this is my circus and these are my clowns

jester | 27 | [ it / he / they] | icon by @sharpedgedfool

[carcinopunk]

mephilesthegay -> jestopolis

hi there!! i'm jester, im 27, and i use it/he/they pronouns, in order of preference :] i dont mind any pronouns except she, please do not use she/her for me!

my current obsession is sonic the hedgehog and pretty much any character within it, feel free to ask me about my aus :3

my art tag is #jester art

more but less important info under the cut!

i love pokemon, its been my special interest since i was 9!! please talk to me about pokemon. please please my favorite pokemon overall is scizor and my favorite games are the unova region ones (both bw and bw2 are so good pls play them) and i can be soso normal about it < lying

sonic has been a majorly background interest all my life, with my first ocs being sonic characters (ilu forever pink the echidna...) and sonic x being my first anime, but it remained in the background until 2023- and now i'm kind of in hell lol. i have so many fankids and aus. i will talk about them forever and ever if given the chance

i am a system, so my art style and how i talk will likely be a little all over the place >w> we often don't know who we are, so please dont expect us to tag our own individual things much haha

most tags are for my own personal categorization, and i do not frequently tag things like nsfw text. if you need me to tag something specific, ill do my best to honor it, but i don't promise anything due to my memory issues (it wad plurality)- feel free to unfollow for your own comfort/safety if needbe! i get it, and i dont pay attention to follower counts anyway and i have notifications off, so i wont notice :3

thats probably everything... well. if you made it this far, like this post maybe?? im curious as to if this will be read lol >w> and since its my pinned itll be easy to check

[carcinopunk]

a. my ipad is logged in to my old acc....

[skullchicken]

How to crawl out of a deep dark hole of loneliness

In no particular order - and you might have to re-do some steps over and over until they take. This is written in a way I would have put it if I would address my past self. If you take umbrage with the tone, know it's not necessarily you I am talking to.

Take what applies, leave the rest.

Part 1 - Mindset

Understand the difference between being alone and being lonely

Being alone is being by yourself. Loneliness is a feeling of lacking social connections or lacking in social connections. You can be alone and peaceful and content, you can be lonely amongst people.

Grieve the abandonment you have received.

No-one deserves to be lonely. Not you, not anyone. Whatever the reason for your loneliness may be, that remains true. Process your feelings, have compassion with yourself.

Realize that social connection is something that you want from other people.

Realize that other people don't owe you connection.

No-one deserves loneliness, but no-one is owed connection either. It is a harsh truth, but one that must be understood.

Come to terms with the fact that since you want social connection, it will probably be on you to reach out and put yourself out there until relationships have been established (and maybe even then - some people are wonderful, but they aren't good at reaching out and never will be).

Give yourself space to feel afraid. Have compassion with yourself. Reaching out is hard. Putting yourself out there is hard.

Keep in mind that your threat response might be higher than the average person's.

If you have been lonely for a long time, chances are your social skills are dusty and your threat response is high as a result (or maybe due to past trauma or maybe that's just how you're wired).

Chances are good you are perceiving other people's reaction towards you more negatively than they intend it to be. This will slowly, slooowwwwwly vanish with practice. And I'm sorry that this is how it is right now. I recommend looking into getting a CBT app - e.g. MindShift. It's free and it really helped me. (Note: the app is for dealing with anxiety and focuses specifically on helping you to re-evaluate your thinking patterns)

It helps to approach people with curiosity and love in your heart

Misanthropy is understandable. It's also not helpful in the slightest. If all of humanity sucks, what use would it be to try and strike up a conversation with any one person? Why would I try to talk to them if I assume that they have nothing interesting to say?

You have had love in the past, there is no reason why there can't be love again. There is something good out there and it is on you to find it.

[turing-tested]

[paper-mario-wiki]

[nicolezaridze]

i’m always like “i can’t wait to feel good and confident and grow into the best, healthiest version of me!!!!!” while doing horrible acts of self sabotage like girl it doesn’t work like that u are pressing the gas and break at the same time stop it

[sadmages]

Having ocs is fucked up they make you wake up and think stuff like what if i learn to code in renpy and make this into a visual novel. Who said that

[talonsin]

[apolladay]

When you're feeling sick, which food from the BRAT diet do you usually go for?

Bananas

Rice

Applesauce

Toast

I know about the BRAT diet, but I eat something else instead

Haven't heard of the BRAT diet

Voting ended onJul 31, 2024

[shirtsthatgohard]

[jeeblix]

my image of joe camel and chester cheetah if they were lesbian

[scoes]

[dulioon]

once again

[drivoeggmanrobotnik]

i mean this genuinely as someone who grew up with mike who didn’t so much idolize him but respected his voice talents and him as a person etc etc that you guys need to drop him like the plague especially eggman fans he is out here calling deaths “collateral damage” and equating zionist beliefs to judaism as a whole

yeah boo hoo it’s sad oh no but this is from the eggman guy that if you continue to endorse or praise this man then you’re complete scum. real world deaths take precedent over a voice actor and when he’s spouting rhetoric that further classifies palestinians as subhuman and ignores the active genocide: there is no way to skirt past the elephant’s foot in the room

fuck mike pollock, free palestine, and support them instead of a guy that talks about his circumcision

[foxpunk]

Hey, you! Yeah, you with the cool neocities!

You're doing great! Really love what you've done with the place so far. Now here's something important moving forward. If you are making a neocities - especially if you are doing so with the motivation to fight back against Web 3.0 and reclaim the web as a space for individual users instead of for companies - please, keep the following in mind:

An inaccessible web is not a free web.

Repeat after me: An inaccessible web is not a free web.

Resources for Beginners to Learn About Web Accessibility and Web Design:

W3C's Introduction to Web Accessibility | W3C is the organization that decides on the standards of Accessibility on the web. They are an invaluable direct resource.

A Beginner's Guide to Understanding Web Accessibility

Mozilla's Accessibility Overview

WebAIM's Introduction to Web Accessibility

What is Web Accesibility in 60 Seconds! [YouTube Video]

Accessibility: What's the difference between WCAG Levels A and AA? [YouTube Video]

FreeCodeCamp | FCC provides an extremely beginner friendly Responsive Web Design course. The lessons for this course integrate accessibility standards naturally, and also have individual lessons specifically for teaching accessibility.

FreeCodeCamp's Accessibility Tag on their News Page

HTML Dog's Tutorial's for HTML, CSS, and Javascript

MarkSheet's Free HTML and CSS Tutorial

W3C's Easy Checks

W3C's QuickRef on How to Meet WCAG | I have filtered the QuickRef link to only show Level A requirements. This is the easiest level to meet and is considered the "bare minimum."

WAVE: Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

[fruitpilled-peachcel]

chinese reaction images are by far more visceral and just downright better than western ones

[fruitpilled-peachcel]

what is this even supposed to convey

[smegmafactoryy]

I fully understand that last one

[umarell]

[superscourge]

cooldown doodle :]

i havent drawn this guy in like..years LOL