Like A Frightened Horse On A Frozen Lake

Simon, 27, phd student. Not warm but despite that pretty ok i guess. I don't want to be a paperclip. crimson dust waiting for footprints that will never be mine.

[ponyboyfaceshopping]

The Quilt by Gerard Donelan 1988

[maybesimon]

okay morning flights better than evening flights. now i have to whole day to be a nervous wreck

[annabelle--cane]

[maybesimon]

i think what they should do on airplanes is like. ok so you have this mix of all these people trapped in the same small space. there's probably interesting people on the aircraft with you! i think they should make it one of those no-phone cafe thingies where you have tables and you can do crafts and chill and talk to each other. do like little miniworkshops and karaoke.

[chkq-deactivated20260531]

if i had locked in at age 12 i could know which integers have which properties by now

[argumate]

we got non-human companions and immediately roasted them

[imsobadatnicknames2]

I think it's really funny how the practice of bleeping out profanity is not only completely ineffective as a censorship tool, it's had the opposite effect of creating an environment where it's ridiculously easy to edit apparent profanity into footage that doesn't actually contain it. Like you can just grab any audio or video clip and bleep out anything and people will automatically mentally insert profanity in there it fucking rules.

[kyleblackpaw]

my favorite example of this is the count's song from sesame street where they censor the word "count"

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

This is the greatest thing humanity has produced

[maybesimon]

there was just this item on the tv with the techbros obsession with reversing aging but i think its so stupid like. these guys are against trans people but see no problem with like gene manipulation or taking pills or doing whatever to reduce their biological age. its so self-serving and disgusting.

[yuumei-art]

Be not afraid! For this Witch Hat Monday I bring you the most blursed creature of all, Biblically Accurate Brushbuddy 👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

[maybesimon]

any fun bookrecs for the 2 12 hour plane flights that are in my future?

[qqchurch]

[girlnephew]

[magpie-trove]

“Do it afraid” I do everything that way! I’d like to do it normal for once thanks!

[vinceaddams]

It's nice that loud noises don't stick to clothes like smells do. That would be really bad if they did.

[maybesimon]

i think i have room in my life for like, 1 friend. and then acquintances that i like.

[ada-adorable]

a man goes to his proctologist. says he's depressed, says the world seems harsh and cruel, says he feels all alone in a threatening world. the proctologist says i have just the solution, the great clown pagliacci is in town, go see him he'll cheer you right up. the man says "butt doctor,

[forestfullofberries]