Be Nice - Blog Posts

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I really think the way to survive is by building community. Constantly doing nice things for the people around you.

I generally try to consider whether my actions are promoting a world I want to live in or not. Do i want to live in a world where everyone ignores each other? No! Compliment strangers! Honk for stupid teenagers who do the fist pump thing! Recommend the book that person is looking at! Help people who look lost!

In order to live in a world where people are kind to each other we have to focus on adding little bits of kindness every day.

Sometimes I hate being alternative in a public school. I'm sick and tired of being harassed for dressing in what I find comfortable. Before I shaved my head, I had a mohawk, which I put up once.

The whole day I got comments like "Rock on" or "So metal" and other crap like that. So after that, I never put up the hawk again.

This is just a reminder that if you see someone who dresses or looks different than you, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't talk at all.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

If you see someone crying ask them If it's because of their haircut

h oly fucking sHIT-

Warning for flooding and homelesness and things that come with it, with a bit of climate change.

Soo, for context, I'm brazilian, and I live in the far south. Yes, the far south that is *currently in the middle of flooding*

Whole islands are currently under. Our local lake, which at most reaches 2.5m above sea level, is reaching heights of 5. whole. meters over it. That's a whole double the usual. Walls made to prevent the usual flooding aren't working, that's how serious the situation is. And with how the weather's going? Chances are it'll only increase.

Luckily, end of last year my family and I moved to a higher area, going from an apartment to a house. You might think we're safe, right?

Wrong.

A large quantity of water pumps are out of business due to the flooding risks. Our water pump is scheduled to be out for the next 5-10 days, then there's a cleaning process that'll take about 3 more days, and even *then* we won't get water for a while more because we live high up (thank goodness the prioritizaion is on the lower houses that are at higher risks). We're rationing water for two weeks. Two whole weeks. Possibly more!

We're stuck using the lowest bathroom possible in our house, using pool water to flush as to not use up our own. We bough a whole bunch of filled clean water bottles so we don't need to use our built-in filter. Baths are baby napkins just on armpits and necessities- washing hair only when very dirty and with sink water. Our showers don't work anymore because of the pump situation, so we'll use sink water. We boight plastic dishes to not need to wash them, as well as having boughr instant foods that are easy to make, only lunches being well-made. Worst comes to worst we might even filter our pool water.

And even so, we're living more comfortably than most.

People are losing homes quick. They're evacuating and leaving all necessities as high up as possible, and abandoning homes, living with relatives and friends. Some don't even get that luxury, losing everything and stuck under stadiums and schools.

All because of what? Because some greedy companies are destroying the environment for some paper with made-up value? Because we keep destroying nature? Because we keep flattening mounts that kept the rivers in place and the mountains that stop heavy rains from filling then up too much?

This world is fucking bullshit.

We're ready to take in 5 people to let them live under our roof. We're separating clothes we don't like or are too small to donate to evacuation places. My brother and mom are volunteering to help out- the former also reaching out to close friends to offer a place.

We're doing all we can to help out people.

If you're living in southern Brazil, out of risk zones, please. Do the same.

Even if you just donate to a place in need. Even if you just offer a close friend to live with you. Do it. Don't stand around and do nothing. This is something you can do without fully leaving your comfort zone.

And if you know someone in here that you can't physically rqach, even just words of encouragement can be enough to help them keep going.

And if you're in one of the shitty situations, don't be afraid to help others out. Make life a little easier for you and for whoever you're with.

Don't do nothing, do something

Because this isn't a matter of "can", it's a matter of "will".

And this matters to any situation, anywhere.

Know someone who was kicked out of home for whatever reason? Do something.

Live in an area outside of risk zone but still close to any disastrous event? Do something.

Have a friend who just lost something/someone very dear or important to them? Do something.

Just know that you can make someone's life just a little bit better no matter the situation. It's just a matter of will, the only can is the way you do it, even if it's just as a shoulder to cry on.

Don't give up hope, and don’t let anyone else give up hope.

𝓐𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓶𝓮!!! ₊˚⊹♡

𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒆𝒆𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒚 + 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚𝒔 ⋆˙⟡♡

𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔/𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚

𝑰’𝒎 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓- 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔!!!

⋆˙⟡♡ 𝒀𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆/𝒉𝒊𝒎 :)

RULES!!:

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- 𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐌𝐒! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝!

- 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥

- 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧! 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲

we (should) all know “treat others how you want to be treated”, i believe we should add “and treat others how they treat you.”

A good amount of people need to hear this.

You were a sprout once.

You were a confused little newbie once.

You did stupid shit.

You made mistakes.

So why are you being so nasty to sprouts coming to the game? Why are you being cruel to new tanks and healers in Sastasha? The first dungeon thats whole point is to get you to figure out what you're doing.

Why are you being aggressive to new players asking questions? Why are you being a dick? Why are you pulling the boss when the sprout is in cutscene? Why are you being an asshole?

You were a sprout once. Don't tell me you were perfect from the get go. Don't tell me you knew your rotation perfectly off the bat. Don't tell me you never did something stupid as a newbie. Don't tell me it didn't suck when you wanted to watch a cutscene but the party pulled anyways, leaving you behind and forcing you to abandon your cutscene.

Sprouts shouldn't have to say "sorry I'm new"- BECAUSE ITS OKAY TO BE NEW!!! ITS OKAY TO LEARN!!! ITS OKAY TO FUCK UP AND EAT SHIT!!! God knows you throw a limit cut at me and it's like HUH and I've been playing 7 years.

Fuck sakes you dicks, let sprouts learn, fuck up and ask questions.

God I wish you shit rolls and bad rng