ME: *is Trying To Learn A Target Language*

Sorry. Forgot to upload this one last week.

Maaaan, where were all these White folks during the past 8 years that Black Lives Matter has been protesting? Because, honestly, this shit is irritating and infuriating. 

Why do you care now?? What took you so fucking long to give a shit about us?? What have y’all been doing while we’ve been suffering at the hands of cops and your people? What have y’all been doing while we’ve been getting gunned down in broad daylight? What have y’all been doing while we’ve been fighting, crying, mourning, and dying for our people? WHERE 👏🏾 THE 👏🏾 FUCK 👏🏾 HAVE 👏🏾 Y'ALL 👏🏾 BEEN?!?! 👏🏾

Some of y'all only give a shit about looking “woke” and “progressive” to Black folks and your White counterparts, and it shows. Y'all need to cut that shit the fuck out. You only hurt our cause when you show your ass like this. Allyship is not allyship when it’s performative, and even if you’re an “ally,” you’re still an oppressor. And y'all need to realize that. 

We don’t want another George Floyd. We don’t want another Tony McDade. We don’t want another Ahmaud Arbery. We don’t want another Breonna Taylor. We don’t want another Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Philando Castile, Rekia Boyd, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Natasha McKenna, Samuel DuBose, Alton Sterling, Aiyana Jones, Laquan McDonald, Jocques Clemmons, Deborah Danner, Terence Crutcher…. We want justice. We want change. We want a future for ourselves and our children. We want to be able to exist without fear, without pain, and without our lives constantly being threatened. And we want y’all to do your part and work to dismantle the system that was created to harm us.

We are so tired of Whites sitting around doing nothing while our people are dying. Sharing posts in support of us and the movement is not enough. Signing a petition or two is not enough. We need y’all to call out your White counterparts for their racism and work on your own racial biases as well. We need y’all to listen to us when we talk about the injustices we face and learn from it. We need y’all to listen to and uplift our voices. And we really need y’all to be actively engaged in destroying everything that works to destroy us. 

Do better, dammit, or don’t bother getting involved in our movement at all.

REBLOG!!!! SPREAD THIS PLS!!! EVERYONE IN OR AROUND VIDOR PLEASE STAY SAFE!!!

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(cries my non-existent wallet)

For anyone interested, GSC opened the preorder for this. You can find it on their official US website.

It is around 97$USD (plus shipping it cost me 150$CAD)

IM AN ARIES NOW?

so apparently star signs have been ‘updated’ and im a sag now???

“why bother writing bisexual characters if they just end up in a m/f relationship”

my dude

my guy

my pal

stop talking forever

The Iliad Drinking Game

‘Athene of the Flashing Eyes’. Take a sip.

‘aegis-bearing Zeus’. Take a sip.

‘laughter-loving Aphrodite.’ Take a sip.

‘White-armed Here.’ Take a sip. Or ‘Here of the white arms’.

‘Hector of the flashing helmet’. Take a sip.

‘Briseis of the lovely cheeks.’ Take a sip.

‘black ships’ or ‘good black ships’. Take a sip.

‘Wise Odysseus.’ Take a sip.

In fact take a sip for every ‘X of the YZ’ sentence construction. 

‘Night descended on his eyes’ or night is used to represent death. Take a sip.

A character gets killed off BEFORE Homer tells you his lineage. Take a sip. 

The tide of the war turns- ie the Trojans start winning or the Achaens stop losing- take a shot. 

Someone mocks the enemy. Take a shot.

A character does something that would be beyond the strength of a normal man but they can do it because they are Heroes/Demigods. Take a shot. 

Homer describes armour in such loving detail that you want to own said armour for yourself, even if you don’t usually drool over cool armour. Take a shot. Oooh Agamemnon’s blue enamel armour oooh

You get to know and like a character in just three lines… AFTER Homer’s killed him off. Take a shot.

You think “wow, Helen’s characterisation is much more sympathetic and badass than I was led to believe by pop culture”. Take a shot.

A character has a wound that should kill them, but the gods/gods’ armour saves him. Take a shot. 

A character is told to say something or give a message and says the exact same words even though the two segments are only a handful of lines apart. Take a shot.

Someone gives a monologue that they really shouldn’t have the time or the breath left to say. Drink for the duration of the monologue.

Homer pauses the plot to give a long, detailed simile. Drink for the duration of the tangent.

Thread with petitions on Twitter:

https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fgoldnfl%2Fstatus%2F1282474351397269504%3Fs%3D19&t=NzdmYzMzZjE5YzkzNmVlMTY2MGY1YTc0MGNiZDlkM2NhN2QyYjdkNiw2NGNmZTJkOGU4MmM5ZGZlYWUyNGRmNGUxZjk2NGVkYTEyNGFmODMz&ts=1596708578

Baba means down

Baba means chin

Just learned that lalaki doesn't only mean "man", but also translates to "will grow bigger/taller". The only difference is the pronunciation:

Lalaki - man

Lalaki - will grow bigger/taller

What is actually going on in yemen:

CHOLERA OUTBREAK

the cholera pandemic has been going on since around 2016, and it continues to get worse every day due to the lack of public health sectors and aid, as well as the saudi led air strikes on water systems and food infrastructure

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

yemen currently has the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, with over 24 million people in need of aid

FAMINE

the famine in yemen is said to become the worst one in 100 years and it continues to get worse ever day due to the poor funding and saudi intervention (with the support of the us, uk & france). nearly half the population will soon be dependent on aid

CIVIL WAR

it started when the houthis (backed by iran) rebelled against the government and began to seize territories (taking over the capital sana'a). in order to get the houthis out, saudi began bombing yemen and thus the conflict worsened

WAR

saudi arabia (with the support of the us, uk and france) has been bombing yemen in order to get rid of the houthi rebels. this led to the deterioration of yemen's situation, as well as the death of many civilians. they target public infrastructure, water systems, schools, etc

CORONAVIRUS

there aren't many testing kits and the hospitals aren't equipped with treating it. basic necessities such as masks and gloves also aren't available, thus making the situation worsen (especially with everything else going on adding to it)

FLOODS

lately yemen has been experiencing really bad floods that have torn down homes, destroyed food supplies and killed people. these floods have attributed to the spread of disease too

PLAGUE

yes, there is literally a plague now. it seems to have come after the floods, and has people are dropping dead. i think they still haven't found the cause but it affects your lungs. i don't know too much on this issue though, so please add if you have more information.

ECONOMIC CRISIS

since the start of the civil war in 2015, yemen's economy contracted by 50% due to the inflation and devaluation of the rial. people are hungry because of poverty and lack of jobs, and while you could potentially flee war, you can't flee hunger.

BLOCKADE

the saudi military coalition currently has a blockade on yemen's sea, air & land ports which stops aid from coming in. though they apparently eased it a little, it's still there and having catastrophic effects on the situation.

EXTRA

here's more stuff that's happening in yemen

- no water & electricity

- high poverty rates

- food prices are too expensive

- multiple serious disease eg meningitis

- isis & al gaeda have carried out attacks

- corruption

ADDITIONAL NOTES

of course this isn't everything, all of these factors have consequences, like the collapse of public health sectors but i can't fit it all in. please research and educate yourselves on the situation, we're blessed to be in a time with multiple sources