“The fact that our president has the IQ and disposition of a warmongering toddler is upsetting and scary enough. But that his aides are intentionally subverting his decisions undemocratically is in some ways even worse. Yes, it’s good that Trump hasn’t done anything to cause World War III or hasten the extermination of the human race (yet), but who are these people who are “resisting” Trump’s directives? According to the op-ed in the Times, even the internal “resistance” against Trump still believes in most of what he does. The administration itself is literally rife with white supremacist sympathizers. These are the people who are undemocratically running our country. That’s a terrifying precedent to set, and if or when Trump is ousted, these people will only be more effective under a President Pence. God help us.”
buying peaches is so stressful because you have to consume them so quickly…it’s like the moment the cashier types in that number the alpha peach turns to its brothers in the bags and says “alright listen up boys, it’s time to remember your training. i want to see immense bruising by sundown. i want to see you near inedible by sunrise. remember it is better to die a free man than to be eaten.” you gotta wolf down all of your peaches at the check out counter while the trader joe’s employees eagerly look at the Peach Consumption Countdown Clock and cheer you on. these peaches have sensors on them that can tell when they come into contact with human hands so they can begin their self-destruct sequence like you’re in a spy movie and the peach just relayed a message to you about the whereabouts of jimmy hoffa’s decayed remains
Jimmy Hoffa is likely dead
this response carries so much chaotic cursed energy. jimmy hoffa was declared dead in 1982 after disappearing in 1975. he was born in 1913, meaning he would be the miraculous age of 105 today if he wasn’t dead. “likely dead.” the fact that it’s a hetalia blog trying to tell me that he is likely dead. the fact that i specifically mention his decayed corpse in my post so there is literally no reason for someone to alert me that he is “likely” deceased. the fact that this hetalia blog is trying to tell this to me, a person who up until recently literally worked for the international brotherhood of teamsters as a person in charge of handling their historical records. i spent two years of my life answering phone calls from people asking me if i personally knew what happened to jimmy hoffa’s body. ive spent a significantly longer amount of time trying to forget that hetalia exists. my entire career as a hetalia facebook roleplayer at the age of 11 just flashed through my eyes. i legitimately cannot express how much this response has effected me. ive been staring at it for 7 minutes. i feel like ive entered the twilight zone
I don’t ever remember writing that, when did I write that
I was putting my shoes on to walk out the door when I got your ask, but I turned around to type this out. You may want to sit down, depending on how well you handle fish-related surprises.
For a goldfish, life in a bowl is no life at all. No fish can thrive in a bowl – some species tolerate it longer than others, but even bettas need filtered, heated water.
Goldfish are attractive, personable, and cheap. The image of a goldfish in a tiny bowl is ubiquitous and stereotypical. You win them at fairs, you keep them in a bowl on your counter for a few weeks, then you flush them down the toilet when they die and you get treated to Baby’s First Lesson About Mortality.
“Goldfish” is synonymous with “disposable”, “boring”, and “stupid”. How many times have you heard people claim that fish don’t feel pain, or that goldfish only have a three-second memory? Neither are true, but it makes it easier to mistreat them if we tell ourselves they’re incapable of suffering.
The goldfish you buy at pet stores are babies. In a bowl, they might live weeks or months. Properly cared for, they can live decades.
And, uh, they… they get big and lumpy if they live to adulthood:
I love goldfish, but they’re a long-term investment and I can’t afford to keep a tank large enough to be comfortable and stimulating. They’re only boring because people don’t think of them as real animals with brains – they can actually be taught to do surprisingly complicated tricks:
Hands up if you’re still mad that Christianity took over most of the world, displacing the ancient local religions and destroying records of them so we’ll never know the details about them
I’m not mad about that as much as I am that Christianity took lessons about unconditional love, forgiveness and kindness and turned it into a worldwide conglomerate of guilt, shame, judgement and hate that is literally crippling innocent children for life- all over the planet for generations upon generations.
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