me in the pussy if im being fully honest

i appreciate your candid tell all style approach to my posts

the way not all trauma reactions reflect your emotional state pisses me off...like wym my mind knows i'm safe but my body acts like i'm not...

that "I consent!" "I consent!" "isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" meme but it's ptsd instead of jesus

I think a giant 7ft scythe would greatly benefit my appearance

young me especially would have hated hearing this but networking is literally the most important thing you can do to improve your situation like forget economic barriers to education etc just keep making friends with different people and eventually someone will offer you a hand up just because they dig your vibe and that is exactly all that's happening when undeserving people surpass you anyway

When I look at how I survived my 20s, it was always helpful friends putting work my way. And often the helpful friends were people I had only known for weeks.

I think we do young folks a huge disservice in how we teach them to network. Happy hours and cold messages on linkedin are useless to you when you’re just starting out- they’re not going to make anyone like you! No one is going to want to hire you or help you out based on a 10 minute conversation and a business card. It’s awkward and a super unbalanced transaction.

But having and making genuine friends (however you feel most comfortable doing so!) is how you’re *supposed* to network. Even if your friends aren’t powerful or in the sector you want to work- they are the people who want to help you! No groveling email required!

When I was working as a barista, I had a handful of regulars I spoke to every day and looked forward to seeing. We only knew each other through 5 minute conversations, but we knew each other and liked each other. Of these regulars:

- I told one older lady that I hadn’t been able to bring my winter clothes when I moved, and she gave me a coat and gloves she was planning to donate.

-I told one gentleman I was planning to take the foreign service exam, and he (having taken it a decade prior) gave me his old study books and gave me tips on the interview.

-I told a girl who I spent over an hour talking to on a slow day that I was looking for a job, and she RECOMMENDED ME for a job at her company and I got HIRED.

I didn’t give any of these people anything other than my time (and the occaisional end-of-day stale pastry) and they changed my life entirely.

I didn’t have to prove to them that I was smart or hardworking or friendly or anything at all. They knew me and liked me- and that was enough.

Make friends! Help them as much as you can! There are very little downsides to meeting new and lovely people.

The Sopranos

People who insist tumblr must be 90% LGBT because their self-curated dash is have never gotten a weird comment on a post and went to check the person's blog and discovered an entire deep subculture of christian and tradwife users reblogging anti-abortion quotes and transphobia between each other. I promise you they're on here.

[Sees a post i dont like] okay so were all just encouraging this obvious notefarming blogslop now?

it's good that we're saying "i don't feel guilty about pleasure im not Catholic" but we also need to start saying "i don't feel self-righteous about being overworked I'm not Puritan"

oh my goodness, one of dian fossey’s first close up observations with gorillas happened when she was trying to climb a tree to see them better, but so badly that by the time she’d gotten up the entire group had come out of hiding to look at her: “Nearly all members of the group had totally exposed themselves, forgetting about hiding coyly behind foliage screens because it was obvious to them that the observer had been distracted by tree-climbing problems, an activity they could understand.”

hello, fellow apes

The lead up to that sentence is gold:

[Image transcript: porch. The group had been day-nesting and sunbathing when I contacted them, but upon my approach they nervously retreated to obscure themselves behind thick foliage. Frustrated but determined to see them better, I decided to climb a tree, not one of my better talents. The tree was particularly slithery and, try as I might, no amount of puffing, pulling, gripping, or clawing succeeded in getting me more than a few feet aboveground. Disgustedly, I was about to give up when Sanwekwe came to my aid by giving one mighty boost to my protruding rump; tears were running from his eyes as he was convulsed in silent laughter. I felt as inept as a baby taking its first step. Finally able to grab on to a conveniently placed branch, I hauled myself up into a respectful semislouch position in the tree about twenty feet from the ground. By this time I naturally assumed that the combined noises of panting, cursing, and branch-breaking made during the initial climbing attempts must have frightened the group on to the next mountain. I was amazed to look around and find that the entire group had returned and were sitting like front row spectators at a sideshow. All that was needed to make the image complete were a few gorilla-sized bags of popcorn and some cotton candy! This was the first live audience I had ever had in my life and certainly the least expected.]

imagine some freakish not-a-human alien THING has shown up out of nowhere and is trying to get into your office building to study you. but it has no idea how to get past a revolving door. it tries for three hours. by the time it finally understands the concept of a revolving door and squeeze into the building everyone in the office is crowded into the lobby to watch and call helpful suggestions. it’s conclusively determined that the alien is definitely not a threat, except maybe to itself.

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wait sorry i just Actually read the post who the hell calls other human beings "irredeemables" just call them bigot shitstains like an adult. say you think they're better off dead with your chest, even, i wouldn't care if they died either. you sound like zealot

Clean it up hiro….