Plot twist

Valia, Greece, Living the least cool life possible since '93

[anxietyproblem]

[notfinancialadvice]

This is so fucking embarrassing. This is one of the most embarrassing business quips I have ever seen in my entire vile career.

[homunculus-argument]

For some reason I once ended up browsing a support forum for adult survivors of shitty homeschooling, and there was one thread made by a woman who was on the verge about whether she wants to homeschool her kids or if she should send them to public school, and could not make up her mind no matter how hard she thought of it. Someone on the forum suggested to her that how about she'd try interviewing three happy, thriving, mentally and socially well-adjusted adults who were homeschooled as children, and then ask herself if she can provide that same experience to her children.

The mom-to-be then asked the suggester where to find some.

And the suggester answered roughly "the fuck if I know, I've never met one in my life either."

[teradrama-deactivated20260513]

"the best way to screw jkr over is by making her characters queer!" actually. The best way to screw jkr over is to stop engaging with the property she still profits off of and read a different fucking book

[homunculus-argument]

Bitches will say they want a "fairytale wedding" and then get offended when I show up uninvited and curse their firstborn.

[iamramonadestroyerofworlds]

No, no, you've got it all wrong. They want the sort of wedding you get at the end of a fairytale, not the beginning. You need to be inflicting gruesome punishments upon their least favorite relatives.

[homunculus-argument]

All I need for that is three glasses of wine and a permission.

[pusheen]

[imaginedreamingreality]

I'm starting to get into Riize because I feel like they're moving away from the very youthful image they had during the first 2 years and I think I probably won't feel awkward now watching their content... I'm already part of, like, 3-4 fandoms on twt, so I'm not sure I can just start posting there about Riize too, so I'm posting here.

Anyway, isn't this direction funny?! I love Sohee's voice and I can understand the struggle hahah

[imaginedreamingreality]

I miss one, ONE, therapy session and I start having meltdowns every day

[animentality]

[catmask]

i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping

[catmask]

this also goes for aesthetic or -core titles. 'y2k tank top' is going to get you resellers and fast fashion brands advertising to people looking to meet a current trend. 'thin strap crop tank top' is going to get you a diverse group of results and not upcharge you to hell and back

additionally, shop second hand when you can, second hand and thrift sites typically organize clothes by the cut and color. theyll be more affordable than a depop seller curating you a style to sell you

[daftpatience]

useful terminology for different kinds of clothing shapes :)

[kosmogrl]

turns out that no matter how much I try to control everything nothing ever goes the way I planned

[callizinc]

Did you know that you can waste your free time by not knowing which activity to do so you do none of them

[algorithmist]

although I find both institutions detestable I think they should force the vatican to compete in the Olympics. let's see what those priests can do

[chamerionwrites]

As A Straight™ it remains absolutely baffling to me the number of straight women who act repulsed by men's bodies. Literally what are you getting out of this*

(*the weird pretense that you're not horny for d*ck and/or straightness; interpret as you will)

[chamerionwrites]

I don't care enough about the Today Show to investigate further but apparently there was some kerfuffle in which the phrase "hairy man thighs" was used in a derogatory and body-shaming manner?????????

Absolutely unhinged slander against one of THE most compelling parts of the male anatomy. Please send all the hairy man thighs my way since you obviously neither appreciate nor deserve them

[chamerionwrites]

You say "hairy man thighs" in a tone that suggests I'm NOT getting distracted while watching men's soccer because my lizardbrain is going awooga like a dude with the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition

[chamerionwrites]

You. You understand me

[chamerionwrites]

Exhibit #43719 of people calling anyone who doesn't perform Femininity™ correctly a ~pick me~ as if this is somehow a win for feminism lol. Oh no, I'm not repulsed by the bodies of people I sleep with and I find it bizarre when other people claim to be. Must be my internalized misogyny showing.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway what I actually think would be a win for feminism is if women would examine why they do this. Is it performative disavowal of desire because society shames them for expressing any hint of authentic sexuality? Is it genuine repulsion toward sex with men and/or sex in general? In either case, sad and concerning! You deserve better than the chains of gender roles and/or compulsive heterosexuality!

Also, as a general matter of human decency, I think body-shaming is bad and that you should be nice to the people you sleep with. We all agree that men who claim to be attracted to adult women whilst acting revolted if she has a speck of hair anywhere below her eyebrows - or whatever other aspect of her existing in a normal human body as opposed to being like. a disembodied concept of Female™ - are the most joyless erotically impoverished pathetic losers imaginable. Call me crazy but imho women should not emulate the behavior of the most boorish and boring brand of straight man.

[canadianwheatpirates]

By rehearsing the view that ‘men are the worst’ while continuing to pursue romantic and sexual attachments with them, we perform an othering gesture that shores up the purity or innocence of our own identities. We may love men, we declare, but we barely enjoy it, okay?; we are embarrassed; we are not contaminated by them; we are not they. In other words, we get to continue to be ‘women’. Perhaps, semi-unconsciously, we had worried that the very category of ‘women’ had become untenable. If we can only continue to reproduce the category ‘men’ loudly enough, then, we wager, the category ‘women’ might stay safe.

— Sophie Lewis, "Collective Turn-Off" (NSFW)

Collective Turn-off – Sophie Lewis – Mal

I think human beings are turned off right now. Of course it is tempting to rationalise our turned-off-ness with reference to Covid-19. But i

[imaginedreamingreality]

things to ask on a first date

- do you eat fish regularly

- do you clean your phone once you come back home after going outside

- how much money do you spend on shoes and why

[anxietyproblem]

[lizclimo]