Abide.

This Dude's Tumblr. Welcome! Grab a spot on the rug and chill, bars over there!

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turned out decent...

[thefantastician]

On the next episode of ghost hunters

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This is fantastic. I LOVE this.

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I asked ChatGPT to describe The Dude from The Big Lebowski as if it was written in the King James Bible. I kind of love it.

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Dwarf Fortress Ascii Waves crashing on the beach (with ambient music)

I love the beauty and simplicity of Dwarf Fortress ASCII mode. My favorite things to watch are the waves crash on the beach, and a river flowing into a water...

Ascii waves crashing on the beach in the game/simulation dwarf fortress. Added some relaxing music.

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I made a what-have-you. Dudeist Priest. check it out. or not. up to you. whatever you wanna do. it’s your roll, dudes.

[clem-style-deactivated20191229]

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OMG Yes.

[lovelysuggestion]

take your time, it’s ok

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I needed this.

[pez-uzi-deactivated20160424]

Places where reality is a bit altered:

• any target • churches in texas • abandoned 7/11’s • your bedroom at 5 am • hospitals at midnight • warehouses that smell like dust • lighthouses with lights that don’t work anymore • empty parking lots • ponds and lakes in suburban neighborhoods • rooftops in the early morning • inside a dark cabinet

[solareveille]

playgrounds at night

rest stops on highways

deep in the mountains

[ghostfiish]

early in the morning wherever it’s just snowed

trails by the highway just out of earshot of traffic

schools during breaks

those little beaches right next to ferry docks

bowling alleys

[genesisdoes-moved]

unfamiliar mcdonalds on long roadtrips

your friends living room once everybody but you is asleep

laundromats at midnight

[coolpepcat-deactivated20190924]

what the fuck

[ringingofraevolution]

galeries in art museums that are empty except for you 

the lighting section of home depot

stairwells

[doomgeneration1995]

•hospital waiting rooms •airports from midnight to 7am • bathrooms in small concert venues

[midtownsparker]

I just got the weirdest feeling I swear

[the-crepes-of-wrath]

OK LISTEN THERE ARE REASONS FOR THIS!!!

A lot of these places are called liminal spaces - which means they are throughways from one space to the next. Places like rest stops, stairwells, trains, parking lots, waiting rooms, airports feel weird when you’re in them because their existence is not about themselves, but the things before and after them. They have no definitive place outside of their relationship to the spaces you are coming from and going to. Reality feels altered here because we’re not really supposed to be in them for a long time for think about them as their own entities, and when we do they seem odd and out of place.

The other spaces feel weird because our brains are hard-wired for context - we like things to belong to a certain place and time and when we experience those things outside of the context our brains have developed for them, our brains are like NOPE SHIT THIS ISN’T RIGHT GET OUT ABORT ABORT. Schools not in session, empty museums, being awake when other people are asleep - all these things and spaces feel weird because our brain is like “I already have a context for this space and this is not it so it must be dangerous.” Our rational understanding can sometimes override that immediate “danger” impulse but we’re still left with a feeling of wariness and unease. 

Listen I am very passionate about liminal spaces they are fascinating stuff or perhaps I am merely a nerd. 

[sp1ne-sh0t]

I, for one, appreciate your passion for liminal spaces and thank you for explaining it to the rest of us.

[silent-wordsmith]

Okay, I love everything about this, but is anyone gonna talk about why Target is on the list? I’m not saying it doesn’t belong there, I’m just wondering. Since it’s neither a  liminal space nor a place out of context.

Come on, Science Side. Science me.

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Suited up.

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Having quite a few of these trying to kickstart Spring! A quite tasty beverage. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuNgPK7lrAq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19y85qoqpzqo1

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Good shit! "Bad" reserve mead made with coffee by Bootleg Hill Meadery. (at Illinois)

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at Peoria, Illinois

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Keepin the Ol' mind limber... (at Peoria, Illinois)

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Is it October yet!? (at Peoria, Illinois)

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Just hangin' out. Thinking about wishing about having a brewski.