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#prev oh that is dead on

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#you shouldn’t compare and contrast characters i view as my PERSONAL metaphor for trauma is such a take #the thing is these conversations are important #i mean sure the world is full of abuse survivors and trauma - (like i block incest stuff around spn cause i find it to be classist dogshit) #but to say that ppl should feel guilty for creating a poll that pokes at the double standards on suffering is not it #it’s well-known that the fandom *acknowledges* sam’s trauma in a way not done for others #(including but not limited to academizing and revisionist history) #this poll is a great conversation starter on double standards in media and what sam says versus what we see #like for example how sam’s trauma is overemphasized by his own sense of abstract victimhood perfectionism purity etc #you can get fixated on *the olympics of suffering* sure #but there are ALSO interesting convos to be had on WHO's suffering get weight and why #when comparing contrasting characters is snarked on w *shutdown phrases* like trauma olympics it chokes off that analysis before it starts #pollsnatural wank #trauma #to assume the least charitable motivation of an op and get mad about it is something #anyhoo pollsnatural is right the block button is your friend here

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@bi-lullaby I have so many questions.

#meanwhile to show compared him to a devout man who *checks notes* #is lost #doesn’t know what he wants #betrays his fam #and abandoned his fellow soldiers in syria #strangers in a strange land #spn 14x01 #yeah mirrors aren’t one to one #but this one was a definite dig

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DEAN You hate me that much? You think you could kill your own brother? Then go ahead. Pull the trigger. Do it! SAM pulls the trigger. The chamber is empty. He tries again, and once more.

1.10 Asylum (Transcript)

#i have thoughts about how sam gives cas a pass too #cas is an authority sam respects

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Tayne.Mp4

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"People as things, that's where it starts."

Carpe Jugulum (Discworld #23) - Terry Pratchett

Going Postal (Discworld #32) - Terry Pratchett

#insp

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MOST BASS ARE JUST FISH BUT LEROY BROWN WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL

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ANNEMARIE: Yeah. I thought so, too. Seeing you take on Matt, I was like, “wow”" no one's ever done that for me before. But then you kept going and going, and I realized whatever is going on with you has nothing to do with my “honor” at all.

(10x01)

The name means, "favored grace, rebellious lover." Annemarie is a window into Dean wanting to (yet again) run away from everything, from Sam, from Crowley, from work. From his chronic feelings of rejection. From feeling things, from living in the real world with obligations and responsibilities.

Annemarie calls Dean on beating the person who was wronging her (Matt), a la how Dean called Cas out re:taking on Raphael. Because, like Godstiel, Demon Dean kept going beyond defending honor, beyond protectorship.

Demon Dean is a treatise to the loss of free will through disinhibition, yes, but it's also Dean acting out everything that was ever done to him. There's pent-up rage and rejection tied up with all of it.

It's the specter of "I did all of it for you!" which only sounds romantic, only sounds honorable...but Cas kept going, slaughtered the angels en masse. Because it was really about Cas's beef with his brother Raphael and his family and his issues. Just like in SPNWIN Mary called out John on using Mary as an excuse for her issues.

Anyhoo, we stan Annemarie. She is "human Dean."

She walked out of there thinking she deserved that.

#annemarie is oddly not talked about so much #but annemarie is everything!!!! #dean was running away before he ever took on the daily grind of demon work

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this is about what my natural hair color is and i never know what to call it bc ive seen people call this color both blonde & brown so. pls reblog im curious as to what the common consensus is

#that’s ash blonde #you can tell cause if you’re not careful going darker can go badly #and by badly i mean hair dresser chooses wrong colors to go with your undertone and it turns green #my hairdresser uses ash blond and gunmetal blond #americans are so used to bottle blond they struggle with recognizing adult blond tones #look to make hair adult colors for how typical shades of blond look in the wild #since they tend to color it less with current trends #ppl get so weird about what *deserves* to get called blonde but like dude #it’s about the undertone and how it behaves in the light #*look to male hair tones in mean why is my phone autocorrecting male to male in here? #anyway dark blond is more metallic than light brown is on the whole

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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if you give “stupid” characters rural/southern accents i don’t like you and if you give “smart” characters rural/southern accents but it’s a punchline i don’t like you even more

#dehumanization #cAn yOu iMaGiNe having to take someone with lower class markers SeRiOuSLy in a moment? #this gives me the same vibes as making fun of lack of access to healthcare #lol southern teeth etc etc

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#lol

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"Better now."

#prev #it’s literally in the first set of tags #usually i do add to the full post but this was a middle of the night shit posts #nevertheless thx for the link #tell me you don’t actually look at the op or first rb without telling me you didn’t look at the op or rb

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becoming an adult cheat sheet!

learn to coupon

what to do when you can’t afford therapy

cleaning your bathroom

what to do when you can’t pay your bills

stress management

quick fix meals

find out if you’re paying too much for your cell phone bill

resume workshop

organize your closet

how to take care of yourself when you’re sick

what you should bring to a doctor’s appointment

what’s a mortgage?

how to pick a health insurance plan

hotlines list

your first gynecology appointment

what to do if the cops pull you over

things to have in your car in case of emergency

my moving out masterpost

how to make friends as an adult (video)

how to do taxes (video)

recommended reads for surviving adulthood (video)

change a flat tire (video)

how to do laundry (video)

opening a bank account (video)

laundry cheat sheet

recipes masterpost

tricks to help you sleep more

what the fuck should you make for dinner?

where should you go for drinks?

alcohol: know your limits

easy makeup tips

find seat maps for your flight

self-defense tips

prevent hangovers

workout masterpost

how to write a check

career builder

browse careers

birth control information

financial management software & app (free)

my mental health masterpost

my college applications masterpost

how to jumpstart a car

sex ed masterpost

#aww #recipes