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Parts of myself remain in every corner of the Internet. You cannot kill me.

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I think it's neat that I'm not introduced to people as "Fuwa" anymore (for the uninitiated: that was my previous online alias) but that probably makes it harder for people who know me for my past endeavors to find me again. Oops.

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there’s this extremely kind soul of a woman on instagram that makes accessible recipes that don’t require standing, chopping, or a stove and she might just have a permanent place in my heart

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I think maybe when punishment is a significant part of your upbringing, you begin to associate guilt and shame with being hurt, and maybe a side effect of that is that when you see something that creates guilt/shame in you feels like an attack.

however like two seconds ago I realized guilt doesn't have to hurt? that it's okay to feel and sit with if you gauge it to be appropriate to your actions (I am thinking about this post when I say this), and it can pass through you without hurting you, doing its job without any punishment, self-inflicted or otherwise. it's still not exactly a pleasant feeling, it can still require discomfort tolerance, but accepting it doesn't (shouldn't!!) have to feel like holding your hands out for the ruler. like, not only does it not have to hurt but it does its job more effectively without the hurting. the hurting was never required. it was never required.

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[said with increasing amount of distress] i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this i got this

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BUG!!

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Some questions regarding the October 2023–January 2024 Bahasa Indonesia beta translation of Cookie Run Kingdom:

Is there an archive of most if not all of the story text that was translated?

Were all the event stories (not only the ones released within the timeframe of the beta translation's implementation) up until January 4, 2024 translated?

Is there an archive of translated Cookie lines (not voiced, as there was no Indonesian dub)?

I ask these things because I myself barely played with the Indonesian text on while it was still in the game, and while I'm mainly wondering about the Triple Cone Cup trio's dialogue being translated (because I'm so normal), I also just generally care a lot about preserving media and comparing translations, so I would very much appreciate any help here.

I worry a little that... no one bothered to archive this translation, as I'm not sure how many people cared about it in the first place. I may communicate almost exclusively in English (to the point where people think I'm a foreigner), so this shouldn't really affect me that much, but as you may or may not have previously known, I'm still Indonesian myself, so I do care about things being made accessible to an Indonesian audience. We're very used to being thrown to the wayside when it comes to these things. It annoys me.

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Why Do You Still Live In My Head.

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> Almost get your bare foot stabbed through by a falling pair of scissors at nigh 2 in the morning.

> Walk home from the convenience store.

> Wait for kid(?) on bicycle to pass by.

> Kid(?) on bicycle ends up waiting for you to cross.

> You take the offer.

> Motorcycle blindsides you and almost hits you in front of the kid(?).

> The shock and embarrassment is immeasurable and your day is ruined.

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A bat taking a swim

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> Walk home from the convenience store.

> Wait for kid(?) on bicycle to pass by.

> Kid(?) on bicycle ends up waiting for you to cross.

> You take the offer.

> Motorcycle blindsides you and almost hits you in front of the kid(?).

> The shock and embarrassment is immeasurable and your day is ruined.

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Not to be a technical writer on main, but I've been bumping into the idea lately that the only reason explaining yourself in more detail never seems to work is because neurotypical people are misunderstanding you on purpose, or because they have short attention spans, or because they just hate listening to you talk – and sure, occasionally that's even true, but most of the time the problem you're running into is more fundamental.

Every time you add more detail, you're running the risk of tripping over a bad assumption on your part about the listener's prior knowledge, or hitting the tipping point where they become overwhelmed with new information (and remember that you don't know which parts of what you're saying will be new information for them), or making a leap of logic that isn't as self-evident as you think it is, or any of a dozen other potential snags which, by definition, you will not see coming until it's too late to correct course.

Basically, every piece of information you add multiplies the odds of you getting blindsided by some vector of misunderstanding you didn't anticipate, even as it addresses the ones you did anticipate. The point of diminishing returns where continuing to elaborate increases the odds of unexpected miscommunication more than it decreases the odds of expected miscommunication is much nearer than you'd like.

The most effective act of communication is not the one which contains the most possible information, but the one which contains the smallest amount of information it possibly can while still getting its point across. It sucks, but it's the reality of the situation. People far more autistic than you have been trying for hundreds of years to invent a way of communicating which doesn't work this way, without success.

All of which is to say that "getting to the damn point" is legitimately a communication skill, not just an accommodation for people who aren't paying attention. If it's any consolation, it's something neurotypical people struggle with just as much as anyone else – if it was easy, technical writers wouldn't have jobs!

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it's such a bummer that losing control of your emotions only makes the entire situation worse in really embarrassing personal ways. losing control of my emotions should give me pyrokinesis.

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"Get out of fecking ドンキ, lassie."

- Me

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Guy watches three episodes of a horrifyingly dark anime and then wonders why they're shaking and feeling like crying and throwing up right after.

Stuck between that and laughing.

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shoutout to everyone dealing with. thhe fucking difficulty