for we are a nation of shopkeepers

maxine 24 UK she/her. On all levels except physical I am overwintering in the pack ice

[confessions-of-an-old-cassette]

how it feels to be in the terror fandom without a masters degree

[icegrotto]

I got jumpscared by framed photos of Tom Crean and Taff Evans in a pub in Liverpool tonight during a company night out and I have no one to talk to about this

[missjeanjacket]

[podcastwizard]

some royal jewels were stolen from the louvre which is unfortunate for historical reasons but you gotta appreciate a classic crime. so many crimes are online these days it’s nice to see heist culture is still alive

[sinkies]

whatever I'm out of here.

[icegrotto]

Not trans but I do sometimes wish I was a 40 year old man

[effemar]

the fact that amc's the terror and hbo's chernobyl were airing literally within spitting distance of each other cultural timeline wise never stops being funny to me like from 2018-2019 jared harris was just fully locked in to the role of doomed authority figure in period drama disaster fiction. valery legasov francis crozier same shit different century. there are two constants 1) alcohol and 2) an extended shot of a man sitting alone in a blue toned room with his head in his hands.

[homunculus-argument]

Nothing slapped my shit back into place like someone pointing out that the "genius gifted child with so much potential who got burnout and mental illness" is just the nerd equivalent to the jock "could have been a pro at sportsball if it wasn't for the injury".

[eusexuanal]

Settles down on your dashboard gingerly and with a big heaving sigh

[noshowjones]

15000 years ago you and i made sculptures no one else will ever see in a cave that will never be discovered

[sealdev]

Once all currencies devalue, I will be investing in this, not Bitcoin.

[bonivers]

i hate how any career these days feels like you have to also double as an influencer. maybe i don’t want to be subjected to marketing myself

[tanglefootcomic]

I made some weird little watercolor and gouache paintings for a sci-fi-themed exhibition. I was miles out of my comfort zone and some of my paintings were Quite Bad but I had fun

[boccher]

ocean.com/fish

[elegant-paper-collection]

ocean.com/fish/careers

[chronictranssexuality]

"you don't owe anyone anything" You are a tar pit. Speak for yourself. I personally owe the cafe employees my dishes put away and my friends a listening ear and small scared insects a cup and a gentle trip outside. Hyperindividualism is a rancid infection borne of capitalism and willfully misinterpreted therapyspeak and I will defy it by continuing to be kind regardless of whether or not it benefits me personally

[puffin-nuffin]

Call me Ishmael the way I yearn for doomed voyages, the companionship of hunky men and obsessively writing about my special interests.

[sail-not-drift]

The thing that fascinates me about Cherry is how unremarkable he is. He’s surrounded by men who are larger than life, in ability or personality or myth, joining them on the journeys where they achieve heroic deeds or superhuman endurance or lasting scientific discovery. He’s the only man from the winter journey who survived the expedition, he crossed the Barrier with Scott, he failed a rescue mission he didn’t know he was making, he’s one of the few people on earth who saw the polar party’s bodies - and when he took three penguin eggs, painfully gotten, dearly cared for, the last relics of his two best friends, to a place where they should be celebrated and cherished - he was treated like a vagabond who wandered in off the street.

These men and their grand ambitions. And all Cherry wanted was to do a good job and not let his friends down.