cactus

[strange-aeons]

please PLEASE make a video about dangerous crow boy who’s job is to destroy plastic

I am 160 pages into the dangerous crow boy book

[strange-aeons]

there are sentences in here

[strange-aeons]

[laserbobcat]

Guys it's so good

[ravingcactus]

Today I lived a Tumblr fake story

[ravingcactus]

A woman at a gay book q and a asked the author if he had any opinions on straight women reading gay romance novels

(Everyone could read between the lines, she was wearing a hockey shirt)

He was awkward and diplomatic about it "I have no opinions either way ...

"I suppose a anyone who wants to support queer art and culture is encouraged"

She explained it's "all she reads"

And then I shit you not ... She got a standing ovation

[ravingcactus]

Today I lived a Tumblr fake story

[hydrocities-left]

If you don’t like rice then idk man get well soon I guess

[hydrocities-left]

all the bitches in the notes saying that rice sucks need to remember that rice backwards is ecir which means absolutely nothing. just like their opinion

[giveherswords]

I love a lesbian built like an instrument of war who loves with the exact same intensity they’ve been hurt.

[theabigailthorn]

batman voice THENYOU'REGONNALOVEME

[theabigailthorn]

Favourite type of cabbage?

tough one! Fried with bacon bits is a classic accompaniment to a roast, but roasted kale with crispy basil, olive oil and salt is a banger too

[theabigailthorn]

what’s ya tesco meal deal of choice (if you had to get one)

if i'm in a dieting phase I'll go egg sandwich, fruit pot, diet coke

if I'm throwing caution to the fucking wind it's hoisin duck wrap, one of them chocolate "protein bars," diet coke

[ravingcactus]

I'm reacting entirely normally to one failed assignment

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

do you have any advice on how I can work to "retrain my default" for lack of a better term. I feel like i always default to scrolling social media and would love to retrain myself to make my default like, writing or going on a walk outside or something

You have to remember: People are being paid a lot of money to use the most powerful tools in the history of the world to capture your attention, and then they are giving you access to those tools for free.

(This should give you some idea just how valuable your attention is.)

So the first thing I'd say is that you should not be too hard on yourself that you spend a lot of time scrolling. Scrolling is incredibly and (literally) unprecedentedly good at distracting us from boredom or ennui or whatever else we would otherwise be feeling.

Walking and writing, meanwhile, are much less good at distraction. They are better than staring at the ceiling, maybe, but not better than Instagram or Tiktok.

The problem, which you point out above, is that Instagram and Tiktok both solve for anxiety/boredom/isolation in the short run and worsen anxiety/boredom/isolation in the long run. And so you have to make incredibly difficult, counterintuitive decisions to resist the most powerful attention-holding tools ever created.

That's difficult! But it's also possible. For me, it begins with acknowledging the difficulty but also acknowledging that what I want out of life is more and different from scrolling. Instead, I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here. And on that front, both walking and writing are good work worth prioritizing.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

My signature is worth negative 2 dollars and 82 cents.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

JOHN GREEN MY GOAT YOURE STILL HERE?????

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[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

the only way to calm down after giving a commencement address is watching those hoof trimming videos. Shout out to the hoof trimming youtubers of the world. You really help me out when I have post-event anxiety.

Also congratulations to the Rice University class of 2026!

[ahighlyfunctionalfangirl]

So no one is going to tell me that they made looking for alaska into a miniseries in 2019????????? I'm so watching this after Merlin. I haven't read John Green in years and this is going to be cringy and amazing

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

If you want to hide a terrible secret from the world, hire Hulu's marketing team, because they didn't tell a soul about looking for alaska.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

oh wait just realized i can edit my own posts.

like you can't edit reblogs anymore but you can still edit your own post even after it has a thousand notes or whatever.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

i have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

[crippled-peeper]

if you’re happy for literally any reason no matter how “small” or “stupid” you’re winning in this world as far as I can tell

[crippled-peeper]

caring for little plants? old video game? a cat you love? a silly tv show? Isn’t it great when people know what causes them joy and they embrace it?

[itsalwaysdark]

you have to be careful reading too many things that are good/smart/well-written bc then you encounter something that isnt and you get confused like ? why didnt they just make this good ? were they stupid