#and I think also walmart?

[parshallison]

In June, I was watching a YouTube video about asexuality when someone mentioned that asexual people aren't subjected to conversion therapy. This didn't sit right with me at all. A quick fact-check Google search quickly sent me down a rabbit hole about how a lack of sexual attraction is often treated as a medical problem to be fixed.

Many interviews and 6 months later, I covered science and medicine's changing attitudes toward asexuality it in a feature article in Scientific American's January 2024 issue! I'm so grateful to everyone who lent their expertise to the article 💜

"... Over the past two decades psychological studies have shown that asexuality should be classified not as a disorder but as a stable sexual orientation akin to homosexuality or heterosexuality. Both cultural awareness and clinical medicine have been slow to catch on. It's only recently that academic researchers have begun to look at asexuality not as an indicator of health problems but as a legitimate, underexplored way of being human."

#asexual #asexuality #lgbtq+ #sexuality #science #the magazine is sold at barnes & noble and hudson news and books a million #and I think also walmart? #if you want to check it out in print :) #kudos to marcos chin for the absolutely phenomenal illustrations

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 287

self indulgent headcanon that sollux and kanaya were friends really young and also are both trans

i like to think they'd try trading outfits with some of their old pre-transition clothes but unfortunately given both of their respective aesthetics i don't think it would go very well

#day 287 #year 4 #sollux captor #kanaya maryam #homestuck #also keep in mind they're like Little here lol its quick doodles so idk how clear that is but like #they are baby #sollux is a walmart ass graphic tee son of a bitch and kanaya is wearing evening wear and costume jewelry to the supermarket #but theyre like hey i think we might wear the same sizes lets see if we can trade some of our old shit that would be so convenient #and then.

[botanyshitposts]

the city I live in had to take down a big old tree on public property down the street from where I live but before they did it they stapled a sign to it giving the reason (tree was dead and rotting and was a threat to the road and power lines) and then included contact info for objections to removing it to be brought before the city and idk I know it’s not much but I just think that’s….nice. like a nice acknowledgment that people have connections to plants and particularly big old trees around where they live and should at least be able to be like Please Do Not Cut Down This Big Old Tree For A Parking Lot Or Something. their reasoning for this one was super valid and they did indeed remove the tree earlier this week but quite frankly I was just like. surprised to (at least in theory) be able to have a say in it at all lmao

#I didn’t realize until I saw it when the sign went up that I’m just used to the cutting down of big old trees like they’re objects. you kno #like. man #idk if they put this on all trees they take down or just the ones in high traffic neighborhoods #but it makes me think like. Could you imagine if you had to do this whenever you cut down a tree for a new development or smth #and therefore the larger the land purchased for a new Walmart the more individual trees they would have to do paperwork for #to the extent that the hassle of fielding the trees in public record would outweigh the hassle of like. buying already developed land #and reusing it #? #also. the ability to enter objections for every tree to cause further problems lmao

[bruciemilf]

Jason: You're a bad dad lmao

Bruce, nodding sadly: I know. Dick told me that too, and -

Jason:

#jason is the first one to drag bruce but make no mistake he's also the first one to throw down for him #'' i know walmart magic mike here isn't talking. you think you were a good brother to me when i came home?!?! ' #and bruce is 80% of Jason's impulse control so you can't tell me he doesn't gently smack him over the mouth ' shhhh' #' why are you shushing me?! HE KNOWS' #bruce wayne #batman #dc #dc comics #jason todd #memes

[livingdeadhorse]

They are about to watch the shittiest horror movie to ever exist. . .

+ art dump for things that I don’t wanna post individually below cut

#just a reminder this blog uses she/her for Chihiro #danganronpa #somewhat related to the infodump chihiro but top 5 moments from the anthology #when m@koto and togami both sat there and let chi INFODUMP #m@koto out of kindness and togami because he didn’t want to admit he didn’t understand #LMAO #mondo owada #chihiro fujisaki #trigger happy havoc #leon kuwata #sakura ogami #aoi asahina #byakuya togami #hifumi yamada #yes I think he wld wear those wolf shirts from Walmart. I have like 3 #toko fukawa #celestia ludenberg #also asexual Owada again I’m sorry it’s such a good hc… #horse_art

[sockpai]

Some more one piece doodles

#one piece #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #tony tony chopper #usopp is there but barely #sanji is also there but barely #Zolu #zoro #Luffy #chopper #zoro works at Walmart #chopper water bottle? #I don’t know what I was thinking help #I spelled chef wrong because I was sleepy #I’m probably not going to fix it #I also forgot zoro’s little ankle scar thing? #probably won’t fix that either but who knows #their feet are intertwined btw #I hope you can tell that those are feet #I traced the feet from the reference image but I’m still not great at feet #tootsies are hard #my art

[ozzyfromthecafeteria]

do you guys remember that one really remote walmart in kodiak, alaska that the internet collectively banished pitbull to? i say this is where the shadows alaskan immortals players are.

#or otherwise. who would be the most objectively funniest to be Tied to this place in some way #scoop scolopax i’m thinking but crits manhattan would also be funny. i think #also i knooow i’m almost 100% sure that pre-history i is said to take place in the 1980s #and according to google the kodiak walmart was built in 1999. its not logically sound but its Funny so this is true. for the bit #this is probably so very confusing and i sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart #blaseball #alaskan immortals

[cookabeara]

thinking about how i wrote lae’zel to have the same accident with some chicken that i had once and how she would be walking around the store with the resulting wet pant leg

#cookiebear art #bg3 #lae’zel #karlach #my walmart au #karlach isnt a cashier shes a personal shopper because i dont think she could stand at the register all day #also her vest is a little singed

[queenlucythevaliant]

We see him come and know him ours

Russia: "Carol of the Russian Children," traditional // Kenya: The Nativity, Elima Njau // France: "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella," Nicolas Saboly // Haiti: Madonna and Child, Ismael Saincilus // Australia: "The Three Drovers," William James // China: Tryptic by Lu Hongnian // Canadian/Algonquian: "Huron Carol," Jean de Brébeuf

#the visual depictions are lovely #but what really gets me every time are the little cultural details in the music #music that tells the story of the Nativity while placing it in a world that's familiar to the listener #fur robed moujiks on snowboard plateaus in place of middle eastern shepherds #bark lodges instead of stables and rabbit skin in place of swaddling clothes #wandering hunter and chiefs from far off places instead of shepherds and wise men (man i love the Huron Carol) #and little french girls running to gather the village to come see Jesus #it's easy for an excess of historical concern to make Jesus feel distant and far off #/I know/ that Jesus was born in the ancient near east and have had my fill of books and sermons and the like unpacking the implications #I've laughed with my friends and family at the wild inaccuracies of Nativity sets and tellings #the crazy blonde mary in the kids nativity set at Walmart #what is that alpaca doing at the living Nativity don't they know those are south American? #yada yada #and then i look at these carols and think. it's okay not to get mired in the history. good even #yes Jesus entered into time and space in a very specific manner #but he also came for all of us #as another carol says: we see him come and know him ours #i just think this practice is lovely #that the impact of the Incarnation was such that it send little french girls running to their villages #and drew algonquin hunters and russian peasants to the manger to see him #it's the great crowd of witnesses in a way #all of us together preparing him room throughout all the corners of the earth #in Bethlehem that night it was only the shepherds who got to see him #but in spirit it was all of us #because it's just like the angel said: #good news of great joy which will be to all people #to all people #starting with the shepherds and going out to all the earth #unto us a child is born #intertextuality

[eclecticopposition]

give meee... headcanons about the Sangfielle friends in the most boring AU you can imagine like. idk. office Sangfielle. grocery store Sangfielle. they all work at a movie theater. whatever sounds mundane as hell and you have Thoughts about :3

okay tumblr ate my fucking answer the first time. let's try this again.

the thing about these guys is that no matter how mundane you make it, they can make anything into a situation. that's just the guys they are. so we put them in a Walmart.

Marn is an employee with a great customer service voice. She's keeping it together in the face of some truly wild statements and requests. One man keeps asking for frootie hooties, a brand of cereal that he insists is real and everyone is just refusing to sell to him, and she's spent twenty minutes trying to tell him that they just don't have it in stock

Lye and Es are having an animated conversation in the clothing area, where she is examining various colorful dresses and he is distractedly picking things off of nearby shelves and putting them back down. The conversation started at how they got kicked out of dayward yve's novelty store and is now about whether stealing should be more or less of a crime than manslaughter, because it's not as bad as killing but it is on purpose. People are trying not to pay attention to them. Eventually they are asked to leave, at which point it is revealed that lye has about two hundred dollars worth of items in his pockets and es has some candles she liked and a new pair of shoes in hers. They are both barred from Walmart.

Duvall hates it here. It's loud, he hates the lights, the aisles make no sense, he can't find anything he's looking for, and people keep coming up to him to ask him where things are. He doesn't even work here. Why do people assume he works here? He's not even wearing any Walmart merchandise. Is that what it's called when you're an employee? Merchandise? Well, it's what it would be called if he wears it, which he never will, because he doesn't work here and never wants to. Have a nice day ma'am.

Pickman is slowly marching her way through the aisles one at a time, peering at her shopping list and holding a tiny shopping basket in one hand. She has to be very careful not to knock the shelves over sometimes. Just trying to get groceries. People are nervously avoiding her. Says "Hey, you" to some poor employee to ask where the milk and cigarettes are. Just grunts at everything else. When she's at the checkout, the guy there asks "Did you find everything you're looking for?", and she just says "No." and leaves

Chine comes out of the bathroom with a live rat in his hand. People scream. The manager finally comes up to him like "Sir, you can't have rats in here." They say "Oh, she's not mine. She was just having trouble opening the door." Gets a big meat on the bone at the deli and nothing else. When he asks how much it costs, they just say it's on the house and try to get him to leave as soon as possible. They go like "Oh, really? Are you sure? I have some money." and sound surprised but pleased, like they're being done a personal favor. The employees insist. He's like "Alright, thanks!" and then asks the rat if she wants anything

#the manager tells an employee to get the rat some cheese. chine says that cheese is actually bad for rats and some seeds would be better #the manager tells the employee to get the rat some seeds and for chine to get the fuck out of their establishment #chine is a little taken aback by the rudeness but leaves without further issue #runs into lye and es outside and is like “hey look they just gave me some free stuff” #Lyke is like “what???? I got kicked out because I wanted free stuff!” #chine says “I think I just got kicked out too. Maybe that's just what happens?" #lyke says “yeah but you got to keep the stuff!” #“Did you not get to keep your stuff?” #“I mean. Not *all* of it.” #“Huh.” #“They didn't let me keep the stuff I kept on purpose.” #es makes a reasonable sounding remark about how they'd be running a pretty terrible business if they handed everything out for free #everyone should get what they need but these people do have livelihoods to think about #is also putting on lipstick that she definitely just shoplifted #duvall comes out and swears he's never coming back here. is asked if he's also banned for life from the Walmart. #demands what the hell these people were doing in the Walmart to get banned for life #because he saw a man getting real heated about frootie hooties and that's definitely not a real cereal #so if that doesn't meet the bar he's not sure he wants to know what does #sangfielle #friends at the table #Shoop #asks

[flamemons]

fuck it, outfit switch!!!!!

#abril can draw sometimes #digimon #digimon frontier #flamon #takuya kanbara #hey this took me almost a month coloring it on and off #i gave up on it for a while but then i was like. aw look at em #im just glad i drew a pose dynamic enough that i didnt get bored of it immediately bc i want to get better at coloring #it doesnt make sense but in my mind flamons pant straps have the texture of a seatbelt #i mean. they dont. but here they do #just a little joke for myself. tee hee #also theyre in a walmart changing room and immediately after this they are asked to leave for being too loud and takuya lost his shoes #gotta go to customer service and ask for his fuckin shoes back bc some dummy threw them without thinking

[sapsolais]

i need a griddlehark roadtrip type au but they would kill each other chapter one i fear

#tlt #griddlehark #like two feral cats in a taped up box #shoutout 2 the bumbleby roadtrip au i read it was nice and they went 2 walmart it was just a Little too fast paced 4 me i need sckl type of #slow burn. ALSO shout out 2 the griddlehark au where they commute an hour to and from college that has sort of the vibes i'm looking 4 #maybe i'll draw it myself. ough #i need help stimulating the brainworms tho :pensive: and i don't have anyone 2 do that with. maybe if i think hard enough i can do it #sap says

[kvanderquack]

#also #anyone know if it was real animals? #polls #taxidermy #Walmart #2000s #I think? #maybe #early 2010s #idk #usa #midwest

[nashvillethotchicken]

Ldpdl need some friends he ain't fuckin or kin with and bad. Like real bad

#he need a 9-5 so he can make an 73 year old friend named otis #interview with the vampire #smth about having a real old ass work friend just make you normal in the head in a way that therapy dont #je also dont need to work cus hes the disordered peoples princess but i digress #he need a secretary job so he dont start biting walls and talking about metaphors #louis de pointe du lac #iwtv #amc iwtv #ldpdl #like its crazy he really aint got no friends he not like me fr #like he got lestat but that nigga crazy in a bad way #and armand is crazy in a neutral way. a Neurodivergent way #he need to go be a cashier at the walmart a couple miles out that would fix him #i genuinely think if ldpdl worked an office job or night shift at a wendys hed be 87% less like that cus the fumes from regular hoes #would make him immediately less self absorbed #itd be like smelling salts but for rich redbones #like i need him to hear from a chatty but ultimately well meaning office gossip in a break room so bad #like he need to know that people got problems #also i think hed like the human interactions. itd be like cat videos to him #he need to go to night school #he need a trade. he need to go to electrician school. truly anything that aint hanging with them crazy ass people #he need to be like every black woman i know and get so many advanced degrees

[cheddertm]

ok but peak QSMP designs is everyone but in silly vacation outfits constantly, like no matter the lore I need them to be in like Hawaiian shirts, have sunscreen on their noses, sunburnt, flip flops/sandals, visors/those like straw hats people wear to the beach, shorts with a swimsuit tOP!!11!!1!!

like yeah there are major horrors going on beyond what the human mind can comprehend BUT VACATION ISLAND VIBES AND AESTHETIC WOOOOOO

#qsmp #look i get that they also change their skin to like what is happening #like with felps and cellbit in the hospital gowns #but i think it would be funny if the federations greatest enemy #is people who look like they were in a sand castle building competition and now here #bonus points that some people are sunburnt and they take it as like #'oh shit theyre so mad they turned red' #like no sorry they just were out on the beach for a good 8 hours before realizing #more bonus points is that the backpacks are #1: those tote bags moms bring to store like towels #2: a picnic basket #3: an ice chest for no fuckin reasing #4: specifically those like $10 black backpacks from Walmart

[dayurno]

best kind of character hcs are the ones with no relevance to the plot and no real backing for it. i think jean has a mild celiac allergy. jeremy is an ex-smoker. neil is too used to commiting minor shoplifting to start paying for things now. kevin can't hear for shit on his left ear

#kevin: and remember no matter what jean says he CANT eat gluten jeremy who bought jean a beer earlier before: WHAT #jean strikes me as those kids at bday parties in school who needed to have an entire different cake made for them #but he also strikes me as the kind of person who'd absolutely lie about it too. #when jeremy and jean go out they need separate shirts like #'do not under any circumstances no matter what i say give me a cigarette' #and 'do not under any circumstances no matter what i say feed me gluten' #also re: neil i really feel like he just steals #he doesn't really even think about it until they're out of walmart and he pulls a bunch of shit from his jacket #and kevin's like you're DERANGED #txt #kevin #jeremy #jean #neil