#can't work on this anymore

[inkskinned]

i got rickrolled today but it didn't work because i have adblocker installed, so youtube just told me i violated the terms of service. yesterday i was trying to edit a picture as a joke for my girlfriend, and google made me check a box to prove i'm human because i wasn't "searching normally".

it isn't just that capitalism is killing fun and whimsy, it is that any element of entertainment or joy is being fed upon by this mosquito body, one that will suck you dry at any vulnerability.

do you want to meet new friends in your city? download this app, visit our website, sign up for our email list. pay for this class on making a terrarium, on candlemaking, on cooking. it will be 90 dollars a session. you can go to group fitness, but only under our specific gym membership. solve the puzzle, sign up for our puzzle-of-the-month-club. what is a club if not just a paid opportunity - you are all paying for the same thing, which makes you a community.

but you're like me, i know it - you're careful, you try the library meetings and the stuff at the local school and all of that. the problem is that you kind of want really specific opportunities that used to exist. you are so grateful for libraries and the publicly-funded things: they are, however, an exception - and everything they have, they've fought tooth-and-nail to protect. you read a headline about how in many other states, libraries have virtually nothing left.

do you want to meet up with your friends afterwards? gift your friends the discord app. you can choose to go to a cafe (buy a coffee, at least), a bar (money, alcohol) or you can all stay in and catch a movie (streaming) or you can all stay in bed (rent. don't get me started) and scream (noise complaint. ticket at least).

you want to read a new book, but the book has to have 124 buzzwords from tiktok readers that are, like, weirdly horny. you can purchase this audiobook on audible! your podcast isn't on spotify, it's on its own server, pay for a different site. fuck, at least you're supporting artists you like. the art museum just raised their ticket price. once, they had a temporary exhibit that acknowledged that ~85% of their permanent art galleries were from cis white men, and that they had thousands of works by women (even famous women, like frida! georgia o'keefe!) just rotting in their basement. that exhibit lasted for 3 months and then they put everything away again.

walmart proudly supports this strip of land by the street! here are some flowers with wilting leaves. its employees have to pay out-of-pocket for their uniforms. my friend once got fined by the city because she organized a community pick-up of the riverfront, which was technically private property.

no, you cannot afford to take that dance class, neither can i. by the way - i'm a teacher. i'm absolutely not saying "educators shouldn't be paid fairly." i'm saying that when i taught classes, renting a studio went from 20 bucks an hour to 180 in the span of 6 months. no significant changes to the studio were made, except they now list the place as updated and friendly. the heat still doesn't work in the building. i have literally never seen the landlord who ignores my emails. recently they've been renting it out at night as an "unusual nightclub; a once-in-a-lifetime close-knit party." they spent some of those 180 dollars on LEDs and called it renovating. the high heels they invite in have been ruining the marley.

do you want to experience the old internet? do you want to play flash games or get back the temporary joy of club penguin? you can, you just need to pay for it. i have a weird, neurodivergent obsession with occasionally checking in to watch the downfall and NFT-ification of neopets. if i'm honest with you all - i never got into webkins, my family didn't have the money to buy me a pointless elephant. people forget that "being poor" can mean literally "if i buy you that toy, i can't afford rent."

you and i don't have time to make good food, and we don't have the budget for it. we are not gonna be able to host dinner parties, we're not made of money, kid. do you want some kind of 3rd space? a space that isn't home or work or school? you could try being online, but - what places actually exist for you? tiktok counts as social media because you see other people on it, not because they actually talk to you.

there was a local winter tradition of sledding down the hill at my school. kids would use pizza boxes and jackets and whatever worked, howling and laughing. back in september, they made a big announcement that this time, rules were changing, and everyone must pay 10 dollars to participate. when im not scared shitless, i kind of appreciate the environmental irony - it hasn't gone below 40. so much for snow & joyriding.

i saw a bulletin for a local dogwalking group and, nervous about making a good first impression, showed up early. the first guy there grimaced at me. "sorry," he said. "there's a 30-dollar buy-in fee." i thought he was joking. wait. for what? the group doesn't offer anything except friendship and people with whom to walk around the city.

he didn't know the answer. just shrugged at me. "you know," he said. "these days, everything costs money."

#spilled ink #warm up #“why did u tag it warm up” bc i wrote it off the cuff while drinkin coffee lol #btw the 30 dollar buy in for the dog walking is bc they pay the organizer a small pittance so she can #run fb ads and stuff and like she does put in a lot of work i don't mind paying her #but that's exactly what im fucking talking about like. #ppl can't afford to volunteer their time anymore and we all understand it!!! everything costs money for everyone! #like we didn't have to use to say ''do you mind paying me back for the stuff we ate'' #we used to be able to afford to feed our friends once in a while!!!

[petricorah]

continuing my trend of drawing sleeping zuko for my birthday [ids in alt]

bonus sketches below the cut bc i thought they were funny--

#zukka fanart #atla fanart #zukka #avatar the last airbender fanart #zuko #zuko fanart #sokka #sokka fanart #myart #i despise the colors but i can't look at it anymore. literally. #my eyes are so blurrry. they've gotten that way every time i've drawn this week im going crazy. it makes it impossible to work #atla #avatar

[whenthewallfell]

~ I Got Them Quarter Quell Blues ~

#inspired by how grumpy katniss gets when she doesn't get her daily kisses #easing back into drawing by doing a whole comic #gale's expressions were so fun to draw #i've been working on it all day is this even funny i can't tell anymore #trees are so hard to draw omg #the hunger games #katniss everdeen #gale hawthorne #everlark #(offscreen) #comic #fanart #mcbaart

[velvetchaika]

#Disco Elysium #Kim Kitsuragi #harrier du bois #do not reblog it please #I can't take it anymore #like my other works

[the-loneliest-hour]

"The Profound Bond" poster. Inspired by this gem [x]

#destiel #deancas #dean winchester #castiel #spn #supernatural #spn edit #jensen ackles #misha collins #nov 5th #this has been living in my head for a while now #it's nov 7 but I'm still not over it #sorry I'm late to the party #I've posted this two times already but I can't tumblr anymore sorry guys #works

[mydepresso]

“Martyr”

#I can't work on this anymore Im done #mfw It's now time to enter him #its about the eroticism of death #its about the symbolism #its that harry is a self made martyr #and kim is a hand of the law #rigid in his actions #but he also guides you #Disco Elysium #harrier du bois #kim kitsuragi

[evafoxs]

@pscentral​ event 15: favourite ship

Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips.

#thgedit #everlarkedit #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #userraffa #usergiu #userchristie #tuserheidi #useralison #usersmia #userisaiah #usermills #rogerhealey #userrobin #hungergamesedit #userchibi #cinematv #dailyflicks #* #no one look at the last gif i can't work with that shit anymore LMAOO

[pallanophblargh]

It's nice to have salvaged "Mirrorsight" cover art. By which I mean I re-scanned it after giving the original a much needed facelift.

It's definitely one of my favorites from the series.

#illustration #crosshatching #graphite #horse #equine #cover art #fantasy art #pegasus #black and white #traditional art #this one made me so sad when I first found it again #i know that makes it not the original anymore but I would rather be happy with an updated piece #it's mild differences in cleaning up the hatching and adjusting tone/outline #it just makes for a better final product #“you can't make a living drawing horses” #“okay” #funny how things work out #anyway I should have prints available of all cover illustrations by the end of the month #so if that's your thing watch this space

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Hi if you struggle with opening containers (jars, bottles, etc) because of poor grip strength or w/e, there's lid opener tools that range from fancy electronic ones to super cheap and basic ones and they can be an absolute game changer. I have one that looks like an angry can opener and now I can actually open bottles on my own without wanting to break down crying from the pain.

#i don't know how to explain mine it's got a lot of spikes #if you search 'lid opener' you'll find a bunch and you'll know it when you see it #i didn't want to put this in the actual post because i don't want it to be misinterpreted #but it's actually really humiliating being forced to ask someone to open a bottle for me just so that i can have a drink #especially when i've been working at it for a while and i can't really use my hand anymore from the strain

[carlyraejepsans]

clawing at the walls howling screaming etc

#wip. i can't work on this anymore because every time i look at Her i need to get up to pace around the room #muttering like a crazed lunatic #so im posting it in case i never finish it #undertale #toriel #myart

[calista-222]

“What you fail to understand is... I missed on purpose!”

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Screenshot repaint! This movie’s good,,

#my art #rottmnt #rottmnt movie spoilers #rottmnt spoilers #painting #screenshot repaint #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt leonardo #rottmnt leonardo #rottmnt leo #tmnt leo #I've worked on this for too long I can't stand looking at it anymore efhdffd #leo my beloved

[worstloki]

love the idea of the Avengers adding new members but being stingy about rooms so the OG Avengers each get their own but Bucky and Loki are forced to share one under the guise of it being 'healthy interaction'

#Bucky and Loki being friends but in a weird way and now Thor is concerned like 'i don't recognise my brother anymore T-T' #and Steve is grimacing and sighing like 'my chemical romance isn't that bad Thor you just have to acquire the taste' #Bucky and Loki bunking in a room together and people just forgot to give them a second bed but it's ok because they both sleep on the floor #they wake each other up from nightmares and when it's done/conscious they look at each other in slight alarm and just give '👍❓❗' '👍👍❓' #aggressive thumbs up before returning to bed still communicating with thumbs up like 'all good??' 'all good??' 'all good!' 'go sleep?!?' #they both are convinced that oily hair is a way to keep it healthy and dandruff free and like they're not WRONG bc it works for them #but people also hate listening to them corroborate such experiences with each other #like you can't deny their hair is healthy and silky when they wash up and get dressed for something. BUT. STOP TALKING LIKE THAT. #they talk about how the bath they share is so comfortable for two people and it's driving people up a wall #Natasha opens the door and sees Bucky in the dark propped against a wall looking half dead with earphones in #(he is watching a nature documentary Loki recommended) #they bond over times they were being controlled and/or suicidal in Tony's lab and Tony who was working nods along absently long used to it #Tony: ah yeah I have PTSD but im managing it okay for now with meds #Bucky and Loki: *making faces* boo 👎

[oshaskell]

Dozing noblewoman and her strange young friend.

#bbc ghosts #sophie bone #bbc ghosts robin #bbc ghosts art #art entry #Robin's hair is so much fun :') #tumblr compressed this to hell and back it seems </3 #making as much art as i can before i go back to work next week. RIP #every other month i get frustrated because I can't line art very well anymore and then remember how much more fun lineless painting is #and roll my eyes at myself for having wasted my own time and by the same time the next month ive completely forgotten #<- cursed by adhd bad memory to repeat the same mistakes #now for blog archival purposes: #green #neutrals

[eryanlainfa]

Old animation I kept around in the hope to eventually finish it but never did

#I don't have the software anymore so I can't work on it unless I redraw everything- #I still like it a lot tho I was really proud of this one :D #Flug #villainous #dr flug #505 villainous #villainous flug #Eryanimation #Eryart #Animation #2d animation

[levionok]

Hob/Dream 'I will die for you' dynamic

VS

Morpheus/Hope!Hob 'I will live for you' dynamic

#dreamling #hope!hob #i can't take it anymore #my brain works for 100% #the sandman

[spearxwind]

Ough tomorrow if ppl are interested i can talk abt my new oc ideas from today bc Im actually really excited about them 👉👈

#thunderclap #i know I can't draw as fast or as much anymore but hopefully i can show stuff soon even if its from my sketchbook #which ive taken up again at least for a little bit #i have plans for HR that I mentioned earlier today and i also have plans for CD that Im really hyped about including a bunch of design #tweaks and i also started working on a new map for it too! which im really excited about bc I'm putting more thought into it #and im gonna change graves' hairstyle too and im rly excited for that as well #and also back to HR im really hyped to be putting the other ocs in it and having everyone fight and interact it really fit so well instantly #its actually making me crazy like if this works im gonna feel like such a huge genius fr