there is a very real tendency of teenagers with anxiety disorders self diagnosing with considerably more stigmatized and impairing mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia, DID, personality disorders), but the best response to that isn't to get angry with them for "appropriating" lol. instead you show them coping resources for the problems they're actually having and deemphasize diagnostic categories in general. if an 18 year old is claiming to have alzheimer's, they're probably making an innocent mistake and are in genuine distress. be kind.
Also I think this trend comes, at least in part, from how brushed aside anxiety disorders can be. If your parents and teachers dismiss you with 'oh everyone feels anxious', then inevitably you're going to start thinking that there must be something else going on with you
”You must feel very scared right now; let’s talk about how to help you personally, tailored to your symptoms” will always be more helpful than “stop faking (X) for attention”. If theyre that desperate for attention or an explanation, something is wrong.
And like, at least some of them are probably right. Yeah these disorders are less common than things like anxiety disorders, but they are more common than you think they are. Like, they probably shouldn't self diagnose without doing a reasonable amount of research and talking to a professional if possible, but not every single one of them is wrong, and being wrong about something is not the same thing as lying about having something you don't. Be nice to teenagers they're still learning
i also think that we're too wrapped up in validating help with diagnosis. Like if someone has anxiety, but not to the point that they'll be diagnosed with a disorder, they can still do stuff to relieve anxiety.
Diagnosis are extremely useful to get profissional help and stuff, but you can do stuff to help yourself before getting a diagnosis.
Even if it's asking someone to change habits sound you, you can just say "oh sorry i get anxious/have trouble remembering appointments/whatever else"
I've ran into a few websites that are smart enough to not load the full text of the article before slapping the paywall popup on top, but reader mode has a very high success rate for burrowing under the wall.
Reader mode is also a very easy workaround for flashing design elements, a font you hate, poor contrast, video and chatbots that overlay content, etc. etc. You can easily set the font, text size, colours, page width, and line spacing to whatever is comfortable for you.
Reader mode also gives a reading time estimate at the top, and there's a built in text-to-voice feature, if those are useful for you.
since the link about is fucking dead, i took the liberty to provide a better one. You’ll need to copy and paste the passphrase, though >> kitten-mutual-refinance
today i got locked out of watching youtube videos entirely on adblock grounds, so i did some tinkering.
ublock does not, in fact, seem to circumvent this, but i did find out something new through circumstance as well as trial and error:
bf told me two bits of information that turned out to be rather useful.
1) he hasn't really gotten the youtube adblock notifications much.
2) his work laptop blocks youtube cookies completely. (this annoys him a bit because a couple quality of life features function off cookies)
so when i was trying to troubleshoot how to wrangle youtube into letting me listen to music without constantly throwing intrusive as hell ads at me, i decided to block youtube cookies just to see what would happen.
well wouldn't you know, it has stopped complaining about ads being blocked entirely.
for now anyway.
TL;DR: looks like youtube is using cookies to check for adblockers, so blocking them seems to cause it to leave you alone.
I look at your art and i cannot even comprehend how you do it. Do you use procreate? what brushes do you use? I’m deeply in love with your work
Hi anon
Thank you so much for your message and for taking the time to contact me. 💗 Sorry about the late reply, I was quite busy in the past two weeks. 😳
Ok! So, to answer your question, I very rarely use Procreate. I used it a bit when I installed it on my iPad one-two years ago: it was exciting and new but I must admit that now, I work mainly on Photoshop. Don't get me wrong, Procreate is an amazing app, you can create tons of effects but I'm much more confortable with Photoshop. However, this artwork and this one were created using mainly Procreate.
More recently (= about 10 days ago 🤓), I bought an app called Rebelle 6 that emulates oil painting and watercolors. I used it on this Sherlock portrait but also on this one on Twitter. If you see this kind of textures in my art from now on, it's thanks to this app.
These were the exceptions, though. As far as the rest is concerned, I use Photoshop CS6 with an Xp-pen tablet. I tried all kind of brushes but the ones I always come back to give my artworks an "old painting" effect are the Mar-ka brushes and the Deharme brushes. (look at this artist's DA page, you have several sets of brushes available). However, sometimes, I change the settings: I add more texture, change the spacing, the brush dynamic, etc…(everything can be found in the PS brush settings). You have to see what works best for you.
On some artworks, I also add a paper texture a bit like the one below, at a low opacity (layer: soft light). Make sure it's a bit grainy and don't hesitate to adjust it using the "brightness/contrast" or "levels" tools.
However, the opacity and the paper vary according to the artwork. What can work for one artwork is not going to work for another one because of the lighting, the exposure, the effects you want to give. You'll have to try different textures and opacities to reach the effect you want.
The rest is…my style. 🤓 I did a post HERE about how I draw realistic portraits and HERE about a step by step (it was several years ago though so I don't talk about textures, just how I block colors and how I draw realistically).
I hope I managed to answer your question. Thank you for enjoying my work so much and see you at the end of the week with a Stede Bonnet portrait (and then, I'll go on a break to rest a bit ^^)
Do any of u have decent recipes that are like 5 ingredients (not including spices) and take 45 mins or less to prepare i gotta stop eating sandwiches for dinner
ignore the title of this google doc because it's a long story but it's a really solid recipe for southwest chicken alfredo
this is a vegetarian potato curry recipe that's about 75% spices; once you get the potatoes in there you can really do whatever you want with it
this is literally just pasta, broccoli, and cheese babey and you can live off that shit for DAYS it makes such a big portion
bro this spinach/pesto/3 cheese flatbread is so fucking tasty bro
also you can make the flatbread yourself it's super quick!!
oh hey I'm eating this white chickpea chili right now, much like the curry it's mostly spices and you can do p much do whatever you want with it
don't let the name fool you these potatoes are delicious any time. not just breakfast.
this is slightly more than five ingredient when you add them together but if you have time and really wanna fuckin treat yourself I recommend these chicken strips + this cornbread + either these potatoes or these buttered veggies on the side.
this recipe for gogumabap (sweet potato and rice) saved my life when i couldn't eat hardly anything for a long time. the recipe itself calls for a heavy bottomed pot but you can absolutely use a rice cooker and put the rice and diced sweet potato in together and just let the machine do its thing
Up front, the cooking is about an hour for the basic bird, but it's actually like, five minutes of actual work and then waiting for an hour, and if you're just one person, you can then make about 6 more fast meals out of it.
Basic chicken roasting (with roast potatoes) which can become chicken potato salad later, or a curry, or pretty much anything you toss already cooked chicken into. The instructions are long and presume zero previous experience with cooking, it literally takes longer to read through them than it actually does for me to get a chicken into the oven.
Two of my go-to easy meals, below the cut for space:
Simple chicken dumpling and rice soup
Sauteed vegetable with noodles
Simple chicken dumpling and rice soup:
A very gentle recipe - one of my favorites when food is hard. The only prep is mixing the spices and chopping the garlic and carrots, but you can buy pre-chopped to reduce the time/energy. You can also substitute the chicken broth with vegetable broth to make it vegetarian.
Makes one very large bowl or two small bowls:
Approximately half a cup of chopped or shredded carrots
Quarter cup of brown rice
A few minced garlic cloves (or a large spoonful of pre-minced garlic)
2 cups of chicken broth
Frozen dumplings (amount depends on size and preference)
Seasoning (all amounts to taste - this is just a suggestion):
A generous teaspoon of miso
A generous tablespoon of soy sauce
(Pinch of thyme)
(Pinch of sage)
Mix the seasoning together in advance to form a slurry. This will stop the miso from clumping up in the pot.
Dump seasoning, carrots, rice, garlic, and chicken broth together in a large saucepan and cover with a lid.
Bring to a boil (turn the stove to high or medium high) then reduce to simmer (lower the temperature of the stove so that bubbles continue to regularly appear at the top of the liquid, but the bubbles are small and the liquid isn't moving a lot below the bubbles). (If the pot threatens to overflow due to boiling, remove the lid and remove the pot from the burner until it cools a bit.)
Cook until the rice is done - generally approximately half an hour. (The longer you cook it, the softer the rice will be; eventually it will become mushy.) (If you aren't sure if it's done, taste it.)
Add frozen dumplings and cook until done (instructions should be on the package, but generally 2-5 minutes. If they will take longer to cook, add before the rice is finished cooking. You may need to turn the temperature up to bring the pot back to a simmer).
Cool and then consume. If you don't mind the rice turning a bit mushy, you can leave what you don't eat on the stove to reheat later.
I usually eat this at least twice a week. I'm going to give the seasoning mix I use, but you can add literally anything you want.
Makes a large meal for one person
1-3 tablespoons of olive oil (depends on preference and size of the pan)
Several minced garlic cloves (I usually do 4-8 depending on the size, but I really like garlic)
Approximately 1/3 of an onion, chopped fine
Vegetable of your choice, chopped. I usually use either asparagus (approximately half a pound) or zucchini (one medium zucchini)(skin on)(also remember to rinse your veggies first). You can chop them to whatever size you prefer; the only thing to remember is that the bigger they are, the more time they will take to cook, and the more pronounced texture difference there will be between the outside of the veggie (more cooked) and inside (less cooked).
Pasta of your choice (I usually make what amounts to 1.5 to 2 cups cooked - so usually (depending on the kind of pasta) .5-1 cup dry.) You can also you pre-made stuffed pasta, like ravioli or tortellini, instead.
Grated or shredded cheese of your choice (I usually use parmesan)
Seasoning (again, this is just what I use most commonly, you can do whatever you want. You can also use a pre-made spice mix):
Salt
Pepper
Thyme
Oregano
Basil
Marjoram
Citrus of some sort (usually lemon peel or lime powder)
Amounts of the spice are to-taste. If you don't have a lot of experience cooking, smell each herb before you add it. It's also easier to add more later than to remove too much seasoning, so it's safer to add a little than a lot. (If you don't have experience cooking and need a reference for a "little" and a "lot": for a recipe this size, dried spices and herbs are usually measured in full or fractions of teaspoons; fresh herbs in tablespoon(s).)
Coat the bottom of saucepan in olive oil. (Again, if you don't have much experience - oil adds flavor, which is great, but will also make the dish oily if you have to much. When you hear, "coat the bottom of a pan," think more, "thick coat of paint" than "standing puddle of liquid.") (You also can use a different kind of oil if you prefer the flavor, or butter - however, if you use butter, because it has a much lower melting point than oil, you will need to be more careful not to burn your veggies.)
Fill the pasta pot with water (and a pinch of salt) and start heating the water.
Add the chopped onion and minced garlic and cook on low-heat (stirring or shaking the pan occasionally to ensure an even cook) until the onions start to turn translucent.
Add the chopped vegetable and seasoning of your choice. Stir. Cook on medium heat until done, stirring or shaking the pan occasionally to ensure an even cook. (Time will depend on the size you chopped the veg and your preferred texture, but generally between 5-10 minutes. The longer you cook them, the softer they will be.) (If you want more of a steamed texture, you can also cover the pan with a lid for a portion of the cooktime - around 6 minutes. I usually do this for more watery veg like zucchini. Remove the lid and continue to cook them for a few minutes afterword, to boil off the excess water.)
Whenever your pasta water boils, add pasta and cook until done (time depending on which pasta you choose and how tender you like the pasta).
Drain the pasta, then mix it and the vegetables together in a bowl or pate of your choice. Add cheese and consume.
You know, with Shein, Alibaba and Temu being so popular, I was thinking that maybe we could make a list of some ethical and sustainable clothing brands. These will be more expensive, but if you buy from them you'll be helping someone anytime you make a purchase. Please list all the ones you know in a reply.
Pact Clothing sizes up to 2X. Sells men, women, and children's clothing. Items are sustainably made and Fair Trade.
Midnight Hour Sizes up to 4X with a few 5X items. Cute goth and alternative clothing. Items are sustainably and ethically made.
Able Sustainably and ethically made women's clothing. Sizes up to 3X.
Svaha Own by an Indian woman. Very cute science themed clothing for men, women, and kids. Clothing is mostly made in India and is ethically sourced. Sizes go up to 5XL
Proclaim ethically sourced bras and underwear and basics that comes in three shades of "nude". Sizes S to 3XL
Toad&Co Clothing inspired by nature. sizes S to 2XL.
Raven and Lily Supports female artisans creating handmade jewelry, bags, and homewares. Empowers communities through fair wages.
Altar Specializes in alternative and custom fashion. Sizes S to 6XL.
Here's uBlock Origin's official guide to bypassing youtube's anti-adblock popups, updated weekly. Please share widely. Don't reward google for their predatory anti-consumer bullshit
To summarize: 1. Get uBlock Origin and make sure it's updated to the latest version. 2. Click on the gear icon to get to the dashboard, go to "Filter lists", and make sure that "uBlock filters - Quick fixes" is up to date
Repeat those steps any time you get another popup (google and uBlock are having an arms race right now so it might stop working at any moment), and if you have any more problems, read the reddit thread for troubleshooting advice
Ok but like. What the fuck is there to do on the internet anymore?
Idk when I was younger, you could just go and go and find exciting new websites full of whatever cool things you wanted to explore. An overabundance of ways to occupy your time online.
Now, it’s just… Social media. That’s it. Social media and news sites. And I’m tired of social media and I’m tired of the news.
Am I just like completely inept at finding new things or has the internet just fallen apart that much with the problems of SEO and web 3.0 turning everything into a same-site prison?
ALSO you should consider browsing Virtual Pet List and seeing if there are any pet sites you might be interested in playing. There is a whole genre of browser games right under your nose
Here's some colors I'd recommend using, first of all. The rule is more about the saturation than the actual color, so no need to just color pick from these examples!!
Here's how I'd shade the hair. Note that my method works better with lineart, but here you can see what colors I'd use
this is happening across all browsers, any time your adblocker slips, it ticks it up. it doesn't seem to be rolling out globally though, only select users in select markets, but it'll trickle in like every other change. it starts with a popup that says adblockers aren't allowed, then you get timed popups, then you get the three strikes. just catch it before it gets that far.
firefox users: purge your ublock caches and redownload them all, then relaunch your browser, and keep on top of the updates if they don't automatically. youtube keeps changing how the ads are served and it can take an hour or two for the lists to update to reflect it.
If you're on Windows 11 like I am for my "main" computer (in my case for school purposes and because I can't get Baldur's Gate 3 to play on Linux), then you might've seen this annoying piece of AI shit show up on your taskbar:
This is Windows Copilot, and it's fulled by the same shit ChatGPT is fuelled by. There is currently no way to uninstall it, but there is a way to deactivate it completely, which I've linked below. It's very easy, and it took me like, 2 minutes to do.
Remove Copilot from your Windows 11 computer using one of these two methods, depending on your Windows edition.
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