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[420central-costamesa]

There are many things to consider when purchasing a cannabis product. You must determine the type of cannabis you’re buying, its strength, and its benefits. You will also need to think about the cannabis terpenes it contains.

[the-muppet-joker-archive]

Current players in the Muppetverse

Please be aware this list is only of the players that I know of! If I missed any, or if you want your @ removed, please let me know either via comments or DM!

While this blog is inactive, I may update this list from time-to-time to make sure it's up-to-date.

For other index posts (from me), check: #index Full list under the Keep Reading.

Archivists/Curators (in alphabetical order):

u/Alternative_Studio20 on Reddit (@the-muppet-joker's neighbor, Robbie)

@amuppetreference

@croakercurator

@croakerobserver

Delta: @muppetverse-debate

@jokermitfied

Jon: @themuppetarchives / @fearandfelt (both are run by the same account)

Kanaya: @muppet-meddler

Martin: @muppet-blackwood

MJ Archivist: @the-muppet-joker-archive (<- That's me!) (blog is inactive)

Steve: @croaker-conspiracies

Strange Æons: @strange-aeons (Specifically this video which summarizes a fair bit of the beginning storyline)

@themuppetpoker

@the-muppet-watch

u/ThrowawayWeirdNephew on Reddit (@the-muppet-joker's Uncle Steven)

Virgil: @croaker-explained

The Man Himself:

@the-muppet-joker

@the-muppet-joker's Current Kins (that we're aware of) (in order of appearance):

Kermit the Frog (The Muppets)

The Joker (DC Comics)

Bro Strider (Homestuck)

Adam (The Bible)

Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

Dark Eve (The Bible)

@the-muppet-joker's Old Roommates (in alphabetical order):

Athena: @mydarlingathena

Milton: @lifedoesntdiscriminate

Sage: @minuseyes

@the-muppet-joker's Old Neighbours (in alphabetical order):

This is from when @the-muppet-joker was living with Athena, Milton, and Sage.

Robbie: (u/Alternative_Studio20 on Reddit) (no tumblr account that we know of)

Robbie's GF (no name provided) (no tumblr/reddit account that we know of)

@the-muppet-joker's Family (that we're aware of) (in order of appearance):

Aunt Kimberly (no tumblr account that we know of)

Father (no tumblr account that we know of)

Mother (no tumblr account that we know of)

Uncle Steven (u/ThrowawayWeirdNephew on Reddit) (no tumblr account that we know of)

Fans (Numbered) (in numerical order):

1/One: @muppetjokernumberonefan

2/Two: @muppetjokernumbertwofan

3/Three: @muppetjokernumberthreefan

5/Five (a): @muppetjokerfannumberfive (blog is inactive)

5/Five (b): @muppetjokernumberfivefan

7/Seven: @muppetjokernumber7fan

8/Eight: @muppetjokernum8ereightfan

11/Eleven: @muppetjokerfannumbereleven

12/Twelve: @12thmuppetjokerfan

16/Sixteen: @themuppetjokernumber16fan

57/Fifty-Seven: @muppetjokernumberfiftysevenfan

69/Sixty-Nine (a): @muppetjokerfan69

69/Sixty-Nine (b): @muppetjokernumbersixtyninefan

69/Sixty-Nine (c): @the-muppet-joker-fan-69

114/One-Hundred-Fourteen: @muppetjokerfan114

272/Two-Hundred-Seventy-Two: @the-muppet-joker-fan-272

420/Four-Hundred-Twenty: @themuppetjokernumber420fan

3,000/Three-Thousand: @muppetjoker3000fan

Idk: @muppetjokerfannumberidk

Next: @nextnumbermuppetjokerfan

Fans (Non-Numbered) (in alphabetical order):

@clumpyrover123

@donkeynumber52

@fraggled-nightwing (blog has been deleted)

@iluvthecroaker

@iluvthemuppetjoker (blog has been deleted)

@itzamefreddeefatzune

Janice: @daisybabyjanice

@kermitjokerfanatic (blog has been deleted)

@kremitdeforg

@muppeterfan

@muppetjokercrushing

@muppetjokerfandashie

@muppetjokerfanofextinction

@muppetjokernonbinaryfan

@muppetjokersbiggestfan

@muppetjoker-art

@muppetjoker-foidfan

@muppetstrider

@pest-control-central

@r0l0way

@thecroakersisterhood

@themuppetjokerepicfan

@the-muppet-jokers-largest-fan (Unable to tag, link to blog)

@the-muppet-jokers-waifu

@thenewscenemomuppetjokerfan

@topmuppetjokerfan

@muppetstrider

@youngfortunato

Exes (in order of appearance):

Miss Piggy (The Muppets - from kin memories)

Harley Quinn (DC Comics - from kin memories)

Error: @errrrorsans404

Ash (no tumblr account that we know of)

Raven (no tumblr account that we know of)

4/Four: @muppetjokerfannumberfour

Ethan (while not technically an ex, I don't know what other category to place him in) (no tumblr account that we know of)

Rivals (in alphabetical/numerical order):

@cabbagex4 (Denny's parking lot fight)

Equius: @equiusagainsttheworld (blog has been deleted)

Denise: @descimatedcroakernightmares

Gonzo Batman: @gonzobatman1 (FKA: @/the-real-croaker)

Gunch: @gunchhorseman

Lee: @bruciemilf (The rivalry was in ~March of 2024, before major traction came to @the-muppet-joker's page)

Mis: @descimatedpiggydreams

@peachyfuck18

Statler: @statleragainstposers

Strange Æons: @strange-aeons

The Pope / God / Catholic Church / Protestants

@therealmuppetjoker

@unmask-strange-aeons

111/One-Hundred-Eleven: @thestrangemuppetjokerfan111

"Fuck Around & And Find Out" (title may change later) (in alphabetical order):

This/These account(s) stated that they are neither fans or rivals, but purely exist for the purpose of having "rude" accounts "fuck around and find out".

@trash-panda-anon

Smuppet ARGs (based on Homestuck) (in alphabetical order):

@burstingatseams

@feltcaverns

@f1uff3rnutt3r

@limplegsakimbo

@softass

@twitchingproboscis

Cypher ARGs (in numerical/alphabetical order):

@143157162162165160164145144

@32972420249658955152

@ew91a25vd21l

@dispatch-base-91 (blog has been deleted)

@dispatcher192-c

Company ARGs (in alphabetical order):

@olipopsoda

@reallacroix

Fear ARGs (in alphabetical order):

@ceaseless-muppet-watcher (Fear of being watched)

@olipopsoda (Fear of hunger)

Unclassified (more information needed) (in alphabetical order):

If you have more information on what category this/these accounts(s) should be in, please let me know either via comments or DM!

[none right now]

Last Edited: August 10, 2024 — 5:03pm /17:03 (Pacific Time — US & Canada) Reason: Added Dark Eve to the Current Kins list

[happysleepyhypno]

Hiii everybody!!

Thanks so much for 100 followers 💕😵‍💫💕

I figured now would be a good time to introduce myself! 

You can call me Happy, or Happy Sleepy.  I am a bi, non-binary hypno switch in their late twenties.  I loooove getting stoned and watching / making hypno content 💕

You can use any pronouns you like for me!   

I’m just here to try to make fun stuff and get better at making hypno content.  I will make and share content for whatever I’m feeling at the moment, but what I’m into includes some taboo stuff.  

Consider this a warning that this blog will share hypnotic and erotic content that is inappropriate for minors, and content that may be harmful for those with photosensitive epilepsy.  This blog may share content that sexualizes misogyny, forced feminization, forced gender transition, and forced gender detransiton.  This blog may also share Bambi/Bambi adjacent content and similarly intense hypnotic content.  Please engage at your own risk.  If you don’t like it, please just move along.

 - - serious IRL type talk below, if you’re not in the right headspace for that, skip down to the row of heart emojis- -

For your comfort and safety, I want to state explicitly that I am doing it all for the kink, especially the pro-misogyny and detransition content I share.  IRL I am a feminist who most people perceive as a cis gay man, and I was assigned female at birth.  

Coming of age into a misogynist society as a girl/ closeted trans person broke my brain, and now I think that playing around with misogyny between consenting adults is hot 🤷‍♀️  

In this day and age, I strongly believe that women and trans people deserve to fully relax and fully engage with their sexuality when they have the bandwidth to do so.  Relaxing and letting go in our private lives is necessary in order to stand our ground in a world not made for us.   

So keep dropping deep here, letting go of your worries here, so that you can keep surviving out there.  They make this world fucking hard for us, but we will keep going.  

I love you.

anyways… 

💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕

here’s a run down of what I’m into and what you’ll see on this blog:

💖

-Being horny for all genders

-Hypnosis

-Mind control

-Feminization

-De-trans feminization 

-Misogyny kink

-breeding

-cock worship

-bimbofication

-intox kink (420)

-praise kink

-dom/sub

-bondage

-cnc as it relates to hypnosis/ mind control 

-pet play

-light age play

❌

-bodily fluids (excluding cum)

-extreme pain or degradation 

-gore and vore

-incxct 

-non-hypnotic cnc

-hypnosis where the idea of it being permanent or harmful to you irl is a central theme (exception for if it’s framed as a fantasy)

-pxdo/zoo obviously 

My inbox is open but I probably will not reply consistently!  Would LOOOVE feedback on the files I make of ideas for future files! 

Thanks for dropping by!

💕😵‍💫💕

[saint-batrick]

I posted 13,977 times in 2022

171 posts created (1%)

13,806 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@endreal

@fatsexybitch

@cumaeansibyl

@crypticcripple

@osmanthusoolong

I tagged 1,927 of my posts in 2022

#ofmd - 420 posts

#bats for bat - 313 posts

#call your mother. - 146 posts

#mutual aid - 96 posts

#selfies for bat - 79 posts

#they/them - 57 posts

#and history remembers me as pretty - 56 posts

#spouse??? please??? - 45 posts

#laliiiiiique - 42 posts

#bats for sweetiebat - 39 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#op don't you dare apologise‚ as this was a fun punchline to deliver‚ as an introvert who has less than five people who know my phone number

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

HELP URGENTLY NEEDED.

see that forecast? our central air conditioning just broke down.

me and my roommates have six cats between the three of us, and it's going to be a couple of days before we can get it repaired.

repairs are going to cost $2000 and we've had to get hotel rooms to keep the cats (and ourselves) at a safe temperature.

PLEASE help if you can, and please share this.

paypal.me/voidbat | cashapp and venmo: voidbat

447 notes - Posted August 1, 2022

#4

so, earlier today i was having a discussion with a friend about how james cameron's avatar had just zero fucking cultural impact, which is kinda nuts considering how huge of a movie it was.

then a few hours later, i learned goncharov fics surpassed the number of avatar fics on ao3.

my friend is terminally offline. so i first had to explain ao3, which they grasped fine. i then had to explain goncharov, which...well, that took a while. but they got there!

then i had the immeasurable joy of informing them that goncharov, a movie we invented whole-cloth less than a week ago has more fan works on ao3 than avatar. the glee on their face was amazing. just fucking transported.

5,047 notes - Posted November 23, 2022

#3

20,065 notes - Posted October 4, 2022

#2

sometimes i get so angry about how the housing market bubble bursting led to the economy collapsing and literally never recovering for the middle class. like...basically wiped out the middle class entirely, if we're being honest.

my bank just offered me a "high yield" savings account. high yield! just a fucking amazing APY! ...the APY is 0.4%. zero. point. four.

in 2006, i worked in a call center for $17.60 an hour and had a savings account with a 9% APY. not 0.9%, a full fucking 9%. i'd only been with the call center for a year and a half, i was 24 years old, my credit was middling at best, and that savings account was brand fucking new with a bank i'd NEVER banked with.

high yield. 0.4%.

my field is in-home healthcare now, and i get paid $9.25 an hour.

the fucking rage i feel at what was taken away from my end of my generation (eldest millennial) and fully denied to everyone younger than us is unreal sometimes.

23,139 notes - Posted March 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

do y'all even know how much i hate being an "elder queer" at 40? a whole goddamn generation before me was wiped out by a plague that politicians deemed not their problem bc it was killing the "right" people. like. this was OPENLY STATED. i spent a large chunk of my childhood going to funerals. nevermind the fact that killing queer people for being queer wasn't codified into law as a hate crime until i was a junior in high school.

i should NOT be an elder queer, i should be middle at most. i am a middle aged queer. most of the elder queers died.

when i was growing up i didn't go to pride parades, i went to pride marches. because that's 100% what they were in the 80s and 90s.

from the absolute bottom of my heart, LEARN OUR FUCKING HISTORY. a generation was nearly wiped out so you young queers could be here. don't let that have been in vain, please.

46,764 notes - Posted May 29, 2022

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[gssrjournal]

Effects of Media Exposure on the Political Polarization Patterns of Students in Pakistan

Abstract:

Political polarization remains central to the political behavior scholarship. In this study, political polarization patterns among the youth of Pakistan with reference to selective exposure approaches of media were examined. Survey from 420 students of Pakistan public sector universities was conducted. It was found that selective exposure to media is still strong in Pakistan, however diverse exposure is also being witnessed in Pakistan. Now the people are also diverting towards diverse exposure. Consequently, political polarization among the university students of Pakistan is still strong. Findings imply that media in Pakistan is playing an important role in strengthening the democracy in Pakistan. Furthermore, it is also concluded that media played a key role to determine voters’ choice during Elections-2013 in Pakistan.

Authors:

1-Muhammad Zahid Bilal

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies,University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.

2-Arshad Ali

Assistant Professor, Center for Media and Communication Studies, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

3-Sami Ullah

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

Keywords:

Selective exposure, diverse exposure, political polarization, Pakistan elections-2013

DOI Number:

10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).38

DOI Link:

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).38

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292-298

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[absolemcaterpillar]

Rules: Answer the questions in a new post and tag 20 blogs you would like to get to know better. Repost, don’t reblog.

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HOGWARTS HOUSE: Griffendor

FAVOURITE COLOUR: Blue and back

AVG HOURS SLEEP: It's a mystery

LUCKY NUMBER: multiples of 5

HOW MANY BLANKETS DO YOU SLEEP WITH?: 2

FOLLOWING: 94

FOLLOWERS: 420 BABEYYY

[ask-shakespearehigh]

Q&A post with the Mods!!!!

This is going to be a long one oh boy

How strict is the delineation of creative control vis-a-vis characters/plays between the mods? (@pedanticlecturer)

We generally have the plays split up along lines of “what we know”— we have a list at the very beginning of the blog. Sometimes we’ll draw the others’ characters (mostly me drawing some of Star’s…) but even then the final say on characterization is up to the “main” mod for that play — mod aster

what aster said -- mod star

What is your favorite play? What is your favorite character in terms of how they were written in the source material? (@pedanticlecturer)

I think my favorite play overall is Macbeth, just because I like the vibes (and the fact that I too could kill Macbeth), the fact that you don’t say it’s name in theatres, and the fact that it’s a play I did a full read through and analysis of in class. Favorite character? Puck from Midsummer. — mod aster

uhhhh,, hmm. ive always had a soft spot for midsummer since i saw it with aster esp bc of how fun the costumes were. of the comedies it has the largest potential to be the most visually pleasing bc of the concept of fairies,,,and im gay and dramatic so i love that. id die if i got to costume design for midsummer,,,or be in it,,,yeah. fav character. hmm. probably mercutio?? i recently saw a version of romeo and juliet where mercutio was played by a woman and oh my god it was amazing!!! not to mention mercutio’s portrayal in baz luhrmann's INCREDIBLE version of r n j!!! (I based my mercutio design on him) he just spends the entire time making dick jokes. love that. -- mod star

How do you answer asks so fast? I mean it's great but I'm impressed 😂 (Anon)

Personally, it’s a mix of: notifications on, quick drawing speed, and using the blog to avoid my class work — mod aster

aster is fast and (as you can see from all of my answers) im lazey -- mod star

Are there any elements/characters of the plays you're covering that you would have liked to work into this blog's plot, but couldn't due to the constraints of the setting or the synthetic nature of the blog? (@pedanticlecturer)

I wanted to make everyone gay but unfortunately due to plot constraints we have to have some hets but that wont stop me from making it lgbt as possible. -- mod star

I did want to make The Tempest more of a central play, but it just didn’t translate well. Similarly, other supernatural elements like the witches in Macbeth. This isn’t so much a constraint mentioned, but my own time/energy means that I want to show the Macbeth backstory, in a specific format, but I can’t right now— mod aster

Is there a hierarchy of import when it comes to each play's individualized impact on shakespeare high's general arc? If so, what plays are crucial to the foundation of the story? Which ones did you do mostly for shits and giggles? (@pedanticlecturer)

This is phrased like an ACT question and i might not answer it right so sorry in advance but: mod aster and i only selected a few plays for each of us to do given we dont know all of shakespeare’s works, but we tend to put more emphasis on the the more well known. But it also comes down to 1. How much we have plotted out for each play and 2. What the followers ask about most. Our two most popular are hamlet and macbeth bc people are familiar w those but around march caesar always becomes relevant again. I didnt even have designs for some of the characters until someone asked about them. -- mod star

I would say the same as star— it generally comes down to what people ask about. I will say that the overall plot is sort of separated into “has happened” and “is happening”. Like, the human potion of Midsummer, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth are all in the “aftermath” portion, while Twelfth Night, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet, among others, are happening. We’re trying to incorporate as much as we can, and I don’t think any of them were really put in without some thought.— mod aster

What personal significance does shakespeare hold in ur guys' lives? (@pedanticlecturer)

I go to a theater school rn and so ive dealt w shakespeare (although not all of them) it also helps that i was in loves labours lost last year as moth and that i read hamlet and r n j. Theres also a theater in my state that always does One Big Shakespeare per season and they always do them super well!!! My love for shakespeare probably started w seeing midsummer at that theater w mod aster!!! So. Theater kid rights!! -- mod star

To be honest, I got back into Shakespeare Because of the blog. I’ve been friends with some people that got really Pretentious about Shakespeare, and it kinda put me off of it. I did have a book of abridged plays (the plays’ plots written out in prose, basically) that I read as a kid, which is what got me into not only the plots of a lot of the plays, but also the idea of having them illustrated. And, same as star, the theater in state does the One Big Shakespeare— and they tend to do some really cool things with the costumes, setting them in diff time periods. I haven’t been able to see any lately since I’ve moved, but they still slap. — mod aster

🥰😘💙🥰🥰💜💟🥰I 😍💗💚😍😍LOVE🖤🖤 YALL ♥️♥️🧡💛💚💝❣️💕💘💖💗💓💞💝❤️💛💜 okay now i have a question i swear— how long have the two of you been doing art??? and what were your first shakespeare plays??? (@hellaghosts)

Uhh i started drawing when i was like idk 12 and i have the giant boxes of sketchbooks to prove it!!! I moved to digital art at abt 14-15 but mostly stayed traditional until this yr when i got a Neat New Tablet so some of my sketchbooks are sitting abandoned rip. My first shakespeare was either romeo and juliet or midsummer nights dream and i love both of them v much!!! I have a very old piece of art that i did for r n j for my freshman class assignment on it and it hasnt aged well alsdjfjafd circa 2016 i think??? -- mod star

Oh man. I started drawing when I was about 10, but it was Bad. I don’t think I got much into drawing again until I was about 14? Sometime around the end of middle school/beginning of high school. I would say I started getting into drawing as more than doodling/coloring edits sometime around 2015-16? I would draw on my iPad with my finger, then I got a tablet for my computer, and now I pretty much stick to my iPad with an Apple Pencil. My first Shakespeare play was….. uh…… probably Midsummer???? I have No idea. We would go to plays when I was little, so I honestly don’t remember if I saw others before. It may have been Romeo and Juliet— I had that book where it was the original and the “modernized” with the little dog that explained things— which, if you know it makes sense, but if you don’t is probably a bonkers answer. — mod aster

Do you think this blog has like? An overarching thesis (be it b/c intentionally or simply b/c ur own take on the world has bled thru to the point where u believe it’s central to the piece at this point)? (@pedanticlecturer)

Not gonna lie, I had to read that like three times AND dm you to figure out what you were asking from us and all I have is “be gay, respect women, write your own happy endings”. — mod aster

This blog started with an ides of march shitpost and you think we have enough brain energy to write a whole thesis? I projected feelings of found family onto my half of the blog but idk if that counts. Be gay do crime 420 69 -- mod star

What’s the nature/rough dynamic of ur relationship? How do y’all know each other? (@pedanticlecturer)

Met mod aster when i was like 4 and even tho we didnt live close we became like, best friends although the Best part didnt start until we were like 13-ish and eventually we talked like non stop (about anime and homestuck. Yknow. 13 year old kid things) and we didnt see each other a lot bc of Distance and now its even worse bc aster is in colleg.,e but we consider each other siblings regardless of family bc we’re adopted into our own respective families so that bled over into our friendship and it would feel weird calling him anything other than my brother now. We’ve seen each other at our best and worst and if you really want a good insight on what we’re like as siblings watch griffin and justin mcelroy’s overview video of catlateral damage wherein i am griffin and he is the long suffering justin. -- mod star

Star is basically my long distance sibling and functionally the only cousin I recognize bc like their parents are basically an aunt and uncle and like our dads look enough alike that we’ve both accidentally gotten the wrong dad for a hug or similar so like. Anyways yeah Star is the Griffin to my Justin, complete with our absent middle brother who we love dearly— mod aster

Dubiously relevant q but what kind of music do y’all listen to when u do art (if that is indeed a habit either of u partake in) (@pedanticlecturer)

It can depend on the piece? I was working on some (unrelated) oc prints that were song-focused, and for those I just listened to said song on loop. Sometimes I have playlists. Sometimes I’ll just be in a Mood and throw a song on loop. But a lot of time for the blog, I’ll listen to The Adventure Zone for the billionth time, because I have Too Much Attention. I’ve also, on request from Star, linked the most recent “loop song”.— mod aster

I tend to obsess over the same like 3 songs every few weeks so those get listened to on repeat but it also depends on the tone of what im drawing or who im drawing i might genre switch bc of that. If im drawing ophelia i stick to lana del rey and if im drawing hamlet its the neighborhood, horatio is sufjan stevens etc. i have categorized,. Most of the characters i draw into different songs/genres/energies of music but not like i ever follow that. Sometimes i just pull up a really long nonsense video and forget to draw. Essentially: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- mod star

How’d y’all come up with ur pseudonyms? (@pedanticlecturer)

I love space so much and my main blog is starryeydsailor space gay rights!! Im also tiny and full of energy and bright so basically i;m star -- mod star

Uhhhh i was like “hey i want to do uhhhhhh flower?” And then I google searched flower names until I found one I liked —- mod aster

How did you end up deciding the rough timeline of events in canon? (@pedanticlecturer)

It’s mostly determined by like. How we choose per story? If that makes sense. Like, we just take story by story, and decide “is it happening, has it happened, and when?” And then we fit them together in relation to each other just by dint of. All existing at once. Like, I knew I wanted Macbeth to be in aftermath, because like, even though there’s no murder, the way I’ve translated it to the AU is still kinda heavy, and it’s something that I don’t know that I could do properly if it were happening right now. Also, it’s more interesting IMO to have them at different times. Tl;dr we wing it per story and slot them together— mod aster (mod star agrees I just can word better, in theory)

If you could tell the story of shakespeare high in a different format than an ask blog, would you? Obviously y'all are making very good use of the format, but would you want to write this as a animated series or like? a comic book? or is the form inseparable from the story? (@pedanticlecturer)

I kinda wanted to do a webcomic or maybe to plot develop through like, animatics but the element of surprise comes from the asks we get and really makes us think so the blog is a good start. We didnt think we’d get this far -- mod star

Pretty much what Star said— there are certain elements where it’d be neat to do as a comic or as an animatic. Like, the fantasy dream is like, an anthology webcomic of each story, where you can like, see other characters in the background and stuff. But to be honest, we develop a lot by what we’re asked— there was a post about developing worldbuilding by being asked questions and then pretending you’ve thought about the answer, and it’s not far off. Personally, it’s hard to just lay out a story, because I have a whole WORLD and what’s relevant? What are people interested in? It’s by getting questions that I can then focus in on an area to develop. And yeah, we Super didn’t think we’d get this far lmao — mod aster

Any headcanons about your characters that you don't think will ever come up on the blog through asks or plot posts? (@pedanticlecturer)

I could make a whole separate post for this!!!!! Mostly its voice headcanons (and by mostly i mean like 1 or 2) or relationship hcs!!!! -- mod star

Honestly same. I don’t think I have voice headcanons for mine, though I bet I could find some. I’ve got a bunch of miscellaneous headcanons that just kinda float around, but like they’re scattered, too numerous for this post, and also not always things I’m sure are canon yet.— mod aster

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Ganja Yoga: Greatest Thing Since 420 Behind the Bleachers, Or Not?

Maybe you typically aren't a California teen from the 1970s that was doing hashish behind the bleachers in high-school, but you would love to revisit the enjoyable sensation that marijuana offered you - just like a grownup. Possibly you're also mosting likely to dive in for the very first time? There's a new (well, discovered) means to obtain your ganja-high, as well as it does not require you to take an intercontinental trip to Amsterdam and even a brief puddle-jump to Colorado. It's the reefer-infused yoga exercise class.

It isn't anything fashionable or happening, and you do not need a $100 set of yoga exercise pants from Lemony Lulu or some such business to practice. All you do is smoke (or evaporate) some pot before a yoga course. Dee Dussalt has actually also blogged about it thoroughly the book, Ganja Yoga: A Practical Overview of Conscious Relaxation, Soothing Pain, and Enlightened Self Discovery.

This method isn't new, either. Old yogic messages chat about cigarette smoking pot, as well as it's no shock - the changes in consciousness scientifically documented by each technique are similar. The Naga Sadhus that reside in the Himalayas, as an example, streamline much of their practice around smoking cigarettes pot.

According to old Vedic texts, such as the Artha Veda, cannabis has a number of medical benefits as well as is thought about a sacred plant. It is just because of Western influence that cannabis in banned in India, however this does not keep several sadhus from utilizing it.

Five plants, specifically are mentioned in Book 11, Hymn 8 (or 6), Verse 15 of the Artha Veda, and cannabis is one of them:

पञ ्च राज्यानि वीरुधां सोमश्रेष्ठानि ब्रूमः ।

दर्भो भङ्गो यवः सह ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥

" To the five kingdoms of the plants which Soma rules as Lord we speak. Darbha, hemp, barley, mighty power: may these supply us from trouble."

The word 'भङ्ग' (bhang) right here describes the cannabis plant.

A guardian angel was thought to reside in marijuana leaves.

On yoga exercise online forums, whether to use pot or otherwise utilize pot is a big conversation. There are differing opinions, however mainly they come down to 3 basic pressures of idea:

You Shouldn't Do It

You'll be too baked to attempt anything even more extensive compared to Savasana, (Corpse present). For much of the course, you'll lay deal with down on the mat doing the most strenuous yoga exercise you could summon, which is not much whatsoever. If you are vulnerable to dependency of any substance, though cannabis has advantages, it could additionally cause a shroud of illusion, called "maya."

If you are searching for genuine experience, and also utilize an exterior source, it is likely to mask the ego not dissolve it. If you are high, it can also make it challenging to maintain purusha - a Sanskrit term referenced in Patanjali's Yoga exercise Sutra 1.2 which states: "Yoga chitta vritti nirodha," This means yoga is the specific discipline that results in the cessation of the variations of the mind." Genuine technique is just possible when you have the ability to still the variations and see them normally, with reflection and pranayama. If you are high you might not discover these fluctuations, simply briefly eliminate them.

It Depends on Just what You're Seeking

The use of marijuana depends on the function of one's practice as well as thus the objective of one's life and also their perceived actions toward those functions. Some individuals do yoga to eliminate anxiety and also to feel good. Others wish to achieve enlightenment, and also become totally free from the vanity's trappings, which could include the requirement for outdoors resources (like cannabis usage) to attain internal peace. There's a continuum and different individuals will certainly base their technique on just what they wish to attain. Some people desire to come to be extra sensitive and also mindful - a task that takes place by unwinding the central nerve system, however not placing it to sleep.

The yoga lover as well as NBA basketball fantastic when claimed: that he liked MJ, yet it never helped him fire a better jump shot.

Partaking of ganga before yoga additionally relies on the stress. Cannabis gardening is exceptionally sophisticated as well as each stress can create a various feeling. Some will feel a "high" similar to bliss and also leisure. Various other people obtain giddy. Some obtain sluggish. Some get drowsy, energized, ravenous for food, or super introspective.

Go For It

Hey, if yogis did this 2,000 years ago or much more, just what's the damage in it now?

Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Organization for Psychedelic Researches (MAPS), stated in a meeting earlier this year that he sees the ties between medical plants like cannabis and also psychedelics coming full circle to rejoin with reflection, Buddhism and also yoga.

' There is this cultural integrating of marijuana and psychedelics with Buddhism, reflection, yoga, which is greatly encouraging,' Doblin stated, keeping in mind that in the '60s as well as very early '70s lots of people experimentally combined psychedelics or weed with introspective techniques. With criminalization, several turned to non-drug options and also there was a little bit of reaction. 'There came this anti-drug facet to Buddhism and also reflection ... As well as now, just what we see is this integrating once more of Buddhism, meditation and psychedelics [and marijuana] in kind of an identical process.'

With enhancing proof confirming that numerous plants (MDMA, psilocybin, ayahuasca, DMT, marijuana) offer an amazing benefit to the human physiology, and also can even assist to open the pineal gland, thought to be the entrance to astral traveling, enhanced aware understanding, or even cosmic, inter-dimensional travel, why not partake?

Is Ganga Yoga for you? There ready debates for all three perspectives, so it really depends upon - well - you.

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The Explosive Mix of Sex and Violence

The sexual assaults in Cologne reveal a connection between sex and violence.

The roving gangs of men who sexually assaulted women during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Cologne, Germany, have ignited outrage across Europe and around the world. (1)  The political implications have been much discussed, but how was this violence triggered in these individuals? These assaults illuminate a dark side of human nature: how sex and violence are interlinked in the human brain.

A perplexing link between human sexual behavior and violence is evident from an early age when boys tease and punch girls (2) they are attracted to.  Some major league baseball players look at pornography right before they go to the plate to increase their level of aggression. Thirty percent of all internet traffic is pornography, and 88 percent of this contains physical aggression. (3) In the extreme, sadistic sexual behavior can develop from the intertwining of sex and violence in the human brain.   As crowds grow and become unruly, especially if alcohol and other drugs are involved, gang sexual assault can erupt with awful spontaneity.

Biologically, sex and violence share a number of common brain states and functions.  Both behaviors evoke intense arousal--indeed, the most intense states of arousal possible.  Fighting and mating share some of the same neural circuits, neurotransmitters and hormones of arousal, and both activities strongly stimulate the brain’s reward and pleasure systems.  This brain circuitry can lead men to seek out violence, to pick fights for no apparent reason other than to derive satisfaction from the rewarding feeling that comes from the shot of dopamine in the brain accompanying aggression.  This is the same neurotransmitter boost produced by cocaine and other drugs of addiction.  The neurotransmitter serotonin is also involved in both sexual gratification and in violence. (4)

The biological underpinning for this intersection between sex and violence is a nasty legacy of our primate ancestors.  Many animals, nonhuman primates among them, use violence to obtain and defend mates.   Both aggression and sex are controlled by neurons in the same part of the brain--the hypothalamic attack region.  When researchers stimulate these neurons with electrodes in the brains of mice, the animals instantly engage in violence or in mating, depending on how strongly the neurons are stimulated.(5)  The abrupt switch between mating and fighting is completely under control of the researchers who can flip the animal from mating to fighting by stimulating these neurons at the right intensity. It is an unsettling observation.

The violence of sexual assault combines freely with other crimes of violence, because sex and violence satisfy the same psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie all crimes of violence. Frequently sexual assault is not sexually motivated; it can stem purely from aggression, rage, and dominance.  Sexual assault is a crime of extreme violence, combining elements of robbery, destruction, and cruel brutality using sex as a weapon.  In wartime, sexual assault of women takes place in horrifying numbers—for example, the 276 school girls abducted as sex slaves by Muslim extremists Boko Haram in Nigeria;(6) an estimated 20,000 women to 200,000 women forced into prostitution by Japan during World War II in "comfort stations";(7) and an estimated 2 million German women raped by Soviet soldiers during World War II.

Violence against women is hardly limited to these extreme situations, however. Nearly 20% of all women in the U.S have been sexually assaulted.(8) The alarming statistics on sexual violence against women cut broadly across all walks of life. A 2014 study,(9) for example, found that 20% of female scientists were victims of sexual assault in the workplace. However, the anonymity and chaos of large crowds increase the risk of sexual assault on women, even on a crowded subway, but a mass celebration can inflame extreme mob behavior victimizing women.  Mob violence is stimulated by the intense arousal from sensory stimulation, and the heightened stresses of being buffeted in a noisy, frenzied crowd.  Mob behavior is driven by the strong herding instinct of people to do as they see others do when there is no central authority in control.(10)  At the opposite extreme, this same powerful herding instinct can cause bystander apathy in which no one in a crowd comes to the aid of a person in need.  Tribal identity triggers an “us-vs-them” perception that fuels violence in gangs, barroom brawls, in mobs, and sometimes mêlées between immigrants and residents.

In the recent assaults in Germany, groups of 30-40 men formed spontaneous gangs surrounding women, robbing and brutalizing them sexually.  Similar attacks on women have occurred at Mardi Gras celebrations in Seattle,(11) at out-of-control drunken parties on college campuses, and even at US military conventions, as when 83 women were sexually assaulted by a hundred US Navy and Marine Corps officers in Las Vegas in 1991 in the Tailhook scandal.(12)  These diverse incidents suggest an uncomfortable conclusion.  Violent attacks on women are both sexually and criminally motivated by groups of men in an environment where such animal brutality went unchecked.

Rape is less frequent if social alliances exist to combat it. About 88% of orangutan matings in the wild involve aggressive attacks by males that force the females into submission.(13) Female orangutans are solitary, whereas female gorillas are protected from this level of violence because they live in well-structured troupes that provide mutual protection from aggressive males.  A person’s experience during rearing influences these brain circuits. This is why children raised in an environment where domestic violence occurs will be more likely to exhibit those same behaviors as adults.   This is also why, as is evident in many places around the world, social environments that tolerate sexual aggression and violence against women create a vicious vortex that drives sexual brutality against females.

The majority of those committing the sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany are reported to be men from countries where sexual violence against women is a disturbing social problem. These recent attacks resemble the horrific assault of CBS news correspondent Lara Logan by groups of frenzied men in Tahrir Square during celebration of the downfall of Egypt’s Dictator Hosinni Mubarak in 2011.(15)  On the one-year anniversary of this celebration, nearly 90 women were brutally sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square again by roving gangs of men.(16)

This problem must be faced head-on.  To skirt uncomfortable facts about these assaults out of political concerns or to blame victims will perpetuate the problem.  The mix of cultures brought us Tex-Mex cuisine, and the delightful flavors and sounds of New Orleans, but this also brought small pox to Native Americans. The outbreak in Cologne is not a new disease, but the universal outrage it provokes shows the strong commitment in civil society to stamping it out. It is important to recognize the biological factors that increase danger of sexual violence in mass celebrations and ensure adequate crowd control, but anyone who would sexually assault a woman must be severely punished whether the perpetrator is a despised immigrant in a mob or a beloved personality on TV.  

References

1.  Jordans, F. Cologne divided over who to blame for New Year’s assaults.  TIME  Jan. 6, 2016  http://time.com/4170614/germany-cologne-new-year-sexual-assault/

2.  Martin C. Signs that a guy is about to ask you out.  Match.com Dating Tips  http://datingtips.match.com/signs-guy-ask-out-13443341.html

3.  Staff Reporter, Porn sites get more visitors than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter Combined, The Huffington Post, May 4, 2013.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/03/internet-porn-stats_n_3187682.html

4.  Nelson, R. J. and Chiavegatto, S. Molecular basis of aggression, Trends in Neurosciences 24, December 2001: 713-19.

5.  Lin, D., et al., Functional identification of an aggression locus in the mouse hypothalamus.  Nature 470, February 2011, 221-26.

6.  Melvin, D.  Boko Haram kidnapping of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, a year later.  CNN, April 14, 2015.    http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/africa/nigeria-kidnapping-anniversary/

7.  Olivo, A. Homage to WWII comfort women puts Fairfax in a delicate situation.  The Washington Post, May 31, 2014.

8. National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2010  Feminist.com http://www.feminist.com/antiviolence/facts.html

9.  Clancy, KBH, Nelson, RG, Rutherford JN, Hinde, K.  Survey of Academic field experiences (SAFE):  Trainees report harassment and assault.  PloS ONE 9 e102172 (2014).

10.  Raafat, R.M., Chater, N., Frith, C.  (2009)  Herding in humans.  Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 13, p. 420-428.

11.  Death, rape and rage at Seattle’s Mardi Gras:  A radical woman’s response, Radical Women, March 23, 2001.  http://www.radicalwomen.org/mardigras.shtml

12. Davis, K., Tailhook’s whistle-blower talks sexual assault.  Navy Times June 11, 2013.   http://archive.navytimes.com/article/20130611/NEWS05/306110012/Tailhook-...

13.  Peterson, D., Wrangham, R. Demonic Males:  Apes and the Origins of Human Violence, Houghton Mifflan, Company, New York, (1997)

14.  Mayen, N. Women in Egypt suffer more sexual violence under Islamist rule.  Al Arabiya News, October 18, 2014. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2013/06/02/Women-in...

15.  Logan, L. Lara Logan breaks silence on Cairo assault.  60 Minutes, May 10, 2011.  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lara-logan-breaks-silence-on-cairo-assault/

16.  Eltahawy, D. Amnesty International, Livewire, July 3, 2013.  http://livewire.amnesty.org/2013/07/03/sexual-assaults-on-women-protesto...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-new-brain/201601/the-explosive-mix-sex-and-violence

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Tag Game

Q&A

Thanks for the tag @miraculousagentsofkrypton!

Rules: Answer 30 questions. Tag 10 blogs you want to get to know better

Nickname(s): Zeegs

Gender: female

Sign: Aries (zodiac memes always get it wrong tho)

Height: 5′7″

Time: right after dinner

Fave band(s): right now, Vulfpeck! but my OG faves are still Relient K and Paramore

Fave solo artist(s): I don’t really listen to many solo artists... Janelle Monae, Gary Clark Jr. and Esperanza Spalding come to mind

Song stuck in my head: It’s D&D, D&D Beyond (can you believe it’s been more than a month?!)

Last movie I saw: Ant-man and the Wasp!

Last show I watched: Cloak and Dagger

When did I create my blog: on this url, 2015 (but on main? 2010?! what??)

What do I post: stuff I like.. so memes, shows, movies, music, comics, Critical Role and D&D (also vague posts about my life)

Last thing I googled: Bangus menu 

Do I have any other blogs: yep, main @doctoreegah and photos @zeegsnaps 

Do I get asks: no (but I welcome them)

Why did I choose my url: it’s eegah-adjacent, gotta keep things consistent

Following: 420 (eyy I gotta get that down)

Followed by: 200+

Average hours of sleep: 6-8 (on a good day)

Lucky number: 312

Instruments: drums (and miscellaneous percussion); i’ve tried doing pitched instruments but they never stuck

What I am wearing: house clothes

Dream job: honestly anything that gives me enough money to fund my hobbies (but video game design would be sweet) 

Dream trip: Central and South America (all of it!) 

Fave food: my favorite food group is soup, then dessert (food is too good to have a favorite thing)

Nationality: Proud 2B Filipino

Fave song: well.. Body and Soul (all versions are good)

Last book I read: am currently reading The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks

Top 3 fictional universes I wanna join: does visiting Wakanda count? that’s the safest fictional place I can think of. Otherwise... maybe piloting gummi ships in Kingdom Hearts would be cool. And I guess Mass Effect because SPACE.

Tagging @kairistwin, @amaltheaz, @cyclone-rachel, @nell411, @super-lad, @nerdyemsy, @autistickryptonian, @the-underappreciated-anon, @anevolutionarymatter

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CDC Report: Educators May Be Central To In-School Transmission Of COVID-19

A CDC report finds teachers may be bigger spreaders of COVID-19 in schools than students. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Grant Rivera, superintendent of the Georgia district involved in the case study.

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Tagged by @rebellingstagnationblog and @splatterphoenixart

Rules: Answer 30 questions, it says to tag 20 people but... I don’t know people that might be interested. So if you want , feel free to say I tagged you.

Nicknames: Snark, Snarkieboo, and Mel. Though only wifey is allowed to call me Snarkieboo. (And I honestly prefer Snark by everybody else.)

Gender: lady person I guess

Sign: Aries sun/Libra moon

Height: 5′9″

Time: 11:53 am

Birthday: April 16th

Fav bands: Oingo Boingo, Lordi-- not to be confused with Lorde, though she’s alright, R.E.M, and others I can’t even remember this second.

Fav solo artists: Puddle’s Pity Party, Voltaire... and that’s all I can think of off the top of my head. Honestly outside of a few musicians I’m more of a ‘listen to individual songs because they remind me of cartoon characters’ kind of dude.

Song stuck in my head: Christina Perri - Arms

Last movie I saw: Mickey’s Christmas Carol? A certain somebody had me watching like a billion Christmas Carols the past holiday, with the Muppet version happening before that.

Last show I watched: Steven Universe, but right before that Moonie and I binge-watched all of Star Trek: Discovery.

When did I create my blog: 2011, apparently. 

What do I post: You guys are in for a bumpy ride, because I reblog a lot of my interests-- as well as posting my art and stories. I’ll just say this is just a personal blog with my focus being cartoons and comics.

Last thing I Googled: ‘How many kids does Oswald the Lucky Rabbit have?’ The answer is 420-- blaze it, ya’ll.

Do I have any other blogs: Yes. Vent blog, NSFW blog since I realized a lot of young people follow me and I wanted to separate that, @darkwing-beyond, and some rp blogs like @hateronthego and @askunclequacky. But I don’t RP much these days.

Do I get asks: Sometimes! I tend to appreciate getting feedback from people.

Why did I chose my URL: I used to go by ‘You-Were-Snarked’ on deviantart 8 years ago. But then my account got hacked deleted because of my ex, and so I needed a new account. DarkwingSnark is a mix of my love of Darkwing Duck, and Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Hunting of the Snark’. Which, by the way, is my favorite piece by him. 

Following: 287

Followed by: 2,844

Average hours of Sleep: It’s never the same. Like today I had planned on waking up at 3 pm, but instead was woken up after 4 hours of sleep because SOME PEOPLE like to blast movies at 9 am. ... I get pretty bitter if I don’t get enough sleep.

Lucky number: 7

Instruments: I had to learn to play the recorder. But I’m the only one in my family with no musical skills.... WELL, outside of writing songs.

What I am wearing: My pajamas

Dream job: Some type of story based medium. Animation, Comics, publishing books... I would also love to get into voice acting. 

Honestly it’s hard for me to set realistic goals because of my disabilities and chronic illness-- as I feel like I am constantly getting set back in those regards-- like it has become a thing where I get hospitalized yearly for something major. But I want to dream big, you know? Which is why I just go at my own pace and try and improve in both my writing and art.

Dream trip: I want to go to Disney Land. Like there other other places too, but this has been my ONE TRIP GOAL since I am the animation enthusiast of my family and yet am the only person that has never been able to go.

Fav food: seafood-- specifically salmon.

Nationality: American

Fav song: ‘Gratitude’ by Oingo Boingo? I dunno, it changes depending on my mood.

Last book I read: Last PHYSICAL book? If you mean a story book-- I think it was 4 hears ago and it was one of the ‘Guardians of Childhood’. Though I did read ‘Fox in Socks’ to my nephew before I moved. If comic books count it was probably the last Joe Books Darkwing Duck comic. But if you mean FANFICTION, which I read almost daily, it would be @cavendish-dakota-central ‘s ‘The Things We Do For Fame’ . Good read, by the way.

Top 3 fictional universes I wanna join: Halloween Town (TNBC), Calisota, and Pokemon