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growing up people will tell you that you need to eat vegetables and drink water and sleep 8 hours a night. and you might think "ugh, thats lame." and then you hit your 20s and your body feels Bad and you realise you need to eat vegetables and drink water and sleep 8 hours a night. and maybe youll have kids one day, and you'll tell your kids they need to eat vegetables and drink water and sleep 8 hours a night. and they might think "ugh, thats lame." and you realise the cycle continues, and has likely been continuing for generations. and i think thats beautiful.

i think i found my new favorite artist on twitter

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My one boring tip to anyone in their 20s is to resist the temptation to rot in your room every time you get a free moment. Dismiss any neuroses you have about going outside and "being perceived". Be a dictator about it, plan your hangouts like they are binding commitments. No excuses! Go to the bar with your friends. Be kinda hungover at work. Socializing is like exercise; even if you don't feel like you want to, you should still do it because it's good for you.

Just 85 years ago, within living memory for some Americans, this poster was widely distributed in the U.S. because kissing children risked infecting them with tuberculosis.

Even before we had antibiotic treatment for tuberculosis, public health campaigns and decreasing poverty led to a steep decline in active TB in the U.S., a reminder that public health information campaigns can be very effective.

There is currently no great vaccine for TB, but there are vaccines that prevent many infectious diseases, and when public health efforts successfully communicate the safety and effectiveness of these preventative measures, adoption is very high. When public health officials communicate different messages, adoption goes down.

In related news, there was an 18% increase just this year in people seeking exemption from primary school vaccination requirements. That's dangerous not only for the kids who don't get vaccinated, but for the community as a whole.

In the U.S., we have largely forgotten the world where infectious disease was a leading cause of death, but that is a privilege that was hard won and can be easily lost.

use ur brain man, it’s literally “The tags are accurate but they aren’t that severe”. and the author was clearly being humorous, a lot of authors do this actually. it’s one of the most common things…and lastly wtf is performative tagging? god forbid us authors have some personality and it slips out when we put in tags. and why does it matter to you? as long as the tags are accurate theres no real problem here.

Now that Wattpad is getting worse and Ao3 is getting super popular we’re getting a ton of assholes and nothing burger problems.

like I saw someone say not to use Ao3 bc it gave them a virus….who wants to bet they got the virus before going on Ao3?

Oh and let’s not forget the people who are only reading stuff with smut in it and getting flamed. Now I think that those people could try not letting smut be the read or dont factor BUT it’s that person’s preference and not my problem.

there are bunnies in your computer that do all the multiplication. if your computer is running slow you can open it up and help the bunnies practice their times tables. don't forget to reward them with some lettuce!

true and nice ^_^

it's really really funny to me that like "people under 18 might consume porn and that's generally fine actually" is some shocking take. like were you not also young once. is it not normal to develop sexually around the age of 12. is it not normal to experience sexual thoughts as a teen. like it's fucking absurd that we're suggesting mass surveillance of children to ensure they will never see a boob ever outside of a classroom instead of just teaching children how to interact with adult content safely. you're just arguing for abstinence again, plugging your ears going "lalala" when someone tells you that kids should learn about sex or they will have sex in worse more dangerous ways

if i couldn't have any of the obvious first choice superpowers i would want my power to be the power of i can go anywhere and its not a problem. the way this power would work is that as long as im peaceful and respectful i can go anywhere and nobody will see it as weird or see me as a target for hostility. i can walk into a cool house to politely peep the decor or walk into a tall office building to politely peep the decor or walk around a city at night alone to politely peep the decor or walk into a strange facility to politely peep the decor or walk onto a plane and ride the plane to its destination and then walk around there to politely peep the decor and its fine as long as im chill. no need to make me faster or anything i can just walk at a normal pace. its good for the soul.

you ever realize how able bodied people just are not expected to do things that cause them excruciating physical pain? like they’re just. not

if i shouldn’t use my cane because i can sometimes technically walk without it, it would just hurt like a motherfucker then abled people should no longer be allowed to use potholders to take things out of the oven because i mean

well they could technically pick up a hot pan with their bare hands. it would just hurt like a motherfucker

*sees an abled person using potholders*

i just think it’s really sad that you’re giving up on yourself like that

if you use potholders how will you ever build up the calluses necessary to pick up scalding hot metal without burning yourself so severely? it’s like you’re not even trying to get better

I mean, my mother uses potholders, but she’s in her 70s. You’re just… too YOUNG to be resorting to potholders at your age.

If you start using potholders, your inability to hold hot metal will only get worse.

The funny thing is as a disabled person who used to be a professional cook, “chef hands” are much easier to develop than the ability to walk on partially dislocated body parts

Limos are such a stupid status symbol. Like yeah I'm rich. Did you see how long my car

i think being proud of where you come from is one of those things that becomes fun the more specific you get. like "proud to be english" bad rancid vibes. makes you sound like the kind of person who rants about immigrants. "proud to be from yorkshire" better vibes. i cannot deny the yorkshire cultural heritage. "proud to be from pocklington" absolutely fucking hilarious please never let anybody kill your pocklington pride.

i love the USA: weird vibes. dont trust that.

i love muskegon michigan: you are experiencing a kind of personal joy that i can and will not take from you

White Feminism

I wish more white people - and white women especially - would get over their white fragility and truly understand how words and actions like these do more harm than good to women of color. They need to stop making everything about themselves and catering to other whites women like women of color don’t exist.

idk who needs to hear this but if you have been putting something off bc it doesn't need to be done until the end of the month. we are almost done with the teens we are approaching the big numbers (the twenties). that date shall dawn upon you swiftly and without mercy before you know it. psa for everyone except me i got plany off time