this is mean and terrible but it exhausts me to be around people who haven’t finished going through their pretentious asshole phase like okay holden caulfield I know we’re all helplessly suckling at the teat of modern media but can you shut up and play some goddamn mario kart for like five minutes
The aid I just spoke with for my Republican Rep was really nice and asked if I had any comments to pass along to her
EMPHASIZE THE FCC SHOULD NOT SET THE PRECEDENT THAT THEY CAN JUST DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH NO OVERSIGHT
I know you guys don’t wanna talk to people, god knows I didn’t want to either but for the good of us all, CALL THEM
BE HEARD
They can’t say ‘these are fake’ the way the FCC did
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#BOOST THIS
i dont live in the USA but i have friends that do so i’ll reblog the shit out of this for you guys
IF YOU DON’T LIVE IN THE USA AND YOU STILL HAVE NET NEUTRALITY THIS AFFECTS YOU TOO.
IF THE USA REPEALS NET NEUTRAILY THE COMPANIES IN YOUR COUNTRY WILL LIKELY WANT TO FOLLOW SUIT AND SAY “IF AMERICA CAN CHARGE FOR CONTROLLING THE INTERNET, WHY SHOULDNT WE?”
SO EVEN IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF AMERICA REBLOG FOR YOUR AMERICAN FOLLOWERS TO CALL THEIR REPS!!!
It’s scary – Bell, Cineplex, Shaw, and Rogers are trying to censor the internet and force the end of net neutrality in Canada. And worse, they’re trying to do it behind closed doors.
These 4 companies, led by Bell, are pushing to create an internet “blacklist” of certain websites that all internet service providers in Canada would legally have to block. They know this outrageous proposal would never pass, so first, they tried to sneak it into NAFTA negotiations – and now Bell is expected to introduce its proposal to Canada’s telecom regulator TOMORROW.
Critics are calling this move “unprecedented” and dangerous. If these companies get their way, this internet blacklist would have absolutely zero oversight in the courts. We need to stop this urgently.
HOSPITALS. ARE. ALREADY. REQUIRED. UNDER. LAW. TO. PROVIDE. LIFE. SAVING. EMERGENCY. CARE. REGARDLESS. OF. ABILITY. TO. PAY. OR. EVEN. CITIZENSHIP.
Stop acting like Americans have no access to emergency healthcare unless we socialize medicine.
IF. YOU. GO. AND. CAN’T. PAY. YOU’RE. STILL. THOUSANDS. IN. DEBT. THIS. IS. NOT. ACCESS.
This hospital in my city just threw out a homeless man
The hospital which took me in after I collapsed from the fist sized tumor over my heart, released me after refusing to diagnose it as cancer, which would have forced them to give me some kind of treatment. The doctor at the county hospital which took me in looked at their tests and said, “this is CLEARLY cancer, why didn’t they diagnose it? We can’t let you leave.”
Hospitals find ways when they want to, to avoid helping people when they want to.
“Oh that’s illegal, you should sue” “ with what money and how will I get the time and energy when I’m busy recovering from chemo?”
People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.
Absolutely this: “People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.”
“People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.”
let it sink in “People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.”
If it takes money to defend, it’s not a right anymore.
So, Illya’s scared of bats (Bat Cave Affair), he’s scared of big dogs (Bow Wow Affair), he gets sea sick (Shark Affair), he has allergies (Fiery Angel Affair), and he can’t recognise faces (Very Important Zombie Affair). He really is the cutest secret agent ever.
Wait I thought he was in the navy?? (A navy soldier who gets seasick…
I think in fanon people tend to decide he served on submarines. But it’s not that clear he was in the navy. There’s just that one episode where he appears in a navy uniform. He could have been undercover. But he very definitely is seasick in The Shark Affair. He says how much he hates the sea.
Apparently MGM, in its background notes on Illya, said that he’d served in the Russian Navy on a submarine named “Moskva”. The same notes also said he’d burnt down an igloo (which appeared as a throwaway line in one of the movies). So it’s canon–but not shown-up-there-on-the-screen canon!
The “box of jazz records under the bed” comes from a similar source.
Ok but I have a theory about his seasickness. The scene where he’s seasick is when he’s on the raft. I really don’t remember him mentioning it while they’re on the ship. He seems grumpy, but he doesn’t seem (to me anyway) to be seasick anymore. So my theory is that the raft was particularly rough, but once he’s on the ship, that’s sea motion he’s used to, so his nausea goes away. I’ve seen this happen to people before, where they can handle being on larger vessels but being in small watercraft just sucks for them. And idk, you could interpret him saying he hates the sea in the same way I say I hate driving when I’m stuck in traffic.
Idk that’s my personal headcanon and I’m sticking to it.
The Paradox Machine 