OUUUUGHHH THE . GUYS EVER...

The only testing we should be doing around programs like SNAP is testing to make sure we're giving people enough food.

Which, as someone who receives SNAP, I can tell you: no, we do not.

oh my god his hat 😭

also the american woodcock is so silly i love him

i feel like you would like arabian sand boas

I DOOOOO I DO LOCE ARABIAN SAND BOAS THEYRE MY SECOND FAVOURITE SNAKE YOU CLOCKED ME

YOU SAID YOU LIKED SILLY LOOKING ANIMALS THATS LIKE THE SILLIEST LITTLE GUY EVER

oh my god his hat 😭

also the american woodcock is so silly i love him

i feel like you would like arabian sand boas

PSA: stuttering in fics

as someone with a speech impediment, all of the people saying that only one type of stuttering is valid are wrong.

stuttering CAN look like this: "t-this is a-an example s-s-sentence"

OR this: "this-this is an example sen-sentence."

OR this: "t-t-t-th-..t-ttttthis is an example sentence."

OR this: "this is, uhm, an example, uh, sentence."

OR this: "this is an example sssssss-sentence."

OR this: "this is an examp-...this an example sentence."

sometimes the sentence won't even come out of your mouth at all.

there are probably many examples i'm forgetting, but that's the point! it usually is a mix of a few of these, but some people do one of them more often than others! some people with speech impediments have certain sounds that they almost consistently have trouble with (for me it's "st").

people with speech impediments also rarely-if ever-stutter whilst they're singing or whispering.

most importantly!!!! people with speech impediments are capable of saying a sentence without stuttering!! it can just be a gamble sometimes.

and if more people could portray the frustration that comes with stuttering and not being able to get words out, i'd be a very happy girl.

(fun fact: sometimes when my mouth won't let me say what i want to say, i get so annoyed that i just yell or grumble out "WORDS.")

this was your speech impediment PSA!!!!

out of all the posts i’ve made i’m happy that it’s THIS one that blew up

out of all the posts

i’ve made i’m happy that it’s

THIS one that blew up

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

chapter five of all the same in a mirror is FINALLY out!

My dad told me that he has a coworker who’s a trans woman. She was married to this girl before her transition and they remained together after it. Everyone at work respects her pronouns. My dad is in a chiefing position at his office and he told me that nobody jokes behind her back. She and her wife have two cute dogs together and I felt like I should share this story bc I want everyone to know that this positivity and respect exists and you deserve it. Don’t ever dare think that you don’t because you do.

Update: they have three dogs now

There is a non-binary person I work with who uses they/them pronouns. Their pronouns are in their email signature and the only time I’ve heard someone not use them was one person who had previously worked with them at a time they used different pronouns, and he immediately corrected himself mid-sentence, looked embarrassed, and proceeded. I’ve never heard him or anyone else not use their pronouns again, and my workplace runs the gamut from eighty-year-olds to twenty-year-olds. No one ever discusses their pronouns or anything about their identity behind their back unless it’s to choose a bar or restaurant to hang out (in non-pandemic times) and say “no, we can’t go there, that place doesn’t have a gender neutral restroom for them”. They have been married to a delightful person for ten years and (in non-pandemic times) she would often join for social activities. They have a toddler who is the cutest thing on this earth. They’re an absolutely brilliant engineer and I have learned a great deal from them as they’re much more experienced than I am, and I appreciate how patient they’ve been when I’ve made mistakes. Again, positivity and respect exists and you deserve it every bit as much as these people. Don’t ever forget it.

My boss and coworkers use all my pronouns(even my neopronouns) with regularity. The store manager corrects customers when they misgender me in earshot, unless I explicitly say not to worry about it. The only time someone has gone behind my back to talk about my gender presentation and pronouns, was out of concern. A person from a different department was inquiring about me on my day off and misgendered me. If someone slips up and corrects themselves I make it known under no uncertain terms that I am grateful for their kindness.

Incredible, but true: @untowardsthoughts deserves to have a good day today.

Everyone's always talking about

but no one ever talks about

black friday but everyone is troy bolton

The hatchetverse is infinite. Don't act like this probably doesn't exist

STOP I'M LOOSING MY MIND

Now that im thinking about it- theres probably a lot of times when people think theyre quoting the bible and theyre actually not.

Like I know a lot of times people will use 'teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime' as a prosperity gospel thing, but i think that was actually Lao Tzu.

Like Jesus was very much about giving people a fish.

Like one of his big things was giving people a fish, I cannot stress enough how about giving people a fish he was.

in the aquarium, straight up "looking at it" and by "it". lets just say. the fish.

oh my god I just realized this is the year people will stop being born and stop aging and stop dying

this took me SOOO LONG -i appreciate reblogs- :3 (last year comparison under the cut)

Reblog if you're not homophobic

Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad.