In today’s news of “things that have absolutely f**king destroyed me so now I want them to destroy you,” I bring you this tweet that absolutely no one ever f**king asked for.
Twitter user @ohytargaryen decided to point out—rather rudely—that Game of Thrones is just a “live action Shrek,” and, they brought receipts to prove it.
I mean…this scene in Shrek is basically the same as Sansa and Tyrion’s wedding.
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But just…Jaime…I mean…!!!!!!
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WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K GUYS!!!!!
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Shrek is The Hound!
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Arya as Puss In Boots? Perfection.
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DRAGONS! DRAGONS GUYS!
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Podrick = Human Shrek? YES!
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Guys, dis tew much.
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And, someone even pointed out that Bran was in Shrek, too…
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BRB while I go rip my eyes out because I’m scarred for f**king life.
Any woman on the internet knows the annoyance of a guy who just won’t leave her alone, whether on social media or in real life. And, of course, there are the worst guys—the ones who send unsolicited dick pics. It’s not cute, it’s harassment.
But, because not all guys are terrible, and allyship comes in all forms, one man made himself truly useful by tweeting what look like candid pics of himself, meant to be used to deflect unwanted male attention.
Trevor Norris (@trevor_norris0 on Twitter) included four pictures of himself in a tweet that read, “Saw there was an actual market of women that needed this… so here are some pictures y’all can use to send to guys that won’t leave you alone or keep sending you unsolicited pictures. Goodluck.”
Norris also pointed out that a woman who is being harassed on Instagram can contact the company.
If you foreal have a problem with being harassed and don’t know how get out of said situation or what to do about it go to IG. There is a real support system there forall the troubled people out there. Goodluck & be safe pic.twitter.com/W254XOlpbw
And the results were fantastic. Women were thrilled that they now had realistic-looking pictures they could send to anyone bothering them to send the message “I got a man.”
My friend doesn’t have twitter but I showed her ur thread and we literally just used one of ur pics to get rid of a guy tht has kept blowing her up and not taking the hint
One mom wrote to Norris to thank him and call him a genius.
As a mom, I personally don’t have need of your services, but I LOVE YOU—YOU ARE A GENIUS. Thank you so much for helping girls (maybe even some guys) protect themselves. It’s sad that it’s necessary. I’m sending this to my daughter and all her friends. ?
Sex is pretty great, no secret there. However, there are some things that come pretty close—if not exceed—how good sex feels. Slipping your bra off through your shirt sleeve at the end of the day, for example, or perhaps just having the bed all to yourself without someone waking you up. These are just a few of the many things that women can agree feel better than getting down and dirty.
1. Freedom from booby prison.
Taking off my bra after work is better than sex don’t fight me on this
It’s one thing to have to hear sexist men spout off about the way women should live their lives, but it’s another to see a woman doing the same thing to other women. Federalist writer Denise McAllister, who was recently let go from her job after writing a homophobic tweet, is under fire for her comments about the way husbands should be treated by their wives.
Writer Denise McAllister recently tweeted an extremely sexist ‘lesson’ about how wives should treat their husbands while they’re watching sports.
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To which we say…
And Twitter was beyond pissed that McAllister would enforce such BS gender stereotypes.
American journalist and author Dana Schwartz was one of the many outraged tweeters.
Of course, some people (men) didn’t think it was so bad.
But things took a turn for the worst when HuffPost writer Yashar Ali commented on McAllister’s post.
And McAllister attacked Yashar’s sexuality.
She continued to spit horrifically homophobic words at Yashar and ended up losing her job because of it.
People quickly rushed to Ali’s defense, prompting McAllister’s feeble attempts to defend her own words.
And both of the publications McAllister wrote for, The Federalist and The Daily Wire, told her she was no longer welcome.
Meet Ali Resuta. She’s a 21-year-old senior at Arizona State University who’s thinking about maybe trying to get into a career in YouTube. She’s not sure yet, but if her experience with the guy we’re about to write about is any indication, she might want to have a back-up plan.
Resuta posted what she called“a somewhat risqué picture” to her Instagram stories while on vacation in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago. A guy who she knew had a girlfriend reacted to the photo and she decided to post the exchange that followed between them to Twitter.
She tweeted a screengrab from Insta where she asks him, “Don’t ya have a gf?” and he responds, “Yes I do, Sorry I was going through my stories and accidentally hit the emojis.” Mm-hm. A likely story. In the tweet, she wrote, “Men ain’t sh*t.”
Patrick was one of the aforementioned randos and he distinguished himself by asking for her Venmo account. When she asked him why, he said it was because he’d just seen her vlog. As Resuta explained, “Men are weird and I’ve gotten a considerate amount of money from random dudes on the internet for no reason whatsoever. So, as you could see in the screenshot, I got pretty excited because I thought I was about to get some money.”
Patrick didn’t want her Venmo account to give her money, he wanted it so he could actually request payment from her. He actually requested $5 reimbursement for “3:44 of [his] time,” the exact length of her latest vlog.
All right, that’s pretty funny. And because she’s got a good sense of humor, Resuta took the burn gracefully. “I knew hewas just kidding and not actually trying to be mean,” she said.
And, because she’s obviously a screenshot pro, she took screenshots of her interaction with Patrick and put them on Twitter, writing, “This is the end of my YouTube career.”
That tweet went hugely viral, racking up over 230,000 likes and 33,000 retweets. As a result, Resuta did get more people jokingly asking her to pay them back for their time, but she also got one person who did send her $5 for 3:44 of his time, saying, “that guys [sic] dumb.” Sweet!
She told BuzzFeed News, “Thankfully the tweet has calmed down and the internet has gone back to ignoring me.”
And as forPatrick, A) no, she did not pay him (“I’m way too broke for that,” she explained) and B) they’re on good terms and definitely got a laugh out of the fact that the tweet blew up like it did.
Resuta said that she was inspired in her vlogging by celebrity YouTubers like David Dobrik and Cody Ko. She told BuzzFeed that her YouTube channel is “actually not serious at all.” For now, it’s just a way to vlog her experiences with her friends. She added, “But, I mean, who knows, maybe one day I’ll take it seriously.”
Pretty much anything Chrissy Teigen does is news because the woman is America’s sweetheart. Which is why, when the model/cookbook author bought a new hamster, Twitter immediately took an interest. And when she lost the little critter (named Peanut Butter) pretty much right away, she kept up a constant stream of tweets keeping her followers abreast of the situation.
Luna and I bought a hamster today. Her name is peanut butter. John is not thrilled, which makes me love her more.
John (Legend, Teigen’s husband) will probably learn to be thrilled because hamsters are ridiculously adorable (it is annoying how active they get at night, though).
Teigen shared some details about her new little family member.
They told us we can feed her anything. My mom said “rice?” And they go “no, not rice”
While it was clear that Teigen had the hamster’s best interests at heart, the cage wasn’t ideal.
Please don’t feel bad for her. We got her everything and more and a giant space to roam in. If I had a safe enclosure for a hamster farm, i would have that.
Twitter rallied around and gave her tips on how to catch Peanut Butter. Interestingly, one of them involves peanut butter!
we are doing your peanut butter on a plate trick to find peanut butter. I swear to god if other critters come out of the woodwork for it, john will vomit and die
But, if you want to get a true and honest opinion on something—go ask some kids. Kids are the most savage, ruthless, and cutthroat individuals when it comes to being truthful. Don’t believe me? Just ask these kids who have no problem bringing forth the savage truth.
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4-year-old: Can I have some of your candy?
Wife: I got this for Mother's Day.
4: You're only a mom because of me.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) May 13, 2017
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I was arguing with my husband and my son screamed "yay! TWO christmases!" from the other room.
Recently, a new trend has surfaced on Twitter in which a user will suggest a topic for people to share their “unpopular opinions.” From food to music to relationships, people all over Twitter have revealed some of their most unpopular opinions—like one guy who suggested bacon isn’t “all that.” Thank you, kind sir, but, next.
The latest topic to be thrown out was from Twitter user LUSH LAVIÉ, who suggested that people on his timeline share their unpopular opinions about best friends.
In the wake of the #MeToo Movement and survivors coming forward with their stories, there are a lot of emotions that come to light for me, as an assault survivor. While I support all victims and survivors and their stories, respect their decision to speak up and be part of a movement, and, disclose information in the way they see fit—for me, the movement has shed light on victims in a way that, I feel, uses them.
When I was 16-years-old, I was assaulted by someone who I was casually dating. The grasp of his hand wrapped around my wrists while I struggled to gasp for air outside fo his mouth on mine, his body pinned up against mine in the passenger seat while I tried to escape his hold on me—they all play in my mind like a black and white, silent movie. The screams I let out, weigh in the back of my mind. His hot breath creeps down my neck. I relive memories and moments of that night every single time I read a hashtag, a list, a story about #MeToo.
More often than not, women are speaking up about their own assault stories. To those who feel comfort and peace speaking up and coming forward, becoming part of a hashtag and part of a movement—that’s their own decision.
For me, personally and for my own story—I don’t feel that becoming part of a hashtag campaign will bring me peace. I don’t want sympathy, I don’t want “sorry,” and, I don’t want to hear people telling me how I should cope.
My problem that comes with the #MeToo movement is that so often, people become desensitized to stories of abuse. The more we see them, the more that we normalize them. The same thing happens with violence on the news—the more we see it, the more we hear it, the more we expect it. Speaking up brings awareness, sure, but speaking up also makes it seem that it’s normal for this to happen to young women, who are impressionable and fragile—young and naive.
When people share this hashtag online, they have no idea how it can trigger a reaction—how the words can bring back memories that haunt us, ones we have tried for far too long to hide in the back of our minds—locked away, tucked under a box, with a lock and a key we threw out years ago. Not everyone wants to speak about their abuse, not everyone wants to share their stories. And, forcing individuals to speak up—telling them they should “share their story so we can show that toxic masculinity needs to end,” it’s an unfair pressure to put on assault survivors.
I’m not saying that people who are apart of the #MeToo movement are wrong—in fact, I commend their strength and honesty, their decision to speak out. What I am saying is that just because someone shares their story, does not mean I need to share mine. While many celebrities and advocates hope to have a “chain reaction,” where countless women speak up and share their story—for some of us, we just don’t want to.
Victims do not owe anyone their stories. And, it’s time we respect this.
