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luc • 32 • he/him Ten time unwitting champion of being spurned arf. art in avatar is mine, no take D:<

[thehorizonmachine]

there should be like secret extra editions of dnd that wotc denounces as false like christian apocrypha

[athelind]

[IMAGE: The logo for the Pathfinder TTRPG]

[dogwise]

PRACTICE URGE SURFING

[dogwise]

[enba-and-luka]

[cryptonature]

You've had disappointments because you've been brave enough to have hopes. You've got scars because you're a foundational part of a big, wild world that leaves nothing unchanged. Keep going.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

does the body ALWAYS have to keep the score? maybe we could just have a friendly game this time. maybe we can just have fun without putting numbers on it

[lakevida]

defunctland episode released immediately upon your death chronicling all failed career paths and relationships and somehow michael eisner is still at fault

[orangepterodactyl]

i like this creature

[fadiesismin]

An Offer.

[molags-balls]

wyd after taking this

[skelegun]

[music-daily]

Lil Nas X gives a life update.

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

don’t abandon joy because it is brief. don’t commit to solitude because happiness is fleeting. it’s okay that good things do not last forever. it’s okay to simply enjoy a thing for as long as you have it.

[nylarac]

^ relevant art by @catcrumb that legitimately rewired my brain

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[lakevida]

i bet the pain will end if i arrange a perfect enough sentence about it

[thistoowillpasss]

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[kittykittyredcat]

[donniehaspronouns]

“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.

[i-am-a-fish]

I hope you get your favorite food this week and your favorite drink and your favorite 2k dollars