If You Like Hawai'i Because It's Fucking Beautiful And The Waters Are Perfectly Clear.

luffy i drew because i love her.

i was really struggling with the colours on this one forgive me. trying my best to post a lot of my op art on here

(i dont have much since i just started a week or two ago)

A conductor on the Pskov-Moscow train feeds a cat named Felix sausage during a short stop in Staraya, Russa. Felix shows up every day at 22:40 & has for several years. All conductors are aware of Felix & prepare sausage in advance.(Source: Reddit)

swim..

Man my dumbass read this as 'theres some queerbaiting on the cast of Armadilo' my gay dyslexic ass can't even read a sentence straight

theres some queerbaiting thats like cask of amantillado levels of deception where i almost pity the fool who has been caught but then theres queerbaiting thats like a block of cheese under a box propped up by a stick and i think if you fall for that kind you deserved it maybe

CNN

Texas school administrator told teachers to include Holocaust books with 'opposing' views when explaining new state law

A school district superintendent in North Texas apologized Thursday night after one of the district's administrators told teachers that if t

"The Holocaust is a privileged genocide" 😑

i like drawing my ocs better than fanart sorry guys ...

the little girl's name is kiara and her dad's name is beyvrn

lol this rules, some dude down in Alabama is waging a one man war against "wake boats" by drilling holes in them. Locals have dubbed him "no wake Jake" and almost fifty of them have formed a committee urging him to run for sheriff. Oh yeah, and he dresses like this while he's sneaking around sinking boats.

More and more I feel like people who “don’t like small talk” because it’s meaningless are the way they are not because they’re pretentious, but because they simply have no clue how to interact with people successfully and in a way that respects their boundaries and makes them comfortable.  Some people I know have this really bad habit of just being like “Small talk is meaningless so just tell me about your deepest feelings.  Are you happy in life?”  That is a wildly uncomfortable question for most people to answer and the point of small talk is to steer the conversation there gradually and in a way that allows them to deflect if they don’t want to go there.  Like, ideally small talk can go like this:

“What are you up to today?

Nothing, just chilling.

Are you off work then?

Yeah, I always have Saturdays off.

Oh that’s cool.  I wish my job let me do that.  What do you do?

I’m a [insert job here].

Oh that’s cool!  Do you like it?”

Boom, you’ve very quickly led up to a large, meaningful topic, asking them if they’re satisfied with a major part of their life, by both of you elaborating on information they’ve already willingly provided, and in a way that allows them to backpedal or steer elsewhere if they’re getting uncomfortable with the direction by allowing multiple other exit routes (for example if they were uncomfortable with the focus being on themselves, they could say “I’m a [insert job here].  What about you?” and suddenly now the focus is on you.)  And they can also choose to answer in a way that’s still distant and polite for comfort (like “eh, it pays the bills.  What about you?”), or meaningful for a genuine connection (like “it’s very fulfilling, I love XYZ” or “the monotony gets to me, I need mental stimulation”)

Small talk is not meaningless.  People don’t talk about the weather or sports because they’re just so deeply passionate about those topics or don’t have anything meaningful to say.  It’s testing the waters to find common ground to open up a bigger conversation without the risk of wildly barreling past whatever boundaries the person has.  Which I think is honestly why people sometimes get uncomfortable around people who aggressively skip small talk, because they’re violating unspoken social rules in a way neither of them usually can fully verbalize, and the person who “hates small talk” interprets this as failing to make a connection because they’re more intellectual than everyone else, or interested in different things, or just too cerebral for the common man to understand.

We have no choice but to stan a queen 💪❤️👑

little enel thing i did. i'll probably colour it later but im gonna post it anyways