Kabbalistic Behavioral Therapy

[zatclaire]

I hope the next 4chan post that gets adapted into an indie film is Bridget Forcefem Tulpa

[angiedust]

(TADC: the last act fanart)

AAAAH okay wow yeah as i mentioned i was there for the og transfem jax theories and im just so pleasantly shocked so i had to do a quick doodle of them all at zooble’s bar

[kaiasky]

Every time I play Go I am just bowled over by like.

you think about how many hours of balance and playtesting a game like SC2 has gotten to produce a balanced experience. and then Go exists and has every single bit of the strategic depth of starcraft with like 6 rules. It's all there. it's all always been there even before we knew about it

[phillip-bankss]

grug dont have to change!

[feminist-space]

[feminist-space]

[rowanisawriter]

YOU can write whatever you want whenever however forevrr. i have to write something perfect and earth shattering and i have to do it perfectly the first time or else

[pangur-and-grim]

I swear to GOD I’m not vagueing my situation, but I made a post recently about books I was planning to read this year, and I find it very….. interesting that multiple people came into my inbox afterward to tell me that all the queer authors in the bunch had sinned. like maybe they had, I dunno. it wouldn’t stop me reading (I love Interview with the Vampire, I have Thoughts about Anne Rice, etc). but it is interesting that none of the non-queer authors merited this whisper campaign, despite some of them honestly deserving it. not saying anything outright here, just making an observation. listening and learning. you know

[pangur-and-grim]

[pangur-and-grim]

I'm still thinking about the time that someone came into my dms to tell me that Gideon the Ninth's author had written problematic fanfiction.

maybe it's because I don't read or write fanfiction, so all related discourse has always been an iceberg sailing past me, but I just can't imagine who would give a shit. like oh, they wrote about a taboo topic? is it well written? should I read it?

and also, I'm reading work by wife abusers, religious fanatics, old timey racists, antisemites, misogynists, fascists, murderers...... knowing how these people conducted themselves in life gives context to better understand their writing, but that's about it. the only authors I'm actively boycotting for moral reasons are Neil Gaiman and J. K. Rowling, because they're using the money from their book sales in present day to harm people.

[azdoine]

people project dumbfuck shonen hero fantasies onto Denji all the time but i think the counter circlejerk of projecting a normal life onto what he has is even worse.

[azdoine]

you can say "hm, it is probably a bittersweet tragedy that Denji and Nayuta ultimately end up working for Public Safety again and I wish Denji used his heroic agency more wisely while he had it" and 1000 morons will crawl out of the woodwork to tell you you didn't read the manga

[azdoine]

people project dumbfuck shonen hero fantasies onto Denji all the time but i think the counter circlejerk of projecting a normal life onto what he has is even worse.

[souperluminal]

05.29 - Blue Blade

[butchgangle]

[tastylemonbread]

can you draw jar form the incredible cicle

what the fuck are you saying to me

[tastylemonbread]

i figured it out

[this-is-a-love-story-isnt-it]

This insane update from Neocities

[mumblingsage]

Bad criticism is not the end of the world. As far as I know, no one ever died of a bad review. Take a deep breath and accept whatever comes. ... Put out a lot of work. Let people take their best shot at it. Then make even more work and keep putting it out there. The more criticism you take, the more you realize it can't hurt you. ... Sometimes when people hate something about your work, it's fun to push that element even further. To make something they'll hate even more. ... If you have work that is too sensitive or too close to you to expose to criticism, keep it hidden. But if you spend your life avoiding vulnerability, you and your work will never truly connect with other people. ... You have to remember that your work is something you do, not who you are. Keep close to your family, friends, and the people who love you for you, not just the work.

-Austin Kleon's advice on handling bad reviews, from Show Your Work

[animentality]

[bobcatmoran]

I absolutely blame Facebook for this shift. Words cannot describe how freaking WEIRD it was in the mid-00s when there was suddenly this popular website where you were required to use your real, brickspace name and encouraged to post photos of yourself. Every single bit of Standard Internet Safety prior to then said that you should never ever ever do either of those.

[animentality]

[bobcatmoran]

I absolutely blame Facebook for this shift. Words cannot describe how freaking WEIRD it was in the mid-00s when there was suddenly this popular website where you were required to use your real, brickspace name and encouraged to post photos of yourself. Every single bit of Standard Internet Safety prior to then said that you should never ever ever do either of those.

[hussyknee]

The most basic, intractable fact about mental illnesses is that you simply cannot willpower your way out of them. The only exceptions to this rule are the ones I have, which continue to disable me due to lack of determination and other grave personal flaws