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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
qing-fey
squeedge:
“sonoran-partisan:
“sharper-and-bigger:
“epic-games-official:
“ beckiboos:
“What the fuck those things are real I thought it was just a cartoon
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I thought the same thing when I moved to Arizona
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Little velociraptor
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Lads
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ok but...
beckiboos

What the fuck those things are real I thought it was just a cartoon

epic-games-official

I thought the same thing when I moved to Arizona

sharper-and-bigger

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Little velociraptor

sonoran-partisan

Lads

squeedge

ok but roadrunners are so cool, I can seldom think of a bird more velociraptor-like

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more people need to know they’re real because look at this, this is some real walking with dinosaurs shit

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they have powerful legs allowing them to run up to 20mph and leap to impressive heights with ease

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they are extremely swift and fearless, quick enough to take down a sizable rattlesnake and other large prey animals like lizards and mice

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they have several unique adaptations to thermoregulate, such as the dark patch of feathers on their back which acts as a solar panel to absorb heat, or its crest that either releases or absorbs heat by exposing its skin

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they have these long, stiff tailfeathers that they use as a counterbalance when running, very reminiscent of the rod-like tail of a dromaeosaur

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and they are capable of bursts of flight/gliding with incredibly beautiful plumage

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I’m genuinely shocked how many people think they’re made up, they are real and they are AWESOME

notatlantis
jenroses:
“bogleech:
“kittydorkling:
“jenroses:
“ shinnegamitensei:
“ this site has one setting
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I’m laughing, but there’s a super useful corollary, which my husband calls “the Red Balloon.” He was a defense lawyer and had a fair number of drug...
shinnegamitensei

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this site has one setting

jenroses

I’m laughing, but there’s a super useful corollary, which my husband calls “the Red Balloon.” He was a defense lawyer and had a fair number of drug addicts come through, and there is a thing where if you’re like, on your first offense, they’ll do a thing where you can go to treatment and if you complete it they’ll take the conviction off your record. 

And he would tell his clients, “Look, everyone’s going to tell you not to do drugs. They’re going to say it over and over again. And it’s like, if people tell you not to think of a white elephant, you’re going to think of a white elephant. But the trick to not thinking about a white elephant is to think of a red balloon. So you need to find your red balloon. For some people it’s yoga. For others it’s woodworking. For some people it’s scrapbooking or gardening or any of a long list of things to do. They focus on that, it’s a lot easier to succeed in ignoring the white elephant.”

So yeah, “watch yourself” is one thing… but the better idea is to watch something else. (Even if it’s fanfic about werewolves fucking.)


It’s a form of productive dissociation, and is super, super helpful.

It’s easy for me to get bogged down in how much pain I’m in… but some of the most painful periods of my life have also been the most productive, writing-wise, because writing is one of my red balloons. 

kittydorkling

There is a phrase I use A LOT in my parenting and my son gets very sick of it, but it’s true:

The thing you practise is the thing you get good at.

You may not intentionally be practicing “being grumpy” but if you don’t put effort into practicing “not being grumpy” then I’m afraid that’s what you’re doing. It’s hard! It’s really hard! Sometimes, for some things, it’s pretty much impossible and that sucks!

But being carefully aware that you are going to get good at the things you do most of is a good way to be more careful of what those things are. If that makes sense.

bogleech

You gotta appreciate sometimes how tumblr works in such a way that everyone who wants to reblog this interesting or useful psychological advice is also forced to reblog the thing about werewolf fucking

jenroses

excuse me, I know how to remove a reblog from the chain if I wanted to.