PSA to friends of people who struggle with ana, or ed's in general:
telling your friend what they'll have to do to lose the weight is not helpful.
telling your friend that their mood swings are an issue is not helpful.
telling your friend that they're destroying themselves is not helpful
telling your friend to workout to get to their gw is not helpful
asking your friend "if you're fat, then what does that make me?" is not helpful
getting mad at your friend for the side effects of their struggles is not helpful.
If you're not being supportive, loving, and helpful, please shut up.
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i think a lot about exactly 1 thing from the roman empire: the concept of bread and circus. the idea was that if your population was fed and entertained, they wouldn't revolt. you are asking us to give up our one small life, is the thing - for under 15 dollars an hour.
what would that buy, even. i am trading weekends and late nights and my back health. i am trading slow mornings and long walks and cortisol levels. i am trading sleep and silence and peace. for ... this. for what barely-covers-rent.
life really is more expensive right now. you aren't making that up. i make almost 3 times what i did 5 years ago, and despite an incredibly equal series of bills - i am still struggling. the most expensive line item i added was to own a dog. the money is just evaporating.
we were okay with it because it's a cost-benefit analysis. i could handle the customer harassment and standing all day and the manager's constantly changing temperament - i was coming home to hope, and my life planned in a blue envelope. three hours would buy me my dog's food for a month. i can give up three hours for him, for his shiny coat and wide, happy mouth. three days could be a new mattress, if i was thrifty. if i really scrimped and saved, we could maybe afford a trip into the city.
recently i cried in the car about the price of groceries.
business majors will be mad at me, but my most inflammatory opinion is that people should never be valued at the same place as products. your staff should not be a series of numbers in an excel sheet that you can just "replace" whenever you need something at that moment. your staff should be people, end of sentence.
it feels like someone somewhere is playing a very bad video game. like my life is a toy. like someone opened an app on their phone and hired me in diner dash ultra. they don't need to pay me well or treat me alright - they can always just show me the door. there is always someone more desperate, always someone more willing.
but i go to work and know i could save for years and not afford housing. i am never going to own my own home, most likely. i have no idea how to afford her ring, much less the wedding. my dog doesn't have his own yard. everything i love is on subscription. if i lose my job, i have no "nest egg" to catch my falling.
this thin life - they want me to give up summer for it. to open my mouth and throat and swallow the horrible hours and counted keystrokes. they want me to give up mountains and any non-federal holiday. to give up snow days. to give up talking to my mom whenever i want. to give up visiting the ocean and hearing the waves.
bread and circus worked for a while, actually. it was the kind of plan that would probably now be denounced by republicans as socialist commie liberal pronoun bullshit.
but sometimes i wonder if we should point them to the part of the history book that says: it worked until it didn't.
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here we were all thinking oliver stark was pr’s darling angel when this is what was going through his mind the whole time
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One thing we CANNOT stand being told about being a system. "Well it's still you, because they're a part of you." LIKE BITCH. We are DIFFERENT people. Just because we're all stuck in one body, doesn't mean we're all the same damn person.
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"I love the trailer but the red eyes oh the red eyes oh-" SHUT UP. First of all, you're being annoying. Second of all, you're not thinking. Yes, the black and white eyes would be scarier but we're going to spend the movie in a dark ass pizzeria. The red eyes not only light up the animatronics but they also allow us to see what the fuck is happening. "Oh but why just red? Why not the eye colors they have?" Freddy's eyes are blue. If you see a blue, purple, or yellow light down a hallway your first thought, if you aren't a knowledgeable Fnaf fan, would be safety. The color red is more violent. Edit them to have black and white eyes all you want but the red eyes fit. Deal with it.
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do you like aziraphale as a character?
have a good day/night!
Of course I do ajnds
Tho, it might be for the "wrong" reasons-?
I love how his soft exterior completely makes up for everything- PLEASE AZIRAPHALE MAFIA DON'T COME FOR ME I PROMISE THIS IS GOOD- everything potentially """"sinful"""" that he does
Like, in the scotland minisode, had it not been Aziraphale being the classist pos, I don't think I would've been able to even laugh at the situation (I come from a lower middle class family who started off VERY poor), but since it's Aziraphale I just go "oh, you"
I know the english speaking fandom doesn't like to hear that bc they're a bit more touchy on the subject of classism (rightfully so), but the latam side kind of already has made that a BIG joke (we like coping that way sowwy) and Aziraphale being the butt of it due to the way he's like- BASICALLY a princess is a LOT of fun
Besides, I know he'd come around if someone pushed him in the right direction xD, so it's a harmless snobbiness... for the most part
He's also like- a manipulative little shit? in the way a puppy or a cat is. You Could say No, but Would you? when he's looking at you like that, with those pale blue eyes :( ?
and his stubbornness akjfksbglsng
I know the Azirastans see him a bit differently, I've noticed they like him more for his positive traits, but to me what TRULY makes him a fun character is all those things that are a bit shit
(I SAY IT WITH LOVE AZIRAPHALE MAFIA, I UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S THE WAY HE IS, IT'S A HEAVEN THING YES. I STILL LIKE HIM, PUT DOWN THE CROWBAR PLEAS-)
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