Morally Prehensile

My toxic trait is that I'm too old for the fucking discourse. Avatar by the lovely Kyo.

[iamilex]

so I made a Bluesky account against my better judgement

iamilex / flawlix on tumblr Nobody anywhere else

[thickness-protection-program]

As a kid I wondered why older people would moan and grunt when they just sat down and now I get it. I truly do.

[astriiformes]

The other thing about meeting my wife on this website is I've seen multiple friends today reblog a post about how some mutuals you eventually transition to using their given name and some you never do, and the thing is. The woman I am legally married to is in the latter category.

[medievalreligiousfanatic]

[ursus-arctos-horribilis-chadder]

Foul beast ate that adventurer whole, RIP

[captainjonnitkessler]

One time my grandfather picked me up from the airport and was driving me home and asked if I wanted to stop at McDonald's. And I was like sure, we can stop at the one in [town].

And he was like "we don't need to go to [town], we'll just go to the one in your town. And I said my town doesn't have a McDonald's. And he was like "okay, we'll go to the closest one". And I was like right, the one in [town]. And he said "that's twenty minutes away from your house, you really don't have one closer?" And when I confirmed that he said "well, it doesn't have to be McDonald's. It can be whatever fast food place is in your town." And I was like there is no fast food in my town. There is no food in my town period unless you want to stop for gas station hot dogs. And he was like "that doesn't make any sense. Then what do you do when you need food?" And I said I drive to [town]. And he said "every single time you need food or groceries?" And I said yeah, that's sort of how the fixed nature of buildings work. And then we drove in silence for ten minutes while this man tried to wrap his head around the fact that I had to drive twenty minutes to town to go grocery shopping.

Anyway a lot of you remind me of this experience pretty much every time the urban/rural divide comes up on this website.

[captainjonnitkessler]

I'm really enjoying that this is picking up notes because most of them are people like "oh yeah, 20 minutes isn't even that bad, I have to drive an hour to my [town]" and then there's a handful of people freaking out like "oh my god, are Americans okay??? Shouldn't your government be doing something about this????"

Idk what the government is gonna do about it man, I think me and my 6 neighbors within walking distance are just gonna have to keep driving to [town]

[rosstmcd]

Reading through the notes on this is wild because they seem to fall into three groups:

Yeah, same.

I flatly refuse to believe such a place is possible. You're all making this up.

I wouldn't want to live in a place like that, so obviously nobody would, and it should be illegal for these places to exist.

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault and Lois Ehlert (1989)?

yes

no

I've never heard of it

Remaining time: 2 days 22 hours

[iamilex]

Haven’t made my voting decisions yet, which makes this the closest I’ve gotten to the primary in years without having researched the issues...

has the left rallied behind a CA gubernatorial candidate yet? Cuz I am STRESSING about that race. Man, I don’t want to vote for Katie Porter. (I’ve disliked her ever since she made provably false accusations against the company I work for on her social media accounts—as in, the congressional hearing transcripts are publicly available, and we not only never said what she claimed, but we’d said the exact opposite on the record. Made me wonder how many of her other viral company takedowns were false or misleading, and I just didn’t know it because I wasn’t as familiar with the issues.) But if Katie Porter is who we’ve all decided to get behind, I’ll do it just to avoid California facing a Republican versus Republican race.

[traumasurvivors]

Even if I didn’t have a solid plan, in the back of my head, I always assumed I’d kill myself.

Now I’m an adult and people my age have their lives in order and I’m stuck here, confused, because I never planned to be alive and I’m so far behind.

I feel like I’ll never catch up.

[traumasurvivors]

Hey all.

I want to make an addition to this. I made this post a long time ago.

I’m currently back in university, and I’ve made so much progress with my trauma. I’m in a loving relationship.

Things can and will get better. It’s not too late.

Nothing is perfect by any means. But I’m happy I’m still here and didn’t kill myself. I hope you get to that point, too 💕

[traumasurvivors]

The addition is important! I see the original post circulating a lot, but the addition is important!

[traumasurvivors]

New addition two years later. I’m still going strong!

I’m getting married. I’m still in that loving relationship.

I’ve learned that there’s no real timeline. It’s okay. And while it sucks that I lost time, there’s still so much for me to experience and enjoy.

[traumasurvivors]

Newest addition. 7 years after the original post!

I got married last month! My dog is laying on me snoring. I’ve learned to have healthy friendships and relationships. I’ve learned that I’m not alone and that even when things are hard, I’m going to be okay.

[traumasurvivors]

This showed up in my notes again. And here we are. 2026.

I’ve been married a little over two years. I just got home from friendships that feel like home and family. My husband and I have our own place. I have a full ass book ready to be published.

I don’t know. I’m still in a good place and I can’t believe how far I’ve come from my original post.

[iamilex]

Surgery went well. AND they confirmed endometriosis, along with scarring caused by years of untreated endo, which is SO damn validating.

[iamilex]

The word “tethered” appears in my post op report, which is certainly… something.

[plumbo-gummite]

it always always makes me laugh to swap definite and indefinite articles

[plumbo-gummite]

Ugh it's so hot today, I'm sweating like the pig

[plumbo-gummite]

W-woah there! You scared a bejesus out of me!

[iamilex]

Surgery went well. AND they confirmed endometriosis, along with scarring caused by years of untreated endo, which is SO damn validating.

[itsblosseybitch]

Made a new poster! :)

[zwoelffarben]

[no-one-offical]

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[byjove]

I keep getting vague updates on the Garden Grove impending chemical spill and it’s like. Logistically, how the fuck is that possible? How is it possible that we’ve been watching a tank full of dangerous chemicals get closer and closer to exploding for the past 4 days and 50k+ people have been evacuated and NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PREVENT IT OR SOMEHOW CONTAIN IT???? Authorities are just spraying it with cold water and going “Oh shit. Oh shit.” like it’s Chernobyl all over again.

Also, why is there a 34,000 gallon tank with 7,000 gallons of a highly unstable and dangerous chemical in an area that is densely populated like that? What this factory is doing is not Orange County activities, that’s some middle of nowhere Nebraska shit.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Do you like this song? #817

Yes I like it, I already know it

Yes I like it, first time listening

No I don't like it, I already know it

No I don't like it, first time listening

Voting ended onMay 29

✨ Please reblog the polls to make them reach out to as many people as possible, but KEEP IT SPOILER-FREE to make people listen to the music with an open mind 💖

✨ Artists and titles will be revealed with the full song after the poll's conclusion, check the original post for an update!

⚠️➡️ Yes, spoilers includes posting the lyrics. Please don't spoil. There are other ways to have fun with the post if you reblog it, maybe be sneaky/witty about it with obscure references. Have fun while following the rules! 😄💖 Fandom blogs/communities are welcome to reblog, but please keep that as far as it goes with spoilers!

[iamilex]

Even though it’s now been a couple of years since I played Destiny, I’m sad to see it end.

[darillium-night]

So I found out from one of my patients that it’s insanely stupidly common for naturalized immigrants to the US to end up with documents that literally just entirely have their incorrect birthday on them purely because the idiots working in the US immigration offices are too fucking stupid to know that we are the only country in the world that uses the month/day/year date format.

So anyway my patient’s birthday was like November 3rd, not March 11th. And she’s actually not 21 for another like several months dude.

[motsimages]

In Spain, with French speaking African immigrants, which are the main immigration we have after Latin Americans, occurs that many arrive thirsty, tired and struggling by makeshift boat and Red Cross workers ask them "nombre?" (Name) And they reply their "Nom" (last name) and so many of them have their last name as their First name and the First name as their last name.

Because the first people they encounter do not speak French and somehow nobody has told them to ask "prénom".

[drchucktingle]

in betweens

i have been fortunate enough to live a life in the arts, creating things and following hallowed footsteps. its something many buckaroos dream of, and as someone who has done it, THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS i received are the moments in between. if you generate with AI, THAT is what you rob yourself of

anyone who has done theater will know this, because it lives in the energy backstage. anyone who has played in a band will know this, because it lives in the late night diner afterwards. anyone who has written a book will know this, because it lives the coffee shop where your plot point locked in

in other words IT IS NOT THE PRODUCT. yes, it is cool to see your name on a marquee or your book in a store or your face on a poster, but the REASON this is cool is because it tethers you to the BETWEEN TIMES. the between times are everything. the PROCESS of creation is a gift to yourself

i think this is REALLY difficult for these ai goofballs to understand, and why the things they make dont resonate. anything you create without the in between is just a hollow shell, a movie poster without small talk at crafty or an album without eating burritos on the studio rooftop

we have ALWAYS had the ability to NOT make something and pretend that we did. the difference now is theres an algorithm built for convincing people whove never stepped outside the theater door for a smoke break on opening night that they actually have. they have not. there is no ai for that.

because the only way to conjure the unfathomable magic of those in between moments is to live them, and when you get a hit of excitement from a prompted movie or book or song without a journey of creation, you rob yourself. you curse yourself to exist as a cardboard cutout who thinks they are whole