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i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.

shithowdy

hey this is apparently helping a lot of people! adding that on top of this you can also go to settings > personalization > colors and turn off transparency to also boost performance. this wasn't the Big Fix for me but might as well do that too if you're trying to optimize.

shithowdy

past a certain note threshold on tumblr posts you unlock a bloodborne-esque insight and the strange lives of this site's users become visible to you

regging

people who watch musicals and bitch about how it doesn’t make sense that the characters randomly burst into song are so funny to me. babe it’s literally a musical like this is the standard of the genre what did you expect

maledicmanny-deactivated2025111

THAT’S THE WHOLE PROBLEM WITH THE GENRE AS A WHOLE, THAT’S THE POINT

regging

i’m sorry you’re allergic to fun i’m sure that makes life very difficult for you

ultimate-gay-mer-deactivated202

Me watching a murder mystery: What the hell…why are so many different characters suspicious, in reality cases aren’t normally this complicated, this whole genre is a mess…

Me watching a comedy: What the hell…so many silly and unlikely situations keep happening…

Me watching an action movie: What the helll…why is it so violent…

Me watching a fantasy film: What the hell….elves aren’t real….

dead-james-potter-deactivated20

reblog to give the person you rb’d this from a hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows

kosmogrl

onlinebeast

"Tumblr Won't Load" Pride Flags

anxietyproblem

crazy-brazilian

juno-infernal

my little brother & i are having a scholarly debate about mornings

juno-infernal

he’s like if an enlightened sage was a 22 year old metalhead who likes to rollerblade in the house

bread-cat-luna

My friend: Why are you watching that dumb Aladdin parody again?

Me:

the-haiku-bot

My friend: Why are you

watching that dumb Aladdin

parody again?

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

#i remember seeing this live #starkid #simpler times

wiisagi-maiingan

There is functionally no difference between doing something nice because you actually care and doing something nice because it makes you feel good or because you think you're obligated to.

A charity does not care if you're only donating because your religion says you should; either way, your money is still going to help people. That little old lady next door does not care if you only help her with gardening because being thanked makes you feel good, it's just nice to have some extra hands.

"Fake it til you make it," is a phrase for a reason but it's also okay if you NEVER make it, if you never feel the "correct" emotions behind your actions. Your thoughts and feelings matter considerably less than the impact your actions have on other people.

siena-sevenwits

It's like that story about the man who was going to donate to the hospital so he could get his name on a plaque, then realizes his motives were self-aggrandizing and spiralled on whether he should donate at all. At last he asked his rabbi, who said. "The sick in the hospital don't care if you just did it to puff yourself up. Don't shy away from doing the good thing just because you cannot do it perfectly!"

wiisagi-maiingan

What an utterly cruel thing to tag this post with while completely missing the point. This post was about reassuring people with low and non-existent empathy that they are capable of being kind and doing good, even when they aren't feeling the "right" emotions.

If someone does good for gratitude, as opposed to genuine care, that's better than doing nothing out of apathy or a belief that nothing good you do matters because your motivation is selfish.

thespoonisvictory

people misunderstand what ‘gifted kid’ actually means but it’s ok it’s fine it’s cool it’s good

thespoonisvictory

it’s not about actually being gifted, it’s about an initial higher scoring on standardized testing that means little to nothing or being good at learning in the way elementary and middle school wants you to, so you get marked as ‘advanced’. in reality, maybe you had faster development in certain areas, but the issue with being a gifted kid isn’t that “everyone told me I was so cool and special for reading and then I actually wasn’t :(” it’s “I wasn’t properly taught to handle things not coming easily to me, but the adults around me were counting on me not being a ‘difficult’ child in school.”

people who use it as some weird bragging method or interpret it that way are ignoring the way a lot of school systems force certain roles on students to simplify the learning process. If your kid doesn’t need to take notes to understand a science concept bc they get it naturally, well that’s good, but now you’re not teaching them how to take notes and they’re not learning that important soft skill. but because ‘gifted’ kids are easy and don’t show that they’re falling behind in learning in other categories that are harder to quantify, they eventually fall behind after that catches up to them. It’s about the failures of a one size fits all school system trying to compensate in the worst way possible.

jabberwockypie

And also the thing where ‘gifted’ kids are super likely to also be neuroatypical, which they don’t get screened for because they appear to be doing well in school. Or “You can’t be ADHD/autistic/etc, because you’re doing so well in school!”. Or being shamed for developing mental health issues/generally not being able to keep up with school work later, because you USED TO BE able to do it just fine.

Or the assumption that just because you can read well or you like math class, you’re somehow more EMOTIONALLY mature than your little kid brain is actually capable of being.

Or gifted kids whose parents and teachers put immense pressure on them to Do Great Things and Save The World and you’re like. “I’m 10 and I have no idea how to do that, but everyone is saying that’s my job?”.

swordplease

This is the best “gifted kid” post out there. I never took notes until college because I didn’t have to, snd when it got challenging I had to literally teach myself note taking at age 18. It also fucks with your perception of asking for help - you’re advanced, you’re competent, you should be able to understand every topic easily. Asking for help/going to office hours/asking for a tutor feels like failing when you were praised in your early years for not needing to do that.

sandersstudies

When a “funny” dude likes you and anytime he sees you anywhere he will be like “yoooo wassup it’s Jelissa!” (Or whatever) like “omg Miranda is here whaaaat” for literally no reason why do they do that

sandersstudies

They are more likely to do this the more meek and shy they perceive you too. They are less likely to do this if they think you’re loud and confident. Idk what it is it’s not even necessarily bad or annoying it’s just like why.

sandersstudies

This is a VERY sweet take and I hope it’s sometimes true

sandersstudies

Okay I thought this behavior was annoying before but now it’s actually quite endearing thank you extroverts who want introverts to feel included.

digidiskette

There was a stoner I liked very much when I was playing age of Conan some ten or more years ago. He would roll up into the vent, yell my name and rip a bong on mic before vanishing again. Always made me feel special. It was like a dog that would greet you by barking as loud as possible and wagging his tail so hard it leaves a dent in the wall when your car rolls up. Everyone was luke warm to cold on him but he was my fucking buddy and I loved him because he made me feel wanted which I sure as shit wasn’t getting at home!!

Eventually I made the decision to start emulating behaviors that made me feel happy and started doing that in other places. To this day my whole discord chants the nickname of whomever joins the call, like a pack of seagulls who just locked eyes on a delicious spare French fry. There’s nothing quite as amazing as walking into a room and hearing a chorus of loved ones drawing out your name like they were going to sweep you off your feet if they could, slash like a pack of feral dogs ready to bowl you the fuck over.

otherpens

vaspider

So, I was married to a guy like this - who is, not coincidentally, an improv comedian, actor & director who has been working at the PA Ren Faire since like 1988 or so - and the guys who are Just Like That?

They're basically golden retrievers in human form. This is, as was said above, basically the exact same thing as the way my dog runs around in circles in the living room, barking his head off and yipping in between, wagging his tail like he's trying to break it, and grabbing whatever random blanket, pillow or dog toy he can find and shaking the shit out of it when I let him into the living room, because he knows my wife is in the living room and he is SO EXCITED to see @apocalycious . He needs her to KNOW that he is VERY EXCITED to see her and VERY EXCITED to be social with her and ALSO check it OUT this is my SKILL (shaking blankets like they're small animals that I am hunting) and I'm SHOWING IT TO YOU so that you APPRECIATE ME.

It's very sweet, really. They don't have a tail to wag so that everyone knows they're glad to see you and you're a welcome presence, so they have to wag their jaws and holler instead.