I'm just doing my best

She/Her; 25 🔞 Finding my authentic self

[libraford]

We have GOT to stop pathologizing the joy out of life.

Saw someone claim that if you read a lot as a child, you were disassociating. No, you were reading. Because reading is fun.

"I have a problem with maladaptive daydreaming." It's only maladaptive if it negatively impacts your ability to function in the real world. Laughing at a joke you made in your head isn't doing that.

"You seem to do a lot if creative projects. What are you escaping?" I'm escaping this conversation.

Like what is the end goal? Because so far, all this has done has made it harder to enjoy my hobbies because you're turning a mindless process into something I gotta think about.

[kyraneko]

Joy is valuable in its own right.

Seeking it out and prioritizing it is not a symptom.

[catchymemes]

[pyrrhiccomedy]

i think it's cute when americans talk about being from the 'great state of connecticut' or like 'the great state of wisconsin.' not when it's texas or new york or california obviously because then there's the fear that they're being serious. but when americans adopt that really earnest tone and are like 'god bless the great state of delaware' in response to a picture of a seagull swallowing an entire ziplock bag full of cheese-its. I think that's very endearing

[ilikeit-art]

Artificial intelligence makes accurate sheep counting.

[halfgayfullgayconsequences]

[benignhumor]

[0lemat]

[animentality]

[byebabybyee]

[purrincess-anxiety]

Lisa Frank stickers for your blog

[nermals-pile]

I've finally finished Steeplechase and GOD it's so good. I truly love Justin DMing, and especially in a setting he clearly cares so much about. Discussions about the power of nostalgia in the hands of an enormous corporation profiting off of it, with added themes of identity and AI is just... really cool. You can tell these are subjects that he's deeply interested in. Not to mention the fascinating world building with the Buttercream, and just gradually adding in more and more unhinged stuff. The Woodimals. The saxophone guy. Deep dark. Naming so so many characters after basic objects. A creeping sense of unease and dread as you come to realize what's going on, especially with the Krystal with a K intros.

It's an incredible podcast and I'm so glad it exists.

[magnetic-rose]

NYT has been discouraging reporters from sharing photos of luigi mangione - not due to concerns for his safety but to dissuade sympathy - and refuses to post his alleged manifesto in full. and today, they published an opinion by bret stephens about how brian thompson is the "real working class hero" of this story.

reddit deleted luigi's account, which was completely innocuous and consisted mostly of him giving out advice in health subreddits. they're also deleting any post that includes his alleged manifesto and banning users for sharing it.

luigi yelled that this was "an insult to the intelligence of the american people" while he was being dragged by police and news pundits are framing it as a deranged and violent outburst. news media are picking apart details of his life to paint him as a cold-blooded and mentally ill individual. even something as innocent as playing "among us" with friends is being framed as some insidious look into an assassin's disturbed psyche, ffs.

news media are also capitalizing on luigi's supposed "bizarre and impossible to understand" politics as an obvious way to paint him as a scary individual when the guy is... a centrist, at most. whose views are similar to those of your average college-educated white guy.

multiple news media also keep harping on about how luigi comes from a rich family. an obvious attempt to break the class solidarity that's been formed around this case by continuously trying to tell us "oh he's not like you guys" while ignoring the now pretty well-documented accounts of his multiple health struggles throughout the years.

and all this, and he hasn't even been found guilty of the crime he's allegedly committed. luigi is, as of right now, still innocent until proven guilty. and the news are trying to tear him apart because they obviously fear the symbol he's becoming for low and middle class america.

[bogleech]

Even if he turned out to not be the shooter, the way they're treating him is shameful and the way they're framing him for his suspected crime should be just as eye-opening either way. If Luigi isn't the guy who shot Thompson, the media simply made a second martyr. I wonder how many more they'll keep making before this saga reaches some conclusion? I'm confident it won't be the one the want, either way.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Glinda really had an entire musical number expounding on the theme of "success in life is not about being highly qualified or even competent, but manipulating people's superficial perception of you." and then she went into POLITICS. truly the #girlboss representation the world has earned

[badassdemonsword]

[worm-suggestion]

It looks funny, right? You think it looks funny.

I do too. But it lives its whole life. So you have to take it seriously eventually, right? And be respectful and shit.

I think it can digging in the ground for tubers.

[beepost-generator]

This post lives in my head. I deeply love “I think it can digging in the ground for tubers”

But I can’t stress enough that echidnas cannot be doing that. They are insectivores. Their mouth is not at all capable of biting a potato.

[worm-suggestion]

Well…

Maybe it just keeps them. I don’t know.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

legal disclaimer that I'm not saying we should execute CEOs in the street, but what if we doxxed them. what if we plastered their names and faces all over social media. what if we made them nervous to go out in public for fear of actually experiencing a single consequence for their actions. what if we built a culture where CEOs get regularly bitch-slapped in the street is what I'm saying

[animentality]

[lucky-clover-gazette]

god. the way she’s so rude specifically to the doctor. how she keeps reacting like he’s condescending to her, even though both ruby and ricky are speaking the same way. the fact that she’s smitten with ricky and able to run and perform complex tasks when he asks, but resists the doctor’s doctor-ing at every turn. the cold open is her reacting to him with immediate disgust and blocking him. “i thought that you just looked the same.” “i knew i was right to hate you.” “he’s going to be so disciplined.” “he’s not as stupid as he looks.” the doctor keeps being like “the monsters must be differentiating who to eat for some [superficial, silly] reason - height, perfume, astral signs, etc,” and for the slug monsters it is something silly, it’s the first letter of their last name, but at the end we realize that to these actual human beings, race is the metric through which they judge the quality of the people around them, and despite him literally being The Doctor of Doctor Who, the Guy Who Saves People And That’s the Show, he is not worth their time… fuck.

like, if it was any other doctor, the entire episode would have unfolded differently. they would have taken the ride in the tardis. but with this doctor, they don’t. and then it ends.

[whenfatecollides]

Xena Warrior Princess 3.05 Gabrielle's hope

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

She dodged a bullet

[quantumshade]

“why does 15 cry in every episode” because ncuti gatwa is the most beautiful crier in the whole wide world. do you go to art museums and complain about them using the color blue

[foxes-in-love]