My Slice of Musings

A loser trying to improve their circumstances. In sterquilinis invenitur.

[plumefeline]

Putting Myself Out There

Greetings, traveler! I’m not sure how you landed here, but I’m glad you did.

I’m Mina, and this space is where I share my musings, reflections, and small victories—whether in personal growth, health, or everyday life. I started this journey at 96.3 kg (or 212 lbs), but rather than chasing a number, I’m focusing on building better habits, feeling stronger, and embracing self-improvement. Come along for the ride, won’t you?

[wholesome-animal-images]

@wholesome-animal-images

[goatsandgangsters]

an interesting linguistics find! so I'm reading this text from 1908 and it keeps referencing "hp" in the context of "not being at full hp" "applying your full hp to a task" etc

and I'm like....... okay that is a perfectly normal way to describe energy and reads totally clear to me, but I KNOW you don't mean hit points/health points which is the first place my brain goes, so what are YOU using hp to mean

and it's not explained in-text, which means it was common enough to not warrant explanation to the 1908 audience, so gotta look elsewhere

horsepower. turns out it's horsepower.

and I'm absolutely FASCINATED that a commonly used initialism from 1908 now stands for something different AND YET the contextual meaning is still the same to a 21st-century reader

I could hand this guy my nintendo switch and he'd be like, ah yes I understand, this ''''pokemon'''' loses horsepower throughout the fight

language is amazing

[mariacallous]

[genderhugger]

the best time to consume media is like 5 years after its peak popularity

[ozth]

what? oh sweetheart no, you're not weirding me out at all. you're weirding me in. keep talking, freak

[bloggerinne-deactivated20250930]

i have this unrealistic fantasy in my head where if you calmly and logically explain something to someone perfectly they will understand your position and gain knowledge from the exchange. unfortunately in the real world this does not happen often

[plumefeline]

08/08/2025

I feel feral, and I can't wait for fall. I just ordered a nameplate necklace on Etsy because I’m so over people calling me by my government name.

In two weeks, I’m changing my hair color. New apartment, new hair color, new hobbies? I really want to start focusing more on my interests and maybe discover some new ones. Like, I miss making clothes!

I can’t wait for September to see what night classes I can attend, now that I live in the city center. As much as I rage against public transport, I can’t deny that Belgium’s system is better than most.

I was seeing a Spanish man… but I feel myself slowly detaching from him. Every time he leaves me on read or doesn’t return my affection, I slip further into apathy. I thought I’d give it three months to see where it’s going. However, I’m not someone who can fake interest. I don’t do lukewarm and this doesn’t feel worth waiting for.

Anyway, I feel good. Maybe I just slept better. Life is good!

[helloteaparty]

are you a cookies or cake person? spring or fall? sweaters or cardigans? books or movies? tea or coffee?

[homunculus-argument]

I have the opposite of what the catholics have going on. I think that if I'm irredeemably wretched and imperfect, that's not my problem, and it's god and my parents who should be begging for forgiveness about that. Why would I be ashamed of being their creation, they should be ashamed of creating me.

[quasi-normalcy]

We have this interesting situation where we basically no longer have privacy nor the expectation of privacy, but we also don't have community or meaningful connection with others, so we're all simultaneously both completely exposed and absolutely alone, and please understand that when I say this situation is "interesting", what I in fact mean is that it's "nightmarish and I wish I could wake up"

[louisegluckpdf]

anxiety will have you thinking things like "will everyone hate me if i order coffee at the coffee shop" and "will people think i'm crazy if i work out at the gym"

[hopencyde-deactivated20250901]

[youre-only-gay-once]

"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"

[purgaytorysupremacy]

if you’re wondering why spellcheck and grammar check is worse now, it’s because they replaced it with AI! 🥰

now, instead of maintaining a comprehensive, nuanced, and human-maintained encyclopedia by which to check your document, they have switched to an AI that just compares what you’ve written to what other people write in, say, Google Docs, and use the most commonly used iteration.

ever have it change something like “all intents and purposes” to “all intensive purposes” or “should’ve” to “should of”? that’s why!

people make the same spelling and grammar mistakes so often, AI thinks that’s the way you say it because it is a PATTERN DETECTOR and cannot THINK let alone use language.

[youre-only-gay-once]

"you can use ai to improve spelling and grammar"

[beemovieerotica]

people are clowning on this guy on reddit but uhhh let's pause for a minute and ask...so what happens if someone has a skin condition? what if part of their face has been burned? what if they're missing their eyes? and so what if they just have a fuckton of tattoos? recognition algorithms are aligned with the most ""average"" / ""normal"" features which means any deviation gets denied access to shit we didnt need age verification for 1 year ago. i dont care if it's a choice versus not, dont care if it's accessing porn or wikipedia, this needs to stop

[treecitysessions]

We used to dunk on people asking random users on here questions they could’ve googled but now that every single google search gives you an AI generated response it’s actually better for the environment to just ask a random tumblr user and see what they have to say.

[stormwaterwitch]

Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits

Reblog this on the first of the month for good luck all month long!