[liquidstar]

"only 90s kids remember-" wrong, if you're poor and/or rural enough, old tech and fashion doesn't just disappear when it stops being trendy. We had dial-up until 2012

[classicalcanvas]

Banks of the Seine at Jenfosse (1884) by Claude Monet

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

honestly yall just gotta be comfortable reading books that make you feel stupid

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

read books that you don't understand. read books where you have to pay attention. read books that make you reread a page eight times to figure it out. read books that you need to take notes on. read books with words you have to google. read books that don't make sense without research on the setting. read books that make you feel stupid because otherwise you'll just be stupid.

[ghoulcri]

my manga site is down and i am devastated

[acetoxy-deactivated20151215]

[helga-oko]

Line-art Beatles

[sickfrr]

[drafthearse]

Tub of terrapins - a variety pack of colors, patterns, and sizes. Maryland, Chesapeake Bay.

[enchantedbook]

' View in Dracula's Tomb' by Fritz Schwimbeck, 1922.

[feelingsound]

En la ilusión quedo todo. El Salvador, 2025.

[my-dailydreams]

[dungeonlust]

Art by • Frank Frazetta

[oldwinesoul]

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”

// Alan Watts

[sorrrowfull]

[ghoulcri]

the rockies

[ghoulcri]

finally tried out my lil t’au guys, but i’ve never painted something so small so it’s not necessarily good

[homoquartz]

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

[piratedgender]