chronically unfunny

inactive as shit. currently hibernating in art block hell. art is over at #niko doodles. be wary of the cringy old art. (he/him but do not refer to me. ever.)

[basilenjoyer]

okay! new pinned post! more coherent this time and less messy (hopefully...)

ABOUT

NAME: niko, toby (honestly, you can call me anything, as long it isnt a slur or some shit)

PRONOUNS: he/him

AGE RANGE: early teens

CURRENT FANDOMS: your turn to die, omori (and some others that i dont post about enough to be any worth mentioning)

DNI

・ pedophiles, racists, homophobes, transphobes, acephobes, bi/pan lesbians, terfs, all that mess... just dont be an asshat and we will be besties for life

NOTES

・ images of cockroaches and realistic gore make me squemish, so youll have to tag posts that contain them (tw (name) is fine, but the tag "niko repellant post" is fine too)

・ i! am absolute shit at not being awkward! so you'll probably have to take initiative on interacting, apologies about that...

・ if i do anything wrong, PLEASE inform me first before making a callout post or something. ill probably hear you out. probably.

・ i do not identify as antiship nor proship. both sides have points that i personally agree with but they are too tilted to one side of the matter. while i do believe that there isn't anything wrong with exploring complicated and problematic relationship dynamics, i do not condone fetishizing/romanticising them.

・ im alright with people reposting my art. just credit me

TAGS

niko doodles: art tag

niko rambles: just me talking. feel free to mute, i talk a lot

(insert media name) spoilers: a post that contains spoilers for a show, game, etc. if it has a non-english name (ex. kimi ga shine/your turn to die), i tend to use the more widely used name (ex. your turn to die spoilers)

niko repellant post: as mentioned above, posts that feature content that makes me uncomfortable

[sandiapelona]

think about the pootsits everyday the thingies in my brain

[deedis]

who care

[basilenjoyer]

my GOD my eyes were so not ready for episode 1028

[basilenjoyer]

i remember someone saying something like, "calling heterosexual people 'straight' is homophobic because that implies gay people are 'crooked'", and i was like, yeah, maybe that IS a little homophobic, but now that i'm thinking about it a year later, what's stopping us from being curly?

[slutdge]

day one of trying not to think about fucking that old man

[slutdge]

relapsed

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relapsed

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relapsed

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relapsed

[micro-usb-deactivated20230625]

[iscairot]

fucking love when bitches lie to me for fun. i just asked this dude about a scar on his chest (perfectly vertical, about 3 inches long) and he launched into this story about how it was an injury he’d gotten from a metal overhang on a boat in highschool and ended the story with “but actually i got heart surgery”

[iscairot]

y’all wanna know something even better. the heart surgery part of the story was the lie. i asked him about it later and he went “oh yeah no, it really was from a boat, i just realized halfway through telling you the truth that i could lie and it would be really funny”

[iscairot]

we’re dating now

[jerseyclown]

trans friends— this has been circulating a lot on the internet already but PLEASE stop ordering from gc2b. their quality has massively declined, they send the wrong size binders correctly marked, the stitching is extremely poor and rips often times when first putting it on. do not waste your money on them!

[jerseyclown]

if anyone wants to know why im fundraising for new binders its because due to the quality decrease in gc2b, im currently relying on one binder ive had since 2018. three of my other BRAND new gc2b binders have already ripped and two others were marked size large but were a size medium or below. on top of that, they hurt my back an ungodly fucking amount, so please be careful with them, i know how hard this shit is for anyone else who is poor and/or financially constrained, and i really empathize, please bind safely and be careful!

[tacticalannoyance]

Gc2b is also unsafe due to the way the binders don't compress evenly. They will cause rib warping and permanent damage. Always go for even compression and it should never cut into your ribs while wearing it.

[funky-writer-man]

If anyone needs a replacement, I got mine from spectrum outfitters, I don't think there's anything wrong with those

[chaotic-queer-disaster]

oh reblogging again to climb onto my soapbox and yell:

do NOT use amazon as your alternative!!!!!!

This isn't me being "fuck amazon" (though. fuck amazon), this is me saying I've been told by several sources that amazon binders are incredibly low-quality and incredibly unsafe.

It sucks that GC2B is bad now, but do not look to amazon as your new source. I know it's usually cheaper, but please. Don't hurt yourself.

(This goes double for amazon binders labeled as "for lesbians", "for butches", "for women", and "for cosplay", but like. I cannot stress enough that I have never heard a single person call any amazon binder "safe".)

[silenthill]

Nobody is providing alt links on this post directly so here, I will. Buy your new binders from UNDERWORKS: https://www.underworks.com/

Personally been using their binders since 2010. That long. I’ve only ever had one fall apart on me and it took 5 years of near constant wear and wash to do so, the other 2 I got in 2013 are still strong and fine, and I recently bought a new one that’s even higher quality than the old ones. Plus size, tall, and large chest friendly. I’m 6ft, 2xl, F cup. Their binders take me down to roughly a rounded b cup. They also have long binders that go over the waist/hips/butt to gently compress them if it causes you some dysphoria. Even post surgical vests! 

No single item from Underworks in the binder category is over $45, with a 3 pack of binders being less than $100. Please don’t buy from random retailers on amazon or other shady websites when Underworks has been a well known, award winning binder brand for 20 years, and their binders are literally cheaper than gc2b. 

[moodr1ng]

i already rbed this but i wanna reblog w that addition too. used underworks from my first real binder until my top surgery. i had a gc2b one once (and this was years ago when gc2b had only been around for a couple years, so it was before this apparent quality drop) and it NEVER compared in comfort, breathability, practicality, or in the binding effect itself to my underworks binders. underworks has unfairly been considered an untrustworthy brand because their binders were originally meant for cis men with gynecomastia (breast growth), even though underworks has created a separate site (f2mbinders) specifically for their trans clientele which has measurements more accurate to pre/no hrt trans men, on top of the fact that its a fucking compressive shirt and the idea that it somehow wont work on you if you were afab is pretty bioessentialist. i fully endorse underworks and, as the above commenter, i especially recommend it for plus size folks and/or people with large chests, who gc2b binders imo were never inclusive of.

[darkshrimpemotions]

Co-signing as a fat enby with 44G breasts. Underworks binders may not come in a lot of colors (just black, white, and beige) but they are comfortable, breathable, wick sweat, and flatten like a boss. They also distribute well so you don't get back pain wearing them AND they don't give that weird breasts-bunched-under-the-arm thing some binders do to you if you're fat and/or have a lot of breast tissue to contend with. I cannot recommend them enough.

[nothorses]

very much not the point of this post! older gc2b stuff seems to be fine; I haven't heard about these specific problems with the new ones, but I don't think they've had these issues long enough for any real studies to be conducted in order for that to be confirmed.

Nor do I think they've found that with gc2b binders, or even binders in general- the "binders will definitely for sure always permanently warp and damage your body irreparably" thing is a myth often circulated by TERFs and concerned allies/people who legit don't know any better in order to discourage transmasculinity. iirc the one study I've seen done into health and safety issues with binders found that bandages and duct tape caused a lot of problems, but not dedicated compression binders (and transtape hasn't been around long enough to be included at all).

If done improperly (too small, poorly constructed, too much time at once) there can definitely be impacts on your health as well; if there's conclusive evidence that even safe practices lead to consistent health impacts I'd love to see it, but afaik that's just not true.

Listen to your body with this stuff. If it hurts or feels uncomfortable, or if you notice something is off, stop doing it. Re-evaluate. Sometimes it's that your body does better with certain methods over others, sometimes it's that the specific binder is not well-constructed or well-fitted, sometimes it's that you need to be taking more breaks and scaling back how much time you're spending with it on. Experiment a little, check in with yourself, and figure out what's right for you.

And definitely dont take these kinds of "all binders always" claims for granted.

[nocturnaldoe]

hi, i wasn’t trying to take away from the point of the post or trying to imply that that’s the case for all binders! just saw the one reblog that said “Gc2b is also unsafe due to the way the binders don’t compress evenly. They will cause rib warping and permanent damage.” and was personally venting in my tags that that kinda scared me as i have severe health anxiety that can blow things out of proportion. i talked to my gf who reassured me that i was engaging in safe practices (sizing was right, i don’t wear mine everyday or for too long), and that that sort of damage is rare, etc. and i realized i was just freaked out for nothing! but thank you for reiterating that to others who may have gotten anxious over it as well.

[nothorses]

I'm glad you were able to get reassurance! I didn't think you were taking away from the point either, I just noticed that wording was funky too and wanted to make sure for your sake and others that there was a bit of a counter to it.

[glubshit]

a satisfied customer

[basilenjoyer]

wonder if any am fans are following me. mirrorball has ruined me and i love it

[spinningrims]

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

[groovian-whovian]

Never don’t reblog this. There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls. This can save so many lives

[sepdet]

You may be afraid of clicking an unknown link, so I just tried it.

It leads to www.imalive.org , an intro page with a rotating background image and a chat button you can click. Nothing happens until you click it.

Screencaps follow:

The intro page also has an “I’m Alive” banner, social media buttons, and a menu icon which will open up a menu including an “Who We Are” section where you can learn about the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, the nonprofit, that runs the helpline.

I’ve done some web research to check up on them and found the center has received numerous awards, including federal grants, and has been doing suicide prevention counseling, crisis hotlines, and education for over twenty years.

[basilenjoyer]

i KNEW that was gonna happened but oh my god i was not prepared

[basilenjoyer]

aughhhhhhhh. art slump again

[basilenjoyer]

i think it's a little misleading that most of my one piece ramblings here are mostly just me bitching about sanji because ouhhhh my fucking god this show fucking ruined me. i got most shit spoiled for me and i still haven't recovered from marineford it's insane

[basilenjoyer]

i am so sorry for all the daily sanji complaining i've been doing these days but OOOHHHH this man enrages me in every single way and he's my favorite fucking character! why do i do this to myself!

[basilenjoyer]

listen. i do not support kidnapping or whatever the fuck viola did to sanji but he kind of had it coming