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[nico-saurus]

Hello, this is @imactuallyacartooncharacter and this is my sideblog :)

[shnowyfox]

it would be so awesome

it would be so cool

[ndnbutch]

personally I am of the opinion that vegans who are like “the way our food system currently works under capitalism on a large scale is exceptionally cruel to all animals including humans and is not sustainable, so I’m doing what I can to make the most ethical choices available to me about what I eat and encourage others to do the same” are generally very reasonable people who I agree with in spades. but vegans who seem to think human beings are not themselves animals who are ultimately also part of the food chain but instead some kind of other paternalistic higher entity that can never engage in ethical and sustainable hunting practices (and especially the fringe I’ve seen who think other carnivorous animal predators are also evil and need to be eliminated) are people I regard as foolish at best if not actively anti-indigenous and racist

[hazedxg0]

I think one thing people don't understand when it comes to SzPD (and avolition more broadly) is that just because someone is doing something doesn't mean they actually want to do that thing.

I've tried to explain to therapists and such that at any given time, I don't want to do anything. I don't have any long term goals, and I don't have the drive to do any of the things normal people tend to centre their lives around (i.e. having a successful career, travelling, starting a family). If I had it my way I would never do anything at all. I wouldn't even exist.

And yet every single time the response I get is "But you're working this job! You're studying this thing! You're doing this hobby!" as if that's some kind of undeniable proof that I actually do have desires and goals. But the real reason is I simply don't have a choice. You can't just not work in the world we live in.

If I were to just not get a job, I would have to deal with not having food or utilities or home, which would force me into more things I don't want to do. And so if I have to have a job, I'll pick whatever I'm best at and is the least mind-numbing. That's not because I'm actually super passionate about that thing, I'm just picking the option that I don't want to do the least.

I don't really feel that strongly about hobbies and such, but unfortunately I am a human being who can't survive off of literally zero stimulation 24/7. I just pick the things that sustain my attention the most, it doesn't mean that I'm passionate about them. Again, I'm just going with whatever I don't want to do the least. And even then I spend most of my free time not engaging with said "hobbies".

By that point they normally just default to "Well, you haven't killed yourself yet, so that must mean something!" but it really, really doesn't. Killing myself is way more effort and discomfort for something that isn't even guaranteed to work.

The only way you could literally do nothing is if you just sat in a room and starved to death, which would be incredibly painful and incredibly boring. It's much easier to just passively go along with the flow, which involves doing things and participating in society. That doesn't mean I actually want to do it. It just means it's the option that takes the least effort.

[bunchobunni]

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Like what's the fucking point of "preventing self harm" if the process of preventing it fundamentally includes other people causing you harm instead

[certified-cervid]

Collecting kitty orbs increases your meow score

[czech-hunter-reject]

Teeheehee, off to do my little schemes 😜

[czech-hunter-reject]

Teeheehee, on my way back home from doing my little schemes 🤪

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[animentality]

[natyugho]

honmoon

bonus

[clar-a-m]

It was Kay Day yesterday (the day we appreciate @kayr0ss) so I made a little gift for her! Go check out her works if you haven't already!

This one goes to Kay and all the buff Rumi appreciators out there <3

sharing this version too in case you want to appreciate the bicep in all its glory and maybe bite into it yourself

[art-the-f-up]

Do you think they had to listen to that monologue every morning until they could repeat it in their sleep

[kkonyo-o]

Eomma's Here

Let's Explore the Comic with Mama!

[dailycatsblog]

[lesbianandstressing]

When Rumi was a kid, she had horrible separation anxiety from Celine. Anytime Celine had to go away for a few days to go on a business trip, Rumi would cry for hours on end, sobbing hysterically about Celine leaving her. That alone brought tears to Celine’s eyes.

When Celine returned, Rumi would become a stage five clinger, and refuse to let Celine get up for any reason. Celine would have to carry Rumi with her everywhere she went.

It got a bit better as she got older. But still, she would be very anxious if she was away from Celine for a long time, and they both cried when the girls moved into Huntr/x tower.

After the idol awards, her separation anxiety came back like a vengeance. Celine ended up spending over a month at the tower after the traumatic events they both experienced. This time was spent healing their relationship with the help of a family therapist, and Mira and Zoey.

Even after Celine went back to Jeju, she still sees Rumi pretty frequently. Rumi has gained almost full control over her teleportation ability, and will just teleport to Jeju when she misses Celine. Celine often gets woken up by Rumi standing at her bed, looking like a sad kitten. She’ll groggily lift the covers, and Rumi eagerly climbs in and cuddles up next to her.

She’ll never admit it out loud, but when Rumi is snuggled up to her, Celine has the best sleeps of her life.

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[memewhore]

[bananahomo]

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

[minakittengaming]

This is huge. Sharing for my US friendos.

[zillyblog]

Hospitals like to hide these policies under a lot of successive links in obscure places, so if you don't see anything right away, keep looking! Get friends to help! Make it a scavenger hunt. A game where you're assassins sent to slit capitalism's throat