#i am not your statistic

[grochelgordon]

(via I Am Not Your Statistic iPad Case & Skin by G.ROCHEL GORDON)

#redbubble #i am not your statistic #statistics #sterotypes #pan african #diaspora #inner city

[coolnonsenseworld]

(to know more about the story and the calendar on pre-order check out previous posts! LESS THAN 2 WEEKS LEFT)

In September they don't feel like going anywhere or doing any bucket lists - no getting out of the comfort zone this time around. All they need is a little comfort of one another - they take breaks for a movie night when they wouldn't, buy extra cakes they haven't tried previously, go on date-walks and take bubble baths with new scents.

Enjoying simple things in life and appreciating your own presence here feels like it should be a basic part of any bucket list.

How is your September going? Do you have any plans or achievements this month?

#klance #voltron #voltron legendary defender #ive got 32 k words for HEX and i reached the first temple 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 #i swear this fics is making me feel like i am actually a nerd #people will hate me when they discover one of the chapters is reading a book #but you gotta know the statistics of performing sepulchral transplantology just for Pidge #dont let me start talking about hex i never shut up no cap #have an awesome day and tell me what's your happy thiny in September is or going to be!!!

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[stanleyoffseventh-oldblog]

every time one of our beat writers says something about how many goals against faber has been on ice for lately i want to challenge them to single combat in the parking lot behind the culvers. that's my BOY shut up about my BOY he's doing his best!!!!! okay!!!!!!!!

#its mostly smith honestly russo is also a stan #and like he's RIGHT but also shut up with your statistics the boy is tired. he needs to nap through the all star break #and maybe get a sports massage from-- [i am assassinated before i can finish this sentence]

[hermitshell]

little out of the blue here but i just wanna say if you have trichotillomania, you aren't bad for it and it doesn't affect who you are as a person. you are wonderful and deserve many good things and there are other people out there like you

#i was just thinking about the fact for so much of my life I didn't even know there was a word for it #and how I've only ever seen two (2!!) depictions of it ever really #and then i thought. hey there are like 800 of you #statistically one of you might be like me #so; you aren't alone or weird or bad because of your trich #and i am sending you a heart like this -> <3

[thecruellestmonth]

...no, I still disagree with you.

i've seen the argument. i've seen you and others restate that argument. multiple times. and it's still no more solid than the opposition. 🤷‍♀️

a factual point is that B has destroyed so much more than W ever has, or ever could.

otherwise. you have no right to label people as bigots for not adhering to your headcanon.

#the role that you're describing... is pretty clearly meant to be filled by... J himself. in canon. #W is an afterthought. at best. #and you can make him whatever he needs to be for your story. #but. you really are just setting yourself up for disappointment to beatify this guy who exists as scraps of scraps. #which i am fully aware is rich to say in JT fandom. #but if J is untapped potential that was meant for more before being derailed and repurposed and revisited #then the posthumous supporting cast of his backstory are less than the shadow of shapeless smoke. #BG's bio parents have more characterization than W! and they hardly exist most of the time! #the saint that you need W to be for your lovely story #isn't what others must see. #and shut the fuuuuuuuuck up for just the slightest implication people wouldn't love their abusers #abusers are some of the most beloved people on the planet #many tend to collect vulnerable lonely people desperate to love something. #we are biologically wired to love our parents. that love can overcome ridiculous amounts of absolute BS. #abused kids aren't freaks or outliers or non-entities for loving their abusers. they're normal and more common than many want to accept. #and people in poverty statistically struggle to leave shitty male-dominated households. that's fact not just stereotype. #My cowardly vague post is cowardly. #If you manage to find this post and be upset by it then congrats.

[astrxealis]

hi guys please wish me luck for my college entrance exam tomorrow for one of my dream schools xoxo

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #LET'S GOOO MGA PAREH 💙🦅💙🦅💙🦅💙🦅 #i'm so chill for some reason even if ik i will never forgive myself if i don't get in. anyway. manifesting!!! i will pass with flying colors #IT'S REAL DAMN STRESSFUL FOR ME bcs i am aiming for honors courses which means i have to be top 15%... i am top 15% (and higher) in my batch #in school anyway but... urgh... #so. yeah. give me all your best wishes thankyousomuchxoxo AHHEHEHWHSHFJAH sobbing (but fr. if you do. i really appreciate it!!) #i believe in myself :] mostly. the time limit scares me and math and abstract reasoning bcs 5 minutes for 30 items but yeah. okay. #i am Smart ..... bro i literally got perfect on my physics exam and got 100 in statistics (i am really proud of these in particular) #my extracurriculars are good !! all my math scores are insane (cue a math nerd) and science (science nerd) english (god. no explanation #needed) honestly every subject is slay and so is my essay-making but ERGH. honors course... top 15%... #i will try to be chill! honestly i am already lol the nerves aren't getting to me somehow. gl to me and all that i know and do not know. #both here and irl :3 also to fellow ph kids (who are most likely younger than me if they aren't older and yk not worrying abt cets anymore #LMFAO) err idk if . okay idk what i was going to say LMFAO anyway i'm busy af and idk if i'm good with teaching others #but if you ever want any tips from me (honestly i don't really have tips. i do what i do and just make it. but there's a lot involved there) #feel free to come to me for anything ^_^ anything at all tbh. doesn't have to be acads idk i like helping others in general. BUT IT DEPENDS. #but yeah just hmu whatever i will have you know i am genuinely a smart & responsible kid and i am proud of that bcs my family is amazing w #smarts but also the Hard Work is there so :3 !! english is my forte science is my forte math is my forte. also socsci and whatever tbh. #i'm probably insane but i genuinely love all those topics and what we learn in school FISHFK so yeah !!! okay i shut up now #will do my best... zzz... and then i will work on myself. to be better than i already am and even better than i could possibly be. ya. fun! #the mga pareh is a joke btw i like imitating filipino kids like that. like yooo mga pareh let's goooooo wahee!!!!!

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[gxlden-angels]

how do i stop my internalized homophobia?

Ngl anon, it's less stopping it and more talking over it. If you were raised in a strict, homophobic environment, that little voice is still going to be there cause it was a part of your development. So you shout over it instead with new data

"Being gay is a sin" okay I hear you but my friends are gay and I can't really see them as sinful people

"You're broken/wrong/living in sin" okay speak your truth bestie but I'm happier living my life authentically so I'm okay being wrong for now

"You're going to Hell" cool cool but what about now? Am I happy right now? Am I living this life in a way that benefits me now? I'm focusing on this life, not a potential afterlife

I'm very STEM-oriented so my therapist and I refer to it as "Plotting new data points" You kinda just have to listen to the internalized homophobia, say okay okay I hear you but have you considered this new data point that suggest a positive correlation between being openly LGBTQ and my own happiness? Yea I know this was regarded as a sin before but statistically speaking the chances of it actually being sin are insignificant. Yea it doesn't even have a 95% confidence interval. Loving who I am seems to have a positive outcome though but I'll need more positive queer experiences to be certain

#I don't know if this makes sense #It took a long time to realize but you kinda gotta put the cart before the horse so to speak #you gotta do the thing and pretend like it isn't terrifying before it becomes less terrifying #And I don't mean you have to come out or go to pride or have gay sex #I mean like. Saying in your brain I Am Gay #and noting the fact that you didn't get smitted by Jesus or brain exploded by the Lord #You take in new data #and the old data never goes away. it would be considered altering your research then #but as you continue to get new data it starts to lose its power #it becomes less statistically significant #Until it eventually doesn't bother you like it use to #I won't pretend like my internalized homophobia is gone #internalized transphobia too despite me potentially getting top surgery soon #but each day is a new day for research #it's still there #and each experience adds another data point #good luck anon #anon tag

[netflixofficial]

All I'm saying is that if you're writing a (fiction) book about a serial killer and FBI profilers you should maybe look up the national average for height and if it exactly matches your characters maybe don't go on and on about how tall or short they are

#the usa female average height is 5'4.5“ with a standard deviation of 2.5” #there for your 5'4“ chatacter isn't even close to the realm of being sooo short #and given how much profiling expertise youve given them they would very much know that #i am normal about all of my funfacts just like this btw #this is a normal reaction to an offhand but statistically inaccurate comment in a book #EDIT: The average male height in the usa is 5'10“. apologies #im bad at dividing in the imperial system dont @ me #and standad deviation is 3“ which still means your 6' character is nothing to write home about #tall end of average? yes. but still average.

[gaminegay]

if I had a nickel every time I wanted to do a nice thing for a man and the immediate reaction I got was "be careful, he might misunderstand, you're a girl, the statistics" and got really bummed out I would have two nickels etc etc

#alda rambling #It sucks that everyone assumes he might be a creep and that I might not be careful but they are right. The statistics. #Friends and family and all yknow. And the thing is I THINK IT TOO I cannot escape considering it #But gdi I just wanna be nice!! #One time I was donating some stuff for Xmas to a guy who was on disability and I wanted to give him some chocolates too #BC he was having a rough time! But my father was like oh he might think you're offering Something Else #And I'm gonna have a movie night with a coworker who is old enough to be my dad and he's my BUDDY. #And my friends right away are like SUS be careful youre still a girl to him!! Even tho I'm openly gay #Like yes I get it. I am more paranoid than you actually. But god damn can I just be nice #I'm FRUSTRATED #Its hard to even word it without it sounding suggestive I hate it

[takiki16]

Umm… so what’s the subby murder bot book that 80 people are trying to read?

I'm tearing my own hair out in frustration, I tell you. I don't know if any of my holds are any good bc I can't READ THEM YET!!!

If anyone is looking for romance novels to read, I've found r/RomanceBooks and their Book Request tag to be very helpful as far as mainstream cishet recs. I scroll through the book requests until I see someone asking for a book that sounds like something I'd enjoy, and then check the comments. If I see a book linked that sounds interesting, I check out the free preview and then place a hold at the library if it's available (or request an inter-library loan if not). Their romance bot unfortunately provides links to goodreads rather than storygraph or similar, so if you are trying to avoid Amazon affiliates be advised.

The book that started me on this trend was found on this thread, and it was For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale. Basic premise is a medieval knight that has essentially taken a vow of celibacy has to escort a princess caught up in intrigue to her castle. The author actually has a good grasp on medieval worldbuilding and writes in Middle English when the characters speak English rather than French, which REALLY tickles my heart. The book doesn't end as well as I'd hoped - a little too convenient, doesn't double down enough on subby murderbot-ness - but the journey and the writing is enjoyable enough that I would recommend it as a fun read.

I also recommend pretty much any of T. Kingfisher's romances, if you don't mind a little bit of...tumblr house flavor, I suppose? The author IS on tumblr and is very much a product of fandom, which might not scratch your itch if you are deliberately looking for contrasting tone, but I DEVOURED Paladin's Grace and the Clocktaur Verse (they are in the same universe but stand alone), since she also does some good horror stuff and has great worldbuilding.

I browsed around a little more and put a hold on The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne, Hot Blooded by Heather Guerre (although her werewolf romance VERY much turned me off, just couldn't stand the MMC), and His Secondhand Wife by Cheryl St. John, but have NO clue if any of them will actually deliver the very specific content I'm looking for in a romance novel. Unsatisfactory state of affairs ;_____;

If you want fanfic to tide you over, I put this list and this list together for femdom stuff!

#book recs #romance #fic recs #my posts #the thing about romances is that they ARE very much...i don't have a better word than beach paperback? #it feels more pejorative than i want to be bc i DO GET a lot of enjoyment from reading them when my brain is in the right plae #and it DOES take skill and effort to write a GOOD romance and its not like a lot of other dreck doesn't get turned out in other genres #but the point being that i burn through romances very FAST and then i immediately want another one #and nothing has you realizing the very strict limitations of your library's ebook collection like being on a romance kick #NOT THE FAULT OF THE LIBRARIES. IT'S ALL THE FUKKING PUBLISHER'S GREEDY HANDS #but i sure am going through these things at a clip and just by virtue of statistics more of them disappoint me than not

[dawningfairytale]

me in queer circles: i hate the statement "everyone's a little bit bi". would you say that to a gay or lesbian person? probably not, that would be considered homophobic, but it's directed towards straight people in an act that delegitimises bisexual identity. how would you fit asexuality into that equation? to act as though bisexuality is the only allo identity is unrealistic and erases the biphobia we can experience-

me in christian circles: so you don't think you're even a little gay? like you've never thought about it? not once?

#this is a joke i don't tell most of my christian friends that #apart from one guy who i've been on camps with and i'm like 'king you and i have a very similar taste in guys.' #he has - for multiple years - said 'oh yeah [camper]'s brother is hot' and 'i've slept in bed with [guy op had a crush on]. jealous?' #i know he's straight but he flirts with boys often and i'm like bestie i am concerned for your safety in this space #not all these people are allies #statistically i have to know some repressed bisexuals like there's no way i was the only queer leading there

[powpowhammer]

I love you open source software I love you 1998-looking install wizard I love you websites with one purpose and no css

#am I sad I have to learn yet another statistical modelling programming language? yes. #however I KNOW the runks of the world are on my side #university-hosted website from 2003 you would never hurt me. #look at all this plaintext. I am healed #looks inside my brain at the various statistical programming languages I barely still remember. one of you boys has got to go. #matlab put your head in the hole #you never belonged here.

[aq2003]

tfw you are lied to by the lord of lies

#zerxus ilerez #asmodeus #critical role #exu calamity #exu:c #cr #my art #[rolls up in a car 6 months late to the exu:c party] so zerxus ilerez am i right? [opens the car door falls over and dies] #palette shamelessly taken from chainsaw man ed 3 i'm sorry mappa i needed to color my dnd fanart and i had no other ideas #yes his neck is abt to be snapped here. thank you zerxus for being statistical outlier bury your gays georg #anyway i sketched this after getting scarred from episode 5 of haunting of hill house hope that explains everything

[pinejay]

rly gratifying to finally play beach with ppl i know from women's 9-man or indoor (so regular 6's) who play more grass, and finding out i can rly win against them at doubles. like these ppl might play organized grass tournaments all summer but i am really good at this beach thing. this guy i played with today said it's rly hard to read me he could not tell where i was going at all

#beach is the 4d chess of volleyball #like indoor esp high level league with big guys on a men's net i'm at a severe disadvantage #and in women's indoor i simply am not that good at my position (middle) #but beach is my game. it's all in the brain. u don't have to have the fastest reflexes u just have to be efficient #and read your opponent well and react on the fly when your read wasn't exactly right #not that i'm anywhere near kristen nuss but the reason why she's dominating women's beach is her reaction to changes on the court #even just 3 years ago ppl were still making guesses in pro beach #but i rly think everyone's altered their strategy since then #the 1 high statistical step toward your read but no more (no committing fully to 1 read) is such a game changer

[lelianaslefthand]

just remembered when someone made a tiktok saying that everyone who thinks astarion didnt have white hair/light eyes before being turned was stupid and wrong and they used my pre-vampire astarion post as an example and kept it up behind them the entire time they explained (irrelevant) moon elf lore now im irritated about it again

#i was just wistfully thinking about him and then this popped into my brain im so mad i remembered it #and i commented on it like “thats my post lmao i stand by it” and they didnt say anything #i found them on here and blocked them 😭 #“tHe OtHeR vAmPiReS dOnT hAvE wHiTe hAir” L + ratio + dont care didnt ask + prolonged stress can turn your hair white #and the thought of him having any other eye color than dark brown is insane to me like those are optimal big baby cow eyes #and i am a big brown baby cow eye expert ive been weaponizing them my entire life so EYE would know ☝ #anyways im gonna go play cyberpunk bc i lowkey want to play fallout but i refuse to be a statistic so thats the next best thing #.txt

[radarsteddybear]

Some of the things I kept track of during this M*A*S*H rewatch:

Episodes with Radar's teddy bear: 31 (mentioned in an additional four)

Episodes with kids: 24*

Episodes where Father Mulcahy is mentioned or shown to be a boxer: 12*

Episodes that feature Sophie, Colonel Potter's horse: 9

Episodes with Radar's menagerie: 11 (mentioned in one additional episode)

Episodes where Grape Nehi is shown or mentioned (by Radar or otherwise): 12

Episodes where Radar does impressions: 5

Episodes where Radar plays the drums: 3

Christmases celebrated: 4†

Characters who dress as Santa: 3

Number of wedding anniversaries Colonel Potter celebrates [February 2]: 2

Number of purple hearts that Frank puts in for himself (undeserved): 2

Total number of episodes: 251

Some firsts:

Radar's first Grape Nehi: "Welcome to Korea" (s4 e1)

Radar first name reveal [Walter]: "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" (s4 e10)

William Christopher's name added to the opening credits: "Bug Out" (s5 e1)

Radar middle name reveal [Eugene]: "Fade Out, Fade In" (s6 e1)

Charles Emerson Winchester becomes Charles Emerson Winchester III: "The Price" (s7 e17)

Hawkeye's father's name reveal [Daniel]: "Sons and Bowlers" (s10 e19)

Some attempts to make sense of the timeline:

When Colonel Potter assumes command of the 4077th, he states that he expects to be in command for 18 months (s4 e2)

We also learn that Margaret has been in the army for 10 years at that time (s4 e2)

Margaret's marriage lasts about 3 months (s10 e1)

Charles spends about two years at the 4077th (s11 e16)

So does BJ; Erin turns two years old towards the end of the war (s11 e16)

*Indicates that I'm not 100% confident in my numbers

†A Christmas celebration is also referenced in "Margaret's Engagement" (s5 e2) which appears to be the Christmas in "Death Takes a Holiday" (s9 e5), as she talks about Colonel Potter dressing up as Santa.  

#M*A*S*H #M*A*S*H rewatch #M*A*S*H stats #stats #statistics #original post #I'm leaving A War For All Seasons out of the post proper but I am begging you to keeping in your mind #that that episode would seem to establish that both Margaret's relationship with Frank AND the entirety of her engagement and marriage #(among many other things) #all happened within the first 6 months of the way #I would love to have a chat with whoever decided to make that episode take place over 1951