Losing to a dog at 17D chess

John | Adult, queer, Christian, married, friend of cats, Linux user. | Minors can follow but there be dick jokes and such here so Watch Out | Icon art by @foxkidd!

[andonlyafoolwouldsaythat]

I Have No Garf and I Must Field

[homunculus-argument]

Saw a post about how halal and kosher meat will likely be the only reliably safe options in the US because their safety and cleanliness standards aren't dictated by what's the barest legal minimum that government food safety regulations demand.

So you're like 5 years away from "ever notice how the musulmans and jews never get sick from bad meat? clearly this is proof that they are poisoning us" right now.

[bananonbinary]

one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.

DO THINGS HALFWAY. NOW YOU’RE 100% BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE BEFORE.

[redheadhatchet]

One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.”  I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting.  Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible.  Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible.  Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly… because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

[resetium]

someone please hit me over the head with this post every day for like the next week thanks. a mention, a reblog with text, a message, something.

[blackwoolncrown]

You must understand that perfectionism isn’t striving for excellence, it’s a crippling fear of being flawed and therefore worth abandonment or punishment. It’s a kind of psychological avoidance. You’re avoiding fear and failure , not embracing the thing you want to do bc if it was about the thing you want to do you’d be fine with partial victory.

[quix5gg]

also the trans lenny hc is so underrated i dont think we talk enough about it

[v0gons]

I recently heard someone defend their use of generative AI by saying they were "born without talent" and that pissed me off becauseeveryone is born without talent!!! Do you think some people just pop out of the womb with the innate ability to paint or some shit??? do you think that some people are born with a silver pen in hand or something??? It just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of everything ever.

[forestthechonkykitty]

“I could never do that” YES YOU COULD!! THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL PART OF CRAFTS!!

IF YOU ASK NICELY I WILL EVEN SHOW YOU HOW I AM DOING IT! I HAVE ENCOUNTERED PEOPLE IRL WHO WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO MY CRAFTS AND I INVITED THEM TO MY HOME FOR DINNER AND A LITTLE “WORKSHOP” SO THEY COULD LEARN THE BASICS ON MY TOOLS

LEARN TO DO THE SHIT!! WE ALL SUCKED ONCE!! JUST GIVE IT A TRY!!!

[awritersbro]

if you see a Jabberwocky in an American National Park i cannot stress this enough you HAVE to report them to the nearest Park ranger. I know, I know, they fill human hearts with terror and whimsy in equal measure, but they are an aggressively invasive species in the Americas. Jackalopes are at risk of becoming extinct because during shedding season they have no natural defences against jaws that bite and claws that catch.

You don't have to worry about them killing it, they're actually endangered in England due to Victorian Era overhunting, so the British government's provided the National Park service with Vorpal Tranquilizer Darts so they can safely transport them to their native British Countryside where they can feast on borogroves and jubjub birds to their hearts' content.

[edgar-allan-possum]

Jabberwocks are starting to really intrude on the territory of the Snallygaster and crowd them out. Please report when you see them and help preserve our American monsters!

[tlaquetzqui]

Biologists prefer the term “fearsome critters”, just FYI. They resemble monsters but only due to convergent evolution.

[evegwood]

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[goldensunset]

ok i’ve been curious about something. can you name a character who is, all three at once,

1. canonically female (no variation)

2. canonically the protagonist of her story (if it’s an ensemble cast you have to say you can legitimately see her as The main character)

3. your personal #1 favorite character in that story (ties are acceptable)

?

yes

no

super nuance bald extract button (use this wisely)

Remaining time: 6 days 21 minutes

[fromhersoul]

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

you just teleported to the last game you played how is it going? {you're plot involved}

good

bad

great

awful

dead

I don't play games/results

Remaining time: 5 days 6 hours

Soma 😔

[hiveswap]

[Doesnt do it] [gets stressed] [gets scared thinking about doing it] [doesnt do it because it's scary] [keeps not doing it]

[hiveswap]

[gets called out] [gets ashamed] [gets angry] [does not do it]

[hiveswap]

At some point i feel like this makes me a bad person regardless of what mental illness it comes from

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