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Hello I am a 29 year old white chronically ill,in both mind and body, aromantic asexual queer human (pronouns in order of prefernece zey/zem, they/them, he/him), call me what you like. I like video games and manga/ webtoons, especially bl and fantasy (tho I only read completed ones nowadays). Nice to meet you feel free to ask me anything if you want, I'm pretty shy but very friendly. I have a Cohost now if anyone want to follow me there @renegadewarden
Remember what I said about how anti-AI people seem to treat AI like it's a matter of spiritual contamination rather than a technology with costs and benefits and potential for misuse by bad actors like many other technologies?
Its weird how you get more disabled over time. Like, most people i know with a disability actually have like eight disabilities and a lot of them slowed up later as a result of compensating for the earlier ones. This brought to you by me filling out a demographics form and wondering when i got to the point of checking that many damn boxes
“You get used to it” true but misleading because someday your back problems are gonna inexplicably cause stomach problems. And then you get used to the stomach problems but your thumbs start hurting because you had to do so much work on your phone lying in weird positions while waiting for the stomach problems to go away. And there are way more distractions on your phone too so while you always had adhd this just makes it more annoying/prevalent-
Anyway hi disabled people with one million conditions i love you and i hope youre having a good day with minimal pain/inconvenience
and many of the new disabilities were already there, but hadn't been diagnosed yet. Others are comorbities of others, like a BOGO sale of fuckery. Then, because you're unaware this or that thing isn't what ordinary folks have, you get to deal with that becoming a problem later.
i grew up around muslims, i am also trans and leftist.
people in every queer and trans community i go to set an expectation: i should ofrever abandon my muslim past, i should explicitly stop associating yourself with it whatsoever, you either get to be queer or you either get to be raised-muslim.
in reality, there's no such expectation for christianity, and none of them are ready to dismantle their "inner christian" in their heads as much as they expect be to dismantle my "inner muslim"
none fo them get to admit how most first world countries are culturally christian, because christianity is "default" to them, as well as first world, as well as white.
me having a complicated relationship with islam doesn't mean i absolutely despise every piece of it. it means i distanced myself from ummah, but won't hear islamic criticism from non ex muslims at all, because you expect us to dismantle "our inner muslims" in ways you aren't ready to dismantle imperialism and racism in you.
your expectation is us "acting white", you don't want us unless we're that, which means you don't want us at all.
a lot of people claiming to want to uplift brown queer voices and such don't procced to do anything meaningful for them, or for brown people at all. it's just virtue signaling, homonationalism. you'd only care of brown people being queer, and you want the "brown" part of it gone as much as possible.
a lot of people say they want the leftist agenda to stop being us centric and imperialist, but then it's just pretending to care about it. you already made is so little and unhearable you'd have to get out of your way to seek for us speaking. then you'd not seek or if you find us, you will just pass by. hoping someone else would amplify the voice you took from us? and that someone else would hope for that too, so what?
you want us only when we agree with everything usa says about us, you want us until our lives don't put you into too much discomfort. when they put you into too much discomfort, you don't ask why, you'll restore the comfort by banishing us again. your tolerability of us is so intricately conditional, to meet those a third worlder has to build themselves into a first worlder mindset. this is your (inter)nationalism hey.
anyway, islamophobia hurt me more than islam did. now what
rebloging here because its safe to assume i have a solid french and queer following, and that's definitely something yall need to hear too. i live in france, was raised muslim, and pretty quickly understood that being accepted in queer scpaces means severing ties with islam, "acting white" and gobbling the homonationalist bullshit (french flavor rather than USA flavor, which is not much better).
your work does not belong in the age gap tag if the aforementioned gap of age is not in the double digits. five years? i have good personal friends five years younger/older than me that's nothing. there is nothing scandalous about a 2-8 year age gap. we have another word for that, it's called a "peer". a real age gap is bare minimum a decade. a real age gap is two decades if you're committed to really doing it right
I don’t think we ought to normalize or justify bullying as a means to keep people from being annoying — a sentiment that in and of itself could make for a whole article’s worth of conversation — but I do think we should make a habit of politely but directly telling people “hey I didn’t like that”, “that wasn’t funny”, “you are mistaken”, and the like if it’s called for, and more importantly, you should be able to take a “that wasn’t funny” for instance without taking it personally, because protecting a polite harmony where no one can criticize each other, not even politely, is also really, really bad.
for those wondering why they're free to take now, it's because the company that made those "chicken soup for the soul" books bought them a few years ago and then completely collapsed so bad they couldn't afford to dispose of or even take the blu rays and dvds out of their kiosks all over.
so any of them is free game because they're all located on other business' property and they usually don't want to have to pay to get rid of them either. so asking the store manager usually gets you the ok to pull it out and keep it.
there was a period of time right after their bankruptcy where you could put in any debit or credit card and it would spit out movies without charging you. you could even put in like an expired or deactivated card, or a visa gift card with a $0 balance, didnt matter, they'd just start spitting discs out. a lotta people raided redboxes for movies for a couple months, with some people doing what me and my brother and my dad did here, taking the whole box and signs and marquees as well. because managers sure as hell don't want a big abandoned piece of trash on their sidewalk disappointing customers. BUT they're also often too cheap to pay someone to remove it. so they just sit there.
luckily there are no shortage of freaks like us who will just take them away on our own volition. we did it all "by the book", too: we set up cones and caution tape, disconnected electricity properly, used an angle grinder to grind down the bolts in the concrete so nobody would trip on them, then cleaned everything up afterward and sealed off the electrical panel so the store would know everything is safe and tidy. though they were hesitant when we were first contacting them, they were honestly very relieved and grateful when we finally took it away, especially once they saw that we "knew what we were doing" (we don't) and look like we've "done this before" (we haven't).
the fun part: the reason why this redbox, in particular, was completely full and unraided is because the computer hardware inside had failed some months before the bankruptcy, and a failing company sure as hell wasn't gonna send a tech out to our podunk dipshit city to fix it, so it was impossible to rent movies or take any discs out. plus, for who knows how long, people were returning old redbox discs to this machine and not taking any out, leading to a much higher variety of movies than your average redbox.
there is a thriving community of redbox hackers and modders out there, as well, creating open-source software for repurposing the machines and not letting their very interesting and robust disc-management hardware go to waste. this one belongs to my brother (who was very annoying persistent and did all the legwork of contacting managers and securing permission) who is a programmer by trade and will be hacking it into a family-access movie library, with whatever discs we want. i mean the machine is completely weatherproof and has a built-in AC unit, it would be such a waste to not try to turn it into something cool.
if we get another one, i'm gonna try to mod it into some sort of art or zine vending machine. the disc boxes are just the right size for small print art or stickers. would make a great "little free library" too.
remember: the rules are made up. act like you belong there and you can get away with anything. this applies to your own life
the real answer by the way is that like, half of Siberia turned into volcanic wasteland and pumped greenhouse gasses and various poisons into the atmosphere
THIS MUCH LAND became a volcanic hellhole. thats what it took to outdo the meteor that killed the dinosaurs.
Okay so ik I’m in my flop era and I don’t expect anyone to actually read or care about any of this, but I wanna talk about how to draw afro’s. I’m not black so I don’t really have any skin in the game, but I still don’t like how 1) people avoid drawing them, and 2) people use white hair logic when they do draw them
Also I hate Tyler Catastrophe and his fuck ass painting
First things first, having a little knowledge on how hair works can help improve how you draw kinky hair, just like how knowing human anatomy helps improve the way you draw faces and form. You don’t need to be an expert and know all about the in depth science of hair chemistry, just some of the basics (articles I used are linked at the end. haha now you need to read all of it hahaha)
Kinky hair has less oil than pin straight hair because the natural oils from your scalp can’t travel down it as easily, which creates more texture. It tends to be denser and have more volume (isn’t weighed down by oils like straight hair) and since the follicles will cling to each other due to the texture, this lets it hold its form better than straight hair.
This is super surface level and might not be the most accurate explanation, but just know that the tighter the coil, the straighter it grows from the follicle because it’s not weighed down.
So, knowing all of this, it really irks my soul when I see people just draw a random circle that could be mistaken for an Afro and call it a day. I mean if it’s a beginner or hobby artist it pisses me off less because I don’t expect them to know everything, but. if you are selling a painting for 230k American dollars, and your name is Tyler, and the only reason you included the Afro was so you didn’t need to draw a full head. I hate you
Tyler charged like an entire human baby (or two) for this art, so I’m gonna critique it. Also he’s weird and misogynistic and I don’t like him.
It’s abundantly clear that he doesn’t know how to draw side profiles or ears, which is okay in a vacuum! Everyone has things they struggle with, no one’s perfect lol. However, if you want to go out of your way to draw black hair, you aren’t going to improve if you throw in the towel.
First, actually draw the whole head. Not gonna give you guys a tutorial on that because everyone has a different style, so I recommend finding one that works for you. Anyways boom full head no sweat
Next, figure out what pattern of curl you want. This will determine the form of the hair and make it easier to find a reference that works for you, since you’ll have more specific options.
After I pick out a reference, I like to work from around the face up. I just find it easier to fully visualize how the hair will look once I have the face framed. I don’t fully define the curls at this stage. I just focus on blocking (I’m going to color code so you guys can see it better)
Once that’s all block out, I block out the rest by following the rest of the head. This, along with the hair on the head not framing the face, is going to be the densest part of the hair. Make sure you leave some room because you’re going to add length with more curls around the blocked out area
The final stage of blocking is the top of the hair. I’m not satisfied with the consistency of the hair length at this point, but that doesn’t really matter because I’m going to rework it anyways. I kept it kind of choppy to better show how the hair follows the curve of the head
Clean it up, tweak around with the shape of it some more until you’re satisfied with it, and tada! You have a solid base for an Afro. Is it perfect? No. Will yours look exactly like mine? No. The important thing is that you continue practicing and seeking out more advice. There isn’t just one technique, there are thousands, and chances are you’ll take bits and pieces from them until you develop a unique one that suits your style and skill level
One final note, Mister Catastrophe also fucked up by trying to draw textured/kinky hair style with the laws of white people hair. It’s straight around the nape of the neck, and instead of the curls pointing outwards, they form a cloud like outline around the head. The curls make arches instead of spirals/coils (you can do arch shapes in the curls pattern as seen by my little doodle below, but make sure to taper them at the end) (Or don’t what do I nose)
Here are some more resources if you’re interested in better explanations about curls and coils <3
Understanding Hair Types, The Science Behind Curl Patterns, This one Reddit thread I found cuz I wanted to know what would happen if a fro was upside down lol,
sleep disorders/conditions affecting sleep are no fucking joke man. they're more than just "takes an hour to fall asleep." like yeah that sucks but.
sleep issues can make people sleep all day and be awake all night no matter what they do. they can make people sleep for over half the day every day. they can make people stay up for over 24 hours frequently - and it just goes up from there. being up for days at a time just unable to sleep.
they can make people have a completely unpredictable sleep schedule too. not everyone is capable of going to bed and waking up at generally the same time, or maintaining it.
all this could be more temporary, or it could just be indefinite. like. having to live your life not knowing if you will or will not be conscious at any given time. you can't plan for fucking anything. you can miss almost every plan or event or obligation.
and everyone just hates you for it pretty much, thinking you're irresponsible and lazy.
be nicer to people with sleep problems. they make you physically and mentally feel like shit. they're not a choice.
Every time I hear about them recovering some irreplaceably precious historical record from Pompeii I think what a shame it is that every great society doesn't have a wealthy town abruptly destroyed by pyroclastic fallout, perfectly preserving all its artifacts
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