I always find weird when people say that Kirishima’s quirk isn’t all that cool as far as powers go cause when I really think about it usually if in a series there’s a character whose weapon is a shield/being unbreakable then there’s?? a super high chance they’re my fave???
and also, like, “it’s just hardening it’s not as cool as explosions or shapeshifting or anything else” but?? in a fight as long as you don’t manage to land a proper hit your power can be as cool as you want he’s still winning??? literally there’s no power that’s better than being unbreakable if the aim is to fight Kirishima should seriously stop overthinking this
i’m not in college yet but as we all know alcohol consumption among college students can get a bit ridiculous so during those years please pay a lot of attention to how you’re feeling and how you view alcohol because it’s possible to become an alcoholic at that age even though a lot of people make jokes passing it off as normal behavior and it can have a really bad impact on your life and grades basically don’t ever let drinking become more of a priority than doing well in school or being healthy and please take care of yourself
here are a few red flags that can indicate you have an alcohol problem
you feel as if you’ll be missing out if you don’t get drunk
you drink to alleviate depression, stress, anxiety, or other heavy emotional issues
you begin lying to others about drinking
you get antsy if you’re sober and are surrounded by drunk people
you continuously promise you’ll have “just a few” but end up absolutely shitfaced
you drink every weekend, even when you hadn’t planned to drink you end up doing it anyway
your start craving alcohol whenever you feel negative emotions like stress or anxiety
if you feel that you might have a problem, please seek help because alcohol addiction is a life-shattering issue
men, if you absolutely MUST hit on strangers, here is how to be a gentleman instead of a creep:
never ask for her number. give her yours.
don’t try to get her to say she’ll call you. just say “i’d like it” or “i hope you will.”
NO TOUCHING. a handshake on parting if you’re really getting along, maybe. don’t linger.
brief, friendly eye contact to show you’re being forthright: good. staring into her soul like you think you’re a harlequin romance hero: fucking terrifying. you look like you’re working out a wine pairing for her liver.
give her compliments that are about her as a person, not her anatomy, and keep it g-rated. imagine there are kindergarteners watching. “you have a wonderful smile” = good. “daaaamn, looking fine” = bad. “nice tits” = *buzzer noise* *trap door opens* *machine noises and screams*
if she declines your number, you can set it down on a nearby surface if you think the refusal is pro forma, but don’t ever try to push it into her hand.
you may attempt to converse with her before offering your number. don’t be a phony, just make small talk.
don’t pretend you’re not hitting on her.
PERSONAL BUBBLE PERSONAL BUBBLE
if she doesn’t engage with your small talk, or gives off uncertain body language, or you can’t read her, back off. bring it to a polite close and go away, whether you leave your number or not.
if she does engage, be aware that she may simply be enjoying the social interaction without being sexually or romantically interested in you, and be okay with that. don’t pretend you’re okay with it. be okay with it.
you might make a friend instead of getting a date. do you realize how cool that is? it is very cool. friends are important. even hot friends who don’t want to date you are better than not making friends. accept this. embrace it. join the human race. rejoice.
even if everything goes pefectly, and she’s super duper into you, do NOT try to take her somewhere more private. it’s not that she doesn’t know her own mind, it’s that you don’t know her well enough to be sure everything’s copacetic.
and finally, don’t assume you’re always safe and women can’t hurt you. being an asshole is not a gendered trait. give yourself an out as well.
don’t do any of this if you’re in a position with leverage over her, whether you’re her coworker (you don’t have to be her superior to have leverage!), her dad’s golfing buddy, in a job that gives you more social clout (say, it’s a base town, you’re military and she’s a townie), or just her ride home. do not hit on women you have power over.
no, not even in that situation you’re thinking of. no exceptions.
no, not even if you’re head over heels in love and think she’s the One. get to know her as a person, and you might grow closer over time. but if you hit on her from a position of leverage, you are no gentleman.
when people say shit like “if you’re at an antifacist event, don’t talk to reporters” they mean you. you aren’t an exception to that. you can be the smartest, most articulate person on the planet and right wing news stations can still edit shit to make you look like a dipshit.
when people say to not take selfies or leave your face uncovered at antifacist events they mean you. when people say not to get into public debates with nazis (because it just gives them a platform and a persecution complex) they mean you. the way to actually, effectively combat fascism is by organizing en masse – you can’t be a hero or get famous as a black bloc activist and you shouldn’t be trying to.
your fifteen minutes of fame on local news isnt worth potentially giving your political opponents soundbites of “crazy sjws” to pass around on reddit and recruit more scumbags with. it’s not worth risking the safety of other people to take photos at events that might get other, more vulnerable people identified. it’s not worth it to get into pointless arguements with fascists in atmospheres where you’re just giving them an excuse to spout their bullshit and a soapbox to do it on. if you think feeling like a hero is more important than the actual, physical safety of the people you’re supposedly trying to protect, you’re just a narcissist who happens to have left wing politics.
this goes x10000 if you’re white. instigating police violence at protests or riling up violent fascist shitheads isn’t noble in the slightest when you aren’t the one who’s going to get stabbed in the ribs.
do you ever watch something and think “this was written by a man”
i was up late night watching an episode of criminal minds fairly recently, for lack of a better thing to do. in the opening scene there are these two girls getting into their car in like a supermarket parking lot, not very well lit, in the middle of the night. another car drives up right behind theirs and won’t move out of the way so this one girl is like “im gonna go see what this guy’s problem is” and gets out of the car, in a poorly lit parking lot, to confront a man who was behaving aggressively to them.
so that was the precise moment i realised that episode was written by a man.
I was watching an episode of CSI where the entire reason they were going forward with the case was that ‘no woman would wear a bra this expensive without also wearing the matching panties’. What porn logic is this? I was, at that moment, wearing the exact bra the Jane Doe was wearing and fuck no I didn’t spring for the matching panties. Even if I did, I wouldn’t wear them as often as a bra. Panties I wash daily. Bras? Not so much.
But in CSI World, police resources were being mobilized on how irregular it would be for a woman to wear a $36 bra, but not caring about how she would look in just underthings.
Never mind not matching, but that they think $36 is expensive for a bra is probably the number one sign it was written by a man.
In Star Wars Padmé goes for Anakin while Ewan McGregor is around
Oh! Oh!
That episode of Supernatural where Sam had this fairly competent go-get-em love interest and they got locked in a house with a ghost. They’re frantically looking for iron or salt to defend themselves and someone tips over a container of fireplace pokers. Sam takes one. The woman… doesn’t? Arm herself? With anything? She could wave wildly? To try to keep the bad thing away??
basically every episode of every show where a woman approaches a scary noise or a stranger in a dark place without arming herself or being on the phone with 911 or something.
The amount of parents I’ve met who’ve told me, as a soon-to-be father, how much kids ‘ruin your life’ makes me so fucking sad.
These are all people who had kids because it was ‘the next logical step’. Like they have this mentality of ‘Marriage? Check. House? Check. Well, guess we better have kids!’ And then bring small dependant humans into the world…and get upset when their lives are inconvenienced or changed as a result.
It really saddens me because there’s this damaging culture of children being part of the standard. So people who shouldn’t be parents (and I mean that in the simplest of terms – not in a judgemental way, but a ‘it’s just not for you’ way) feel pressured to have children and regret it. And then the poor child grows up feeling like a burden.
It’s not fair on anyone. The parents, the children.
As a post on this site once said – children and the decision to parent should be ‘hell yes or hell no’. If you think for any reason at all that you might not be big on raising kids, do not actively go out of your way to have kids. Having them won’t magically make you want them.
All the people I know who wanted – really wanted – their kids and to raise kids have said ‘it’s difficult but I LOVE it. I love being a parent.’
Can we please eliminate the idea that parenting should suck? And that having children is a necessary part of adulthood?
And can we please eliminate the idea that people who don’t want children are somehow lacking? And that those who do want children are doomed to misery?
Signed, a very excited father-to-be who understands it’s not something everyone wants or should want.
“All TAZ arcs are secretly connected” bad ending: each of the new stories ends with the IPRE crew arriving and the Hunger following behind
“All TAZ arcs are secretly connected” good ending: we have little cameos and nods to interplanar connections in each new story, like the Commitment crew buying tacos from a guy named Joaquin
“All TAZ arcs are secretly connected” true ending: Garfield the Deals Warlock appears in every single campaign with no explanation
just moving along like everyone else 