“hahahahahaha he called his fans tumblypoos.”
jesus christ you humorless fucking joykills; I called tumblr users tumblypoos like you call them tumblrinas.
Either dial up your irony awareness meter or dial down your condescending judgement meter; either suits me fine.
Kafka's Subscriptions
@sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog:*clears throat* [Advertisement voice] Waking up as a cockroach isn't easy. But what is easy is treating yourself and others through Kafka's Subscriptions. Kafka's monthly treats from the Awesome Coffee Club, Awesome Socks Club, and Sun Basin Soaps ignite joy in his thorax while also 100% of the profits go to charity. Maybe being a bug ain't so bad.
just-a-turtleduck asked:
hey unpaid coffee intern if i have $10 would that money make more money for partners in health if i donated it directly or if i blazed one of your ads
This is very generous, especially considering that you are just a turtleduck.
The most direct way to support our work with PIH is to donate at http://pih.org/hankandjohn. Of the $40,000,000 we’ve raised to support stronger maternal and child health so far, almost half has been raised one way or another through direct donations.
That said, I also would not turn down a blaze. I have a strict policy of never doing so.
harley-the-pancake asked:
Hi there John, this may be a very serious and/or random question (I’m shit with words, sorry), but do you remember writing the intro to This Star Won’t Go Out?
yes, of course!
(This Star Won’t Go Out is a memoir by Esther Earl, who died of cancer in 2010 at the age of 16. In the last couple years of her life, I became friends with Esther and her family, and The Fault in Our Stars is dedicated to her. The book is fictional, and has multiple inspirations, but I could never have written it without knowing and caring for Esther.)
Esther’s parents Wayne and Lori visited us here in Indianapolis last week. We had a nice dinner together and talked about family and memories of Esther and we told my son about the time he got to meet Esther when he was a newborn baby. It’s always lovely to be with Wayne and Lori, who are such thoughtful and generous people.
So yes I remember writing the intro! I hope lots of people who haven’t read Esther’s book will discover at some point on their reading travels! And I also have to plug the charity Esther’s folks set up in her memory called This Star Won’t Go Out, which provides direct financial support to families of kids living with cancer. They do amazing work, and I’ve been lucky to meet a few of the families helped by TSWGO, and I just think it’s a wonderful way to continue Esther’s legacy of deep empathy.
ohmightyfirefox-deactivated2023 asked:
NO NEED TO REPLY but my mom joined the awesome socks club because of your advertisement where you were too tired to get up (she could relate).
Now I have an extremely hard time with socks because of my autism based sensory issues around my feet. I’ve worn the same kind out of the same 8-pack from Target for years. But I wanted to try these on because I’m a Green Superfan and…. they’re working for me???? Like they’re not itchy or too hot or too tight? I was expecting to slide them on, take a picture, and peel them off immediately but I think they’re safe to keep on for at least my adventures today.
Anyway I just wanted you to know that these awesome socks are indeed awesome, from someone who very much is opposed to socks.
ohmightyfirefox, thank you for the kind message. I also have some sensory issues with textiles, and I have also found awesome socks to be shockingly unproblematic on that front, even though I don’t fully understand why.
(The toe seam is basically nonexistent, which is part of it, but also they just feel–to me anyway–weirdly and consistently comfortable.)
So please thank your mom for me, and thanks for sharing this perspective. We are leaving the awesome socks club open for new subscribers for a while longer; anyone interested can learn more at awesomesocks.club.
Tuberculosis has recently regained it long-held distinction as the world’s deadliest infectious disease. But it’s not just the deadliest disease infectious disease right now, killing over 1,500,000 people each year. It’s also the deadliest infectious disease ever, killing over a billion people just in the last 200 years.
TB is older even than our species. It infected hominids like homo erectus over a million years ago.
Only in the last seventy years has the disease been largely curable. If everyone with TB received appropriate treatment and support, and if their loved ones received preventative therapy, TB deaths could decline by over 50% in the next decade.
For me, this is a cause of both hope and despair. Hope, because so many people work together to make breakthroughs in treatment, or to build and maintain the systems that allow treatment to be distributed, or to advocate for expanded treatment access. But also despair because we know almost all of these deaths are unnecessary and directly result from a human world that fails to acknowledge the truth that all humans lives are equally valuable.
swampcowboy asked:
i saw you were trending #3 on here and the Fear that shot through my body was. unparalleled. but i think it’s just because you made a funny tweet
Things can trend on tumblr? Oh no. That’s not good. That explains all the recent asks.
THESE WINGS ARE MADE OF WAX, SWAMPCOWBOY, AND THIS COFFEE COMPANY MAY BE FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE GODDAMNED SUN.
![A series of tweets between John Green and Em (@seeeingsounds). [Primary Tweet] John Green: It's as if in 2014, I'd been like, "I'll just buy Tumblr." [Thread Reply] John Green: $8 a month to edit reblogs. [Reply] Em: I'll pay you $8 to not delete this tweet. [Reply] John Green: k but send it to {linked: Maternal Center of Excellence}](https://64.media.tumblr.com/36673ffb02862d7676915e4d3a566789/d2b7978871f55f50-9f/s1280x1920/7b8a7065cc89d4566ecff1e11506f325b578b871.jpg)
ALTObjectively the funniest thing to come out of twitter’s sinking ship
The best part is that person did donate $8 to Partners in Health, and so I didn’t delete the tweet.
“His books still suck, though.”
Bitch, no they don’t. My books are super good.
a-b-c-andy asked:
Did you ask for a meme?
The memes y'all make are so much better than the memes I made. Get Awesome Coffee. It’s exceptionally good coffee–ethically sourced, perfectly roasted, and delivered fresh to your door.
