Snail Enjoyer @nurnip - Tumblr Blog

First request:

"Menthol"

Context, shared with permission: best friend has schizophrenia and a terrifying hallucination said this to him in a gas station

minty

nurnip

It’s me, I am the friend.

I drew him out when it happened.

#calligraphy #openaskbox #shitpost

bimbocore

Hey everyone, this isn't something I like to do but my new kitten, Peppernut is in pretty bad shape and we barely have any funds to cover her vet bills. If you'd all be so kind as to share her fundraiser, it would mean the world to us.

In all her glory ❤️

bedupolker

(Drawings I made during my real insomnia hours)

monstermonger

He's worried about stepping on flowers. He loves nature.

xanaxfarts

this could be us

the-entity-down-the-street

@nurnip

enchantedbook

'Alice in Wonderland ' illustrated by Tove Jansson, 1959.

ihaveapproximately4bones

i-draws-dinosaurs

Dolphins aren't evil spawn of satan, stingrays aren't monsters just because one of them happened to kill Steve Irwin, mola aren't useless barely-alive hunks of flesh

headspace-hotel

nothing in nature is useless, evil, or straightforward

kyotoprotocols

nemfrog

Moths attracted to lamplight. And is that a bat who wants to fill up on some moths? In Field and Forest. 1928.

Internet Archive

arliedraws

Dude, I almost cried yesterday because of AI. I can’t grade anymore without getting upset because of how much kids are using generative AI. How can I assess their ability to think critically when they aren't thinking critically? One kid admitted he used ChatGPT on an assignment, and he was like, "So? Is my answer right?" And I was like, first of all, whether or not it's "correct" is not the problem, and ALSO, it was INCORRECT. Like...majorly so!

They can’t fucking think for themselves (or rather, they’re losing the ability). This is not “ooooh technology scary” -- this is a fundamental, they can't fucking answer questions when I ask them to their faces. I fucking HATE when my colleagues roll their eyes and say, "Well, this is how we felt about phones! Just accept it!" First of all, it's different. And TWO! We're FUCKING FIGHTING PHONES every day! We've literally banned all cell phone use during class in my district because letting kids use their phones and not fighting their use in class FUCKED US OVER, and now we have to FIX IT.

Okay, but also, kudos to Tumblr, the weirdo website, and our anti-AI stance here because my weirdo queer kids are the ONLY ONES who are STAUNCHLY against gen AI; they're the only ones reliably not using AI. Dear children of Tumblr, thank you for being little weirdos who give a shit.

grungekitty-77

It was a slightly different situation, but it's translatable. This became a stable for me.

I asked my students if it's nice/helpful/good/acceptable/normal to help someone else lift something really heavy they were struggling with. Of course they agree! Then I asked them if it would still be (or explain to them that it isn't) nice/helpful/good/acceptable/normal to help someone lift heavy weights if they are working out at the gym. The answer is no! Because the POINT is that it's hard to do alone! That's why it makes you stronger! (Plus it gives the kids a very funny and therefore memorable visual for the concept. You can play into it and have a laugh with the kids at how weird someone would be if they did that!)

I often used "Don't lift their weights!" as a shorthand when a student was trying to give another kid the right answer.

Anyways, AI is lifting your weights for you. If you go to gym everyday and have a robot lift the weights for you, are you going to get any stronger? Even if you are going to the gym and "lifting weights" everyday? Even if the robot was really good at it? School is the gym for your mind. It's hard for the same reason gym weights are heavy.