Dreaming is Beliving. Dream of tomorrow.

Jay-J ★ 25 ★ She/Her Been here for over 12 years. Came for the lamp-pocalypse, survived the fallen angel army and am still in a number of fandoms that aren’t spoken about in respected society any more. I very much enjoy this niche part of the internet we’ve created. Happy to receive messages, they’ll be responded to with in one to two business years.

[thelonely-shepherd]

i really like him

[thelonely-shepherd]

hamerkop

[animentality]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

yet in my day we called it 7 Minutes Making Reluctant Small Talk In An Vloset

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

kstfu i very obviously meant to say closet. 7 minutes making small talk in a closet. that was our Sleepover Game Of Choice

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

anyways, the preteens are evolving

(The Kids Are All Right)

[redd956]

Obsessed with the idea of an already wounded/exhausted character going "I... can take it." Like no bish you can't, but love enthusiasm and the horrified looks of your team.

[judas-iscaryot]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP SCIENTISTS AT THE SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE HAVE FOOTAGE OF A LIVE COLOSSAL SQUID FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑‼️🦑

[judas-iscaryot]

for context, scientists have know about these mfs for like a HUNDRED YEARS but only now have they actually seen one ALIVE !!

[judas-iscaryot]

🦑‼️

[teaboot]

Yeah Mr. Darcy’s proposal was a complete turd and a half but you gotta understand. You got your life together. A good career, stable income, retirement plan, all that shit together. And you meet this girl. And she’s everything. Clever, outspoken, funny, calls you on your bullshit. Grade A cutie, right? And she doesn’t go out of her way to spend time with you but she’s nice, and sometimes you catch her looking your way in a way that makes you think you might have a shot.

But her family. Holy shit.

First off, it’s p much ALL women, and mostly UNMARRIED women, which at this time means of something happens to her dad then you’re financially responsible for like. Four grown ass adults, potentially forever

Because mom in law is DEFINITELY gonna need someone to take care of her when dad in law kicks it, and they have like. NO money. So already you’re accepting that if all goes well, you’re gonna be one random old bag’s retirement home. That’s expensive and exhausting, yeah? Imagine asking someone on a first date knowing that if they say yes and things go good her high-strung chihuahua mother is gonna move in with you. IMAGINE.

And girly’s other sisters. Well, one is a sweetheart, yeah, so she probably won’t be an issue, but that still leaves three more, and two of those ones are INSUFFERABLE. Never went to school, dumb as rocks, spend cash like it’s toilet paper

And while one of the two is young still and might grow out of it the OTHER one is actively torpedo’ing her entire family’s reputation by wandering off with random dudes and chasing ass. She’s never gonna work, she can’t build connections, she’s a fucking sinkhole, and she’s being led on by the same goddamn con man ass leeching tit who’s been bleeding you dry while telling anyone who’ll listen that your family is full of ratty thieving bastards.

And if he dumps her after a week- WHICH YOU KNOW HIS BITCH ASS IS GONNA- you’ve got a SECOND UNMARRIABLE GROWN ASS ADULT TO PROVIDE FOR. And you KNOW she’s gonna be a tantrum-throwing little shit about it, and it’s not like you can lock her in the basement or something, you’re gonna have to bring her fucking. Everywhere. And give her an allowance and shit while she contributes zero, because again, she NEVER GOT EDUCATED AND HAS NO MARKETABLE SKILLS. She’s not even good to TALK to. FUCK

And you’re looking at this girl’s father like “please for the love of fuck get your spawn under control, marry them off, get them working on their résumé, learning to sew or be nursemaids or manage staff or SOMETHING, yall got no money and one foot in the grave” and that old man just laughs like “haha yeah, what can you do. lol”

So you’re looking to the mom and finally it’s making sense how she got that twitch in her eye and as MUCH as she is you’re starting to realize she’s the SMART one, desperately throwing her armloads of girls at random men like they’re a bunch of fucking lifeboats bobbing around a sinking ship, like yes Jesus Christ sweetly that life boat IS old and ugly and kind of boring but for FUCKS SAKE PICK ONE

And you look back at this girl who is ALSO REFUSING THE LIFE BOATS BY THE WAY and god damn it she’s still the most radiant thing you’ve ever seen so fine, fuck it, Christ alive, you’ll do it. You’ll shoot your shot. She’s everything you’ve ever wanted in anybody abut it’s not even just about that anymore, it’s about being her best fucking shot at a future, and even if she doesn’t like you all that much she’s still gonna say yes and that might break your heart a bit knowing it’s about the money but who knows, maybe it will at least be civil, or companionable, and even if she doesn’t LOVE you at least you’ll know she’s well and cared for

And so you’ll do it. You’ll take on the neurotic stress mess mother in law, the absent father, the broke ass wingnut no brain no money no future airhead sisters, the bad mannered relatives and the embarrassing behaviour and the impending future of sharing your entire shit with a clown parade of freeloaders, you’ll risk it all and accept the absolute certainty of financial ruin and emotional exhaustion for the rest of your whole ass life and you’ll make your own family deal with it too, you’ll do it, you’ll fucking DO IT, you stupid lovesick motherfucker

And so you go to this chick like “look. Your whole family’s a shitshow. You’ve got fucking nothing and you’re gonna die on the street. But for some reason- and I don’t get it either- I’ve fallen in love with you, and I wish I didn’t, but I did, so I’m telling you that whether you like me or not, I’ll give you everything. I’ll give you everything even if it’s the dumbest shit I ever done. Fuck my stupid Baka ass, I’ll marry you.”

And she looks at you- having heard or considered absolutely none of your months-long internal debate and monologue- and goes “The fuck did you just say about my family, you son of a bitch?”

And the shock of that is enough to jolt you back into a reality where you are able to actually hear and process what just came out of your damn mouth And yeah

Yeah, I think I kinda get it

[mildateo]

[night-faye]

@botanicallyinclinednerd @fluffypotatey

[hopefulmisanthrope]

* grabbing you by the shoulders and staring you in the eye *

Listen up, kid. For the next four years, some of the least competent people in America are going to have some of the most important jobs. For the duration of that time, I don't want to hear a single word about anything you think you're not qualified to do. You go after it. You go after it with all the confidence of an under-qualified white man.

* claps you on the back *

Good talk.

[mathcat345]

Need encouragement for something you want to try, but are hesitant about?

Read this, and then go for it!

[inkskinned]

oh, i am finally old enough to know why my parents took so long to grab their coats. why they would ask us to get ready to go only to sit down for another round of coffee. what would i tell myself, at 10 years old? it’s okay. sit down with them too. take in the extra hour with your friend and her family. when you get home, write down every moment in your diary. one day you will be older and you will be waving goodbye to your best friend, and you will turn the key to start your beat up little car engine, and you will look back over your shoulder. her hair will be blowing in the wind and she will be beautiful and you will be, for a moment, struck by all of it. what you will feel is so wide and nameless that it will engulf you. and you will think of being 14 and kicking her under the table in math every time you wanted to whisper something behind the teacher’s back. you will think about how long the days felt, and how you could hold her hand whenever you wished, but you didn’t. and you will think about all of the people you could have lingered with. and you will wish, more than you have ever felt a wish, that the universe just gave you that - more time to linger. more time to say - i love you. i know i need to leave, but i don’t want to leave you. and when i go, i am leaving a piece of my heart that lingers too. 

one more round of coffee. the days are so short, and you are so lovely.

[bakwaaas]

“The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it.” (mikko harvey)

[lloerwyn-deactivated20201104]

Every word that starts with an N should have a silent G in front. Gnorway. Gnuclear. Gnervous system. Gnipples.

[esoanem]

At some point my brain decided based on the word knee that body parts beginning with a n sound should have a silent k (particularly the word neck) so I am against gnipples wholeheartedly, it should clearly be knipples!

[lloerwyn-deactivated20201104]

How about a compromise? Gn words and kn words get switched. So now it’s gneecaps and gnowledge, but it’s also knome and Knosticism.

[lunamargarita]

the problem with this is that it doesn’t account for the original dilemma, which was gnipples vs. knipples 

I, for one, think it should be pnipples, like pneumonia 

[lloerwyn-deactivated20201104]

Okay, but what about mnipples, like ‘mnemonic’?

[thatwheezingsoundthetardismakes]

Gkpmnipples (pronounced “nipples”)

[anasandorpygoscelis-deactivated]

This is the kind of content I remain for. (and y'all provide on the regular, I love you)

[definitelynotclayface]

Female presenting gkpmnipples

[evilkitten3]

what the fuck are you people doing, trying to invent neo-french?

[astrophysicist-not-princess]

No, we’re inventing Gkpmneo-French

[nuclear-mech-wizard-deactivated]

don’t try and read this phonetically you’ll have a stroke

[iiamart]

[vagoonabeach]

it wasn't "some reason", it was 2D animators being unionized and 3D not being unionized. and the simple truth that capitalism kills art.

[loubatas]

I remember when 2D faded out, the reason studios kept giving was "it's because 2D is a lot more expensive to produce". I was a child back then so I didn't think too much about it, assuming it was about the process itself, but as I grew up and learned more about art as an artist, and gained friends who were professional 3D artists themselves, I started to question it. Because 3D is very different from 2D, but it's definitely not easier or faster to make. Also, both European and Asian studios kept producing 2D animated movies

The answer was unions. The answer wasn't "this kind of art is cheaper because it's easier to make", it was "this kind of art is cheaper because these artists can't force us to pay them correctly"

[bitchesgetriches]

The Truth About Unions: What Has Organized Labor Done for You? 

[rsingwriting]

I saw a post talking about how Terry Pratchett only wrote 400 words a day, how that goal helped him write literally dozens of books before he died. So I reduced my own daily word goal. I went down from 1,000 to 200. With that 800-word wall taken down, I’ve been writing more. “I won’t get on tumblr/watch TV/draw/read until I hit my word goal” used to be something I said as self-restraint. And when I inevitably couldn’t cough up four pages in one sitting, I felt like garbage, and the pleasurable hobbies I had planned on felt like I was cheating myself when I just gave up. Now it’s something I say because I just have to finish this scene, just have to round out this conversation, can’t stop now, because I’m enjoying myself, I’m having an amazing time writing. Something that hasn’t been true of my original works since middle school. 

And sometimes I think, “Well, two hundred is technically less than four hundred.” And I have to stop myself, because - I am writing half as much as Terry Pratchett. Terry fucking Pratchett, who not only published regularly up until his death, but published books that were consistently good. 

And this has also been an immense help as a writer with ADHD, because I don’t feel bad when I take a break from writing - two hundred words works up quick, after all. If I take a break at 150, I have a whole day to write 50 more words, and I’ve rarely written less than 200 words and not felt the need to keep writing because I need to tie up a loose end anyways. 

Yes, sometimes, I do not produce a single thing worth keeping in those two hundred words. But it’s much easier to edit two hundred words of bad writing than it is to edit no writing at all.

[theamyrlinsofa]

This is the second time this post passes on my dash and it’s the best advice I ever got. I can’t write consistently in one go, it’s always about 50 words and then I get distracted and just have to do something else for a while. Do the math quickly: trying to write 2000 words a day takes a looooong time that way. So there were many days where I just didn’t even start writing, cause I wouldn’t reach my goal anyways and feel like a failure. Then I stumbled upon this post and I thought: hey, let’s give this a try. And it works! I set my goal between 200-400 words a day and that’s perfectly doable. Some days I get into the flow and I write a whole lot more. On other days, I struggle to get those 200 out but hey, at least I wrote 200 words and reached my goal. Whatever the outcome, t makes me feel good and accomplished. 

Writing takes practice, so even if it’s only 100 words a day, it’s better than nothing. If it worked for Terry Pratchett and me, than it can work for you too!

[muffinlance]

My own tags because I am particularly proud of them:

#l also endorse this method #The important thing is to get your butt in the chair and make a habit of that #The writing follows like a stray cat: you need to sit long enough to lure it into your lap #At which point you’re stuck there until the writing leaves (you finish) or you need to go to the bathroom badly enough to disturb it

[fairykukla]

This is about achievable goals, too. Maybe if writing is the only thing you’re responsible for doing, a higher number like 2,000 words is a more achievable goal.

But most of us also have to work, manage child care, go to school, manage a disability, do household chores, provide care for a loved one, manage a social calendar, prepare meals, etc. (most of us have several things on the list to deal with, and if your responsibilities aren’t on this list they’re still valid.)

Tolkien had meals prepared for him at home and at work. He only “worked” at the bare minimum as a tenured professor, and actively tried to get his students to drop his classes so that he could spend more time writing. His wife managed all of the child care on her own. Their household staff managed the chores.

None of us have the luxury of fucking off at work to get in another 500 words or so. (I mean, if you do, go for it! Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime etc.) We have laundry and dishes and commuting, after a stressful day of work.

So go for 100 words. Go for 50. If you find yourself consistently writing more than that, gently “up” the number. Maybe it’s not a number goal to reach at all; maybe it’s “one conversation” or “start a chapter.”

Or maybe you do it the other way around! Just write. When you feel like you’ve reached a satisfying quantity, look at how many words you wrote and track that number. This method will help you find that sweet sweet “average number of words”, which might actually be the way other authors track their work, too. Maybe when someone says, “I write 1,000 words a day” they mean it averages out to a thousand.

if you’re clever about it, you may be able to track what circumstances maximize your output. You can also see where you might struggle.

“Oh, man; I’ve got this big block I need to get done. Ah, it looks like I don’t ever get much written on Sunday nights, only 50 words or so. I wonder why? Thursday afternoons are when I get the most done. It must be because that’s my half-day at work. Huh. I’ll save the big block for Thursday.”

[beardedmrbean]

pretty much the only good thing about the paper of record anymore, the crossword

[yesornopolls]

In February 2015, the "The Dress" debate had everyone weighing in on what color it was.

Is the dress

Blue and black

White and gold

Voting ended onJan 11, 2025

The dress - Wikipedia

[moringottos-deactivated20210117]

when I was 14 I worked in a grocery store and one day I got to bag Stephen King’s groceries and of course, being the little horror fiction nerd I am I was completely starstruck

I think he thought I was gonna ask for an autograph because I was not even lowkey staring I was full on moon-faced and bouncing and he kept looking over at me hesitantly like aw jeez kid fuck off

anyways I finally managed to squeak out that I was a huge fan and asked for advice on writing, “how do I write as well as you do?” in my horrible thick German accent and broken ass English and he gave me the best writing advice I have ever received

“shit kid, stop worrying about how other people do it and just write your story”

14 years later my wife and I nearly hit him with our car because he was jaywalking

[lokispriestess-deactivated20181]

However you think this story will end is wrong

[mrsterlingeverything]

The sexiest man in the entire world is probably building a fence right now with no instagram account

[hotvampireadjacent]

WHAT???? Fuck him

[i-am-rocketman]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2024/12/24/fincen-beneficial-ownership-reporting-january-1-deadline-back-on-so-file-now/?

Additional context. The short version is that there were legal battles that were preventing this from going into effect anyway and if the Biden administration ended up losing, the precedent set could make it harder to enact loan forgiveness in the future.

Also worth noting:

"The administration has also approved:

$56.5 billion in student loan forgiveness for more than a million borrowers through Income-Driven Repayment plans;

$28.7 billion in loan forgiveness for at least 1.6 million people who were misled or harmed by their school;

$16.2 billion in medical-related discharges for around 572,000 borrowers via the Total and Permanent Disability discharge program."

[batboyblog]

I think we should clarify more, that with the incoming Trump Administration, which does not believe in student debt relief, indeed wants to force people who've had their debts forgiven by the Biden Admin to repay any ways

It would fall to the Trump Justice Department to "defend" Biden's student debt plan in court. They might choose to not defend it, or even switch sides and state it's now the government's view that student loan forgiveness is unconstitutional.

So a defeat in court, during the Trump Admin would likely kill the idea of student loan relief of this kind for any future Democratic President.