so it goes

alex | 1995 | we live in hope

[only-tiktoks]

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

As a European, I knew Americans have been asking for walkable cities but i had no idea it was literally this hostile

WHERE DO YOU WALK YOUR DOGS!?!

[dkpsyhog]

[brehaaorgana]

lol yeah

[what-even-is-thiss]

Its to the point where most Americans can’t conceive of a walkable community because everywhere is like this and several generations have now grown up in a world like this. There’s hardly anyone that can conceive of a world that isn’t like this. Most people either cave in and get a car or end up isolated. I live in a city that’s mostly walkable by North American standards and I still end up walking in the dirt on the edge of a stroad a lot of the time.

[phipiohsum475]

And don't forget, we can't get decent public transportation either.

[lamine-19]

scientific fact

[brittlepredatordemon]

Actually, no, I don't think that friendships dropping like flies in your late 20s and early 30s because no one has time for that between overwork and family obligations and marriage and kids and partners and the ritual of the time slayer is normal and ok. No I don't think deep conversations and spontaneous adventures being replaced with a tired coffee every six months is a normal part of growing up. I don't think that emotional intimacy and soul bonds disintegrating in the face of practical inconvenience is a fact of life. I think that means something is deeply deeply wrong with our society and I will never forgive it for the friends I've lost

[bokuwachikuwa]

[funstyle]

teenage girls in fiction: hes so cute i wanna slow dance with him at prom :3 hehe

real teenage girls: imagine if he got injured and i had to tend to his wounds and i could watch him seize up a bit as i disinfect them and in the haze of fever he sees me as an angel

[abyssalaquarist00]

pick up that non-fiction book

[abyssalaquarist00]

not all of us can live in fantasy 100% the time like i see some people on here do and it's refreshing to learn something new. its been philosophy, essays, and history for me and i feel much more at home on planet Earth for it knowing that people have been struggling and wishing similarly for millenia.

its not that fiction doesnt have its place, its important and healthy to exercise the imagination, but non-fiction can do so much to boost and supplement that. if not for yourself, for your art or for the people you're around

[abyssalaquarist00]

"representation matters!" but you wont read or engage with non-fiction works about any demographic outside your own

[abyssalaquarist00]

this version of the post doesnt seem to be getting much traction but this is arguably the most important reason why we should be reading nonfiction in addition to fiction

[aziarts]

so thoughtful!

[elbiotipo]

Why have you undertaken a Namari x Laios agenda. What’s the appeal

What's NOT the appeal. Aren't they cute together?

But if you want me to elaborate: Namari takes an attitude of "these guys are my responsability" about Laios' party in general but especially about Laios himself. There's lots of panels on the manga where she's scolding him, worrying about him, jumping him because she's happy he's there and more to the point she's almost fussy about Laios especifically. Yes, even when she goes in a quest to kill him because of his own stupidity (which I'm pretty sure counts as high romance in Dwarven culture). There's a lot of "THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL IDIOT" vibes.

There's also this little subtle bit when Chilchuck complains about romance in Laios' party, where she HATES the "marriage seeker" who wanted to get it on with Laios.

Sure, you might interpret this as she being angry at her taking advantage of him, or that AND the fact she's jealous to death of her. It fits her character. Also, there's her well known "fascination" for Tallmen. And Laios, IIRC, is the tallest of the main cast.

The funny thing is that Laios treats her just as a good friend and if this is all true he is likely totally oblivious. Which makes it ten times more fun. Can you imagine having a crush on the weirdest, densest man on the planet? I'm sure Laios would come to understand, perhaps with a couple bonks on the head, how good a dwarf girl with a weapons fetish can be. It would be very fun to watch.

It's a good ship.

[human-pet-they]

texting everyone in my friends list “see what happens when you disobey me?” when the eclipse starts

[mysharona1987]

They also banned surf boards. There was a great documentary film from 2016 about it.

[natoapologistblocker]

The thing is, the Israeli government wants to collapse Palestinian resolve through extreme material pressure. All of these items are cultural touchstones for many Palestinians, whether for cooking, entertainment, or simply making life bearable. Restricting access to them is an attack on the basic conditions of everyday life, with the apparent aim of making deprivation so severe that Palestinians are pressured into turning against Hamas, or at the very least creating conditions in which informants and double agents can be bribed or recruited. It's sadistic. Sadistic. Sadistic.

[innerchildabortionclinic]

interesting kink assortment on the dash

[murraysiskind-deactivated202511]

It’s so crazy that suicide prevention is just people going awwww don’t!! Awwww come on noooooooooo stopppppp

[allhailklisz]

[yokelfelonking]

One of the best ones I saw was a thing noting that every single one of the few survivors of suicide jumps off of the Golden Gate Bridge realized, on the way down, that the problems they were killing themselves over actually were fixable or could be worked through...except for the now - extremely unfixable - problem of gravity.

[authortobenamedlater]

Went to the Holocaust Museum in DC once. There was a video interview of an Auschwitz survivor who said he and some other prisoners stayed up all night with a man who wanted to kill himself. The man didn’t kill himself and survived to liberation.

In the video the survivor said “Never seek a permanent solution to a temporary problem. And they’re all temporary problems.”

Hearing that from a guy who survived the Holocaust rewired my brain a little bit.

[drgrlfriend]

I think something a lot of people don't understand is that depression is not suicidality, and suicidality is not depression. People can, and are, depressed without being suicidal, and sometimes suicidality peaks as people are emerging from depression. Suicidality is a wave, and the trick is to allow that wave to crest and subside WITHOUT acting on it. Whatever it takes to ride it out. For some people that's distraction, like watching television. For others it's calling a friend -- not to talk about the suicidality, but just to talk. For others it could be as simple as going to sit in a coffee shop or library, because the presence of other people is a huge diminisher of suicide risk. That's what suicide safety planning is about. It's like having any other type of emergency plan, like a plan for fire or evacuation. It's making a plan when you are in the frame of mind to do so, so that you can just DO the plan without having to think about it when the occasion arises. When you're in the midst of suicidal ideation, or even intent, you're not in a problem-solving mood. So knowing past!you, with the help of a therapist hopefully, came up with the plan and all you have to do is follow up until the wave crests and subsides, is what allows you to see another day.

ETA: Here's a link to a safety plan. https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/988-safety-plan.pdf

[goldkirk]

There’s a really compassionate and well-written paper/book/thing called Suicide: The Forever Decision that’s written specifically for people who are currently suicidal. The letter to the reader at the beginning is wonderful and deeply understands how to talk to someone who’s suicidal without preaching or talking down to them.

It’s very honest. It’s very clear. It’s very kind. It presents you with a lot of information and a lot of understanding and lets you take it all in like the autonomous human you are, and make decisions from an informed place. It goes over the reality of suicide attempts, pain involved, likelihoods of survival, after effects of attempts, and how to get help if you want it after reading all of that and learning about the reality of suicide attempts.

You can read it for free here: https://qprinstitute.com/pdfs/Forever_Decision.pdf

No one can ever stop you if you’re really determined. Only you can stop yourself. If you’re suicidal and there’s ANY tiny part of you that wants a chance to not go down that route, but can’t convince the rest of you yet, give this short book a try. Or share it with anyone you know who might need it.

[depsidase]

[caressthosecheekbones]

nasa is using a 3D world graphic for the solar eclipse thingy today where germany is still devided in east and west adjfglkafdhgadfg. buddies, it's been almost 40 years.

[chthonion]

So I showed this to a physicist and they were like "Oh! Yes! It's a figure from Fred Espenak's very old paper where he did a bunch of eclipse graphics! I've been looking at these my entire internet life, basically, for every solar eclipse! They called him Mr. Eclipse. He just passed away recently 🥺"

Anyway apparently Mr. Eclipse made 5000 years' worth of solar eclipse graphics, which you can find the simpler versions of here

So now instead of laughing at NASA for their outdated graphics I'm emotional about Mr. Eclipse and his hard work

[elventhespian]

Best dialog

[findchaos]

We visited an old glass factory that was converted into a park and the photos can get very surreal.

[sourcreammachine]

[junk-thunder]

you can hit it raw, i’ve got an IED

[sparrow-va]

you have a wha