steadfastmockingbird

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You know what people don’t talk about often enough? Playing catch up in life after spending your teens or early 20s suicidally depressed. There’s so many more layers than just being able to say “I don’t want to die anymore.��

The difficulty in academia or a career after spending years thinking you wouldn’t be alive long enough for any of it to matter.

The exhaustion that comes from self awareness and self soothing, with the constant voice in your head saying “don’t go backwards.”

How lonely it is to watch the people your age starting families when you’re just barely learning what stable relationships are, and the sudden societal pressure of being “up against a clock” for these kinds of things.

The judgement from others if you change your image or interests this late in the game just because you finally figured out who you really are under the demons.

Be kind to those who are developing and blooming after years of not planning on being here long. We are living a life we absolutely didn’t think we’d have, and it’s hard enough without society reminding us there’s expectations of our age.

We didn’t get to be young; we were too busy fighting battles few know.

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ily, menswear guy

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My fundies-in-space novel is suddenly a lot less fun to be writing.

Fuck.

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I should have used glue. Bees don't eat glue.

When my hair was green and pink I stuck it upright with a mix of sugar water and orange wax. All well and good, spent the day at Bristol Pride kicking some EDL ass when they tried to gatecrash... And then we had a very light light shower of rain. Almost nothing. Not enough to melt my hair. Just enough to moisten it.

The first bee was fine. It's when I had 20+ on my head that I got a bit freaked out. I get it though. From the bees' perspective, if it's pink and green and sugary, it's probably a normal food source. Thing is, I could only freak out internally. When your hair is pink and green, you've got a weapon in each boot, and your knuckles are split, you can't panic over a couple of bees. So I was there externally like 'oh haha, yeah, bees. Nothing to it. Fuzzy little friends' and internally just like FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK because I'm kinda scared of them. Never been stung so I don't even know if I'm allergic or not.

I should have used glue. Bees don't eat glue.

The fun thing about online punk communities - the good ones, that is - is how the young ones are often way more cautious and conventional than the old school veterans. Like some teenager will make a thread or post like "hey how do you achieve that distinct classic spiky Punk Hair look? Like what products do you use?"

And some self-apponted Certified Geezer in his 50s or 60s will just answer "idk back in the 80s we just used glue."

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Dear God, did you have to send me news like that, today of all days? I know, I know we are The Chosen People, but once in awhile, can't you choose someone else?

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the problem with having a book out the same day as the US elections is that it's like..... hey, so, i see you're struggling through the unending horrors. can i offer you some nice sword lesbians in these trying times? 😬

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we really can’t overstate how damaging it has been to indoctrinate the public with the idea that if they let themselves eat as much as they want, they’ll eat too much. human bodies, when permitted over the long term to eat as much as they want, actually get really, really good at calibrating their hunger and satiety, and will over time eat exactly the right amount for themselves. the common conception of a balanced eater as a minimal or restrained eater is absolutely wrong. balanced eaters eat quite a lot (compared to diet cultural ideas about right intake amounts), and they do so consistently and permanently. healthy, balanced eating isn’t some tightrope walk, it’s a gigantic net of total permission to eat.

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made this as a gift for my mom and i'm very proud of it ❤️ 💖

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It needs to double in length by close of play on the 5th, so it can be gifted on the 6th. I'm doomed.

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(April 12th 2024)

No medical confirmation or psychological evaluation necessary. The law will be active by the 1st of November this year.

First names can also be changed while changing gender. One all inclusive package with minimum effort.

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Why does knitting the first half of a scarf take literally milliseconds, and yet while I've been working on the second half of this scarf entire galaxies have been born, gone to supernovas, and vanished from existence?

My hands are so tired.

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I was once, well over fifteen years ago, on a very delayed evening train that had come from Penzance and was heading to Bristol. And as I dozed in my seat while we were pulling out of Plymouth over an hour late I heard a distracted sounding member of train crew announce 'sorry for the delay in this your service to Bristol Temple Meads. We were delayed by pirates on the line at Pen-- ANIMALS. Animals on the line at Penzance.'

I think he'd had a long day.

we all make bad decisions. why not make one of those a last minute trip by train to penzance? who cares about your job or family or future this is what you need right now.

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BBC celebrating fucking without a condom on this morning

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Oh good, boops are back. I like those. Maybe if I post some of my art people will give me a boop ❤️

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Press and hold the boop button! Hold it until it spins three times for an evil boop!

IT'S BAAACK!!!

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I booped the boop!