#but when i do i scream

[nokingsonlyfooles]

We're Through Pretending

Imagine you go to the store to get groceries, because you're hungry and you need to eat. The grocery store happens to be thousands of miles away, and many people die trying to get there every day, but you're hungry, you need to eat, and that's where the groceries are. There's a big lady holding up a torch outside the store and she's got a big sign that says "GROCERIES HERE!" So you go, right?

There are so many groceries at the store. You've never seen such groceries. Kinda expensive, but that's okay! You pick some out and get in line. It's a real long line. There are plenty of groceries, that's not the problem, but there are very few people working the checkout. And a lot of 'em have guns. And a lot of 'em don't seem to be to happy that people are here to get groceries. A lot of people are getting imprisoned or yeeted right out of the store. Many of them children.

A minor dispute on whether to surround the checkouts in razor wire seems to be going on. Also, they are trying to build a wall. A lot of people are getting hurt, and dying, due to all the razor wire and shit around the checkouts. People are building little makeshift shelters, and dropping dead of hypothermia and dehydration, and getting sick. But you need groceries! You gotta eat!

Someone walks up and screams at you that you're breaking the law by loitering around the store like this and not making a purchase. But you are trying to make a purchase, the line is just that damn long! Years long! You are in the legal place to make your grocery purchase, according to the store rules. It is required that you loiter. The only other thing you can do is get out and head back home with no groceries, where you will suffer and probably die.

Well, that's not the store's fault, says the person who's screaming about your illegal loitering. Actually, although it's very complicated, you're pretty sure it is? At least partially? Something about the price of the bananas? And the pharmaceuticals...? Couldn't they at least have a few of those guys with the guns take a turn scanning the barcodes?

But before you can even get into that, someone new rolls up and says that the store rules have changed. Too many people are trying to buy groceries. Now, no one can buy groceries. They may make an exception for unaccompanied minors - they love incentivizing sending children on a dangerous journey alone, so they can put them in cages! - but otherwise, nobody's buying groceries today.

But you have money! (Skills/labor/tax dollars!) And they have groceries, you can see them! Don't they even want your money?

No. And it doesn't matter why. No groceries today. Go home, or go camp in the parking lot and hope too many people don't want groceries tomorrow. We are allowing some people to secure a place in line via phone and remote locations, but by the numbers, far too few to meet demand. Also, we may not necessarily allow them to buy groceries either. Why? Bottom line, we're afraid if we let you pay for your groceries, you'll buy all of them, and there won't be any left. Hasn't happened yet - everyone who comes here to get groceries brings the resources needed to stock more groceries - but it might!

You notice it bothers the store people way less when white Europeans buy the groceries. They're not as worried about scarcity then.

So you say, "Fuck it, then I'll steal these."

And, ya know, maybe you'll make it. Some folks do, God bless 'em. But now everyone's pointing at you and screaming, "SEE? WE CAN'T SELL MORE GROCERIES NOW! PEOPLE ARE STEALING THEM!"

And God alone knows what new rules the store will put into place to keep people who need groceries from accessing the groceries next.

The latest bill, the one that says we might fix the grocery line problem by shutting down the whole thing for most of the year, is dead in the water. This is only the case because, due to a truly hilarious chain of circumstances, Republicans don't want to give Biden a "win." Yes! Shutting down the border and backing up the line even further, with the intention of making more people turn around and go home to die, is a win! We're just so damn worried about the potential scarcity of our groceries, we kinda like it when people who need groceries die. Phew! I mean, at least they didn't get any of our groceries!

And this is collateral damage. We've accepted, as a nation, that people will die on the border (and lots of other places) so that "we" (career politicians who don't care about anyone) can bank some political capital to do other things. This is what "harm reduction" looks like in real terms. Whom shall we throw under the bus so that others might not get run over quite so much? Might. No guarantees, but you are free to soothe your conscience by imagining the never-ending carnage could've been way worse. Look! Maybe this trans child got maimed slightly less because the brown one was crushed under the wheels! That's progress!

I can't make these decisions anymore. If you can, OK. God help you. God help all of us.

#us news #us politics #us border #asylum seekers #harm reduction #long post #long ass tortured metaphors #i'm sorry i had to get this out of my head and this is how i express myself #i can't think about this all the time #but when i do i scream

[demigods-posts]

pissed off percy is a determined percy. because the second he saw his mom encased in gold and being held captive in the underworld. it was go time. he gained the upper hand on hades in under ten minutes. whooped ares's ass in under three. returned zeus's bolt and told him off like twenty minutes later. and then told kronos to stop being a coward and come find him. no one's fucking do it like our boy.

#walker did his thing #when i tell you i screamed #when i tell you i cried #when i tell you i died on the spot #no one is doing it like him #we stan a lengend #all hail the son of the sea god #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo text post #pjo #pjo tv spoilers #pjo tv show

[liesmultixxx]

“Why did you leave me?”

can you hear me crying?

the way annabeth thought percy had abandoned her like everyone else

… girl he fell into tartarus for you, he would never leave you

NEVER

rick was evil for that

#percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo universe #riordanverse #annabeth chase #percabeth #percabeth is percabething #percy x annabeth #annabeth and percy #pjo hoo #hoo #heroes of olympus #house of hades #hoh #house of hades book #when i tell you i actually cried for like an hour after i read this passage #RICK THIS WAS SO EVIL OF YOU #annabeths fear of abandonment really kicked in here #ma’am he would never do that #his fatal flaw is loyalty #he is LOYAL TO YOU #you’re the love of his life annabeth #ffs #be so fr #screaming crying throwing myself against a wall

[tartppola]

hhhiiuhhhhhfghoouhhhggh old poopy art comp bcs!!! im stuck in the grind!!!! ( assignments )

#SHITTIG SCREAMING SOBBING I MISS!!!!! I MISS DRAWINGGGHH #me when i have to do the assignnemtnst that i paid my uni to give me augh #huhugyshshhuhhhuhuhu 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #ahem…hows everyone doing…. #twst #twisted wonderland #yuulis crowley #twst oc #doodle bin #ace trappola #deuce spade #oysterjuice

[egophiliac]

swipes everything else off of the table to yell about diasomnia flower bookmarks

(I gave Silver one too :D)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #white rabbit festival #me: oh boy i wonder what excitement will happen in this new part #characters: now it is time to buy souvenirs :) #me: oh god #jk jk even when the filler is kind of painful i do enjoy the little character moments #like everyone screaming as loud as they can into silver's watch #deuce busting out his suzy izzard impression #SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER! #and of course silver assigning flowers to the other dias and getting all sappy over lilia. god. delicious. #you don't understand this ten second long scene is everything to me #though we all know the real highlight #the knowledge that 1) deuce used to have an extremely silly edgy badass nickname #2) he almost certainly gave it to himself #3) he harassed epel's extended family to the point that they told horror stories about him and he was briefly epel's personal idol #epel: i heard he once killed three men with but a look #deuce: what no i never...i mean...ha ha sounds weird nothing a model student like me would know about #also deuce: if you fuckers don't apologize to my mom right now i'll fucking kill all of you (sees dilla) uhhh i mean #deuce: i challenge you to a children's game #black bunnies leader: (strapping on his duel disk) i accept #meanwhile silver is running full speed at a group of children screaming to them about donuts #we aren't going to talk about what ortho did with that fantasy-gregg's sausage roll #so glad that we've reached the 'what the heck is even happening' portion of the event #anyway i completely screwed up the resolution of these so here's hoping they don't look terrible! #whoops!

[homkamiro]

"Love, huh?"

#i'm a big believer that scout was screamed at or punished by all the people around him because of his annoyance #brothers dates the mercs and etc #he's used to negative feedback and therefore feels really uncomfortable when he gets to be complimented or said nice things #his annoying behaviour is like some sort of defense mechanism #tho he likes to feel special to sniper. a lot #i know it's incredibly OOC but god just let me be delusional a bit. what's a girl to do #team fortress 2 #team fortress 2 fanart #team fortress 2 comic #tf2 #tf2 fanart #tf2 comic #tf2 sniper #tf2 scout #sniperscout #speeding bullet

[ionomycin]

mermay

#artists on tumblr #may has gone so incredibly fast #it literally just started and now it's almost over #i'll be going to finland to visit my mom and friend again in june #just in time for pride week #it's been really nice in helsinki the past few years #i hope it goes safely and peacefully this year too #last year there were some protestors screaming mean things with their hateful signs #but that's to be expected #it's hard to feel insulted when they're the ones wasting their time screaming at strangers #instead of doing something positive #must be a sad life being so angry all the time

[tomatoart]

when ur circle small but yall crazy

#re4 remake #ashley graham #luis sera #leon kennedy #luis serra navarro #resident evil #resident evil 4 #resident evil fanart #idk. i mixed the og and remake together w designs so thats why luis looks that way i miss his bob cut #and thats also why ashley is screaming bc i did this b4 playing the remake jsdhjsfhhf #im sure this looks super wonky but i looked at it for too long im done w it SO BE FREE. i had fun w colorz :3c #queue are lovely #be trans gender be trnassngender #leon s kennedy #<- do ppl seriously care abt the scott part when searching him up

[dindjarism]

Mercy only breeds defeat. But I will help you overcome this weakness. Attack! BARRISS OFFEE and GRAND INQUISITOR STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE Official trailer | May 4, 2024

#star wars #tales of the empire #swedit #starwarsedit #starwarsfilms #starwarsblr #thestarwarsdaily #swsource #userbariss #tuserhan #usernik #tusererika #usermelanie #userlumi #tusermelissa #userelio #tusercora #*mine #barriss offee #grand inquisitor #when i say i screamed!!! #barriss nation how we feelin!!! #thinking of you steph <3 #all we can do now is pray for some good writing :')

[lovelytech9902]

god i miss him so fucking much 😭

#is it weird that there is a physical ache in my chest when i think about him? #what the fuck am i supposed to do without them? #screaming crying throwing up #i miss tech hour #emotional support nerd #i stay delusional idc #end credits can be rolling on the final episode and i’ll still think he’s alive #i miss him goddammit #come home already #tech is alive #the bad batch #clone force 99 #tbb season 3

[pocketgalaxies]

C1E60 || C3E88

#critical role #criticalroleedit #vex'ahlia #imogen temult #laura bailey #gifs #* #*cr #*parallel #cr1 #cr3 #vex'ahlia cr #syldor vessar #liliana temult #r: vex x imogen #angst tag #nova shh #cr meta #47m c1e60 #3h12m c3e88 #laura bailey said it's all about the blood of you mixed into the blood of me whether i like it or not and what does that mean #because it certainly doesn't seem to mean that you love me. #and how can i love you when you were supposed to raise me and protect me and care for me and you didn't #how can i love you when you were supposed to teach me what love is and instead you only taught me hate and loneliness #and why is there a part of me that still desperately hopes that you do love me? that you could bring yourself to love me? #and then the part that makes me go even more batshit crazy: THEY HAVE /MET/ EACH OTHER. THESE TWO WOMEN HAVE M E T #*SCREAMS FOR SEVEN THOUSAND HOURS STRAIGHT*

[shorthaltsjester]

the mighty nein - critical role

this is a place where i don't feel alone. this is a place where i feel at home.

#also with softer vibes. i offer They #every silly little brainheart found family deserves a to build a home edit #the mighty nein maybe most of all. thats my family #also the lyrics deliciously well suited to m9. #when jester pulls that. stupid tarot card for fjord. home or traveler. and there's a carnival wagon. and veth says Thats Us! . them #i just think about . the tower is their home the xhorhouse is their home the lavish chateau is their home the balleater. the mistake. #the nein heroez. veth and yezas apartment. the dome. fjord and jesters living room floor. #a bar with a silly name on rumblecusp #also like. the song has stone and dust imagery. gardens and trees. #the inherent temporality of life and love and how that holds no bearing on how greatly people can love. im losin it okay. #ive been making this edit for days straight with my computer screaming at me for trying to shove 143 episodes of cr into a 2min20sec video. #crying becuase. theyre a family do you get it. they were nine lonely people and most of them had given up on seeing their own lives #as something that might be good. something that might make the world a better place. and in the end they're heroes. #and it doesn't matter if no one else knows because They know they're heroes. and they wouldn't've believed that was true when they met. #rattling the bars of my enclosure. to be loved is to be changed #posted on twitter and want to get in the habit of posting here too bc. #general reasons but also bc . i have noticed some of the ppl liking/sharing it are also ppl who shit on my ops by vaguing about my posts #which is in general whatever but does leave a funny taste in my mouth. #critical role #the mighty nein #cr2 #caleb widogast #caduceus clay #jester lavorre #fjord #veth brenatto #yasha nydoorin #beauregard lionett #mollymauk tealeaf #my posts

[toonaviv]

jumpscare grip

#uty #undertale yellow #starlo #ceroba #north star uty #uty fanart #my art #yknow how some friends will just Grab u unexpectedly sometimes #i think starlos someone who doesnt mind tht at all but sometimes a guy will get caught so off guard he'll scream like a girl. #(also forgot to add contextual text in the 2nd pic that starlo was abt to do smth reckless) #ceroba ithink is more reserved abt touch esp when its unprompted. starlos Usually an exception cuz thats her dearest bestest beloved friend

[lunarspacez]

Definitely (not) gonna be normal about this pic hahahahaha 🙂

#literally screamed when i saw this #who do i need to thank for this #vaultghoul #ghoulcy #also season 2 confirmed?? im so ready

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Welcome to the Dungeons of Fear and Hunger.

#Fear and Hunger #D'arce Cataliss #Cahara #Ragnvaldr #Enki Ankarian #Unlike Dungeon Meshi - I cannot in good faith recommend this game to a broad audience. #My background with F&H goes as follows: I am hanging out with a friend. He says “hey try this game I've been playing.” I say “Okay!” #I have never heard of this game. I pick the mercenary. I go through 5 min of character history and background. I am mauled to death by dogs #It took me 4 resets to even get in the dungeon. But I finally get there. I am caught by a guard. He cuts off all but one of my limbs #I am forced to crawl around in a blood and corpse pit until the game tells me 'give up idiot'. #I reset. I am mauled by dogs again. I realize this is not for me but I am intrigued enough to go home and watch some playthroughs #And WOW what an interesting game it is! I really do appreciate games that blend their design philosophy with the theme it wants to set #This is a game about fear and hunger. And persevering. And penis (my god is there a lot of penis) #I recommend this to people who like extremely challenging games and can handle the many *content warnings* within this series #If the idea of Bloodborne/eldenring and undertale having a little RPG maker baby sounds appealing to you - give it a shot #It's made by ONE GUY and it's a great horror game. I am just really bad at it. #My friends just enjoy putting me in situations where I scream and yell. We don't talk about the corn mazes. Or the other horror game nights #Apparently I'm funny when I'm Scared! #As people who follow me on twitter might know; I am deep in the pits of this series right now. I will be back with more art.

[crystallizsch]

finding out from two different voice lines from two different cards that jamil practices dance moves that he finds is two too many for me not to go 🤨🤨🤨

here are the voice lines in question -

Luxe Couture:

Club Wear:

(thank you to mysteryshoptls for the translations!)

#the luxe couture line is so funny #jamil HAD to point out that it was “when he was a kid” #like he's embarrassed that he'd copy musical dance numbers #as if he's still not doing the same thing (in the clubwear line) #and THEN he’s like “hey prefect i saw this thing i’ve been practicing” #AND VERBATIM “....wont you watch me try it out?” 🥺👉👈 #WHY IS JAMIL LIKE THIS #I’M SCREAMING #it's like a child going to someone they look up to / care about and go “hey look what i can do!” #anyways yes sir i'll watch you dance your silly lil dance???? #jamil what a silly guy #i love him ur honor #hes so cute #[— #twst #twisted wonderland #twst jp #twst jp spoilers #twst art #jamil viper #twst yuu #★ my art #☆ comic #—]