Late stage capitalism took my lizard milk!

[they/them]. Sauntered vaguely into the tf2 fandom. Salt of the Damned is my name and making fic's my game. Well versed in the arch of intimidation. Will not shut up about Darkiplier. Team frozen waffles. why is my bio like this

[uraharashouten]

“I think it’s nice to choose what upsets you and what doesn’t. I believe having the will to change what we think really allows us to be able to start over, right?”

— Urahara Kisuke, Bleach

[green-is-gay]

i dont WANT pride months to be over,

on the other hand...

[dcat-could-be-spookier]

I'm such a bad writer I hate conflict.

[gemfeathers]

[tpwrtrmnky]

Hi, person whose legs start hurting if you stand upright in one spot for more than a minute, who also struggles with setting boundaries. I was hoping you'd join me for Four Hours Of Standing In One Spot? If you say no I'll be very upset and cry about it. This is a normal way to behave apparently!

[calware]

[magikkittenz]

leon <3

[dcat-could-be-spookier]

🥺

[corrya]

I think about this like once a day

[elisecairo]

[katherynefromphilly]

As someone who was alive when Bob Ross (and William Alexander before him — that’s where the approach is from) was on PBS, I can 100% testify that you can paint along with him.

You may need to learn how to set up your paints and such… but this is what people did, live, while the show aired. That’s what the show was for. I had family members create lovely works of art they enjoyed, which I still have on my walls, because William Alexander and Bob Ross both said:

SCREW METICULOUS CLASSICAL ART PRACTICES — JUST GRAB A PALETTE KNIFE AND BIG OLD BRUSH AND PAINT!

They freed a whole generation of people who were taught to paint detail and realism and exact representation of reality — people who largely gave up this kind of thing because it got tedious.

I watched the joy of family members as they rediscovered art as a messy fun spontaneous half hour activity.

Give it a try.

[anceh-atsiome]

[dozydawn]

cat’s eye emerald

[athena-cat-wizard-official]

advil (ibuprofen) 200mg liquid capsule

[herpsandbirds]

[piecesofbrokenrecollections]

my sister decorated a cat yesterday

[piecesofbrokenrecollections]

This was now a decade ago but I got news about this kitty from someone who works at the clinic he lived in: he lived up to 20 years old 💙

[crabanarchy]

I can tell my evil advisor has been feeling down lately so I've been pretending to take big sips from his cursed chalice and then roaming the palace grounds groaning and clutching my abdomen. Lowkey I know it's deceptive but I can tell it's really cheering him up. I heard him evilly cackle for the first time in weeks. WIBTA if I keep doing this

[scissorsaint]

you really do meet some of the loveliest people talking about blood and sex on the internet

[dcat-could-be-spookier]

There's something really funny about being too exhausted to write a story about a character who's depressed and yet I can't find the words to convey why. Oh well. How funny...

[renthony]

I've been seeing a lot of posts lately that tell dropouts "you can always go back!"

And that's not bad! It's true for a lot of people! You CAN go back later! You can apply to university, you can get your GED, you can pursue whatever level of education you want. It's not bad to share that message. If you dropped out and want to go back eventually, there is zero timeline. You can go back at any age, with any life experience. You do not have to graduate by a specific age.

But as someone who dropped out of college over a decade ago, sometimes "you can always go back!" starts to feel a little like an empty platitude. Sometimes it starts to feel grating instead of hopeful. Even when it might technically be true, sometimes it still feels like a hollow sentiment.

I just want to say, to anyone else out there who feels that way, who dropped out and CAN'T go back, potentially EVER, whether it's due to poverty or disability or any other reason:

It's okay to drop out and never go back. It might feel shitty, and you may even feel grief over it. That's real, and painful, and allowed. But you are not lesser. Even if you never go back, you are not a failure or a loser. Academics do not define your worth. You are not stupid. And it is almost certain that the system actually failed YOU.

With love,

A fellow burnout