I have no idea what I'm doing

They/them over 20, and I keep forgetting to tag bug posts so watch out

[sleepyselkiesiren]

I have an art blog now! Everything I have ever drawn and posted is now on @sleepyselkiesketches!

[a-very-cute-snake]

[what-even-is-thiss]

You know, I’m not autistic but sometimes people think I am because I’m blunt or something but really I’m just German

[what-even-is-thiss]

Something something about how other peoples cultural norms are often seen as some kind of disorder or something.

I mean my German-Russian/Scandinavian family is just straightforward and doesn’t show a lot of emotion because that’s what we do?

It’s like how in some cultures any eye contact at all is rude and those people have a difficult time adjusting to cultures where eye contact is expected.

Like armchair diagnosing people based on surface level behaviors is kind of rude also in my opinion.

I don’t care if I’m autistic or not. I mean I’m not, but it wouldn’t matter to me if I was. My point is that behavior outside of what you personally expect doesn’t necessarily mean anything about a person. And also maybe don’t armchair diagnose strangers on the internet.

[just7frogsinapeoplesuit]

Delighted to inform you that this quiz exists:

A rigorous diagnostic. 15 questions. One uncomfortable truth.

[what-even-is-thiss]

As I thought.

[thatdisasterauthor]

There should be a critique group aimed at pairing up academics and fiction writers so the academics can help the fiction writers with the science in their work, and the fiction writers can help the academics with the approachability of their work when they're moving out of strictly academic writing and into areas like book writing and op-eds and such.

[valtsv]

oh my god i almost forgot to tell you all about how, while my dad was visiting, i had an infestation of every single kind of bug in my house that hasn't been a problem before or since. like i'm not kidding i evicted so many creeping crawlies that week and couldn't for the life of me stop mosquitos from stealing my blood, but as soon as he left they vanished. and i mean, sure, there's a perfectly rational explanation, because two people make more mess than one and he has a habit of leaving the windows wide open enough to fly a jet engine through day and night, but i can't help but think how symbolically on the nose it was. the ancestral rot at the heart of my family so gothic it's got ants and flies buzzing around its decaying corpse.

[valtsv]

hey so update but i haven't been harassed by a single freaky little beast since my dad left even after leaving some crumbs on the floor as an experiment to see if they attracted any ants so i think my dad might just be bugs actually

[quinnntessins]

@entities-of-posts textbook corruption example lol

[entities-of-posts]

Seconded

[kebriones]

saw someone doing a thing where they pretend they only have a certain amount of days left to live to force themselves to do things they've been putting off, but if you told me I had 50 days left to live I would just chill SO HARD. Just go up to the mountain and sit and stare at the sky and drink lots of ice tea and eat nice food and give all my stuff away and watch every single sunset and take it so easy and slow and chill with my friends and family and use my time to feel happy and content. Like, that wouldn't work in favor of my productivity at all.

[capylovecorn]

This month's palette is so stunning💜🩵🩷

@color-palettes

[homunculus-argument]

The problem with "treat yourself like you would treat a friend :)" is that I can't treat myself like I treat someone that I'm not personally responsible of. I don't have to make anyone else get out of bed. I don't have to make anyone else do their work. I don't have to make anyone else maintain a social life. I don't have to make anyone else do their hobbies and chores. I'm not in charge of anyone else's life, of course I don't have to hold them to the same standards. And I can't verbally express how fast my entire shit would asplode if I treated myself like I treat people who are not my personal responsibility.

[achillbeing]

This is why these days I'm treating myself like a child that I'm trying to look after and teach.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

How to make Warrior Outfit of Withered Leaves (cr粘花贴草)

[aenima1996]

[doyouremem8erme]

[angelotheque]

[artofmisi]

i've decided to join artfight for the first time ever!

here's my profile

[buried-in-stardust]

OP: "Grandpa made this for Dad when he was a child, and now it's been passed down to my son."

As pointed out in the comments on Douyin, a lot of thought went into the engineering: oval wheels slow it down, the frame is close to the ground and the handle is angled to prevent it from tipping over, the wood pieces on the back wheels lock it from moving in reverse, and the knocking sounds serve more than one purpose, both attracting the attention of the child as well as allowing the adults to easily hear the speed and location of the child.

[buried-in-stardust]

Writing 和風細雨 (he2feng1xi4yu3; gentle breeze and light rain) with a cat's tail on a water-writing mat.

Water-writing mats turn black when wet and return to their original colour once dry, so they are often used to practise calligraphy with water. The black colour allows you to see your writing clearly, and the mat can be reused as soon as the writing dries and disappears.

[eng by me]

[dovewithscales]

That cat loves his human so fucking much. This is only possible because the cat's cool with it.

[tricia868]

Beaded Rainbow Odenwald Shawl!

Lost my mind a little and added (if my math is correct) 5,615 beads to Nim Teasdale's Odenwald pattern. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

The goal was “soothingly weighted but not uncomfortable to wear, even as someone with chronic pain.” It could have been a little heavier, so maybe I’ll make a shawl with larger beads another time, but I’m very pleased with this one. I used size 6/0 seed beads, applied as I go with a .6mm crochet hook.

Yarn-wise, used 2 cakes of YarnArt Flowers. I knitted the fully purple sections from both, then knitted all the way through the yellow-oranges with a single ball. When I hit the beginning of red-oranges, I used yarn from both cakes, alternating between them. (Not the entirety of both, I played it by ear to make sure I made it through the full rainbow.)

I do have edited charts with bead placements. I will only share them with Nim's permission.

I've done A LOT of knitting/crochet this year while chronic illness kept me from my sewing machine, but I'm feeling much better now. There will be new quilts to look forward to soon, plus a few more yarn crafts to share in the meantime!

[intlbipolar]

[drtanner]

This post is almost 11 years old now, so I feel like it’s time for an update:

[brainstreams]