Call me Strife

proud supporter of viva la Pluto . .... and cats

[homuras]

The Fatui Harbingers ✩ A Winter Night’s Lazzo

[ultrafacts]

[brightwanderer]

I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned “forever” into the only acceptable definition of success.

Like… if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it’s a “failed” business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don’t actually want to keep doing that, you’re a “failed” writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it’s a “failed” marriage.

The only acceptable “win condition” is “you keep doing that thing forever”. A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a “real” friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a “phase” - or, alternatively, a “pity” that you don’t do that thing any more. A fandom is “dying” because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things.

I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it’s okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success… I don’t think that’s doing us any good at all.

[netherworldpost]

“Why should rich people pay more” because fuck ‘em

“So you are okay for paying more when you have money” I am not excluded from ‘fuck ‘em’ when relevant

[pedulum-chronometry]

“I am not excluded from ‘fuck ‘‘em’ when relevant” is surprisingly powerful as both a statement and philosophy

[negativefeedback-teen]

👏🏾Education 👏🏾is 👏🏾a 👏🏾right,👏🏾 not👏🏾 a👏🏾 service 👏🏾

Pass along and use the shit out of them

[zwoelffarben]

No one should own knowledge, and the pursuit of knowledge should be guarenteed.

[petrichormeraki]

👏👏 NO ONE SHOULD OWN KNOWLEDGE AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED 👏👏

[pathos-logical]

[ID: Two tweets by @AwThread that list websites and read:

coursera.com: free college classes you can take online

slader.com: literally every textbook’s answer

wolframalpha.com: can solve almost any mathematical equations

readanybook.com: free books

thriftbooks.com: cheap books

polishmywriting.com: paste a text into it & it’ll give you grammar & spelling corrections

tipofmytongue.com: helps you find the word you were thinking of

gutenberg.org: free ebooks to download. End ID]

[guerrillatech]

[emptydragonseverywhere]

As an eye doctor, this shouldn't be controversial. It's a problem. 5 years ago, nighttime headlight issues were reserved for people with cataracts or LASIK scars. Today, everyone has problems seeing the road through the oncoming headlights. People are getting anti-glare and blueblocking coatings not bc they are sitting on a computer 8+ hours a day but bc the blue tinted halogens are making them feel unsafe to drive. We are selling insane amounts of yellow tinted nighttime driving glasses even though they're really only for people with cataracts bc ppl are desperate for anything that may help them deal with the headlights. I've had multiple patients tell me they just don't drive at night anymore.

This is an actual safety issue and it needs to be addressed

[51st]

Oh maaaaaan, I thought I was just getting old!

I mean, I'm getting old, of course, but it's good to hear it's not just me!

[3000s]

theyre talking about us again

[anactualmoon]

[gayshitanddadjokes]

NO THIS IS SO FUNNY THO

Yeah we fucking won this shit is great

[borkthemork]

I really like this article, you should go check it out.

[krillbeans]

soft sad freaks (affectionate)

[sarilleny]

Ok I feel like we deserve the whole damn quote. The Internet’s soul. It belongs to us.

[veliseraptor]

repeat after me: i am not going to get stressed about the legitimately fun and enjoyable things i’m doing tomorrow

[beardedmrbean]

[thisonesatellite]

this is a personal attack against me, personally.

[catchymemes]

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

amazing lion dance (traditonal chinese folk art 舞狮wushi) in guangxi province

[abrahamshipwreck]

Me: the technical and athletic prowess required for this is a sign of human endurance and dedication to art to create a fluid and lifelike dance of a culture that has existed for thousands of years

Also me: LOL silly muppet does a lil dance

[skellydun]

posting on a blackboard discussion board and replying to two of your fellow students has to be one of the nine circles of hell

[helloitsbees]

Great point, Dylan! I especially agree with it being “one of the nine circles of hell”. Well said.

[feenyxblue]

If I could offer a bit of criticism to your post Dylan, I would say that this phenomenon is not limited to blackboard, but also extends to other education websites, such as Canvas. Overall though, I agree with your point.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I agree with what other people have said above. I have noticed your reference to Dante's Inferno. Very good use of earlier texts in the course.

[c6jpg]

zhongli // moon in one’s cup

[noahnomore]

[clauonacloud-deactivated2022071]

[latinajedi]

[gay-jesus-probably]

YOU GET THE FUCK BACK HERE AND EXPLAIN THAT RIGHT NOW

[everblaeze-and-balefire-deactiv]

the fuck

[writing-prompt-s]

You were born of a sacrilegious union. Your green dragon mom never figured the knight she seduced while masquerading as a noblewoman was a silver dragon in disguise. You’d no idea either, born a human orphan. When your dragon blood awoke, so did the dangers which all your heritage entails.

[worddevourer]

“I was born half dragon.”

“Oh shit, what’s the other half?”

“Different dragon.

[readerofthewilderwest]

#“i’m two halfs dragon” “that’s just being a whole dragon” “no”

[meu-meu-kissy-ceutie]

“im two halves dragon” “thats just being a whole dragon” “YOUD FUCKING THINK SO WOULDNT YOU”

[notallmensheviks]

How Tumblr Became Popular for Being Obsolete

The social-media platform’s status as a relic of the Internet has attracted prodigal users as well as new ones.

positive press? for tumblr???? my gd.......

[mlmushroomism]

we fucked up its getting more profitable

[gh0stprotocol]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[libertineangel]

I don't usually reblog TikToks but man it is genuinely refreshing to see genuine normal working-class London on my dash, like I know this is half of Tumblr's definition of "British" as a whole (except this site also often seems to forget we're not all white) but nah this is proper London ends, this is the speech and mannerisms born from multicultural working-class solidarity and community and it's so damn rare to see us accurately represented round here

[elodieunderglass]

Let the man have Greggs in PEACE