It is actually way better for 100 addicts to get their fix on pain pills than a single person in pain go without. I call this the "Torture is bad" principle. You should be able to get the good stuff forever after a single doctor's visit. If you're worried about addicts fund rehab centers and needle exchanges instead of torturing people.

Among other things if you can't use the legit market you turn to the black market anyway.

if you're worried about addiction, build a society where people get their basic needs met, including pain management.

#i also would prefer addicts be on prescription drugs that are exactly what they say they are#rathet than unregulated drugs which are full of who the fuck knows (tags via @shanastoryteller)

i've literally been using cocaine for two weeks out of every three months because i can't get access to ADHD medication that would help me

but how could you not still be going mental over the gay scientists from pacific rim. it's 2021 and cinema has still not matched the heights of romance from when the math one was like “I'll go with you” and Charlie day turned around all windswept and dramatic like “you’d do that for me?”. Can someone ask guillermo del toro what the fuck that was about

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Don’t forget that the US civil rights bill only passed after six weeks of rioting that were the direct result of MLK’s murder. Peaceful protest paved the way, but violent protest got it over the finish line.

It’s understandable why the state would not want you know that, but that’s also why it’s imperative that you do.

king's family doesn't "believe" the FBI killed him, they know it for fact because the FBI admitted to it in a civil case brought against them in the early 90s. the court documents are a matter of public record. read them yourself. the king family won that suit against the united states fucking government for assassinating martin luther king jr

I keep meeting artists who complain that Tumblr Is Dead then when I check their blog they've made four posts in six months and all of them were self promo lmao. Influencers whining that "tumblr is useless for engagement" tells me every part of the problem, like sorry you can't just show up and farm this userbase for clicks by waving buzzwords around the way you can on tiktok. This is the Excited About Stupid Things website reblog some shitty fanart or die

Bringing back this ancient post because I would like to add that I think another reason people have trouble connecting with others on here is that nobody even glances at their new followers' pages or checks out the regulars who DO show up in their notifications. You should be checking for bots anyway but like you could already have cool creators hanging around you and you don't even know it because you log in to drop your posts and immediately leave, you have to Live Here dude. Meet the neighbors.

Not “Only my reading of canon is correct” or “Interpretations are subjective and all valid” but a secret third thing, “More than one interpretation can be valid but there’s a reason your English teacher had you cite quotes and examples in your papers, you have to have a strong argument that your interpretation is actually supported by the text or it is just wrong and I’m fine with telling you it’s wrong, actually.”

— Capitalism: A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy (via rikodeine)

they are literally breaking the constitution of the united states. I am so furious that this repeatedly happens and there are no repercussions. Every officer who violates constitutionally protected rights should be fired and criminally charged, and a department with rampant repeated violations should be 100% disbanded -- ALL OF CONGRESS REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY IS DUTY AND HONOR BOUND TO MAKE THIS STOP i fucking hate my government so much, to allow this to happen is unconscionable

Given America's historical success rate in wars of occupation, it is pretty baffling that Trump has decided to convert all of America's domestic problems into wars of occupation.

It's not Trump making these decisions, it's Stephen Miller.

Trump is a child. He is incapable of deciding whether he wants a Quarter Pounder with Cheese or Filet O-Fish, much less making any real decisions like which American city to invade next. Miller has dictated most of the policies we've seen enacted.

And Miller's intellect & motivation seems to have frozen in time during his junior year of high school. The guy is as childlike as Trump but a thousand times more dangerous because he's not suffering from dementia.

i'm going to say something insane. i think the overall pronounced fandom cultural slide away from complex plotty violent work and towards kidfic and coffee shops AUs and cozy domestic romcoms is a symptom of fascism.

okay actually this is a great phrase for it

Reblogging this for the term "neopastoralism", because I think that's fantastic.

Coffee shop AUs are, like... fine. They're not my thing, but they're hardly going to end the world. We don't need to have a moral panic about people enjoying coffee shop AUs. I'm also not about to come for anyone seeking escapism in the current hellscape.

However, I do think it's interesting to examine the tendency within these AUs to project a sort of idyll onto the coffee shop: here is a whimsical place where you can spend time with your friends and potentially meet your true love; here is a world where the greatest dilemma you may face is choosing the right coffee syrup for a new beverage or sneaking your number onto that to-go cup without being obvious.

The fantasy of the coffee shop AU is divorced almost entirely from the reality of an actual coffee shop. There are no abusive, creepy customers or bosses; there is no mention of the barista's wages; we don't see the dishwasher sweating at their station, the cashiers' aching feet; the person whose job it is to clean the (customer-only?) toilets. These topics are Political and Depressing and Must Be Avoided, because Political and Depressing things are antithetical to this kind of escapism.

The coffee shop AU exists, not in a world without capitalism (because this is a setting where commerce is actively happening) but in a world where capitalism has no teeth: a world where capitalism somehow works. In order to be convinced and soothed by this fantasy, you must suspend your disbelief and avert your eyes. You must filter the coffee shop through a neopastoralist lens.

To me, there's something very uncanny about it.

Fun fact: if you, as an adult, tell miserable children that their youth is the best that life will ever be, and that it's all just downhill from there, there's a percentage of them who will hear this and think "well, I guess I better kill myself before that happens." And a certain percentage of those will proceed to do that and succeed.

Anyway what I'm saying is that any time you feel tempted to say that, you should instead consider shutting the fuck up. Just because you peaked at 16 doesn't mean anyone else did. Most peoples' lives get better than that.

This is what happens when you vote for normie libs and moderates in a purple state btw

Have you guys noticed how much the internet/technology just does not listen to you anymore? I click “don’t show this artist” on Spotify and I get recommended a music video by them on the front page. I click “skip this update” on a pop up every time I open a file organization app and it’s right back there every time. O click unsubscribe on a newsletter and it keeps showing up in my inbox!! I click “delete my account” and the next time I open the website they suggest I “reactivate”.

Power is a funny thing.

The best thing about the weird sugar baby requests that i have been getting (because I dared post a picture of my face) is that 1) I KNOW they're weird bots and 2) they're not even offering more money then my husband makes in a month

So like even if it was real, even if we had a terrible marriage and I was just married to him for the money and was willing to move on for a better offer (I am not, he is the only man I do not actively growl at including my father) - like your offers aren't even hitting big dogs

Update I was blocked 😂

Me: I got blocked!

Husband: by the wanna be sugar daddy?

Me: yeah

Husband: awww he didn't have enough sugar :(

If only they weren't bots, I would have fun coming up with pithy gif responses to those messages. Maybe a sign: SUGAR DADDY NUTRASWEET NEPHEW ASPARTAME ARSEHOLE STEVIA TROLL <-------------- you are here