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[justpizzaisgood]

My university counselling centre had this room that i assume contained important documents and paperwork etc but to anyone not fluent in bahasa melayu (including me) it probably looked like the counselling centre had a room specifically labelled the "fail room."

It also had a huge sign indicating the emergency route made with paper letter cutouts stuck on the wall. But to indonesians (including me and my mom) it probably looked like the counselling centre had a huge wall decoration saying "door of anxiety."

[justpizzaisgood]

EPISODE 9 Spoilers

There is something about the way the characters are represented in Jax's perspective.

Both Gangle and Zooble have their 'obvious' traits be made their whole personality in his mind. Gangle is artistic and emotionally stable, and Zooble is mad and hates him. Also, their relationship with each other is made loud and clear.

But with Ragatha and Pomni... None of Ragatha's personalities are expressed in his view. She is just dead. Even though thoughout the show, Jax has made it clear that he thinks of her as the "annoyingly nice" one. But no. Jax feels like its easier to think of her as gone.

With Pomni, she is seemingly just the same as in reality. The only difference is that Jax fantasizes about wanting to hurt her.

So my personal takeaways from this are:

• Jax did not mind Ragatha's nice personality. They were friendly in the past. The beginning of the show made it seem like their not getting along was something like "super nice-in denial-goody two shoes VS mean bully" and that their different personality traits was their biggest barrier. But it wasn't: Jax was scared of feeling vulnerable and pushed away Ragatha, who was willing to help. He fantasizes her being gone, either because she reminds him of Ribbit, or his guilt made him feel unworthy of her kindness, or he's scared she will be hurt the same way Ribbit was.

Jax just wants nothing to do with her, even if he doesnt mind her as a presence in his life.

• Jax genuinely accepted Pomni. Her outer personality is something that he is fine not changing the way he did with Zooble and Gangle. He liked her that way, and just cant bring himself to see her in a negative light. Even in his most "evil" reality-denying self, he will still see Pomni as a good person to him.

• I do wonder why Kinger, Caine, and Bubble, dont have any presence in his mind during the scene.

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

The Ruling Class wants to speed run history. So let's teach them some history.

(Pt.1)

[daysleftofsecondterm]

Beautiful, you don’t HAVE to forgive them. You just can’t ridicule them after leaving for being “tainted” or “evil” or whatever the acceptable word is now. Do not punish the behaviour you want to see.

“But they should’ve known sooner” and we should’ve known sooner that Destiel was never gonna meaningfully happen outside of queerbaiting, what’s your point?

“I never want them near me” that’s fine, but you do realize to insult them, YOU have to get near THEM, right? Wouldn’t it be more conducive to what you want to just leave each other alone?

“What if one of them tries to approach me?” Then you block them online, or you keep the conversation clinical and polite irl. You do NOT take time out of your day to berate them for their old views. Your mother raised you better than that.

[pavilarg0]

Preserving these tags, they're very correct

[llamaking]

I would reblog this one million times if I could

[daysleftofsecondterm]

As a matter of fact you can!

[ink-in-hand]

This is fundamentally how cults WORK, btw

Villainize outsiders, which can look different depending on the cult, make everything an us vs them situation. And then when those outsiders show themselves to be hostile (doesn't matter why) the cult is proven right all along on one of their foundational messages

[augustdementhe]

IT'S GLASS.

This is "Arras", by Mark Lewanski, and the medium is G L A S S.

Just incredible.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

[eikaronswelt]

This is going to be a mix of methods that are already covered in the above post but I want to talk about them in the context of dental hygiene again. I think I’ve written about this before but it can’t hurt to do it again since this is something many folks who are neurodivergent and/or have mental health issues struggle with. So first off: You are not alone!

Now here’s my two cents:

1. Goals vs Targets (It’s not all or nothing)

Are you trying to score a goal when you should be aiming for a target? In other words: What is it you are actually trying to achieve?

In the context of teeth many people think of it in terms of “I should clean my teeth 2x a day for 2min” = goal I need to achieve.

NO!

Your actual target is “as few health issues as possible”. It doesn’t matter how. You don’t need to hit bullseye every time, you just need to keep throwing darts.

Which leads me nicely into:

2. Which Bit Is Most Important? (Remove Obstacles, Break it into smaller bits)

When it comes to teeth: Frequency & Regularity >>> Thoroughness.

It’s hard for you to brush your teeth 2x a day for 2min bc you loathe doing it so many days you don’t brush them at all? Okay, have you tried doing it 3x a day for 30s? Don’t get bogged down by specific numbers here - the point is you can do it more oftem but shorter instead if that works better for you and achieve similar results. Brushing teeth twice a day for 2min (or whatever the current gold standard is) is a recommendation, not a command. You don’t have to follow it if it doesn’t work for you. Doing things briefly but frequently is often easier than letting it build up into one big task. Sometimes more is less.

(At *some point* a deep clean will probably need to happen but maintenance goes way longer than you think!)

3. It Only Has To Work For You (Results over Method, Anything is better than nothing)

Can you do it differently? You want clean/healthy teeth. People achieved this in a variety of ways over the millennia. Use kid’s toothpaste if you hate the taste of mint. Brush your teeth only once a day but throw some dental chewing gum and antibacterial mouthwash into the mix. Hate the feeling of toothbrushes? Go medieval and use a piece of cloth. There is no actual law that says you have to brush your teeth in the morning and before bed. Do it whenever you want to or have the spoons.

How do you feel about using toothpicks after a meal? One big problem for teeth besides sugar is the buildup of bacteria from bits of food stuck between the teeth (meat especially!) Every bit of food you remove is an improvement.

It all adds up. Your teeth need to get clean(er) in sum, it doesn’t matter how you get there.

3. You Are Taking Care Of It (Can You Throw Money At The Problem)

You should go to the dentist as often as possible so your teeth are healthy and you don’t need to go to the dentist so often.

If you can afford getting your teeth professionally cleaned do it regularly in whatever intervall you and your dentist agree makes sense. And I do mean “can” not “should”. Let go of “should”. Especially if it’s “I should be able to take care of my teeth by myself [and not need this]”. Fuck that, you are taking care of your teeth. You’re taking care of them by going to the dentist and getting them cleaned. Admitting that you’re having a hard time with this particular thing and need help isn’t a moral failure, it’s a mature and responsible thing to do. The objective is “keep your teeth” not “meet an arbitrary social standard”.

[modmad]

RE: smg4 Mr Puzzles

TL:DR I do not want to cancel the show, I don't want it to cancel me.

So I have been forced, basically, to make this statement as I am being asked about this character or 'introduced' to it (and the incoming new show) against my desires. I have deleted all previous posts about my encounters with this problem long ago for personal reasons that will be apparent, but people don't know about my situation and do deserve an explanation. I will keep this post short for my own mental health. This is the first time I have disclosed any of this information to the public, and it is hopefully the last. My silence has been a part of my uncomfortable situation, but it's clear the world won't let me try to just ignore it any longer, so it's full disclosure time.

1, Yes. I know about Mr Puzzles and his uncanny resemblance to RGB, my character from the on going comic The Property of Hate, who pre-exists Mr Puzzles by approximately ten years.

I did not, as a consequence, base RGB off Mr Puzzles...

2, I have received very violent and manipulative hate mail from fans of that character over the past few years due to this similarity, many threatening to slander me via cancel culture to discredit my own creations. The worst of these messages almost caused me to commit suicide which close friends can attest to (this period coincided with the death of my father which they used against me to full effect).

Since then the hatemail has been less frequent, but continues, and I am afraid it will pick up again with the advent of this new show.

3, I have contacted the smg4 management about these issues, to no avail. My first email was a request to tell their followers to cease sending me hatemail, which they did not attempt in any way. They have never responded to the large overlaps in terms of RGB's design, and when I finally sent them an email via a lawyer as a last resort (which cost me £4000) they did not respond. Please note that I did not ask for a cease and desist, I only wanted the hatemail to stop, and perhaps for them to alter Mr Puzzle's design very slightly to be a little less like RGB's. I even made this simple suggestion as an example:

Despite going out of my way (against the lawyer's wishes) to phrase the letter in a none-hostile manner, and offer them an alternative, they did not reply to this email at all.

I am a disabled indie cartoonist; I do not have the money to take further legal action, and in any case I do not want to. I hate conflict, and the emotional toll of sending that email alone was enough to make me miserable and exhausted for months. All I want is to be left alone, and for people to know that RGB was invented first. I cannot afford to do anything to protect myself or make anyone listen legally; this post is the most I can do, and it is the only post I intend to make about it.

that's it. that's the whole situation. please do not message me about the show, or the character, as both are very distressing to me: if you do I will either delete the message, or block you, depending on the angle. I have blocked all related tags, and I will unfollow if I see posts, so I am doing everything I can to take care of myself in a non-aggressive fashion. I have only made this statement so that people understand.

a small example of some of the hatemail (which was preserved only to be sent to the makers as evidence which, again, they did not respond to) below the readmore. read at your own discretion, it is unpleasant.

thank you for taking the time to read this.

[orteil42]

being endeared by any behavior that reminds you of a lost pet ie. "aw my cat used to pee in the sink too"

[thickness-protection-program]

"just go to a food pantry"

"get a second job"

"start your own garden"

"stop buying name brand"

"don't get your nails done"

"learn to budget"

"live within your means"

Temporary individualistic fixes will never solve systemic issues! God forbid EVERYONE eats and not just me!!

[homunculus-argument]

Anyone else remember having their parents try to teach you Emotional Regulation Skills way too early and only understanding in hindsight how fucking nuts it is to try to do what they were doing to a kid. Like having your mom tell you "you're the only one who's in charge of your feelings :) nobody can MAKE you feel bad unless you let them :)" but at the same time you'd get scolded for making someone else feel bad by being rude or acting out, so in practice you're both in charge of your own feelings but also everyone else's feelings, and that didn't feel fair, but you had no idea how to put that into words because you're five.

[thinkstooohard]

it only occurred to me years later, but if "you control your emotions" and "you choose how to feel" then every time my parents got angry at me it was because they chose to be angry, which doesnt seem like the kind of thing you want to be teaching your kid

[justpizzaisgood]

A Dark Summer Day

A one shot based on @munchiemooz and @chubs-deuce Aftershow AU.

Enjoy.

⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️

Felix entered the apartment, relieved at the cool air that rushed to meet him. This summer was unbearable: everything, the pavement, the car seat, the dashboard, radiated heat like they were avenging someone. But he was finally home with the groceries, including his and Chris’ ice cream.

“Chriiis?”

He heard the subtle “Fshh” of the shower. That answered his question.

He headed to the kitchen, quickly taking out and storing the groceries and shoving the ice cream in the fridge. The only thing he didn’t stow away was the new juice he bought. He had never tried this flavor before, but the curiosity, heat, and his thirst compelled him. He found a glass and filled half of it before taking a hesitant sip.

…Not bad. He had his doubts, but this might have become one of his go-to drinks from now on.

As he finished his refreshment, he didn’t notice the open window. How something dark crawled in. How it approached silently without pausing in his direction.

Felix had happily poured himself to a second, fuller glass before he heard the pitter-patter behind him. He froze. Then quickly turned around. But it was too late.

He was attacked.

********************

Chris exited the bathroom. The unbearable summer heat had convinced her to take a cool shower. A shocking occurrence, Felix would say.

…Where was he?

Chris noticed the eerie lack of sound in the apartment. Shouldn’t he be home by now, throwing a light-hearted jab at her cold shower choice?

That’s when she noticed a dark red puddle at the end of the hallway.

She stood still.

There were jagged shards on the floor. Glass. Her heart rate rose, her breathing quickened.

“…Felix?!” she cried.

She didn’t have to wait long for an answer. Out jumped Felix, facing something hidden by the corner. His face was alert and determined, and he was holding a broom like he was about to fight an army with it.

He was also shirtless.

“Chris! I need your help – wait, wait, LOOK OUT FOR THE BROKEN GLASS!”

“Felix-what? Where’s your shirt??” That was all she could muster from her shock.

He looked at her, stressed, before facing whatever he was fighting once again.

“Okay, look, don’t make fun of me, but I thought I could ambush it with my shirt.”

“Wha-ambush what?!”

Felix yelped and leaped backwards. At that distance, Chris could spot the small brown dot that flew at him. It emitted an awful, familiar rapid fluttering noise.

Oh god. A roach. At this time of day.

“Chris, get the spray from the cabinet!”

Felix didn’t have to say it twice. Chris returned to the bathroom and hurried out with the beautiful can. She stepped around the puddle, carefully avoiding the glass, and bravely approached the pest that had landed on the wall.

She pressed the spray, expecting to hear the powerful “Whooosshhhh!” that rendered any insect into eventual paralysis.

What came out instead was a sad “Plbtbtbt”, like a mouse blowing a raspberry. Pathetic drops jumped out from the can instead of the mighty mist it usually wielded.

“OH GOD I forgot,” said Felix, realizing why he went to the grocery store in the first place.

Chris squinted at him, her lips straightened with disappointment.

The intermission was brief. The roach leaped out of the wall, ready for a second attack. Felix quickly held the broom at a whacking stance and looked frantically around. Where did that stupid roach go?

He caught sight of Chris looking at him, paralyzed.

“What? Where did it go?”

She raised a trembling hand, pointing at his chest. He looked down.

The cockroach had landed on his chest, on his left pec.

For a moment, they all stood still, including the cockroach. Chris and Felix would have laughed if they weren’t simply MORTIFIED.

Finally, Felix straightened up, a solemn look resting on his face.

“Chris,” he began, “get the umbrella. You know what to do.”

She looked at him, mouth agape with shock.

“No.”

“We don’t have a choice.”

“NO!” she retorted, eyes welling up with tears. “If I do it, every time I look at your chest, I’ll think ‘Ah, I smooshed a cockroach here.’”

“Chris,” replied Felix. A fond smile grew on his lips. “You’re the love of my life. I would be honored to become a cockroach crime scene if it means you’ll be safe.”

Chris stared at him for a few minutes, cheeks coloring, before silently nodding.

She went to the hook-rack near the apartment door and returned with the free umbrella her company gave her. She stopped at a reasonable position in front of Felix - now on the floor on one knee - before fixing herself in a baseball batting position.

“Ready?” she asked.

“Ready.”

She took a swing. The umbrella disappeared in a swift blur of blue polyester

…before landing right on Felix’s nose with a sharp crack.

He let out an awful shriek, his hands immediately cupping his face as he leaned backwards. The roach had flown upwards at the impact. Chris watched as it flew placidly towards the windowsill and silently crawled out.

It was over.

She gave out a sigh of relief before she looked around, still rather bewildered. The aftermath remained: Felix now on both of his knees, letting out pained groans, one hand on his nose and mouth and the other holding him steady on the floor; and the puddle and glass on the floor. Chris noticed the dark bottle on the kitchen counter that displayed a large pomegranate on the label.

“Ah, I missed,” was all she said.

*********

Honestly, I wanted to classify this as horror for the Lolz, but i feel like that would've been too much.

Let's see how fast someone can guess the anime this was inspired by.

[crazygnomenclature]

I’ll say it again; Melt the bastards.

TL;DR: ICE Out Minnesota is tomorrow, Friday, Jan 23rd. No work. No shopping. Protest.

I am a Minnesotan, and over the past couple weeks ICE has been ramping up operations here. You’ve heard of them hitting Twin Cities, but also into other areas too. Adults and children have been yanked off the street, at their work, attacked in their homes, and even off school busses.

 A rural school near me had to block agents from entering the building to detain students during the school day. The factory my friend works at has been at half-staff all week because most of their employees are terrified of being taken. I recently volunteered to help stand watch at a local Catholic church that ICE was scoping out to pounce on midnight mass attendees.

They are not targeting the allegedly “violent and dangerous.” They are after anyone who doesn’t look white. ICE has attacked and even killed protesters with no accountability. They actively lie to the public and have the Republican politicians in power lying for them. ICE is a means to hurt the most vulnerable and maintain political power by frightening any dissent.

For my fellow Minnesotans, tomorrow Jan 23rd is ICE Out MN . No work, school, or shopping. Protest where you can and stay warm. Let’s melt ICE together.

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[victusinveritas]

[phaeton-flier]

You guys are all aware that they trained people for those civil rights protests, right? That the people doing sit ins had to be trained to keep their cool as white people screamed invectives and pouring drinks on them? It was a very organized operation.

[hbbisenieks]

One of the greatest lies that recent American history has perpetuated is the idea that Rosa Parks was "just a tired Black woman who wanted to sit down on the bus" and not a motivated activist who trained with other civil rights luminaries and very intentionally got on that bus specifically to get arrested about it.

Can you think of a reason why they might not want you to know that the people staging sit-ins and getting arrested for sitting on the bus were trained and organized?

[itsoverfeeling]

Panels from the autobiographical graphic novel March: Book One (2013)

[puppygirllaika]

It's worth noting that the March books (it's a trilogy) are the autobiographies of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis, and they are seriously worth a read.

[largishcat]

guys….,, being friends, like actual friends, with people you have systemic privilege over is going to involve some good-natured ribbing. it’s going to involve them complaining about [insert privileged group you belong to] in front of you or even to you. that’s not a personal attack, it’s because they think you’re cool enough to hang. it’s because they think they can express their frustration to you without you attacking them. you really want to prove them wrong?

[strawberry-souffle]

PSA: stuttering in fics

as someone with a speech impediment, all of the people saying that only one type of stuttering is valid are wrong.

stuttering CAN look like this: "t-this is a-an example s-s-sentence"

OR this: "this-this is an example sen-sentence."

OR this: "t-t-t-th-..t-ttttthis is an example sentence."

OR this: "this is, uhm, an example, uh, sentence."

OR this: "this is an example sssssss-sentence."

OR this: "this is an examp-...this an example sentence."

sometimes the sentence won't even come out of your mouth at all.

there are probably many examples i'm forgetting, but that's the point! it usually is a mix of a few of these, but some people do one of them more often than others! some people with speech impediments have certain sounds that they almost consistently have trouble with (for me it's "st").

people with speech impediments also rarely-if ever-stutter whilst they're singing or whispering.

most importantly!!!! people with speech impediments are capable of saying a sentence without stuttering!! it can just be a gamble sometimes.

and if more people could portray the frustration that comes with stuttering and not being able to get words out, i'd be a very happy girl.

(fun fact: sometimes when my mouth won't let me say what i want to say, i get so annoyed that i just yell or grumble out "WORDS.")

this was your speech impediment PSA!!!!

[strawberry-souffle]

out of all the posts i’ve made i’m happy that it’s THIS one that blew up

[killhitleragain]

Fibonacci: Hmm... I sure wish there was a way to mathematically represent an empty quantity.

The simple yet useful Arabic numeral: