Your close friend having been literally robbed of all their emotions, you both embark on a quest to get them back. You’ve managed to restore one, but dear Lord, has this journey become way more annoying.
“What if we don’t find the rest of them? What if shotgunning happens with the next emotion and one of us gets hurt or killed? What if some one in the next town notices theres something off about me and tries to kill us or gives us to the soldiers? What if one of the kings spys finds us and takes us back to him! I won’t be the only one punished you’ll get I trouble for helping me! What if-” Rannoch continued with his what ifs, his body shaking slightly with nerves as you walk down the narrow path. You shake your head slightly as your dear friend rambles on and on about potential deaths, and tortures. Why was the first feeling you found fear. Why couldn’t it have been love? Or happiness? Even anger would have been better than this.
I am so terrified of losing net neutrality. if net neutrality goes away, I lose my only source of communication with people that actually understand me and know what I’m going through.
please! do everything in your power to save net neutrality! if this means making a phone call to your state representative. then do so. if this means e-mailing congress or your representative or Ajit Pai. then do so. if this means telling everyone you know. then do so. if this means putting up posters at your school. then do so.
trust me when I say that if I could have been at a protest yesterday, I would have. but i have school. and i have parents.that don’t believe that this is a real problem. just last night I was told that this isnt a real problem. that the government wouldn’t really do this because it would cause the economy to crash. but this is a real problem. the government doesn’t care that this is going to ruin the economy. they are going to go ahead and do it if we don’t make a change soon.
so please! put all of your efforts into saving net neutrality! I know that in not the only one who will suffer from the loss of net neutrality. my sexuality is at stake and I’m sure many others are as well, along with many other problems. please! share this and tag every fandom you can think of in your post! I know that we can do this!
how can some people look at the fact that insulin is cheap to produce, yet extremely costly and not think corporations have pricing power especially on inelastic goods such as insulin lmao.
they talk all day and all night about how “supply meets demand” and then casually forget that inelastic goods are a thing that corporations can gut people with.
believing supply meets demand at some fantastic idealist equilibrium in real life is so childish and ignores the realities of the lives we live. supply does not and has not met demand at your magic equilibrium since the dawn of capitalism. it’s just not a real thing.
and on top of this, they genuinely want people to die because they believe a corporation has a right to kill people by withholding cheap goods to make another couple billion? that’s inhuman.
and don’t give me this bullshit that it’s the governments fault because regulations or whatever else garbage you want to spew.
you truly honestly believe if there were less regulations corporations would ignore an opportunity to screw people over when they know they can?
you truly think corporations out of the goodness of their cold dead hearts would throw away an opportunity to make a lot more money than they should just because people are desperate and will die without the goods they hoard?
and you truly think that there would be enough insulin making competition to stop this from happening? that’s honestly fucking wild. you call communism wild but to think this is genuinely … the most absurd thing i’ve ever heard.
you really don’t think these corporations would oligopolize to beat out everyone else? you don’t think their endgame would be to make the most money possible?
and you say I don’t know anything about economics …
Other often used DM proverbs that are actually thinly layered warnings;
“You can certainly try.” “Do you say that in character?” “Do you say that out loud?” “You can try to touch it.” “Where are you looking?” “Are you paying attention to what’s going on over there?” “That’s going to be hard, but I’d love to see you pull it off.” “It’s your choice.” “Do you really want my opinion?”
My cats are in danger. I’ve posted a little about it, but here’s the summary: Yesterday, 12/1/17, my abusive father called me to tell me he’s tired of having 4 cats in the house (2 are mine, 1 is my brother’s and the remaining cat was the family/my dead brother’s cat). He proceeded to graphically describe the horrific, painful, bloody deaths he wanted to give them. But then tell me, in typical manipulative abusive fashion, that he “just couldn’t do it, because it would be like killing a part of [me].” I said I would try and find a home for them ASAP. I do not trust this man. I do not think they are in a safe place. I am constantly worried about their safety but I live ¾ of the way across the country and have no way to get there, get them, and bring them safely to me. My apartment complex has a pet limit, and we’ve hit it. Even if we hadn’t, there’s no way I could scrounge up the money for me to retrieve them AND $1000 in pet fees/deposits AND comprehensive vet checks to ensure they’re ok.
But wait, you think, if I knew he was such a horrible human being, why are my cats living with them? Short answer is, I didn’t know that he was such a vile, disgusting person as to threaten the health and safety of innocent animals that have never done anything to him. When I originally left my cats at my parent’s house, my parents were still married and mom took care of them. When they got divorced, my mom refused to take the cats (because it was inconvenient for her), but my dad had a girlfriend that loves cats, so I felt like they were safe. They’ve broken up, I’ve been in a really tight spot financially and I can’t figure out if this is an attempt to further control my life, or get back at her. Both, maybe. My mom now lives with her fiance, who has a husky who thinks cats are food and they’re about to get a puppy. Neither cat does well with dogs.
This is my plea: If you are in the Northern Connecticut/Hartford Area and would be willing to adopt one, or both, of my fuzzy boys please let me know. They’re both wonderful, loving cats and they don’t deserve this.
This is Tiger. I adopted him as a kitten in 2008, so he should be around 10 years old this coming year. He is neutered and is absolutely an indoor only cat (he is literally scared of the sky, the few times he has darted out the door because the other cats talked him into it, he would run off the porch, look up, and run back on the porch and hide under the porch chairs and yell until someone came to get him). He does not have a microchip. As you can see, he needs to go on a diet. He’s a loud, whiny drama king that likes to follow people into the bathroom so that you have to pet him while you’re on the toilet. He isn’t a fan of new situations so I expect that he would take some time to warm up to a new home. I think he would be happy in either a home where he’s the only cat OR in a home where there are other cats. He’s never lived with dogs. He prefers to typically lay NEXT to you (but touching) than on you (thank goodness because that’s a lot of cat). Tiger will pat at you with one of his paws when it’s time to pet him, and he purrs like a motor. He is not up to date on shots or vet checks or anything like that. The last one he had was most likely when I brought him last, in 2013, prior to having to leave him at my parent’s house because I was in provided housing for internship where I wasn’t allowed to have pets. I haven’t been in a situation where I could take him myself, and my parents don’t see the point in bringing a cat to the vet.
This is Mumford. I adopted him in 2012. I think he’s about 6-8 years old. He is neutered and has been an indoor cat. He does have a microchip. Mumford is a super chill cat that does like to snuggle right in your lap. My dad’s girlfriend used to scoop him into the baby hold and walk around cradling him while he purred loudly in her arms. He loves people. Absolutely loves them. He would be most happy in a multi-cat household. He snuggles with the other cats and grooms them. When I brought Mumford home, Tiger had been an only cat for about a month. This was, apparently, enough time for Tiger to get adjusted to being an only cat and he threw a hissy fit and wouldn’t even stay on opposite sides of the bed as him for 9 months. Mumford, on the other hand, was ready to be bros for life from day 1. When Mumford was introduced to the 2 other cats they now live with, he again transitioned smoothly and with grace. He is a sweet boy that wants to jump on your back and lay down while you’re bent over to tie your shoes. He gives little love nips to let you know if it’s time to stop petting him. Again, He is not up to date on shots or vet checks or anything like that. The last one he had was most likely when I brought him last, in 2013
prior to having to leave him at my parent’s house because I was in provided housing for internship where I wasn’t allowed to have pets. I haven’t been in a situation where I could take him myself, and my parents don’t see the point in bringing a cat to the vet.
These are 2 incredibly sweet boys who deserve a safe, loving home where they are wanted. I’m stuck in a horrible position, where my hands are essentially tied and there’s not much that I can do except hope that someone, somewhere, will be willing to take them in. I would consider splitting them up, mostly because Tiger does seem like he would be very happy to be an only cat with a human that would dote on him.
I don’t know that they’ll come with anything, even carriers. I used to have 2 large, roomy, hard-sided carriers for them but I don’t know if my dad still has them or not. I just want them somewhere safe and loved.
Please, feel free to share this around and please message me if you’re interested or have any questions.
( @pangur-and-grim would you be willing to signal boost this for me?)
unclench your jaw, drop your shoulders, take a deep breath in and breathe it out slowly – you are going to be okay, you don’t need to have it all figured out today, you are so strong for not giving up, you are not a problem and you are not something that needs to be fixed; you are loved, i promise, and you are absolutely never alone
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