fili-gremlin

Just a Gremlin

30-something, asexual, agender (she/they)

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fili-gremlin

1 year ago

It's gonna be such a funny mess when Donald Trump dies of a stroke on April 1st, 2024.

Naturally everybody will think it's fake because of the date only to lose their minds (both positively and negatively based on their opinion of trump) when realizing it's real

There will be massive celebrations in the streets and on social media and lots of predictable "don't speak ill of the dead" discourse about those celebrations

Weird evangelicals will pull some weird number trick talking about how Jesus was conceived on April 1st and that makes Trump a sort of messiah and people will make fun of that

The Republicans (after they're done with the faux-sadness and faux-outrage) will stomp over each other to be his successor but none of them will succeed. They'll tear each other apart and have no single nominee for the November elections.

There will be discourse about if Biden and the living former presidents should go to his funeral (they won't, he was a traitor insurrectionist)

The Ukraine-Russia War immediately goes in favor of Ukraine as morale in the Kremlin is reduced. China similarly backs off from its threats on Taiwan.

Ten thousand new memes are made, some sticking around for years to come.

Not a month later a bunch of unofficial biographies of Trump hit the bookshelves, many with new details about just how awful he was.

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fili-gremlin

1 year ago

because apparently my friends said its insane I've never seen real snow. trying to prove a point.

please reblog to increase my sample size!!

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i grew up in michigan nearly half the year was snow its hard for me to imagine how someone could have never seen snow even though logically i know its completely possible like i definitely know there are a lot of people who have never seen snow and that people have lived and died never seeing it its just such an integral part of my past that its not easy for me personally to imagine snow is amazing to me how it just blankets the landscape and creates a quiet thats almost eerie and it glitters in sunlight and i love the crunch of walking on freshly fallen snow we actually got a proper snow around the middle of november this year which is very unusual for where i live i went outside well after sundown while the snow was still falling and just enjoyed the quiet and stillness usually i can hear some traffic from the front porch but i couldnt that night because of the snow it was the first time in a long time ive been able to experience that since we dont get much snow here i could have stayed out there for hours

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1 year ago

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i would stay awake but only if i would be allowed by the wonderful dried pickle man to pet him the whole time otherwise i would nap so i wouldnt be tempted to pet him

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fili-gremlin

1 year ago

Many such cases

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i remember looking for a job as a teenager and then again in my early 20s the whole time i had my mom getting mad at me and saying i was lazy or not trying hard enough or lying about actually applying because almost none of the applications resulted in an interview but i was applying to at least a dozen jobs a day (because applications took forever to fill out) i applied to jobs i didnt even have the skills for it took me 8 months to get my first job and a year and a half in my 20s after i was laid off and had to find a new job literally the only reason i got that second job was because it was at my grandmas church and they felt bad for me so they gave me a part time job as a janitor it took almost another year of constant searching to get a full time job and THAT was again because i knee someone in the right place and after i was fired from that place (along with most of the rest of the admin staff for bs reasons) i only got the temp assignment that led to my current job because the lady at the temp office remembered me from my last job where we had used that temp agency and she had liked me when id spoken to her so she gave me a good assignment literally i have gotten every single job because ive known people and gotten lucky hundreds of job applications did nothing and its bullshit and 6 figure pay my ass i made minimum wage at my first two jobs and barely above that at my third one it wasnt until my current job that i started making double digits per hour and i still never see anything that might be legit and not require experience go above 9 or 10 bucks an hour ive been at my job 8 years and gotten at least one raise a year since starting but im still not making 6 figures and i never will

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fili-gremlin

1 year ago

I got my sister a Jellycat octopus for Christmas a couple years ago! She loves it so much and I've been eyeballing a couple of the other plushies by them, myself. She also has a couple of the Squishables plushies and they are amazing and cuddly.

Also, I need that possum plush. Immediately.

Alternatives to Squishmallow

So as many of you have probably already heard, Jazwares, the company that produces Squishmallows, is donating to charities that support Israeli soldiers and the IDF. They’re also supporting Canary Mission, which has been doxxing people who speak out against Israel. BDS hasn’t called for a boycott against them, but I can’t in good faith spend my money on their products, and I would strongly encourage everyone who enjoys plushies to really think long and hard about if you want to give your money to a company that’s helping support genocide!

But the holidays are coming up, and lots of us enjoy plushies and were fans of Squishmallow, and were planning to give Squishmallows to friends and family this year.

Fortunately, there are a number of great plushie companies out there, and I want to promote some of my favorites in the hopes that folks will get their plushie fix from a source that doesn’t side with Israel. So without further ado:

Fluffnest

Fluffnest got their start on Kickstarter a few years ago, and I adore the round shapes of their PuffPal plushies! My favorite is Pete the Possum, which is probably the best possum plush I’ve ever seen. I’ve also got a beautiful moth from their Kickstarter and I’ve been wanting their bats for ages. They also recently had a Kickstarter for an Animal Crossing-esque video game featuring their plushie characters and it looks fantastic.

Squishables

I can’t get over the plague doctor plushies. They’re so perfect and cute, and they’ve released other variations of them called Alter Egos, like a ghostly version, an alien, or a really sweet cottagecore one! They’ve got a ton of variety, but what I like the most are the fantasy plushies. There’s a lich! There are dragons and demons! Cryptids! Biblically accurate angels! A lot of really fun stuff!

Also they do a lot of great charity work! Right now they’re doing an auction for the Food Bank of New York City.

AfternoonFika

AfternoonFika is a very small business of only three people, but their plushies are extremely cute. They tend to sell out fast, so I recommend following them on social media to stay on top of any restocks! They recently released a line of dinosaurs that are precious, and of course I love their iconic cactus cat and cinnamon bun bunny.

Jellycat

Jellycat has been around since 1999, so they’re the oldest of these companies. They’ve got great designs, a ton of variety, and a lot of their plushies are made to be cuddled on and not just displayed. All three of my tiny nephews sleep with a different stuffed dog from Jellycat. My mom has a sun and several succulents that she uses as decorations. There’s a little something for everyone who enjoys plushies!

If you have any other favorite companies I haven’t mentioned, feel free to add on! I’ve enjoyed Squishmallows for a while now and I’m sad to see their leadership coming out on the side that’s committing war crimes on a daily basis, but this is a good time to discover new favorite plushie companies! And remember, money speaks loudly. Even if BDS hasn’t called for a boycott of Jazwares, it sends a message when sales start dropping for companies that support genocide. It’s a small thing, but the little things we do can add up!

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