[stuckinapril]

I’ve been thinking a lot ab this

[anxeious]

bathe in your own sunlight !!!!!!

[kaelio]

[thememedaddy]

[endlace]

You if bugs didn't exist

[ruintheearth]

women have it worse than men

(crowd claps)

trans women have it worse than trans men

(crowd attempts to kill you)

[ruintheearth]

pov you said trans women have it worse

[april]

women are like diamonds: synthetically-produced women are not meaningfully different from naturally-formed women, and anyone trying to tell you otherwise is probably trying to justify keeping their women mines open

[stonedeadforever]

By Gerda Wegener, 1925

[tigerdrop]

if you dont decouple your drive to create from your desire for attention you will go insane. simple as. you will never feel satisfied b/c you will always want more and you will feel perpetually bitter that you did not get what you are “owed”

[sinsbymanka]

It’s an unpopular opinion but it is absolutely and completely true. I’ve never seen someone who creates for engagement happy with the engagement they get. I posit they can’t ever be happy that way because it will NEVER be enough

[thevikingwoman]

I agree with OP and Manka so very much.

You have to rest in your own desire to create.

But, because I see statements like this turn into a sort of general notion of “it’s bad to want validation or attention or engagement”, and to me, that’s not what this means.

It’s perfectly valid to want people to like and engage with what you create. In a general sense, when you create anything, you do it to share with other human beings. Art, craft, food, anything you create is a way to connect with others through our shared humanity.

And wanting someone to like you fanart or read your fanfic is part of that.

the words used by OP is decouple, and this is important. Nothing wrong wanting engagement. But it cannot be tightly coupled with the drive to create.

[princelysome]

GOP delegate accused of seducing girl likely can’t be replaced on ballot ahead of November election  • West Virginia Watch

The state Republican Party likely can’t replace Del. Elliott Pritt on the ballot even if he resigns from his seat following his arrest.

[ralfmaximus]

A public school teacher (and Republican delegate) used Roblox to seduce a 15 year old girl then fucked them in his classroom on at least ten separate occasions.

He's been arrested but won't quit his office nor take his name off the ballot. And because Republicans changed the rules in 2024 to favor Republicans, nobody can do anything.

Fucking amazing.

[grimeclown]

This is a fucking new one

[tchaikovskaya]

[chipper-smol]

i wonder how much healing that one xkcd comic did to the internet with saying “you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000″ when encountering a person who hasn’t been exposed to a popular or well known thing

[chipper-smol]

you’re so right

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

[huffylemon]

[joyflameball]

The notes get 0 stars in reading comprehension

[dontwaitfortuesday]

on life and hope Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934/ Cueva de las Manos, Argentina/ Neil Hilborn, Numbered Days/ Unknown

[evenlyevi]

See you again

[copperbadge]

On Saturday I said to my partner, as I have said for months, "A ten thousand dollar a year raise would solve so many of my problems."

As of this morning I was reluctantly looking for jobs because I love my job and don't want to leave it, but see: $10k raise problem solver.

As of noon today this was no longer an issue, because my boss called me with the news that I was getting a $10K merit raise.

I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. This is roughly $200 extra per paycheck. Enough to pay off debt faster, rebuild my savings, and spend a weekend a month in Milwaukee getting obscenely laid. The sex I'm going to have on $200 extra per paycheck. You can't even.

May all of you get the $10K raise your soul has yearned for. And whatever level of sex you can be satisfied with for $200.

[vergess]

hey bestie i think ur post might be charmed 'cause you aren't gonna fuckin believe what happened today

[r2x2]

The Amnesty International report that JK Rowling is trying to censor through legal threats.

It can also be found on Google Drive here and on Bluesky here.

[cbarc]

Please save and share this info where possible. This report has since been removed by Amnesty International due to legal threats of libel from JK Rowling. This information is no longer easily accessible.

[wittyno]

Source

[mangonetics]

I thought we were good as gravy, but you just wanted to get your pey wet