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Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2609/

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theres ALWAYS a relevant XKCD for everything huh

craicisirish

reminds me of how artists flip the canvas to make sure their art looks good

Just flip the genders real quick and check if you accidentally made a cult

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— Nina LaCour via letsbelonelytogetherr

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Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 3. (1923-1927)

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I love this little detail that when Shane gets closer to Ilya's heart, his hand slowly and unintentionally crawls to his cross, and the moment his finger almost touches it Ilya leans back, distancing himself. It is such a tiny moment that you can overlook especially since you're focused on the gentle forehead kiss, but I believe it is so symbolic for them.

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I can't find the post but there's this one post that's like "aging is less than 1% as terrifying as whatever the fuck is going on with people desperately trying not to age"

That but with weight.

Getting or being fat is less than 1% as terrifying as whatever the fuck is going on with people desperately trying to not be fat.

bean-pronounced-bawn

Reblogging this because I just discovered in one of my classes the existence of IBNI, or intragastric botulinum neurotoxin injection, which is apparently a procedure in which people get botox injected into their stomach and intestines to paralyze them and reduce hunger signals, causing weight loss. I discovered this because we discussed it in context of a March 2023 botulism outbreak across 5 different European countries, resulting from incorrect botox injection, where the botulinum neurotoxin was injected into patients' bloodstreams instead of the stomach muscles.

People be out here giving themselves botulism to not be fat.

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I just finished watching Exhuma a third time (this time with my mom) and I have come to the conclusion that it is my perfect horror film. If I were a script writer or director, Exhuma is the type of film that I'd most want to emulate, that I'd be overjoyed to capture even a glimmer of the magic of.

It's one of those films where I recognize that the things I like so much might be negatives for others, but it is truly perfect for me: I love the chapter, fable-like structure; the protagonists' initial sense of dread and foreboding at knowing something is wrong but being unable to recognize/understand the situation's context/circumstances; the horrors that literally build on themselves, often in shocking and unpredictable ways, and become heavier and heavier from chapter to chapter; the intersection of highly-detailed, realistic representations of both Korean shamanism and Korean history, revealing a story that has insidiously rooted itself down through several generations of families.

It was exciting to be led through the story by characters that act with competence and confidence, and largely make all the right choices. We see them attempt to use their intelligence, skills, and experience to navigate the best or only path forward with a boldness they've earned, which serves to augment the gravity of the horror that still burdens them nevertheless. It makes the moments when they're scared, confused, intimidated, overwhelmed, or demoralized even more powerful.

I think the story especially excels at cultivating a seamless sense of dread pulling from several different narrative and production elements, e.g. the specter of incomplete knowledge, the sound effects and score, grades of lightness and darkness, weather geography and other uncontrollable facts of the natural world, suffocating patriarchal influences and inherited shame, and the oppressive shadow that stretches out from war and violence through time, physical space, our spiritual interiors, everything. Truly by 30 minutes into my first viewing of Exhuma it had already ascended to my #1 spot.

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Korea’s Legend of the Buried Iron Stakes 🇰🇷🪦

According to traditional geomantic belief, the earth is alive, crossed by invisible dragon veins that carry the life force of the land. When iron pierces these veins, the natural balance is disturbed and misfortune slowly spreads.

Many believed these acts were not random. Some said the stakes were placed to seal powerful spiritual forces beneath the ground. Others believed they were meant to weaken the land itself over generations, quietly and invisibly. After liberation in 1945, stories spread of people searching mountains and removing iron objects, hoping to restore harmony and spiritual balance.

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EXHUMA (2024) dir. Jang Jae-hyun

nonaferatu

This would have had me crucified on tumblr 10 years ago but maybe we are ready for this conversation now:

If you are a socially anxious person, you have to socialize. Your panic/anxiety attacks will only get worse and trigger more frequently if you constantly avoid contact with The Public. Not saying that you need to be a social butterfly- but there is a genuine problem with not being able to order your own meal at a restaurant. And it cannot be solved by always having someone else do it for you.

This is a PSA to about 3/4s of the Portland Youth populace

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everyone who reblogs this and is like "I ordered my own tea this week" or "I only barfed once when I had to give a presentation'- you are doing amazing sweetie. Have patience with yourself, you are relearning a skill so difficult that people get 4 year degrees to do it professionally.

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If this pops up while you’re scrolling, I wish you unconditional love and massive success.

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RIP Marjane Satrapi, author of the amazing graphic novels Persepolis about living during the fundamentalist revolution in Iran in the 70’s and 80’s. She also created the animated movie based on the graphic novels, which is where these gifs come from.

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“Trees know when we are close by. The chemistry of their roots and the perfumes of their leaves pump out change when we’re near… when you feel good after a walk in the woods, it may be that certain species are bribing you.”

— Richard Powers, The Overstory