#which does actually count for something

[ssaalexblake]

In general I think that, because the doctor is a genuine nuisance that doesn't bother to explain things when there's no reason Not to idk, explain the plan to somebody, that there has been a loss of nuance around discussions on what they do and do not say to people.

Does the doctor keep stupid things to themselves and make a total annoyance of themselves for No reason whatsoever? Yeah, they do, often.

Does this mean that Everything they keep to themselves is fair game and they're just being rude for not being totally transparent all the time? No, it doesn't.

Just because the doctor is a jerk who doesn't fill people in over the simplest of things, doesn't mean that they're not Also entitled to their privacy and to decide who they'll tell personal information to.

Because a bunch of times, when I've pointed out that the doctor has a right to keep deeply personal information private, even from people who love them, I just get pushback that them doing this is just like them not bothering to tell people the plan to beat the bad guy of the week and that they need to get over this and just tell people things.

These things Aren't the same. While it is their character flaw to be an arrogant jerk who doesn't talk to people about things They Just Won't Understand because the doctor is sooo smart and they're not, it doesn't mean that there aren't times when they have the basic right to their own privacy regarding their own life.

Nuance. The doctor not being willing to trauma dump is not the same thing as them not telling people the plan to beat a bad guy.

#dw shit #also... don't get me started on the retroactive view of nine trauma dumping on rose as Positive #he was being Cruel!!! #he was sharing his pain #not for catharsis #but so rose would Know how he feels even just a tiny bit #that is Not Good #13 may not have told the fam anything but she sure as hell didn't actively #try to hurt them so they could all sit in cosmic horror together #did she handle is well? no not really #but she eas honestly trying to Not hurt them #which does actually count for something

[puppyeared]

its so hard to watch time pass when things like careers and assignments exist. what do you mean im supposed to take that seriously

#I have an assignment that was due a week ago and I really really dont want to do it. I have to but i dont want to #im probably making it worse because my brain has built a wall around it so now i can’t do literally anything else until thats done. but #because I don’t want to do it I’m just kinda stuck. turns out this is what they meant when they said emotional regulation is part of #exec dysfunction.. I’ll have a thought like if I get a little bit of it done now i can get it over with. I can just submit something #and then not even 5 minutes later itll be like ugh but I have to draw all the assets out. I have to write things and make spreads ugh #and its just flopping between those two things. i hate it when ppl are like well how much time do you need to work on one thing #because BOY id love to know too. I’d love to know exactly when my brain wants to cooperate with me and work around that but I cant #even my period can’t decide when it wants to punch me in the stomach. which is kinda funny in the grand scheme of things but still #its so weird im just lying on my bed thinking abt all this like damn.. the time will pass anyways no matter what I decide to do.. damn…. #if I submit that assignment now and take the L I literally won’t die. it’ll just be a deduction on an assignment nobody will ask me about #I know this but I’m still stressing myself about it so my thoughts aren’t really connecting to my body. weird #maybe its because Im having a hard time looking forward to things. theres definitely a lot I should be living for but I don’t really feel #a strong attachment to it I guess? it’s been like this for a while with holidays and meeting with friends so I just don’t #I kinda figured its because im pretty passionless and its more like passing interest. but it’s not very fun when it feels like I’m going to #be living distraction to distraction for the next 70 years or so lol #idk it kind of feels like slowly bleeding out. which is funny because I actually did experience blood loss this week #had a 30 minute nosebleed and literally could not stand. also it felt like someone was pinching the back of my brain which was interesting #yapping #does this count as vent #vent #Ive just been making an oc carrd and contemplate changing my blog header for the past 3 days honestly

[pikbro]

cool dogs

#its so crazy how 2 of my current favorite things have dogs in them #heehaheha #im so nromal #ANWYAYS this is my first time drawing oatchi and i think i did a real good job #this isnt my first time drawing oddsock but i managed to actually make him look good this time so that counts for something i think #pikmin and lbp have had similar gaps between games which is funny i think #saba does not count #pikmin was winning by a singular year #pikmin 3 came out in 2013 and lbp3 came out in 2014 #maybe lbp will take the lead if we dont get anything in the next year or so lol #anwyasy im talking too much. tag time #littlebigplanet #little big planet #oddsock #oddsock lbp #pikmin #pikmin fanart #pikmin 4 #oatchi #oatchi pikmin #my art #i cant believe i forgot my fuckimg art tag

[biblicalhorror]

So I just looked into that top 50 celebrities list put out by myclimate.org and they say that they "only use data that celebrities themselves publish," meaning that someone being tagged in a post in one area of the world and then the next day posting in another area is how they calculate mileage and emissions. It seems like a pretty glaring data flaw when Taylor obviously isn't going around posting her location or having people tag her in things most of the time, idk. I agree that there's a lot of undue focus being put on Taylor, specifically, when clearly it's a more widespread celebrity problem, but it feels like misinformation to me to be using that study as a gotcha.

#its somewhat unclear how theyre collecting this data but it really doesnt seem like they're using anything other than social media #so no news sources or gossip sites or anything like that which would be posting taylors location consistently #it also does say tags count but like how does that even work when fans tag celebrities in unrelated posts all the time? #does it have to be a tag from a mutual or something? #anyway this data is bad and doesnt actually help taylors cause im sorry to say #it also says the no 1 polluter is travis scott with 6 million kg in 2023 compared to taylor swifts 8.2 million in 2022 #which is data from before the eras tour even started so 2023 has gotta be way higher than that #taylor swift

[kazumasdiary]

so, in 1-5, after you invite gina to dinner and she runs away, ryunosuke says,

"Once she's had a chance to calm down, I think there's a good chance she'll decide to come."

the thing is- gina is a pickpocket living on the streets of east end. most days, she probably doesn't know where her next meal is coming from. and i think ryunosuke realizes this, and that's how he gets to this conclusion- gina would need a really compelling reason to turn down free, guaranteed food.

and on that note, courtesy of my friends- don't think about how, in 2-4, gina says she saw gregson wind his watch at the pub every evening. don't think about how that means gregson took her to the pub every day, because even if he could not guarantee her stability in most areas of life he could at least guarantee that she was eating that day, if nothing else.

but the other thing is that, here, in 1-5, as far as we know, this is the second time sholmes has ever met gina. there's an argument to be made otherwise- gina's weirdly acquiescent to iris's insistence that she come along at the end of 1-3, which could imply they knew each other beforehand- but everything else seems to suggest that case 1-3 is the first time she and iris have ever met. so, when iris takes her back, that would be the first time gina and sholmes ever met, and this moment in the pawnshop marks the second.

which means that sholmes saw a young girl, who he knew to be a pickpocket and therefore likely an orphan, who he had met exactly once before, and before she walks away he makes sure to invite her to dinner.

and none of this is said out loud, because of course it's not. gina hates grown-ups. she says so herself. and that hatred is pretty justified- later, when you speak to her in the prison, she says

If you do wot the grown-ups tell ya, it'll get yer mates dragged off by the coppers. Or worse. I've 'ad it 'appen to me before an'all.

the kids in the east end have no one to look out for them. it's why mcgilded could threaten them so easily. every adult, every authority that should have protected gina has instead been used to hurt her.

so any insinuation that sholmes was trying to help her would have probably resulting in gina throwing something at him. and to be fair, most of the time, sholmes doesn't really try to be respectful or understanding- "a great detective is wont to lie" comes to mind, for one. but if he noticed this, too- if he realized that gina probably didn't know where or if she'd have food that night, and that she'd probably reject any offer of help if it was phrased that way- then this scene becomes one of the moments where he does choose to be tactful, in order to try and give someone what they might need.

(sholmes is, perhaps more aware of the people around him than he lets on, and it's a testament to how well his act is working that it took me until about halfway through case 2-4 to realize it. but that's not the point here.)

the thing is that society, as a whole, has failed gina in a lot of ways. it says something, that gina's stated goal at the end of 1-5 is to become the kind of adult that could protect kids like her- the kind of adult she never had.

but we do see a couple of instances where people choose to do better. they give her a chance, where she might not have gotten one otherwise. they go out of their way to make sure, just in case she hasn't eaten, that she is fed.

sometimes we see people get it right.

(as usual, thank you to @ifidogaysomyself for checking my claims.)

#dgs #dgs2 #dgs spoilers #dgs2 spoilers #meta #my meta #gina lestrade #herlock sholmes #i don't know if this meta actually properly makes its point #but i have. a lot of examples of sholmes being perhaps unintentionally callous #and until i realized this i don't know if i realized #the ways in which we do see him being kind #and gina has been pretty completely deprived of adults that show her kindness #because every authority in society that was supposed to care for or protect her hasn't #so it matters! that sholmes does actually manage to be kind here #and obviously individual kindness is not a substitute for like. structural change #but it does very much count for something.

[terrorbirb]

I'm bored at work so I'm seeing if I should report my old company for violating labor standards.

#totes bro #im so close but it is so obvious it would be me because i used to complain about this all the time #they dont inform their immigrant workers of their rights and so they dont like understand how their timecard works #and thr company advises them to take the least expensive insurance policy because they 'are healthy and don't need it' #but i know one couple wants fertility treatments but couldnt afford it because of that #they dont have the required posters #they also knowingly continue osha violations which i held a meeting over and was told this doesnt apply to us #which uhm it says it does on the Web site so i disagree #all of this is like why i left and what caused me to leave #and literally lying to me and another guy that we would get promotions for the work we did #and then they hired someone else to do the job making our promotions unnecessary and they were like hmmmm sorry #idk they like got a ton worse and i think the president got more reactionary which caused this #not sure how many of these count but thats not for me to decide anyway #oh and cleanliness standards but i actually fixed a lot of those..... fulfilling the role that promotion role that was promised #my coworkers here are like 'absolutely report the hell out of that place' because we do code violations lol #every time i say something they go 'that could be a violation :)' #they paid someone on a salary basis when they were under the salary pay and therefore should have gotten overtime

[xcziel]

There's already a ton of election software or websites with names corresponding to "voting buddy" or similar

but I'd like a term for a person or group you've made an agreement with to each support and enable the other to vote. A source of mutual encouraging reminders (and maybe mild guilt about not meeting an expectation)

Any and all suggestions welcome. It would be great if there was a catchy name so this could become an accepted Thing

#voting #us politics #us elections #or any elections really #there are a lot of really clever people on this site i'm sure someone can vome up with something decent #like just a word for a person who works like a school fieldtrip buddy #the mutually voluntary human equivalent of a post-it note for each of you #or for a whole group? a groupchat or email chain even #just someone to check in and ask oh hey you voted yet? and idk offer help if there's an issue like #offer a ride or to watch the kids or to meet up and make it a fun get-together thing so it's not drudgery #could be anybody: friend parent co-worker random guy you see at the dogpark #bc it's not about *how* you're voting but just that you DO #saw somebody on here saying yeah they live in ny so it won't matter if they vote #which - tell me without telling me you don't care about local elections for one thing #but also uh can you maybe remember a time when counting the actual 'popular vote' actually became a really big deal??? #for the entire nation even? #the us does not have ranked voting or required voting we need all the voter encouragement and support we can get

[positivelyapunovexponent-good]

after several days of heavy snow, it is now slightly warmer and sunny out, making for optimal snowman conditions. Reliably, some students are my university will use this opportunity to construct some manner of snow phallus. That’s not quite my style, so I decided to go a slightly… different direction while staying on theme

#It’s a little lumpy but I’m nevertheless quite proud of it actually. For something that started as a joke it came out really well! #I had a lot of fun making it #my art #I guess this does kinda count as art huh #It was legitimately good anatomy practice. Which- anatomy is still pretty wonky but that’s snow for you #Now I want to draw some anatomy studies #nudity cw

[idontknowiknow]

the complaint I have re the Barbie movie that i feel the most passionate about despite/because I know it's not important at all is the 0 acknowledgement of all the Barbie girl horses that have ever existed. Where does ken get off thinking horses are for men. Has he not been surrounded by palomino horses with stupidly long manes and big blue eyes and eyelashes and glittery pink tack his whole life. I try to google the Barbie horses I had and I can't find them because they are all swamped by the many additional extremely girlie Barbie horses that exist

#my 'weird Barbie' that got its hair cut off was a horse #this is because we cared more about playing with toy horses and other animals much more than humanoid toys #so the actual barbies rarely got a look in #I was very cross abt my sister cutting off my horse's mane and tail. She was like 2 tho. #sometimes it's hard to convince people you're over something when you spent many years (as a child) being deeply bothered by it #ALSO that Barbie horse computer game that we used to play at my cousins' house #not sure if Barbie computer games count for the movie #anyway. I held off on making this post for 4 days #my other big complaint is 'how could the off screen takeover POSSIBLY have happened' but that's 'does the plot make sense' territory #which is not worth approaching #it was an enjoyable movie to watch. great energy in the cinema

[muninnhuginn]

When series begin to question their initial premise and in doing so pull the rug from underneath the audience's feet. Like, walking up a hill and sitting on a bench only to find out I actually just sat down on a roller coaster

#mob psycho 100 #kaguya-sama #steven universe future #(these are the three that come to mind for me. probably in this order in terms of execution from best to worst too) #I feel like these all pull it off by playing into genre conventions tbh. The audience *could* question mob's explosions or reigen using mob #but for the most part it just trundles along and basically functions as a mechanic for the setting? Until you find out it's not #with kaguya-sama it tends to use its comedic side to set the scene. The entire idea of them confessing to each other is a competition #until it's not #but kaguya-sama actually does this multiple times where something is a gag until you look closer and it's actually not #su: f is doing this to the entire og series by looking at how a chara like steven fits in the genre #but actually that has implications. the ideal understanding hero doesn't exist in isolation #ugh anyway there's probably some trope name for this but idk exactly what it is #mp100 #su #suf #(edit: also I realise this makes it sound like reigen taking advantage of mob is entirely ignored which isn't quite the case #because separation arc. but it's not actually concluded there even tho it seems that way) #idk if utena would count with the entire idea of a prince not existing but I feel like it's upfront enough from the start #about deconstructing that idea that it doesn't feel like it quite fits in that category with the rest)

[exopelagic]

okay facing consequences of my actions

#I thought I’d gotten away with it this time #okay it’s 3am and I may have discovered something that completely ruins me #everyone is asleep so I can’t tell if this is me being sleep deprived or not! #so I need to sleep now but I haven’t cleaned my code up or written my answers #I do Not have time #if I don’t sleep now I’m gonna be having a bad time tomorrow morning and I am significantly less productive rn than I could be #with other people around I kinda need that y #so I should go to bed. but also. this code needs cleaning. but also. even if I fall asleep now I’m only getting like 5 hours MAX #I need a good few hours tomorrow morning to have a shot at doing this properly #so it would be more useful to sleep now and wake up as early as possible than keep going tonight bc I’m not going to finish tonight #okay. fuck. I hate this #if I could think straight I’d be able to fix this easy which is probably a good reason to sleep #it’s just an annoying logical problem that I gotta follow through bc currently I’m stuck between three possibilities and there might be more #I have these two rasters and I gotta calculate the area overlap #the first method counts the number of presence points in each (probably) and then counts the number in overlap raster w manually set values #the second counts total predicted points and points where they’re predicted to be alone and does a calculation with that for each species #that one with all points from both species + pseudoabsence. vs method 3 which does that with just individual species coordinates #method 1&2 are now homologous now I JUST caught the logical error but method 3 is what he gave us #but actually he might have fucked up in not including pseudoabsence #i don’t know if method 3 works for two different species either honestly #it gives me results I like much more (my overlap is 100% for one of the species and that shoooouldnt rlly happen even if it’s possible) but #I think it might actually just be wrong because it can’t account for #wait so the line is taking the prediction for all coordinates for each species for each species’ initial coordinates. and not pseudoabsence #and that set of predictions for each species coordinate set is then taken and yeah it’s no longer comparable you can’t count each alone #not with two different species bc you need an overlapping dataset to do that OKAY I have solved that logical problem my initial method works #which is annoying bc the result sucks but whatever I checked the rasters and it’s actually identical so #okay now I’ve figured that out. twenty minutes later. sleep I think it’ll help most #luke.txt

[lecliss]

How come when I do research on anxiety and paranoia everything just talks about being afraid of how strangers and society in general perceive you and judge you behind your back? Like yeah thats a major part of it, but wheres all the information about being terrified of dying every single second you're in a car or that the ceiling will suddenly for no reason at all just collapse on you killing you instantly or that The Killer is standing in the hall while you're on your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night???

#im having a 'scared of everything right now' moment and i refuse to believe im the only person in the world like this #how does this not qualify as anxiety and/or paranoia??? is this something else??? #i tried to look into paranoid schizophrenia once but i just got info about schizophrenia in general #i couldnt find anything specifically about the paranoid version #does this count as some form of ocd perhaps??? see the problem here is that i dont know enough about these things #and idk what my specific problems are classified as cuz no one talks about that part #its all just 'everyone is judging me and they think i suck' or 'imaginary people are stalking me' #which actually. maybe The Killer in the hall counts as that? see idk AND THATS THE PROBLEM!!!! #see fuck people. idc about people. but about the improbable but never impossible chance a gorilla will come up behind me and kill me??? #and see im wording it funny but thats just how i talk. its for real not a joke. im terrified of these things #the improbable but not impossible thing is just how i live but i act like everything is 99% probable #personal

[marvelstars]

Why Palpatine LOVED Anakin’s Mechanical Arm

In the novelization of ROTS Dooku said to Sidious how he was disgusted by Anakin´s mechanical arm, he was revolted at the idea of recruiting an ally who wasn´t entirely human, comparing Anakin to general Grievous. To Dooku´s surprise Sidious replied that Anakin´s mechanical arm was exactly what made him the perfect man for their plans. He saw Anakin´s arm as a permanent symbol of the sacrifices he had to make for peace and justice. That arm was a badge of heroism that Anakin had to publicy wear for the rest of his life, forcing everyone to look at him and see his honor, courage and integrity. Sidious said that Anakin was perfect just the way he was.

#starwars #anakin skywalker #palpatine #On the one side Palpatine has been preparing for years to make Anakin fall to the darkside and destroy his life on the other he´s genuinely #An Anakin stan who actually likes him and respected him losing his arm defending Obi-Wan from Dooku #it´s Sidious dichotomy how he actually respects and likes Padme and Anakin even while designing their tragic end #I guess there´s something to be said about how Dooku/ Obi-Wan see Anakin losing parts of himself as him losing his humanity and become more #like a droid #Anakin and Vader himself think of themselves as less because of this but they don´t allow it to stop them doing their missions #because he´s at the end a practical man who´s also a survivor despite himself #Lucas does link the act of "losing an arm/legs with punishment for falling but Sidious interpretation is sound in this case #Anakin lost his #arm defending his master #which was an heroic act given he was just a padawan at the time dueling a seasoned Jedi master #quite introspective for a Sith but then again Palpatine would not have become a great adversary if he wasn´t able to read people acurately #This is by far his most scary power #the hability to read and understand others even if he himself hardly feels something for anybody else with a few exceptions #Youtube #count dooku #darth vader #emperor palpatine

[beefy-babe-showdown]

How are those submissions coming? Can't wait to see all the beefy women 🤤

yeah it's going really well actually! we're already at 208 submissions, I could probably close it early if I wanted, but I'll leave it open at least a few more days. I also haven't fully counted anything up yet, so I don't know exactly how many are actually different characters and how many are repeats, but it looks like we're standing a good chance of a 64 character bracket here

#there's been a few funny ones though #someone submitted nancy wheeler? I LOVE her I swear but she's not qualifying I'm so sorry #someone else submitted yor forger and said she isn't really built but that she canonically has inhuman strength #which. I haven't watched spy x family. but I'm telling you now I'm only letting her in if she gets way more submissions #bc again. this is more about body type #someone also submitted willow park?? I haven't watched the owl house is there something I'm missing there #ALSO funny but in a different way. people keep submitting yasha from critical role and one person had to link the official art #and be like “listen. she's depicted as way more muscular in all fanwork” bc. she does look slim in the official artwork #so I do want you all to know that her sheer amount of submissions guarantees her a spot #similarly with gideon nav people keep submitting her and being like “the book artwork is bad she's SOO muscular” #I know. I read the book (haven't finished the series yet though) she was already on my mind when I started this. she's getting in #actually maybe I should make a post with a list of women guaranteed placement #there are some women I had in mind though who have a surprisingly low submission count. I'm worried my personal blorbos won't make it in #ask #anon

[gottagobuycheese]

genuinely truly wholeheartedly cannot fathom people who go running before work. what do you mean you don’t get out of bed 10-15 minutes before you need to be fully dressed, breakfasted, equipped, and out the door? why would you voluntarily wake up SEVERAL hours early and go get sweaty in the dark and cold and then have a shower in the MORNING only to go to work all day?? incomprehensible.

#context: my housemate and I went for a run/walk this evening and we remarked on how nice it was and how we should do it more often #but realistically the only way we'd be able to do it during the weekdays is before work #which like. lmao. #I'm sorry but your insomnia and my insomnia do not line up enough for this #the only person who comes to mind that I actually know does this is my high school ap chem teacher #but she also got her phd at 25 so she doesn't count #I do like running in the mornings the few times I've done it! #but the only way we'd be able to get it done before work here is well before sunrise #which I am intrinsically opposed to #and also if I have work right after I can't just come back home and go back to sleep or slouch on the couch for 3 hours straight #I was going to say something but there was this HUGE gust of wind and rain and other noises lashing my window and I forgot what it was #anyways in summary I still don't want to go to work tomorrow #and I'm rrrreeeaaaaallllyyyy hoping that the ‘don't want to be here’ energy of Friday carries over to today #phenomenal job on Friday 6 out of 8 of my co-worker's people didn't show up #I yearn for that sort of attendance #please. please give me nothing to do. let me catch up on my other stuff. you do not need to come in for this. this can be an email. #(to be fair I would also hate it if it were an email sdkjfhskfjh) #(...yeah actually maybe don't make it an email) #(but please please PLEASE no more backstories tragic or otherwise) #(please let it just be simple and straightforward enough to finish all my notes as they come) #(I still have to do Friday's because I slept like all of Saturday and half of today) #ah shoot and I still need to study... #you know what. I'm gonna have to say it: I miss December #Cheese's personal molasses #Cheese evaporates about...job?? #okay I should go to sleep now and stop fantasizing about a tree missing everything but landing exactly across our driveway #rendering it impossible for us to go to work #OKAY STOP WHINING #IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH TOMORROW I'LL LET YOU DO SOMETHING ART RELATED A N D EAT SOME COOKIE DOUGH HOW'S THAT

[rohirric-hunter]

This guy has the bow that I want

#lotro #>:| #why cant I have the bow that i want #also this bow isnt even available in this area or at this level and NEVER HAS BEEN #actually okay so the lotro companion + compendium + one random online source points to a unique level 35 legendary hunter class bow #which does have that appearance #but does not seem to be available in game #im thinking that maybe ill level some hunters to level 35 and send them my black steel keys from this seasons li rewards track #see if it comes out of lootboxes at that level #but tbh my thought is that item was intended to be a reward for a class specific quest that never got implemented or something #like where do you even get legendary quality weapons before level 45 where you get like. an actual li? #like i cant think of any non li weapons that are legendary quality that ive ever seen #(i can count on one hand the number of lootboxes ive opened since they implemented the current system #and quite frankly the rewards are extremely disappointing. at least for 140 characters) #i got some shit i could barter from rowan raspberry and weapons i couldnt use #extremely disappointing