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learning that addiction is a progressive narrowing of the range of things that make one happy was kinda life changing for me. i apply it to everything not even just addiction i am always checking to ask if i am narrowing my range of happiness or widening it
always good to check whether your coping strategy has become something that needs its own coping strategies
Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.
"Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they're 15" this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit
To wit:
I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.
In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:
“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.
“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”
Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.
Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕
They should make a content label for ai posts like they do for mature content so I dont ever have to fucking look at it
okay nah but this is what I've been saying. everyone arguing over how to regulate AI and what it means for copyright and how do we account for AI without hurting creative industries and and and
Require it to be labeled. that's it. require every instance of AI output to be clearly and obviously labeled that it is AI. Every decision made with AI has to be disclosed in plain phrasing, every email, every paper, every image and video must be clearly and obviously watermarked. Make removing the label/identifier a procecutable offence.
Now everyone who doesn't want it can avoid it. Now everyone using it with intent as a bad actor has to jump through extra hoops (and is on the hook for additional charges when caught). Now every single person who has had their insurance claim or credit application or resume rejected or denied because of AI can point to it and demand a reconsideration. Make. Every. Single. Instance. Of AI use mandated to be legally disclosed. That's it!
they should make a video game where you play as an autistic character and there is a meter that shows you how close to a total meltdown you are due to the overwhelming stimuli and another matter that shows you how much of a weirdo you look like to others and you have to try to balance between having a meltdown and completely masking. and also you’re trying to solve a murder or something
I think it should add challenges but not be game breaking if you decide to sacrifice weird meter for meltdown meter.
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The Heartstopper Q&A 2025 is out NOW on Tapas and Webtoon!
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Can we normalize not confusing someone's free time with their availability.
levels of headcanon:
This is heavily supported by text/subtext and is likely what the creators intended for me to get from this
this is sort of supported by the text and could, conceivably be what the creators intended for me to get from the text/subtext
there is no evidence either way
there is slight evidence against my headcanon, but I don’t care
I’ve stopped giving a crap about canon
I’m not asexual, but I think the world would benefit from knowing more about asexuality.
I’m not asexual, but I think the world would benefit from knowing more about asexuality.
As a researcher who stumbled into asexuality studies, I’ve seen this firsthand. I’ve written a bit about this on Substack and on Twitter, but today I want to restate the case that asexuality matters for all us… even if we aren’t asexual.
Some might feel skeptical about the need to study asexuality. After all, studies tend to estimate that about 1% of the population is asexual, though research on this is thin and some estimates range as high as 5.5%.
But it’s precisely the marginality of asexuality that makes it so important to study. Often, when we want to understand the world we live in, we actually learn more by centering the margins instead of focusing on “typical” experiences.
The Value of the Margins
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from Black feminist thinkers is this: When we focus on the margins, we learn about the margins and about dominant experiences of the world. This is because people at the margins have to understand both in a way folks closer to the center do not.
When Black feminist scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the concept of intersectionality in 1989, she was pointing to this idea of centering the margins. Crenshaw argues that centering the margins unlocks avenues to liberation for all. Various other Black feminist thinkers, including bell hooks and countless others, have made similar arguments about the immense value of focusing on society’s margins.
I think the pathbreaking Black activist and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois points us in a similar direction with his concept of double consciousness. We gain a fuller perspective of our social world when we center the margins.
Asexual Margins
Asexual people exist at the margins of both heteronormative and queer worlds.
Sadly, even though asexuality is (or at least can be) queer—and is, in fact, one of the ‘A’s in LGBTQIA+—asexuality is still often marginalized even in queer spaces. This is because both heteronormative and queer worlds usually operate under the assumption of compulsory sexuality, or the idea that everyone does—and should—experience sexual attraction.
The widespread assumption of compulsory sexuality situates asexuality as “impossible,” “wrong,” “broken,” and ultimately as a remarkably marginalized identity. Asexuality’s marginality in both heternormative and queer worlds situates asexual perspectives as especially helpful in building a better understanding of ourselves and the world we live in.
As an allosexual (i.e. non-asexual) queer person who researches asexuality, I’ve grappled with this firsthand. Studying asexuality has shaken up how I think about sexuality, sex, intimacy, relationship, attraction, desire, consent, gender, sex positivity, purity culture, and more. In other words, studying asexuality isn’t important simply because it’s an equity issue, but also because all of us stand to benefit from listening to asexual perspectives.
By Dr. Canton Winer (Bluesky, Substack).
i think this will be the best heartstopper tapas Q&A ever... SOOO many good questions i'm having so much fun!!!!
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Movement nudge!
John Noel is one of the best fitness/diet influencers out there. He does this kind of stuff all the time - show accessible movement plans that can be dialed to your own comfort level.
He also has a series of food videos called "it's not cooking, it's just mixing stuff" where he makes balance meals with only heating stuff in the micro or air fryer. He's done a lot of dupes of fast-casual or fast food food, too, to make it healthier.
Trying to figure out if you’re ace or aro can be so much harder than other sexualities because it’s like, trying to find the absence of something. Imagine you’re at a pond and you want to know if there are any turtles, or fish. Say you find a turtle and you’re like “great! Now I know there are turtles.” Or a fish, now you know for sure there are fish. Or you find both, and now you know for a fact there are both turtles and fish in the pond.
But like, if you don’t find any turtles it might be that there are no turtles or maybe you’re just really shitty at looking for turtles and maybe you THINK you saw a turtle over there or maybe it was just a stick. Maybe there are only a few turtles. Maybe you need to do something special to find the turtles. Maybe a bunch of these rocks are actually turtles but you couldn’t tell them apart. Maybe there are no turtles. You have no idea. Meanwhile some people are saying “Oh there have to be turtles! You’ll find them eventually ;)” or “How many turtles have you found in your pond?” or “Try planting some vegetables at the shore to attract the turtles.” Or “Oh no! What disaster happened to your pond that there are no turtles?” And you’re just standing there wet with an empty net and a tired expression.
But whatever because whether there are turtles or fish or not your pond’s ecology works just fine without them because that’s what eco-communities do they form a system around what they have. You aren’t missing anything if you don’t have turtles you just have a pond system without turtles. If someone tried to change you by pouring a bunch of turtles into your pond it would probably fuck something up.
So you don’t have to be entirely sure. You don’t have to search every inch of the damn pond before you can decide there are probably no turtles. If you want to take the aro or ace label because you think it fits go for it. And if you do find your turtles you can rename the pond. That’s fine.
Also sometimes you really like the turtles in other people’s ponds and you love how they bring the place all together but that doesn’t mean you want turtles in your pond you just enjoy watching the ones in other people’s ponds.
I've been noticing myself doing this recently, so I figured I'd put it out there in case someone else needs the reminder too:
You don't need to diminish yourself in order to make others feel good about themselves.
You can compliment someone else without insulting yourself. In fact, demeaning yourself will probably make it more difficult for the other person to accept the compliment.
You also don't need to disparage your own abilities in order to give someone else confidence. You can be a capable person and support other capable people.
Don't tear yourself down to build someone else up.
Just going to put some examples here, in case anyone needs them:
Compliment: You write such great angst! I was in tears after that last chapter. Compliment + self-insult: I could never write angst like you. Mine never has that gut-punch that yours does.
Compliment: You look gorgeous! That's such a pretty colour on you. Compliment + self-insult: I wish I had your fashion sense. I just wear whatever smells clean.
Compliment: This piece is awe-inspiringly good! How long did it take you?? Compliment + self-insult: Your art is so much better than mine. I could practice for a million years and never get close to this.
The thing about insulting yourself while complimenting someone else is that you might think that you're making your compliment sound that much better because you're increasing the distance between their level and yours. But what you're actually doing is refocusing your compliment away from them and onto you and your insecurities.
Maybe they'll notice and maybe they won't, but you will. Eventually, all of the insults you've given yourself will make you feel bad about that other person's skills and now, instead of a mentor or a colleague you have someone you're jealous of. Or at least, that's how it tends to go for me.
Keep the compliment focused on that person and their skills or presentation or process etc. And if you want to learn from them, ask them for advice. It can be hard to notice when you're falling into this kind of habit - I thought I'd gotten past it but here I am again - so just do the best you can ❤️
Write the bonkers, unhinged, weird idea that you think no actual person will like. Because guess what? You're an actual person, and you liking it still counts.
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