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why is your tea liquidised?
….. Where exactly do you live that the tea isn’t liquid?!?
No it’s sweet tea you drink it cold
WHO DRINKS COLD TEA???
HAVE YOU NEVER HAD ICED/SWEET TEA BEFORE?!?
England, you stole tea from China. You’ve had it a mere 4 centuries compared to their 30+. Don’t play like you’re some kind of authority.
[skeletons ooh-ing]
Shots fired. World War Tea has officially begun.
Englad doesn’t own anything
except that time we owned most of the world
If I stop reblogging this, I’ve gone to the other side.
I have only seen this legendary post in screenshots, so today is a blessed day.
HAH
BOSTON TEA PARTY PART 2
HOLY HELL I FOUND IT
And this is why I love Tumblr
Drinking cold tea is like drinking cold hot chocolate. Sure, you *can* do it, but you *really shouldn’t*
I only see this on pinterest omg….
BEHOLD THE GREATEST TUMBLR POST
“world war tea” is the best play on words i’ve heard in weeks
this post is a wild ride from start to finish
I haven’t seen this since chocolate milk was added. Is that really just an American thing? You’re missing out guys!
😂😂😂
Cold tea
Cold hot chocolate aka chocolate milk
Cold coffee
I mean, do yall even know about cold water or is that an American thing too???
YOU GUYS DRINK COFFEE COLD AS WELL???
Does the rest of the world not use ice cubes? Do y'all not have freezers? What is going on?
KOKOBOT - The Airbnb-Owned Tech Startup - Data Mining Tumblr Users' Mental Health Crises for "Content"
I got this message from a bot, and honestly? If I was a bit younger and not such a jaded bitch with a career in tech, I might have given it an honest try. I spent plenty of time in a tough situation without access to any mental health resources as a teen, and would have been sucked right in.
Chatting right from your phone, and being connected with people who can help you? Sounds nice. Especially if you believe the testimonials they spam you with (tw suicide / self harm mention in below images)
But I was getting a weird feeling, so I went to read the legalese.
I couldn't even get through the fine-print it asked me to read and agree to, without it spamming the hell out of me. Almost like they expect people to just hit Yes? But I'm glad I stopped to read, because:
- What you say on there won't be confidential. (And for context, I tried it out and the things people were looking for help with? I didn't even feel comfortable sharing here as examples, it was all so deeply personal and painful)
- Also, what you say on there? Is now...
- Koko's intellectual property - giving them the right to use it in any way they see fit, including
- Publicly performing or displaying your "content" (also known as your mental health crisis) in any media format and in any media channel without limitation
- Do this indefinitely after you end your account with them
- Sell / share this "content" with other businesses
- Any harm you come to using Koko? That's on you.
- And Koko won't take responsibility for anything someone says to you on there (which is bleak when people are using it to spread Christianity to people in crisis)
I was curious about their business model. They're a venture-capitol based tech startup, owned by Airbnb, the famous mental health professionals with a focus on ethical business practices./s They're also begging for donations despite having already been given 2.5 million dollars in research funding. (If you want a deep dive on why people throw crazy money at tech startups, see my other post here)
They also use the data they gather from users to conduct research and publish papers. I didn't find them too interesting - other than as a good case study of "People tend to find what they are financially incentivized to find". Predictably, Koko found that Kokobot was beneficial to its users.
So yeah, being a dumbass with too much curiosity, I decided to use the Airbnb-owned Data-Mining Mental Health Chatline anyway. And if you thought it was dangerous sounding from the disclaimers? Somehow it got worse.
(trigger warning / discussions of child abuse / sexual abuse / suicide / violence below the cut - please don't read if you're not in a good place to hear about negligence around pretty horrific topics.)
Kokobot is incredibly predatory and exploitative. I wrote a post about how it exploits minors' empathy and gamifies "giving mental health advice", resulting in an unregulated mess that can only do harm to teens' mental health in the long run.
There are young people on tumblr that actively seek support from KokoBot right now, if you check the tag for recent posts. Those people did not get paid to promote it, so do not harrass them. If you can, direct them towards resources about Kokobot (like this post) that are more transparent about what this company is up to.
This... is DEEPLY DISTURBING.
SIGNAL.
BOOST.
hot girl throwing up in a dumpster outside the club
okay so decided to reverse image search and it's apparently a memorial to unborn babies lost during or immediately after pregnancy due to genetic defects (website says trisomy 18 specifically)
so as much as I love to make a joke on here, I'm going to retract my last comment and replace it with:
fuck you, that's absolutely ghoulish behavior to co-opt someone else's grief, strip it of context, and warp it's meaning to fit your personal beliefs i hope you die in a car fire
(id: illustration of iroh form avatar the last airbender, bathing in a pond. he is sitting between lilly pads leafs in his left hand he is holding a steaming red teacup. he is smiling at the viewer. end id)
i needed like... an iroh chilling in a pond... you know to lift my spirits?
oh well....
a freind @wildkitte said: Mmmm iroh flavoured tea [sips]
and i love her so much for that! don't drink the tea!
artworks blog: @chiptrillino-art
"You can have X and still feel empathy!" True, but the people who DON'T experience empathy don't deserve to get thrown under the bus either
"Having X doesn't mean you can't be smart!" True, but the people you WOULDN'T consider smart don't deserve to get thrown under the bus either
"Having X doesn't mean you're violent!" True, but the people who have been violent don't deserve to get thrown under the bus either
"You can have X and still take care of yourself!" True, but the people who genuinely can't don't deserve to get thrown under the bus either
"You can have X and still act normal!" True, but can you guess what I have to add about the people who CAN'T act normal?
Because if your activism is all about trying to separate your personal self from ableist dehumanization instead of actually challenging said dehumanization, your activism really sucks!
Because I'm only seeing other Jews posting about this, non-Jews I need you to be aware that for the past month or two there has been a wave of bomb threats and swattings at synagogues all across the US. They usually do it when services are being livestreamed. I haven't seen a single non-Jew talking about this. High holidays are coming up in a few weeks, which is when most attacks happen against our communities. We're worried, and we need people to know what's happening to us.
I WOULD PAY TEN TIMES AS MUCH FOR CHOCOLATE IF IT MEANT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SLAVES IN THE WORLD? HOW IS THIS ANY KIND OF PROBLEM.
good news, you can! the company’s called Tony’s Chocolonely and their entire purpose is to make slave-free chocolate and reform the chocolate industry.


https://tonyschocolonely.com/us/en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%27s_Chocolonely
Whole Foods carries it. If you don’t want to support an Amazon-owned company, World Market carries it. You can also buy it directly from the company.

It’s the best chocolate I’ve ever had and it’s 100% slave free. Tony’s Chocolonely works really hard to push for transparency within the chocolate industry and actually has and is following an action plan to eliminate slavery within cocoa production. They’re good people who make good chocolate.
A list of slavery-free chocolate companies:
- Aldi
- Aloha Feels Chocolate
- Alma Chocolate
- Alter Eco Chocolate
- Amano Chocolate
- Askinoise Chocolate
- The Beach Chocolate Factory
- Belicious
- Black Mountain Chocolate
- Cacaoteca
- Caribeans Chocolate
- Castronovo Chocolate
- Charm School Chocolates
- Chocolate Cartel
- Chocolat Celeste
- Chocolate Tree
- Chocolate Troubadour
- Choconat
- Coco Chocolate
- Compartes Chocolates
- Dandelion Chocolate
- Dark Forest Chocolate
- Denman Island Chocolate
- Divine Chocolate Co.
- Eating Evolved
- Eat Your Hat
- El Ceibo
- The Endangered Species
- Equal Exchange
- Fairafric
- Forever Cocoa
- Fresco Chocolate
- Fruition Chocolate
- Gayleen’s Decadence
- GEPA Chocolate
- Giddy Yo Yo
- Grenada Chocolate Company
- Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate
- Guittard
- Habitual Chocolate
- Hagensborg Chocolates
- Health by Chocolate
- Hilo Shark Chocolate
- HNINA Gourmet
- Honest Artisan Chocolate
- Hooray Tuffles
- Ithaca Fine Chocolates
- L.A. Burdick Chocolates
- La Iguana Chocolate
- Lake Champlain Chocolates
- La Siembra Cooperative
- Lillie Belle Farms
- Madecasse
- Malagasy
- Maverick Chocolate Company
- Max Havelaar
- Mayan Monkey
- Mayordomo
- Mia Chocolate
- Montezuma’s Chocolates
- Nayah Amazon Chocolates
- Newman’s Own Organics
- Purdy’s Chocolate
- Omanahene Cocoa Bean Company
- Ombar
- OpuLux Fair Trade Chocolate
- Original Hawaiian Chocolate
- Parliament Chocolate
- Montevérgine
- Patric Chocolate
- Plamil Organic Chocolate
- Potomac Chocolate
- Pure Lovin’ Chocolate
- Rain Republic
- Rapunzel Pure Organics
- Ritual Chocolate
- Samaritan Xocolata
- Sappho Chocolates
- Seed & Bean Chocolate
- Shaman Chocolates
- Sibú Chocolate
- Solkiki Chocolate
- Sweet Earth Chocolates
- Sweet Impact Fudge
- Sweet Riot
- Sun Eaters Organics
- Taza Chocolate
- Terra Nostra Organic
- Terroir Chocolate
- TCHO
- The Chocolate Wave
- Theo Chocolate
- The Original Chocolate Bar (Houston, TX)
- Tobago Estate Chocolate
- TONY’S CHOCOLONELY
- Vivani Chocolate
- Vosges
- Wei of Chocolate
- Xocolatl Chocolate
- Zotter
Taza chocolate is really good
This is super important! Slave child labor is used in many many cocoa farms from big name companies like Nestle and Dove. Here is a good link discussing it: http://www.foodispower.org/slavery-chocolate/ .
And here is an easy score card to see who the worst offenders are/who to avoid most: https://www.greenamerica.org/end-child-labor-cocoa/chocolate-scorecard


























