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Emily, 32, she/they. Previously aroseatmidnight. Here are some random things that I enjoy.

[bakedbakermom]

hey kids did you know that computers didn't used to automatically connect to the internet. it used to make this screaming noise. we should have listened.

[clotheshorsepodcast]

Listen, I'm no stranger to being called "depressing" or "cringe" by randos on the internet. It's always so silly to me because I'm actually always laughing, creating elaborate hilarious backstories for my cats, singing made up songs, and wearing fabulous outfits.

But it is interesting that the comeback to "don't buy disappointing shit" is always "you suck and you're depressing."  In fact, in last week's Costco Esprit sweatshirt discourse, lots of people (on Threads) thought I was a bummer, bitter, and even a "buzzkill."

If you dig into that, it reveals something important: decades of marketing have successfully transformed us as humans, making us believe that the only real source of joy is shopping.  And TBH if you think buying something is an easy way to cheer yourself up, you're not alone. I was raised to feel the same way.  Shopping was literally the only time my family seemed to get along. Telling someone to buy something (because they "deserved" it) was how we showed our love.

So yeah, a lot of us think shopping = fun, joy, happiness.  Of course, these days shopping is also often disappointing and stressful.  Sometimes we end up feeling scammed or questioning the size and shape of our bodies.  Still, when shopping = happiness, you start to thing that non shopping = unhappiness and misery.

But actually...the slow fashion way of life is filled with joy, creativity, connection, and fun! Seriously, I might be tree hugging, compost loving, Costco Esprit sweatshirt hating buzzkill, but somehow I'm happier than I've ever been because I'm constantly feeding my brain and my heart with information, new skills, and creative thinking.

Anyway, I was inspired by the Threads feedback last week to create my own graphics about this. As I was playing around with this idea while I playing with the foster kittens last night, I realized that it was reminding me of a new version of the 90s Nirvana shirt. So I tracked down the Nirvana font (it's called Onyx) and I used images from the 1978 children's book, Baby's Toy Box.  This post took 3 hours to make.

[finderheart]

I can't believe it took me this long to post these I finished this like nine months ago

An idea I had for Blood of Eden propaganda/recruitment posters featuring some of our favorite guys - combo of digital-print cyberpunk graphic design style with oldschool Saturday Morning Post covers like you'd see Leyendecker paintings on

I was gonna post these ahead of tabling at a small con and selling prints of them but ended up not tabling because turns out grad school is hard

maybe next year... figured tumblr would like though

[pmamtraveller]

The Pearl With The Girl Earring by Olaf Falafel

[whatkindofnameisella]

ursula k le guin affirmations for your day:

it is our differences which make us dearer to one another

it is never too late to start loving

the enemy is not the foreigner, but the ones who tell you to hate the foreigner

everyone should have food, shelter, and work

everything is a yin and yang metaphor if you try hard enough

sci-fi is important

[screenshotsofdespair]

[wearepaladin]

[windsroad]

Just finished a cross stitch of this!

[pengosolvent]

Edit: the title for this comic is “Puzzle Rat” this one’s a few days late due to having a lot of doctors appointments sorry it’s  just 9 pages, and about some rats… it’s more symbolic than anything really

(it’s completely unrelated to any of my songs that have to do with “puzzleboy”) Patreon: www.patreon.com/PengoSolvent

[paparoach]

let's hear it for rice with some bullshittttttttt

[kaylmao]

Real Life Patch Notes:

Remaining Caffeine effect time now rolls over to next waking period

Updated friends' voice lines to more clearly indicate "Sarcasm" tone

"Little Treat" mood buff now lasts twice as long

It is now Good to pick at your skin all the time

Added ability to mute Annoying Coworker

Added 14 new species of frog

[narcissene]

affirmations:

- it’s fun to be awake & in an upright position

- consciousness is a gift

- i CAN do this anymore

[anyaboz]

Animation time works differently. Fifteen seconds for them is five hours for me. Kinda makes you wonder. Five hours for me must be like five days for my animator

[drtrinitysantos]

the kids are calling them "stone fruits." they start off small—think cherries. then they're hooked and they need a quick fix, they get peaches, maybe some nectarines. it's all they can think about. before you know it, they're trying the really hard stuff—apricots, plums. once they taste a mango there's no going back.

[makingmakestheworldbetter]

[Follow Socorro Society Here!]

[cheddar-baby]

Forgot to close a parenthesis and now spirits enter me like a waterslide

[ryrolie]

bead neuron!

[raisel-the-riveter]

I say “difficult difficult lemon difficult” so often that if I just say something is “difficult,” my wife asks if it’s lemon difficult. If I say no, she says, “Orange you glad it’s not lemon difficult?”

[crypticamanita]

I know that lesbian visibility week has passed but can I offer you a butch with a sword? Eden (they/he pronouns, lesbian)