#educate your friends

[theabigailthorn]

You're not uniquely talented or hard working you just went to the right schools.

Yes, yes! This is exactly why I started Philosophy Tube! Why shouldn't someone else, anyone else, have access to the education I got??? The intellectual and cultural heritage of our species is for everyone, not just privileged people like me! :)

#something else I'm learning from friends with ADHD is that I'm privileged to have the kind of brain that works in a way our society rewards #AND the institutions that I was able to attend and use to grow were often themselves the product of a society that not only excluded #but actively exploited other people! #And still do! #So not only should we widen access #We should give people the power to critique those institutions too #Education should give you power over your own life

[runningwithscizzorz]

I feel a deep sense of anger and grief for Palestine. I’m angry at God, at the world powers donating to those who are killing civilians, angry at people looking away and encouraging you to worry about yourself when people can’t even walk down their streets without being attacked. I’m angry that my friend donated, only for it to be stolen and taken by the soldiers abusing Palestine. I’m angry that I can’t do much of anything but tell you to at least CARE about the people being bombed and slaughtered. Please, if you can’t do anything please just CARE about these people and listen to their stories. Hold them in your hearts at the very least. Don’t pretend they don’t exist or just brush it off as “its been going on for centuries, there’s no point in stopping it.” I want to do more, I want to make people care and love those who need it, rather than continue spreading anger and hate.

These are real people I’ve drawn. Keep the people of Palestine in your heart at the very least please.

#two of my best friends had to run away from their homes because they were Muslim #it was too dangerous for them to stay #but in leaving they also had to leave behind large parts of their families #they tell me about their friends and loved ones that have died and how empty they feel to it #that they also feel a deep sense of hopelessness and guilt at not being able to help #I have a friend now who teaches me about the qur’an and how it talks about having peace and not being afraid in times like these #so please DONT BE AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING #Please talk about this with your friends #please educate yourself on what’s happening #please please please just CARE about the people of Palestine #even if it’s scary and even if it hurts you #do it for those who don’t have a choice to be afraid or hurt #free palestine #palestine

[bearotonin-international]

Apex predator, my ass. I’m going to pet the dog 🐻🐻‍❄️🐼

perhaps now is a good time for some responsible bear programming to remind everyone that as cute and cuddly as they may seem, bears are lethal apex predators and should absolutely be treated accordingly if ever encountered.

DO

NOT

PET

#Responsible Bear Programming #^^ that's our tag for bears doing what they naturally do #if you do not like seeing bears behave as they naturally do -- as apex predators -- then please filter this tag accordingly friends #we are actually not accepting any complaints or suggestions about our tagging system or the content we post at the present moment #or at any point in the foreseeable future #so please don't try to comment or suggest otherwise #informative rant over now commencing educational rant #DO NOT try to pet the lethal beasts #you will be mauled and or killed #and then the bear will be killed for attacking a person #if you like bears the best thing you can do is ensure that they are not habituated to humans and do not view us as a source of food #either through your trash or through your flesh #keep yourself your neighbors and the bears safe by keeping human-bear interactions as minimal as possible #okay the team's done ranting now #(we're having A Day) #(it has a lot to do with the squirrels breaking into the floor of HQ and eating through our electrical wiring) #ask

[elodieunderglass]

I’m glad to be included in gender, and it’s an honor to trans your gender, but gender is astrology to me. “Girl sun boy moon.” You don’t agree, but now you get me better. Send post

#super super fun and everyone likes to look themselves up #but we made it all up yeah? #it’s like holidays yeah? #and then you learn more about (being very serious here) #there are living cultural practices that take astrology very seriously #and set up aspects of real world material oppression around your birth chart #(I was educated by a good friend on how astrology is handled in other cultures than my own) #which is also like gender: all in good fun until you realize people are taking it so seriously #that little kids are growing up in unconscionable circumstances #because their parents have decided who they are based on various external quirks like stars and colors #rather than the kid showing who they are through their heart. #so it’s all in good fun except when it isn’t. #but once again going back to the all in good fun part #it really is so sensible to say girl sun boy moon. #you can feel this #you get me!!! #it explains so much

[kavehater]

I support girls but NAH THIS IS REACHING “if you look carefully LIKE REALLY CAREFULLY 🤓☝️”

#the same people who would shriek like the witch of the north melting her skin off if I tell you haikaveh / kavetham isn’t implied because #if you actually look into our culture they’re being normal and not everyone having rivalry and caring about each other means they’re 💅 #in fact Arabs are some of the worlds most hospitable people alhaitham letting kaveh live with him #is the most Arab thing I’ve ever seen #heck if kaveh was a stranger it wouldn’t be unusual for an Arab to let him in their house ☠️ #goddamn #“if you look in the internet you can see how they’re implied!🤓☝️” #maybe if you had any respect for my culture or any desire to be educated when I’m handing this to you for free you wouldn’t be your mistake #your mums greatest mistake 🤗🤗🤗* #dora daily #if only ppl dedicated this level of detail to actual culture compared to pulling out their microscope at level 100x magnification lens to #observe robins spots under her eyes the world would be a better place 🙀 #let me tell you btw this whole I hate you meh meh meh ( I’m so in love with you ) trope is the most whitest booktok millennial plant growing #basement dweller nonesense I have ever heard in my life don’t do that to my pookies ☹️ #( the pookies in fact were 11 and 9 years older than her respectively ) #guys my dad is the straightest man alive ( oh the trauma lowkey wish he wasn’t ) and he legit was putting his hand on his best friends lap #LMAOOO even I as a very logical person was like bro this is so zesty rn I am SO uncomfortable #anyways live laugh love boothill x Baizhu they’re the most canon things I’ve ever seen in my life #<- this is a joke btw it’s an ironic ship I saw on tiktok ☠️

[theygender]

I've gotten multiple responses to the yeast infection post with some variation of "just pee after sex and you'll be fine." The sex ed economy is in shambles

#you are either thinking of a UTI or you were greatly failed by your sex education #peeing after sex CANNOT flush out the vagina. bc pee doesnt come from the vagina #thats an ENTIRE different hole my friend #😭 #rambling

[constantly-deactivated]

In a world divided, let history remind us to choose our friends carefully!!! 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourself #educate yourselves #wake the fuck up #wake up #wake up america #wake up people #wake up world #do your own research #do your research #exposing the truth #think about it #think for yourself #think for yourselves #exposing evil #exposing lies #exposing corruption #friends #choose wisely #choose well #knowledge is power

[tampon-on-the-sidewalk]

Striking Today?

If you're staying home from school/work in protest of Israel, and don't have a physical protest to go to, and you have an election this year (cough America cough) today's a perfect day to research your ballots!

With this tool you can simply enter the address tied with your voter's registration and be shown your election dates and candidates; information about these candidates (such as a photo, their platform, or any previous political work) are listed.

Make sure you are registered to vote and, if needed, opt for vote-by-mail. Request off from your jobs on election dates if you can. The more research you do now, the better off you will be come election days!

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#politics #global strike #palestine #there are a lot of house and senate seats on the line this year #so please look them up and vote in the right people #and ENCOURAGE YOUR YOUNG OFFLINE VOTER FRIENDS #Spreading word online only does so much and I understand social anxiety especially in political context #But most of the voting population are only as educated as the people they speak to

[pettyprocrastination]

im gonna be honest after the initial shock and hours long conversation that would happen, Jeff Morales would absolutely force miles to put on his suit and film informational videos about stranger danger and self-defense after learning he’s spiderman

#tj talks #you can't tell me he wouldn't #'dad PLEASE' 'oh so youre too good to EDUCATE THE YOUTH OF TODAY' 'I AM THE YOUTH OF TODAY' #jeff is posting videos about checking your kids candy on halloween and going 'and now with the help of my dear friend SPIDERMAN-' #*cut to miles shuffling into view* #you know that one video #where the guy is trying to film a self defense video but keeps getting smacked #its that #miles morales #jeff morales

[musubiki]

this and also she ends every fact with the phrase “verified” or “real science fact” so everyone is like oh shes DEFINATELY full of shit and then its all true LMFAOOOO

#coco turning from the most punk ass lazy student to the only one who went to college #everyone is extremely supportive #[going on a magic adventure] (okay but we have to be back before tuesday because cocos final is due at midnight) #marshal broke her laptop once and they went OFF on him #(ALL HER ESSAYS ARE ON THERE!!!) #i think she would be a business major #lime: ofc you go to college and pick the most basic bitch major there is #coco: at least its actually gonna let me HELP mochi instead of taking up space being moody all the time (lime) #(says a random fact) and everyone: (thats not true) #coco: it is a took a class on it once. real science fact #the only side effect is that coco and mochi now occasionally fight about historical facts #because what they teach in the central kingdoms educational ciriculum is different from whats written in mochis spell history books #(who are you gonna believe--the kingdom that charges you 100000000 dollars per class or your best friend who can literally make things poof #out of thin air??) #coco: where is your source

[awakefor48hours]

America: Our citizens are getting dumber! How is that possible! We have so much education!

Also America: The middle class is disappearing but that doesn't matter. At school, we'll force you to pay for food and your education. If you can't afford food then looks like you, a literal child, will just have to starve. We'll also overwork you with pointless busy work that doesn't properly prepare you for the world. We also know that school can be hostile environment to a lot of students but those students just need to suck it up and stop being gay, BIPOC, and poor. In addition to that, we're going to raise the price of college because free education is for dirty communists.

#education can be slippery slope #going to college and getting a good education can absolutely be beneficial #but like amphibia said “college is not for everyone!” #and that's fine too #i have several friends who've never been to college #and they're doing pretty well for themselves #community college is also very important to look into #i know community college is joked about in the sense that it's “fake college” #but at the end of the day education is education #and there's nothing wrong with that #if going to a community college is what you need to do #then go to a community college #and always remember this economic hellscape we live in #is not your fault

[silenthillbunni]

🐰🌧️

#so on my way home.. #i walked by a school and besides the fact that i felt so depressed bc just looking at these kids and adults i have NO hope for the future #i saw two boys on a bench as i walked by... and i just thought they were talking. and too late i realized that no one of the boys were #bullying the other boy. the bully walked away and the other boy just sat there looking so lifeless and dejected #a teacher came and sat down w that boy and i just kept walking. even if i wanted to say smth it's like what would i even do abt that situati #that made me so sad both bc that boy.. he looked so dejected and used to it. that anxiety going to school knowing you're bullied is awful #and like i imagined talking to him and saying heyyy if you're lucky you'll grow up to be 25yrs old #live like a parasite off your mom and be on wellfare and never have had a job :) #you'll have no education or highschool diploma :) you will still struggle to finish hs even at an easier level :) #you will also not have had friends in 10yrs and you'll be terrified of ppl and getting close to anyone and even going outside!! #you'll have no interests and hobbies and skills! you'll simply be a waste of space loser being a burden on everyone around u! #whoop whoop stay alive buddy it will only get worse ❤️ #god i just wanna cry. how did i let my life turn out this way??? i used to be full of dreams and life and passion and HOPE #i used to believe in things and in people. i had so many dreams and i wanted to try and do so many things #now all i can think is 'i wanna die i wanna die i wanna die'. im miserable wherever i go lmao #there's this bridge over the highway i have to cross when i walk to school and every time i look down at the trafic and when a truck drives #by i feel my entire body vibrate. i just wanna jump and get mauled by it. #or i dont *want* to but i feel so deeply and desperately that it's the only way for me #only way to make it stop hurting. and i am weak. i dont know how to just 'stop' or take control of my life. thats why i wanna die #bc i know that i wont be able to. that my life will never amount to anything #for fuck's sake my dream now is just to have my own 1bedroom apartment and have a shitty job - like in a grocery store or whatever!!!!! #not even that can i make happen! bc im so worthless i cant do anything. im also stupid so i wouldnt be able to do my job right #i dont know... i dont know... these feelings and thoughts are too much i just wanna relax #but i cant bc my ribs hurt and idk if it's heartburn or an ulcer 💀 why am i even alive???? what am i doing all this for? 😭 #my thoughts ran away but i meant like seeing that reminded me of how much of a failure i became #bc of my circumstances and all the shitty ppl around me thru out my life

[slashingdisneypasta]

"Rule number seven says don't touch the women,

But they can grab whatever they want to."

- Christian Kane in 'House Rules', A.K.A THIS MAN-

(Obviously DO NOT TOUCH A N Y O N E WITHOUT ENTHUSIASTIC PERMISSION. but it sure is a hot line, in the correct context XD)

#dale. can you please educate your friend? >> #Christian Kane #Good Day For It #Good Day For It 2011

[biblicalhorror]

The most frustrating part of engaging in any of this discourse with pro-Israel people is that they claim there's just something ineffable about "seeing and understanding" how supporting Palestinian liberation is directly calling for the eradication of Jewish people (as if that type of rhetoric isn't exactly how actual antisemitism often manifests in online spaces but that's a topic for another day)

They get through people debunking the "the land belongs to the people of Israel anyway" argument and the "LGBTQ Palestinians are safe in Israel" argument and the "Genocide isn't what's happening here so you should educate yourself" argument and when all of those points are meticulously disproven over and over they still stand with "Well, myself and your Jewish friends see the hate you have in your heart for us" and it truly doesn't matter what you say at that point because even if you yourself are Jewish they will claim that refusing to support the state, government and military of Israel is inherently hateful and bigoted, as if a religious ethnostate is some inherent human right that is being taken away from them. I know many of them are blinded by the relentless propaganda that's been around their whole lives and how hard it is to break free from a belief system that is so tied to your core identity as a human being but it is so frustrating watching people being led straight to the point over and over again and just turning around and refusing to see it.

It's also so frustrating to see people using the momentum of this movement to casually tack on actual antisemitism to these discussions, as if having Jewish people in positions of power is why the US bends over backwards to excuse the actions of Israel and not, yknow, the fact that our government directly benefits from having a military stronghold in the middle east. I've talked to some well-meaning pro-Palestine friends irl who casually use antisemetic talking points because they've ALSO bought into the narrative that Israeli = Jewish and so they blame the actions of Israel and the IDF on Jewish people's "religious values" and ignore the fact that this conflict really has almost nothing to do with religion itself and everything to do with capitalism, imperialism and maintaining the US's status as a so-called "global power".

#dont get me wrong there are lots of people on the pro palestine side who are very much aware of and vigilant against antisemitic rhetoric #but i genuinely worry about some of my non-jewish leftist friends and allies falling down some super shady pipelines because of all of this #i spend a lot of my time on my public facing social media sharing articles and graphics and whatnot about antisemitism #and how careful we need to be when calling out these atrocities and our government's complicity in them #but when one side is genuinely claiming with no evidence or argument that being against colonial occupation is just antisemitism #it makes it so hard to call out actual antisemitism within these spaces bc it delegitimizes antisemitism as a concern #i just want to scream #like. im not even jewish and i vividly remember when we had a special lesson in girl scouts about how wonderful Israel is #and they had us make little mini versions of the israel flag and they told us that israel stood for the safety of the jewish people #and i came home and i told my mom about how cool israel was #and she promptly pulled me out of girl scouts #which at the time felt unfair because she didnt explain why #but also how do you explain the horrors of colonialism and imperialism to your newly zionist 10 year old #anyway the point is that if i as a non-jewish girl scout was exposed to that kind of propaganda #i can only imagine how inescapable it must be for many american jews in the US #and i truly empathize with the amount of unlearning that needs to be done #and how hard it must be to let go of some of these ideas #but that doesnt make it any less frustrating to watch these dynamics play out on such a massive scale #and i hold so much respect for people in white jewish communities re-educating themselves and standing on the right side of history #as well as for all of the people of color and especially American Palestinians standing up and using their voices as much as they do #personal

[hiddenworldofmary]

the boy and the heron (how do you live?)

#the boy and the heron #hayao miyazaki #i have many many personal thoughts after this movie and they’re all running wild in my head #you watch some movies at just the right time in your life and this was one of those #it was the same with kiki’s delivery service which i watched right after moving away #coincidentally also all alone and by the sea and to pursue education #i cried six times and i will no longer consider wet eyes crying at a movie because i was full on sobbing #for the first time in my life #first at the very beginning. then the fiery girl. then the creatures #then two times at the end of movie monologues. Ann then the closing song delivered the final blow #i’m very sad that the only person i would immediately want to walk about it and who would enjoy it with me isn’t here #but i’m also hopeful and i believe that there will be equally great friends in my future #i will find them or they will find me and perhaps it will be a little awkward at first but that’s how you build relationships (and worlds) #piece by piece and changing them once in a while #and it will be ok and i will not forget #mine #oh and i also got a movie postcard in the cinema which was so nice

[oldshrewsburyian]

Faculty duties for the fall semester start next week, so I decided to spend an evening watching an indie film with an all-star cast about the nature of the educational vocation. You know, as one does.

...this backfired slightly, as the film suggests that we may all be doomed by failures both systemic and personal. Moreover, Adrien Brody is the saddest man in the world and I'm not normal about it.

I do recommend the film (Detachment, 2011)

#detachment 2011 #the film does believe in the necessity and the nobility of education #but also. god. #lucy liu #james caan #marcia gay harden #adrien brody #christina hendricks #you see i was not kidding about the all-star cast #tony kaye #see one of the main arguments for going to the movies is having a friend to process it with afterwards #or at least a stranger to smile grimly and sheepishly at after you've been bawling your eyes out in the toilets #(yes i have had both of these experiences)