teddy

just a toddler in the touch tank of life

[oddandalarmingsexualfeelings]

“are you a boy or a girl?” i am what you want me to be i am your worst fear you’ll find it in me

[wtf-scientific-papers]

Submitter comment: I'd like to submit this '[s]tudy of defensive behavior of a venomous snake as a new approach to understand snakebite' not for it's topic (worth studying!) but for it's insane methodology, which... well, I'll just let the researcher speak for himself:

[Q: Why did you decide to do this experiment?

A: Snake behavior has been generally neglected as a field of research, especially in Brazil. And most studies don’t examine what factors make them want to bite. If you study malaria, you can research the parasite that causes the disease—but if you don’t study the mosquito that carries it, you will never solve the problem. Up until now, the popular wisdom was that the jararaca would only attack if you touched it or stepped on it. But that was not what we found.

Q: Why did you need to be the victim?

A: The best way to do this research is to put snakes and a human together. In this case, the human was me. We put the snakes inside a ring on the floor of our lab until they got used to it, then I stepped in wearing special protective boots. I stepped close to the snake and also lightly on top of it. I didn’t put my whole weight on my foot, so I did not hurt the snakes. I tested 116 animals and stepped 30 times on every animal, totaling 40,480 steps.]

From the recent (aptly named) interview: Researcher steps on deadly vipers 40,000 times to better predict snakebites

[dragongirl-casca]

[largishcat]

I’m still obsessed with the acceleration scene in gate of the feral gods and with the plot thread of the AI’s ongoing sexual harassment of Carl in general. Like, it’s so good in the way that it’s played half as a joke but also really not actually a joke. Sexual harassment as fridge horror. Gate of the feral gods is the first time Carl just straight up refuses to play into the AI’s fetishes, because it makes him uncomfortable and he doesn’t want to—and the AI immediately gets violent with him when he refuses (throws hoards of deadly monsters at him). The AI’s given Carl a lot of perks and a lot of help because of its crush on him, but he’s just not allowed to say no to it. And I think it was very deliberate that this scene was directly preceded by a discussion of Bea’s controlling behavior, and how she abused Carl. God this scene hits so good

[arrenkae]

One of the things that impressed me the most about Dungeon Crawler Carl (mind you, I went in with zero expectations) is that not only it manages to turn a talking cat into fully realized, complex character who is still unmistakably *a cat*, but also that the cental relationship of the series - this kind of strong, unshakable bond between the main characters that never fails to make you emotional over how much they mean for each other - is unmistakably a relationship between a man and a cat. Not just nominally, but in a way that is instantly recognizable for anyone who ever owned and loved a cat. And mind you, it's not for the lack of other relationships - Carl finds new friends and comrades, and each of them is important for him in their own right, but still THE most important person in his life is a cat and as a cat person I think that's beautiful

[driver-kid]

Crawlertober Day 6 - Torches

The Princess Posse extends a required invitation to Princess Donut’s Torch Sale. You will take a torch, and you will leave with a torch. Do not resist.

@crawlertober

[persbadart]

my partner and i are reading the dungeon crawler carl series together and im really enjoying it

[askclint]

MONGO IS APPALLED

(Art by Layna of Lund, Discord)

[himbotheninth]

love telling people abt my favorite characters in dcc bc you've got (in no particular order)

talking princess cat who kills with lasers from her eyes (deeply traumatized)

mr everyday man who is the embodiment of "the human spirit vs the cruel indifference of the universe" and commits act of alien terrorism (has matching nipple rings with his cat) (deeply traumatized)

superpowered horny ai (toxic yaoi edition)

fish with a job (hi, zev!)

decapitated sex doll head (her nussy is acid)

[sparkly-trashfire]

Sleezy lawyer (racially profiled alien edition)

Too old for this shit dad friend (new body every floor)

Highly intelligent mommy's boy (screaming goat edition)

[mimi-maru]

[jumpforthebeef]

[thebright1]

Actually, it was all the former crawlers in book 7 coming to see Carl…

[sandgrassbagel]

mordecai with donut and carl is such an embodiment of that one post that's like "is that my..? fuuuuck that's my circus. and are those? dammit, those are my monkeys."

[himbotheninth]

dungeon crawler carl is fun because you go into it thinking it'll be an unserious, fun and gratuitously violent action book, and then you get to the very first boss, and then you think, now hold on. Hold on. And then all of a sudden you're seven books deep and insane and also holding on to the indomitable human spirit for dear life and also a crab has to jack off. like holy shit dude. i've got relentless hope and found family in one hand and the world's weirdest foot fetish in the other

[introvertathome]

I got into the first book unaware of the AI with a severe foot fetish

Let me just say that it took me the fuck out for a solid minute before I could keep reading

[pibbers]

NEW PHOEBE BRIDGERS TOMORROW THIS IS NOT A DRILL

[argumate]

I keep thinking this! very frustrating

[argumate]

fuck!

[forestgreenandgray]

Hey do you know what rumination is?

Rumination is probably the most common type of OCD compulsion, but I rarely see anyone talking about it. I've talked to multiple people diagnosed with OCD who didn't even recognize it as a compulsion.

Basically, if you have OCD you have terrible intrusive thoughts. They can be about anything, but common themes are fear of being a bad person, fear of hurting someone, fear of contamination. etc.

Rumination is when you get stuck in a spiral. Rumination is when you spend hours catastrophizing, overthinking, analyzing, telling yourself it's going to be okay.

I'll say it again:

Rumination is a compulsion.

Rumination is a compulsion, and that means you have to stop doing it.

I did ERP (exposure response prevention) for my OCD with a therapist! For 9 months! And it did help, but the idea didn't really click until I found this website a couple years later.

And Oh My God. It made things make so much more sense, and I was able to pull myself out of an episode even though I wasn't in therapy or on meds at the time.

Genuinely if you have OCD, or even if you suspect you have OCD, I'm begging you to read some of these articles.

Like this was genuinely life changing for me.

Here are some of the ones that were most helpful to me:

Defining Rumination

How to Stop Ruminating

ERP Exercises for Compulsive Rumination

What to Do When You're Triggered

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

Just want to add that if you're on the spectrum, you may also experience Autistic Rumination, which is distinct from the obsessive variety, despite the two having some overlapping characteristics!

[herpsandbirds]

[huariqueje]

You are Doing Well - Line Holtegaard , 2025.

Danish , b, 1980 -

Oil on canvas , 120 x 150 cm.