#describes it fairly well

[art-of-mathematics]

#describes it fairly well #wicked problems

[tj-crochets]

Hey y’all! I am once again attempting to help my dad identify an animal he saw on a walk (the last one turned out to be a woodchuck despite him describing it exactly like a pine marten lol) What kind of duck has a bright red head and a mostly white body? He described it as “bright red where a mallard is green”

#the person behind the yarn #tj attempts to identify fauna #my dad and I register identifiable info about animals very differently #which sometimes makes either of us trying to tell the other about an animal... #well the only metaphor my brain is coming up with is 'like people playing charades in different languages' #which does not make sense??? but it's what I've got lol #for example my dad described an insect as 'like a hornet but not' #and I said 'oh! was it red?' (we get red paper wasps where we live) #and he said 'no it was like a hornet but not' #to be fair I am terrible at registering identifying info about cars and he can identify a LOT of those #I am fairly confident I have at least once pointed out a car as 'like a corvette but not'

[ofthebrownajah]

Jordan handles Rand struggling for control over his own mind so well

#i'm curious to see how this develops more in loc #considering lews therin as a presence in his mind becomes even stronger #wheel of time #wot book spoilers #rand al'thor #lews therin telamon #also i think the way jordan describes dissociation in this book is also done fairly well? #and this will also continue

[apollos-boyfriend]

i asked my dad if icarus smiled when he fell. he was confused so i told him the story. he said no because he failed. i tried to explain to him that he smiled because he was free. he said it was like getting a job, your boss telling you not to do a specific thing or you get fired, you do the specific thing and get fired. you would not smile. i tell him he doesnt understand. he says i do not understand. i tell him he smiled because icarus was finally free after so long. he tells me icarus did not smile because he failed. thoughts?

i think no one is surprised to know i agree with you. comparing the myth of icarus to something like getting a job is already missing the point, because a job and one's life are two very different things. a job is not permanent. it is not who you will be for your entire life. it is not all you will know for your entire life. if you get fired from your job, you can always apply for a new one. they're replaceable, in the end.

i'm having some troubles putting it into words, but comparing it to a job ignores, as you said, the freedom of it. the emotions of finally having control of your own life. all icarus had ever known were the walls of his prison. how can he be blamed for wanting to experience that freedom? to truly feel the beauty of the world? of course he was smiling. for once in his life, he had made a decision of his own. he had lived how he wanted to. he finally had a choice.

#muse talk #dumbartistinnit #i think there's also an aspect missing #of icarus' age #in ovid's iteration specifically he appears to be depicted as fairly young #ovid even uses 'puer' to describe him #which can mean young man but ALSO can be used to describe a child #iirc anywhere upwards to 14-17 ish #it was used for older boys as well but the connotation is young. he was young. #an adult mindset cannot be applied to him for many reasons

[skelekins]

SNERM - 2024

Snerm is a Virusyte - an extraterrestrial computer virus that takes a human host (taking them into their digital world). Snerm's host is a person in their pajamas who was obsessed with playing an old arcade game on a home-console that they plugged Snerm's USB in. They frequently wore a blanket over their shoulders.

#character design #skelekins art #toyhouse closed species #=w= this was fun #considered making their host be a very old person but this feels more correct #wanted to keep the hosts face fairly obscured since Snerm has a TV head #the lore doesnt describe what happens with their host too well #as far as i understand the virus sorta absorbs them into themselves - which powers them up to break out of their device #and actually explore the digital world #:) #snerm #love snerm tho #its such a fun character

[simplyghosting]

Thinking about my grandmother telling me she bought every single Batman comic book from day one as they came out when the character was introduced and kept them in mint condition and when she got back from college her mother had thrown them all out

#ghost posts #ghost family #her words were ‘oh mother I’m glad you’re dead bc I would have killed ya’ #please note these books run for 77k for a single one #for one in rough condition #she also had the ms fury comics #also the Superman comics but I don’t think she got those religiously like Batman #also baseball cards like the og Babe Ruth cards #a series of unfortunate events #is a term that describes the financial tragedies of my family fairly well

[soraka-in-warhammer40k]

I knew that the Emperor's Children were somewhat extreme, but "crushing and snorting Eldar Soulstones like it's cocaine" was not on my list of things I was aware off. Holy fuck that is disusting.

#Warhammer 40k #wh40k #Emperor's Children #Angelus Exterminatus #its not exactly what's happening but in its essence that describes it fairly well

[sysig]

I like him a normal amount (lying) (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #Max Vyer #Dexter Favin #Was I about to type ''Helix Mainfic'' in reference to these wh - I mean Technically but??? #Anyway lol #Couple'a random Max's to start <3 Love him #So some of these were made with my .5 and some with my .3 - can you guess which ones? :3 #The first one and the last two (and of me lol) were my .5 - the inner three are .3 ♪ #You know it's gotten bad when it's not even an Idea necessarily just Want To Draw Pretty - I'm familiar with that pft #He's pretty tho! Love Max ♥ #Man if Max's snap had come in the form of Fight rather than Flight - he's a twig but I doubt Anyone would've come out of that unscathed #Anger can make a monster out of almost anybody haha #Pretty boy ♥ My .3 is so fun for soft detailing! And Max is pretty much all soft details lol #Cryings ah </3 Dexter's mention of Max's emotions in his meetup with ZEX got me thinking! #Sadness really does trend low on the emotions he's willing to express in company - even when Dex has seen him cry before - like here #It was out of anger so much more than sadness - no wonder he was spooked by ZEX's sudden grief! Max is fairly private with sadness #Or at least he turns it into anger if he's backed into a corner - drinking by himself and making things harder for everyone else haha #And finally his and Dex's difference in the retelling of the story!! Hehe ♪♫ #Since I first read Helix I've been under the impression that what Max told Katherine was - well - how he described it lol #A kind of self-deprecating joke at his own expense - thus his confusion at her reaction of seeming hurt #But that's not what he said at all! That's not even close to how he told it!! Hahaha ♪ Biased narration <3 #I even got a second opinion and we shared the same interpretation so it wasn't just a matter of failing to pick up his meaning hehehe Max! #He's so rude ♥ Terrible man ♪ He's the worst <3

[hiyari8]

in a way it's so funny to me that all of miku's friends are advancing technologically while she's stuck in nt hell but considering she's way preoccupied with project cashgrab i'd say she's still somewhat winning in spite of everything for a long time

#plus it's not like vocaloid is doing That Well even with v6 is it #i dunno really im not paying for anything new until i see a lily and even then only if she's good #once i saw someone describe v6 as ''synthv if it was trying to kill you'' and from what i heard that sounds fairly accurate #vocaloid #utau #synthv

[featuresofinterest]

if you don’t mind answering, how did your parents handle it? i’ve literally come out to my mom as gay but telling her i’m autistic feels more terrifying lmao

they actually handled it remarkably well. i'm really thankful for that. coming out as gay felt way harder for me. they don't know anything about autism but they took me seriously and said a lot of encouraging things. i think they have a lot of questions that i wasn't really in the emotional space to answer so it'll be interesting trying to navigate this with them going forward, but so far so good. best of luck to you and don't rush yourself 💕

#i'm trying to find the words to describe how i feel now and i'm struggling #like it was objectively fine. though i did cry a lot. and i still feel a lot of anxiety. #idk it was for the best and went as well as i could have hoped but i still feel fairly anxious and uncomfortable about the whole thing #and about what our relationship will look like going forward. because i'm still figuring this autism shit out for myself

[miodiodavinci]

i need to be asleep but i'm looking at the tax return money i have stashed away and wondering just how much of a quality upgrade i should make in terms of mixing headphones

#the brand i've been using has served me fairly well #but i don't know if they're still in production because the last ones i've ordered came worn/damaged and had to be returned #and my current pair is Quite Literally hanging on by a thread #(read: it is taped together with electrical tape and a large tongue depressor to replace the broken hinge) #(and has a small bead jammed into the cup joint to prevent it from swinging outwards) #(and i have to put a folded sock on my head to counteract the compressed headband foam) #so i've been thinking i ought to upgrade just a bit from the $20 range to perhaps the $50 range #but i'm staring at the company i'm thinking about ordering from and wondering if i should just #go ahead and spend a little more to get a slightly more sensitive and collapsible studio-level pair #but spending more is scary ! ! ! ! #what if they're bad ! ! ! #what if they sound terrible and feel bad and get lost in the mail when i try to return them ! ! ! #or what if they sound so so good all my mixing things will sound terrible no matter what ! ! ! #or well i'm not sure how to describe that last fear but i think it basically amounts to #what if it makes vocal synth voices sound bad somehow #ughhgh i know it'll be better for me in the long run to invest now while i have the option #because no doubt the more expensive pair will last longer and give me better quality results #(evidence: an astounding number of people reporting they've used theirs for 5-10 years with no sound decay) #as opposed to my current ones which i've had to replace every 3 years #$70 for potentially 10 years of good audio . . . . #which is roughly what i'd be paying with the cheap pair but with only mid-tier audio #h m m m m m #i'll sleep on it i guess . . . .

[feralnumberfive]

Anyone else deal with their minds subconsciously trying to keep them awake when you're dead tired and need to sleep?? I keep on experiencing this and it's so incredibly frustrating and now I'm on the struggle bus of sleep deprivation. Every time I lay down and try to sleep I am filled with dread and then my mind just races and thinks about anxiety inducing thoughts. I then toss and turn for at least half an hour struggling with my thoughts. Then when I eventually feel myself beginning to wind down and fall asleep it feels like my brain just yanks me back from the edge of sleep and I get this thought in the back of my subconscious mind that says "No, don't sleep!!" And it's just so fucking tiring and I don't know why it does that. My brain quite literally does not want me to sleep

#I guess this is kind of a vent but I also genuinely want to know if other people have experienced this? #is it insomnia?? #I can't describe it that well but I just know that it's my subconscious not letting me sleep like it's punishing me :[ #I've had sleep issues my entire life but this is something fairly new #and I have a night shift job so I always take a nap before I leave for work but then this always happens and just leaves me more tired #personal

[tendercoretroglodyke]

your 20s are for getting diagnoses

#specifically diagnoses your doctors and/or psychiatrists have denied you bc. well all of the reasons doctors typically deny people!! #anyways my friend is fairly sure they have ME/CFS triggered by their lyme disease from like 2018 #the one where BOTH of us were in the ER trying to get dr to take them seriously bc i had to bring them there bc they couldnt get out of bed #and despite them describing in perfect detail the classic bullseye rash theyd previously had #and all the classic symptoms of lyme #the drs refused to give her antibiotics #just bc a lyme test that is NOTORIOUSLY inaccurate #came back negative #they had to get antibiotics from their home country and it eventually got better with them #but then developed a new set of chronic symptoms #ie... probably ME/CFS #all cos that doctor wouldnt prescribe antibiotics to clear the infection sooner

[crescentmp3]

hiii! 'tis me.

#i have returned from death (school). limbo‚ even. #i shall not describe it as hell thanks to my lovely Friend (trademark) whom lights up the entire room for me #despite probably darkening it for everyone else due to her apathetic and uncaring nature. oh she's perfect #ahem. not the point. and also very boring to the rest of you who do not know nor care about her #well! the day went fairly great. she (the Friend) seemed to really enjoy my gift and got embarrassed by it‚ which was my intention #she read through the notebook i prepared for her over the summer as a sort of diary directed at her and she really laughed at some parts #she seemed to like the keychain‚ i hope to see her use it #she also really liked the matching-with-mine astronaut that is both an eraser and a pencil sharpener and is already using it #and she ate the two chocolate bars (her favorites) i added into the box as extras. #she was also pretty impressed when i pointed out design choices i made for the inside of the box #so all in all. great day‚ amazing day‚ nearly perfect dare i say. god why does it rhyme. i hate it here #ahem anyway! #we also have new teachers that took the place of the old ones. of course many remain unchanged‚ but it didn't go without any new faces #notably‚ we have a new qur'an teacher‚ a new math teacher and a new literature teacher. #some other teachers were also changed but i have not met them yet so i do not know which #i am especially conflicted with the new literature teacher - #on one hand‚ he's great! very funny‚ very considerate‚ and quite a good teacher from what i've seen. #on the other hand i will also quite miss the old literature teacher. #she was nice! i hope i get to see her around the school #anywwy‚ i will also be missing the old qur'an teacher a lot. she was my favorite‚ and she is very kind-hearted #im fine with the math teacher i suppose. i liked the old one‚ and the new one seems a bit... extra? but i don't feel too strongly on it. #i heard the english teacher we had was replaced and the one we had left the school‚ so that's sad. i really liked her. #🌙rambling

[bsaka7]

Sorry if this is weird or anything but re:the post you rb'd abt fanfic... i adore all your writing - you're such a talent, thank you for sharing the things you write!

I really do think of your stories a lot - as slashfic it is wonderful and very much appreciated, but so much of it just leaves me with a lasting impression of a theme or feeling that I can't shake; beyond the story itself. You have an incredible way with words, managing to convey things wholly but without any exaggeration, which makes for a perfect and usually heart-rending read

Thank you again :)

definitely not weird!!! i appreciate and cherish what everyone says about my writing and i am always deeply grateful for your comments. i'm clutching this ask like when otters float on their backs with the clam pressed to their chest!!! i often think that i'm -- trying too hard with fic, or i think too hard about it. i'm very glad that themes and feelings stuck with you because that is so often what i am trying to impart. i think -- i have these questions that go round and round in my head (connection, meaning, misdirection, etc) and sometimes my fic is a way of trying to figure out one perspective or another on those things, or is responding to something i've read in a book (i swear i'm not that pretentious okay. a little. but not TOO bad i hope.), or is just. i think this would be cool (or hot) can i execute it!! and i throw this all out to you guys and you are always far too kind. anyway long story short i really appreciate u and appreciate everyone who likes my writing haha!! i've only ever written like...history papers for school so you guys have seen nearly all the creative writing i've done in my entire life so it's very nice that you enjoy! and it's such an honor that anything i write sticks with u <333333333333333

#i think of my writing like. two ways #1) like hacking at a text with an axe until theres something there #and 2) i think. i really do value trying to say complex things in simple language. idk. #its not that i don't KNOW big words but i don't. i don't really think in them???? and so i don't write in them #this was fairly true in school as well. like i know what. epistemic means. i guess i am vaguely interested epistemological matters. #but like. idk. it makes more sense to me. at times. to just be like. oh this s relating to knowledge itself etc. #not that theres not room for the word #and so when people remark on that aspect of. how i write i guess. #i used to think it was more of a failing than i think it is now #[insert that quote about how its more painful to describe things as they actually are] [not that i do this but yea] #so its always. idk. shocking and nice to me that u guys like it #okay ENOUGH RAMBLING THANK U VERY MUCH FOR THE NICE COMMENT #im going to go home eat lunch flop at this job interview for a job i dont really want #then maybe watch the second half of the brazil game #ask #sorry i guess u said i didnt have to answer and i appreciate that too #this bad boy going in the nice comments screenshot folder #but i am answering bc i like to talk :P #Idk we all know i go through it about engagement on this blog #And like. How I feel. Seperate from some chunks of. People in the same boat #So it's nice. It's always nice

[butchfeygela]

people really love to take words coined about jewish experiences, use them to rightly discuss their own marginalized circumstances and then tell jews we cant use the words anymore

#this is mostly about diaspora bu t there are others qs well #nikanie #saw a post fairly asking nonblack people to stop using the word ghetto which i understod to be about its misuse & use as a racialized insult #and someone in the notes put in scare quotes 'but what about the askenazi jews' #as if ghetto wasnt first used to describe the ways jews were segregated from society as far back at the 1500s #just like people say 'white cis gay' as q cover for just random homophobia adding Ashkenazi to jew as a cover for antisemitism bc whiteness #is fucked up!!! like especially cuz there are Black Ashkenazi jews and other Ashkenazi joc #as if ashkenazi jews werent put into ghettos and slaughtered en mass less than a century ago