This Too Shall Pass

||Emily|32|PA|| Literally Just Doing the Best I Can Out Here

[mevil]

[userfish]

this pride month we’re all going to be radically pro transgender. or else.

[userfish]

hey so this means radically pro ALL transgender. don’t put limitations on this. all trans people are radically accepted here.

[masonhawthorne]

I keep remembering a run of Hamlet I saw a few years ago, where the Ghost was costumed in full plate armour which was very noisy, and instead of muffling it, they had him crash across the stage, stomping so the whole set rattled, and he said all of his lines in a bellow, like he was furious with Hamlet.

And the thing that made it absolutely terrifying was that Hamlet was the only one who reacted. He was cowering, and covering his ears with both hands, and yelling to be heard over the noise.

And no one else seemed to know why he was doing that. The other actors didn't even raise their voices.

That's scary, something so loud and painful, and REAL, and the people around you don't even notice it, and think that you're the crazy one.

[chestercopperpotz]

I love when I hear about a choice in Shakespeare I've never thought of before. Brilliant

[pussyluvr2000]

Every job application in 2026 is like can you please tell us a bedtime story

[wizard-email]

british towns will be called Fuckmouth or whatever and people will just go with it

[wizard-email]

obsessed with this

[wizardpotions]

i literally live 10 miles from shitterton and i can confirm that the council had to replace all of their signs with rocks because they kept getting stolen.

[alliswyattonthewesternfront]

[pinkcadillaccas]

Im listening to a podcast ep about AI usage and the guest is saying he completely understands why people refuse to use it out of fear because he shares the same fears, and it's just so weird to me that it's never ever acknowledged that some people don't use it not because they're afraid but because it just holds no appeal. There are things I'm sure learning models are very useful for but none of them have anything to do with me. Yes I'm a bit of a ludite but I completely failed to resist the lure of the phone, or social media, I've never used chatgpt because I have just never wanted to. I feel like the entire debate is instantly reframed once you acknowledge that it's not a necessary service that people either work to resist or avoid out of fear. For most people it's just an online tool, and for me and I know for lots of others too it's just not that important.

It's not that interesting or useful to me, it's holds no appeal, I am resisting nothing. I could already do everything I wanted I don't need a new tool. It really is that simple and I would feel this way even if it wasn't worrying and evil in various ways. We HAVE to resist this narrative that AI is everywhere because people want it, because it's necessary, because it's an improvement, because people can't live without it. AI is everywhere because tech CEOs and investors want to make something from their massive investments. It is incredibly resistable to me. Just don't have an interest in it. This needs to be part of the AI conversation if we have any hope of saving ourselves from the data mining clutches of big tech (AI specifics aside)

[boybeetles]

Sie transvestigaten meinen ikea hotdog…

[glyphsmash]

whenever i eat a fruit salad it makes me feel like im someone's pet lizard and its my birthday

[the-spoopy-ghost-of-raejin99]

[the-spoopy-ghost-of-raejin99]

[importantcatpics]

[keepyourmouthshutandyourmindopen]

Need one more to unlock the door

[cosmonautroger]

happy

[quick-nip]

(via Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #15) by Yao Xiao

words to remember

[ceylonsilvergirl]

THIS HAS MADE AN ACTUAL DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE!!

Implementing this has improved how I feel about myself, and HOW I SEE OTHER PEOPLE!!

I’m not a burden to put up with. I’m a person who deserves respect, but does have some idiosyncrasies.

Other people aren’t barely tolerating me, they’re being patient and considerate and working hard to be polite.

And I find that when I acknowledge the good I see in other people, they feel respected and appreciated.

[asksloyxp]

Maybe if I just work harder, this empty cup will pour again

[shinyrock6498]

Maybe the cup needs a bit of time to rest and refill?

[asksloyxp]

Maybe the cup needs to lock the fuck in???

[nightmarebus]

sometimes when something miserable happens, you desperately try to search for or manufacture a silver lining. something where you can tell yourself it wasn't all a failure, a rationalization that helps soften the edges of what's been done.

and then, if you are very lucky, then what starts out as a grudging silver lining can become something more than you could have ever expected. something good even.

sometimes things turn out okay in spite of yourself. and that's lovely and worth remembering. you can make it to the other side. you've made it through each day so far. you haven't failed a single one yet.

but then there's another thing, weirder.

knowing that you wouldn't have your silver lining without all that came before. knowing you needed the crash to get the rebuild.

I can't bring myself to be grateful for my pain. I don't have that ability. but I regard the pain differently because of what it led to. the place and friends and health I wouldn't have without the path I took.

and it's much less awkward to hold inside, when it's been bandaged so beautifully.

[dat4l0re]

[virtualmosshroom]

[avantgarden-er]

When i don’t post for a few minutes thats me moving in SILENCE. Know that i’m moving in silence in those moments.