Brain Spew

A blog of whatever I feel like posting.

[pangur-and-grim]

[srsfunny]

If I could only relive that time

[yuripink]

i feel like im in the sims where it takes 5 hours to make pasta and then u have to immediately go to bed

[cloudruler-old]

someone being a jerk: i have depression okay????

me, who also has depression:

[hufflpuffin]

Bluestar in TPB: thank goodness none of my kits have Oakheart’s pelt color or cats might suspect he’s their father…

Squirrelflight in Po3, with a black, gold, and silver kitten: thank goodness everyone in Thunderclan is an actual dumbass

[fridaystar]

Firestar names him withouth Brambeclaw's knowing. When he says Lionflower's name Bramble immediately starts crying

[meltycure-deactivated20210804]

we owe literally no one more on this planet than the woman behind fantasy name generator

[meltycure-deactivated20210804]

her name is emily and and she runs it all by herself

[butchrozanovs]

everyone say thanks emily!!!

[octodaddi]

[probablybard]

I would die for you, emily

[glumshoe]

I’ve waded far enough into deep ecology that my perspective can seem kind of alienating to a lot of people, but I think it is so terribly important to be able to love the planet and care about non-human life without needing to anthropomorphize it. The non-human world is complex and surprising and wonderful, but it is strange. It’s weird. And… that’s okay. It’s good to value things we can’t fully comprehend, that are alien to us in so many ways. We should value our differences as well as our shared traits.

I think that’s why I like invertebrates so much. It is easy to empathize with another large mammal. We use the term “charismatic megafauna” to describe animals that have broad appeal to the general public because they have traits that easily align with our cultural values and instinctive proclivities. We can easily convince ourselves, often with disastrous results, that these animals think and feel as we do, and that’s why they’re important.

It is much harder to anthropomorphize a spider. We can praise the patience and delicate artistry of a golden orb-weaver, and see the fragile beauty in a ghost-green Luna moth. We can sing the virtues of the industrious honey bee—self-sacrificing, hard-working, bold and dedicated to her hive.

But we know that a beetle is not as we are. We do not look for secret dreams in the black poppyseed eyes of a scorpion. We realize that whatever we might find locked away in the mind of a centipede will not be a reflection of our own humanity. Centipede thoughts are not human thoughts.

They are with us, but not of us—let that be enough!

[oneman-wolfpackk]

I know you’re tired bitch but keep fucking going

[90000000bc]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[pumpkinspicedcoochie-deactivate]

it really does only take one basket of laundry you procrastinate putting away before your whole life turns to shit huh

[bob-belcher]

[parkchanwoohoo]

I can’t stand… book culture. One time someone got me a canvas bag that was like “Books + Tea = Perfect Day” and I drove to goodwill with that shit so fast

[parkchanwoohoo]

Most books suck. Most books are goddamn awful or utterly extraneous. Don’t get me wrong, I think we’re deeply lucky to live in a world where most books can vanish without us losing anything culturally or intellectually, rather than a world where books are so scarce that a single person might own like twelve in a lifetime. But still. Books are easy to aestheticize as Magical Portals of Adventure and Whimsy if you only read maybe two genres

[girlintheglassboxx]

AH! Words for that whole… situation.

I work at a public library and book culture there is nauseating. Not really among the other employees (though we’ve had a few come through over the years), but the patrons?

Oh god the patrons. Most of the people who check out books are just regular people who like reading. I even have patrons who L O V E to read, and who spend a majority of their free time reading or discussing books, they’re part of multiple book clubs, they always bring a big bag and leave with it full. They aren’t the Book Culture People.

Book Culture People loudly announce that they’re so surprised that there are children who know what books are!

They act affronted when I mention our ebook service, and scoff at the idea that anyone could enjoy reading from a screen instead of off the page!

They are personally offended that publishers hire actors to read the books for audio versions, because they feel that “audio books cheapen the experience of reading” and “audio books are cheating”!

They have to proclaim their fetish for ‘real’ books, whether through tacky tote bags, weird quote filled pinterest boards and social media posts, or awkwardly shoehorning unimpressive humblebrags about all the classics that they’re reading into unrelated conversations with tired library assistants.

They’re terrible, and I resent them because I fear being grouped with them by the nature of my field.

[parkchanwoohoo]

I was literally just talking about a friend whose classmate in her library science program was bragging because she didn’t use any digital resources for her final paper because she “respected books too much.” It’s such a bizarre attitude for anyone, much less an aspiring librarian, to have

I’ve also been approached by people while I read in public who are like “Oh my GOSH it’s so GOOD to see other people who READ nowadays!! Honestly I just have NO hope for our generation” and it’s like, first of all if you’re a reader you should know the last thing anyone wants is to be interrupted by a stranger for unnecessary conversation, and second please shut up holy crap

[girlintheglassboxx]

Oh god, I’ve heard that one before.

Hating accessible books and shunning technology is basically the antithesis of modern librarianship.

I don’t get the ebook hate, ebooks are literally just books. You cite ebooks the same way, and depending on the format, you don’t even say they’re ebooks.

It’s a performative, self important approach to something that I genuinely enjoy, and I think it bothers me more than, say, fandom antics, just because it’s so much more common. People get offended when I tell them I don’t read a lot in my down time, that I genuinely prefer audio books, that I’ll skip their recommendations because I don’t share their tastes.

It’s so… boring.

[eruvadhril]

“People don’t reeeeead nowadays, everyone spends all their time looking at their phoooooones”

My dude

The thing that they are looking at

Is words made of text

[brushsdragonflight]

I like having a physical book and turning the pages, but…I also like having digital copies, because then I can just do a word search to find something I remember and cite it properly in an essay. I can’t use something if I don’t remember where I found it.

“audio books are cheating”!

Are these people saying blind people or people who don’t have time to sit down and read don’t deserve stories? Eww. That’s the thing about stories; they’re meant to be shared.

[brightlotusmoon]

I’ve got spastic cerebral palsy. Digital books are amazing. My hands shake a lot and when I turn pages sometimes I can rip them. With digital books, I have a hundred books at my fingertips. I can change settings: brightness, font, background, margins. I can find words. I can access so many things. Book Culture People seem to forget or ignore that accessibility is a thing.

[starsinursa]

me, as a kid: i can’t wait til i’m an adult so i can stay up late EVERY NIGHT

me, as an adult, crawling into bed at 6:30 pm: oh thank god

[sandersstudies]

There is something very special about driving around at 3-4 AM. Like, am I up ridiculously late? Am I up ridiculously early? The world may never know.

[sandersstudies]

*sees other car* and what the FUCK are you doing up

[shuhvon]

Straight dudes be like oh I’m supposed to wash my face? And change my shower curtain? And sweep my floor? And go to therapy? And not eat exclusively off plasticware in my own home? And wipe off my stovetop? And have seperate hand soap and body soap? Like shut the hell up and learn how to be a functional human without a girl teaching you everything I’m tired

[shuhvon]

I regret making this post with every fiber of my being because a thousand dudes are commenting like “I’ve never used a shower curtain why does it need changing?” “Why shouldnt I eat of plastic plates for every meal?” BITCH THE WHOLE POINT was that I’m tired of women having to educate you on basic things so dont fucking as me how and why to be hygienic or organized or anything else. Google is free and eat dicks

[postpresence]