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theaftersundown

*writes two paragraphs after months of literally nothing and it took three hours*

lillagrim

relelvance

In what world is tall muscular man not conventionally attractive

piedude

We've all been down here too long. I truly think there's a chunk of tumblr's population that can no longer survive sunlight.

reagan-slayer69

women will say “hear me out” and show u a photo of pyramid head and then tumblr users will go “this is a perfectly normal man and an ice cold take”

#tHEY ARE RIGHT THO #this may as well be fucking RYAN GOSLING #this is JUST SOME GUY!!!#the others are WEAK

horrorlesbians

Alexander McQueen Autumn / Winter 2024

starless-planet

I love being a part of the hive mind

spicymotte

maybe monsterfucker erotica doesn't need a plot but it certainly gives the whole thing a bit more substance

spicymotte

me being fascinated by the complex political caste system in the getting-rawed-by-two-dragons book

cosmovain

how is it mario day and no one posted the essay

cosmovain

macleod

Happy MAR10 day, how is this paper only a year old?

3liza

i cannot emphasize enough how important it is to have gossipy bitchy littl pirvate group chats or discord servers with like 4 people in them whose stated purpose is posting “new kind of guy” or “this reddit post is so fuckin dumb” or “i got into a fight on twitter today look at this idiot’s reply” so your homies can still see it and laugh and back you up but more importantly, so you are not tempted to post these kind of things on main

honestlyvan

# you can also practice just having self control in private in general # for example i do my best to never shit talk actual people ever # i can guarantee you that if you never form the habit of talking about anyone behind their back you will not do that.

rabbitindisguise

seriously, there really is no reason to gossip, the whole “everyone does it” rings hard like all those “everyone spanks their kids” bullshit. Yeah they do, and you still shouldn’t do that. Pick up a weird hobby like organizing bricks by color in minecraft like the rest of us.

curlicuecal

Mmmm, gonna back op on this one.

I kind of wonder what you’re picturing when you hear this, because what I’m picturing is stuff like critiquing the fanfic we read way more frankly than we ever would to an author’s face.

“Gossip” has a number of important social functions, and like any other social interaction it is a tool that can be used in good or bad ways.

We discuss positive and negative interactions we’ve had later and in private with our friend groups because this helps us process them. It can be a vibe check (“does it seem like this person was acting out of line towards me?”) or an analysis (“why do you think they did that? what do you think I should have done?”) or data compilation (“is this a pattern? has this happened to anyone else?”) or data sharing (“hey this alarming interaction happened, watch out”) or just venting to channel emotions into a place where they’re safe to have (“friend is processing bad thing and I’m upset on their behalf, so I need do my own processing somewhere else”).

If you can’t complain about your boss to your friends, how do you even figure out what bad boss behavior looks like?

And when some stranger’s being a dick on social media it is usually infinitely healthier and more constructive to go chat that argument out with your friends than to let yourself get sucked into fighting with someone very likely more interested in hurting people than listening.

Figuring out which social circles are the most beneficial places to have which discussions is a huge part of figuring out how to navigate the world and building yourself the support network you need.

redshiftsinger

“I never talk badly about anyone even in private!” cool high horse you’ve got there. I think you’re a liar though.

If you aren’t a liar now, time will make you one. You’ll eventually repress enough stupid little bullshits that you didn’t properly process for the back pressure to turn you into an asshole who thinks you’re justified. Worst kind of asshole, in my opinion.

Way better to be a bit of a dick in private with some friends about something annoying that you’re still able to remember is objectively Not That Serious than to be a chronic dick in general because you’ve repressed enough irritation that every new inconvenience feels like it’s a huge offense that’s pushing you over the edge.

mikkeneko

I had a post a while ago, that was actually about character development, that observed that the things that twist people up inside the most is feeling like they aren’t permitted to have the emotions they have.

This is part of that. If you convince yourself that Only Bad People Think Mean Things, that you must never be annoyed or frustrated and you must be good and charitable and kind in your thoughts 24/7, it will twist you up inside. You will begin to evolve elaborate justifications for why your bad feelings are actually good feelings, how it’s not that you’re annoyed or frustrated it’s that the thing is evil and you are righteously outraged and you are right to be so.

Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t do that to others.

Being annoyed and frustrated over minor things is part of the human psyche. No one is exempt. There is no thought crime, and it’s healthy to have a safe and private place to put these thoughts and feelings.

beatrice-otter

As an autistic woman, I have experienced this in my life many times.

The people who are most likely to be awful to me, to treat me like crap, are people who have fully bought into the “I’m nice and nice people are always Good and Moral in every way” BS.

See, with that kind of person, they can’t just dislike a person for no reason. They can’t just have incompatible personalities, or bad vibes, or be mildly annoying. No. They are a Good Person, they are above such pettiness! Therefore, if they don’t like you, there has to be a good reason for it. You must be an awful person that they are righteously justified in disliking. Therefore, they can be as cruel and hurtful to you as they want and still be a Good Person, because you deserve it. You must deserve it, because otherwise they wouldn’t be doing it.

If you try to protest, if you try to point out that the problem is not that you are bad, just that you are annoying, they will not listen. Because if they are not perfectly Nice and Good and Moral, their entire self-understanding collapses. If they are treating you worse than you deserve, their entire self-understanding collapses. Therefore, you must deserve everything they do to you and say about you.

Whereas if they’d just accept that everyone has negative thoughts and people they don’t like for petty reasons, and bitch a little bit in private as a safety valve for those feelings, they’d be much less cruel and much less self-righteous, and would actually be closer to the way they think of themselves.

mariposakitten

It honestly makes it SO MUCH EASIER to be polite to insufferable people when you know you can bitch about them in private with your friends later. Like a steam valve. You gotta vent it occasionally or you’re gonna blow.

#yeah all this #also like. id rather be straight up honest. im such a fucking bitch.#its okay to be a bitch sometimes

t-800

for 189 measly dollars you can have this little gay boy climbing up on your wall

#how do i get the Glory Hole skeleton #absolutely FUCKS and CUMS #whAt a SLUT #i kinda want one

sewercentipede

everybody’s horny or on their period or microdosing mushrooms or having their birthday soon… march really has arrived

bloodstainedmuzzle

Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) Leon S. Kennedy [ 1 / ??? ]

#LOWER THE CAMERA ANGLE ON THAT SECONS GIF PLS #idk why the furry ears but babey boi I'll bark for ya #why dont more men dress like this????#cant tell is those are dog ears or horse ears but if its horse i can shee why-

lovejoypilled

“wah wah all girls care about is astarion wah” yeah you know what? i cant imagine why women gravitate toward a character who feels like they are only worthy of attention if they’re sexualized and are under constant pressure to be a sexual being due to a traumatic experience that made them think that they’re only good for sex and really cannot perceive himself outside of being objectified and serving others. cant possibly have any idea why girls like astarion you know