Would You Put A Discarded Fruit Sticker On My Forehead In Whimsical Jest Yes Or No

ROTTEN TO THE CORE.

note that when Jin Ling says he is 'almost fifteen' that means he is very much still fourteen, and that he's counting in a system where you're born age 1.

so he's thirteen. we would say, he is 13 years old.

in a modern AU he would be in the 8th grade. statistically he is just starting puberty. he is a child.

destiel + text posts pt. 5

Hello, kind hearted soul,

My name is Ahmed, and I am neither a robot nor a scammer. My fundraising campaign is legitimate and registered under Gaza donations campaign number 264. Since the war began, my life has been turned upside down. I am with my wife and four children, struggling to survive amidst the devastation and the bitter cold. My newborn daughter urgently needs milk and diapers, while my other children are suffering from hunger. Winter is approaching, bringing a freezing chill that spares no one, and we have no shelter to protect us. It breaks my heart to see the fear in their eyes, and I feel helpless.

I am pleading with you from the depths of my heart. We desperately need a simple tent to shield us from the winter, and any help for milk and diapers for my baby girl would be a lifeline. Even a small contribution, as little as 5 euros, could make a significant difference for us. I beg for your kindness and support during this difficult time, as nothing is harder than watching your loved ones suffer while being unable to help.

gofundme.com

Donate to Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping War to a New Life, organized by Abdallah Alanqar

Hello,, I'm Ahmed Alanqar, 34 years old, married to Dina Alanq… Abdallah Alanqar needs your support for Helping Ahmed's Family: Escaping

Your sixth most recent emoji is how your guardian angel feels about you

How can I explain to a normal person that the moment Cas says I love you it is Orpheus turning around. You guys get it though

people will read books they Do Not Like™ and then wonder why they hate reading

Hey, let's talk about anons like this, because I know some people haven't been in a position to see the patterns these play out in on broader scale and may indeed not spot the trap.

And it is a trap.

An ask like this has several purposes.

First, it uses social justice language in passive aggressive and manipulative ways to try to coerce a behavior. In this case, the desired behavior is usually for the recipent to participate in community shunning and/or harrassment. The language above is intended to put the recipient on the defensive where, in the haste to disassociate themself from the Bad Thing, they quickly disassociate themself from the bad person, often with no particular fact checking or evidence.

The message is also intended to create a sense of being surveilled and judged by an unknown amount of people with unknown amount of social power and an unknown amount of relevance to your life.

Notice that these asks are usually framed as if they are coming from a follower or potential follower, someone who is addressing you personally and who cares about your opinion and who your blog has an effect on. However this is usually.... very much not the case. If you've ever had the misfortune to watch a gossip campaign from like this from the outside, you will very quickly notice that messages like this get sent in mass batches to dozens and dozens of strangers. (You can often turn these up with a tumblr search, if you look.)

The sender does not know you and probably does not follow you. They have a person they don't like (possibly for their stated reason and possibly not), and they are going through the reblogs of a post from that blog and mass messaging *everyone* with a form letter. They will not see your response and they will probably never even see your blog again.

Which brings us to the second goal of whisper campaigns like this:

Notice that I blacked out the names above? That's because when the recipient answers anonymous asks like this, they provide a platform for the opinion on their blog. An anonymous message like this that gets posted doesn't just spread gossip and apply pressure to the recipient, it is spread to the recipient's entire community.

The *goal* is to get access to your community. The *goal* is to use you as a soapbox.

Is the information accurate? Did anyone check? Does the anon have an ulterior social motive? BIG SHRUG

If you go into the comments on one of these whisper campaigns you will see that *most people never bother to check.*

They assume good faith from a follower, they're off balance defending themselves, and they jump straight to conciliation.

It's a really, really effective form of social manipulation, and really really commonly misused.

Do any of u have decent recipes that are like 5 ingredients (not including spices) and take 45 mins or less to prepare i gotta stop eating sandwiches for dinner