This Is So Damn Funny Lmaooo

i have a little switch in my head. its two settings are “do everything immediately” and “do nothing at all”. i do not control what the switch is set to, and there is no third setting

I keep using my girlfriend with unusual work hours to get out of coworker interactions and happy hours and hanging out.

But now the company holiday party is upon us.

And I’ve been lying about the girlfriend.

I suddenly really empathise with the characters in Hallmark Christmas movies.

Can you draw a tiny lizard dragon that secretly hoards pennies?

Rune Chain

In the midst of redecorating I thought it was time to refresh the protections I have in place around our home. A while back I saw the protective rune chain that @witchy-words made & was inspired to make one of my own! At the bottom hangs a small aura quartz point 🖤

Algiz

shield, protection, shelter, warding off evil, channeling of energy

Othala

home, shelter, group prosperity, aid in physical & spiritual journeys, follow through

Fehu

wealth, property, possessions, financial strength, success & happiness

Ehwaz

unity, teamwork, relationships, steady progress, opening doorways

Thurisaz

protection, defensive force, regeneration, breaking hidden barriers

Angel Aura Quartz

peace, purification, loving communication

In which I ramble about a movie

The reason "A Silent Voice" works so well is that at no point does the story try to justfiy the fact that Ishida Shouya bullied Nishimiya Shouko.

No excuse about him having a hard home life.

No trying to say that he bullied her as a child because he had a crush on her at the time.

When he himself is bullied later on, the story doesn't use this as a way to nullify the fact that he bullied his classmate in the past.

His remorse is realistic and he starts to feel regret soon after Nishimiya has to switch schools. He feels responsible even though he wasn't the only student who bullied her, even though the teacher was probably the most responsible of all, as he purposefully turned a blind eye to his students' behavior.

Ishida goes out of his way to learn sign language in order to make amends. The story doesn't tell us how long he had spent on learning the language before he found her again. It could have been months, maybe years.

He doesn't feel deserving of Nishimiya's friendship, but she's the one who decides to forgive him, no one pressures her into doing so. And you agree with her decision because of how well Ishida and his redemption is written.

He focuses on making her life better, probably out of a mixture of gratitude and a desire to assuage his guilt.

Nishimiya also feels guilty despite being innocent. She thinks Ishida would be better off without her friendship, believing he's being stigmatized because of her disability. All the while Ishida wants to spend more time with her to make up for his past, and to make her realize she's not at fault.

The story also treats the characters' depression with respect and doesn't really romanticize it. You want these characters to be at peace with themselves, with each other, and with the other people in their lives.

TL;DR

"A Silent Voice" works because it doesn't try to justify the former bully's actions, shows that he feels genuine remorse and is willing to change his behavior of his own accord in order to make ammends, thus making his redemption and his friendship with Nishimiya all the more believable.

oh god they're catching on

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little kids r so funny when presented with any new information like theres this girl I teach who has two moms and a sister and I was like "wow your family is all girls! that's so funny, if my husband and I had a boy, we'd be all boys haha!" And she was shocked that two boys could get married like honey did you think gay marriage was a girls only event

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