#[ both about our reality ]

[egophiliac]

redesigning my headcanon for Sebek's parents, based on important new information (SCALES)

(you can't see it but they're both wearing crocs)

[fictionadventurer]

It's a little crazy how much my philosophical worldview keeps boiling down to:

Everything is Cardinal's Map

Everything is Theology of the Body

Or to put it another way

The abstract exists and is beautiful and we as humans are constantly seeking it even if we can't sense it by material means

The abstract is reaching out to us and makes everything in our world a symbol for some greater meaning

Or to put it yet another way

There's a story beyond us

We are in the story

[girltakovic]

can i say something controversial. the way people (especially american liberals but that's a whole nother can of worms) act about animal testing is sooooooooooo unhelpful. like is cosmetic testing on dogs/rodents/primates harmful and unnecessary? yes, in many cases! but does that mean all animal testing - for any application - should be categorically banned? no. animal testing is a vital process in many, many medical and research contexts and is conducted under a very strict set of standards, ergo applying "animal abuse" as a blanket label to all instances of animal testing is reductive at best and shows a flagrant lack of understanding of medical ethics on the part of the population. and don't even get me started on how slippery of a slope it is to go from condemnation of animal testing to just flat out eugenics

[icewindandboringhorror]

examining a seemingly normal image only to slowly realize the clear signs of AI generated art.... i know what you are... you cannot hide your true nature from me... go back where you came from... out of my sight with haste, wretched and vile husk

[brains-out-rn]

I don't like debating much(unless necessary for the sake of my own humanity) but sometimes it can be really Really fun specifically if it's about something that has absolutely no real weight to it(and yet if you were a spectator it might cause some concern for whatever reason)

for example: would you rather be threatened(physically mentally or emotionally take your pick) by a can of corn or a cob of corn?

Me personally I'd pick cob for a few reasons

1. I can outlast it(probably)

Fresh corn will eventually rot and decay but have you seen how long canned stuff can last unopened before it looks slightly different from new stuff??

2. Cans are made of metal not vegetable flesh

While a corn cob has its core that's not metal. Ever dropped a can? Might get a dent. If you have a good kick then you might survive but you will probably hurt your foot. Ever dropped corn? If it had it outer leaves and hair it might have stood a chance but if it didn't then bits of corn go everywhere

3. Actually fighting if needed

I feel like I could survive a fight with a sentient can but a sentient cob just seems less likely to hurt

However there are some things might change my decision

Like issue one which is how the corn moves because if the cob is fresh with hair and leaves and can move all the little hairs individually and can move the leaves then I'd probably choose the can because at that point I feel like it's less of "how would i survive with the least amount of bruising" and more of "how would I rather die but with a chance of surviving" and in my opinion i think blunt force trauma would be better then a slow death of strangulation via a sentient corns hair plus I do think I'd have a chance against a can of corn

Another issue is if it was mentally or emotionally I'd probably go with the can bc I feel like it would be easier for to rationalize it as ridiculous to be threatened by a can of corn then a cob for some reason

Like a cob is ridiculous to the point that I'd just accept it as making sense for that to happen?

a can is like "why am I listening to the can of corn. I literally own a can opener." But a cob is more like "if I were to try and deal with you in the traditional way of dealing with corn that would mean a pot and water and time and-"

Plus idk why but I feel like a cob would be less mean with its words. I can't explain it I just think cob would just go straight to physical threats instead of emotional ones but a can would stare at you menacingly making you question yourself and just judging you

[essektheylyss]

this book: [talking about the weird nebulous boundaries between city and woodland]

me: THE WUI! :D

this book, half a page later: "—the Wildland-Urban Interface—"

me: [Leo_pointing.jpg]

[mrs-elijah-wood]

So like I said the other day I finished gravity falls for the first time and Stan and Ford make me INSANEEEEEE bc their dynamic is just like my sister and me when we were teens

[itspileofgoodthings]

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[ilkkawhat]

all things considered unless something happens in the next 15 minutes, i made it through a tough day where my boss was out, one of my first shift techs called in, and another left an hour into my shift, all without crying

[watermelinoe]

patrick star it's not my wallet meme but it's just "class-based oppression exists" "yes" "oppression is based on material class and not how an individual is perceived" "yes" "for example trans men who pass as men socially are still oppressed for being female" "yes" "because oppression manifests as more than surface discrimination" "yes" "therefore even straight-passing bisexual people are oppressed for being bisexual" "NO you can't be oppressed for being straight!!!!"

[majestic-salad]

The Nutcracker, the most haunted ballet <3

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

[harrylights]

ok i just need to write down these whack 1d dreams i’ve had the last couple days

[thenonbinarydetective]

There's nothing I despise more than seeing the word "realistically" in relation to comics because, let's just be honest with ourselves.

Comics are not a medium for the most realistic stories. They have superheroes, aliens, mythology, resurrection, magic, and everything that could possibly fall under the idea of the impossible.

Now I know what people are often trying to say when they say realistic, but the thing is, these characters have a completely different context for existing than we do. In their lives, they have completely different experiences that are entirely unrealistic to what we know. Things overlap, but things are also taken to an extreme that we just can never truly experience. "Realistic(ally)" is a word that has a very strained relationship with what happens in comics

On top of that, I need some of you to read over the sentences you're using realistic in

"Realistically, after coming back from the dead..."

"The alien princess realistically shouldn't..."

"Realistically, the character who got superpowers after being bitten by a radioactive spider..."

Like, look at these sentences, incomplete as they are. Does realism really belong in these sentences?

Sometimes things in comics, or all fiction really, isn't going to be realistic because fiction is commonly an overexaggeration and imaginative take on things that exist in our reality but through the lens of the impossible. Things aren't going to be realistic sometimes, and that's okay.

[happyallykats]

I feel like this also applies to everyone! Specifically in a

"Being cruel makes me feel like I'm better than u"

kinda way

Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood

Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man