[cal-cium-the-nerd]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Fandom: Mother of Learning Words: 5557 Chapters: 1/? Relationships: Zorian Kazinski & Spear of Resolve Striking Straight at the Heart of the Matter, Zorian Kazinski & Enthusiastic Seeker of Novelty, Zorian Kazinski & Cyorian Web, Zorian Kazinski & Zach Noveda Other tags: Canon Divergence, Canon Retelling, Raised by Aranea AU, found family, contains a shameless amount of headcanons regarding aranean societies - proceed at your own risk Summary: Zorian thought that being adopted —arguably kidnapped— by a colony of giant mind reading spiders, raised by them and then becoming their human spokesperson-in-progress would be the weirdest sequence of events to ever happen in his life. Then he got stuck in a time loop.

Written for day 3 of MoL prompt week - Empathy!

I'm actually very proud of this one! I've put a lot of thought into it and have lots of plans for its future, though I wouldn't want to spoil anything. Hope you enjoy! ^w^

[hyliaphora-cecropia]

worst part of using discord with a lot of fun custom emotes is that they become an instinctual part of your texting vernacular. what do you mean i can't just drop an :ashbaby: or :bergentruck: wherever i choose. these glyphs are central to my twisted version of the written english language; communicating without them is like casting a yet-fledged angel from the heavenly balusters and commanding it to soar

[shamebats]

Most of those iPad babies you're seeing are probably sick of that fucking tablet too.

[shamebats]

A lot of parents are very bad at parenting and don't like their children. They don't want to talk to them, be around them or do anything with them. You know, the things kids need and will remember the most once they're grown.

So they train them from an early age that they should always be distracting themselves with something as to not be in the way or annoying the adults.

For me it was books and TV when I was little, and computers later on. That's all I did because it was all I could do without getting yelled at, and it was the closest to human interaction I could get most of the time.

[shamebats]

Everyone loves to make fun of & complain about iPad kids but nobody thinks about the struggle of navigating life as an adult when you were forced to spend your entire childhood keeping yourself distracted so your parents didn't have to acknowledge your existence.

[lemonylemus]

This was reposted to YouTube shorts and I would like to point out some comments in the video

[flip-this-table]

Please give your children some damn playdoh and crayons and oversized bits of craft paper to color on. They need something more concrete and tactile than smooth glass.

[themainspoon]

Maybe they do need something tactile, but you've missed the point of the post. It's not the Ipad itself that's bad, it's the fact that the children are being neglected. You could hand a kid a whole library of books, several kilograms of play dough, a mountain of crayons, and all the craft paper in the world. But, if you don't spend time with them and you simply expect them to use those things to keep themselves busy so you don't have to deal with them, you're still neglecting the kid, and they're gonna end up with the same issues.

[angstandhappiness]

IMPORTANT

[thebiscuiteternal]

Running across this post almost immediately after reading the article about how some parents are letting fucking ChatGPT tell their kids bedtime stories now feels serendipitous in a way.

[godsfavoritespecialangel]

The chances of your fish committing credit card fraud is low, but never 0

[ghoulodont]

(stumbling out of the document covered in blood) ok i wrote 100 words

[mapsontheweb]

Stereotypes about Argentina’s provinces

[txttletale]

Thoughts on the argentinian flag, and the uruguayan flag since they're similar i guess

argentina merits an easy 8/10 for me. the colours are unique and instnatly identifying, it manages to maintain decent contrast despite usign only light colorus (impressive feat) and that sun is so funky

uruguay is more of a 7. the sun is still striking but the colours are more generic and uhhh i dont like that suns face. i dont like it. i dont like the way hes smiling at me. tbh

[txttletale]

the argentinian sun feels like it is judging and disdaining me. however the uruguayain sun seems to think me and him are friends, which is much worse. i do not know this man

[mapsontheweb]

Number of psychologists per 100,000 people

by @maps_black

[the-catto]

ARGENTINA ES NUMERO UNO! CAMPION DEL MUNDO! SOMOS LOS MEJORES!

[pass-the-boof-please]

why dos Argentina have 222.5 psychologists per 100,000 people

[the-catto]

[ice-block]

Phenomenon I feel happens a lot

[waxsuyaaa]

hey click that keep reading button ↙️

here is a list with everything australia is banning for minors under the age of 16.

Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Roblox and even dating apps

Lego Play and Steam among the unexpected additions to the list that includes Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X

some kids won’t be able to contact their parents with the loss of whatsapp. they are banning basically all socials for kids. strict parents? you will only be able to stay at home and do nothing because there’s no way you’ll go outside. there’s no way you’ll talk to your friends /dir

they are banning LEGO PLAY. that is unnecessary.

if you are an australian citizen PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION

e-petitions

e-petitions

social media apps are rolling out ai age detection. do you think they want to go through the hassle of getting everyone to sign in with their correct ages? NO. they want you to upload photos of your face, and photos of your passport.

you know social media apps have the ability to send your data to third party companies, why would they not do it for this?

a world where kids’ information is easily accessible on the internet, even just the statement that they are under a certain age DOES NOT PROTECT THEM AT ALL.

they will have filtered access to recent news only. they will have no variety in their opinions. whatever the australian government provides them will be their only information to rely on.

if you are NOT an australian citizen, reblogs will help. thank you.

[waxsuyaaa]

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^ 38 MORE SIGNATURES AAAHHHHHHHHHHH IM SO HAPPY PLEASE CONTINUE!!

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR REBLOGGING! if you are an australian citizen then please sign it.

[waxsuyaaa]

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34 MORE SIGNATURES!!!!!! HELL YEAHH

i hope this post remains more reblogs than likes! please keep going!

[ahato-m1zuta]

SIGN IT IF YOU ARE AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN

[regexkind]

Hello, this is the Big Bad from one universe over. The you from out here is the Hero, and she's kinda a pain in my ass, so I'm gonna do one of those flashbacks-of-what-could-have-been to try and make her give up and leave me alone. I'll be giving her a glimpse of your life, as you're the nearest you living the way she deep down wishes she could've. Our magical GDPR (alternate you lives in Wyoming, which has been annexed by the Netherlands) requires me to inform you that your personal information, including memories, thoughts, and experiences will be collected and shared with your alternate self. We take data security very seriously, and all personally identifiable information will be stored in a thauma-secure server, and deleted within 30 days of collection. Pursuant to your right to be forgotten, you may at any time request that all knowledge of you in this universe be stricken from the minds of the living and/or dead, except as otherwise required by law, natural or otherwise.

Hope you don't mind, xoxoxo

You're of course welcome to try. Best of luck.

[oortcloud]

Getting abused as a child literally rewires the way you see and move through the world and the way that Revolutionary Girl Utena makes that warped vision the reality is probably why I enjoy (or enjoyed as a teen) it over any other media about middle/high school and romance. When you’re a child going through abuse, everything is that scary, dramatic, and unreal. Every relationship becomes a duel when you believe your suffering is eternal. If you’re just a means to an end, isn’t everyone else? You just have to go to school the next day after an event, but at least there is a little reprieve. You trudge through the day knowing the bullshit you have to look forward too. Very few are willing or able to understand what’s going on so you give up on close connection so young to not get your hopes up. Lock everyone else out in the meantime, who cares what anyone else thinks, it’s so cozy in the coffin. Adults are utterly useless. Reality will sooner break apart than you make healthy, long lasting relationships because you are a witch, deserving of eternal torment.

[rookdaw]

You cannot save her

You cannot save her

You cannot save her

[fellhellion]

this post by @writing-is-a-martial-art x revolutionary girl utena

[writing-is-a-martial-art]

truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.

[only-tiktoks]

[kawree]

Y'all for real please do these. Even if you're certain your posture doesn't suck. One day you will wake up with impinged shoulder pain like I did and let me tell you it fucking HURTS. Do these exercises even just once a week and it will make such a difference. Especially my fellow creatives out there, stop shrimping over your work and go do these right now. RIGHT NOW.

[clowndensation]

he has 2 electrons... who? the boy reading this...