the holes in my butterfly wings

lilly • she/her

[patricia-taxxon]

i love explaining the etymology of the word "rickroll" because the story starts with "ok, so at one point 4chan applied a filter to everyone's posts that changed the word egg to duck"

[maple-cloak]

[wrenanigans]

[il9vemyputer]

everyone on replies is terrified of this fact but i just think it's so sweet and heartwarming. she's holding our hand and leading us somewhere secret and we're both giggling like kids. i love her

[solowinged]

let’s travel through the vast unknown with mama

[omnybus]

Space chickens

[adelineiserman]

Uranus being accurately represented by a baby chicken falling on its face got me 🤣

[jewishpangolin]

And the asteroid belt being a chick shedding feathers. I also love that they got the weird shape of Haumea.

[unholypsychic]

"Oh, boy! I just got two asks! Whatever could they be!" The humble inbox:

[coldasyou]

thank god love story came out in 2008 I know if it was released today people would be writing think pieces calling taylor an anti intellectual for changing the ending of romeo and juliet

[coldasyou]

the way I predicted the fate of ophelia discourse back before the album was even announced #psychic

[whatyoullneversay]

the fate of ophelia is just a complete misunderstanding of the actual story of hamlet though

ophelia's fate was caused by the lack of agency in her own life, and the power the men in her life held over her.

her fate could never have been avoided by "choosing the right guy", that's the whole point of the tragedy of ophelia.

like taylor saying she felt like dying before finding the right boyfriend and travis saved her from dying is not saving her from the fate of ophelia. if that was the case, it might as well have been the fate of rapunzel or something idk

the only reason she brought up ophelia was to seem intellectual, and it didn't work.

[ms-demeanor]

this made me laugh so hard that it triggered an asthma attack.

[catmask]

crazy thang is whenever someone makes a post talkng about how xyz thing annoys them someone will always go 'oh so we're not even allowed to do [thing] anymore??' like no you literally can. that person just will not like you. if that is enough to stop you then its not that youre not allowed its that you are not capable of existing outside of the approval of others

[catmask]

why are you asking for permission. begging? are you a dog or a man

[catmask]

there it is

[akiragatr]

Adding this to the list of raw lines originating from tumblr posts

[lvstfxrlife]

[bedupolker]

I wish there were a way to differentiate "tired because I'm understimulated and will get energized and have fun if I go out" and "tired because I'm really just tired and I'll be boring and grumpy if I go out"

[lvstfxrlife]

[countess-of-edessa]

i think we should stop calling them baby names so people remember they’re not just naming a baby but also a future twenty seven year old with a resume

[starry-night-on-the-impala]

that's why bella called her kid resume right away

[writeouswriter]

Perhaps I'm too tired to write right now

[incognitopolls]

Do you have ADHD and/or OCD? Does caffeine make you tired/sleepy or alert/energized?

ADHD; caffeine makes me sleepy

ADHD; caffeine makes me alert

ADHD; other/no effect

OCD; caffeine makes me sleepy

OCD; caffeine makes me alert

OCD; other/no effect

ADHD + OCD; caffeine makes me sleepy

ADHD + OCD; caffeine makes me alert

ADHD + OCD; other/no effect

Neither ADHD/OCD; caffeine makes me sleepy

Neither ADHD/OCD; caffeine makes me alert

Neither ADHD/OCD; other/no effect

Voting ended onAug 15, 2025

The effects of caffeine vary, and you may not feel "alert" so much as "jittery," but for the purposes of this poll please group your experience with whichever feels closest.

Alert: energized, anxious, jittery, "on," etc.

Sleepy: tired, relaxed, "off," etc.

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Pollmonger note: I don't think there's any reason to think OCD interacts atypically with caffeine, but it's what anon wanted to know.

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We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

[mercuryarcadia]

Under the naming conventions of the covey, you could feasibly meet a man named Joe cotton, named after the infamous song cotton-eye Joe, in this essay I will—

[whatyoullneversay]

i cant decide if i love or hate this idea tbh

[redstonedust]

ideal living situation is what i call the 'sitcom special' : having all your closest friends live in the same apartment building or neighborhood where you each have your own space but can wander in and out of eachothers homes at will, seemingly always welcome and never at bad times. and also all of you only have jobs when its important to the plot.

[my-ny]

Marvel + text posts

[ladydeath-vanserra]

Christina Yang is one of the best written female characters I've ever seen. She's so focused and mean and loyal and smart and loving and she's just so amazing

[supergraphicultramoderngirl3]

Cristina Yang genuinely changed my life.

[curlyquills]

imagine them in the same room together