Pan Yuliang (Chinese, 1895-1977) - Woman Watching a Cat (1964)

my corner store guy is a 50 year old man who's my best friend in the world and recently he was like "you're too pretty to be single I have some nephews you should meet. very handsome!" and I was like "a niece might be more up my alley" and he just got more excited and said "ah even better! I was overselling my nephews but my nieces are very beautiful"

OP the tags!!

In my presidency I'll make it illegal for customers to be unnecessarily rude and nasty to workers, but I'll also make it legal for customers to maybe slap (2) workers in the face if they're being rude as shit to them like. Yes, working retail or any sort of service job is hell, but I don't think Martha or John is a class enemy for asking clarifying questions about their order, or wondering where the bathroom is. Many such cases, many such nuances, and in either case, if the rudeness is particularly racial, it should be a karate chop to the neck. Be decent! Damn!

i think the spineless acquiescence that many in our generation have about accepting anything and being Sorry to Be A Customer may be a reason why so much shit is bad, the overcorrecting. You think boomers (🙄) complain too much so now when someone spits on you and fucks your entire order up, you're like "oop I'm sowwy for being alive sowwy" ... I know some people have it and some people don't, but I think more people need to have the "learn to defend yourself without being an asshole, letting people do whatever to and about you isn't a kindness, it's just a 'kick me, I won't cry' sign around your neck" gene. But idk. My mom demands that her fries are hot at fast food places, I may just be mean.

Guys, the situation in Gaza is getting worse day after day. Heavy bombardment resumed today everywhere, as if the war has started all over again. We are living in harsh tent conditions, facing freezing cold, violent winds, and heavy rain, with no access to even the most basic necessities of life.

On top of all this, my father is seriously ill, and his health condition is deteriorating day by day, while proper hospitals and medications are unavailable.

Life has truly become a living hell beyond human endurance. We have reached a point where we wish for death instead of this hell we are forced to live through every single moment.

I know I am asking a lot, but I am placing my hope in your humanity to extend a helping hand to my family. We are in desperate need of your support.

Please, donate to help my family survive.

📌 Fundraiser vetted (#167 by el-shab-hussein & nabulsi)

Today I stood beside my mother in the hospital, and the doctors were clear: her condition is critical and deeply alarming. My mother is not asking for the impossible , she is asking for her right to live. She is a human being, a soul in pain, just like your mother.

Why this silence? Why this indifference? My mother urgently needs to travel to receive the treatment that could save her life.

I am begging you , don’t scroll past this as if it doesn’t matter. Do something… share, speak, help. And if she were your mother lying there in pain, what would you do?

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I was talking with a friend who had also adopted several Gaza fundraisers a few days ago. They told me how one of the Palestinian families they were fundraising for managed to collect and save enough money to evacuate to Ireland. I had donated to that family before, and I was glad I did my little bit to help them achieve that. But at the same time, my heart hurts for the many Palestinians I know who also need to evacuate, but cannot manage to do so.

Ibrahim (@aburakhiaibrahim) needs an eye surgery and also treatment for his severe depression after all the trauma he has gone through. Meanwhile, his parents suffer from chronic illnesses. He also hopes to reunite with his sister in Canada. Both require money - which Ibrahim does not have, especially since his family consists of 28 people.

There have been reports in Gaza suggesting that the Rafah Crossing may open soon - a crossing that means access to family reunification and vital medical care, especially since Israel has banned multiple INGOs (including MSF) from working in Gaza.

This is to emphasize, again, that your donation is vital. Your donation is life-changing. Your donation is life-saving. Below is Ibrahim's Paypal and GFM. Please consider donating if you are able to.

Vetted! Their GFM is vetted by @/gaza-evacuation-funds, #336 on vetted fundraiser list by el-shab-hussein, nabulsi, and MohAyesh, #802 on Butterfly Effect Project vetted list, shared by @/nabulsi, shared by @/el-shab-hussein! But Paypal reaches them quicker!

I haven't seen my family for 15 years. The only obstacle preventing us from leaving Gaza is money. We lost everything because of the war.

if you're able to help support ibrahim, it'll be greatly appreciated. regardless, sharing this post can help get more eyes on his fundraiser, so he, and his family can get out of gaza safely.

apologies if i have worded anything here wrongfully.

i miss my ex bestfriend & everyone else that i have ever loved but don't want any of them back either

what the fuck man

many people see “pedophiles” as a type of villain to wish infinite angry death upon, as opposed to recognizing CSA as a preventable form of abuse. the former buys into moral panic and punitive justice; the latter is actionable, helpful, and much needed

when i went to conservative christian hell school, all we heard about was the evil scary men who wanted to snatch us up on the street. we learned about csa through strange, coded language. we were not taught how to talk about our bodies, and we were not taught what sex was. eventually, i was groomed and assaulted. so were an alarming number of my peers, often by teachers and religious leaders

then, as an adult, i got the opportunity to work at a summer camp. we developed an actionable plan to prevent campers from being alone with adult volunteers; we advocated for all of our campers to learn appropriate body part language; we led discussions about boundaries and consent; we answered questions about sex with honesty, care, and age-appropriate detail. and it was safe! the one time we identified shady behavior, there were so many safety nets and protocols in place that it never became a real issue.

so, having been in both situations, it’s frustrating to see 46387 threads a day of people angrily, viciously tearing apart the mere idea of a pedophile without ever stopping to ask “hey, what can we do about this? in real life? like, what are the advocates advocating for right now?”

i hate to break it to you, but 18+ daddy kink genshin yaoi (sorry idk i’m out of touch) isn’t the issue here, and it’s kind of silly and terminally online to pretend that it is. i would argue that adult-only erotica servers that block minors aren’t as big of a threat as, you know, “minor safe!! we are very safe for minors :) and we HATE the mean nasty scary people” communities that have a piss poor accountability system and no real mechanism for preventing abuse. there’s a huge difference between “weird gross thing that grosses me out” and “unsafe situation,” and the latter is far more worth emphasizing

Jsyk, “fandom’s tendency to normalize unhealthy/abusive behaviour” and “society’s tendency to demonize and silence abuse is detrimental to preventing said abuse” are two concepts that can and should co-exist.

“people don’t like it when they don’t get their treats” and “people don’t like it when their standard of living decreases” are both the exact same idea but one phrases it sympathetically and the other phrases it unsympathetically. This is known as rhetoric.

Sometimes the "idea" is about need and the victims of exploitation and deserves sympathy. In the context of food insecurity, housing insecurity, and wage stagnation... most people take a more "sympathetic" approach and are more likely to use phrases like “people don’t like it when their standard of living decreases”

Sometimes the "idea" is about want and the feelings of exploiters and does not deserve sympathy. In the context of getting a treat delivered by an app slave, being a landlord, and the struggles of a "small business owner" to "make ends meet" in an economy where "nobody wants to work anymore"... most people take a more "unsympathetic" approach and are more likely to use phrases like “people don’t like it when they don’t get their treats”

This is known as rhetoric and sometimes, depending on the argument being made, some rhetoric is more persuasive than others.

Don't ignore us with my father's life in your hands

I am Rabah, my father is Munis

My friend, please save my father. He is on his deathbed, My father's condition is bad, I am unable to do anything💔💔’ I hope you can help us, my friend. Please💔🙏

I try to ask others for money, No one wants to help me. I am very frustrated. I am unable to help my parents😭💔

My father's condition is bad. Every day his condition gets worse, My father needs to receive radioactive iodine treatment for cancer, but we are unable to provide the money to get my father out of Gaza, He needs to leave Gaza to receive treatment abroad.🍉🍉

I am afraid of losing my father, Please help me My father's life is in your hands, I hope you will help me and donate to us so that we can save my father from death. Please donate to us🙏🙏🍉

My father's life is in your hands, I hope you will help me and donate to us so that we can save my father from death. Please donate to us

My father is now in the hospital and, we need money to be able to conduct medical examinations and x-rays of my father's body

We do not have enough money to do all of this I am helpless, my friend, I am afraid of losing my father💔

Please help me and send me money so I can provide all of this for my parents. Please, 🙏💔

This please please donate your donation will save my father my friend 1 am afraid of losing my father please donate to us your donation contributes to saving my father💔🙏

$25 can save my father, it will not be the cause of my father's death. If you are able to donate and you do not donate, I will not forgive you 🍉🙏💔

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Since the so-called ‘ceasefire, Israel has killed 377+ Palestinians and Israeli soldiers are still in Gaza! Most aid are still blocked and delayed by Israel! Palestinians and Gaza continue to need our support!

‼️🚨Urgent appeal, very IMPORTANT 🚨‼️

The crossings are closed again‼️

We need your help, the situation is unsuitable and dangerous, we need your help, you are our last hope... Food, clothes, milk, and everything else has become expensive, and we are in the holy month of Ramadan...😭😔🤲

We want food to eat after fasting for 15 hours, nothing is like before... The prices are very expensive...😞

The elderly, our children, us... we all need food, drink, medicine, milk and winter clothes... We live in tents that do not protect us from the cold of winter. 🥶

Please help us... Any donation will save our lives and the lives of our children.🙏😭👶

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🚨‼️The crossings have been closed for more than two months, with no food.‼️🚨

The situation is very dangerous.😭 We are on the verge of death, from hunger on one hand and from bombing on the other. Please help us and donate so we can buy food. Every donation will save our lives and keep us alive.🙏🫂

I am Mohammed, I live in the northern besieged Gaza Strip, I am 21 years old, I have always tried to create a beautiful future for myself in which I achieve all my wishes. I had ambitions and dreams, but they evaporated because of the war, but I still want to achieve them despite the siege. During the war, I lost many things, including my university, my dreams, my job, and some friends. Despite that, I still want to achieve my dreams and ambitions. I want to rebuild my life again, so please help me in that and rebuild my life. Therefore,

please donate as much as you can because that helps me a lot. If you cannot donate, tell people about my suffering.

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #501 )✅️

I live a very difficult life every moment in this cold weather, from which we cannot survive. Many children have died from the extreme cold in the tent.

My day begins each morning with the search for necessities like food, water, firewood for cooking and heating, and mobile phone charging from distant locations.

My life is painful in every detail, but I am confident that you will not abandon me.

Please donate what you can or share

Donation link here or Verification here & here

Today's target is 57.415/57.600 🙏🙏🫂🫂

https://gofund.me/a680575b

This is Gaza, where not a single house remains standing. We are without shelter, without food, without water. We are dying. We are being bombed every day. We are being shot at in the middle of Gaza City. Where is the ceasefire agreement? Where is the humanity? They are shooting at and targeting people who go to get some firewood for their families to cook. We are truly oppressed.

For two years, we have been suffering from illness, murder, war, loss, we have been suffering, and we are still suffering yesterday, the rains were very heavy and the storms are strong. Please donate to us and share this post Please donate, donate, don't ignore.

In recent days, the bombing has doubled from previous days. The bombing is very difficult. There have been many martyrs in recent days. Also, guys, my father's health condition is very difficult. He's suffering from high blood pressure and a serious cancerous tumor inside the bladder. And the tumor is from the malignant sample, which is rapidly spreading. Please donate and share this post

Please help my friend Ibrahim. He's only a kid, and doesn't deserve to be in this situation. He's been talking with me for months and he's currently pretty sick.

Please, I don't want my tiredness to go to waste. I just want you to donate what you can because I really need your help, please share this post, add a comment and donate if we can.

Everyone shares a lot of those who participate But there is no donation. Nobody donated. Please share my post and donate. Donate is very important. Please send me some money. You are my only hope. Please please.

please donate if you can!!!

Please guys, just 31 euros to get to 2000, please donate to get us there, please donate as much as you can, please. We need your help a lot. Please donate and share this post

Please I feel very exhausted and unspeakable tired Donate to me and my family and do not ignore me Please you are my only hope to survive Share this post Donate now

Please, my friends, the situation is serious, and the shelling continues, but in the eastern places There are a few martyrs, but the killing is still ongoing. Please share this post and donate to me, please, as we are truly suffering greatly.

What the fuck world are we in where teenagers have to beg for their lives on social media?