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21. she/her. seasoned apathetic or whatever aries sun | virgo moon | sag rising

[jadedflora]

sailor song sounds like the slow slow death of having everything you’ve ever wanted

[jadedflora]

it feels like that march

[jadedflora]

everyone only ever complains about what i’m doing wrong and it’s just expected of me to do things right so i’ve repressed everything else i could have been and made myself a completely blank slate of a person just to not cause trouble

[jadedflora]

eldest daughtered so hard that even i don’t actually know when im not okay

[jadedflora]

i’m trying so hard to be the best i can for you. you deserve it all. but i feel like im failing you and im so sorry

[jadedflora]

we don’t talk anymore but you’re crying on the light rail a thousand miles away and there’s a really good chance that one of my other friends is driving it

[katakaluptastrophy]

This is your semi-regular reminder that the datedness of the meme references is the point.

What if child soldiers and evil magic space princesses 10k years in the grim darkness of the far future were unknowingly making references to Miette because their empire speaks a language and uses a register artificially in stasis, undead like the planets they live on, utterly referential to one millennial man in STEM who never went to therapy?

(What if you clung onto inanities and crystallised your sense of self around the vestiges of the man you were 10,000 years ago, because how does a human mind fathom being an eldritch entity, worshipped as a god, consumed by vengeance and the fear of being fundamentally unforgivable?)

The memes are cringe. And they're terrifying.

[jadedflora]

there’s a girl in this waiting room that looks just like you did when we were fifteen

[jadedflora]

i was in love with you for like five years and now we don’t talk and that’s okay but we still somehow look and dress identical to each other

[jadedflora]

it is april and i am thinking about the lives i've left behind

[jadedflora]

every single emotion i have right now is stupidly complicated and i can't handle it. i'm so many different versions at once and reconciling all of them with each other is just so hard

[eknippp]

Some of our favorite quotes from Artemis ii so far:

"Copy. Moon joy."

"I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working."

"Houston, if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary for tomorrow that will help out my vocabulary a little bit, that would be great. Thank you."

“If you’ve ever seen the top of the spotlight of the top of the Luxor at night in Vegas, this looks like what it wants to be when it grows up.”

"To all of you down there on Earth... we love you, from the moon. See you on the other side."

"We just went sci fi.

"It is so great to see Earth again. To Asia, Africa, and Oceania: we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you too."

"We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other."

“It’s a bright spot on the moon, and we would like to call it Carroll.” (The name of Commander Reid Wiseman's late wife)

"Amaze amaze amaze."

"I said that we do not leave Earth, but we choose it. And that is true."

"Christina has been sleeping head down in the middle of the vehicle, kind of like a bat"

"It's really fun to be floatin' around, it just makes me feel like a little kid."

"Trust us, you look amazing, you look beautiful."

"'Homo Sapiens' is all of us, no matter where you're from or what you look like. We're all one people."

"We're going to power cycle the toilet from the ground."

"I'm proud to call myself the Space Plumber."

"We were all eagerly awaiting the chorus." (After Mission Control cut off Pink Pony Club early when waking up the crew)

"Copy heart. Copy bracelet." (In response to Wiseman giving his daughters heart hands and showing them the bracelets they made him that he was wearing)

“Welcome back. We are still here. They are in space.”

"Copy. Bubble wrap nominal."

"We have rediscovered the chocolate snacks."

“The truth is, the moon really is its own body in the universe. It's not just a poster in the sky that goes by, it is a real place."

“We will build ships. We will visit again. We will construct science outposts. We will drive rovers, we will do radio astronomy.”

"I've seen a lot of new perspectives, but my perspective has not changed because I launched with the perspective that there is enough for all." (After being asked if they had a new view on humankind.)

"On behalf of all Canadians, we wanted some reassurances of your preferences for maple syrup over Nutella on your pancakes."

[cutecipher]

science has always been political. what gets studied. what doesnt. who gets to do the studying. on and on and on.

[cutecipher]

scientists on this post: yuuuup 👍

people who aren't scientists: um actually ☝️

[jadedflora]

i wasn’t prepared to have to deal with a borderline suicidal mother today

[jadedflora]

burnt out gifted kid anthem

[fluentisonus]

remember in p.e. when they'd take a bunch of insecure teenagers & be like "today we're going to play basketball" and then not teach you how to play basketball. and then put you in a group with guys who were obsessed with basketball and would get mad at you for not knowing how to play basketball. why did they do that

[jadedflora]

she’s been sooo weird the last few weeks and i’m going insane trying to figure it out