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side blog for some weird creature

[ratofftheclock]

the rat wednesday zone

this is rat wednesday’s side blog zone where they reblog stuff to keep the main account tidier

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[piierrote]

comics are the greatest thing in the whole world too bad they require blood sacrifice to make

[prokopetz]

The reason you can't be the next J R R Tolkien isn't because you don't have the talent, but because you're not the right kind of unwell. Tolkien wasn't bent for fantasy worldbuilding; he was bent for constructed languages, and got into fantasy worldbuilding in order to provide a material context in which to ground the notional evolution of the languages he invented. If you want to be the next Tolkien, you can't start with the worldbuilding; you've gotta find something extremely specific to fixate on, and develop it in such depth that inventing a world to contain it is genuinely the most logical next step.

[prokopetz]

#the best route is clearly to get really into a specific kink scenario and invent a world to justify it (via @salix03)

That's not even a joke. Developing a kink scenario so elaborate and so excruciatingly particular that it can only properly be contemplated in the frame of a world created specifically to contain it is genuinely closer to Tolkien's actual creative process than 99% of the stuff that plays at being heir to his legacy.

[transmascreplica]

I have to get my pussy up... as well as my Money.

[angelicguy]

i bet girls hated it in 1902 cuz you would constantly go on dates w guys who are working on an invention to present at the world fair

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.

Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.

No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Easy carb add on:

Cookie

Fruit (canned or fresh)

Chips

Piece of bread

Popcorn

Crackers

Easy protein add on:

Nuts

Spoonful of nut butter

Cheese

Roasted chickpea snacks

Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)

Small canned sausages or similar

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sugar in there.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.

[hatikvah-shalom]

I feel like in the past ten years, boycotting has stopped being a tool for forcing action on specific policies and become a form of harassment and monastic self-denial. Less “I will not be giving my money to you until you improve these specific conditions” and more “don’t touch the contaminated thing, lest you also become contaminated.”

[robotlyra]

When someone uses AI for anything, it says to me: "I don't care what you did with your life and how hard you worked at it, I just want access to what you know and what you can do, without giving you the respect or compensation that you deserve for learning."

"I can get AI to do this for me for free!" Translation: "The effort you applied and the experiences you went through to your specific knowledge and skills were all a waste of time. Your life and your interests are worthless. I do not need to respect or compensate you as a fellow expert in life."

Even if it's shit like "It's not specific information, I just need to brainstorm!" it says to me "I don't think that talking to another real human being would provide me with anything valuable to my efforts. I don't believe other people are capable of thought."

[withdreamsofhereafter]

Snow Gums photographed in Tasmania by Geoff Murray

[jessiesjaded]

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo displaying a rare genetic mutation called leucism which creates a stunning blend of yellow, white, and black feathers.

[lost-lycaon]

Scrub hare, De Hoop Nature Reserve

[samarashoot]

i simply had to draw this creature

[lost-lycaon]

Scrub hare, De Hoop Nature Reserve

[samarashoot]

i simply had to draw this creature

[caydencrypted]

the wisdom ive learnt is that becoming part of a friend group 1) takes a long time and 2) involves a lot of feeling awkward and left out at first. there’s nothing terrible about this but if you grew up chronically lonely or have any kind of trauma relating to social isolation this likely feels Really Wrong and activates danger signals. but both fortunately and unfortunately it’s just how becoming close to new people works most of the time

[caydencrypted]

another thing that was not intuitive to me as someone who grew up an autistic loner: basically everyone on the planet is starved for connection all the time and almost everything people do is an attempt to reach out to another. most seemingly illogical interactions and behaviours can be explained by this. you have to take as many of these invitations as you can. even if you're wrong you still attempted to bring more warmth into the world

[lakevida]

trying to communicate ideas through language and it doesnt suffice so you turn to the abstract image and then people want to be talking to you about the images NO!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! !

[lakevida]

precisely

[log6]

you think so much. You could think about a door for a hundred years and it would stay closed.

[lost-lycaon]

Scrub hare, De Hoop Nature Reserve

[samarashoot]

i simply had to draw this creature

[goldensunset]

>‘this thing is too generic and tropey’

>look inside

>forefather of that genre

[firestorm09890]

[frankbelloriley]