The Potato

Little dark anarchist. Blog about physical and mental health: bigkido, and about music (mostly metal): beloveddarknes

[phantomtomes]

I just think we all deserve massive home libraries and a couple swords, as a treat

[mgcsheaven]

realistically there is no chance i will have time to read, imma still bring a book though

[writtenroses1813]

I’m so sorry but in the nicest way possible do yall actually read books or just read words??? Cause I’ve been seeing that trend of people not understanding how “snarled” and “eyes darkened” and “eyes softened” etc. was used in a book and like…

Genuinely, do yall just not have imagination?? Or not understand figurative language??? Also eyes do literally darken and soften have you not lived a life??? How do you read with no imagination? Is this how you get through so many books in one month - you simply don’t take the time the understand the words as they are read?

[detetue]

I just learned that my former abuser is fucking policeman. I pity everybody who will ever cross that moterfucker.

[queenofheartsdeservedbetter]

"How do you read so many books??" I am simply trying to avoid reality, what are you doing

[bumblebeebats]

Sometimes little pleasures in life are loadbearing. Whenever someone is like "If you'd just give up tea and coffee and sugar and--" im like I'll stop you right there. Because if you finish that sentence i am going to kill everyone in this building and then myself. If i have to face the horrors of the world without my little jar of caramel flavoured instant coffee i am going to go full American Psycho. Believe it or not, my main priority in life is not to have perfect teeth or be an Olympic athlete or look like a supermodel, but to actually enjoy living, because I spent far too long not doing that and it royally sucked. And boy, some people don't like hearing that. Particularly dentists

[llleighsmith]

sam sifton, from the nyt “what to cook right now” newsletter

[orgasming-caterpillar]

"fuck it we ball" is for stress about the future "it is what it is" is for stress about the past and "this too shall pass" is for stress about the present thank you for coming to my TED talk

[maliceinchainz]

Remember to wash your sheets. I am begging you to wash your bedding

[maliceinchainz]

And in general, clean your furniture and upholstery. Dust, dirt, odors, sweat, and animal dander all build up. It is terrible for your skin. And it gets worse over time. Particularly dirty furniture's smell gets on everyone and everything it makes contact with. I recently overcame a rash i am positive was from sleeping on grimey furniture.

"But girlstink" NO. there is a very clearly defined line between "stinks good" and "fucking reeks."

Spritzes of Vinegar and water kill bacteria. Sprinkling baking soda on things, letting it sit for an hour or so, and vacuuming it up kills odors and further cleans. Throws, blankets, and fabric covers allow you to decorate while also having a layer of protection that is machine washable for convenience.

I hope this helps someone who needed to hear this or never learned this.

[posallys]

i'm literally begging people to relearn how to use earbuds and headphones. i don't wanna hear your fucking tiktok while im waiting for my flight.

[southbreak]

100% this.

[theoldness]

[oatisaeris]

[introvertdear]

THIS!

[corancoranthemagicalman]

Reblogging this too for folks with anxiety like myself who feel bad when they say they’re too busy but they don’t have every second accounted for doing something so they feel almost like they’re lying. Self-care goes on your schedule too, lovelies.

[my-deer-friend]

dark academia (sitting in one place so long the library's motion-sensitive lights have turned off)

[neil-gaiman]

Is it bad if my school librarian told me I was checking out to many books? (the graveyard book, fortunately the milk, and coraline) She is saying I need to 'branch out my authors' and 'im obssesed'. I was holding 2 books (stardust and good omens) by you and a book you introduced (Fahrenheit 451) as I checked the other 3 out. The same librarian didn't let my sister (10) to get coraline or the graveyard book as she was 'to little', she has read those books before but she wanted to read it again. Is this lady just a dick or like is it bad? (I'm 14, she also got mad I read books for 'baby's' 30 seconds after my little sister tries reads books for 'adults')

Sounds like she's just not very good at her job. A librarian's job isn't to stop people reading things.

[lookupmedicalmisogyny]

Isnt it weird that hotel rooms provide toilet paper, tissues, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, soap, and ive even seen some provide make removal wipes, but I’ve never seen a single one provide pads or tampons?

[lemurchick]

Russian-speaking twitter had a huuuuge discussion about that last month I think, it was crazy how angry men were after just reading this question.

The arguments against varied from “hotels can’t afford it” to “you should plan your periods women, you have apps for that” to “but what if men eat tampons by mistake” (what???)

It really blew up and as far as I know quite a few workplaces began to put pads and tampons in office toilets. Hopefully hotels will too.

[lookupmedicalmisogyny]

Yeah i just thought about it when i saw make up wipes in the hotel i stayed in the other day. Like make up wipes are very much something men could accidentally eat yet they are okay to provide but not pads??

[electricsircuit-deactivated2024]

Men will see a hypothetical hotel tampon and eat it

[feministyaoi]

men will see a tampon and say is anyone gonna eat that and not wait for an answer

[anyroads]

Men need to eat at least 100 tampons to go into space

[catcrumb]

[tenorgender]

whoever invented cozy in bed was a genius. and whoever invented getting up should be burnt at the stake