The Blog of a Coward

[transmasc-theory]

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or is he so afraid of being assaulted in men's spaces if he is outed that he will use women's spaces?

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or is he asking you not to erase his lived experience?

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or has he been scared by all the posts mocking male transition results into thinking he'll be a laughingstock if he starts balding?

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or has he seen masculine people be treated as inherently predatory so often that he holds this back to be seen as a person?

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or is he trying to avoid being treated the way you treat masculine people?

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or is his childhood still influencing how he conducts himself?

Does that trans man actually "want to be seen as a woman" or is he speaking about misogyny he has experienced?

[burr-ell]

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN HANDLE CRITIQUE. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN EMBRACE BEING TOLD YOU WERE WRONG. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH UNPLEASANT TASKS. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN DELIVER DISAPPOINTING NEWS. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU KNOW HOW TO BE DISAGREED WITH. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN BE CORRECTED. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN BE TOLD YOU MESSED UP. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU ARE ABLE TO DO HARD THINGS.

[miscellaneousritual]

Ordem Paranormal: A guide by a gringo for gringos.

In honor of an Ordem Paranormal character being featured on @/sexy-people-contests-2026, I have come to tell the masses about Ordem Paranormal.

What is Ordem Paranormal? Ordem Paranormal is a Brazilian ttrpg universe created by streamer and youtuber Rafael 'Cellbit' Lange. It is a horror/paranormal investigation ttrpg. It often deals with themes such as grief, violence, disability, found family, hope, and loving despite the horrors.

What is Ordem Paranormal about? The paranormal does not enter our reality easily. Or that's how things are supposed to be.The world has a solid base of sanity, that's why the manifestations of the the Other Side are only found in specific locations. The membrane that separates our reality from the Other Side can be weakened by Fear, and many occultist groups are willing to weaken that Membrane and summon the entities of the Other Side.¹ All of this to say that Ordem Paranormal is about people investigating and fighting against the Other Side and those who seek to break reality itself.

How long is Ordem Paranormal? Ordem Paranormal fans joke that it is longer than One Piece. This isn't true yet. Don't let that scare you, though! Many fans of Ordem are still working through watching everything! (I sure am!) As of writing this post, May 11th, 2026, there are 9 seasons of Ordem Paranormal. 4 main seasons with a 5th on the way and 5 spin-off seasons! Yeah, but can I watch it in English? Yes! 3 of the 4 main seasons have complete English subtitles (courtesy of Equipe T), and 1 of the spin-off seasons is done completely in English! The 4th main season is currently being subtitled.

Is there other media in the universe? Yes! There are the Ordem Paranormal ttrpg books where you can play your own game of Ordem Paranormal! There is the game Enigma do Medo/Enigma of Fear on steam! There are comics, which are an adaption of the main seasons! And there is Arquvios Secretos, a monthly patreon exclusive drop of bonus content! Plus, there's all of the fanworks you can find!

Does it have queer rep? Yes!!! Ordem Paranormal is created by an ace creator, and many members of the cast are queer! Many of its characters, pcs and npcs alike, are openly queer. Including our poster boy in the Tumblr Sexy Man Contest 2026, Arthur Cervero, who is a pansexual man!

Where to start? That is the question! Some English-speaking fans like myself started with Ordem Paranormal Quarantena, the international season done in English. Though, I'd recommend starting with A Ordem Paranormal, the first ever season. Here is a link to a YouTube playlist with every season to date!

Thank you for reading! <3

¹This is part of the opening monologue for every season, and the translation was done by beloved friend and mutual Lua ( @lil-lost-mind )

[castledock]

hey guys you know a work can have challenging & disturbing & weird themes without it actually being a kink that the writers have, right? I know we all like to use that “the author’s barely disguised fetish” meme but i truly need y’all to understand that some things are just recurring themes & motifs in a body of work without it being sexual for the writers or anyone involved in the creation of art. It’s important to me that y’all know this.

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

“i also choose this guy’s dead wife” was easily the #1 funniest thing to ever be written on the internet.

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

you can know the punchline but you can’t stop it from punching you.

[mighty-meerkat]

i do also feel the need to add that phil8248 really liked the joke. he said his wife had always had a dark sense of humour, even about her illness and death, and seeing the joke made him feel like he was laughing with her one last time.

[moonlitstargazer]

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

eyebrows hold power. use it responsibly

One thing drawing Sonic characters taught me is the value of showing expressiveness using just eye shapes without distinct eyebrows vs Distinct Eyebrows On Top Of The Eyes. once you understand this, you also must understand the power of Taking Eyebrows Away From Characters Who Have Them

I feel TADC's art style evolution kinda shows this, with some characters becoming more expressive with distinct eyebrows that appear randomly, but also still having other scenes where they express other particular emotions with no distinct eyebrows. it's basic fundamentals but they go a long way

Eyebrows show a grounded, quantifiable amounts of emotion the more distinct they are, which adds a vulnerability to the character since they're expressing their emotions more visibly. The less you can measure the exact amount of emotion someone is feeling, the less vulnerable they seem. or smth idk

[probuccalfat]

i know i’ve talked about this before but it’s really insane when you were passively suicidal for two decades and out of the blue you catch yourself saying shit like “i’ve been trying to eat a lot of fibre because i don’t want to risk colorectal cancer in my 40s” like okay … 40s are part of the plan now?

[whentheheartismissing]

Being on the aromantic spectrum but not at the end of it means having a crush once every 7 years like a curse that comes around and devastated your life for a while before leaving you again and freeing you of any form of romantic attraction for a few years

[yondamoegi]

people should remember that the word "hunk" exists

no, unless he's a young father, that's not a dilf, that's a hunk. If you want to call a childless man a dilf, at least make him middle aged

no, that's not a bear, that's a hunk. Bears must be fat and hairy

no, that's not a himbo, that's a hunk. Himbos must be dumb, beefy and kind simultaneously, if he's just dumb and beefy that's a hunk

like, cmon people, there's nothing wrong with a humble hunk. Why are you so mean to him?

[thedevilsrain]

every single translator: get his ass

[argumate]

Hungarian translator: I'm on it

[kosmogrl]

let this be a reminder that even if it takes time your dreams can come true

[rabbitindisguise]

an astronaut foretold to go to the moon by a fortune cookie can be a kind of magical girl, I think

[fiollaigean]

how to cover letter:

polite greeting (it's me, boy)

introduction (i'm the ps5)

establish credentials (speaking to you inside your brain)

establish purpose (leave the girl, we don't need her)

describe what you can bring to the organization (cowboy times in space)

[prokopetz]

I think that realistically, the thing that kills AI data centres isn't going to be cost, regulation, or public opposition. I think it's going to be the gen-AI equivalent of the WDM fiasco.

For context, back when commercial Internet service was just taking off and the dot-com bubble was at its peak, a bunch of companies put down vast quantities of fibre-optic cables in anticipation of future demand. The vast majority of that fibre subsequently ended up laying dormant, becoming what's known in the industry as dark fibre.

The dot-com bubble bursting is often cited as the reason why, but it can't account for all of the problem, or even most of it; demand for commercial bandwidth continued to grow in spite of the bust, albeit somewhat more slowly than predicted. The real culprit was the development of a technology called wavelength-division multiplexing, or WDM.

WDM tremendously increased the amount of data that could be transmitted using existing fibre-optic cables; post-WDM, many major urban centres found that they now had over one hundred times as much fibre as they needed to accommodate present and anticipated near-future demand for Internet bandwidth. Many of the corporations that had speculatively bankrolled that fibre installation ended up selling off their infrastructure for pennies on the dollar and subsequently went bankrupt.

Basically, I suspect that's what's going to happen here. The present rush to construct more and more AI data centres is being short-sightedly driven by predictions based on the first couple of generations of general-purpose generative AI technology. Any day now there's going to be some random unpredictable breakthrough that makes gen-AI models like a hundred times more efficient, and a lot of very powerful people are going to be left holding a lot of very expensive bags.

[escapismsworld]

Nature taking over a pool in an abandoned mansion.

[boybeetles]

Being ‘older gen z’ sucks because you talk to someone 5 years younger then you and they say shit like “Tung Tung Tung Sahur in Fortnite” and sudden you feel like you are suddenly much older then you actually are

[boybeetles]

Hard to believe that 15 year olds are Gen Z because when I talk to them I feel like I’m talking to an alien. What is this ballerina cappuccino. I’m scared. I only know 6 7. My mom asks me what the things kid say mean because im ‘also Gen Z so I know all the Gen Z stuff’ and I have to say don’t knowwwww

[mollyjames]

Always embarrassing realizing you don't know basic facts about your friends. Like yeah hey, here's this person I love dearly, I've known them for 23 years, we've been through so much together. They're currently working in a lab.... developing... medicine? and also getting a PhD. I think. Don't ask me what subject.

[the-quasar-hero]

More game devs need to understand the following concepts:

There is a finite amount of memory on any given device.

No matter how good your game is, players will want memory for other things on their devices.

Not everyone has a stable internet connection so making single player games needing an internet connection is not good.