#like even in the same country

[ionomycin]

wild strawberries

#artists on tumblr #back from my trip to finland #it was nice to see my family #and my one friend #but it feels good to be back #it's super hot here #and i dont know if any of my friends have time for me #but i just like this place a lot #even if i'm just walking outside on these same streets #that i always walk #i feel a weird sense of peace being in another country #far away from everyone and everything i grew up with

[wenellyb]

White French people hate it when they get a taste of their own medicine. 

I was discussing with one of my colleagues and she told me how she was planning to go to Senegal for the holidays because she thought it was a good way for her kids to see more diversity and people who don’t look like them (ie Black People).

So I told her it was a good idea because I was 4 the 1st time I saw a White person (and I cried btw...) And she was so shocked, like she couldn’t understand that some Black kids have never seen White people in their lives but somehow doesn’t think twice about the fact that her kids are in a similar situation.

Another time, I was talking to someone else about how I arrived in France when I was young but had lived in many African countries growing up (RDC, Kenya , Gabon, Center African Republic...).

And then that person proceeded to go on a tirade about how I must have felt so lucky to arrive in France, and how I should have been relieved to arrive in a developed country like France, blablaba. I just told him “not really”, because growing up I was told that France was amazing and so wealthy, but the first time I saw homeless people was when I arrived in Europe, so I didn’t really understand why people always talked about Europe like that. And again, the guy was shocked, just because I didn’t say my life in Africa was miserable and sad, and because I said that Europe was from what I had heard as a child.

If you’re going to bring your assumptions without knowing, I’ll retort with mine ( the view of an 8-9 year old). I don’t understand how someone can feel so entitled and assume something about your situation without asking first. I’m sorry the only thing you know about Africa is that one documentary you watched in middle school but leave me alone.

#random stuff #I just give what I get #And I'm not saying there's no poverty in Africa... But people need to understand that Africa is a continent not a country #and I think that even people who understand it don't really understand understand it #what I mean is that all countries are different and even within the countries you have differences and just like any other countries in the #world you have wealth differences and it's stupid to assume that just because you come from an African country you're grateful to arrive in #an European country or a western country #Also you'll have very different opinions whether your coming from east Africa west africa northern africa etc... #They say stuff but then are surprised when you say the same thing back

[lotus-pear]

i think you guys are onto smth..

i unironically got invested in this HELP

#WHERES THE FIC AT IF SOMEONE WRITES THIS I WILL PAY THEM A HUNDRED DOLLARS😭😭 #kunikida serving the country while dazai's serving cunt😔 #dazai was born to malewife but forced to manipulate and i think that's the greatest tragedy of bsd #anyway some facts i would like to share abt this au thay i came up w while drawing!! #takes place in 1939 (start of wwii) and there was a mandatory draft that required one male over eighteen from each house to serve #both of them are still twenty two and had been engaged for abt two years before getting married that year #newlyweds! unfortunately kuni had to go fight and they were seperated :( #before the war kunikida was a math teacher at the local high school and dazai obviously managed the household and didn't work #he's hopeless at cooking and meal prep even w recipie books so they either get those prepackaged meals or kuni makes dinner when he gets ba #so like when he's making lunch for kunikida he normally just packs a basic sandwich w raw fruit #kunikida always appreciates the effort even tho hes probably sick of having the same thing everyday but he won't complain abt it #when kunikida joined the army he was relieved that the mess hall had better food than dazai #he was the only one in his platoon that never complained abt the food so his fellow soldiers assumed it was bc he came from a tough bg #when in reality he was just used to being poisoned on a daily basis from his dumbass husbands cooking and was hardly fazed from army ration #they write to each other although its more dazai sending and kuni receiving bc hes off fighting and doesnt have time to write back #dazai talks abt life on the homefront and how he has to grow a victory garden (everything is DYING HE CANT EVEN RAISE TOMATOES) #and kuni writes abt his fellow soldiers and how the war is going and when he thinks he'll be home and how he misses sleeping in a bed #ANYWAY yea thought i'd share sry for infodumping in the tags again #this post is for like the four ppl that care abt this specific flavor of knkdz so hopefully this gets four notes at least #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #kunikida doppo #doppo kunikida #kunikidazai #knkdz #lotus draws #bro sry for posting at two in the morning i couldnt sleep until i got this out of my head they have infested my brain

[leroibobo]

really do not think people understand the extent to which palestinian sites/landmarks (especially muslim ones) were destroyed, beginning in 1948 until now, even in cities. the oldest extant mosque in jaffa (al-bahr mosque) was built in 1675, even though islam came there in the 7th century

#not to mention that many mosques that /were/ restored but are in 'jewish areas' r heavily guarded & prayer is hardly if ever allowed #to anyone thinking ''you can say the same thing abt jewish sites in mena countries''. you can't have one repaired w/o the other #and ultimately the root of the problem is both the colonization of palestine + antisemitism. advocating for palestine + against #antisemitism are far from mutually exclusive #(and for the love of god please stop using mena jews as a political gotcha i swear to god #and it's not like a regime that forced everyone to integrate into the ''new jewish'' culture is any less genocidal) #as someone who comes from one of the jewish groups who was affected by that to arguably one of the highest degrees & who's also a staunch #antizionist even i know that. politics re: cultural site preservation are stupid but that doesn't make it any less stomach-wrenching #it really is just Luck. al-bahr mosque just so Happens to be in a ''mixed city'' so destroying it'd be a ''bad look'' #the tomb of nahum just so Happens to be in an autonomous kurdish territory so restoring it isnt as big a deal #and then people have the gall to wonder how i could ever ever ever sympathize with those ''savage arabs''. seriously?? #btw im muting notificaions on this post so if you have a problem with me just dm me or block me whatever idc

[randompiggy]

Marta Eterna 💚

#wwc 2023 #marta #brazil wnt #bunny shaw #jamaica wnt #i'm trying to put together the words to express how much of womens football exists today because of marta and formiga and i literally can't #this woman put not just a country but a sport on her shoulders; and now here are her descendants doing the same for theirs #bunny and jamaica are changing what's possible for the women's game; and they'll inspire a new generation to manifest things we can't even #imagine; and on and on; and like that marta eterna will always be true #anyway; i'm extra sentimental because of the complete lack of sleep but; chorar no começo para sorrir no fim

[mitskijamie]

Roy obviously knows that Jamie admires/respects/looks up to him but I like to think there's some part of him that wants Jamie to think he's like. Cool. On some level he's just a middle aged man who peaked in his 20s and craves validation from his cool gen Z coworker. I'm not like a regular coach I'm a Cool coach

#oc #(face straightens immediately) #i think roy was probably bullied at least some at the academy (because he was younger and also super talented) and sometimes with Jamie #who is so effortlessly cool and personable and just has this gravitational pull that will make any room he enters orbit around him #he feels like. idk. inadequate #even when roy was the coolest man in the country there was always this part of him that still felt like it was a joke #this inner autistic 13 year old who never fit in and could never figure out why #like his whole relationship with Keeley he can't believe such a beautiful woman would want to be with him because girls used to ask him out #as a joke or whatever. so he keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop because why would SHE like HIM. #and then when he finds out she's been talking about how clingy he is behind his back he's like I'm an idiot. I'm an idiot. of course. #and it's the same thing with jamie. why would Jamie Tartt (Beautiful Young Successful Footballer Slash Sex Symbol). want to be with him. #he feels like a closeted outcast with a helpless crush on a beautiful popular classmate #is this insane. #roy kent #jamie tartt

[tricoufamily]

x / x / x

my second time doing this challenge! it took me forever to try and come up with a story for this and i still got nothing. first of all highwayman as i've said is my favorite song of all time so. no pressure. then i thought it was funny that the next song was so different yet kind of similar in that there's some vague thread of immortality in both of them. then the third is just a love song so. idk. some kind of supernatural weirdness going on here.

#i really really love these two though #i mean the third song is a country love song so i was like well we've already got some kind of weird immortal cowboy thing going on #i might as well be honest and not reroll like i WANTED TO. the 3rd song was the kicker it's what made this so hard lmao #i also haven't named these sims yet #i didn't expect to start projecting onto that second sim so hard either he just like me #'bad' trans rep <3333 i even gave him the exact same dysphoria jacket i have it's joever #ts4 #ts4 edit #the sims 4 #ts4 cas

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

And that's why she's a Queen

#the fact they even had this idea... #no need to insult the first lady and a whole country like that #the last sentence of saint javelin very much #friendly reminder that the whole Navalny family are neither friends nor supporters of ukraine and are highly problematic #and Navalny is not the perfect little angel now everyone pretends him to be #that so many in the west now worship him and kiss his wife's feet and completely ignoring what he said and supported in the west #but god forbid one Ukrainian breathes in the wrong way or ze forget to say thank you at some point #“the image of women resisting putin” my ass #no need to pretend theyre the same and no need to insult olena like that #still cant grasp the fact that someone was like oh were letting them die and stop important aid for month #but let's invite her so she looks pretty in the background #this is insulting on so many levels #to reduce her to just a pretty object jfc #alao the audacity to put her next to that woman and in the same room with the people who are responsible for Ukrainians dying

[secret-citrus]

Hickory is my favorite Trolls character, not because of his canon (all he did was flirt with Poppy, have a scene with the Smooth Jazz troll, and then have a liar revealed moment. Every other second he was vibing) but because of the grip he has on fans. I think I've seen about a dozen characters shipped with him, and I can see every single one of them as being canon.

#trolls world tour #hickory trolls #i'm. utterly confused by him #this troll isn't even a real country troll! he's a damn poser! #how does he have such incredible cowboy rizz! #Let's see how many ships involving him i can name off the top of my head #Poppy; Branch; Rock!Poppy; Rock!Branch; Delta Dawn; John Dory; Floyd; Creek; Chaz; King Trollex; and self ships of course #i'm convinced all of these are canon at the same time and he's just collecting date mates like pokemon #he rolls up to a random town and four trolls whip around at once like '':D my boyfriend's here!''

[whaliiwatching]

cozy color..

#transformers #starscream #knock out #knockscream #koss #kept freaking out n stimming over this while drawing it #i am SO HAPPY with how it turned out!!!!! #even tho the coloring process was a NIGHTMARE #just. hmngh. peace after war. star prolly escapes jail and hunkers down as far from civilization as he can #there is nothing left for him to fight for—the world he knew is long gone #maybe ko finds him while on a drive through the more rural parts of cybertron #he’s thinking the same thing #not sure what happens from there—maybe ko brings him back and they start a new life together #maybe ko stays with him in the ‘country’ #either way. love and grief. you know the drill #you can’t go home again and all #that’s way sadder than i was thinking it would be #but its hopeful dw i like happy endings

[naamahdarling]

.

#i feel like my presence here has narrowed so much because my life has narrowed so much to encompass mostly pain and frustration #with the medical system and disability and the state of my fucking country #and the occasional highlight of my cats #i can't work on my art #it's agonizing to even try and i wind up crying #and it's because this horseshit rigged system has ripped the safety out of it #i might as well give my work away for free since they want to take 100% of my earnings out of my check #which like i am not even remotely opposed to giving my work away (would prefer even) but we need the money and i'm not allowed to keep it #i don't know #my life is just so small right now and i don't know how to find meaning again in a world that keeps so much of what i love away from me #it's a slog and every day is the same #and nothing i do feels meaningful #except holding my cats and being with my boyfriend #and that's about all i can do.

[worstloki]

People who think Palestinians wanting equal rights to live on their own land equates to wanting to genocide Jewish people are actually telling on themselves

#‘millions of Jewish people will be killed’ your Jewish majority state is going to have deaths if constantly engaging in warfare and genocide #if it wasn’t happening because of that then maybe it’s because your Jewish majority state professionally harasses civilians #instead of any form of oppositional military force while invading their land #the arrogance #‘millions of Jewish people would be displaced’ have you not heard of negotiating #have you not seen millions of Palestinians been displaced from their literal homes #this is not to mention the amount of refugees in the surrounding countries due to wars already #if you think a lack of Jewish supremacy in the area is tantamount to ‘killing millions of Jews’ idk what to tell you #Palestinians want to not die and Zionists are out here saying that means they want to kill everyone #and then they will accuse you of not knowing what Zionism is or what genocide is or what apartheid is or what oppression looks like #they will accuse you of not knowing what the word indigenous means #clownery #Palestine #if you pretend being in support of Palestine is about hating Jewish people instead of trying to resolve ongoing genocide by a colonial state #then you’ve lost legitimacy #there is enough antisemitism out there that you don’t have to conflate a struggle against oppression with it to prove it exists #the same way you don’t need to prove who is endorsing to commit genocide when people deny that is what’s happening #the same way you don’t need to prove which side wants peace in the region and which side continues torturing children even without a war

[liquidstar]

The agony of wanting a good gyro but there not being any good Greek places nearby

#it's so hard not to be picky abt your country's food. I'm so sorry. it has to make me have a Ratatouille moment for me to buy it #as pretentious as that sounds lol #im the same way when i go to greece tho its like damn there are NO good burgers around here #even the fast food is like. im sorry but goodies is mid. cant believe you have to drive 2 hours to gay ass lamia to get mid #was it even lamia i might be misremembering. whatever doesnt matter #crazy that i used to think that was like a big city when i was a kid LOL

[llitchilitchi]

I get hating certain political systems and trying to abolish totalitarian regimes but at the same time many of them are so interwoven with our history and society they have become tropes and when I consume media with a setting where the monarchy is absolute and revered then I am playing my part and sucking that princeling off

#litchi.txt #there are games that address this kinda stuff! and thats good! its good that there are games talking about how this is bad! #but at the same time when I go into a game knowing I will be the prince's sword and shield I dont expect the game to be anti-monarchy #despite having pretty strong opinions on many a thing I tend to put most of them away the moment I engage with media #imperialism bad. monarchy bad. doesnt mean I cant enjoy roleplaying in a game where I help these systems #because guess what its fictional and not everything needs to be a strong statement about politics #sometimes we just... wanna vibe with a setting #I am so very thoroughly exhausted from the politics in this country and where things are going I just kinda need that no brainer gameplay #even if it means working as the secret police for an emperor #even if it means replacing one dictator with another #because its still a game #a lot of people talk about imperialism-monarchy-colonialism with these things because they are a big issue even today #and they are important to talk about!! in real world!! #but I rarely see people be this upset about like religion etc which like. thats also a massive problem. #idk Im just tired of trying to look at fanart of all my fantasy medieval games and people being upset that the games #are not super anti-monarchy despite the marketing being literally 'you are the emperor's bestie. you help him out and go on a quest.' #'your quest is to manipulate local government to support the emperor and do his bidding' #like idk how That is supposed to be a game that addresses it properly #and maybe it does but ig since the MC doesnt look at the player and go REMEMBER KIDS! THIS IS EVIL AND BAD AND WHY MONARCHY SUCKS #it doesnt count??? I guess???

[allthoseotherworlds]

So I feel like it's surprisingly common for people to have nightmares or otherwise unpleasant dreams about school experiences long, long after they have stopped being in public school.

Which had me thinking, like - as far as we can tell, the Academy on Gallifrey probably has a lot of similarly stressful experiences? So like. The Doctor definitely has nightmares about being at the academy, right?

I'm imagining the standard sort of nightmare where you find out your electives didn't count and you have to go back to high school somehow, or for some reason you're in school and can't find the classroom, you know the drill.

Also I know the Doctor would rather regenerate than talk about anything to do with their past, but...

It would be extremely funny to me personally if a companion was like "Ugh, I had a dream that I was back in high school last night but I graduated years ago"

And the Doctor responded with "You think that's bad? I've had dreams where I'm back at the Academy and can't find the right classroom and I left the academy millennia ago."

#doctor who #the doctor #doctor who meta #doctor who memes #I am talking #this brought to you by my dream last night that my high school hadn't counted some of my electives for some reason and I had to go back #I graduated high school years and years ago and also in a different country but that did not matter in my dream #yes there's obviously potential for angsty dreams about Time Lord specific nonsense #but I'm particularly amused by the idea of them having the same sorts of 'back in school' dreams humans do #even better if that lures the companion into a false sense of security and then the Doctor drops something like #'and obviously all time lords are forever haunted by the experience of being forced to stare into eternity at 9 years old' #and the companion is like 'wait hold on what'