Sultry Potatoes

-I like cats and techno. Leftist feminist and Finnish. She/Her

[nekrosmos]

Okay more memes it is then

Part 1 / Part 3

[mistercrowbar]

What better use of the Enlarge spell is there than to HUG ALL YOUR FRIENDS??? I wanted to squeeze in a last minute print for Hal-con and was torn between a beefy pinup of Karlach or a group pic, then I realised I could do both ahaha. The print version won't include my Tav tho, this one's just for me. I love all these goobers so much.

[randomitemdrop]

Item: a Friendly Beast

Source: RW Martin, 1885

[hirmuripuli]

Suuri Muumijaksokysely, osa 4

Nyt etsitään suomitumpun rakastetuinta Muumilaakson tarinoita (Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka) -jaksoa! Jaksoja on yhteensä 78, kun mukaan luetaan Suomessa alun perin esittämättömät jaksot 12 ja 50. Kyselyn ulkopuolelle jäävät siis kaikki Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka: Bōken Nikki -sarjan jaksot mukaan lukien alun perin Suomessa esittämätön jakso 102.

Kyselyitä tulee aluksi yhdeksän, yksi viikossa. Kun kaikkien yhdeksän kyselyn tulokset on saatu, teen vielä viimeisen kyselyn, jossa äänestetään paras yhdeksästä eniten ääniä saaneesta jaksosta.

Tämä on kysely 4/9 ja siinä on mukana jaksot 28-36. Wikipediassa on saatavilla jaksojen sisällöistä lyhyet tiivistelmät, mikäli niitä tarvitsee palauttaa mieleen! Käytin kyselyssä Ylen suomennoksia jaksojen nimistä.

Suosikki Muumijaksosi seuraavista?

28. Laineilla lipuva teatteri

29. Kadonneet lapset

30. Jälleen yhdessä

31. Iso jysäys

32. Kultakala

33. Lampun henki

34. Leija

35. Noita

36. Joulu on ovella

Näytä tulokset

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[tinsnip]

When we’re new to adulthood, it doesn’t immediately occur to all of us that you’re almost always allowed to leave a situation, because growing up we’re forced to stay in situations until someone dismisses us and/or takes us home, or if we do leave on our own accord there’s someone waiting at home to say “we don’t quit in this family!” Boring party? You can leave. You don’t like the lecture? You can walk out. New doctor not working out? You can end the appointment, you don’t need to wait for them to dismiss you. Bad date? You can just go home. Leaving a situation prematurely might have consequences, but unless you’re under arrest or serving prison time, it’s pretty much always allowed.

–commenter Allison @ askamanager

[obstinaterixatrix]

[copperbadge]

A while back, I called for a Lyft ride home from the airport. The lyft pulled up, he called my name, and I opened the door and climbed in. While I was climbing in he was getting out, which I didn’t realize until he opened the back door on the other side.

Him: I’ll put your bag in the trunk. Me: Oh, there’s no need.  Him: I’ll just put it back there.  Me: I prefer to keep my bag with me.

I was also still holding onto it so he couldn’t just grab it, and when I said “I prefer to keep it with me” this cloud of rage crossed his face.

Him: Then get out.  Me: Excuse me? Him: Get out, I don’t want your bag fucking up my upholstery.

Now, this was a weekender – essentially an upscale duffle bag. Small, almost brand new, easily fitting on the middle-seat beside me. I don’t know if he was just really intense about his upholstery or if he was running some kind of scam, but either way I now DEFINITELY was not going to let him separate me from my bag.

So I said “Okay,” and I picked up my bag and got out, took out my phone, and cancelled him as my driver.

He looked at me like I’d grown a second head. There was this moment of total disconnect in his face, and then he started ranting about how someone had damaged his upholstery and they needed to put their bags in the back and he wasn’t going to have me getting his upholstery dirty. 

I said, “I’m out of your car. Drive on, I’ll get another,” and held up my phone.

This had clearly never happened before – it looked like plenty of people had thought “This guy is crazy” but went the “so I’d better let him do what he wants” route instead of “so I’m getting out of his car”. Which is totally normal! We’re socialized to prioritize “not making a scene” over personal safety. But when you do call that bluff, when you defy the social convention that the other person is counting on to make you do what they want you to do, they don’t know how to react, which gives you time for a clean getaway. And maybe he thought I was a dickhead but what do I care what an asshole thinks of me? 

Anyway the moral of the story is yes, you should know that you can almost always leave a situation and often it’s in your best interest to do so. 

(Right after I called for another car he picked up a fare using Quick Match or whatever it’s called, peeled out of the Lyft lane, and hit another car well nigh immediately.)

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

[ID: The Benefits of walking away. (Illustration of the back of a person walking away. ) 1. Makes bad things disappear quickly. 2. Gives everyone optimal view of your back. 3. Answers question, “I wonder what would happen if I just walked away”]

[huariqueje]

Deathly Hallows 2   -   Seppo Similä

Finnish,b.1950-

Oil on canvas,

[memewhore]

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

This man took so much longer to crack than I would have what a PROFESSIONAL

[mrsterlingeverything]

Let me make one thing extremely fucking clear

[the-husbando]

Live. Laugh. Love♡

[catchymemes]

A beaver in a rehab facility decided to build a dam by the doorway

[heidelbro]

He’s doing such a good job, there’s no water flow

[orbitalyear-deactivated20230513]

old gods are waking

[elasticheartsblog]

avogado6

[gummybearattacktheworldofdespair]

[aniseandspearmint]

tfw you’re bothering a cat but not enough for it to MOVE so it just looks Disapprovingly at you

[birdblogwhichisforbirds-deactiv]

I cannot emphasize enough how much of a life hack it is to exclusively be friends with, date and marry people who are not constantly mean assholes to you.

[angstmonsterwrites]

This may seem like basic common sense, but one interesting (and kind of terrifying) thing I recently read was that some individuals who grew up in an emotionally abusive environment find that their anxiety level actually decreases in the presence of those who are mean or overly critical of them because it’s familiar. Their nervous systems are hard wired to react to that kind of treatment as “normal” in the sense that it knows what to do with it–what defense mechanisms to employ when, etc.

Meanwhile, kinder, more peaceful, and healthier relationships are quite a dramatic adjustment, and ironically feel less predictable because of all the threats that are absent and never materialize. It feels suspicious or too good to be true, which in turn ratchets up hypervigilance and hyper-arousal. Instead of knowing what BS is coming because it always does, there’s the nebulous sense that the other shoe is just waiting to drop. Safety and respect can feel the most unsafe for a while, because as far as the traumatized nervous system is concerned, those things don’t exist, or if they do in any form, there must be a million unseen strings attached.

This is part of what traps a lot of people in abusive relationships, consistently draws them to want to please assholes, or keeps them moving from one unhealthy environment to the next–a highly toxic comfort of familiarity where being on the receiving end of cruelty feels like “home”.

[lackadaisycats]

Tutorial - my cat wanted to share with you some tips and tricks. ———————————————– Originally from my Patreon, where there’s a little more to this. (Patrons get extra stuff and early releases)

[lycaniums-room]

An ad for your deepest desires :)

[ncoley]

Everyone shut up and look at Lala.

[lindsaychrist]