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Some life advice nobody told me that I’ve slowly gathered through navigating the adult world;

If you go out to eat, tip in cash. 100% of that money goes to the server if it’s a worthwhile establishment, whereas a portion of a card tip goes to the business owners.

You don’t owe your bosses anything that’s not in your contract. They will try to get more out of you than you’re paid for—don’t give it to them. Even if they try to guilt you over it.

If you can’t muster up the energy to take care of yourself, whether through work fatigue or depression, at least brush your teeth. That is the most expensive part of hygiene to fix/replace. Everything else can wait if you can’t manage it at the moment.

That said, a shower is Temporary Depression Eraser. It’s kind of incredible how well it works to help you feel better, even if it’s a lot of spoons.

Go out in the sun. It’s so dumb and small but human minds become a very not okay place to be if you don’t get your daily sunlight. Seasonally Affected Disorder is very real and stupid but it’s easily treatable. If you live in a climate without a lot of sun, they make lamps that emit the same rays to compensate.

Don’t feel bad for eating bread. Carbs are important and actually encouraged as long as it’s not the only thing you eat.

Vote in your local elections. Your voice will matter way more in those than anywhere else. They don’t tell you this because it’s true.

Don’t put stock in any bad thoughts you have after 8-9 pm. Again, so stupid but it’s a very real thing.

Kindness goes a long, long way. Even little things like ‘I like your shirt”. I promise you it makes a difference.

Eat at least one vegetable a day to keep your levels stable. The human body is a temperamental little bitch that makes everything Horrible Forever unless you eat a vegetable.

Hold landlords accountable. If you’re paying them an arm and a leg to live somewhere, they can fix your fucking boiler. It’s part of their contract as a homeowner if they’re renting to someone.

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Okay but like... all jokes aside - stop drowning yourself in unrealistic expectations of "productivity".

Hope this comes across someone else's feed who needed to see it as much as I did.

Stop trying to be productive

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i say this with love: yall will make yourselves feel bad about fucking anything, i swear to god. you feel bad about feeling too much. you feel bad about feeling too little. you feel bad about what makes you feel good. you feel bad about not knowing what you like. you feel bad for not being able to survive easily in a world hostile to you. you feel bad for the tactics that you use to survive. you feel bad for how you identify. you feel bad for being unique. you feel bad for experiences that you share with millions of people. you suspect that every feeling, experience, desire, fear, and question in your brain is somehow evidence that you don't deserve to exist.

i can be so so reassuring about all of these things but ultimately you are the one that's gonna have to make a conscious choice to stop measuring yourself in these ways. there is no authority who gets to determine whether you have the right to exist or not. you already do. there is no body that votes on whether you get to feel, identify, or think as you do. you already do. your existence as it is is non-negotiable. stop trying to justify yourself. you're already here. the world is going to have to deal with it anyway.

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RIP Vine †

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AO3 is down due to a DDoS attack, meaning someone is purposely overwhelming the website with requests.

Do not refresh the website until they have confirmed that the site is back online. You’ll only send more requests and further overwhelm the site.

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Just a bunch of Useful websites - Updated for 2023

Removed/checked all links to make sure everything is working (03/03/23). Hope they help!

Sejda - Free online PDF editor.

Supercook - Have ingredients but no idea what to make? Put them in here and it'll give you recipe ideas.

Still Tasty - Trying the above but unsure about whether that sauce in the fridge is still edible? Check here first.

Archive.ph - Paywall bypass. Like 12ft below but appears to work far better and across more sites in my testing. I'd recommend trying this one first as I had more success with it.

12ft – Hate paywalls? Try this site out.

Where Is This - Want to know where a picture was taken, this site can help.

TOS/DR - Terms of service, didn't read. Gives you a summary of terms of service plus gives each site a privacy rating.

OneLook - Reverse dictionary for when you know the description of the word but can't for the life of you remember the actual word.

My Abandonware - Brilliant site for free, legal games. Has games from 1978 up to present day across pc and console. You'll be surprised by some of the games on there, some absolute gems.

Project Gutenberg – Always ends up on these type of lists and for very good reason. All works that are copyright free in one place.

Ninite – New PC? Install all of your programs in one go with no bloat or unnecessary crap.

PatchMyPC - Alternative to ninite with over 300 app options to keep upto date. Free for home users.

Unchecky – Tired of software trying to install additional unwanted programs? This will stop it completely by unchecking the necessary boxes when you install.

Sci-Hub – Research papers galore! Check here before shelling out money. And if it’s not here, try the next link in our list.

LibGen – Lots of free PDFs relate primarily to the sciences.

Zotero – A free and easy to use program to collect, organize, cite and share research.

Car Complaints – Buying a used car? Check out what other owners of the same model have to say about it first.

CamelCamelCamel – Check the historical prices of items on Amazon and set alerts for when prices drop.

Have I Been Pawned – Still the king when it comes to checking if your online accounts have been released in a data breach. Also able to sign up for email alerts if you’ve ever a victim of a breach.

I Have No TV - A collection of documentaries for you to while away the time. Completely free.

Radio Garden – Think Google Earth but wherever you zoom, you get the radio station of that place.

Just The Recipe – Paste in the url and get just the recipe as a result. No life story or adverts.

Tineye – An Amazing reverse image search tool.

My 90s TV – Simulates 90’s TV using YouTube videos. Also has My80sTV, My70sTV, My60sTV and for the younger ones out there, My00sTV. Lose yourself in nostalgia.

Foto Forensics – Free image analysis tools.

Old Games Download – A repository of games from the 90’s and early 2000’s. Get your fix of nostalgia here.

Online OCR – Convert pictures of text into actual text and output it in the format you need.

Remove Background – An amazingly quick and accurate way to remove backgrounds from your pictures.

Twoseven – Allows you to sync videos from providers such as Netflix, Youtube, Disney+ etc and watch them with your friends. Ad free and also has the ability to do real time video and text chat.

Terms of Service, Didn’t Read – Get a quick summary of Terms of service plus a privacy rating.

Coolors – Struggling to get a good combination of colors? This site will generate color palettes for you.

This To That – Need to glue two things together? This’ll help.

Photopea – A free online alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Does everything in your browser.

BitWarden – Free open source password manager.

Just Beam It - Peer to peer file transfer. Drop the file in on one end, click create link and send to whoever. Leave your pc on that page while they download. Because of how it works there are no file limits. It's genuinely amazing. Best file transfer system I have ever used.

Atlas Obscura – Travelling to a new place? Find out the hidden treasures you should go to with Atlas Obscura.

ID Ransomware – Ever get ransomware on your computer? Use this to see if the virus infecting your pc has been cracked yet or not. Potentially saving you money. You can also sign up for email notifications if your particular problem hasn’t been cracked yet.

Way Back Machine – The Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and loads more.

Rome2Rio – Directions from anywhere to anywhere by bus, train, plane, car and ferry.

Splitter – Seperate different audio tracks audio. Allowing you to split out music from the words for example.

myNoise – Gives you beautiful noises to match your mood. Increase your productivity, calm down and need help sleeping? All here for you.

DeepL – Best language translation tool on the web.

Forvo – Alternatively, if you need to hear a local speaking a word, this is the site for you.

For even more useful sites, there is an expanded list that can be found here.

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Everything Is Awful and I’m Not Okay: questions to ask before giving up

Are you hydrated?  If not, have a glass of water.

Have you eaten in the past three hours?  If not, get some food — something with protein, not just simple carbs.  Perhaps some nuts or hummus?

Have you showered in the past day?  If not, take a shower right now.

If daytime: are you dressed?  If not, put on clean clothes that aren’t pajamas.  Give yourself permission to wear something special, whether it’s a funny t-shirt or a pretty dress.

If nighttime: are you sleepy and fatigued but resisting going to sleep?  Put on pajamas, make yourself cozy in bed with a teddy bear and the sound of falling rain, and close your eyes for fifteen minutes — no electronic screens allowed.  If you’re still awake after that, you can get up again; no pressure.

Have you stretched your legs in the past day?  If not, do so right now.  If you don’t have the spoons for a run or trip to the gym, just walk around the block, then keep walking as long as you please.  If the weather’s crap, drive to a big box store (e.g. Target) and go on a brisk walk through the aisles you normally skip.

Have you said something nice to someone in the past day?  Do so, whether online or in person.  Make it genuine; wait until you see something really wonderful about someone, and tell them about it.

Have you moved your body to music in the past day?  If not, do so — jog for the length of an EDM song at your favorite BPM, or just dance around the room for the length of an upbeat song.

Have you cuddled a living being in the past two days?  If not, do so.  Don’t be afraid to ask for hugs from friends or friends’ pets.  Most of them will enjoy the cuddles too; you’re not imposing on them.

Do you feel ineffective?  Pause right now and get something small completed, whether it’s responding to an e-mail, loading up the dishwasher, or packing your gym bag for your next trip.  Good job!

Do you feel unattractive?  Take a goddamn selfie.  Your friends will remind you how great you look, and you’ll fight society’s restrictions on what beauty can look like.

Do you feel paralyzed by indecision?  Give yourself ten minutes to sit back and figure out a game plan for the day.  If a particular decision or problem is still being a roadblock, simply set it aside for now, and pick something else that seems doable.  Right now, the important part is to break through that stasis, even if it means doing something trivial.

Have you seen a therapist in the past few days?  If not, hang on until your next therapy visit and talk through things then.

Have you been over-exerting yourself lately — physically, emotionally, socially, or intellectually?  That can take a toll that lingers for days. Give yourself a break in that area, whether it’s physical rest, taking time alone, or relaxing with some silly entertainment.

Have you changed any of your medications in the past couple of weeks, including skipped doses or a change in generic prescription brand?  That may be screwing with your head.  Give things a few days, then talk to your doctor if it doesn’t settle down.

Have you waited a week?  Sometimes our perception of life is skewed, and we can’t even tell that we’re not thinking clearly, and there’s no obvious external cause.  It happens.  Keep yourself going for a full week, whatever it takes, and see if you still feel the same way then.

You’ve made it this far, and you will make it through.  You are stronger than you think.

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

plis

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what do you mean this conversation hasn’t happened canonically?

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Marinette and Alya are having a sleepover and having a grand old time and then suddenly a clock in Marinette’s room starts beeping at like 10:46 or something

Alya is very confused. “What is that for?”

“It’s a reminder to kiss my cat on his dumb little forehead,” Marinette says.

“You don’t have a cat though—”

Marinette reaches under her desk, stunning Alya when she drags out a medium cardboard box containing an entire Chat Noir. She picks him up by his sleepy cheeks, kisses him on the forehead, then stuffs his box back under her desk. He grumbles appreciatively, curls back up, and goes right back to sleep.

Alya’s just like “was he here this whole goddamn time???”

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*sobbing uncomfortably*

call this one Adrien Being Happy and Having a Nice Time :)

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I've been thinking a lot about this newest season of ml and we're all holding our breath because of the angst that is ladynoir right now. We're waiting for Adrien to lose his shit. We're all waiting for chat blanc 2.0.

But I've been thinking. Someone recently posted about the red herrings that ml is notorious for in their episode previews. We've been tricked countless times into thinking something was going to happen.

What if all the Adrien angst (while real and hurts omg someone give that boy a hug please!!!) Is all a red herring? At this point chat blanc 2.0 is almost predictable, no? Like they're not even being subtle about it. They literally have a chat blanc cameo in an episode. Not to mention that Sunshine is 0.002 seconds away from breaking under the secrets and being unintentionally cast to the side. But what if it isn't Chat we need to worry about? We know that Marinette has recently gotten a new confidant in Alya knowing her secret. But we've also seen that this is only a temporary bandaid. She's still stressed and struggling. And with what happens in Rocketear, we see that mari and alya are not nearly as aligned as she seems to think.

So let's say everything plays out the way we all think its going to. Adrien reaches his limit and he goes off. Maybe confronts Ladybug about the whole thing, maybe says some things he doesn't exactly mean, and this causes an Akumatization.

But not Chats.

Ladybug.

The thing is, given everything, words and promises of 'you're irreplaceable' and 'can't do this without you' aren't enough. Its just lip service. Chat will need actual proof and action to prove it. And him having to lead the team to confront and deakumatize ladybug would be one hell of a way to do that.

I just think about the consequences of chat blanc and even if they talk it out afterwards, there is very little salvaging the partnership. Not to mention, mari is traumatized twice over, and chat is now left with the guilt of being Akumatized on top of feeling uneeded. Thats... thats a lot for a teenager to work through.

But ladybug being Akumatized opens up an opportunity for chat to be essential, for mari to be open about what led to this, and for an even playing field between them.

Or I could be completely wrong and reading WAY too far into a kids show...

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Y’all, angst aside..... the sheer fact Adrien was like “oh no, my flirting skills were too powerful, she’s fallen for me” and Plagg followed it up with “I’m sorry Adrien, you got it from me, my charming influence is too strong” and they were dead SERIOUS has me

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Omg yes. Please say it louder for the people in the back. This trope is literally just drama for drama sake. I love angst as much as the next guy but holy hell this whole thing is making me anxious just thinking about it.

we’re getting really near my least favorite trope which is miscommunication for miscommunication’s sake afhjlkgs please just TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD adrien you’re not okay and you need to speak up and marinette your fear of chat blanc and keeping it a secret is going to destroy you guys no

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I'm just over here waiting for all the "Lila’s lies are exposed" resurgence fics now that Alya knows Marinette’s secret.

They're coming. I can feel it.

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"The last thing prey does before slaughter, is fight back, afterall."

UUUUMMMMM CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT MIC DROP LINE THO????

i am back on my morally grey/antihero bs <3 anyways marinette would roast lila over a spit

ACTUALLY, in this AU i imagine she’d take advantage of lila lying about being ladybug’s best friend and roll with it.  “she wants to be my friend so badly? then she’ll help me out as friends do and be my bait.” lila realizes her mistake too late and now hawkmoth is after her. oops

maybe i’ll draw that if i can come up with a way to do it that’s not 10 pages and 30 panels LOL