He said some horrible things to his wife (in front of their small children) and I stepped in. I took the heat off her for just a bit and had his rage directed towards me. I managed not to get hit, but the situation stuck with me. I wonder how she is doing.
Yeah I’m still thinking about the guy who tried to gender shame me the other day, how he thought that was the worst thing he could say to me. When that didn’t phase me, he threatened to hit me. There was more to the story. I was intervening on what I thought was about to turn into domestic violence.
Anyway, this is probably how Genesis P. Orrige felt. Jim Carey probably doesn’t give AF either. At least, I hope he doesn’t.
How it offends them that I don’t make myself hot to their specifications. Why would I even want that?
It bewilders me when a rando expresses that I don’t fit into the attractiveness category for them, as if this is something I should care about.
I personally find it delightful that folks have so many options with which to choose how they appear nowadays. Fashion, faces, bodies, eye color can all be methods of personal expression if a person wants it to be. Absolutely amazing how we get to express ourselves.
It’s interesting how many people think of other people’s bodily autonomy choices as moral failings, whether it’s cosmetic surgery, abortions, the decision whether or not to wear makeup, their hairstyle, fashion decisions, etc.
Thanks! After this, he shifted to threatening to hit me. Luckily I got out of it unscathed...
Haha thanks!
Yesterday I got into a bit of an IRL altercation with a wannabe bully. He tried to hurt my feelings by telling me he couldn't tell if I'm a man or a woman. Considering I'm nonbinary, it was not the flex he thought it was. 😂
ICYMI, the Rumpus is currently owned by superstar couple Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman ✨
ICYMI, the Rumpus is currently owned by superstar couple Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman ✨
It's ongoing! But when we are deluged, we'll close submissions until we can catch up.
The Rumpus is open again for submissions! Send us your previously unpublished emotionally resonant comics 💖
In October 2024, the Georgia secretary of state’s office launched an investigation after receiving numerous reports from residents across several counties saying they’d received partially prefilled absentee ballot applications from Musk’s America PAC. trib.al/n6hAZOC
I've never gotten good at habitually using e-calendars, so this study makes me feel less ashamed of my paper agendas and calendars 😅
A Japanese study found paper-calendar users lit up memory-related brain regions and recalled details 25% faster than phone-calendar users.
"notebook aided acquisition of rich encoding and/or spatial information, [was used] as retrieval clues, led to higher activations in specific brain regions."
NYTimes 11:29 AM Breaking News President Trump said he was "ashamed" of certain justices who rejected his tariffs, pledging to work around the ruling.
I'm not sure this counts when it's coming from a shameless man.
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Phenomenal audio book
A honey bucket toilet blown over
This year so far
It sucked at the time, but it quickly became a funny story. I used the unemployment money to travel to Europe for the first time and had many adventures. And ended up getting more in unemployment than I did at the shitty job. Thanks, creepy manager!
I was once fired for stealing (I did not steal). I was mortified and devastated! Years later, I learned that the real reason I was let go was cuz the manager had an inappropriate crush on one of my coworkers, who apparently had a crush on me, and she was jealous about the attention they gave me. 😐
To be clear, this is not my current partner 🤣
When my worst sexual experience became my funniest comic...
I imagine it feels like being in a loving mosh pit!
I stood waiting for them to take flight for what felt like an hour. Of course they did it right after I gave up and was walking away! Luckily I was still able to witness this tiny miracle. My heart lifted as I watched, and it does so again each time I watch the video.
Tiny murmuration
Red flowers
Murder of crows
Pink blossoms
Red blossoms
Blooming
Actor Bud Cort
Bud Cort was my favorite Los Angeles celebrity encounter, a charming man despite my approaching him with starstruck giddiness as he shopped for groceries in a house robe. Rest in peace, brilliant man. 💔
A border collie and a small black and white dog snuggling in a small bed.
Friends ❤️
