. It doesn’t make you a bad writer to have to trim, it makes you a good writer to know to trim.

• There are several stories just like yours. And that’s okay, there’s no story in existence of completely original concepts. What makes your story “original” is that it’s yours. No one else can write your story the way you can.

• You have writing weaknesses. Everyone does. But don’t accept your writing weaknesses as unchanging facts about yourself. Don’t be content with being crap at description, dialogue, world building, etc. Writers that are comfortable being crap at things won’t improve, and that’s not you. It’s going to burn, but work that muscle. I promise you’ll like the outcome.

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New ideas are so shiny!

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Car Trunk vs Car Boot: A clear win for US English, trunk was already a thing in which you stored items, frequently for transport.

Crisps vs Chips: I gotta admit, the Brits have this one. They're thin slices of potato that have been made crispy. No chipping of any materials involved.

Car Park vs Parking Lot: Equally matched. What's a car park? A place to park cars. What's a parking lot? An otherwise empty lot where you can park.

Elevator vs Lift: Both equally fail to address that the damn thing also goes down.

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Abuela's BONUS Song of the Day (April 13)

ATEEZ - Limitless cw: background flashing, weapons (fencing foils, compound bows), unsafe sparing practices

Even with safety tips in place, treat fencing foils like live steel and only spare with proper protective gear at all times!

Two years of this song and I still get chills when the instrumental drops and we get San's perfectly clear voice for that iconic line.

[yuuana]

Abuela's BONUS Song of the Day (April 13)

MINGI (ATEEZ) - AUTOBAHN (feat. Yunmin) cw: aggressive flashing, camera motion

The flashing is so aggressive on this track, the video opens with a warning about seizures, so you know it's serious.

Much like Mingi's previous Desire Project release, this is Mingi exploring a more rock sound that suits him well.

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Abuela's Song of the Day (Apr 13)

NMIXX - KNOW ABOUT ME cw: flashing effects, surrealism

Airports really are such liminal spaces, especially the larger ones. But I have some questions about why a Space Battleship Yamato reference here 😅

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*whispers* behold. a goddess w/ deadly accuracy.

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some of you think ‘nuanced’ only means ‘morally grey’ and I’m here to tell you that actually straight up good characters can still be nuanced and unapologetically evil characters can still be nuanced. the character doesn’t have to be an anti hero or morally dubious to have depth. they don’t even have to feel sorry about their crimes to have depth.

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Abuela's Song of the Day (Apr 12)

Lim Youngmin - On My Way cw: flashing/strobing lights, camera motion, glitch effects

Youngmin used to be in AB6IX until he fucked up and got caught (DUI). Since leaving the group, he took some time to reflect, did his military service, and has now re-debuted as a solo artist. As he seems to have reflected and reformed, we're giving him another chance because that's what we do in this household.

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dreamwidth makes me feel like a baby. did you guys use to blog like this

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I feel like pirating media that isn’t sold or offered anywhere legally anymore shouldn’t be called piracy. Girl thats archaeology

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Are you a Kpop fan with photosensitivity? Have you ever started a new MV only to realize halfway through you really could have used a warning for the police subplot, the abusive relationship dynamics or just a hanky warning for the adorable pupper saving someone's life? Curious to range beyond the big names but not sure where to start?

Every week, I round up new Kpop video releases across all the genres - dance, ballad, rock, trot, whatever comes across my feeds - and then annotate them for content warnings. I warn for both the usual (flashing, medical, gore) and less usual (clowns, abusive relationships, Suho's stupidly pretty face) suspects, plus sometimes I tack on my cranky commentary as someone who's been a fan of the scene for over twenty years. If that sounds interesting to you, come on over!

This week's listing features new music from Moon Sua x Siyoon (Billlie), xikers, Kai (EXO), JUNNY, Daesung, Kwon Soonkwan, plus many, many more!