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this is one of my favorite reddit posts of all time

#oh my god i love this one #gotta watch with sound

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category 5 baby moment

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Definitely the speech, assuming that there's an in-universe reason why I would be asked to give this speech and I had time to prepare. But that's one-and-done, nice and quick, and could be rather fun if it's a topic I like. Second choice is bathroom. Sounds miserable, but it's just 4 hours.

Like fuck am I going to do another college degree I already have 3 goddammit.

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I vaguely remember The Lion King in theatres, but really I remember how excited I was after the fact more than the actual experience of watching it.

what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

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dunken.mp4

#amazing

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I really like this, but genuine question for folks in healthcare: would this be a barrier for understanding for folks who are poorly-educated about human bodies? Like... I could see there being a not-insignificant number of patients who genuinely aren't sure what "cervix" or "testes" are. Does that seem likely to be an issue, and is there a way it could be addressed that would still make a revision like this possible?

this is a way better model... you'll still get transphobic & intersexist drs of course but i prefer this to male / female or even having separate questions for gender & sex.

[we can't see the full form, but i'd suggest having a "something else" option and dominant hormone question too.]

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not an author’s note but it made me stop scrolling and laugh so hard I cried

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#whippet good!!

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still thinking about "decolonising" missionary work.

the way you decolonise missionary work is by not doing missionary work

the way you decolonise missionaries is like this:

#no such thing as good mission work

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And you know what else? Sure, you can dress like people from this or that music-based subculture without listening to the music and we won’t mind as long as you don’t pretend you’re part of it or spread misinformation about it.

But don’t you want to know the music that inspired the looks you’re so attracted to? Because, that’s the thing, at least speaking regarding goth, the fashion didn’t just occur to us, we started dressing the way we do inspired not only by musicians with an iconic form of dress, but by the music itself. Sound and appearance usually go hand in hand.

In the 90s Medieval and Renaissance inspired clothing was so popular not by mere coincidence, but because Ethereal Wave was at its peak. The girls dressed in long velvet gowns with dripping bell sleeves, who had impossibly long hair, were listening to a lot of Faith and the Muse, Mors Syphilitica, Dead Can Dance, Lycia and Sopor Aeternus.

The girls dressed in babydoll dresses, with pigtails, maryjanes and such are more than likely Switchblade Symphony fans.

The people dressed in leather and latex with a lot of fetish gear are most likely listening to a lot of Darkwave and/or to bands like Two Witches, Athamay or Umbra et Imago.

The people dressed like Victorian vampires are probably listening to a lot of Inkubus Sukkubus, Vampyrëan, Nosferatu, Paralysed Age and Witching Hour UK.

AND SO ON.

You don’t have to like it, if you don’t then you don’t, but if you haven’t given the music a proper chance AND you’re so intrigued by the fashion that is inspired by said music, how come you have such little interest and commitment as to not even dip your toes properly? Again, if it turns out to not be your thing, fine, just don’t spread misinfo. But who knows? You could be missing out on music you would fall in love with if you gave it a chance.

(Before there’s any misunderstandings, this does NOT mean that a goth who dresses a certain way 1) has to prefer goth music that is associated most with that style of clothing, or 2) can ONLY dress in that style, most goths mix and match or dress in different substyles depending on our moods.)

#gotta check some of this out

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Blue Velvet is casting spells on him.

Had a surprise playdate today because Blue Velvet's owner called us and told us she was being wild and needed to burn some energy 😂

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it’s a shame booping will disappear after today because we don’t even have time to invent good discourse. some examples i just thought of: it’s predatory to boop a minor if ur over 18, it’s encouraging violence, it places responsibility on others to return a boop which they don’t owe you

#mmmm this would'a been some high-quality discourse

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#Like... I kinda want to tell them they're trans #but honestly #it would have been super unsafe for me to try to come out when I was a kid or a teen #having to figure it out late wasn't great either #but at least I was alive

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#lol true mlm wlw solidarity

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#LOL #aww man I would've thought Gov. Walz would have done something about our death traps by now #Get on it MNDFL

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Via guineavale_tasmania

#important

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I just snorked into my coffee.

Pretty much the worst thing a game can do to me is have any sort of firearm crafting system. I'm not usually one to winge about a lack of "realism" in viddygames but I have yet to encounter a firearm crafting system that doesn't instantly activate my gun nut Facts Disease.

#i know extremely little about guns but this makes me laugh