#;; { this might seem like an odd take but }

[canisalbus]

Hi!! I don't know if anyone has drawn this before (sorry if they have!! I couldn't find any evidence of it) but I have recently been plagued with the question of "what if Machete and Vasco were in Bluey?"

Well. Now we know.

To my knowledge, the only Bluey dogs who wear clothes are the ones in uniforms. TECHNICALLY Machete's outfit could count, but I left it out because it's not typical of a main character. He must be naked 😔

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#oh GEEZ they're so cute uaugh #no you're the first to make this crossover! #once someone told me that my dogs and Bluey could exist in the same universe #and even though I'm getting my Bluey lore from second hand sources I think that might be correct and feasible #so you know #take that and eat it with your breakfast #it's great how it's almost justified to let Machete keep his outfit but in the end he must be naked 😔 #while everyone is on board with Vasco wearing only a smile #like yeah that tracks he doesn't seem to mind #I like how you managed to translate Vasco's gradients to a form that works with the art style #including the lighter chest/abdomen #also maybe this is an odd thing to say but I suddenly realized how monochrome they are #like their designs have very little contrast and are essentially just different hues of a same color #weird moment to notice that #thank you! this was so sweet #they're adorable #gift art #stafell #own characters #Machete #Vasco #I had sort of a rough day so this cheered me up a lot #cw needles #I had to go get blood tests done and this specific lab person had been really heavyhanded with me before so I asked her to be gentle #and she jabbed the needle into a nerve and I full on screamed in pain and sweated and shook and passed out for a couple of seconds #worst medical experience this far I never knew routine stuff like that could potentially hurt so immensely #I've never been scared of needles before and that has been sort of a point of pride for me #like at least I can do this one unpleasant thing effortlessly #but now I'm just terrified of that happening again #been feeling really weird/exhausted/nauseous all day and the arm still feels weak and tingly so I'm going to bed early tonight

[gregoftom]

oh they fr had bitchnasty sex after this

#tomgreg #I CANT BREATHE HAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oh wow. ohhhhhhh wow. oh wow. hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa wow. #GREG REALLY SAID: YOU WANNA FUCK ME SO BAD IT MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID. #the way tom goes OHHHhhhh at greg getting bold is Exactly the same tone me and my gf use with each other. just. you know. for reference. #BUT GREG'S LITTLE HEAD GESTURE BEFORE HE SAID PROVE IT LIKE HE REALLY MEANS IT?????? I GOTTA GO #also i'm sorry but they both read so fucking gay to me like so gay. esp greg in this moment. his line for comfry is so like. #it's so. like you just wouldn't do that. i think. if you were straight. I DONT KNOW I JUST FEEL A KINDRED SPIRIT IN HIM I GUESS. #''she seems like a nice.... person'' GIRL WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT AND THE PAUSE BEFORE PERSON I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE. #i know what you both are. #like. fuck what else can i say about this scene. they're insane i guess???? #oh btw i know for a fact tom thinks greg is the most beautiful weird ass creature he's ever seen #like you know a sea creature that's kinda weird that you'd find at the bottom of the ocean that you see in an aquarium #and you're like wow!! that's odd! but.... so beautiful #like that's greg to tom. yet he's like SHES SO PRETTY AND YOU'RE SO GROSS HAHAHA #like. i see what you're doing you fucking avocado you're like oh don't bother going after her bc you're sweet and she might actually say yes #she might like you for what i like you for and y'all might hook up and i can't be having that!!! #like he's so transparent lmfao. #how do i know tom thinks greg is beautiful?? well who else do you say would be fit to take over from your beautiful wife if she died #ALSO tom is just surprised that greg bit back he's not even like. angry? idk i feel like if anyone else said that they'd be #family guy on the floor pose #about shiv being out of his league i mean #HE EVEN LOOKED AT GREGS MOUTH WHEN HE DID THAT LMFAOOO HE THOUGHT THAT WAS HOT #GOD I HATE HIM HAHAaaaaaaahh #AND AFTER GREG SAYS PROVE IT IT JUST CUTS OFF?!??! DID YALL GO FUCK IN THE BATHROOM IM MDDDWDWKDW #ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT PREV POST/WHAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY. THEY TOUCHED EACH OTHER LIGHTLY DIDNT EVEN HUG. #and as i said it felt sort of like ''i don't wanna spoil your outfit we can do that later anyway when we fuck raw'' #then you get this. and the cut off. so like. come on what the fuck am i supposed to think. just ignore it?? #ALSO sorry. sorry. BUT TOMS FACE DURING IT ALL HES LIKE 20 YEARS YOUNGER!!!!!!! AAARRAHgh #ALSO!!!! sorry. sorry. sorry. but why are the colours the bisexual flag in the bg. why. for what reason. #tom keeps looking at gregs mouth all throughout talking about how he fucks. so fuck him. prove it pussy.

[healingheartdogs]

NGL, it is very mindboggling to me as a person coming from a police and commercial detection dog training background that so many people who do nosework seem to struggle with imprinting? Like I see it brought up frequently as one of the most common challenges people have and want webinars or classes for, and I’m like... but that’s the easiest part of detection???

#which also seems to imply that nosework people aren't taking any pointers from actual detection dog training too which I find odd #because imprinting is a non-issue for working detection dog training #it's like the first easy step that you breeze past and is mostly done in the form of playing games #not even involving any sort of formal training setup or clicker or often even treats because the play is the training and the reward #unless you have a dog who is significantly more motivated by food than play in which case food rewards might be used #not to like downplay the struggle of people who are having issues with imprinting I'm just very curious *why* #like what is the piece that nosework trainers or classes are missing that is leading people to struggle with it so often? #is it the method they're using? the equipment? is it missing base knowledge on how scent works scientifically and how dogs imprint on scent #maybe I'll take some nosework classes one day to see more of what things look like on the sport side and why those issues keep popping up #my suspicion is that it is mostly method and equipment #causing cross contamination issues for imprinting and causing people to expect the imprinting to be successful before that's feasible #basically rushing it and not having enough direct in-nose-and-mouth target odor contact before moving on to searching and alert shaping #I'm just rambling because detection is a special interest of mine don't mind me #if you ever want me to talk forever and never shut up ask me about detection dog training lol #OH also trying to imprint multiple odors at the same time #i bet thats a part of the problem #i see posts with people talking about inteoducing 3 or 4 odors in one session sometimes and am like?????? #imprint one odor completely then start the next one or at least keep them confined to separate sessions

[brittlebutch]

ok. we are now over 40k words and wrapping up the final draft. i think the first chapter will get posted on sunday :3c

#N posts stuff #my sense of the week is All fucked up bc my manager has been scheduling me So odd lately i keep thinking it's already like. thursday RIP #so take Sunday with a loose grain of salt - it's just the first day i'll have a day off so it's a good anchorpoint; but it could be earlier #today at some point around work i'm going to sit down and read the entire thing start to end #and take notes on anything that bugs me - pacing; accidentally dropped imagery/themes; etc #and then Tomorrow i'm going to sit down and go through and fix it all according to those notes #i'm not anticipating that taking a long time thankfully; if i hit a good stride it could easy be done pretty quick #but my saturday shift is causing a lot of stress so i'm trying to plan for if that fucks up my flow - hence why i think sunday at the lates #and then i'm thinking i might keep an 'every three days' posting schedule; seems fitting lol #bleed more fic

[glitterduo]

hey man how are you doing after shelbys vod :(

oohhggg itz rough :(( it's still hard to wrap my head around

( read tags for thoughts & things )

#while most signs do point to Him #it's still odd to assume yknow ? like making her situation about abuse.. #about a man... like he has more posts about it than ashe does on twt #<- hellsite anyway not surprised #it's still like weird #to think about #2020 come back to me my love .. peak time to be a wilburian #still think speculating when she wanted to leave names out is weird #even though it really does seem like Him #she's just a girl !!! speculating her abuse & trauma is weird ! #if the first thing someone does when someone comes out about their abuse & doesn't want to say names #is speculate who it was #they're weird for that #even if it seems obvious who dunnit ! could be just that <- speculation #i don't think i'm gonna post about Him for the time being.. gonna keep my user & layout because i'll be damned if someone takes my username #& i don't have anything to change my layout to really . might if i find something #stand with shubble #meant *she in liek . tag 3.. on mobile so i can't see full tags

[toxictranny]

do u ppl really have bedrooms full of empty water bottles?? so tell me why ru still dehydrated

#i just saw one of Those memes. like do u rlly ?? it seems like an odd object to collect #i understand how like it’s convenient and refilling it isn’t the same because it might not be cold #but ????? of all objects to pile up. i pile up mugs and plates dishware is my issue #i particularly hate the sound of empty plastic bottles bouncing around on the floor/getting knocked over so i probably couldn’t take it #i’m not as strong as any of u

[henreyettah]

today for art class almost all of the students are here, which is GREAT because last time less than half were in attendance, but also bad because that meant I had to introduce the assignment again. Tried a more informal way of doing it this time around, without the pp I had the first time around, and used the whiteboard instead to make a list of stuff they need to include and drew some doodle samples of how the finished thing could look! Seems to have worked fine, plus it means I can easily tell late students what to do since it’s all Right There.

These students have chosen art as their elective course (this is a social studies, science and economics specific school) so they actually want to be here and are excited about the stuff! It’s fun to teach them!

#had a hell of a time getting to the school today tho #should take just about an hour #took more than two because of some issues with the train and replace #-ment busses #but the kids seem to like the stuff so its worth it I guess #love that im calling them kids when they're literally four years younger than me #did I really just say a two hour commute was worth it because some random group of17-18 yr olds like drawing #yeah it seems I did wtf #henreyetteacher #desperately hoping none of them follow me anywhere #the odds are small but im gonna worry about it anyways #if you're a hs student in sthlm and you think you might recognize me: no you dont

[deivorous]

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#[ ooc || out of control ] #ive honestly never really thought much about nnoitras scar except for the physical consequences of the injury #so that was a really good thought and writing exercise. I might change my mind with some more thought on it but for now im happy with this #as with all things its somewhat of a complicated manner #theres the emotional injury (which grimmjow is ignoring) which adds so much weight to the scar #it just feels like such a mark of failure #it was so inconsequential to nnoitra. he did the damage with such ease #grimmjow has always ALWAYS felt like such a small fish in a large pond and i think his fight with ichigo was meant to finally allow him to #grow out of that self defeating self destructive and beastial mentality (which wa representative of the general hollow pov & not exclusive #to just grimmjow himself ) and then nnoitra comes in and immediately denies him (and HM) that growth #like from a literary analysis point of view the lesson (which i believe is quite in line with nnoitras general hollow mantra) is that growt #for hollows is impossible #and should be denied and rejected at every turn becasue there is no HOPE for them there is no FUTURE in which they will be accepted #the best and only thing a hollow can do is Die. And Grimmjow should have taken the opportunity to die on a shinigami blade #at least then the would reincarnate. but no he was stubborn and tried to take more than the desert owed him an nnoitra would be his reminde #its a confusianist perspective that seems a little at odds with Nnoitras general symbolism? but simultaneously aligns with Aizens and the #overarching theme of the espada in general (which i dont personally believe was intentional on Kubos part but maybe?) #idk i guess i have more to say but its not quite a fully formed thought

[stabbystiletto]

🌵🌵🌵🌺🌺🌺

So I got home last night and saw these weird thingies sticking out of my cactus and after some googling I found out it's for a flower??

Not only that but it only blooms for like 24 hours and then it dies?? (the flower not the cactus lol)

And I'm leaving for like a week so i was really nervous i was gonna miss it but I went out today and

HE BLOOMED 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

I'm so happy I got to see it before i left!! 🥺🥺🥺🥹🥹🥹😆😆😆☺️☺️☺️😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰☺️☺️☺️🖤🖤🖤

#echinopsis #???? #at least I'm *pretty sure* he's in that family but i don't know his specifics he's from a neighbor lololol #I'm on the phone with my mom like 'take lots of pictures of it for me okaaaay 😣😣😣🥺🥺🥺' lolololol 🤣🤣🤣 #it might seem kinda odd that it only lasts for a day or so but i dunno #i think there's something kinda cool about that #about the transience of it?? #and if you happen to catch it in that brief window #i dunno but it feels kinda cool and exciting and magical ☺️☺️☺️✨️✨️✨️ #like checking in on it's progress is so cool and exciting lololol ☺️☺️☺️😅😅😅 #the neighbor said i said i should cut the flowers off and press them to keep them and i think i might do that if it blooms again but #for the first round at least #i wanna just let it bloom and then die 🥰🥰🥰☺️☺️☺️🥰🥰🥰🌵🌵🌵🌺🌺🌺🥀🥀🥀 #shitpost lol 😆 #also the flower petals are really soft just fyi lolol yes of course i touched it lolololol ☺️☺️☺️

[unproduciblesmackdown]

the most recognized as comedic song being the best part of the movie musical because the conventions that serve as a mode of communicating ideas, for example "people just bursting into song" or "choreography" or "'noticeably stylized' cinematography" that accentuates nonliteral nonrealism-invoking choices, are regarded as Silly or Frivolous. and the effort to shove everything else that's more "serious" into what is expected to be read as dramatic cinema that's not stylized in any ways that seem too "Genre" which only makes [but someone's singing?] underwhelming and out of place because no other elements are supporting it

#that plenty of Thee Establishment most concerned w/the commercial angle of musical theatre is also like ''musicals? is silly'' #or rather is forever defensive about this. all the musicals you know tonys will be comfortable with b/c they're gently ''edgily'' Serious.. #that old deh interview where p&p are like ''haha eugh we're not writing MUSICAL numbers musical numbers X'D this is serious this is real'' #deh as a living room play....like don't get me wrong. all Critiques / dunks on deh the stage musical even deh the movie...are not the same #all mine are better and wiser. but actually really for example like ''ben platt old?? he hair a joke??'' are criticisms i reject lol #wait a second does anyone in the Stage Musical ever do any more dancey choreography than they do in sincerely me....probably not #remembering the great times of that jared goldsmith interview where they were telling him to walk less dancily in ywbf lmao #taking some chassés across the stage....finally looked up if ''sashay'' is just a misheard + phonetic ''chassé'' & yes #anyways and just connect this all to the broader issue of Any ''genre(tm)'' understood as like. Unserious. style that is so unartistic.... #insert joe iconis talking about it. basically that if some Noticed ''unusual'' style usage is taken seriously it's presumed ''self aware'' #such that it may be like; parody of; commentary on; homage to whatever Conventions.... #like is a movie too associated with women as creators or audiences? some style choices that might seem to have some odd effect or w/e is #then just like wow guess this isn't good enough to be an experience i can completely intellectually disengage with as viewer.... #whereas if it's Not ''''gendered'''' so associated enough w/men as creators & audience (not much room for ''&/or'' there) then like #oh that perhaps somewhat awkward noticeable Style Usage? that was innovative; fresh; if it's funny it's ''clever'' rather than comedic #Don't Even Get Me Started on comedy also being an unserious ''easy'' too-Genre(tm) lesser style / way to communicate ideas #but i'm already started! it's right in the premise! ppl not even noting Sincerely Me has any material About anything b/c like #well it's Just Funny. jared & alana are Easy parts b/c they're so often Funny & set apart from the Serious Drama of parental angst #i actually haven't seen that many movie musicals but the ones unembarrased about themselves are superior #plus the idea of Worthy funny/noticeably styleized things as being Distinguishingly ''Self Aware''....the idea of Being Funny as either #being Unselfawarely the butt of the joke; or awarely deliberately Clever as what makes one superior to others; laughing At them surely #and i'm right back as well to what i was musing on re: the limits of billions' own language and in turn the limit of ideas if it cannot eve #express otherwise / beyond....that worthiness is awarded with this Dignity backed by the elements of the medium as tv's discretion #versus if someone's undeserving & unserious; or usually deserving/serious but is messing up & we want you to notice; then #they Will be beset with some humiliation; probably at least more proximate to being Laughed At; material may go out of its way to do this #another thing is that billions seems to have so little to no room for anyone having a capacity to be Silly #people Being Funny On Purpose is largely making references or pwning another character; both establishing competitive Worthiness #another shift from 5x08 onward like. rian truly able to humor herself is gone with her desk clutter #the fate of winston's =] ness is found in 6x01 when both quants are being funny until rian's funniness goes [abuse coworker] mode #that illustration that Hierarchy generates a Joke; at someone's expense. characters (& the writing?) Can't do otherwise to him or fathom it

[todayisafridaynight]

how long did it take you to like Daigo and Mine? I had a delayed response to the former. I’d played through all the games, nothing. Then one day I was just thinking of how he was yet another example of goth disaster who grows into Fine Young Man (my first was Gaara) and all of a sudden I got struck with the blorbo truck.

bestie. i have no idea LMAOOOO I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU

i know with mine at least it took me beating Y3 first and then thinking about his character more and then doing a replay of Y3 and rewatching his scenes. plus then i found all the currently available RGGO stories for him and that p much solidified my adoration for him

with daigo, i think it was just kind of like a gradual thing? my memory of my initial feelings when playin these games are mostly faded (pardon like. Y7 stuff that game and my feelings for it have been branded into my brain 5ever) but i remember as the games went on, i just got happier the more i saw daigo on screen (kind of like how i get when i see date in that 'omg it's my old friend daigo that's my boy :)') to the point where i instantly knew the 'masked figure' in y5 was him just from his sideburns (tho tbf i think we all saw the twist coming from a mile away, but it's the way i saw his sideburns and instantly went 'oh bitch i know those anywhere')

i did think he was dripped the fuck out in Y2 tho

#snap chats #i didnt beat chapter five of y7 btw #i accidentally started following a speedrun guide and i ran around for like forty minutes trying to find an odd stone #then i realized i needed the foreman job but i didnt have enough charisma and THAT was going to be a hassle #so im just calling it a night #but yeah no with daigo like ??? and honestly mine- and like. Every Character I Love #there's never an Aha moment where im instantly smitten or something #it takes some time for me to think about them to really like them #i think aoki was the closest to instantly liking but that was more due to personal things ig #jo took a hot minute tho. i think the eyeball scene was what got the ball rolling tho now that i think bout it 💀 #but yeah it just takes me a minute to think about a character for me to realize how much i love them #except ichiban. ichiban was instantaneous but like thats just his effect on people that's like saying the sky is blue #back on topic tho i really love daigo despite it kinda not seeming like it #like Obviously i draw him a lot but i dont really talk about him a lot you know #he's somewhat of a simpler character compared to my other faves but he's still fascinating to me and i love his character so much #i love how quiet he is and how he's a right contrast to his father #and i love how it's evident kiryu's left a mark on him in games like Y4 and Y5 where he feels like he has to do things alone #i cant explain it all rn- mostly cause ima run out of tags- but i love his character for what it is #RGG might not give him any love. like. at all. but i will. i'll love him #and even if the fandom mostly sleeps on or bullies him i appreciate the other guys who also go 'omg daigo our boy' when he's in a scene #well that ends my ramble for tonight i think ima just watch some youtube before i have to wake up to death tomorrow

[middle-name-queer]

What people don't seem to understand is that making a phone call can be hard so then when it doesn't yield anything, not only did it take energy to make the call in the first place, now one might feel stupid for the call being so unsuccessful. So one cannot simply "call back and-" you fail to realize, I don't want to.

#i failed at calling my doctor #i'm just easily confused by unfamiliar situations #i feel stupid :( #i guess what i wanted was to leave a message but i didn't immediately understand what kind of message to leave because i didn't understand #that i can just ask 'for her to call me back' i don't know why that's odd to me. my brain just. doesn't get that. #i don't know i may be stupid. #i have to call back and i feel sad and embarrassed #like 'hey actually i do want to leave a message i just didn't know that earlier' #i even said over the phone 'uh idk what kind of message i would leave...' and was met with awkward silence i must sound like such an idiot #i'm being a baby about this but i really think i might cry and take a short nap and then try again #i just wish i understood things more intuitively i wish it wasn't all so confusing and above my head #i wish other people could sympathize more with that like do i seem like i just popped into existence and crawled out from under a rock? #because yes. i did. and i am so stupid and the lights are so bright and my skin is so easily burned and bruised please be patient #and idk its dumb because i'm the only one who gets hung up on it anyway like even the more awkward situations i've been in i know logically #i'm the only one still carrying it like most everyone else is just gonna walk away like 'uh. bit odd.' but they move on and i just agonize #like who is that for what good does that do its fine its whatever so what i call twice cause i couldn't get it right the first time #ugh

[bread-of-death]

God am I lucky that my mom is so goddamn oblivious

#she likes to show me videos that she disagrees with #it ranges from articles about shootings to people literally just saying what their pronouns are #and it’s never a pleasant conversation #so I naturally get very sick of it #and I’ve actually shown enough displeasure and gotten away with it to be comfortable enough to state my full displeasure at it #so she said her usual ‘I want to show you something and you tell me what you think of it’ #which pretty much just means ‘I disagree with this and want you to validate my feelings so I know I’m not a bad human being’ #and so the video seemed like a conference of some sort- a woman started off by stating her pronouns and describing what she looked like and- #-what she was wearing. then another woman did the same and so on and so forth #i will say some of the descriptions were kinda odd & specific? one woman said she was wearing a vintage dress and another said she had a- #-clear mask and red lipstick on #i don’t know exactly why they were stating appearances as the video didn’t have any context- but regardless it was just a little strange- #-literally all it did was make me a little confused but who knows maybe someone needed that description- so why would I have a problem with #-that #but my mom apparently thought it was completely and entirely ridiculous #not in the sense that it was pointless to her but in the sense that she *disliked that they were making an effort to be inclusive* #like ????? #how does that affect you at all? sure it takes up a bit of time but it harms literally no one and might help some people #so where is the harm in that. #i pointed out that I didn’t have a problem with it and she says that she doesn’t either??? when she *very* clearly does? #i said something to the effect of ‘well clearly you do! i just don’t care either way’ and she said she doesn’t either and then goes on to- #-list why she actually *does* have a problem with it #i point out to her that she *clearly* does care if she’s making this big of a deal out of something so small. i said I don’t care at all- #-it doesn’t hurt me so why would I be angry at it?’ #i think she realized that I wasn’t gonna fully take her said and finished the conversation off with something to the effect of ‘well I just- #-think it’s stupid’ #god. #i wonder what kind of fuse she would blow if she found out that not only am I bi- but poly and genderfluid as well #I think she’d hate me being genderfluid the most #but then again I thought she was relatively accepting and here we are

[holydramon]

got to chapter 8 (which I believe is where things diverge)!! anyway popping the biggest bottles cause all my theories regarding haru and miyuki have been proven correct so far.

#also!! miyuki!! i love her. glad we saved her. #that said very confused cause like… it seems?? we’re in the human world now??? #they really went ‘home away from home’ is one of the most iconic digimon episodes we should include that (joke) #that said uh. does the time between digital world and human world work the same as adventure in this. cause if so. #YIKES MIYUKI…. like she was stuck in the digital world for like. what? about 60 human years (based off how old the professor is). #how many digital years is that?? man. #last but not least… I’m guessing based off what’s been shown so far that the big bad is apocalymon which. i guess is better than yggdrasil #which was my other guess. that said kinda wish it was something new. but also I get it. apocalymon makes sense as a villain. plus digimon #survive is meant to kinda be a more mature/dark take on the adventure premise so. i get it. #i will say one of my other guesses based on the mural was huanlongmon and like. against all odds I am still hoping that might be right. that #said that is probably just coping lol. #i mean come on… ruin mode is right there… please… #dramon thoughts #roseate plays survive #digimon survive spoilers #OH ALSO. i am doing harmony route btw. #i admittedly. am not looking forward to having to go through chapters 1-7 again for moral and wrathful. like they’re good but. this game is #very long. #probably gonna cheese it and just alternate between wrath and moral for every choice next run and then make a save at the start of 7 and #just choose all wrath or all moral to get each route from there #just so I don’t have to do those chapters. two more times.

[uncanny-tranny]

I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

#mental health #mental health support #positivity #if anybody has ideas of their own definitely include them! #i just think being stuck with this feeling that you don't have autonomy and that you ultimately aren't an equal person or a person at all.. #...in comparison to other people can be a really troubling and dangerous place to be in... #...and that isn't the person's fault for feeling that way. they didn't pluck those thoughts out of thin air... #...like i have felt that exact way all my LIFE because i have been abused for. probably 2/3s of my life... #...only within these past few years have i even FELT alive. frankly it's going to take a while to repair what i have been left with... #...so i know the feeling and i want to help others feel even a LITTLE bit alive. you deserve it... #...you deserve to take in a deep breath before slowly realizing 'oh my gd this is what it feels like to be alive' and SMILE about it #i want that for you even if it is brief. even if it is small. even if it is a whisper. i want you to feel alive #unironically getting rid of the idea of 'guilty pleasures' has made my life SO much better

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courting antisemitism

so i recently decided to take a look at the latest stonetoss comics (probably because i love suffering). and while i was expecting some content on the israel palestine conflict, what i did not expect was how... standard it seemed. well, most of it at least, but i'll get to that in a second.

for context, if you don't know what stonetoss is, it's a (poorly drawn) webcomic known for having radical alt-right views - meaning it's incredibly racist, homophobic, transphobic, islamophobic, antisemitic. all that fun stuff.

so while i was expecting to see bad stuff, one of the first things i saw on the topic of israel was this:

terrible art aside, this comic is making a point that i usually see in left wing circles: that israel is pinkwashing genocide.

curious if there was more like this, i kept looking, and the comic right before that one was this:

again, this makes points that i usually see in left wing circles. that american healthcare is crazy expensive, that canada tells poor people to commit suicide, and that israel is bombing hospitals.

why does stonetoss, this well known alt-right nutjob, now seem to be bringing up left-wing talking points?

curious, i kept going deeper:

well this is... odd. clearly, stonetoss is trying to say that israel is on another level of bad, even worse than russia, iran, and north korea. i can possibly see someone on the left making the argument that the russian invasion of ukraine isn't as bad as what israel is doing in gaza, or that at least north korea isn't invading any other countries, but... iran??? the country that has a police force designed to enforce religious law, and gets away with murdering women who do not properly cover their hair? the country that props up paramilitary groups in countries all over the middle east, including lebanon, yemen, and yes, palestine?? that's completely ridiculous

but, given how much more israel is in the news nowadays than any of these other countries, i could see why someone would buy this

and now, we're starting to get to the crux of what stonetoss is trying to do. when someone sees this, they might be inclined to agree with it. they might begin to think that israel is the worst country on the planet

and that might not seem so bad at first. but the more you hate israel, especially irrationally, the more you feel allowed to dehumanize those who support it. the more you might be willing to agree with this comic, which came out two days prior to the one above

this comic says that jews, as a whole have no desire to exist with other people. it is blatantly antisemitic

i'm sure you could imagine some young leftist who sees the comics above this one and thinks, "this guy makes some good points". and then, when they get to this one, they might realize that this is antisemitism

or, they may not.

and that would start them down the road to becoming an antisemite.

this is what stonetoss and other alt-right nutjobs are hoping to achieve. to take left wing fury at israel, and direct it at jews.

we saw it with those neo-nazis at the palestine rally, and we're seeing it again here.

and if you've found yourself agreeing with what stonetoss has said so far, i would like you to see the last comic stonetoss put out before october 7th:

this horrifically racist comic is in reference to an environmental activist who was murdered by a black man in early october. this blatantly racist garbage is the kind of stuff stonetoss usually puts out.

but as soon as october 7th happened? these were his next two comics:

stonetoss completely changed the comic's tone as soon as the current crisis started. why?

to get as many people as possible to get on board with hating jews.

and i know many of you might be thinking that "well, everyone knows that stonetoss is racist garbage. nobody is going to fall for this"

except, as we saw with the neo-nazis at the rally for palestine, it's not always that obvious who the antisemites are and who is just rallying for peace. they are often a lot better at disguising it than stonetoss is.

AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT

EVERYONE, no matter HOW much experience you have, can fall victim to propoganda. EVERYONE needs to be aware of what people around them are saying, and able to pick out hateful rhetoric, because even the stuff that is just kind of toeing the line of what's hateful is still putting your foot in the door

be cautious, everyone. and stomp out hate where you see it.

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