i identify as a fun time

my pronouns are khi/khi

[quasi-normalcy]

I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.

[quasi-normalcy]

Funny that the stereotypical cynic is an idealist who aged out of it. In my experience, the reverse is true. I was an extreme cynic as a teenager and then I noticed how profoundly limiting it was, and also that "cynics are cool and smart" was a message that was being constantly reinforced by corporate media for some reason.

[quasi-normalcy]

#yes! cynicism reads as very juvenile to me#and yes prev often stemming from teen pain

Yeah, like I see black-pilled people on here and my default reaction isn't "oh, these must be world-weary old warriors who've lost their faith in humanity", it's "these people are in their 20s and need a hobby"

[allwhiterain-deactivated2025061]

Matthew Lillard and Angelina Jolie as “Cereal Killer” and “Acid Burn” in Hackers (1995)

[zagreus]

previously unseen genders in human history

[isuggestkillingyourself]

[tactfulsaboteur]

[psybomb]

Every time I see that last pic, I have to note that the funniest line is the one immediately after the highlight

[depsidase]

[illmadekn1ght]

every day it gets harder to have a relaxed jaw and decent posture

[wyrmicelli]

me tongue-deep in a sandalwood candle: 🤤

the tjmaxx employee loading a fourth tranquilizer dart into their blowgun: i need backup

[snowown]

[tam--lin]

(7/30/26) The Red Cross just declared the second US blood crisis in its history.

Summer sees both a drop off in donations and, at least for our trauma center, a spike in traumas. Trauma centers across the US are in danger of running out of blood for our trauma patients TODAY, which is very scary but, unlike much of the other scary national news coming across our screens these days, is something you can help fix immediately and directly.

We need ASAP donations of blood, for people to spread the word, and for manager types to help facilitate others' donations. All blood types are needed, but universal donor blood (type O) is especially dire.

[papayajuan2019]

the world is running out of glassblowers and yet you want to become a fucking doctor

[sniperserpent]

One of the most jarring moments of my university education was in a physics class when I was given a device that measures gravity and was told “this cost the university sixteen thousand dollars, but the only glass blower in the world who could make the glass springs inside it died so it’s literally irreplaceable. If you drop it those springs will shatter. Go fuck around with it for a day and take some measurements”

[bluebandedagate-reblogs]

[galaxieranger]

And there's probably some neurodivergent person in the local community who could fix it, but because we don't have UBI, she's stuck away in an office somewhere trying to get through her day without losing her goddamned mind because she needs to pay the rent and have health insurance to pay for her hrt

[baddywronglegs]

When politicians start talking about niche professions and qualifications they think are a waste of time and public money, before agreeing maybe we can let that profession die, it's worth remembering they probably don't have a fucking clue.

[fruitypies]

The world, and I cannot stress this enough, needs artists.

People who know how to make incredibly precise/highly specialised equipment and tools through their craft.

People who can design homes and buildings - and others who can elaborately fill those empty spaces.

People who can paint. People who can weld and bend metal into any shape. People who can build and craft anything just from an idea in their head.

People who can write and draw.

People who can sing and make music.

Art is essential to the continuation of a functional society and takes many more forms than most care to notice. Art isn't just paintings in a gallery or music on a stage, it's in everything around us. And schools / universities / governments funnelling finances into STEM while also cutting finances from arts and humanities is directly contributing to the nightmare we are all currently living in.

When I was in school, subjects that fell under the arts and humanities umbrella were marked DOWN in grades because they weren't considered important, while all the stem subjects were marked up - like physics and maths and chemistry etc - because they were considered more important and worthy of higher grades.

Art has existed for as long as humanity itself has - not just modern humans, but long before us. It was how we built communities, how we communicated between each other, how we told our stories across generations, how we recorded history and kept calenders and figured out the cycle of the sun and the moon without modern maths or science. And to come so far just to say "Art isn't important" is to completely disregard and ignore hundreds of thousands of years of human history that built the foundation that we have since constructed our modern world upon.

If anybody ever tells you that art isn't important and that society could do without it, don't ever listen to them.

[nightmare-from-heaven]

Hey. Your brain needs to de-frag. Literally it needs you to sit there and space out.

If you want your memory or executive function to improve, stare out a window at the skyline or sidewalk or trees or birds on the electrical wires for like 20+ minutes per day. (With no other stimulation like a podcast or TV if you can manage but hey baby steps innit). If you're fortunate enough to have safe outside with any bits of nature, go stare closely at a 1 meter square of grass and trip out on the bugs and shapes of grasses and stuff.

Literally this will make you smarter. Our brains HAVE TO HAVE this zone out time to do important stuff behind the scenes. This does not happen during sleep, it's something else.

That weird pressurized feeling you get sometimes might be your brain on no defrag.

Give your brain a Daily Dose Of De-Frag.

[beanslmao]

Why Downtime Is Essential for Brain Health

In our go-go-go world, “downtime” can sound like a dirty word. But there are important reasons to give your brain a break. Here’s how to sta

Heres a source i found that support this info :3

[mckitterick]

also! spending time in nature (even just your back yard, or a nearby park) turns out to be important for cognitive and creative restoration - something writers and poets have been saying forever:

"We need the tonic of wilderness.  We can never have enough of nature."

- Henry D Thoreau

"Go to the sea-shore, to the mountains, to the wilderness; go anywhere where you can forget your cares and cast aside your burdens. Let the old, old nurse, Nature, take you to her bosom again; and you will return to the city happier and healthier for the embrace."

- William HH Murray

as the world became increasingly urbanized and industrialized, philosophers and writers (such as Thoreau and Murray) began urging people to spend more time in nature

nowadays - especially with all our time spent looking at screens - we are losing touch with nature, and losing its restorative and inspirational effects

watching bugs do their thing, or birds and squirrels and other critters, or just feeling the peace of wind ruffling trees and the glow of flowers bathing in the sunshine is like magic for our brains, every bit as powerful as meditation - something otherwise unattainable to many ADHD folks, who are strongly represented in the arts

several research projects have revealed the power of nature in restoring cognitive function and creative energy:

"The influence of natural environments on creativity."

"Understanding Nature and Its Cognitive Benefits."

"Positive Effects of Nature on Cognitive Performance."

"Attention Restoration Theory II: a systematic review to clarify attention processes affected by exposure to natural environments."

and many more

study after study reveals that immersing in - or even just viewing - natural environments stimulates curiosity, fosters flexibility, fires up imagination, frees our minds from work and anxiety, restores emotional balance, and strengthens attention

especially important for writers and other artists, nature's restorative power improves the uniqueness and diversity of creative ideas

so, for creatives in particular - especially neurodivergent ones for whom traditional meditation is not a useful tool - nothing beats a little time with Mother Nature when it comes to reestablishing mental balance, firing up extra synapses, promoting the creative flow state, and supercharging cognition and creativity

[foreverborgeeed-deactivated2026]

I love everything about this.

[cupcraft]

Do you want to be politically pure in theory or help your neighbor. Is it fruitless to help your neighbor because there's no Perfect Pure way to do it ?

[kingxanthesecond]

Honestly I would rather be politically pure. Your neighbors would never help you, so why help them?

[cupcraft]

Youre who this post is talking about. Individualism and elitism is not going to help the revolution and grassroots activism and mutual aid.

[gean-grey-blog]

When the pandemic hit this old church lady joined our tattooed queer leftist mutual aid group bc her church soup kitchen closed. We shrugged and told her she was welcome as long as she didn't proselytize.

That woman never gendered me right once, but she shut up about Jesus long enough to feed people next to us bc she cared more about action than ideology. She also had a whole network of other church people who helped contribute $ to ingredients. We provided more and better meals together than in our "correct" silos

That's how any of us get out of any of this

[lazaefair]

The retirees who volunteer at my nonprofit have a wide variety of opinions, many of which I disagree with. But a) they still choose to give their time and labor to keep my org running, and b) when we were doing a school supply drive for local schools they got their families and churches involved and we had enough good, new, high quality backpacks and school supplies to deliver to hundreds of low-income students who otherwise wouldn't have them.

Also, how are you going to convince anybody to change their minds if you refuse to help or associate with them?

[symbiotebadger]

I lived in Colorado during the Club Q shooting. The town I was in had an old, strong union presence. Good red-blooded American Christians with solid union jobs. They're definitely left-leaning, but they aren't exactly up-to-date on the difference between a transsexual and a gender nonconforming nonbinary trans person.

In 1992, Colorado passed Amendment 2. This was a vicious of anti-gay legislation meant to be a test bed for right-wing policy all over the country. Colorado became known as the "Hate State" because of this law.

It had a lot of far reaching effects. A lot of people got fired. Attacked. They lost families. They lost their livelihoods.

This forced queer people to organize, and act. And as oppressive governments so often do when faced with minority action, they sent in the jackboots.

Now the union men and women of the town I lived in might not know about all this gay business, but they certainly know how the cops treat them. And if these queers are throwing bricks at cops and getting beaten by truncheons same as any good card carrying union man, well maybe they're worth talking to.

So the union started showing up in solidarity with the queer community. They shared their knowledge of how to fight the cops. Of how to negotiate with business and government. Of how to apply pressure and make your voices heard. They showed up with snacks and water. They showed up with muscle. They showed up with negotiators. They showed up with the knowledge that they may not understand the way you live your life, but nobody should catch it in the jaw from some jackboot with a god complex.

This town celebrates Pride on a different month than the rest of the country, because they started celebrating pride before pride was a thing. The union came together with the queer community and worked to put on a pride event of their own long before there was anything widely accepted.

I had just transitioned back in August of the year of the Club Q shooting. I had been boymoding the entire time outside my own house. I barely told my friends about my transition. I was terrified.

And then the Club Q shooting happened within spitting distance of the town I lived in. I instantly knew what I had to do. This was a terrorist attack. This was supposed to make me afraid. I needed to show no fear.

The town had a vigil the next day. I went out into public as myself for the first time ever to attend a vigil for those who were murdered to try to keep me scared. I owed it to those people to not be scared.

There weren't just queers there. There was a pastor from the local open and affirming church. There were local business owners. Community organizers.

And a contingent of hard-bitten union men and women there to show solidarity with their oppressed comrades. They don't need to understand what a neopronoun is to know that people in their community had been wronged and they needed to do something about it.

That moment changed my fucking life. I saw how many people fucking cared. I saw a beautiful moment of solidarity and connection. I saw a community coming together to protect each other in the face of horrific violence targeting vulnerable members of their community.

I was fully out as myself after that. I owed that to myself, the people who were murdered, and everyone at the vigil that I would be brave in the face of my fear and be visible and proud and trans. I never looked back.

[papayajuan2019]

the world is running out of glassblowers and yet you want to become a fucking doctor

[sniperserpent]

One of the most jarring moments of my university education was in a physics class when I was given a device that measures gravity and was told “this cost the university sixteen thousand dollars, but the only glass blower in the world who could make the glass springs inside it died so it’s literally irreplaceable. If you drop it those springs will shatter. Go fuck around with it for a day and take some measurements”

[bonsaisboneyard]

If you are truly interested in becoming a scientific glassblower, Salem Community College in New Jersey has a 2 year associates degree program for it, and if you actually complete it, you’re practically guaranteed a job in the field if you want one.

Scientific Glass Technology | Salem Community College

The program is amazing. I spent a year in that program before getting into an MFA program. If you really want to learn how to flamework glass, there is no better place to do so IMO.

A weird quirk about that program is that it also attracts a number of pipe makers (at least when I went there in the mid 2010s).

10/10 would definitely recommend.

[flange5]

[bonsaisboneyard]

I keep seeing this addiction to my comment reblogged and I want to add that, yes this is accurate for scientific glassblowing, but it’s also true for other skilled trades in general.

There are programs for training welders and machinists where the salaries are comparable to what’s listed. They might seem less “glamorous” but the trades are in demand these days. There are shortages in electricians and pipe fitters too.

[psychiccat]

It's not glamorous, you won't become famous or a millionaire, no one will look at you in awe or admiration, but trades are a good important job, plumbers are treated as a joke in pop culture but we all have at some point been in urgent need of one, it's crazy that office workers with nebulous jobs and no hands on impact on anything are more respected that blue collar jobs that save people's asses daily.

Trade jobs are a great career and there are so many of them, my cousin installs and repairs air conditioners, he makes good money, chooses his own hours, and knows his job has purpose too, which I know a lot of people struggle with that nowadays.

[bonsaisboneyard]

I have a theory that a lot of people these days are feeling generally dissatisfied because of a disconnect with physical results of labor (regardless of whether it’s for a job or for a hobby).

Knowing that you are capable of making something and then being able to actually touch the results is a feeling that is increasingly rare in modern western societies.

I think this is why knitting and pottery have become more popular recently; people want/need to feel that they have some tangible agency within the world, and one way to get that is through making things.

I don’t know when working with one’s hands became second class, especially when that work requires knowledge, practice, and experience, but that’s what we have now.

So, if you feel dissatisfied and disconnected from the world, consider pursuing a craft and/or trade.

[omegatartt]

New season 4 pics js dropped!!!! Our lady Greyhounds ❤️💙

[canthaveshitingotham-crucified]

i hate it when i cant even write a poem about something because its too obvious. like in the airbnb i was at i guess it used to be a kids room cause you could see the imprint of one little glow in the dark star that had been missed and painted over in landlord white. like that's a poem already what's the point

[canthaveshitingotham-crucified]

you get it. you get the themes. i dont have time to do it justice. just look at it its on the ceiling

[brenna]

[teaboot]

[wheresmyphonemp3]

[fadingponycookiedream]

[andsorrowsend]

[werefeathers]

[roamwithahungryheart]

THE PREMIERE IS IN THREE DAYS AND S4 AIRS IN JUST UNDER TWO WEEKS

[katebeckets]

In theory, maybe I get the “we’re all just playing with barbies, they’re fictional characters, no interpretation is incorrect because it’s an interpretation” argument. But actually no, not all takes are equally valid. Framing something as an interpretation doesn’t mean it inherently has merit. Some takes are completely incorrect and betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the source material. They just aren’t a reason to harass people or send death threats

[overseer-picard]

[femmchantress]

I don’t care if Monday’s yuck

Tuesday, Wednesday tread through muck

Thursday maybe eat a duck

It’s Friday, Flat as Fuck

[tainbocuailnge]

forget everything anyone has ever told you on the matter the truest marker of adulthood is starting to hear the siren call of high quality kitchenware

[tainbocuailnge]

to be clear you SHOULD buy that cast iron pan and you SHOULD buy that knife set and you SHOULD buy that fancy rice cooker and you SHOULD buy that novelty mug. high quality kitchenware is always worth it you’re literally gonna be using that almost every day

[augustdementhe]

I just need a good pot, a good wok, TWO paring knives, TWO steak knives, and one Santoku style choppitychoppity.

That’s IT.

I ask for SO LITTLE.

[rionsanura]

Very helpfully, there is someone keeping track of which high-quality kitchenware has been enshittified and which hasn’t.

https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/

[augustdementhe]

Oh HELL yes.