#JUST ME ???

[tranquilityofclouds]

I've been on and off praying for the last couple of years. However, this year feels different. I've been praying since the end of last year, and I ain't going to stop inshallah!! I want to be better as a Muslim and closer to Allah, and that's my motivation, so whoever is struggling, just keep in mind that Allah comes running when you walk to him.

[scleroticstatue]

I fundamentally disagree with Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain. "Never use two words when one will do," "don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do," I'm going to turn a single sentence into an essay and it's going to cost five hundred dollars per word because those are the right words to get across what I mean without ambiguity and misunderstanding, thankyouverymuch

[escapistcatontheinternet]

i love the extras of dungeon meshi in how it fleshes out the world because they make it so much more evident how race affects every part of the story while avoiding the zootopia racism problem. like obv a main theme of the story is like, humanity and desire, 'to eat is to live', etc, but since the majority of it takes place in the dungeon isolated from society and thru the lens of laios, the racial aspects play out more like shadows on a wall for most of the story.

then in the extras we get comics like this

which at a glance fleshes out the racial aspects via a character explaining the racial rules of universe - humans have x amount of bones, while orcs and kobolds have more. however, if u take it less straightforwardly, it points out how the concept of 'human' is a constructed concept in the world. the fact that there are different categories of human in different parts of the world based off of what types of humanoids occur there is already a demonstration of this. in response, the bones explanation seems to kabru and the characters as an objective way of measuring humans vs nonhumans.

but obv, when the culture was deciding what humanoids were humans and nonhumans, they weren't blindly analyzing skeletons and then deciding. just visually, one can glean that orcs and kobolds look less like the ingroup of tallmen, elves, dwarves, gnomes, etc. the bones explanation appears as a justification for that immediate prejudice under a scientific guise - I'm sure that one could come up with the same number of physical differences between a gnome and an elf that they would find between a tallman and an orc. it sounds a lot better to say 'well, an orc has 230 bones while a human has 206' then 'well, an orc looks ewwww yucky yucky to me while a human looks normal'.

and what i like abt the comic is that the characters take the explanation at face value for the most part. when a contradiction is brought up in the oni, kabru can neatly slot them into the predetermined number of bones framework. bc that's kinda how it works irl - there r cultural prejudices that we can posthumously justify, and if we find something outside of it, we can twist it to fit into our predetermined binary. however, since the reader does not live in a world where there are orcs and kobolds to be prejudiced against, we can see that flaw in the cultural logic. when the party encounters the orcs, the number of bones has no bearing on their humanity. They r shown to be cliquish and distrusting of outsiders, but not any more than the elves are later in the story.

tldr dungeon meshi worldbuilding is so good

[brain0worm]

Why does this perfectly describe me daily basis dilemma, like sure tucked in looks nicer but untucked feels more comfortable?? And then I end up not tucking them in and regretting it the next day bc damn it it would've looked better.

If you could go back and change anything about your acting or the character(s) you played in Marble Hornets, would you? Sorry if this has been asked already lol

i'd tuck in my damn shirts

[paper-mario-wiki]

[impliskin]

I fixed him!

[blueposterboy]

where tf did y’all get a picture of me

i tug you up by the collar. hey nerd. wheres my mm aprilnardo.

tch..... im just a slave to the people ig..... fine.... take this my good bitch

[chrissy-kaos]

Fresh out of the shower 😜.. and slightly more ugly😬

[sofiisx]

Fr

[country-n-sassy]

Ok, random question time....

I often hear men complain because their women turn them down (headache, tired, busy, not in the mood etc etc), also wishing their woman would initiate or experiment more (or at all)..

First of all, I don't fully understand because I initiate all the time, I love experimenting and I rarely say no, even if I'm not in the mood (to be honest ladies, sometimes the best sex I have ever had was when I didn't think I was in the mood, just sayin).

Also, I'd love to see comments on why a man might say no (or, for the ladies, any reasons you may have heard). Inquiring minds and all ☺️

[batri-jopa]

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[anonyunknownonearth]

Tim, Damian & Jason: *having a petty argument becoming heated* Duke: *passing by* Duke: *sensing the argument for what it is* Duke: Ohhh hell no, I am not getting involved in whatever is going on there *quietly starts escaping* Dick: Hey Duke, what’s up! You finish patrol? Duke: *startled* AH! Dick: Oh sorry, did I scare you *chuckles* Duke: [Leaps up and claps hand over Dick’s mouth] Shhhhh! Dick: *confused mumbling* Jason: *calls out* Hey, Duke is that you? Just the person we need! Tim keeps saying- Duke: *shoves Dick in their direction and runs* Sorry, Dick - but I simply don’t have the time to get roped into another one of their Wars! Dick: *more confusion, but quickly changing to horror in realisation* Tim: Dick! Tell Jason that I wasn’t bluffing okay? And Damian’s being- Damian: I’M being?! Richard you tell TIMOTHY tha- Jason: Honestly, it’s the BOTH OF Y- Dick: *Stark Betrayal Lining His Face as The Truth Dawns on Him* Dick: DUUUUKE!!

[dolcerevenge]

Huh?

[paper-mario-wiki]

Nosey.