Parenting and family relationships are not that simple as saying "don't do this". People are complex and more often than not, one theme does not equate to one result.
If your kid makes a mess, you tell them to clean it up, they will perceive it as a punishment. But it's also a lesson in responsibility and should be explained.
Any relationship requires efforts of communicating beyond what we merely assume. Being family doesn't change that. It would be the responsibility of the parent to explain and communicate reactions to actions if they are trying to establish "eff around and find out" lessons.
Honestly, the best parental strategy is not use the same approach all the time. Not to be surprising but some things aren't effective used over and over. So, don't be lazy and get to know your kids to figure out the lessons you need to impart on them.
for the love of god, do not use chores to punish your kids!!!! it's just going to make them struggle deeply to keep their houses tidy as adults since you made them associate necessary chores with punishment and suffering, and it's going to take years of therapy to undo. don't use chores as punishments!!!
I watched the Netflix Wednesday show and was a bit disappointed. Spoilers ahead.
The show had potential. Started pretty strong with aesthetic and character variety. By the middle to end, the characters were a bit cheapened. Unfortunately the main character began to suffer the Bella Swan (Twilight) effect. Meaning: Bella could do absolutely whatever and still have friends wanting to still be her friend despite ignoring them completely for her own desires.
Wednesday just kept attracting all these friends that she never seemed to reciprocate. It's not exactly the same because at least a few of her friends actually tell her off for being a dick, but it still falls short. Specifically, for the character that goes to jail wrongfully accused of murder but then completely forgives her and buys her a phone at the end of the series.
If the show runners wanted to depict a flawed Wednesday, then at least follow through on the repercussions of those flaws on the people around her. She never actually apologizes for her actions either and second season or not, they should've backed that up with the secondary characters not always accepting her shit. As an attempt of character growth, it just doesn't happen and she ends up being quite flat.
The more I thought about the actions of the supporting characters in dealing with Wednesday, the more disappointing the story became in retrospective. The problem I see as this show is pretty popular, there are most definitely people out there inspired by this character and tend to mimic traits.
I just want to make sure that being goth does not mean be a dick.
I found the most expensive paperbacks I've ever seen. I haven't read either but hopefully I can pick it up at the library.
I, for one, am happy these actors feel comfortable being loud about how much you and your friend suck. If you’re doing something so against that show as voting for a rapist convicted felon who wants to end democracy, what did you expect? Especially from those women?
Actors being loud about how these assholes are NOT welcome makes fandom safer for a lot more people who deserve to be there.
Maybe your fav actor hating you for your bigoted politics should be a cause for reflection about what’s gone so wrong in your life. You know, if this bothers you so much.
I watched this 5 years ago and youtube just suggested for me to watch it again. I never did forget about it and I don't want to, because it matters.
This year is about working locally.
Amazing list any fan should see
90s anime
Love to the mars rovers family!
Haven't seen anything about Ingenuity on tumblr yet, so I guess I'll make a post about it
Ingenuity (sometimes called Ginny) was an companion craft to Perseverance, one of the rovers currently on Mars. As opposed to any of the past rovers, however, Ingenuity was a rotorcraft intended to fly above Mars' surface.
After landing on Mars in February of 2021 and completing its first flight on April 19th, 2021, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Its original goal was only 5 flights, but it well surpassed that number, logging 72 flights with over two hours of in-air time.
On January 18th, 2024, Ingenuity lost contact with Perseverance midway through a flight, and a few days later, NASA had confirmation that the rotors were damaged, leaving Ingenuity incapable of flight.
So long, Ingenuity. You did so much <3
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SQUID prop (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device)
from Strange Days (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)
Hi. I found out that Automattic bought Tumblr from Verizon, so I figured it might be fun to come back. I actually self host a Wordpress as well and I was looking into Write Freely recently. No idea which one I’ll stick with in the end. At least it’s fun to see what’s happening here now.