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I don't listen to the radio much, but with new work rules, I can't have headphones in, but I can listen to music through the radio on the cars I work on. So, just now, I started a car and was immediately teleported to 2006 as Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone" played immediately

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wheat

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I work in an auction thay sells damaged cars, and it has convinced me more than anything that these cars are screaming metal death traps. To their credit, most Tesla models in modern years have a manual latch that will open the doors without power. However, these are only on the front doors, and if, say, the heavily reinforced windows are up and the driver/passengers are nonresponsive, that doesn't really do much. They do also have a more traditional gearshift on the side of the steering column now, but it is still electronically powered. That means that if you want to change the volume on your music, adjust climate control, or even open the damn glove compartment, you have to specifically take your eyes off the road and onto the massive screen in the center of the car. Tesla isn't the only manufacturer doing this, but they are absolutely the most egregious ones. A Tesla with the battery dead is basically a massive brick, especially if the front end is damaged to the point where the hood doesn't open and you can't access the battery terminals for a jump start, or for some reason the battery terminals or electronic systems are damaged in some way.

So yeah. From one of the six car people on Tumblr, please don't buy or drive a Tesla.

i can’t believe this is real

#tesla #cars #car safety #teslas are shitty cars #that admittedly look nice #but every feature is just bad for a car #some things are standardized for a reason

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Trans boys get the intense hand clap to other hand hug where you slap each other's back as hard as you can, because that's how we greet the boys

reblog if you would hug a trans boy

and if the trans boy doesnt want physical contact, youd give him a sick air-high-five

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Goals tbh

Let's get cozy, friend.

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I don't want tips to increase my productivity.

I don't want to learn a new skill to sell.

I don't want new responsibilities, higher offices, or promotions.

I don't want to give all I have to something I believe in.

I don't want to keep fighting

I don't want to be the best person I can be.

It seems like that's what everyone wants.

But I don't want more drugs to make me better.

I don't want more treatments to make me normal.

I don't want to be popular, well known, or even liked.

I don't want to be the kind of person who thinks too much of what others want from them.

I've done enough of that already.

I spent my first 20 years of my life worried how I was seen.

By my peers.

By my family.

By my teachers and coaches.

By God.

I worked so hard to follow them.

I tried to be the best by them.

And while it wasn't always to the detriment of what I wanted,

It was always towards this idea

That I should be doing something.

Making something.

Building myself into something.

I followed all the steps

But then I broke.

I tried to build myself into what I should have been

And somewhere along the way

It all fell apart.

When I was at my most vulnerable

Away from home, far away

My chance to build my own life for myself

I wasn't good enough.

No matter how hard I tried

Everyone knew

That I was a failure.

A fraud.

They told me I was lazy.

I hadn't tried hard enough.

Maybe I had failed morally.

Spiritually.

I kept trying

And I did get better

But by the time came to come home

I was tired

In that existential way

That sapped me of my joy

That drained away my desire to do good.

I came back to a world

That wouldn't accept my best effort

Where if I failed, if I fell short

I didn't deserve to survive

And I was terrified.

I still am.

More than the voices in my head scare me

More than the delusional things I hear

More than the awful things they tell me

I still fear more how I would survive

If my best wasn't enough

If my efforts are in vain

If no matter how much I put in

I'm still not worth it.

So thank you for the worry

And thank you for your support

But I'm sick of being strong.

I'm tired of fighting to survive.

I don't want to be a model of strength.

I don't want to be inspiring.

I just

Want

To rest

#rambling #schizophrenia #mental illness #trauma #i think this is poetry #but I just spit out my thoughts #and this is the format they took

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Word of Wisdom (Mormon stuff)

Total Fucking Asshole (Don't really have anything specific for this one)

Multi Level Marketing

World Wide Web

OWO face but with a glare

Oregon State University

Dragon Punch

Please respond with your FIRST associated meaning of the following acronyms (they do not all belong to the same category)

WOW

TFA

MLM

WWW

PWP

OSU

DP

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Braver than the troops for not sharing the sketches for art I commissioned with the friends I commissioned them for

#braver than any us marine #secret art

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Never ever be normal about fictional characters but please GOD be normal about the people who play them, I am begging you

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This is your semi-regular reminder that Shen Yun is a front for a dangerous, homophobic Chinese cult called Falun Gong, and the dances themselves have no basis in Chinese history. Do not support them, do not go see the shows. You don't have to support the CCP, but these guys will weaponise your fear/hatred of Communist China to bring you in.

#shen yun #cults #falun gong #seriously it's pretty awful

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NEW JET SET RADIO???? WHAT THE FUCK???????

#jet set radio #jet set radio future #game awards #sega #I mean it kind of almost looks like a remaster for future #but that would still be pretty hype

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autistic about foxes?

call that hyperfoxation

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Ao3 is actually massively culturally important and very very good at being what it is. I’m so serious when I say that ao3 needs to be protected as the anti censorship, by fans for fans, nonprofit, volunteer run, expertly designed archival site that it is. You don’t have to read or like fanfiction to understand that on principle, ao3 is a site that should be defended.

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i have the opposite of that “everyone is an npc” mentality people have embraced where i’m instead like. the person next to me in line has someone they can’t wait to go home to, the person picking up their mail has felt devastation before, everyone in this grocery store is doing their sunday shopping, maybe the person that just honked at me is having the worst day of their life, my neighbor has doctors appointments and favorite foods and a song they can’t stand to hear anymore… you are all fully realized complex people and that is overwhelming me on a spiritual level…

#this is water

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Originally read the first bit as Indian reservations and I spent an embarrassingly long time wondering what rez they were talking about that was known for its spaghetti.

#american indian #indian reservation #nativeposting #spaghetti #show me the rezgetti

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You’ve got to forgive yourself for being traumatized and needing to learn how to function again. 

Recovery isn’t always nightmares and depression, it’s forgetting to eat, being scared of what others might see as completely normal things, it’s getting random panic attacks, not knowing how to take care of yourself, not knowing how to live like an adult, even if you’re twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, of feeling like you’re failing to function in a world where everyone seems to have their shit together. 

If you need help, ask for it. Go to forums and ask for advice. Take advantage of community resources. Buy pre-sliced veggies and fruits, eat instant meals if you can’t cook for yourself today. Hire someone. Ask a neighbor for a favor. Buy any item you think might make life easier, even if you feel like you aren’t ‘disabled’ enough to have it. 

Some of the depression posts (ie open your windows, take a shower, go outside, call a friend) are really helpful but they’re not always enough. I’ve found advice for spoonies, people with chronic pain or other disabilities have the best tips because they know what it’s like to be bedridden, out of energy, stuck in a brain fog. 

You may never return back to the energy you had when you were younger and you might always need to use crutches to help you through life. It’s the same with medication. 

Trauma is a real thing that happens to you, it physically alters your brain and it’s alright to have lasting scars. 

You’re not broken, your life is not over and you can still be happy. 

It’s not your fault.

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Congratulations on the Teal Mask DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for being the most "This entire plot would be solved if even one person involved wasn't a blithering idiot" story of this year

#pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #the teal mask #pokemon dlc #idiot plots #so many of these story beats are plot contrivances and it upsets me to no end #especially after such a good showing from the base game