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twenty / bisexual / okinawan american / leo

[clockworkspider]

I am very serious if a game both negatively impact your mental health and is the source of all your joy, it means you have an addiction problem and you need to delete your account and uninstall it and cry for however many hours you need to get it out of your system.

Your lifeline CANNOT depend on a mobile game they're predatory as fuck.

[clockworkspider]

I'm not here to be like mobile game bad evil. But if you love something, you need to 1) recognize it's flaws and 2) cultivate a healthy relationship with it.

Think of your hobbies as a relationship. If your friend is constantly trying to extort your money and is making you feel awful whenever you're not giving them your full attention or failed the tasks they gave you, then you probably wanna set some boundaries with that friend no matter how much you love them.

That's the boundaries you need to set with your mobile games.

If you don't wanna quit cold turkey here's what I suggest.

Quit for a week. Deliberately break the habit and miss a event. Afterwards if you wanna go back, you still can.

Get an app blocking app and control/monitor how many hours you spend on the game

Get into a new interest or hobby with a friend. Can be a long running show or a hobby. Something that isn't addictive substance or gambling. Use that to distract yourself as you set your distance from the game.

[clockworkspider]

Anti-addiction PSAs regarding mobile games always focus on how much money people are spending. And that's an adult problem. It's bad but it's not all of it.

Increasingly I am also seeing young people who doesn't spend a cent but has their mental health hanging on their performance/participation of these games. And you deserve to know that's also an addiction issue. Ultimately it's up to you how you choose to deal with it.

[anonymousalchemist]

part of the reason i like tumblr and i think part of the reason it has the unhinged je nai se quois that it does, is that unlike pretty much every other public social media platform these days, it allows for the "unpalatable weird" without any chance of it making it back to a professional regular adult or the creator of media in any capacity. on twitter, even if you're using an alt account, the guy who writes the book is there and might see your post (here, neil gaiman is here, but hes like, cool about it - the tumblr etiquette has always been that they are in our house, and not vice versa), and the only person who can be deranged under their own name is ppl who dont worry about professional consequences.

i had more to say about this but im getting tired but tldr: im a corporate lawyer and tumblr is the only place im not worried about my employer finding out how much i post about wizards, and i think that mindset is why tumblr is Like This - because its a social space where ppl who have something to lose (professional dignity) can be weird about wizards.

[energyprison]

You know originally democracy had this feature where if the government stopped representing the people we'd all get together and kill everyone in charge

[thedragoon-deactivated20200430]

[goodreadss]

Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not.

Paulo Coelho (via goodreadss)

[genderlich-deactivated20211204]

being poor is traumatic. even if you’re not homeless or starving. never being able to get anything nice for yourself, never being able to go out to eat without feeling guilty, never being able to do anything fun that isn’t free, making you housebound in bad weather because you can’t afford to go to a cafe or a movie. it takes a toll. being poor under capitalism makes your life a waking nightmare. this post must be reblogged by everyone.

[rubykgrant]

Y’all ever get those random ghost-shivers, where it isn’t even cold or anything, but all of a sudden it feels like you are full of static electricity and you shake uncontrollably?

[rubykgrant]

The pictures might make it seem like a slow process, but this really happens very rapidly in just a few seconds

[rubykgrant]

One just hit me

[jelloapocalypse]

I once heard that this is your brain randomly zapping you with electrical signals to make sure you’re not dead. Not sure if that’s true.

[im-doing-better-now-bitch]

My brain, seeing if I’m alive or dead: VIBE CHECK!!!

[bob-belcher]

reasons why Halloween is the best holiday:

you are not obligated to visit your relatives

you are not obligated to get gifts for anybody

people will give you candy for absolutely no reason other than it’s Halloween

it’s the only day of the year when it’s socially acceptable to go out in public dressed as a penguin

[geoclaire]

I finally understand about Americans and Halloween

[prideprejudce]

she weaponized her gag gift im crying

[biseckuals]

[blythebaird]

[doyouevenfilm]

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) dir. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

[ondoinganevildeedblues]

best sleeping conditions: freezing fucking cold room but layers and layers of blankets 

[missielynne]

this speaks to me.

[permanentlyinactive-deactivated]

Scientifically, it’s because sleeping in a cooler environment (freezing cold room) and also sleeping under some physical pressure (blankets) - especially of you have anxiety and/or insomnia - is actually the most ideal sleeping condition.

[renaissancerogue]

My life

[ohheymarshmallow]

#wow it’s nice to be scientifically validated

[saranghaessa]

AND sticking your nose out from under the blankets to feel that cold air while the rest of your body is warm and comfy !

[naamahdarling]

Like literally cocooning yourself in blankets so that there is like a three-inch hole around your nose and mouth so you can breathe the good Cold Airs and everything else is covered.

[dont-you-hear-my-call]

[hel7l7]

[dogcunt]

ethically consume this pussy

[firelise]

Question, do u think anyone in this current political climate, in which the system of Hollywood and the movie industry is in itself not sustainable and contributes actively towards the oppression of women, lgbtq, ethnic minorities, and the lower classes…do you think any one of the movie industry people in these fake awards shows would ever, despite their “wokeness”, have the balls to pull a Marlon Brando and literally refuse to attend or accept a whole academy award on the basis of holding media accountable for delivering social justice (specifically in its inaccurate portrayal of native americans in film)? Or will they just wear black again and clap politely at movies like The Green Book winning awards and scream “sorry” for playing an Asian character?

Just something I think about trying to go to bed, gnight

[firelise]

My college essay - by Ezekiel Figuero. Dear Yale Admissions Board,  My name is Ezekiel Figuero. To grow up in the ghetto is to wrestle daily with dichotomy and duality.  For example, I’m an orphan, half black and half Puerto Rican. And these shoes I put feet in and the place that I’m seated ain’t where I’m sleeping. Where I break bread and at night lay my head you might wake up dead. That’s just the South Bronx, B. But I’m not just Bronx. I’m Manhattan also, see? And I wonder, when they look, what my coworkers make of me. Mayor Koch, he only saw half. Voice of the ghetto is what he sold me as. But look closely, Yale, past tragedy. Because my home is fucking magic. No. The borough where I’m from ain’t the slums. We got kingdoms and kings. And that’s what I’ll be, my friends and me. There’s Ra-Ra, the oracle. The guru, the all-seeing eye. Boo-Boo, he’s the wild one. And the heart of the group Dizzee, he’s public enemy number one. Which is funny ‘Cause he’s really just an artist And then there’s my DJ Spinning faster than a speeding bullet Cutting records smoother than silk Able to rock any party Anywhere, anytime Shaolin Fantastic. Real life superhero. And turntable extraordinaire. And then there’s me: The Wordsmith. My best friend Shao is a drug dealer, and I’m his wordsmith. I love my best friend, but hate his hustle. But I don’t wanna live in a place where every opportunity come with strings attached, and I think it might be different at Yale. I ought to tell him, warn him that my ship will set sail.'Cause I’m not just Bronx, I’m Manhattan also, see? That’s the story, Yale. That’s my tale. My life is a dichotomy, and both my lives are true. Part scholar who could go far. Yeah, part budding ghetto superstar. And on the one hand, I so badly want you, Yale, and so this is my desperate plea. But on the other hand, I know what I can do for you, Yale. But tell me one more time, what exactly you could do for me?  I’m Ezekiel Figuero. And I ask respectfully.  Peace.