#I guess is relevant ?

[defectivegembrain]

No you cannot fix your entire life at 2am. Go to bed.

#note to self #and anyone else who finds it relevant i guess

[magnetothemagnificent]

The world is so hostile to tweens.....

Like we joke about how our schools growing up would ban the latest toy trends, but that reality genuinely horrific when you think about it. Like maybe 1% of the bans were based on safety, but the rest cited reasoning like

-"kids were bartering for collectibles" (kids learning about economics and product value)

-"kids were wearing them and the colors were too flashy" (kids experimenting with self expression and fashion)

-"kids were playing with them during lunch and recess instead of using our rusted safety hazard playground" (kids utilizing their free time to do what helps *them* unwind).

Play areas specifically geared towards children and especially towards teens are constantly being shut down. "Oh kids today are always on their phones!" Maybe because

-there are barely any arcades left and even less arcades that aren't adult-oriented,

-public pools and gyms are underfunded and shut down,

-"no loitering" laws prevent kids and teens from just hanging out,

-movie theatres only play the latest films and ticket prices are only rising,

-parks and playgrounds are either neglected or replaced with gear only directed at toddlers and unsuitable for anyone older

-genuine children's and young teen media is being phased out in favour of media directed only at very small children or older teens and adults.

-suburbs and even cities are becoming more and more hostile to pedestrians, it's just not safe for kids to walk to or ride their bikes to their friends' houses or other play destinations

Children's agency is hardly ever respected. Kids between the ages of 9-13 are either treated as babies or as full-grown adults, with no in-between. When they ask to be given more independence, they are either scoffed at or given more responsibilities than are reasonable for a child their age.

This is even evident in the fashion scene.

Clothing stores and brands like Justice and Gap are either closing or rebranding to either exclusively adult clothing or young children's clothes, with no middle ground for tweens. Tweens have to choose between clothes designed for adults that are too large and/or too mature for their age and bodies, or more clothes they feel are far too childish. For tween girls especially it's either a frilly pinafore dress with pigtails or a woman's size dress with cleavage. No wonder tween girls these days dress like they're older, it's because their other option is little girl clothes and they don't want to feel childish.

And then when tweens go to school, the books they want to read aren't available because they cover "mature" topics (read: oh no two people kissed and they weren't straight or oh no menstruation was mentioned or oh no a religion other than Christianity is depicted), so kids are left with books for way below their reading level. No wonder kids today are struggling with literacy, it's because they can't exercise and expand their reading skills with age-appropriate books. Readers need to be challenged with new words and concepts in order to grow in their skills, only letting tween read Dr. Seuss and nursery rhymes doesn't let them learn.

Discussions about substance use, reproduction, and sexuality aren't taught at an age-appropriate level in school or even by children's parents, so they either grow up ignorant and more vulnerable to abuse, or they seek out information elsewhere that is delivered in a less-than-age-appropriate manner. It shouldn't be a coin-toss between "I didn't know what sex was until I was 18 and in college" or "my first exposure to sex as a tween was through porn" or "I didn't know what sex was so I didn't know I was being sexually abused as a kid."

Tweenhood is already such a volatile and confusing time for kids, their bodies are changing and they're transitioning from elementary to middle to high school. It's hard enough for them in this stage, but it's made worse by how society devalues and fails them.

We talk about the disappearance of teenagehood, and maybe that's gonna happen in the future, but the erasure of tweenhood is happing in real time, and it's having and going to have major consequences for next generation's adults.

#leftie shit #i guess #ageism #social issues #tweenhood #the disappearance of tweenhood #current events #relevant issues

[comradekatara]

> be zuko

> try desperately to ingratiate yourself within the avatar’s friend group (to no avail, of course, because you have terrible social skills, and previously tried to kill them, also)

> try to fight off the human wmd you previously hired to blow them all up

> fail miserably, because he is indestructible

> watch as sokka effortlessly kills him with a very precise boomerang throw to the brain

> suddenly recall every single time you got hit in the head by his boomerang

> feel immense gratitude for what you had previously dismissed as uncle’s obnoxiously stringent and paranoid over-emphasis on the importance of helmet safety

#zuko #sokka #combustion man #iroh #sokka could’ve taken down all of unanimity with his boomerang #he and yangchen would’ve been the fucking dream team fr #altho i guess jujinta also has rly precise aim so he basically fulfills that role #but like. sokka has precise aim AND everything else kavik has (except for waterbending but like. he doesn’t even need it) #anyway. these tags are not relevant to the post at all #also i think zuko would like the helmet bc a) they’re regulation so he feels more militaristic in them and b) they cover his scar #but for the purposes of this joke of he hates the way they compress on his skull and he also whines before iroh makes him put it on #honestly both are equally plausible to me #so let’s just say it’s a combination thereof

[stuckinapril]

megan thee stallion is the perfect example of unbothered energy. nicki has repeatedly vagueposted about her, gone on unhinged rants about her, gone so far as to mention her dead mother (such a classless low blow), threatened her on live, and has now released the tackiest diss track in history. and what has megan done? literally nothing. she straight up ignored her, aside from that one ig story where she posted herself laughing (which was perfect btw). she is the epitome of “i will not dignify that w a response.” i love it.

#btw i was rly into megan before it became trendy now in light of her dropping hiss / the nicki debacle #nicki’s latest music has been ass anyway but it’s sad to see her behaving like this to newer rap girls #the parasocial hate is literally so intense / insane like i can’t imagine hating someone enough to be persistently harassing them like this #nicki’s a celeb so you’d think she’d know a thing or two about how dangerous it is to pit her fans on somebody else like this #unless this is all just a bid to stay relevant which i would not be surprised ab but nicki seems PRESSED. #i guess if i released something like pink friday 2 id also be feeling threatened by a new rap girl w the bars megan has #i just want her to leave my homegirl megan alone. good on megan for ignoring and living her best life. the energy i wanna emulate #i’m not usually one to play into the whole pit women against other women thing but nicki’s recent actions are so inappropriate. wild #btw megan majored in health administration in uni?? which is a major factor as to why i’m obsessed w her. anyway #text

[phantasm-echo]

Probably my favourite scene from the premiere, she was so based for kicking that droid

#my art #the bad batch #the bad batch season 3 #the bad batch season 3 spoilers #I guess??? it’s not really a spoiler bc it’s not plot relevant but I’ll tag just in case #Star Wars #star wars tcw #tbb fanart #tbb omega #tbb #tbb season 3 #tbb s3 spoilers #tbb s3 #Star Wars tbb #bad batch #clone force 99 #star wars the clone wars #star wars art #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker #tbb tech #tbb echo #tbb spoilers #the bad batch spoilers

[woundthatswallows]

excerpt from leonard cohen's 1966 novel beautiful losers, from which buffy sainte marie adapted into her phenomenal song god is alive, magic is afoot 

#was excited to see the song going around i guess they use it in the last ep of the yj season!! show made for me i can't wait to catch up #but since it's relevant i want people to Know... #leonard cohen #buffy sainte marie #beautiful losers #god is alive magic is afoot #words #2023 reads

[gamebunny-advance]

Some skrunkly Oatchis from the official Pikmin comic.

Bonus mamuta bugging out their eyes 'cus i think it's funny but I don't feel like posting it by itself.

#pikmin #pikmin 4 #oatchi #I was recently going to post that i think it's cool that characters are introduced #roughly in the order that you find them in #but the latest comic introduced dash before yonny has made an appearance (they made his hair purple so i guess that's his 'canon' hair colo #from the rescue corps team: we're still missing yonny and possibly bernard (it's likely he's one of the purple leaflings) #for castaways we've gotten: schnauz. dalmo (who is a confirmed freak in the comic). kingsly. and dash. #the mamuta is interestingly a recurring character despite not having special relevance in the game #so far it's the only enemy besides the bulborb to appear more than twice

[cupcakeshakesnake]

As far as society is concerned, you are a chimpanzee.

#original art #doodle #comic #identity #sense of self #chimpanzee #human #artists on tumblr #Sorry I'm bad at drawing apes #snake's art #Recently been wondering if I'm nonbinary or agender or something like that #So those concepts are relevant I guess

[rewild]

Hey babe, let’s get coffee at the combo Dunkin- urgent-care!

#Americana #vibes vibes vibes #American experience #capitalism #I guess that tag is relevant #You can go get tested for Covid #Then walk next door and get a coffee and a donut

[felassan]

r/dragonage (Reddit) post titled "Jeff Grubb: Dragon Age: Dreadwolf scheduled to release in late 2024." Post text: "Dreadwolf to be shown this summer and planned release later this year, Bioware is internally confident on the release date. Anything could change of course." Source: [link] Clip: [link] "Credit to: u/IcePopsicleDragon for posting this in r/GamingLeaksAndRumours."

[source]

In episode 339 of Game Mess Decides, Jeff Grubb had the following to say on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf's possible/rumored release window [transcript]:

Question from chat: “Hi Jeff and Mike, when will Dragon Age 4 be shown and released?” Jeff: “Yeah, I mean, I expect it will probably pop up this summer. I don’t know when it’ll be shown is the real answer, that’s the, let’s get that out, I don’t know when it will be shown. I assume it will be shown sometime this summer. Could happen at any time though. It will be released this year [2024], last I heard. That is, and they’re pretty confident about that, doesn’t mean it’s a guarantee, could slip, but right now, internally, they expect to release it later this year, which is why I took it in Fantasy Critic”.

[source (timestamp 35 mins 20 secs), clipped version]

(there were no more mentions of Dragon Age or BioWare during the episode)

#dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age #bioware #video games #i'm out travelling atm sry so i cant make a proper neat post or make a transcript rn but the source of this is reportedly jeff grubb via #r/dragonage the DA subreddit. So please go there to check it out directly and follow the link to the vid etc. #late 2024 is what we've speculated for a while now as a release window #i'm guessing november? #as thats 10 yrs aniversary of DAI and 15 years aniversary of DAO. would be the perfect time #aaaa #i'm so excited #elmofire.gif #quick n dirty post on the fly pls forgive me hhh 🙏 #long post #longpost #update: post edited to tidy it up and include a transcript of the relevant segment #given that DA:D is officially stated by BW to be having its full reveal in summer 2024 #that would place (if this is reliable reporting) 'later this year' as being in the second half of 2024 as it would have to be after summer #so like fall? holiday time?

[felsicveins]

In order to sober his alcoholic ass up for a coherent conversation JD tosses Julien in the tub and turns the shower on cold.

The water washes the colored hairspray out of his hair, revealing the faded gray underneath.

Really wearing the "sad wet dog" look

#sparki my boy ... youve got my number 😔 #i cannit resist the angst #trolls #trolls 3 #trolls band together #trolls oc #trolls oc julien #uh. yeah i guess thats all the relevant tags #feels like few.. #i love a reveal but i also love the idea of julien pretending hes fine and forcing his hair to stay orange and red but like #when he sleeps it goes back go grey/black

[scarefox]

Here have some scientific elaboration for the people who still are in denial that Babe is bottoming. And not Charlie possibly riding him.

(I heard some folks didn't want to believe Babe is a bottom since ep1. I also saw such comments for a different drama where people were in denial for the same stupid reasons) 🤷‍♂️

Or maybe I just love that they very subtly show Babes leg position. Very minimal but they show it.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk

#I mean it was obvious since episode 1 with the other alpha and charliebabe couch sex too. but I guess some people didn't see that #and yes in such cases it is relevant cause diversity non-cliches representation etc #and it is annoying if people try to take that away with ignorance and denial of things not fitting in their worldviews #pit babe the series #ep6 #charlie x babe

[ohno-the-sun]

Some Luca au Moons for the new chapter here!

Really rough animation still practicing, not really canon just trying out how the transition looks

#I need to start making art more relevant to the chapters Pfppft #I mean I guess we get some moon pov #lol #Luca au #fnaf sun #fnaf moon #moondrop #sundrop #mermaid au #my art #fnaf daycare attendant #my writing #I like this chapter actually #I hope others do to #hmm

[bowserwife]

My girlfriend and I talk about Straight Edge as a political philosophy a lot, bc she's a former straight edge kid who broke a little while after we started dating. It just doesn't feel very internally consistent as a code. Obviously there's no consensus among Edgers on these things (that's what they call themselves, right?), but straight edge starts to fall apart when you examine how it feels about ibuprofen, caffeine, and zoloft.

The category of "drug" is socially constructed, even if you get specific and say "psychoactive drug" or something. I have heard of very few straight edge people who disavow coffee, and I've personally known several who take antidepressants. But there's nothing that ontologically separates antidepressants from weed or alcohol, so if you're straight edge and ok with the former than you're only doing so on the basis of the authority of medical institutions, social norms, etc. That doesn't sound very punk to me!

#idk straight edge isn't relevant anymore i guess so im not rly railing against anything here #its just something i think about a lot

[quartergremlin]

i didnt really have a reason for drawing this but its kind of cute so.

transcript:

Leo: Soooooooo?

Yuichi: Hm?

L: Your folks? they're out, right?

Y: Yeah, why?

L: I'm asking if you want to make out.

Y: Oh! Yeah!! Can we?

#quarterdraws #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #comic #yuichi usagi #leoichi #rise leo #still dont really know where on the yuichi to Miyamoto scale im putting his personality #vut hes not exactly relevant rn so I guess I can have fun with it...

[khytal]

incredible

#khyt.aaposting #I made this in january and somehow it's still relevant #also I guess I never posted it here hsjfhsjdh #I thought I did but I couldn't find it. so here it is again if I already did o(-<