Nerdy Lady

An idiot mistakenly identified as a real adult. I drink a lot of coffee and write a lot of things. Whose idea was it to give me real responsibilities?

[varchaiiart]

relistening to the audiobook and got inspired!

[shadowen]

Rewatching Fantasy High and remembering that one of my favorite things about Brennan as a DM is that he consistently rewards kindness. Show some empathy to that random werewolf? You get a trusted mentor. Save that kid who was just trying to kill you? Lifelong friend. Rescue your evil sister? Redemption and shared healing. The final fight of Starstruck is full of people who showed up to help because, at some point, a character chose to be kind when they didn't have to. Even in brutal universes, kindness is harder to give, but it's still possible and still pays off in material ways. I love it.

[apostatefeverdream]

going absolutely fucking insane over solas dragonage. he used to be a spirit. he was meant to be bisexual. he hates tea but still drinks it. he murdered the two people he loved most in the world. he pissed magic once (maybe). he pondered an orb. he played strip poker with blackwall. he sundered the fade from the waking world. he created the blight. he sent bitchy letters to elgar'nan. he's great at chess but then lost to a random named after a chess piece. he co-parented a spirit. he murdered the other co-parent. he speaks in iambic pentameter. he imagines the sight of you being dominated would be fascinating. he ghosted his ex for a year and then yanked their arm off. he loves frilly cakes. his greatest fear is dying alone. he's bald.

[hehe-69]

He’s bald🤣

Made me cackle

He’s bald and he’s touring people whith hair.

[bluecadash]

Anyone wanna play "Who's Brave Enough to Poke Meredith?"

[inber]

Writing period dramas in the discord, lads

[sharkflan]

on the topic of hmc i always felt bad for markl when howl was losing it over his hair like poor kids standing there with the exact same hair color

[adaswordlace]

Saw an op-ed that was on the surface a complaint about kids not wanting to take on family heirlooms but read like an elegy to dying traditions. The hardest part was the anxiety without recognizing that they didn’t pave the way for the decisions they assumed their kids would make.

(This is written entirely within the dominant white/western culture - about traditions that have neglectful stewardship rather than those actively suppressed)

The anxiety makes sense. You’re seeing, too late to do anything about it, that there’s no foundation - no space - for the traditions you expected to pass on. Your kids _can’t_ take your mom’s fine china. So now instead of enjoying what you have you worry about its future.

I see a pattern in these op-eds though - a pattern in what’s left unsaid. There were responsibilities tied to these traditions. You collectively assumed they _would_ be passed along. So collectively, what did you do to ensure those traditions _could_ be passed along?

Op-eds never speak for everyone, but it’s worth acknowledging the pattern in what speech is deemed worth sharing widely.  And in this particular pattern, there’s an answer: that answer looks like “nothing.”

You want the china passed down but your kids have no room in their rentals. You want grandkids but your kids don’t have the financial stability. You want that cross-country RV neverending road trip but you’ve had decades of wanting lower taxes more than you wanted infrastructure.

The bleak outlook for traditions is a direct result of the unmaintained foundations for them. The second best time is always now - if it’s important enough to op-ed about, what are you willing to change to get it back? What will you give up or re-prioritize?

I kinda think that world-defining assumptions are always gonna break without maintenance. So rather than getting mad at whoever’s next for not carrying on the norms we didn’t do upkeep on, when it’s my turn, I hope I’m introspective enough to help instead of externalize & blame.

[greyhairedgeekgirl]

This.

The bleak outlook for traditions is a direct result of the unmaintained foundations for them. The second best time is always now - if it’s important enough to op-ed about, what are you willing to change to get it back? What will you give up or re-prioritize?

I follow a Facebook group of “Memories of …” for my hometown - a rustbelt community that has gone from a thriving hub of industry to a much-less-thriving place.

The group is a collective lament.   Decades-old pictures of well-kept churches.  Aerial shots of the main intersection downtown, lined with big cars.    Scanned advertisemetns from local stores featuring pictures of their interiors.   These alternate with the drumbeat of news:  the Catholic diocese is closing churches.  Selling them.   Tearing them down.   STores downtown are closing.   The traffic light has been replaced with a four-way-stop.

“That’s the church my parents were married in!” “How could they tear down that beautiful building.  Such memories!” “All the businesses are closing.  It must be the taxes.” ”They’ve sold the old lodge downtown.” “They’re not opening the skating rink this year.  We always used to go.”

And sometimes I chime in. 

“Do you attend that church?  Do you give? Or do you just want the building to look pretty for you? “ “Do you volunteer at that park?  Why not?” “Did you vote for that recreation bond issue?” “Are you a member of that Lodge? Why not?” “Do you shop downtown?   Or did you start shopping at Walmart and Amazon to save a few bucks?”

If you feel something is worth preserving, why do you not participate in its preservation?  

Community is not a spectator sport. 

[birklurks]

“Community is not a spectator sport.”

[lescretia]

the established timeline of murder on the rockport limited is like super fucked up and really funny

[lescretia]

here it is, essentially:

the boys are woken up at 3am

they leave, at the most, 15 minutes later

they crash into the swamp a few minutes later

they fight some leeches, which takes about 3 minutes

they walk in the woods to get to rockport

they arrive at rockport at 9:30am

[punstars]

[ding-dong-the-bitch-is-dead]

How dare you make me read this with my own two eyes

[nerdlingwrites]

Praise 4C Andraste.

[ftmjerryseinfeld]

posting a tiktok here bc she really said it all!!!

[sugarcoatednightshade]

Go off sis!

[silverfootstepsblogs]

me: *doesnt reply until the next solar eclipse*

me when someone doesnt reply after 8 minutes: you have to be kidding me. after all ive done for this friendship. youre just going to throw away all weve been through this easily, youve soiled our friendship and i hope it was all worth it in the end.

[tryforce-deactivated20211211]

[wilhelmjfinkbs]

*CLAP. CLAP. CLAP CLAP CLAP. CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP.*

BIG HAT

*clapclap clapclapclap clapclapclap* LITTLE HAT

[welele]

¿Yakuza o cuál es este?

[the-talon-ted-meem]

Video game graphics are getting way too real

[123472oodkkxkxkx-deactivated202]

THE IDLE ANIMATION HWKSJCLSLS

[mapelie]

😂😂😂😂😂

[sorekbekarmi-deactivated2022051]

[emiko-matsui]

monster factory is actually revolutionary because it's a big brother watching his little brother playing video games which has never happened before in the history of video games