staff You are recommending that I follow a nazi blog I blocked last night. Your site promotes anti-semitism to Jews. Your site shoves Nazi Swastikas in the faces of Jews. It’s bad enough that the Nazi blogs seem to be sprouting up like weeds on a site that claims to have an anti-hate policy, but to actively promote them to people who have taken the steps of blocking these blogs is beyond the pale. Clean this place up. It’s turning into Stormfront.
I encourage everyone who sees this post, Jewish or otherwise, to reblog it. Tumblr has been ignoring the growth of Nazism on this site for too long. It needs to end.
What the hell? I leave tumblr for like 3 months and Nazis have invaded? What else have I missed?!?
You are the equivalent of Donald Glover returning with pizza in Community right now, TJ. It’s like the Titanic sinking, but with memes. Time to get a pillowfort or revive your Dreamwidth account.
General approximation of how my Russian ear heard this scene the first time (and it was perfect):
DESIRE!1!!1!!!
zh-rusty!
twzwelve!
intelligence seRRRRvice
f’yornace
nyain
kind-quality (also sounds like “benign” with odd ukrainian accent)
RTVUVRN TO MADALAND
wahn
thunderstorm wagon
EITHER “soldier” with honey-cute uwu pronunciation (he softens the “L” like a german would, but in russian softened consonants are used for baby-talk) OR, if broken in two words, “want some salt?”
Tansy. It’s lovely, and forms a neat clump, and then seeds itself around your garden with about seven million tiny seeds, 150% of which germinate. Please help, I’m drowning in tansy over here.
Iris. Old fashioned iris, to be specific. Orris root, dried, is used to fix perfumes in potpourri and perfumery.
Soapwort.
Many old-fashioned roses, which will sucker all over the place into an impenetrable thorn hedge. (My Goal around the yard, and why I planted Hansa, which is doing a lovely job of it. Also, tasty hips and flowers.)
Zucchini. Any squash, to be fair.
Daylilies.
(All parts edible, buds and root bulbs particularly tasty. Form neat clumps and will outlive you, your house, and possibly the human race)
Hollyhock. Decorative and edible. Ground root is a good dress for bruises, swellings, and ulcers.
Ostrich fern. Loves shady damp spots like Genghis Khan likes conquering, and the fiddleheads in spring are absolutely delicious.
Wild grape.
Chives.
Wormwood; similar situation to the tansy. Please send help.
Fennel and dill, which, if you let go to seed, will seed themselves like tansy.
Violets; delicious and indestructible.
Yarrow.
Cucumbers ARE a squash, btw.
And many of them have useful medicinal properties!
I lived for six years in a cottage that my late grandmother had planted out almost exclusively with a)agapanthas, b)honeysuckle, c)morning glory, and d)a climbing rose that wanted to take over the world and had very sharp thorns. I wanted to garden. I did my best to garden. Some years I even got some nice crops of vegetables and the outside of the house didn’t look like garbage. But I never won, I never managed to control the infestation, and when I moved out, the garden was still full of all four things. I HATED MY GRANDMOTHER FOR THIS. By all means, plant a few things that spread themselves around, but not four species at once in a tiny garden that are all trying to kill a)all the other plants and b)you/your pets/all visitors/the house itself.
The rose, btw:
So, I’ve been waiting so eagerly for my Wild Unknown Tarot to arrive. At first glance, it looked utterly perfect. Then, after I’d removed the plastic wrap and slipcase, it was clear something was wrong. It’s obviously been crunched in the postal system. I’m eligible for a free refund or exchange, so, that’s what I’m doing, but it means that I will more than likely have to wait another month for my deck. It’s such a shame – the cards themselves are fine, but the box is such an integral part of this set. I just don’t think I could repair it, and I shouldn’t have to, since this is a brand new purchase, not second hand.
So, I’m sitting here trying not to cry, because it’s exactly what Ive been waiting for – so gorgeous – but too broken to just overlook the damage. Crying is such a silly reaction, but it’s genuinely how I feel right now, especially since I put the package aside this morning to open in the evening when I’d have time to savour the unboxing. Just… a really shattering result.
saw atomic blonde by myself in a theatre of hets in the middle of the night and let me just say watching THE lesbian in the film get brutally murdered in one of the most violent ways i’ve ever seen onscreen really um what’s the word traumatized me for life
uhm boost
yeah uh i saw this movie just cos I heard it was gay and was really not expecting the ingenue lesbian get strangled by a man in her own bed while half-naked it was Unfun
Super glad for this post; I would not have dealt with that well.
okay, i’m just putting this out here because it needs to be said and i’m sick of letting the bullshit train continue when i could help stop – or at least bring attention to – it. i have a friend who is diplegic and therefore uses a manual chair (her twin was also quadriplegic and in a motorized chair) and when we watch movies with wheelchairs in them, we like to critique the designs.
do you know why mcavoy couldn’t/can’t drive his motorized wheelchair? BECAUSE THE FUCKING WHEELS ARE ON THE WRONG WAY. HANK MCCOY, WHO IS SUPPOSEDLY A “GENIUS”, DESIGNED THE WHEELCHAIR SO THE BIG WHEELS ARE ON THE FRONT AND THE SMALL WHEELS ARE ON THE BACK.
LOOK!
LOOK AT THIS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT. DO YOU KNOW WHY HE CAN’T DRIVE IT? THE SMALL WHEELS ARE AT THE FRONT BECAUSE THEY ARE SMALL AND THEREFORE ALLOW FOR LOTS OF FINE CONTROL, AND THE BIG WHEELS ARE AT THE BACK BECAUSE THEY OFFER POWER. WHEN THE BIG WHEELS ARE ON THE FRONT IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHERE YOU ARE GOING. IT’S LIKE WHEN YOU WALK BACKWARDS ON A BIKE AND TRY TO STEER STILL WITH THE HANDLEBARS. I SAT BACKWARDS ON MY FRIEND’S MANUAL CHAIR AND TRIED TO WHEEL MYSELF. IT WAS LIKE COMPLETELY REWIRING MY MOTOR SKILLS EVERY SECOND I WAS MOVING. IT. IS. BULLSHIT. AND ALL OF CHARLES’ CHAIRS ARE LIKE THIS!!! HANK!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!
ALSO. Charles would have THE WORST backpain from that stiff-ass unnecessary fuckin metal backrest that goes all the way up. YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE’S BACKS GET UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN SITTING FOR HOURS ON A LONG PLANE OR CAR RIDE???? YOU KNOW THAT FEELING??? THAT FEELING IS THIS CHARLES’ LIFE, OKAY. HIS BACK HAS TO BE UNNATURALLY STRAIGHT ALL THE TIME. THIS CRITIQUE IS TAKEN FROM MY FRIEND’S EXPERIENCE BECAUSE SHE ALSO HAS A HARD BACK CHAIR AND HAS BEEN TOLD SHE’S GOING TO HAVE AWFUL BACK AND SHOULDER PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF IT. YET HARD BACKS ARE STANDARD AND SLING BACKS – LIKE THE ONE I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN A SECOND – ARE NOT! THIS IS BECAUSE THE WHEELCHAIR-GETTING SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND IT’S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD REALLY CARE ABOUT BUT IT IS A RANT FOR ANOTHER DAY). THE POINT IS, CHARLES’ BACK IS ONE HURTIN’ UNIT IN THIS CHAIR I GUARANTEE YOU. HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN’T NEED IT FOR TRUNK CONTROL. HE HAS AMAZINGLY FREE RANGE OF MOVEMENT ABOVE HIS HIPS. THIS CHAIR IS B U L L S H I T. HE CAN’T DRIVE, HE CAN’T SIT UP IN A COMFORTABLE WAY. POOR BABY IS H U R T I N G but right, Hank’s ~~a genius~~
In contrast, look at this chair!
Look at those tiny-ass wheels on the front! The user of this could spin ON A DIME. It’s Nice as Fuck. Look at that back. (Okay I’m not 1000% certain it’s a slingback) but it doesn’t go all the way up the user’s back! That’s some free-range-of-movement-let-your-spine-do-almost-anything-it-wants-shit right there. Since Charles pretty clearly has full use of his trunk in the movies, this would make much more sense. Also, Ann (friend) and I really don’t see why he would want an electric wheelchair when he clearly could have a manual one that allows for even more control.
AND OKAY, all wheelchairs should be specific to their users. Some people need more back support. In Ann’s quadriplegic brother’s chair there was a neck brace and little wing things on the side that came out and clamped around his body. Some people’s foot rests need to go out like Charles’ does (whether or not he requires this is kind of foggy, espc. since the overall design is so. asinine.). Some need their footrests to be more in like the orange chair. Some people get tilted wheels, some people don’t. (Also the process for deciding this is bullshit – on government insurance they will only build your chair with the assumption that you will never leave your house and therefore it’s almost impossible to get ‘add ons’ like sling backs and tilted wheels and under-the-seat brakes WHICH SHOULD BE STANDARD, AGAIN, BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T HAVE THEM YOU COULD HAVE MORE MEDICAL ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD OMG THIS SYSTEM IS SO BROKEN).
But I think we can ALL fucking agree that your wheels should go on the goddamn correct way so you can, you know, steer. And that maybe your chair should be designed more like a mobility assistance device than a fucking 1860′s gentleman’s club wingback for no goddamn earthly reason.
SHIT this stuff gets me riled up.
wow this is really interesting and makes a lot of sense! New headcanon is that Charles only uses the ridiculous X-chair when he’s teaching a class but the second he has spare time he settles into a wheelchair like the one below and just goes “aahhhhhhhh”
@spiftynifty is absolutely right, I was about to criticise his wheelchair as well, but then I noticed that he uses a completely different one when he is actually outside with Hank and Summers brothers (sorry for super bad quality)
Let me reblog this with an addition because YOU SHOULD STILL ABSOLUTELY CRITICIZE HIS WHEELCHAIR. Yes, he uses the manual wheelchair outside. Wanna know why?
Regular motorized wheelchairs are REALLY REALLY heavy. Charles’ motorized chair, even if its a light weight alloy, is made ENTIRELY out of metal. It’s probably too heavy for wheeling through gravel and across the lawn. He would sink. Also, let me re-iterate, ITS WHEELS ARE CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY TOO POORLY TO HAVE ANY CONTROL WHATSOEVER. THE *WHEELS* ARE GODDAMN METAL, IMAGINE WHEN ITS ICY OUTSIDE. YEAH. YEAH, IT’S NOT GOOD. And when it’s not icy and he’s trying to wheel across the grass with those stupid-ass wheels – into the pond he goes. Also, Hank put the motor like one fucking inch off the goddamn ground so when the HEAVY WHEELCHAIR inevitably SINKS………. Yeah. Charles is up the creek without a paddle.
As for this manual chair, it is also subpar. Although the wheels are mercifully in the right place, it looks too small for him. The wheels need to come up higher so that when he wheels himself, the rim grips are right there. Also, his arms should be able to go back pretty far on the wheels. Where they are now, you can only get a little bit behind your hips (again, speaking from experience). The high back on this chair AGAIN restricts his movement in this aspect. Charles probably will have shoulder pain that may result in surgery down the road with this chair (because it looks SO MUCH like Ann’s chair and that’s exactly what Ann has been told will happen to her).
Second of all: I understand you’re just trying to make canon work and are not being bad people (please believe me, I know this), but absolutely no disabled person should have to switch chairs for mobility purposes multiple times a day. These chairs should be built for every day needs.Is wheeling on carpet a bitch with a manual chair? YOU BETCHA! Easy fix: take away the rugs; it’s Charles’ house. Is it more exhausting to go up hills in a manual? Oh my god, I don’t know how people do it, it is the worst. But maybe that’s a struggle that should be shown, instead of magically having him transfer to a new chair whenever a new problem arises? Think: would you like to cart around 47 different mobility devices that you would have to transfer in and out of just because your house and/or your chair, is not built for your life convenience? Maybe they should just build the chair better.It is a part of Charles and it always will be. BUILD. IT. BETTER.
Charles is lucky enough to be a multimillionare with his own lab/engineer to build chairs for him. Hank is 100% capable of making a chair that would defy any disabled person’s wildest dreams. Except…. it’s apparently more important that we just make the chair “look cool”. Never mind that 1. It doesn’t, 2. WHEELCHAIRS THAT WORK FOR DISABLED PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAN LOOK COOL TOO!! WHAT A CONCEPT.
I am just sick and tired of the way disabled people are portrayed in film and media 99% of the time. Wheelchairs are not sick gadgets to do whatever the fuck you want with. They are actual mobility devices that millions of people use, and truthfully representing the lives of those people is important. And hey, wheelchairs are fucking cool! They don’t need art direction to make them be chill! They just need good design, that again, reflects the ACTUAL LIFE the character lives. These are MOBILITY ASSISTANCE DEVICES. They are their legs. It is completely impractical and inconsiderate to think that a disabled person should just hop from chair to chair whenever the need arises.
Well, that was almost a spiritual experience. Thank you for that, madneto. I learned a ton from your righteous wrath.
Once again, this post provides a handy guide for first-time wheelchair users for what to look for in fit.
Random aside that highlights the individuality of wheelchairs… I absolutely can’t use a manual wheelchair to propel myself because the problem that makes walking difficulty means that repetitive stress on my arms and shoulders is equally problematic. Like it’s easier for me to walk than use a manual wheelchair and that’s not saying much. For me the magic “perfect” chair would have to allow me to be upright or almost fully reclined, while allowing indoors, outdoors and stairs. As it is, I mostly stay home, use electric carts in grocery stores, and if I must travel, we rent a scooter and I end up in pain anyway due to the posture it requires. Thankfully I can still walk short distances, usually. But the right device is the difference between being housebound and being in the world.
Me: reading a meme supporting minorities
Me: I bet they forget disabled people, so many forget disabled people.
Meme: the handicapped
Me: …
Me: wow. That was worse.
Sooo, great way to start the morning. Turn up in chat, fail to recognise that someone I’m talking to is genuinely angry rather than casually ranting about the factual inaccuracy of a thing. Went about as well as you’d think. They rage-quit when I made a joke, and I didn’t have a chance to apologise. I don’t think they follow me, but I’m putting this up here anyway in case they see it. I’m sorry, it was a genuine mistake. Hope I didn’t ruin your day too badly.
Trigger warning for mention of molestation/sexual assault
I’m going to say this upfront – this post is going to get really personal but reblogs are welcome, as are comments.
Anyway. My adopted dad was at one point a portrait photographer and ages ago he ran a Groupon. He’s not a photographer anymore because he molested both my sister and I. Three or so years ago I finally found the courage to tell my mom what happened and she kicked him out. There were criminal proceedings and he ended up being charged with a felony for child molestation and a misdemeanor (communication with a minor for amoral purposes). I’m not going to bog you down with all the other repercussions of his actions. All of the court proceedings and charges are public record so anyone could access them if they wanted to.
Less than a month ago, when a friend was looking for someone to do professional head shots, Groupon ran an ad (on their mobile app) asking if she was interested in my Dad’s photography business. The ad stated that if enough people responded, they would contact him for a new Groupon offer. The ad had our family’s home address attached (where he no longer lives).
While shocking, the ad in and of itself wouldn’t be a problem if Groupon had been willing to remove it. However, they have shown (via an exchange of multiple emails) that this issue is not very high priority. The emails have been mostly automated and when we finally got a hold of a person they basically told us to do research to find the contact information for another Groupon employee instead of giving us the information of the appropriate person. Please, please, please don’t support this company.
tl;dr Groupon ran an add for an for a person convicted with a felony for child molestation (who is a registered sex offender) that published the home address of his victims. They have been uncooperative about removing the ad. Please, don’t support them.
knitting in the dark 