Onwards, Downwards

Mic, 27. He/Him. Servant of the Spiral. Shipping, Fanfic, Social Justice Rants, Mental health. Pro Shipper. Come squeal with me!

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Jujutsu Kaisen Key Animation Vol.0

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🌹🔨!!

[caspiansarts]

A pair of lovely, in love, ladies!

[homunculus-argument]

You ever think about how old people have no idea what “survivor bias” is, and take full credit for being excellent out of things where they lucked out?

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of these childhood protective things, we were smart enough not to do stupid shit on our own!” Except your little neighbour, who got the funniest idea at the age of seven, and got his skull pierced when he slipped?

“Back in my day nobody got divorced, we stuck together and fixed our problems!” What about your cousin, who was slowly killed by her husband because she had nowhere to escape him?

“Back in my day nobody had ‘mental problems’, we didn’t whine, we just toughed it out and endured life!” Hey remember that guy you used to work with, who seemed really friendly and normal, and then suddenly hanged himself ‘for no reason’?

“Back in my day we didn’t have any of this ‘gay’ or ‘transgender’ thing.” You did, but your family cut all ties with her before you were born.

 You kinda start seeing it in everything they think, if you start looking for it.

[thegrimzuera]

“When we were kids nobody whined about car seats or bike helmets. We didn’t use them, and we all survived!”

Yeah, except for the ones who didn’t.

[babygoose-deactivated20240106]

boys 👏 can 👏 be 👏 asexual👏

rb if you agree

[pepsimansthickjuicymeatyschlong]

boys 👏 can 👏 be 👏 aromantic👏

rb if you agree

[aroace-culture-is]

Boys 👏 can 👏 be 👏 aroace 👏

Rb if you agree

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Boys 👏 can 👏 be 👏 aro and not ace 👏

Boys 👏 can 👏 be 👏 ace and not aro 👏

rb if you agree

[neongreentoxicity]

Boys 👏 can 👏 be 👏 aspec 👏

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Gay Icon™

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[mxbutchtwink]

*Calls out, "Hey, king. Are you single?" to the vaguely humanoid creature lurking at the base of the stairs*

[madonnax]

[meangirlnurse]

i’ve started replacing “i want to die” with “i feel overwhelmed” in my internal monologue, which is usually more accurate and more productive

[philonotis]

ive been working on replacing ‘im so stupid’ with ‘im so silly’ and it has the same effect!

[shrunkencannelini]

“I can’t do this” -> This will be a challenge for me, it’s normal to feel intimidated

“I hate this” -> This is a tough situation to handle and I’m doing my best

“I hate myself” -> I’m struggling with low self esteem right now, I need to support myself as I would a friend

“I can’t believe I forgot again” -> It’s tough to balance so many things, maybe I need to let go of some of them

“They’re not going to like me” -> I don’t have to perform for anyone, my personality is valid and loveable just as is

The list could go on and on…

Redirecting the “blame” from yourself and recognizing that you are a human suffering through normal, difficult human experiences is important. Support yourself like you’d support any of your close friends if they said these things.

[desultory-suggestions]

“I’m sorry” -> thank you for ___ (ex. being patient)

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

God this is such a mood (I've never been to an Ivy League college like this guy but I've been exposed to the same logic taking econ in community college lol)

[sawasawako-archived]

transcript:

here's why i left economics. so, when i was a freshman at brown university, i took an econ class called "income, wealth and health inequality in the united states." this class was taught by president of brown university, christina paxson, and we spent the entire semester learning how to study inequality. and then, at the end of the course, paxson invited us all back to her 2 million dollar mansion, pictured here, for a nice catered dinner, with literal servants. and this experience, this irony, taught me that economists fundamentally view inequality the wrong way. they think about is as a natural fixture of our environment, something that we aren't implicated in, something that we can study for a semester and then go back to our mansions and enjoy dinner. something that is just there to study as scientists. and that is not true. inequality is a product of specific actions, behaviours, structures, and systems, just like this house, and the way that econ focuses distracts from the question of what the fuck we're supposed to do.

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[filmbloom]

i never see positivity for us so: if you had bad grades, dropped out, or cheated your way through school i love you so much and you deserve the world <3

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[harrypotterhousequotes]

GRYFFINDOR: “Even those who lose the battle are not cowards – if they have fought.” –Louise Closser Hale (Her Soul and Her Body)