The Weile Woods

danceswithjoshnekus:

tumblr is kind of an unhealthy environment to be in sometimes because often it’s so black and white

either you’re right, and you’re an amazing god worthy of praise, or you’re wrong, and you’re a horrible monster who deserves to die

i just saw a post that said that if you don’t understand how minimum wage and art commissions work, then you’re “the worst kind of garbage shit trash”. like… after a certain point it’s time to calm down

Dialectical Behavior Therapy would do wonders for people with this mindset.

uncreativeart:

“i still have that drawing you did for me from 6 years ago”

New fires are starting on base, we can see it from our window, about 3 miles from our house. You can tell if the smoke is black that it’s new, yellow/white means the firefighters are getting to it. This is actually getting scary now.

rjzimmerman:

Photos by K.C. Alfred / UT San Diego

These photos clearly tell us that these San Diego County wildfires threaten thousands of people. These are not fires in forest lands or in the wilderness, which are of course frightening and awesome. But so many more people are directly affected when wildfires burn the woods a few hundred feet from a subdivision.

Yeah it is unusual that so many fires are in urban areas, typically they’re in the middle of nowhere. That’s probably what’s feeding the arsonist theories. I’m still betting on a cigarette butt for the fire at the checkpoint on I5. A family friend caught some kids smoking behind her house and she rightfully went ballistic on them. Forget illegalities idiotic children, that’s downright DANGEROUS right now! There’s a reason there are signs up and down the roads here shouting “DON’T TOSS YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS YOU MORONS”.

On a side note, that first photo is breath taking.

worthlesstwat:

“James Harkins, 72, uses a garden hose to fight flames racing up a hillside toward his home in San Marcos. Harkins, who refused to evacuate, said he didn’t want to let his house burn. ‘No, no, no,’ he said. ‘Not without a fight.’” -L.A. Times

I saw this guy on TV this morning when the firefighters were trying to get him to leave. God, I can’t even imagine. I’m watching the smoke blow from the mountains from the window at work and it’s just mind blowing. When I was younger and we lived on base we could watch the fires flare up on the ridge behind our house at night, then in the morning we weren’t allowed outside because massive flakes of ash had caked everything.

I saw this from a distance, but I can’t imagine living it. Prayers to these people, and anything else that can be given.

proudgayconservative:

mrsrandallboggs:

independent-conservatives:

This person is really really really confused

Pfffft

Split personality?

Actually considering that looks like a Virginia license plate that isn’t all that surprising. Ole Dominions Reign has been a battle state forever, stuck between old Southern Conservatism and the small state’s rights and the encroaching Northern Liberalism from the urbanizing NOVA, prolly from DC and its commuters. It flips between red and blue so often, but that’s probably what keeps it afloat– a tug of war between conservative fiscal responsibility and liberal sentiments. I think that’s actually how the Founders intended it, yes?

I REALLY LOVE MY HOME STATE, OKAY???

nostlenne:

bluesigma:

nostlenne:

mustbethewhiskey:

harrysflaccidcock:

Someone at my school made these in response to my principal announcing a dress code that, as usual, only applied to girls, and I’m kind of proud

those signs should be ripped down. It is called the real world, unless you work at a place like hooters, or a god damn strip club have some fucking decency and dress like a normal person. Works have dress codes, and I would like to see these stupid girls do this at one of their work places. Thanks. I could tell you, I would be fired on the spot.

Take some fucking responsibility for your body. Yes, you’re 15. You’ve been pubescent for about 3-4 years. Just because you’re not finished developing doesn’t mean you’re not developed at all. And you know that’s the case because you’re so fucking keen to show off. And you keep specifically using the word ‘show off’, so clearly you expect to be looked at. If you only want to show off to yourself, do it at home.

Calm down, stop trying to show your ass in school, and maybe focus on your lessons instead of insisting that dresscodes are sexualizing you.

Uh, why are shoulders, legs, and stomachs a problem? Why are visible bra straps a problem? They’re not talking about walking around looking like strippers. They’re talking about ordinary sounding clothes in a casual dress code environment. So long as they’re not in school in a bikini or shorts that show their asscheeks or whatever, I really don’t see the problem.

You know what, fair enough. I saw the bullshit tagline about dress codes perpetuating rape culture and objectification and veered off course because that shit was old before it was new.

Let’s back up and approach this again.

Item 1: Bra straps.

They’re undergarments. Most dresscodes would like you to abide by the ‘under’ part of that. If you intentionally wear your bra strap showing because you are comfortable with it and insist that it’s shaming when somebody says ‘it’s supposed to be under you clothes, jackass’ then I don’t know what to tell you. Additionally, when that idiotic ‘wear your pants almost on the fucking floor’ fad was making its rounds and the halls were full of male asscracks and boxer bands, the ‘don’t show your underwear’ rule was probably applied more to boys than girls. When the equally ridiculous equivalent of ‘thongs visible above women’s waistbands’ thing came through, it became a universal problem.

Nothing to do with women specifically, or with rape culture. Keep your underwear under your clothes.

Item 2: See through clothes

Tied to Item 1, I would hazard. Confidence is great and all, but in the end you’re still just demanding to be able to show off in a place where you and everyone around you is supposed to be concentrating. Men don’t really have sheer clothing options, so there’s not precedent for needing to enforce it on them. You’re not supposed to feel guilty for having a body, you’re just supposed to exercise your inner professor oak. School’s not the place to wear sheer clothing.

Item 3: Mid-sections

There’s casual and then there’s minimal. It depends on where you are from and what the social climate is where the division between the two is, but showing off sections of your torso in an environment that aspires to casual codes of dress is usually going to be a no for the same reason that skirts have a length requirement. Yes this is specifically a girl issue. Men don’t really have shirts made to show their midriff.

You will have all of college, where the code tends to be basically ‘no shirt, no service’, shoes optional to show off your midriff all day and all night if you want to. Right now, it’s because you’re a minor surrounded by other equally stupid and horny minors that yes, they do want to minimalize the amount of skin you’re showing. Realistically, high school is a building full of underage people, most of whom are hormonal as hell, and half of whom are doing something sexual to some other similarly underage person, so ‘don’t sexualize me, i’m a child’ doesn’t hold any kind of water in my book. Not in this scenario. A patch of skin that draws attention to your hips and/or is a good stretch away from showing off you bra is not something a school district wants around

Item 4: Shoulders

This is largely dependent on your district. If you live in the bible belt, sorry I can’t help you. You’re at the mercy of religious ideas penetrating public domain and good luck fixing it. Shoulders were not a problem at my school. However, the idea put forth that this has something to do with men being seen as human instead of object reeks of a victim complex. Again, boys don’t really have clothes that show their midriffs. Men don’t really show their legs either outside of sports, which often have their own specific uniforms. They have male-cut tank tops, which some schools (mine included) disallow despite allowing girls to wear them for reasons I have never examined but probably have to do with male shoulders, placing you on even ground.

In short, follow the goddamn dresscode while you’re at school. Show off when you leave. it’s not that hard, and has nothing to do with rape culture or oppression. The fact that you don’t see it enforced on guys has more to do with the differences in their clothes than some plot against women.

Somebody saying it better than me.

(Source: redrosesredwine)

trashylittlefuck:

mayorchouchou:

nakamurasawa:

if you’re under 5’5” you’re weak and natural selection is coming for your ass

if you’re over 5’7” you’re weak and the top of a doorway is coming for your head

it’s a good day to be 5’6”

I’m 5'10" and I’ve never had trouble with doorframes excuse you.

Pants are another story.

harrysflaccidcock:

Someone at my school made these in response to my principal announcing a dress code that, as usual, only applied to girls, and I’m kind of proud

I don’t know what’s up with your schools, but we had dress codes for boys as well.
No huge, cut-open armholes that showed their entire midsection (“omg why should they be ashamed of their six-pack they worked so hard for?”)
No pants so low their boxers were showing (“omg he like has the right to be boxer-fashionable!”)
No hats, no hoods up (“omg who are you to tell him no if he’s embarrassed by his cheap haircut???”)
No bandanas, do-rags, or anything gang related (“omg that’s his second family how dare you teach him not to be proud of it??!”)
No offensive, provocative, or violent graphic t-shirts (“But he’s supporting women’s sexual liberartion!!”)

… and those were in addition to having to adhere to the “girls” dress code as well.

You’re in school to learn, not be fashionable, and whether you like it not provocative or needlessly flashy dressing is distracting to boys AND girls.

If a school has a dress code geared only towards girls, yeah that’s an issue because boys most certainly can dress inappropriately as well.

However, there are a LOT more clothing choices and styles out there for women, therefore of course their dress code is going to be more detailed by a rule. Also, women typically are more inclined to try and show off more skin.

TL;DR dress codes happen to exist for a reason, because teenager boys and girls are hormonal crazy stupid things.

(Source: redrosesredwine)

archmasterjazzy:

thatcadetguy:

smile-cause-life-is-beautiful:

fweeble:

gryphynshadow:

littlemissbatterwitch:

clothoboorocracy:

stormybabe:

I have to say this is completely legit - someone tried to steal her handbag and she simply went “Fuck this- *suplex*”

My hero

someone teach me this pweeze-ooc

Ok Ladies, here’s the info on this move.

We are blessed with a low center of gravity. This means that when we get ahold of someone and tip over backward like that, it’s easy peasy for us to do. Especially on a guy. Think of it like a fulcum and lever: they’re the lever, we’re the fulcrum, and because their center of gravity is up in their chest, instead of in their pelvis, when we get down low and lean back, whupsy there they tip right over.

Now, here’s the real deal on that particular move. Check out how this gif end, with the guy’s head on the floor like that? How his torso seems straight up and down, his head and neck on the floor, all his body weight and the momentum of having been tossed over her shoulder?

Yeah, he’s pretty messed up from that. In the really real world, if you do that move correctly, toss your whole body into it, seriously oomph it up and give that mugger a throw, you can snap his neck.

All that said, here’s how you do it!

This is something you do fast, ladies. Move quickly and with assurance, and don’t worry about whether you’re strong enough to do it or not: you are. This is about physics, not muscle.

Get low, bend your knees and hips. Our strength is largly concentrated in our lower bodies, and when we put our knees and thighs into a move, we bring some of the largest muscles in the human body to bear. You’d be surprised what you can move with your legs.

When she got low on him, her right arm was around his waist, her shoulder roughly at or under his ass, her left arm wrapped around his left leg. Feet shoulder width apart for a nice stable base, big deep breath in, and lift just a bit while falling backwards. It doesn’t take much strength but it will really mess with the dude’s day. Landing on your head will at the very very least knock you silly for a minute.

Interestingly, we can use these same basic principles to ruin a guy’s day if he’s the one to grab us! Imagine, if you will, mugger dude runs up behind you and bear hugs you in preparation for dragging you into the alley. Scary, right? Yep.

If he lifts you too fast, and you find your feet off the ground, kick him in the shins, scrape your shoes down his legs, aim for the knees and his feet. Toss your head back and head butt him. Bite him. Squirm. Do what it takes to get your feet back on the ground.

Feet on the ground, grab his arms and hold on to them. Don’t let him get away, because this move, ladies, will put him down and out, and if he moves away he may go for a distance weapon, or start using his fists. Hold onto his arms and keep him in close.

Again, feet shoulder width apart. Use your booty and hips now, like you’re trying to hit his not-so-manly bits with your ass, get your hips back, bend your knees and flex your hips. If he’s shortish, you should at this point have picked him up and be balancing him on your back. If he’s tall, you’re now in position to put a crimp in his style in a big way.

Tuck your head to your chest and roll forward, just like you did when you were a kid. Flip yourself forward and let gravity do the rest. You will have your head tucked down, aiming to land on the upper back of one shoulder; he won’t. This means he’ll land on his face, with the full force of his own body weight behind it as well as any momentum you’ve built up. You may very well land on top of him too.

From here, get up, run like hell towards a light source while yelling “help, fire, call 911 (or whatever emergency services number exists in your country)”

Remember, ladies, with just a little understanding of comparative anatomy and physics, you too can put a man on the ground and seriously mess up his day. But then, that’s what he was planning to do to you, so fair’s fair.

Reblogging again because of Gryphyn’s awesome comment. C:

All women NEED to know this. REBLOG AND YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE

Hi ladies, male here. Um, instead of teaching women to defend themselves, why don’t we try and teach men to make sure women never NEED to defend themselves?

Hi, female here. I was trained to fight by both my mother and father. They were both gang survivors. And they know that criminals are not reasonable people. Evil people can’t be taught. They know it’s wrong to steal, murder, batter, or rape. They just don’t care. We have a right as human beings to defend ourselves. We, women, are not weak. We don’t need protection from men. Men are not the problem, crime is the problem. I was threatened by a female gang member. Please stop treating us like we’re innocent and weak. That’s sexist within itself. Thank you. 

Always be prepared because, yes, evil is unreasonable and sudden.

(Source: odd-marissa-blog)