#it helps them

[lockhartandlych]

notes to self

- stop viewing kindness as transactional

- it's not your fault

- it's not someone else's fault either

- the idea of fault and blame for things beyond anyone's control is a rather catholic notion

- you're afraid

- stop thinking that they hate you. if they did then they'd tell you

- seriously, stop. you're jumping at shadows

- allow yourself moments of weakness, and other people opportunities to help you. it's in human nature to want to help. if you like being kind to people so much, consider how much others would like being kind in return

- you're afraid

- no, you won't die

- just don't go insane

- your past self would not hate who you are now, so stop hating her back. you know, despite everything, that you had a good heart then. she's just happy you're here

- remember to eat. remember to drink. take your meds. and for god's sake, go to bed at a reasonable time

- call the hormone clinic

- you're afraid

- that's okay

- it really does feel like an end, doesn't it?

- and in a way it is; it's the end of who you once were

- but look at where you've been. look at who you used to be

- look at how far you've come!

- you're still here, despite everything. you're here now, and you will remain, even as you change and grow.

- it's okay. trust that it will be okay

- trust that whoever you become, you will be alive, and you will be happy

- remember to return those shitass shoes

#poetry #kind of #idk i wrote it with the intent of it being a sort of weird poem #transgender #depression #i just hope that whoever sees this #it helps them

[garcia-flynn-deserved-better]

people who trauma dump on positive posts are the worst actually

#like ok you went through difficult stuff but like??? #this is a post about love and hope and joy #and dreams #and some people actually need to see stuff like that #it helps them #and when you go into the notes ( or just get notes on your post) and you see negative shit it sucks so bad #this post wasn't made to be a space for you to complain abt your life #it was made bcs life is beautiful and yes there are things worth living for #just keep your negative comments out of post like that it literally helps no one #* #rant #tags

[literallyaflame]

how do conservatives think talking to children works? if a four year old came up to me and said “i’m a cat!!” i would say “really? what makes you a cat?” and they’d say some shit like “i have claws >:)” and i’d be like “oh wow, you do have claws. but wait, i thought cats had pointed ears!” and they’d say “they DO!!!” and then i’d pull up a picture of an elf and ask “is THIS a cat?” and they’d yell “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”

u wouldn’t say “fucking hell, Emily, get it together. this is the real world”

#yes this applies to gender too #if a kid says ‘i’m a girl!!’ it might be because they’re a girl or #it might be because they’ve got an incomplete picture of what a ‘girl’ is in their brains #and as a parent ur job is to help them complete those pictures #by asking them questions and giving them new information and playing w them

[whats-this-mustelid]

I just think that 'animals are living intelligent creatures that have feelings and deserve to be respected' and 'when done properly farming is beneficial to both people and animals and there's nothing wrong with raising and killing animals for food, clothing, and other products' are concepts that very much can and should coexist

#i think a lot of people get too carried away in farming discourse to actually remember both of these things #some people are so aggressively anti-farming that they forget that meat and fur are necessary for some people #and that farming helps prevent overhunting of certain species #but some people are so aggressively pro-farming that they begin to think of animals as objects #that only exist to provide them with a product #animals deserve to be treated with respect and be given the best care possible while they're alive #but that doesn't mean that its a bad thing for them to die

[phantomrose96]

I think we should have a turn of phrase for "I'm not in the right, but I AM annoyed with this situation, so I just need to go bitch to a friend about this before I suck it up and go do the right thing" because more and more I'm finding this is a critical element of functional adulthood.

#the person who's re-emailed me asking for help with something: yes I should get back to you. yes I will get back to you #but in the meantime I will look at the email like 'I am busy right now! I have deadlines! do not bother me about this unrelated thing!' #and like in 15 minutes when I'm ready to be an adult again I'll get back to them

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

#there is not a third option. it is either trump OR biden #and one of those will be much MUCH worse for palestine #i'm really really sorry that these are the options. i wish they weren't. #but WHAT third option are you trying to take here? what on earth is your proposed outcome #that will actually make things better for palestine? #because letting trump win the election is NOT going to help them #i'm sorry but you need to set aside your feelings and take the option that will lead to less harm to palestine in the long run #you talk such a big game about how people need to be willing to make sacrifices to help palestine #but you yourself aren't even willing to hold your nose and vote to stop things from getting worse? #or did you think 'sacrifice' only meant not getting mcdonalds for a few months? #us politics

[wewontbesleeping]

the weirdest fucking thing to me is how men will be like "it's so hard being a man. no one cares that i'm sad. the loneliness we experience could NEVER be understood by a woman" and then also be like "btw i never talk to my friends and i don't know their names and i love hanging out with men because they don't talk about their stupid emotions all the time. women could never understand a bond like this." like ???

#this thread was so rancid lmfao #my favorite was 'we don't care if someone wants to relax on the couch!!! STOP NAGGING US!!!' like ???? #go take care of your kids you deadbeat???? #also SO many guys complaining that no one compliments them #ok so compliment another man..... #oh no you only want a woman to compliment you? ok. #women compliment each other that's why we get compliments lol #we do not want men to 'compliment' us hope this helps

[blinkpen]

(i Will go back to everlasting haitus if that GFM slows down too much btw, seeing it to its goal ASAP is my primary focus right now)

#i don't want to move the goalposts but i don't want donations to slow to a crawl just bc they are Halfway there #they obviously do still need to get ALL the way there to get the whole family out + get medical care they need #and they need it -quickly- and i -know- we -can- but it requires people besides me! #please help me help them

[thesunwillart]

nimonisms :-)

#nimona #nimona fanart #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona netflix #my art #I LOVE THEM!!! HELP! #8k #9k #10k+

[telltaletypist]

the beatles are an infuriating band to me as a relentless contrarian. liking them is cliche, hating them is cliche, being indifferent towards them is cliche. it's impossible to have an novel or interesting take on the beatles in current year. like how am i supposed to win here?

#telling tales #doesn't help that i've made the upsetting discovery that i actually really like them #it brings me no joy to report this #the beatles

[0000alisa]

🦇👻Thriller bark trio👻🦇

#one piece #nami #usopp #chopper #tony tony chopper #help them

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

sick of this anti-aging obsession. let's go in the opposite direction. i want more characters who are hardened & grizzled & have a face lined with the harrowing tribulations of time--and then halfway through the narrative u find out they're 27

#they aren't even a chainsmoker or anything they just don't wear sunscreen are chronically dehydrated and have witnessed the Horrors #u know. like most of us #ideally we first meet them in a bar where they are guzzling from a tankard like a mysterious and dangerous stranger #later we find out it's not ale they're on a kombucha kick #they've been making it in their basement w/ the help of a college roommate who quit a biochemistry phd to become a beekeeper

[hiriaeth]

#Palestine #Free Palestine #unbelievably evil #we have to help them #Columbia University #current events #american politics #fascism

[haleyusesherwords]

Non-redstoners trying to redstone: the magic of the glowing red ores is one of the great mysteries of the world that few have mastered. But with careful study, observation, and practice I too may be able to harness its powers

Literally anyone trying to use an armor stand: Cleo is a witch and if I touch their spell book I will die or be haunted for the rest of my days by the aftershocks of magic I will never comprehend

#inspired by the exact tone of both Cleo and Redstoners going #‘oh yeah that’s easy’ when some hermit asks them for help #zombiecleo #hermitcraft

[theriu]

I like to think that at least once, the Avatar cycle seemed to skip the Water Tribe—like people knew it was the water tribe’s turn, everyone was looking for them, the tests are done on all the kids, but like 60-80 years go by and no avatar until some Earth Kingdom kid shows up. People wonder if the cycle skipped a generation or what, but nothing serious was going on at that time so they shrug and move on.

It’s only many many years later that someone is researching Swampbender oral history and someone tells the story of “Ol Stinky Jess, she was a funny one, could light the swamp on fire an’ all sorts o’ shenanigans! Best catfishgator catcher in the tribe, she was” and thats literally it, she just lived a totally chill life in the swamp and nobody knew what an avatar was at the time so they just rolled with that funny gal’s odd bending ways.

#humor #river babbles #swampbender #I love the swamp tribe #just off doing their own thing #wholly unbothered #until you need them to help whup the fire tyrant and then theyre rarin to go #stinky jess #avatar #atla #waterbending

[sabertoothwalrus]

uh oh !

#it's pride month & so help me god I will make them gayer #miraculous ladybug #ml #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #chat noir #my art #comic #trans adrien #he/theydrien if you will