Scatterbrain Lion

impulsive neurodivergent ramblings, maybe some computer science

[patricia-taxxon]

i am so fucking happy i can control my thoughts and am not 19 anymore you have no idea

[patricia-taxxon]

i burned a lot of bridges when i was young by losing my fucking mind and hurting myself over perceived rejections. it hit me how little i care abt people texting me back now and a rush of joy flew thru me

[patricia-taxxon]

its like, i couldn't grow up for so long. i was kept ignorant of myself. i was abused and i couldn't have long friendships, i was shuttled around so many different schools where i was isolated and beaten, i had one good friend but he died of disease. i entered my teens as a confused and attention starved puppy, i was selfish and unstable and i am so happy to finally be fucking GROWING UP

[patricia-taxxon]

u can still call me puppy, but im gonna be a full grown dog soon

[faustandfurious]

Still remember when a homo- and transphobic acquaintance tried to bring up JKR’s views on trans people in conversation and I shut it down with «oh yeah she’s been saying a lot of dumb shit on Twitter after she finished writing Harry Potter, like when she claimed Dumbledore was gay, just to be politically correct», which made it absolutely impossible for him to admit that he agreed with anything JKR had ever said. Sometimes you just have to weaponise people’s homophobia against their transphobia.

[faustandfurious]

Other ways to stop family members/acquaintances from going on bigoted rants:

«Isn’t this all a bit silly? I mean, I’m more concerned about the economy/the war in Ukraine/covid/my job» - weaponised whataboutism

«Do you work with a lot of trans people? Because it seems like this is a problem you frequently encounter in everyday life from the way you talk about it» and when they say they don’t, follow up with «well then I don’t see what you’re making such a fuss about»

«Idk, I haven’t been much on social media lately, I think Twitter is a waste of time» - make them feel like they’re the ones who are terminally online

«Idk, I’m not that concernced with other people’s genitals and sex lives» - creep shaming

[faustandfurious]

The point is that I’ve used all of these in various contexts and they’ve saved a good number of dinner table conversations from derailing into pointless debating. You don’t de-radicalise friends and family members by entering into political discussions they initiate just to stir up shit. You de-radicalise them by shifting the focus away from their shitty opinions and onto the things you have in common and the practical everyday stuff that exists outside their internet echo chambers.

[were--ralph]

Fat men

[were--ralph]

Fat men with hairy bodies

[were--ralph]

Round of applause for fat men with hairy bodies

[were--ralph]

Fat men

[were--ralph]

Fat men with hairy bodies

[were--ralph]

Round of applause for fat men with hairy bodies

[nulltwink]

they call me George on account of my W Bush

[uberfluss]

first 5 faceless emojis are how your summers gonna go

[thesebonesbite]

Magnus Archives fan I see

[partywithponies]

THIS IS SO FUNNY I'M SORRY

[scatterbrain-lion]

It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Happy May.

[blorbo-arena]

Blorbo Arena ⚡ Series 1: Round 12

Uncle Iroh (ATLA)

The Onceler (Lorax)

Voting ended onMay 1, 2024

This poll has been called early in favor of Iroh.

[blorbo-arena]

guys you can stop voting he's already dead

[code-es]

Dreams do come true

I've been absent for a while, and that's because I've been busy – I'm now working as a Software Engineer! 🥹

Not even two years ago I was working 3 part time jobs, I had to skip classes in high school in order to work, I was shamefully collecting cans to recycle for money, and my salary would go to helping my mom out with bills at home and making sure we had food. I still graduated as one of the top students of my class.

Today, I'm a software engineer. I work for a clothing brand, and this morning I went to the sample shop and I bought whatever I wanted for me and my family, at lunch I went to (free) pilates at the office and had a shower in the changing rooms that provide towels(!). My day consists of writing code, sitting in meetings, drinking tea and snacking on fruit and the occasional sweet treats. I can work from wherever I want. I pay both my own and my family's rent and I am still able to save and live comfortably for the rest of the month.

This is so surreal to me – I can't believe this is my reality now 😭 Dreams do come true. If I can do it so can you. Keep coding, keep studying, you'll make it. It will all be worth it! ❤️

[en-futubandera]

[soulrama]

Yoooo he just changed the game

[grfygrf]

Oh, this is really neat, this is the same thing they did in Sh! The Octopus in 1937 to do this transformation scene. In black & white, the color of your light can hide makeup, then all you have to do is flip the color, and the audience just sees the difference in the light levels, but cannot see the color shift. The quick explanation for why this works is the blue makeup absorbs red light, looking very dark when only red light is present, but also looks about the same as relatively fair skin when only blue light is present. Same goes for the colors the other way.

[espanolbot2]

Ahh, I think that they had this in one of the early Jekyll and Hyde adaptations as well. :)

[foone]

Twilight Zone used this trick too, in The Howling Man, where this guy morphs into the Devil.

And again in Long Live Walter Jameson, where this guy loses his artificial youth

[injuries-in-dust]

I think the first time it was used was Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1931.

[thespectacularspider-girl]

God, I love practical effects

[scatterbrain-lion]

I love seeing people play D&D and love the vibe and culture, especially as a cs major i love these technicality shit, however i cant get into the social aspect of roleplaying, welp fml

maybe i just want escapism into medieval fantasy without the actual roleplaying

[raibura]

How many white parents do you have

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Voting ended onApr 24, 2024

[thickness-protection-program]

[onlytiktoks]

[machine-unlearning]

overleaf stop trying to autocorrect "cardinality" to "carnally" I don't want to be horny on main.tex

[rongzhi]

English added by me :)

[daughter-of-sapph0]

Chinese Douyin is making cinematic masterpieces, meanwhile English tiktok is family guy funny moments with subway surfers gameplay underneath

[pixiexbites]

minotaur costumes from the lion, the witch and the wardrobe

[peanutpalace-deactivated2023011]

I had an unsavory thought that I won’t share

[flagellant]

I’ll share mine. I want him to fuck me so deep you can see his cock pushing out of my stomach

[unbeeliever]

I wish c.s.lewis could see that comment

[badgerpunk]

astafur allah you people are dogs, i will reblog as usual