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lizardywizard:

Saying this because I literally haven’t heard anyone else do so, and because I really needed to hear it personally. And yeah, it’s less useful now, but I was scared to say it right when it happened, and so –

If you have low empathy, or alexithymia, or flat emotions/affect, or you just don’t emotionally respond strongly or at all for any reason – whether you’re diagnosed with anything or not, whether you see it as a medical condition or not – it’s okay to not have emotions about the recent shooting, or any other event.

If you have emotions about things personal to you but you don’t emotionally respond to external tragedies, it’s okay.

If you feel callous because you just want to post about your special interest or your fandom and can’t get emotionally worked up about the shooting, it’s okay.

If you feel frustrated and alienated because everyone else is showing strong emotion and other people’s emotional displays distress you or make you uncomfortable, it’s okay.

I know some people in these categories don’t need or want to be told it’s okay, either, in which case dismiss this. But I know some people do have emotions about specific things (often self-oriented or personal things, which can make one feel selfish) and also care about how others feel about them, but are unable to have emotions about world events or choose to distance themselves on purpose. And it’s okay if you are that way. Your not having a visceral emotional response to something does not cause more pain in the world, does not harm anyone or pick their pocket. Do not let people demand grief of you.

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#oh look it me #Orlando shooting #but really in general #thank you V #I often need to hear this

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ten-and-donna:

my-fair-ladybug:

my-fair-ladybug:

Something that’s almost never covered in fantasy mediums is common names.

Like we all know fantasy names are unusual, but any name to a foreign culture is considered unusual English names to Indian people are very unusual for example. But naturally, given that it’s an entire culture, there will be some common names, it’d be refreshing to at one point here this exchange.

“So I was talking to Vicnae and-”

“Wait which Vicnae? You can’t just say Vicnae. There are ten Vicnae’s in my village alone.”

This has 100 notes yesterday and 300 this morning what the fuck happened.

People understand the truly important things.

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drsofialamb:

the sudden decrease in animation quality between the first hunchback and the sequel is both hilarious and sad 

 

charliekelly69:

i had to reblog this because im actually pissig mysefl

 

xavantina:

Let’s take a second to compare Aladdin to The Return of Jafar:

Esmerolda and Corpet 1Esmorolda and Corpet 2

Ouch

 

once-delight:

Esmorolda and Corpet

 

moe-moe-watches:

kelverse

 

nicolas-px:

Esmorolda and Corpet 3Esmorolda and Corpet 4

 

sugar-women:

Esmorolda and Corpet 5Esmorolda and Corpet 6

 

lasimms:

Esmorolda and Corpet 7

 

inked-up-devil-doc:

I’ve been hysterically wheezy laughing at the last gif for about two minutes solid

 

karmadash-is-reylotrash:

I get so angry, then u get to the last gif and I’m crying of laughter

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#Disney #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #(I agree that last gif is great)

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happicuppa:

culturenlifestyle:

Adorable Leaf Bags by Gabrielle Moldovanyi

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Each piece is water-resistant and strong, which makes them an ideal accessory for the outdoors. Find their entire collection in their Etsy shop.

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#pretty things #neat #clothing

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Now, ain’t that a beautiful sight.

Lightning Dom - Emphasis on Discount

Especially that bit.

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#god I love dominance flipping *so much* #I’m up early because I was too excited to wait any longer #(at first I was up early because I couldn’t stand not knowing whether we’d won) #(yeah we’d been in the lead most of the week but so was Nature during Lightning vs Nature) #(I ended up having to get my smartphone off the bedside table and pull up the dominance page on mobile) #(I was so happy to see this) #okay can’t talk any longer time to go tend to my stock #Flight Rising #oh look an original post

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Lizardywizard Avatar lizardywizard replied to your post: In hindsight, I probably should have known that an…

wait I’m confused, what is a star worshipper and why does this make you feel broken (don’t have to answer if you don’t wanna, just curious)

I was using “star-worshipper” to mean people for whom looking at the night sky inspires awe. They tend to go on about how light pollution is bad for the soul and I’m not complete as a person until I’ve seen the Milky Way with my own eyes. I’ve heard this sort of thing enough over the years that I’m now sensitised to it: even things that, taken on their own, are value-neutral or only mildly charged statements about stargazing and the absence thereof tend to make me bristle because they invoke all these other memories of proselytising star-worshippers. (There have also been at least one or two statements in the textbook that were more than mildly charged.)

Now that I think about it, making the entire link and only the link italicised might have obscured the fact that it was a link. The last couple paragraphs of the linked post explain why it makes me feel broken.

(Later reflection suggests that I can feel awe or something in that neighbourhood, but only about people, not things, and especially not things that have been hyped up as awe-inspiring.)

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#lizardywizard #no offence to your friend-shaped objects #being in awe of stars in their animistic capacity as people would be another thing altogether #replies #adventures in University Land #Brin is touchy about stars

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In hindsight, I probably should have known that an astronomy textbook would be written by star-worshippers.

Dammit, I just want to learn some neat stuff about space and pick up some miscellaneous science credits and not be made to feel broken. Is that really so much to ask?

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#Brin is touchy about stars #was already a tag #adventures in University Land #oh look an original post

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