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failed artist

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I made a video essay! It's about creative (mainly 3d) software -

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Should have known it was all a boy's club. Should have fucking known.

[coffeepeople]

One time a friend told me that if she wanted to have a chill night she would come to me and ask for tea and a book to read. I didn’t like tea at the time, but I always made sure my cupboards had them in case she needed a quiet night. One time I told my boss that I loved oranges, but couldn’t peel them because of my nails. For a year he made sure to peel me one at least once a week. Once my friends gave me a made up superlative of “most likely to have a pen they could borrow” and ever since I’ve made sure I always carry a pen with me. A long time ago, my high school librarian told me that no one would care what my grade in my sophomore chemistry class was if I’m bringing them doughnuts and asking them about their day.

[coffeepeople]

Sometimes friendship is about carrying pens and peeling oranges. But the point is, surrounding yourself with people who you want to do the little things for. The point of it all is bringing in the doughnuts because you’ve found the people who deserve the doughnuts.

[big-smiling-monkey]

How sweet it is to be with people you enjoy taking care of

[babbyygirrrl]

I don't know who needs to hear this but... start living. The days are flying by and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. Enjoy what you can like walks, sunsets, music, laughter. Joy doesn't have to be expensive. You deserve it.

[artbylittlebug]

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All I wanna do lately is play Lies of P. Or watch videos about it. Or plan my stats. I literally don't wanna do anything else. And I wanted this. I wanted a new Thing to obsess over. Now that I have it I remember how this can ruin my life.

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I think what made it so addictive for me was that it slowly revealed the complexity. It doesn't pummel you with too much information up front. Just pick a weapon tied to an archetype and go. Then you learn about ergo. Then weapon upgrades. Then the P-Organ, amulets, cubes, etc. It timed everything so perfectly that it was constantly keeping me engaged. With an interesting story. And characters and boss designs. Aaaah I have other things to doooo

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Videos on it are so often like "Guard parry here is different from Sekiro" or "This stat is like the strength stat from Dark Souls" meanwhile I've never played those lol. Well, I played a couple hours of the Dark Souls Remaster. It was good! And I plan to get back to it, but it didn't grip me like Lies of P did. I've never fully played a "soulslike," so the way it's introduced these concepts is perfect.

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All I wanna do lately is play Lies of P. Or watch videos about it. Or plan my stats. I literally don't wanna do anything else. And I wanted this. I wanted a new Thing to obsess over. Now that I have it I remember how this can ruin my life.

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I think what made it so addictive for me was that it slowly revealed the complexity. It doesn't pummel you with too much information up front. Just pick a weapon tied to an archetype and go. Then you learn about ergo. Then weapon upgrades. Then the P-Organ, amulets, cubes, etc. It timed everything so perfectly that it was constantly keeping me engaged. With an interesting story. And characters and boss designs. Aaaah I have other things to doooo

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All I wanna do lately is play Lies of P. Or watch videos about it. Or plan my stats. I literally don't wanna do anything else. And I wanted this. I wanted a new Thing to obsess over. Now that I have it I remember how this can ruin my life.

[56kilobits]

YouTube Wrapped showing I've watched 300 hours of WoW thinkpiece video essays this year. and I won't stop either

[i-survived-that]

ID: A youtube comment with 11 likes by Niceone, it says "I've lived 46 years without knowing this. How nice of life to save some of the best bites for later." End ID.

Normally, people tend to get frustrated, even jokingly, if they miss out on something. This comment was on a song from 1974 and it made me smile quite much. Simply appreciative. Like a dessert after dinner.

[phinarei]

It is genuinely mind blowing to me just how many Tumblr posts have changed my life for the better and taught me to be happier. Not all of the thoughts originate on Tumblr, but the way people collect and frame them has literally changed my brain chemistry.

[birdthena]

reblog to remind prev they're not a bother and their presence is wanted <3

[caiabresebun]

some pikas between bigger illus and work

[faustique]

sometimes i wonder if things would have turned out differently if i had done just one thing, or said those few words, or been a little less like this and a little more like that. sometimes i wonder…

[hollowistheworld]

I really can and will blame the 9-5 for everything. "We're in a loneliness epidemic" well, we have to spend a third of our day interacting with people in a professional way that makes forming real friendships difficult and then we're peopled out by the time we're done. "People are eating more and more unhealthily" people have to spend more than a third of their day doing work related tasks and they don't want to spend their tiny amount of free time making food. "People aren't involved in their local communities" after spending more than a third of their day doing work related things people are tired and also all those community events take place during normal working hours. "People need to get more hobbies" after spending more than a third of their day working, people are TIRED and don't want to do anything that takes yet more energy. "Literacy is dying" to maintain your critical thinking skills you need to read/watch things that make you think and after spending more than a third of your day doing work related stuff you are TIRED and don't want to expend even more brainnpower. "People need to get outside more" People. Are. TIRED. Because they have to spend all of their time working or preparing for work or recovering from work or doing all the chores they couldn't stay on top of because of work. I can blame fucking anything on having to work, it is truly the root of all fucking evil.

[00000066]

[evidently-endless]

being offered ai at every turn

[goetic-justice]

why do spiders always walk across my arm, this is NOT allowed under our peace treaty