I Found This Very Interesting.

1. Stay calm and observe 

2. Remember sharks are not interested in eating you 

3. Take pictures 

Please, please do research before you buy a bird. Visit a bird rescue, foster if you can. Then see if birds are right for you. Birds are messy, loud and need love and attention. The bird in comic, broke my heart.

TW: animal death / animal neglect

I wanted to draw this comic for a long time, but I never knew how to approach this issue. In my childhood all my friends had budgies, all of them were put aside somewhere and left alone. Treated like “annoying” decoration. Don’t get a bird if you can’t meet its needs.

Nothing else to say! ;)

Hee. (♥)

The bus driver did a wonderful thing. G-d bless him.

Bus driver saves woman from jumping off bridge - From Siz (Get the app)

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Beautifully said. Thank you.

re: not wanting kids

i’ve seen a lot of pushback against “kid hating” lately, so let me just say a few things:

i don’t particularly like kids

they make me uncomfortable

the idea of being responsible for the physical and emotional well being of a child freaks me out

being pregnant is incredibly unappealing to me

i wouldn’t want to screw up my kids or scar them in any way with my shitty parenting

i don’t want to have to organize my personal/professional lifestyle and finances around my children for 21+ years

i just don’t want kids

but

i would never be mean to children

i love other people’s kids

i completely understand why other people want children

i’m fully aware that many others struggle to conceive and i would never disrespect or belittle that pain

i don’t think less of anyone for wanting kids

the idea that people who don’t want kids are inherently selfish, uncaring assholes is a lazy, misogynistic attempt to shame people (primarily women) for prioritizing personal goals and self care above parenthood. Choosing to have children doesn’t automatically make you more kind or selfless or fulfilled than people who don’t. Wanting to remain childfree is not the same as “hating kids,” nor does it mean you’re a horrible person. It’s a personal choice like everything else, so can we please stop being shitty about it?

These are absolutely adorable. They put a huge smile on my face. Thank you

Awkward Everyday Lives Of Animals By Simpsons Illustrator Liz Climo

i encourage you to go to your favourite writer’s ao3 page and comment on an older fic, because i can assure you that it will make their day. It can mean so much to see your work doesn’t disappear into the void to be never seen again after a day of people interacting with it. Just, if you have the time, go comment on an older work

(pls reblog this to try and get as much writers a bit of appreciation)

This was a wonderful way to say thank you.

Last surviving 9/11 rescue dog has the best day ever for his birthday

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I feel like the producers of SGA wanted another Kirk/Jack O'Neill and were shocked to find they got the Dude from the Big Lebowski instead

ha, if they wanted another O’Neill they should have stuck with the Ben Browder casting instead of recasting when Ben was off filming the Farscape movie.  Joe played the most laid-back Air Force pilot ever (like seriously, most pilots are Type As who worked their asses off to get in the pilot seat - sort of like top surgeons, that level of work and skill needed to excel).

Joe played John as the zen genius who’s been through the valley of shadows, invited death into his house, and come out the other side into ice. He accepted that he wasn’t going to care about much, but those he did care about (and those who he pledged himself to protect), he would burn the earth to the ground in their defence. But he was real, not some fictional hero type - he was nervous around people, he misread intentions, he geeked out over new tech and toys and the fact that they were on an alien city on another planet, and I think that was the brilliance in how Joe Flanigan played John Sheppard  - John Sheppard was a relatable audience insert.

We got a geek, a fun guy who had a hard time making friends, who never really sees the attention of beautiful women coming because why would they be into him,  who would do anything to protect his friends, who got to fly cool alien planes and stop the bad guys and make nerdy yet appropriate quips while doing so. He was the guy the audience could jump on to move into the story, and I don’t know if it was intentional on Joe’s part or if just happened but man, it worked. I don’t normally  identify with male characters in stories but John Sheppard became my favourite because he he was the hero I could see myself being.

In a way (and this is a tangent) John Sheppard was more like Han Solo than a lot of other recent sci fi characters. In the original trilogy, Han Solo was literally a scruffy bounty hunter who was a bit of a nerd, who acted all tough and suave but really was just a guy who was decided that he was going to be a hero, not because it was a way to get the girl, but because it was what he wanted to do, for himself, for his friends, and for the galaxy. And for the audience, that journey was relatable because we all can imagine coming from a place of reluctance to decide to take on heroic actions.

So anyway tl’dr i have a lot of feelings about John Sheppard and how he was portrayed by Joe Flanigan and how the portrayal was something really out of the ordinary in sci fi etc etc.