[desperately] Maybe this is from some country where they use commas as decimal points, and also as digit separators after the decimal, and also use random other characters for decoration???
Panther Six, 1977. A six-wheel 2-seat convertible designed by Wayne Cherry and Geoff Lawson under the direction of Robert Jankel who had been inspired by the 6-wheel Tyrrell P34 Formula 1 car. It was powered by a mid-mounted twin turbocharged 8.2 litre Cadillac V8 engine. Jankel’s Panther Westwinds had planned for a limited series but went of business before production could begin. Only one black right-hand drive car had been made but a second white left hand drive car was made from parts sold by there receivers who had wound up the company.
banging my head on the wall BEGGING people on the internet to learn what an Inside Thought is. like you do not need to express every nasty opinion you have, and if you do so publicly, you gotta accept that people are gonna get mad at you for saying shit like “i find gay men repulsive”. social media is not your private diary, it is public. there are consequences for saying terrible things, such as thousands of people thinking you’re an asshole.
PLEASE learn what an inside thought is. you do not need to share everything that goes through your head. you shouldn’t.
once you say something out loud people can hear it and respond. if what you say out loud insults them, they will also get mad at you. the nice thing about inside thoughts is when you don’t say insulting things out loud to people, they don’t get mad at you.
you have every right to say mean stupid bullshit that pisses people off, but if you don’t want to deal with the consequences of that, consider learning some fuckin restraint.
this is why journaling and/or talking to yourself is such a useful tool. you can even make a post and leave it in drafts! it’s healthy to get those thoughts out of your brain, but it’s important to keep to an appropriate context.
So, I write a lot of posts.
I don’t post all that much.
Most of my posts, I get part way through writing and then one or more of a few thoughts pop into my head. 1. How would someone most likely respond to this?
2. How confident am I about the facts I’m stating/clarifying/correcting?
3. Am I actually adding anything to this conversation?
If I don’t like the answer to any of these, I either work on the post, or, if it doesn’t feel worth refining (or six tabs of research), I just stop writing and cancel the reblog. I had an idea, but it’s not ready to see the light of day. I don’t feel like defending this idea, even if I think it’s good. It might not even be good, once I see it on the screen. It very well might make me look dumb. It’s fine. My words don’t need to be on every post on this damn webbed site, and I don’t need an opinion on every topic that I lay my eyes on.
ALT
