so it goes.

. Nowadays, of course, everything must be done with plutonium and laser beams.

[bowelfly]

scratchpaper monk tableau drawn across numerous smoke breaks while cooking for a folk music camp in the redwoods last week. one of them is wearing a Waldo hat and if you can find it you get no reward other than the satisfaction of having looked at a bunch of funny little guys in the process.

[tboy-cock]

if ur skinny and u get all sad and mopey like "ohhh im so fat )): im so ugly and fat ))): being fat is the worst thing i could possibly be ))): i shoud lose weight and quit being so awful and fat ):" you owe every fat person 1 million dollars and if you say this shit to fat people directly, 2 million, and if you say "oh youre cute though but IM ugly and fat, i dont hate fat people i just dont want to be fat" when said fat person is upset about you saying how much you hate yourself for "being fat" its 3 million

[brightgoat]

rummaging for an earl grey teabag like its a cigarette

[mutant-distraction]

A little "Red" potato. Javelina babies are called little Reds because of the reddish cast of their reddish fur, which blackens as they mature

Credit: Sheryl Hester

[rabbitscreams]

if you want to lose weight, it's always assumed it's because you want to be skinny

if you want to exercise more, it's always assumed it's because you want to be skinny

if you want to eat better, it's always assumed it's because you want to be skinny

and so all information, advice, encouragement, and resources for these things is relegated to only being about this one singular goal. they don't tell you that building muscle while fat will help ease joint pains because your body can better support you, or that eating nutritiously will help your body have more energy and work more efficiently, or that working to maintain a steady weight, both up and down, will reduce stress on your organs. nope, it's all skinny skinny skinny skinny you wanna be skinny dont you wanna be skinny ooooo skinny

[miamaimania]

“Embroidered Snowy Steps” ❋ The only footprints that won’t melt

[ravioliet]

they should invent a disproportionate emotional response that goes away when you understand it's disproportionate. they should invent a way to logic yourself out of emotions

[guiltfactory]

BAD NEWS: it will not be the same forever

GOOD NEWS: it will not be the same forever

[lowpawly]

people foolishly dismiss desserts and treats as having no nutritional value when they actually are necessary for refilling your sanity stat. to prove my point please observe the emotional stability of the next person you meet who doesnt let themselves ever eat any form of dessert

[coalescedstardust]

This may be an attempt to combat diet culture, but it's still steeped in diet culture.

All food contains nutrients.

Protein, carbs, and fat are nutrients. Desserts contain at least one of them, and usually all three. Getting enough of them is actually very important. You'll get sick faster from insufficient macronutrients than you will from a micronutrient deficiency - and without enough macronutrients, your body won't be able to use the micronutrients you ingest.

On top of that, desserts also contain micronutrients, unless they're a type of candy that's literally made only out of sugar. (I'm trying to be very careful about this wording because I don't mean the moralizing statement "this is pure sugar," which is usually not actually accurate.)

We evolved to like food that tastes good because we actually need the things it contains. And sure, you'll get sick if you eat literally nothing but cookies for a long time... but you'll get sick faster if you eat nothing but kale.

Sincerely, someone who nearly died from a restrictive eating disorder.

[codes-and-stuffs]

i do think we should normalise being like. platonically enamoured with someone. perhaps i love and admire you dearly and there's nothing romantic about it

[deadelated]

food recall for all food in america just dropped

[paper-wounds]

Fortesa Latifi, from The Truth About Grief.

[ashoss]

“word hashtag my word #myword” has done irreversible damage to my vocabulary

[anthonycolonthree]

(guy who's not getting anything done voice) I need to learn every skill and all information

[sapphling]

the more time you spend in active recovery from any given self destructive behavior or addiction the more you understand the common conception of the "relapse" as defined by a broken "streak" to be, like, so bad for one's own well-being that it would be funny if it weren't resulting in just a lot of misery and death

[the-peoples-puppy]

I told my girlfriend to think of quitting vaping as training her endurance by seeing how long she can run before she gets tired, then doing it again and hoping to go further next time. She said it really helped her.

[scarletsaphire]

This is the stages of change model, with each circle being a part of the process of growth. You'll notice how relapse is not a failing of the model, or a set back, but an active step in continuing to grow and change. Everytime you relapse, you learn something; maybe a certain time of year is difficult for you. Maybe certain people push you back into the habit. Maybe your other coping skills/replacement habits didn't work how you wanted and you need to strengthen them, or develop new ones. Maybe it's not quite as clear cut and you need to spend the time figuring out what exactly went wrong so you can catch it next time. It doesn't matter the exact lesson, but it's part of the process.

[hangsawoman]

therapist: and what do we say when we feel like this?

me: no live organism can continue to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality

therapist: no

[fairycosmos]

apparently youre supposed to perform. they love it when you perform. but it has to be authentic. they hate it when it's not authentic. but you have to perform.