I’m taking a moment to tell you to make yourselfs and others know about the horrible situation that Chile is going through right now. The media isn’t showing the tragic state of the country where military is out on the street shooting at people. Flights to and from Chile have been canceled, a carafew has been implanted, international transmissions have been blocked, they only have social networks now. I ask with a hand in the heart to spread about this. Search in social media and look at all the photos and videos, and make yourself and others aware of the situation that’s going on.
I got friends who I can only talk through social media that, for now, are safe but now live in constant fear, and I fear for their lives every second.
The entirety of someone else’s life > nine months of your life
Anyway…
People who can get pregnant aren’t brood mares.
All of this, for a fetus? I’ll pass, thanks.
selfish
Y’all love this list but I’d rather suffer any of these effects (minus death, aka a tiny percentage of cases) than kill someone. Honestly to imply that half of the things on this list justify abortion is entirely ridiculous. “Acne? Not a chance! I’d much rather kill the person causing said acne!”
Yeah, no. It’s ridiculously selfish to advocate for other people to have no choice but to “suffer,” because that’s what you’d rather do.
Oh, and any of the things on the list are enough to justify the decision to abort. Even acne. Because if someone is unwilling/unable to handle pregnancy and childbirth, for any reason, they shouldn’t have to.
Just because someone can get pregnant doesn’t mean they should have to risk their lives and the numerous complications associated with pregnancy and childbirth.
I’m totally allowed to be selfish with my own damn body and health and rights.
Is it selfish that people do not donate a perfectly working kidney when they have two of them? Yes, it is selfish. And it is their right to be selfish.
“Selfish” is not the insult anti-choicers think it is when it comes to your own health.
You’d be willing to suffer any of these side-effects because you’d be happy (presumably) to have a child. And millions of people DO put up with suffering these side-effects (and I mean SUFFER - yeah hyperemesis gravidarum might not kill you but you can imagine, just for a second, vomiting multiple times a day, EVERY DAY, for EIGHT TO NINE MONTHS, struggling to keep even water down, losing weight, your stomach muscles *hurting* from vomiting so much, being admitted to hospital because you are severely dehydrated/in ketosis from excessive vomiting, being unable to work and earn a living etc etc etc ETC) because they WANT to have a child and consider the risks and dangers and sacrifices worth it.
But if you DON’T want to have a child, then every single side-effect, every change to your body, is something you DON’T WANT to happen, that is happening in the name of an outcome that you DON’T WANT, that is being FORCED on you by people who think they know better than you what is right for you, your body, and your life. So yeah, you’re damn right acne caused by an unwanted pregnancy justifies deciding to abort. ANY decision to abort is justified because if a person doesn’t want to be pregnant, for any reason, then they DON’T WANT TO BE PREGNANT. It’s as simple as that.
In the 1700s, there was a mine on an island called Resarö, about 15 km north of Sweden’s capital city of Stockholm. At the time, the mine was pulling a type of feldspar out of the ground for making porcelain, useful for stoves and furnaces in Sweden. The mine was named for the local community, the Ytterby mine.
In 1787, a Swedish Army Lieutenant named Carl Axel Arrhenius who had a background in chemistry recognized that there was something odd about one of the dark black rocks at this site. He collected a sample of the rock, named it “ytterbite” since it was discovered at the Ytterby quarry and sent it off to several professors including Johan Gadolin at Åbo University.
Professor Gadolin isolated some components from the rock and realized that he was dealing with an element that had not been previously characterized. He named the compound “Ytterbia” and published its discovery as a newly-characterized element.
In ancient times Egyptian and Phoenician sailors learned to bring cats along with them aboard ship when on long voyages. Ship cats become an important necessity in ancient times, as the cats killed mice, rats, and other rodents which could consume or contaminate provisions and spread disease. Over time the practice of having cats aboard ship became a common maritime tradition, one that continued even as recently as World War II.
The cat known to history as “Unsinkable Sam” began his naval career as the ship’s cat aboard the World War II German battleship Bismarck.
The Bismarck was the pride of the German Navy, being the most advanced ship in the German fleet. On May 18th, 1941 the battleship set sail for destiny. After taking part in the sinking of HMS Hood and damaging HMS Prince of Wales, the Bismarck became the Royal Navy’s number one target. After being disabled by a squadron of torpedo bombers, the Bismarck was surrounded by a large fleet of British ships and shot to pieces. Discovered among the Bismarck’s 115 human survivors was Unsinkable Sam, found clinging to a piece of floating wreckage.
For the next few months Sam would serve as ship’s cat aboard the British destroyer HMS Cossack. On 24th of October, 1941 the Cossack was struck by a torpedo from the German U-Boat U-563. The explosion killed 159 of the Cossacks 190 man crew, but fortunately Unsinkable Sam was one of the survivors.
After the sinking of the Cossack, Sam was transferred for service on the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Ironically the Ark Royal was the ship from which the squadron of torpedo bombers which disabled the Bismarck came from. One again Sam would face misfortune and danger when on November 14th, 1941 the Ark Royal was sunk by the German submarine U-81. Once again Unsinkable Sam was discovered alive and well, found clinging to a floating plank.
After the sinking of the HMS Ark Royal, Unsinkable Sam’s career as a ship cat came to an end. Sam would spend the remainder of the war as a bodyguard for the Governor of Gibraltar. After the war he retired to a retirement home for sailors in Belfast. He passed away in 1955.
remember being little and thinking dandelions were fun or a pretty color or something and every adult in an 80 mile radius wouldn’t let you say that without screaming ITS A WEED
also like:
dandelions are edible, easy to grow, and are rich in vitamins a, c, k, beta-carotene, calcium, iron, manganese, and potassium
dandelions can be made into wine, tea, soft drinks, and a coffee substitute
they are used in herbal remedies to treat liver and digestive problems and as a diuretic
they’re good for bees!
they make good companion plants for various herbs and tomatoes; their long taproot helps bring up nutrients in the soil and they release ethylene gas which ripens fruit
dandelions secrete latex which means they can be used to make natural rubber
they make great flower crowns
To expand on dandelions and bees
The reason they are good for bees is because dandelions are one of the first flowers to open, come spring, which means they are the first fresh food for the local bees!
Dandelions cohabitate with clover really well! Dandelions flower and drop seed just in time for clover to flower and drop seed in time for the dandelions to flower a second time. Bees love both of these flowers!
We keep a 15x15 dandelion/clover garden for our bees, with a water station, and it’s always covered in honeybees in the early spring!
I love how he gave this bit at an autism benefit because it is also a heavy Autism Mood™
This is the most relatable thing I’ve ever seen.
TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MULANEY: I normally don’t notice people. I zone out constantly. Have you ever zoned out for a few minutes? I’ve been zoned out since 2014.
AUDEINCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: I just - all day long, I wander into traffic walking like Charlie Chaplin, listening to a podcast while thinking about a different podcast.
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: I can zone out anywhere - I was at the doctor’s office, he was reading me the results of a blood test, it was important I listened, and I zoned out! I was like, “nah, I’m gonna stare at the wall and think my thoughts”.
AUDIENCE MEMBER WHOOPS
MULANEY: I was like, “huh. None of the Beatles had moustaches… but then one day, all of them had moustaches.”
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: “That’s weird, I can’t think of a time a group has done that”. Some people in my life don’t want me to zone out as much - they want me to focus, and they want me to be in the moment, and they want me to do this by meditating. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried meditating, but I’ve been trying it. This is how you meditate, okay? You sit on the floor with your back perfectly straight, which I hate more than ISIS -
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: I don’t like sitting up straight! Alright?! It’s never gonna happen! If meditating was sitting hunched over on the toilet with your elbow on your knee while kind of looking at your phone, I’d be the Dalai Lama.
AUDIENCE LAUGHS/APPLAUDS
MULANEY: I don’t like sitting up straight. So you sit up straight, and you breathe, and this helps you stay in the moment. Don’t bother! The moment is mediocre at best!
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: I mean, it’s fine. Let’s all try right now - let’s all be in the moment, in silence, right now. [A HALF-SECOND PAUSE] Sucked, right? Not fun at all!
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: That was boring! You gotta zone out! You have an imagination! You have a movie theatre in your brain that plays fake arguments that you win.
AUDIENCE LAUGHS/APPLAUDS
MULANEY: Have you ever just been sitting there thinking about something for twenty, twenty-five minutes, and all of a sudden you’re like “oh my god, I’m driving!” and you remember? You’re like -
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: “I’m going seventy-five miles an hour! I have been for a while! I could’ve changed so many lives!” Sometimes, my wife - I have this wife - she’ll be like, “are you watching the road?” and I’m always like, “I am looking through the windshield.”
AUDIENCE LAUGHS
MULANEY: “And I’m not gonna hit anyone, but no. I’m thinking about the Beatles.”
24, White, Cis Female, American, Queer (Bi/Pan-romantic and asexual), Witch, Athiest, University student, graduating in December with a bachelors in psychology, might just take my aunt up on that offer of becoming a perfume maker or pursue interior design though idk, Bipolar 2 Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, dermatillomania, tokophobia, some other things, currently working towards getting my fallopian tubes removed which will honestly be like the best day of my life, love video games (my top ones being Skyrim, Oblivion, the entire Kingdom Hearts series, Everblue 2, Folklore, and a lot of Hidden Object Adventure series.
I do not tolerate rapists, pedophiles/MAPS/NOMAPS, incest, nazis, white supremacists, racists, "pro-lifers", misogynists, sexists, MRAs, homophobes, transphobes, transmeds (and all synonymous titles), most christians, conservatives, republicans, right wingers/the far right, islamophobes, antisemites, bigots, flat earthers, anti-vaxxers, anti-gmos, militant vegans, pro guns, anti-environmentalists, climate change deniers, capitalists, terrorists, TERFS, radfems, anti-sex work (if there is another word for that let me know), exclusionists, smokers that smoke in populated areas whether they be inside or out (literally stop trying to give everyone else around you lung cancer you damn mfs), people who believe in conversion therapy, supporters of the orange one, apologists for any of the above, and other shitty people. I am open to questions/submissions but I have a very low tolerance for bullshit so if you test me you will be immediately blocked and I will not give you the satisfaction of even addressing whatever ignorant shit you sent my way.
Besides psychology I am also fairly knowledgeable in geology since it was my major beforehand. If you see that post going around that says the interior of the earth is green, I am sorry to be the one to break this to you but its not. If you want to know why shoot me an ask.
