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Other people's art (lots of it!), memes and sometimes talks and Discourse™ Watchbot's collection of odd and interesting files found during its service at the Lab

[quitblamingnarcissism]

Your parents are not "narcissists". They're typical authoritarian assholes who treat you like their property because society allows them to.

Your ex boyfriend is not a "narcissist". He's a typical misogynistic douchebag who treats women like shit because society allows him to.

Your boss is not a "narcissist". They're a typical classist dipshit who thinks workers' entire purpose in life is to generate profit because society allows them to.

And even if they happen to be a "narcissist", that's not what gave them the power to get away with abuse.

So stop blaming mental illness and start blaming society's normalization of abuse. Stop acting like someone has to have a mental illness in order to do something cruel when ordinary people have been doing atrocious things since forever.

[sugar-petals]

hot take in a roundabout way i think that's also why so many of us opt out of becoming parents ourselves

[advanced-passenger-train]

Does anybody know how to fix it

[rosslynpaladin]

Start disappointing people and not backing out of it when they are upset, reject feeling ashamed of everything including of yourself, start saying No to things you do not want to do not just things you're scared of, do more of those things you're scared of but wish you could do, make your own plans and execute them, decide to do or not do something without basing it on who will Dislike it.

Free Will takes practice, and the chance of making someone somewhere Slightly or even Very Disappointed In You. But you're an adult and you can't be made to stand in a corner anymore.

[simandy]

Btw. If you're a teacher and you catch one of your students (kids, tweens, teens) using AI for the first time, please be gentle with them.

Last week i was looking into one of my teen's homework when I noticed she was writing words she "wasn't supposed to know" in english (like "furthermore", for example. They only know very intermediary english) I got a bit mad for a second. I wear an "anti-AI" button all the time, i even told them before why i was anti-AI, yet she didn't listen to me and thought she could get away with it... But i decided to keep it cool because i didn't know why she would do this, since she never did.

Okay, one week after, this Wednesday, it was time for their class again and, when she arrived, i told her to come to my desk and asked her: "what is furthermore?" She went pale when she noticed the paper in my hands. I asked again: "darling, what is furthermore?" Then, she shuttered: "I don't know, teacher. I'm sorry, I had to ask Gemini because I had no time..." then I sat her down, she was clearly upset (she is just 13) and I asked her what happened. "I didn't have any time left because of my exams and there were too many units to go through. So I asked my mom to help me and she told me to use ChatGPT but I asked google instead." Okay. So I looked into her eyes and told her it was okay, that she didn't need to be upset, but she would have to re-do that paper and bring it back to me by the next week. I told her she didn't need google or gpt to do her work, because she got a very high score at her english exam (both at school and at the course). She got right back on her feet and we started class as normal.

The only reason why I'm telling you this is because I hate AI. I hate it SO much. But, as a teacher now, I hate ANYTHING that takes the learning process away from kids. I hate the GLOSSARY in my kids' books as well for the same reason bc they don't want to figure the words out with me, they want to check the answer as fast as they can to get rid of that boring thing and I don't blame them for wanting to get rid of the boring task! But I blame ADULTS for allowing the kids to go the fast way, when they need the slow process to learn something! Her MOM told her to use ChatGPT to ace her homework. You know, the person PAYING the course bills so her daughter can learn english at an early age doesn't care about her learning process. But I do. I care. And you should care too. It's not my student's fault, it's about the learned helplessness, it's about wanting to be the fastest, it's about the knowledge scrapping, the way nobody cares anymore. And the kids are being affected by parents who don't care anymore. They're byproducts of this. So please, when teaching them why AI is bad, be gentle. It's not their fault the world around them is teaching them how to be dumb in a smart, sneaky way.

[tonyglowheart]

somethign abt 'darling what is furthermore' is rly getting to me

[leidensygdom]

I think people who live in colder countries don't realize how folk in hotter countries aren't used to these extreme temperatures either. I'm in Spain, and we've had 40Cº (so 105Fº iirc) for nearly three weeks straight, with more coming.

AC? It's common in shops, but not all. Smaller shops and restaurants won't have it always. The local kebab I frequent has been struggling with it, as they don't have AC and it's too hot for people to be outside even at night, so people either get takeaway or won't go. This wasn't an issue just a few years back, as you generally could expect nights to be fresh enough for it to not be necessary.

AC isn't mandatory either, so most affordable places one could rent won't have it since they're striving to do the minimum to get these places rented. I have never rented a place that had AC.

It also used to get quite cold in here, since it's not close to the beach. Winter could easily reach past -10Cº. Frozen icicles used to be an actual risk a couple decades back. I moved here a few years ago, and I've never seen that. It barely gets to 0Cº anymore. And this is a relatively recent development, so most houses were built FOR that. The place I'm renting currently has wooden floorboards and retains heat like crazy. It sure makes for toasty winters, but my room rarely gets under 35Cº during summer daytime. It's hot enough for it to be causing issues with pets, too (learn how to watch for heatstroke symptoms in dogs, please!)

In my experience, it's generally the 37Cº threshold (so above body tempt) where it goes from "annoyingly hot" to "actually dangerous". Several weeks of it in a row can cause quite a lot of strain in the body, and we've barely gone below it since June started.

But anyways: I know it may seem like folk in hotter countries are ready to handle this, but I can truly attest to the fact we're NOT ready for it either. Many of the countries that are suffering more to this heatwave ARE countries that are generally hot already! Many of which do not have the resources to handle high temperatures past their usual! We're still all expected to continue our lives and work and so on, even with explicit warnings to not go outside. It's an absolute nightmare

[commandersheena]

In one of my film classes last semester we had to tell a story in 3 pictures for a mini assignment so my friend and I did this

[gil-notskajla]

Viego Pentakill COMMISSION for Papuchochoł | ko-fi (commissions on hold due to Artfight)

[kishmadaar]

JHIN SONA CONTENT YALL

[happypenguinnova]

[skyvik-convergence]

[parsleydraws]

osprey & red drum

[menaslg]

PRAISE

[jmfenner91]

I'm SO excited to finally share these pieces I created for D&D's Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.

This project was such a huge honor to work on. I remember as a kid looking through the players manuals & doing little studies of the artwork in there, so this feels a bit full-circle. You can get a peek at higher-res versions of them on my insta!

[kimifeathers]

Comfy

[woodsdyke]

weird ducks drawing is finally done. enjoy this selection of weird little creatures. wasn't able to include every species i wanted to, but i think i included most of the icons

you can get this as a print [here] if you too are a weird ducks enthusiast

[sentient-tent]

This is Tie, she is going to eat all of the notes

[sentient-tent]

reblog to feed her notes

[elodieunderglass]

How is she doing this

[leidensygdom]

My piece for the Potluck Secret Satan 2026, featuring AmphithereRose's Dian! Because I'm predictable and a stars druid drow with gold and purples was just a bit too tempting!! Also please look at the pattern on the borders of the picture I made that with so much love

[himekokosu]

Viola