Soundtrack of My Life

Everything we experience shapes us- helps us grow and see the world in new ways endlessly. I consider myself a global citizen and this will help show you what that means to me.

[handsomeboymodelingschool]

Much to learn

[bunjywunjy]

ah??

[thebookewyrme]

WAIT. is the fire still burning or is that like lense flare or something???

[bunjywunjy]

the fire is still burning! it's just also sitting in about an inch and a half of melted ice slush.

I found this setup because I smelled smoke and followed it across the ice because what the hell

[white-aster]

Don't sit in that chair. I mean. Come on. That's some peak cryptid energy, right there. DON'T SIT IN THEIR CHAIR.

[bunjywunjy]

of course not?? that's not my chair. it would be very rude

[white-aster]

I mean...the MORE I look at this, the weirder it is. It's not...facing the ocean. The ocean is not what they want to look at. As if they are a sea cryptid ready to just kind of Take In The Land.

(I suppose it could also be because of them wanting to stay downwind of the fire smoke, but...still? ???? Definitely leaning toward this is a naiad checking out what The Land Folk are up to.)

[bunjywunjy]

(that's not the ocean, it's the ice. the white parts look like foam on waves, but they're drifts of snow!)

this setup is sitting on about a foot and a half of lake ice over a couple dozen feet of water. which really puts this whole nonsense into perspective

[rabbitindisguise]

OP gradually putting t- [checks pronouns] themselves into cryptid territory over this post. That's a whole ass landscape of ice

[bunjywunjy]

Don't Worry About It

[cipheramnesia]

I'm worrying.

[shadowmap]

You've never wanted to just sit in silence on the ice?

[cipheramnesia]

No, but I often want to mysteriously vanish, so fair point.

[assignedmale]

[viking369]

And an ignorant asshole.

[pukicho]

I love it when the kids animated movie ends with some wacky character going "dance partayyy" and then a GREAT song starts to play and everyone is going absolutely nuts! And even better yet, the grumpy one of the group almost looks like he's not going to join in... but sike! then he does! and he boogies down just like everyone else, haha, even that ol' lump of coal can let loose every now and then, ey?

[pukicho]

Wait what? Even the bad guys are starting to join in? That... I did not see coming, oh my days! I think this is going to be a night to remember boys.

[si1v3rtr33s]

who is in your sights pukicho???

[pukicho]

Give me the signal.

[depsidase]

[stuckinapril]

[creaturey]

i think r/BenignExistence is my favorite subreddit 🥲 i love these pleasant little glimpses into strangers' lives

[depsidase]

[eldritchbauble]

People who have a pervasive shit attitude toward everything are extremely exhausting to be around. No, this doesn't make you a bad person for having trauma or depression. You're allowed to go through hard times and lean on others for support. But there is a point where being negative and spiteful about things all the time is not only self-defeating but harmful to your relationships. There is a meaningful difference between talking about your struggles vs. almost pointedly refusing to engage with opportunities for positive experiences/emotions. The latter becomes contagious and fatiguing for people around you, because you're essentially expecting them to dig themselves into a hole, too. It can even start to feel like you're punishing others for enjoying things if you're not happy. And it's wrong.

[eldritchbauble]

Like my mother will often respond to a comment that's positive or happy by talking about how she's unhappy, upset, or angry about things, and she does it with a spiteful "good for you" tone. Absolutely nothing I say will get her to acknowledge that she's still being shown support and caring even if people aren't willing to be miserable with her all the time. It's a very unhealthy and emotionally immature trait. If this is you, I strongly suggest that you look at ways to improve your distress tolerance and consider the emotional impact you have on others. It is NOT others' job to regulate your emotions or fix all of the wrongs in your life for you. Other people's happiness or attempts at happiness aren't a betrayal.

[eldritchbauble]

The bottom line is that it does actually matter how you frame things, sometimes. A lot of the time. Are you committed to being miserable because you take some form of satisfaction in it, and is that maybe preventing you from being healthier and happier?

[politijohn]

Source

This should never have been a thing

[petaltexturedskies]

Found a shy little friend (pic taken by soleatto)

[save-the-child-qais]

OH MY GOD… tonight I thought my baby Qais had died after his body suddenly stopped moving in my arms, and I screamed his name while begging him to open his eyes again.

[save-the-child-qais]

The doctor told us that because of severe bleeding and malnutrition, Qais fell into a complete coma, and his tiny body may not survive much longer without urgent treatment, blood units, and proper nutrition that I cannot afford alone.

[save-the-child-qais]

I beg you as a devastated mother in Gaza watching her child disappear between life and death. Please, don’t leave my baby Qais alone in this nightmare—donate now and help me save his life before it is too late.

[save-the-child-qais]

I could not properly clean Qais’s wound because medical supplies are too expensive, so I stood there terrified, watching the infection and bleeding grow worse before my eyes.

Please donate now so I can buy new medical bandages for my baby Qais.

[thememedaddy]

[zillah975]

Same.

[depsidase]

[hiphopocliedes]

The Laughing Man - Confessions of a Murderer (GDR, 1966) Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary Siegfried “Kongo” Müller, pump him with booze, and get him to talk. Müller fought in Congo’s civil war in the 1960s, and the more Pernod he imbibes, the more fascinating this interview becomes. He asserts that blacks are no better than animals and shares his dream of enlisting in the U.S. Army to fight communism in Vietnam and beyond. He flaunts his military paraphernalia, including the Iron Cross he was awarded in Germany in 1945, and proceeds to deny his earlier statements about civil killings, the ethics of war, and the defense of Western libertarian values. This documentary tour-de-force is interspersed with pictures of Müller and his comrades proudly posing with severed skulls, and it touches on other Nazis who are active in Africa as well as American world dominance.

[quakerjoe]

[samirasystole]

ahhh so you're shown to be capable of recognising that people's trauma can make them act irrationally and unpleasantly! you recognised it in the white man! can you also recognise it in the brown woman? no? she's mean and bitchy and uncaring? i see