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[0nlyyy-red]

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[were--ralph]

they slayed

[crappycheese]

[dedalvs]

By special request from the LTS Discord…

Who’s more sexually desirable: Scar or Thanos?

No context; no middle ground. Choose your fighter.

Who does it for you?

Scar

Thanos

Remaining time: 1 day 14 hours

[unheardoracle]

Your dialogue is stiff because everyone is being too honest

Great dialogue can come from radical emotional honesty. But in most real conversations, people

dodge questions

answer indirectly

lie (badly)

change the subject

crack jokes to avoid serious answers

lie (convincingly)

say half of what they mean

tell the truth but get so anxious/angry/defensive others now think they're lying

If your dialogue feels unnatural, it might be because everyone is saying exactly what they think, or articulating their thoughts too well. Try letting characters hide things instead.

Subtext is where tension lives.

[dopedyk]

more so,

people don’t always speak in full sentences,

slang can change depending on age range, demographic, etc. &

don’t be scared of vocal pauses (uhm, uh, err)

[problemnyatic]

"Punishment works!!!" We're drowning in three to four generations of people so pants-shittingly terrified of ever being wrong that half of everyone has constructed a worldview wherein they never even consider the possibility that they could be wrong and the other half behaves like one wrong move will make anything or anyone explode violently into a million irreperable pieces. I don't think it works guys

[problemnyatic]

I know this might be a bold take but maybe teaching everyone from a young age that ever making a mistake will be met with unimaginable pain and misery doesn't actually encourage learning or correct behavior. If anything it creates a sense of terror so powerful it completely suffocates curiosity and exploration, thus leading to people knowing absolutely nothing but whatever is brought directly to them, which is a big problem in a world where information is so tightly controlled that a very small number of very powerful people basically have complete power over what people see and hear on a day-to-day basis when not actively seeking new and rigorously verified information from diverse and trustworthy sources.

[problemnyatic]

if any of this sounds like you, start by looking up the definition of words you've heard and are pretty sure you know what they mean, but haven't actually double-checked for yourself. Just like, whenever it occurs to you. Great first step

[problemnyatic]

This post goes out to the "we need to bring back bullying" crowd. Just because you aren't hitting someone physically doesn't mean you aren't being punitive. Maybe it isn't actually healthy to believe it's necessary to harass and humiliate anyone who makes you upset or uncomfortable. That sounds like a you problem actually.

[problemnyatic]

Anyways, breaking the cycle of abuse starts with you and how you treat yourself. You have to give yourself grace and room for error or you'll never be able to cultivate a healthier mindset than your trauma left you with. It's not easy, but you have to trust yourself that whatever seems kinder than however you usually treat yourself is probably a good enough start. Doesn't need to be perfect, doesn't need to be The Correct Answer, just needs to be a step in the right direction, y'know? We'll figure out the details along the way.

[shortkinglogan]

ThpThpThpThpThpThp

[rottenbabyfawn]

pspspspsps heyyy kittykittykittyy

[shortkinglogan]

[tuxankhamun]

sorry kids daddy lost all his money betting on rhinoceros beetle fights again there won't be a christmas this year

[bester-jester]

good news babies, momma just cleared some chump of everything. Two christmases this year. God i love beetles fighting

[yardsards]

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

[fizzlepop-frog]

“but I stay silly!”

[sensiblereblogifposts]

Reblog you stay silly

[weaselle]

on it boss

[brucebocchi]

[0nlyyy-red]

Y'know there is just something so fucking positively vindicating than realizing leaving your parent's house than noticing how much. Happier I am, how easy it is to wake up every day.

But the biggest thing that jumped out to me today was how I haven't once had a craving for Wendys since leaving a month ago.

Smthn I never really see talked about when folks discuss abusive or toxic households is the fuckin endless craving for external comforts; in my case, it was fast food. Maybe this is just a #WhiteAndMiddleclass-ism I have but back under my mom's roof, the quickest way to 1. Eat something and 2. Avoid The Kitchen [ see: dangerous ] was to just Fuck off to go get fast food instead. Cooking was hard, it was stressful, I never had the energy, I never even wanted to - I learned what was the quickest to make, which meant I lived on six peanut butter sandwiches and some eggos a day. Otherwise? Wendys. It was a 10 minute round trip tops, it was consistent, and it was cheap by my folks standards.

Since leaving, not a whisper of Wendys in my brain. At my inlaw's place, the kitchen was clean, things were organized, I'd bought my own food and I was happy to cook it for myself. I was happy to clean up, and fuck it was easy! Here in a friend's apartment, same deal. Small galley-style kitchen, safe food at the ready, and I can cook without even thinking about it. That's huge! That's so insane to realize.

It made me happy :]

[phantomrose96]

Fired from the Walmart for having a “usurper’s disposition”

[curiositysavesthecat]

If you could restart your life from age 15 with all the knowledge you possessed now, so that you COULD go back and fix all your regrets/mistakes, would you do it?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 3 days 3 hours

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[depsidase]

[traumasurvivors]

When I first started working on healing, I thought it meant that if I froze, dissociated, got triggered or had any sort of intense emotional reaction that I was undoing my progress. Or that if they happened, it meant I wasn't healing. (I still struggle with dissociating, triggers and stuff like that.)

It took time, but I began to realize that the progress is in noticing it happening sooner, being able to cope with it, or bounce back quicker. Or that it happens less frequently. Sometimes I'm able to notice the signs and prevent it from happening.

For me, it was never about 'never struggling' but about learning to deal with the struggles.

[tastylemonbread]

[the-frightening-ghoul]

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[puppygirldick]

Bioengineering is crazy yeah ill smoke the everything ciggie

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

one puff on a hand roll of these will send every cop in a 26 mile radius into anaphylactic shock

[crabussy]

ohhhh tumblr users.... (fondly) hahahaha (less fondly) hahahaha (a cold feeling prickles the back of your neck) (it is dread)

[crabussy]

sometimes you just have to mutter "reading comprehension website" and scroll past the post and go on with your day. and sometimes you have to start screaming like a chimp