Treat a cop just like you treat a gun when you don’t know whether it’s loaded or not. Assume that it is loaded and that it could cause someone’s death at any time. Remember that a cop, unlike most firearms, has no safety mechanism or standard method for “clearing” them. Never point a cop at anyone whose blood you could not accept having on your hands.
Also quick note, in Massachusetts at least, we have these things called Mobile Crisis Units for kids under 21. If someone is suicidal or having a potential psych episode, don’t call the fucking cops. They don’t know shit and don’t do shit but make things worse. See if your area has a mobile crisis unit that can come and find a way to maintain safety for self or the person until they arrive. They can streamline help to the appropriate avenues and provide ways to help the person calm down. For adults, they don’t necessarily have the same things but it’s preferable to ask for an ambulance when calling 911 over the cops. State it is a MEDICAL emergency. Not even psych. Don’t fucking call the cops unless you literally have no other fucking means of solving or staying safe in a situation. The cops make ALL situations worse when it comes to most things people deal with. Find what resources your state has and start talking about alternative policing and community supports. If your first instinct is to call the cops regularly, you’re privileged and asking to be responsible for another human beings death. Even tho we know y’all don’t look at Black folks like human, doesn’t change the fact that the blood is on your hands.
one time i went on a date with this guy who kept tucking my hair behind my ear and i kept untucking it but like 5 minutes later he would reach out and do it again and eventually i just ducked away when he tried and then the next day he tweeted about girls not appreciating a gentleman and i’m pretty sure it was about me
someone gay who is joking and has literally no systematic power to make this happen: sorry straight people [some item/subject/thing] is gays only, that means no straights
straight people: I FINALLY KNOW OPPRESSION AND THIS IS THE WORST I’VE EVER FELT THE GAYS WILL PAY FOR THIS
does anyone ever do the opposite of dissociate?? where youre just suddenly and uncomfortably aware of your situation and reality
more to the point why do i get that feeling when im sitting on top of my kitchen table watching a velveeta mac and cheese pack spin in the microwave for three and a half minutes and im just like I Exist I Am Here And Theres Nothing I Can Do About It
okay this one wins, everyone can stop reblogging this now
when I publish my novel I want you all to swear to me that you’re going to write uncomfortably erotic fic about characters I didn’t intend to have sexual tension
she was telling them team skull members are banned from mantine surfing, because they keep trying to dance while surfing and falling off
not because they’re part of a group of pokemon thieves or anything, just because they’re that bad at surfing and people are tired of having to rescue them
