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[lowspoonsfood]

hey friendos, any advice for low spoon pals suffering from severe tooth pain? i've majorly fucked up my teeth from neglecting my oral hygiene during depressive episodes and now chewing anything hurts like hell and I'm super sensitive to hot and cold temps.

i have a dentist appt at the end of the week to get a cracked/probably infected tooth pulled or fixed (rip my face and wallet) and i've been pretty much living off vegetarian canned soups since it got really bad (i was also able to eat some mac and cheese when the noodles were cooked super soft). i live for soup, but even for me it's getting a little old.

i tried thinking back to what got me through the swelling/trouble eating of my tongue getting pierced, but honestly that was 90% mcd's strawberry milkshakes and the suction of a straw hurts pretty bad right now.

anyway, this has all been to say, any suggestions for snacks that don't hurt? thanks in advance <3

Followers?

[hangingthumb]

You might have a build up of bacteria between your teeth and gums. The fix is to floss under the gum. If your gums bleed it will be because they're inflamed from bacteria turning into infection. It will ache for a few hours after flossing. It will stop hurting the more you do it.

As your going to the dentist ask them to show you the proper technique. TV doesnt show the correct way.

[jayessart]

Hi! I really wanted to ask you for guidance on drawing! Your backgrounds are unbelievably awesome and as an Asian American it really inspires me. So I’d love if you could throw some tips at me on how to draw sceneries like the ones that you do. Also point me to where I can educate myself in Chinese culture. I’m sad to admit I don’t know much about it as I would like.

Hello, sorry for the late reply! Thanks for your kind message!

When it comes to backgrounds, I didn’t become comfortable with them until only last year, when I got a job as a Backgrounds Designer which basically forced me to deal with backgrounds full time. The only tips I can give is to practice from references, do studies, and most importantly, learn perspective. And then, learn lighting - observe in real life how shadows and light hit objects. Lighting is what really brings an entire piece alive. 

References are extremely useful and educational; most of my sceneries are based on elements taken from a bunch of photo references I liked. After you paint enough backgrounds, you build up a library in your mind. I frequently use these tumblrs as sources:

https://thenordroom.tumblr.com/

https://hakkui.tumblr.com/

https://fuckyeahchinesegarden.tumblr.com/

As for Chinese culture, a lot of what I know is from family, like birthday and new year traditions, feng shui, etc, and these also vary (sometimes a lot) depending on which region of China you might be from, which Chinese ethnicity you are, or interested in. It’s definitely hard if you don’t have an immediate source in friends or family, since so much of what you find about other cultures (esp anything chinese lmao) is whitewashed or propagandized here. If you have the time and money, travelling is the best way to truly learn about any country or culture, by experiencing it first hand.

Another great source is dramas and movies. I’d recommend historical or real life genres if you’re interested in cultural stuff, but fantasy stuff can be just as good. I’ve been recommended Youth (2017), Better Days (2019), Nirvana in Fire (ladies in armourrr), The Story of Ming Lan (the music in thisss) - these are good to start off, gorgeous works, and there’s a lot to learn from them. Ooh, and for something fun, if you haven’t watched it already, i HIGHLY recommend The Legend of Hei (basicaly Chinese Ghibli about the environment and found family). These are all popular enough that you can probably find them subbed online…

Outside of these, here are a few tumblrs I follow that have amazing bits and pieces about Chinese cultures:

https://ziseviolet.tumblr.com/ - a veritable wealth of info on Chinese clothing

https://guzhuangheaven.tumblr.com/ - recs of historical cdramas

https://fuckyeahchinesefashion.tumblr.com/ - chinese arts posts

Hope this helps. Thanks again for your message! 

[mockiato-deactivated20200315]

What a wonderful world!

This beautiful flower mantis was found in Nkutu Valley on Sunday. Experts said she looked like a pregnant female as you could see her broadening frilled edged belly beginning to extend sideways. She loves to hunt bees that visit the flowers of herbs such as purple and rose pelargonium, she sits at flowers and catches bees with her camouflage.

[hangingthumb]

“You dont protect your principles with making exceptions.“

[hangingthumb]

I wonder to what extent Dr Manhatten’s apathy to human lives is result of selfishness. he can do all this and yet nothing. He wants to mope and blah blah blah. Learn some empathy. It’s not his power that makes him monstrous but his lack of empathy for other living people.

[hangingthumb]

Choice feminism is libertarianism feminism. It's an oxymoron which is why it's going a bad job of furthering womankind's welfare.

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“Consent does not negate harm”. Additionally, ‘pleasure’ isn’t a moral.

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If my family had less of a practicle use I would cut them out of my life. It is so much less stressful when they're not in it😍😍😍

[hangingthumb]

If you believe in a cause you will act in support of it to promote its goals. If you say you believe x and you do absolutely nothing for x then you think the idea is *nice*. You don't believe it. You just like the idea of it.

Most people *like* ideas. I read somewhere that a society only needs 15% of its population to actively work to cause social change.

Think of all the social improvements we've had. Think of how long it took to finally get certain ideas in law, get the law enforced, for the new attitude to be something a younger generation thinks is obvious and common sense and "why would you not?"

It can take a year to pass a law safety regulations for pools so little kids don't drown by accident. But think of any current argument for social change going on now. The vocal proponents and opposition. And the majority who don't give a shit, even when it affects them.

The "conversation" about american gun laws, to what extent black people should be oppressed, how to make slavery acceptable, how exactly are women not people and so on. These are still conversations had decades later because people mouth agreement but they don't genuinely care.

How horrifying that 'suffering is bad' is a statement that so many people quitely disagree with.

[hangingthumb]

If you don't know the difference between feminism, egalitarianism and humanism you're ignorant. You'r opinion in these subjects means less than someone who actually does know what these political philosophies are.

[ohtze]

Where did you get your information on the archetypes? The topic is really interesting to me, and I'd like to learn more, but regular online searches haven't been fruitful.

Books

Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divineby Joseph Campbell

Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A HandbookbyJane Garry and Hasan M. El-Shamy

In the House of the Riddle Mother: The Most Common Archetypal Motifs in Women’s Dreams byClarissa Pinkola Estés

Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype byClarissa Pinkola Estés

The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Jung’s Collected Works #9a)  byC.G. Jung

Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche byEdward F. Edinger

Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays #1) bySophocles

The Oedipus Complex: A Philosophical Study bySeymour Keitlen

The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

Online Links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype

https://literarydevices.net/archetype/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes

https://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/389/html

For modern tropes/archetypes/really pared down stuff: http://tvtropes.org/

It’s actually really easy to search tbh. All found within 5 minutes^. Just search for Jungian archetypes, literary archetypes, literary theory/criticism, etc. If it’s not showing up its because this stuff is normally behind a paywall/taught in uni courses/not digitized.

To remind folks: I get my info from 4yrs of study, and when I’m writing meta I’m adding to this (now-ingrained) info by postulating my own theories on top of pre-established archetypes. I’m not staying stationary with my research. Like I’m trying to move stuff forward by adding my own observations to things.

If I directly quote books they’re always linked in the meta, and I linked a bunch of stuff in Kill the King (although this time it was mostly videos). You just gotta click on the links.

Edit: I love the online library JSTOR but a lot of that stuff is behind a paywall.

Hope that helps! Have fun reading.

[hangingthumb]

How is anyone supposed to be moral if they're never told what is ethical or non ethical? The entirety of life is just negotiation between the boundaries of the concepts.

[hangingthumb]

Yes you *should* feel bad for being cruel, immoral, unethical. If you feel defensive or resentful it's pointed out to you, then you damn well know what you did/doing is wrong.

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prostitution is an expression of contempt

[hangingthumb]

After being in this site and seeing the various bullshit, as far as im concerned the LGBT is just LG. Everything else is a mix of homophobia and sexism. Re: demi, pan, ace etc sexuality, your preference and personality make you an individual. They're not different enough that you get to make a new category of obscure definitions that define sexuality. Intimacy and trust issues aren't a kind of sexuality, they're learnt behaviour. If you can't define your word and explain how it's different to this other thing that already explains it, I'm going to take it as you don't understand what your talking about. And presume you want to be special without developing any skills.

[hangingthumb]

There is a large chunk of people who think 'suffering is bad' is wrong and do their best to cause others to suffer.

[hangingthumb]

If people can understand purity politics in the form of fetishising little girls virginity is wrong, in the form of perfectionism which placed heavy stress on perfectionists and germaphobes who cannot live their life for fear of germs, why is purity politics seen as necessary when it comes to political philosophy?

At the end of the day get it done. Good is an improvement on finished.