oh, you are like me!

personal acc, i dont do much here

[keibay]

Piece by Piece ....

[commissions]

[kruegerismymalewife]

Crying when did I put this as my note for ULTRAKILL on Discord

[bits-and-beasts]

Terminal velocity.

It was a fight you could never have won.

[ascii-txt]

HELL

(I wasn't sure how to draw Hell in a really expressive way, so I ended up thinking, "What if it uses the corpses or remnants of V1's defeated enemies as a stand-in for itself?")

[saintsofgraves]

something wrong w my copy of ultrakill bro what are they doing

[loopy-lupe]

Excited for FRAUD

[blueartistic813]

my mirror image

[local-toaster]

[gamigross]

this is the only way it should have ended

[alexriesart]

A creature I designed for Subnautica 2: the Hycean!

Inspired by pelagic snails like heteropods and siphonophores.

[leosdooley]

YOU WANNA WALK WITH ME A WHILE?

the long walk (2025) // hadestown, anaïs mitchell // orpheus and eurydice, edward john poynter // a word to orphuists, kazimierz wierzyński

[ohmovie]

‘’It’s just about loving someone, and it’s just about the fact that Ray loves Pete and Pete loves Ray. And that they're willing to sacrifice themselves throughout the story to keep them alive, to keep them in their lives.’’ - Cooper Hoffman on Garraty and McVries' relationship

THE LONG WALK (2025) dir. Francis Lawrence

[ultrafacts]

According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.

Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.

From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

Head low in the water, mouth at water level

Head tilted back with mouth open

Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus

Eyes closed

Hair over forehead or eyes

Not using legs—vertical

Hyperventilating or gasping

Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway

Trying to roll over on the back

Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder

So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.

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[mermaibee]

BOOST FOR THE SUMMER. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

[1q8njk-deactivated20221112]

Can I just say thank you to OP for putting such a detailed description on this?

I’ve been a lifeguard for 6 years now and of all the saves I’ve done, maybe two or three had people drowning in the stereotypical thrashing style. And even those, like the save I made last weekend, it was exactly like OP describes where the person’s head is going in and out of the water but it isn’t long enough to get any air. Mostly you recognize drowning by the look on someone’s face. If someone looks wide eyed and terrified or confused, chances are they’re drowning. That look of “oh shit” is pretty easily recognizable. And even if you can’t tell for sure: GO AFTER THEM ANYWAY. I’ve done “saves” where a kid was pretending to drown and I mistook it for real drowning, but that’s preferable to a kid ACTUALLY drowning.

Also please remember that even strong swimmers can drown if they have a medical emergency, get cramps, or get too tired. If your friend knows how to swim but they’re acting funny get them to land. And even if someone can respond when you ask them if they need help, if they say they do need help? GO HELP THEM.

However . If the victim is a stranger, I can’t recommend trying to get them. Lifeguards literally train to escape “attacks,” because people who are drowning can freak the fuck out and grab you and make YOU drown as well. If you do go in after someone, take hold of them from the back and talk to them the whole time. IF YOU ARE GRABBED: duck down into the water as low as you can get. The person is panicking and won’t want to go under water and should release you. Shove up at their hands and push them away from you as you duck under. Don’t die trying to save someone else.

Please guys, read and memorize this post. Not all places have lifeguards. Being able to recognize drowning is such an important skill to have and you can save someone’s life.

[inspector-loki]

Just incase!

[witchofobsession-deactivated202]

In a water park once, I was suddenly grabbed by a child and he dragged me under the water without warning. I was going to get angry with him when I resurfaced because I thought he was being an ass, until I looked at him go back in and out hyperventilating the entire time. I grabbed him under his arms and began trying to drag him out while screaming for the lifeguard.

When the lifeguard got us both out, a woman came running down and accused me of harming him and said he had been completely fine in the water. That there was no reason to drag him out of there. The lifeguard had to explain to her that her son had been drowning, to which her response was to say that she didn’t hear him call for help.

People seriously need to learn the signs.

[princedrewwrites]

http://spotthedrowningchild.com/ really demonstrates how easy it is to miss drowning 

[koikishu]

Source: http://nihongami.blogspot.com/2019/01/blog-post_4.html

Japanese Hairstyles: Historical Overview Part 02: Women’s Hairstyles of the Edo Period, Part 03

Hairstyle Name: Wari-Shimada (割り島田) lit. “Split Rice Paddy Island”

     This hairstyle is a variation of the Tsubushi-shimada. In this style, the front of the topknot is split open to reveal a piece of loosely bound cotton (or brocade) to match the one tied around the tail of the topknot. This style is very similar to Yuiwata Kuzushi (ゆいわたくずし), where the basis is the Yuiwata hairstyle. However, because this style prefers to uses silk crepe instead of shibori, it has a more mature and “older sister” feel than Yuiwata does. 

     It was worn by single town girls between the ages of 17-19 years old. It was also commonly seen on Torioi (鳥追い) and Yaba-onna (矢場女). Torioi were female street performers who wore braided hats and carried shamisens or fans to perform during the Dochu no Torioi (i.e. the “Driving off the birds parade”), a procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house. Yaba-onna are prostitutes that work in brothels disguised as archery ranges. As a sign os such a prostitute, it seems the tegara tied to the tail of the topknot was meant to hang long. As a result, this hairstyle was never worn by women of the samurai or noble court classes.

[wrongfourtytwo]

HAPPY NEW YEAR WEIRDOS!!!1! Here is the messiest thing I could possibly conjure and it took me forever !! If I were to finish it in full detail it would literally take me weeks!!! Lol!!(im literally krilling mygelf. Love you guys.)

035 is the one being drowned btw

[missmyloko]

April 22nd, 2026: A new geiko is born! Satoha (さと葉) of Nakasato (中里) in Kamishichiken is celebrating her erikae! She is Kamishichiken's first erikae in two years and the first from Nakasato in seven! As an incredibly graceful dancer, her skills are much needed in her small kagai and she will be a great asset as a geiko going forward! Her outfit features shōchikubai with maple leaves, rocks, and a stream with a golden pine obi ^^ おめでとうさんどすさと葉さん ^o^! Image is courtesy of the Kamishichiken Kabukai.

[imagination-overreaction]

I recently read this post and it hit me--there's so much in-your-face symbolism in this show, surely the writers tucked more into it for fun, right? Especially with all the other bird symbolism in the show I'm also just a sucker for symbols and double meanings lol. So when I saw the sparrow mentioned in the Kinuyo scene I just had to look up possible sparrow symbolism, and much to my delight I found the folk tale "Shita-kiri Suzume" (literally: "tongue-cut sparrow").

in the Tongue-Cut Sparrow, an old man has a sparrow that he loves dearly. While he is away, the sparrow eats starch the man's wife had made, and the greedy wife cuts the bird's tongue out and flings it out to the wild. The man goes to find the sparrow with the help of the other sparrows, and he recieves treasure. His wife, hearing of the treasure, goes to find the sparrows and get some herself. She doesn't receive treasure, but instead she receives a basket full of monsters that kill her (in some versions I believe the sparrows lead her off a cliff, but either way they directly kill her).

BES loves to compare the women to birds: Akemi is the songbird, Mizu is the phoenix, and Kinuyo is, of course, the dead sparrow. However, this show doesn't seem to like to make the symbols be just one thing: Mizu is the phoenix, but she is also presented as the samurai and the onryo. Each part of the samurai story has a different comparison, so it wouldn't be a stretch to apply that logic to the Tongue-Cut Sparrow story. (unrelated note: I absolutely adore the puppetry scenes, and how the puppeteers fade out more in each segment until they're invisible. 10/10 artistic choice, but anyways)

That old man loved his sparrow. Even though it was technically free in the wilderness, he worried about it, he worried about the harm it had to endure, and he needed to find it. Kaji needed to protect her Kinuyo after she was taken away, even after she was technically freed, after her only way to communicate was taken away from her by someone driven by greed.