Stuff I saw on the internet last week: "Yeah, don’t forget to not bring deodorant"
Happy Monday! Once again it’s time to round up some fun and weird internet things, so you can temporarily distract yourself from *gestures broadly toward everything*. Before we do that, though: Breonna Taylor matters and deserves justice, and you should consider giving to bail funds like The Bail Project.
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TWEETS!
And this is obviously from a week ago but let’s all watch it again:
REDDIT!
SOMEONE PLEASE PET THIS CAT:
This post has an edit that explains what’s going on but also doesn’t make things any less confusing:
For context in about three weeks I’m going to visit my boyfriend. He is 18, I’m 19. He lives with his parents so when I fly down to his state to visit I’ll be staying with them. His parents are absolutely wonderful people and I’ve met them before, we have gone on mini trips together too. Now this time I’m staying a whole week with them, I’ve never had an issue until my boyfriend said out of the blue “I need you to not bring body wash, shampoo, conditioner, lotion or toothpaste. My dad has a really sensitive nose so you shouldn’t wear any of those and yeah don’t forget to not bring deodorant”
This post essentially comes down to “I’m a kept woman, but how dare my daughter let her wife be a kept woman, also I’m a huge piece of shit”
I asked my daughter to reconsider her engagement since her girlfriend/ fiancée has had a lot of family problems, but she refuses.
My husband is the only one who works in our current family as I left college to raise my daughter. He’s also thinking of retiring soon and doesn’t want his last years as senior partner to be marred by his conservative clients judging him for supporting this relationship.
My daughter sent out a last minute invite to her wedding and asked if I could come. However, because she’s been posting about it a lot on social media I was sure it was going to be a pretty big thing that could be the focus of our close knit social scene.
My husband said he’s against me going and I finally decided not to go. They got married last weekend and now my daughter has written me a two page letter saying how much she hates me.
DO NOT MARRY THIS PERSON:
my fiancee explained how she lost her ring and how pissed off she was but never said nor implied that it was her fault and tried to put the blame elsewhere, I told her no problem that I will get her a new one soon once I've saved up for it, she gave me a look, she didn't seem to take me seriously, started complaining about how she will not be waiting for me to save up because that would take long and also she won't be able to walk around without her ring now that she let everyone know that she got engaged, I told her I had no other choice but I was stunned when she mentioned the money I been saving up for the private surgery that I will be undergoing in two months since public hospitals are being crowded and my condition couldn't wait any longer, I'm experiencing increased pain and having a difficulty doing daily activities due to a heart condition.
DO NOT GIVE THESE PEOPLE YOUR ADDRESS:
She's still asking for my new address. I'm still not giving it to her. She's gotten my ex involved, and he asked for my address so he can give it to his mother. I said no, and that my concern is that she'll just start inviting herself over and show up randomly, both of which are things I don't need with a 7 month old when I'm also newly back to work. He said that I have to give her a chance to prove me right or wrong, and I should give the address and then set boundaries about if/when she can come over, and I said I'd rather just continue meeting at her place or over video. Ex called me difficult/bitchy and hung up.
This is a good thread about “you have no power here” moments:
I taught my 6th grade students about democratic processes, and we ran a simulation. Without fail, every one of my classes tried to impeach me.
Here is a very cute video of baby sloths being hung out to dry after bathtime.
Here is a fascinating video of trying to get a (non-active) space shuttle from the airport to the science centre where it’s gonna be displayed.
And here is a pimple-popping video that actually made me gasp.
TUMBLR!
I will always share a good Tumblr post about a cat:
(via chainsaws.)
You know what? Let’s look at another one:
(via burgrs, thread found here.)
I also love a good post about roosters:
(via samandriel —click that link to see photos of Pharaoh.)
And now it’s almost Octember:
(via cold-butter-warm-toast.)
Speaking of Slenderman:
(via onion-souls.)
And here is a good thread about centaurs.
ARTICLES!
RCMP arrests ‘Abu Huzayfah’ for allegedly faking his past with ISIS, Global News — It is BONKERS that the New York Times did a 10-episode podcast on this guy who it turned out was lying about everything, and it wasn’t until episode 6 that they talked about SOME of his inconsistencies.
What's An Apology Worth to Someone Like Ellen DeGeneres?, Jezebel
The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart, Wired
We Aren’t Nationally Mourning The 200,000 COVID-19 Victims Because If We Did It Would Be A Reckoning, BuzzFeed News
On Chicken Tenders, Guernica — An older article that’s still relevant today and will be relevant forever.
That’s all for me today, gorgeous! Talk to you soon.
Love,
Kat
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