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[minmos]

this reddit post isgoing to make me cry literally let's bask in the sun

[autumndragons]

world cold and hard. however. fanart of extremely obscure 90s future fantasy books featuring giant telepathic cats on tumblr though

[spoopy-eneko]

Aaaand I’m finished the second one YAYYY

On the right is Jenret Wycherley, and on the left, his ghatt, Rawn. 

i even remembered that rawn has “about six white hairs on his lower chest” eeeee

other portraits:

Doyce and Khar 

[spoopy-eneko]

I decided I would just finish it and submit it. “Danielle, just move on to the next painting; don’t spend forever trying to get this one perfect. Because you don’t have those skills yet. Just start on the next one, and it’ll turn out better than this one,” I told myself. So here you go, guys. :D

Doyce Marbon and her ghatta, Khar'pern!

I posted this on TheOtaku (an art website) and I put the references over there. So here’s a link to that.

other portraits:

Jenret and Rawn 

[komfortabull]

Rainy adventure ♡

[knighthearts]

happy pride month for it/its users, polyamorous people, xenogenders, non-transitioning trans people, and other "weird" identities. btw

[ferncloud]

if it doesnt kill you its sure to leave a horrible scar

[groenendaze]

yeah, ok, this is my mistake

[aomitois]

rb and tag your favorite song that's not in english, japanese or korean

[haribon-dog]

EVERYONE OMG

WOLFWALKERS SPINOFF WOLFWALKERS SPINOFF WOLFWALKERS SPINOFF!!!!

[autumndragons]

home is where your three different fans running concurrently for white noise is

[angelicdewdrop]

[emily-e-draws]

a special delivery, mostly intact 💌

[accessible-art]

[ID: A digital illustration of a tiny red dragon clutching an envelope with its mouth and hands. The envelope has a red wax seal, that is dripping down slightly on one side near its snout.

A curl of smoke is coming out of its snout, and the letter is somewhat ripped and battered where it is clutched, but largely intact.

The dragon is looking at the viewer curiously and posed in flight vertically. End ID]

[sukimas]

"you should be at the club" i should be in the woods. performing the ritual.

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 4 days 8 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 4 days 8 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 4 days 8 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[willgrahamscock]

something that made me sit down and stare at my wall for an hour

[just-your-average-cryptid]

point of reference from an able-bodied person: standing in one place for an hour kinda makes my feet/legs hurt. longer than that is when it really hits but it takes an hour to get there.

if you are in pain within minutes or seconds, that is not normal. that is a Symptom. poke your doctor into finding out what it is or connect with disabled and chronic pain groups.

if you are in extreme pain, not just "ugh my feet ache" pain but "i am going to pass out" pain, that is not normal. that is a Symptom. poke your doctor into finding out what it is or connect with disabled and chronic pain groups.

I know some people try to rationalize as "well it's not excruciating compared to my baseline" and I am gently reminding you that the baseline is zero. zero is normal. this ^ is not. be kind to yourself.

[junequeer]

AN HOUR???????

[just-your-average-cryptid]

"walking for 15 minutes makes the bones in my calves hurt for 2 hours"

buddy... that's the Symptoms...

[alpaca-clouds]

... Wait, what?

I mean, I can walk just fine, but standing in one spot for like 15 to 20 minutes will leave me in pain for days.

That is... not normal?

[willgrahamscock]

I love how everyone is still asking hey so my symptoms are actually symptoms? Even if I feel only x amount of pain after x amount of time? BUDDY THE NORM IS FEELING MILD DISCOMFORT AT MOST AFTER STANDING FOR AN HOUR AND THEY RECOVER WITHIN A FEW HOURS TO A DAY

[geekyoldlady]

So, I talked to my doctor and she suggested weight loss drugs

So that didn’t help

What do I do now?

[findingfeather]

I mean ideally get a new doctor.

Meanwhile document the actual effect the pain/etc has on your life. Document how it impacts your ability to cook; your ability to clean; your ability to clean yourself; your ability to sleep; your ability to work; document all attempts to be more active and how the pain interferes with them. If you have to do something other than just go stand in the kitchen for ~1hr to cook a meal, that's something to write down; if you have to choose not to have a shower because it'll hurt, write that down. If the pain prevents you from going for a walk, write that down.

Every single time you make a decision about what you're doing based on the pain, you document that; every time you have to endure the pain for a necessary activity which then impacts what ELSE you can do, write that down too, with a direct connection.

(Warning: this will probably be depressing as all fuck and you will probably hate it. You are almost certainly ignoring the impact of pain on you way more than you think you are, and having to face it will feel bad in the short run. Very bad.)

And then you bring it either to your new doctor or if you MUST, to your current doctor, and you say: this is how the pain currently affects my quality of life. This is what I would be doing if I weren't prevented from doing it because of the pain.

Say that you would like to find the reason for this pain and you would like them to order relevant diagnostic tests. If they refuse, or hem and haw, ask them to document clearly in your records that you requested this and both that they refuse and their reasons for refusing.

If you must deal with the same doctor, document the concerns you have with the weight-loss drugs, and ask your doctor to be explicit about why she thinks that these risks are worth something that does not directly address your actual concerns. Ask why this is their first line treatment for the rest of what you've described, and why they are more concerned with pushing an overprescribed treatment than actually investigating the cause of your pain and addressing it appropriately based on an evidence-based diagnosis.

This isn't a guarantee, but it's part of the process.

[findingfeather]

…. Also yes, I AM serious that you should be able to be in the kitchen for about an hour, on your feet and doing Cooking Things, without pain and without needing Recovery Time, in order to make yourself dinner and if you CAN’T - if that long results in Pain or Dramatic Fatigue or extended recovery - that is a Symptom. A big symptom.

[gregorvorbarra]

A while ago, I started keeping a pain journal to log my chronic pain and other things, so that I could take it to my doctor’s appointments. I go into detail about it in this post if anyone is interested. My doctor is fantastic and actually listened to me and bothered to investigate my pain, but the pain journal was still a huge help in communicating my health issues clearly. I highly recommend logging your pain (and anything else you feel might be relevant).

Side note: I found the pain journal experience to be really enjoyable because I got to pull out my colorful pens and my cute stationery supplies and make something pretty every day. I decorated my notebook with stickers. I did have to face the way my pain was impacting me, but I got to do it in a fun and colorful way. It helped a lot.

[vaspider]

When I stopped being able to stand up without pain, it was because there was a slow-growing tumor crushing my spinal cord.

Don't ignore your fucking symptoms.

[hollowedskin]

For reference, my painling friends, someone without Symptoms can stand in a commercial kitchen for an entire shift of their job, which for chefs can be like 10h. Waitstaff can be walking back and forth their whole shift. Security stands for their whole shift. Hairdressers stand for their whole shift.

Even if we aren't talking about a whole shift, think of the people who are doing the school crossings, the stop/slow guys at roadworks. The nans in the canteen.

My partner prefers to stand when we get to my cousin's at Christmas because he's "sick of sitting down" after the 5h drive.

These are normal levels of mobility. If you can't, that's a symptom. If you can but you'd need a week to recover, that too is a symptom.

[strangledplanet]