#Like one of my own volition

[themainannoyance]

Okay every time I talk about this I feel like either a boomer "phone is witch" or I feel like a no fap trad guy OR i feel (closer to home) like a new age hippie dippie Gen Z-er who is in touch with nature and phones are a conspiracy, but maybe there can be a new sort of guy we invent.. Maybe we can invent a guy who just has a really unhealthy relationship to his phone and scroller apps sort of exacerbate (had to check how to spell that word 3 times) his already not great brain.. Maybe we can invent a guy who... who gets better : )

Anyway, maybe I just have a devil in my brain whispering to me, but I will say that after 2 weeks of cutting down my time on Instagram Reels from 8 hours per week (and entire work day!!) to less than 2 hours per week is yielding really nice results. I ended up supplementing that with Tumblr and Twitter and Reddit (??), so I've got a really soft block on Tumblr and Twitter (not as strict as Instagram because it's just not As Bad for me on these platforms.) But it's nice, looks like yeah a constant barrage of short-form content is going to make me miserable especially as it's not only a passive activity where I'm almost entirely zoned out for hours, it's also active enough that I can't do anything else while being zoned out.

Things are going really well now that I'm kicking the habit because I'm just... doing more things. And they're stupid things, like making MSpaint art and making powerpoints or whatever, but it's good to be creating and making stuff again. Just making anything feels good. It also means that I get to look at stuff I actually like and care about. The thing that sucks hardest about short-form video scrollers is that you lose out on looking at things you actually care about. I dunno, I know I say this all the time and every time I'm on the uphill of what can only be described as a gentle manic episode, but I do believe that when I'm back to being mega depressed, the lows won't be as low because it'll be harder for me to get stuck in a Social Media Spiral.

[pissfartboy]

no way they broke bad 😨

[drenched-in-sunlight]

people bending over backwards to scream Marika never loved Messmer when he alone has more blessings personally bestowed by her than any other demigods combined are so funny to me. also the fact that it's implied he used to live in Leyndell too 😂😂

also she killed an entire god herself and made sure said God is called all manner of names and depict as ugly forever. for him 😂😂

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

MDZS Disco Elysium AU part 2 - Psyche Skills

Part 1 - Part 3

[lilacthebooklover]

real suffering is learning that the awesome pretty girls in your chem class are also into starkid and you have no way to drop that you know what that is without it being completely out of the blue <//3 i'll just have to settle for liking all of their starkid innit reposts <///3 woe is me

[coyoxxtl]

whyyyy do people think Ratonhnhaké:ton is just like Haytham when he’s quite literally the spitting image of Ziio in both appearance and attitude

[averlym]

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[petrow1tch]

They weren't lying, this psychological recovery journey got hands

[elliewiltarwyn]

FFXIV Write 2024 | #18: Hackneyed

Word Count: 270

Sixth Umbral Moon, 30th Sun, 04 7AE

We did it. The universe is safe. And we’re home.

There are too many things to untangle but right now my thoughts are only of Mia. When she visited me in my sickbed, there were literal minutes of silence where we just stared at each other, grateful that we were alive and safe. That we both made it home.

We were sitting with that feeling, of being home and together, when she just said it out of the blue. It was sudden, like she hadn’t planned on it, like her mouth had a mind of its own - but nor did she take it back. She said it, looked stunned, and then we both just sort of grinned stupidly at each other for another silent minute.

��Marry me, El. Please.”

It is, perhaps, somewhat cheesy, a little hackneyed—you might even say overly cliché—to say that I heard fireworks, celebratory bells, and joyous choirs bursting into song in that moment. I like to think there isn’t a soul that would blame me, though. And I, of course, said yes. (And teased both of us a little by expressing shock that she was the one to ask. I genuinely didn’t expect that.)

There’s so much else to sort out—there’s so much I need to put in this journal about everything that happened in Ultima Thule—but right here in this moment, I am basking in her love, and she in mine, secure in the knowledge that we’ll be here with each other - forever. And if that’s clichéd, then I’m basking in that too.

[kaurwreck]

It's actually really appropriate that bsd happened to me because I learned about the Sengoku period of Japan from Samurai Warriors. I was moé Oichi in the very first dream in which I exercised volitional control over the dream narrative and environment.

[3416]

are you normal or do you wake up every day and think about this

[unexpectedbrickattack]

Do you think noise is able to read the room and put a temporary end to his tomfoolery when the situation deems it to happen? Like i know Peppino can fold his ass like a cheap chair but is he capable of being like "ah this is a bad moment and i should not try doing anything right now"? Mostly thinking of the scenario if Peppino is having A Fucking Moment but not even angry just, very fucking upset for some reason, would the yellow imp still be like BLEEH 🤪? Silly context for this ask, i was chopping an onion and it made me think "what would noise do if he walked in peppino just bawling his eyes out?" btw 😭

Thank u for this ask bc this is like a sneak peek into the comic idea i had for the noise (and peppino)

Bc i think of Peppino as extremely emotional and unable to mask it AT ALL and that ranges from being incredibly angry to overwhelmingly sad and it will always hit him suddenly w the intensity of a wave crashing into him. So I wanted to have the noise kind of being A Menace and bothering Peppino and having it SOMEHOW lead to peppino going from ‘you dont fucking LISTEN u wont stop fuckin w me’ to ‘no one here leaves me the fuck ALONE why cant anyone anywhere leave me ALONE’ and hes like so fucking UPSET that hes tearing up and the noise is like ☹️!!!!

Like ‘um! Woah buddy im just playin around see? Its all part of the schtick !’ And he expects Peppino to lunge at him or something bc thats the game thats their little back n forth heehee but Peppino just grabs at his own hair and starts yanking at it and the noise is like WOAH Hold up stop that stop that what are u doing ??? And hes not quite sure HOW to interpret Peppino crying and gritting his teeth and pulling at his own hair other than ‘hes freaking the fuck out and i made that happen somehow’

To the noise, their little banter and back n forth and Very Scary Threats on Peppinos part is like a little game to him and he THINKS its mutual (bc Peppinos reactions are bordeline comical at times) but it is actually Very one-sided, and the only thing that would break him out of that ‘illusion’ is Peppino not holding up his supposed end of the duo act the Correct way. And that includes Peppino doing scarier than normal threats (chucking a knife at him and only missing by centimeters) or in this case, Peppino fucking breaking down in front of him instead of grabbing for his neck or something. He doesnt like it ☹️

[kanyniablue]

i just fundamentally had a different experience with kim kitsuragi & i think it boils down to the fact that my daddy issues don't manifest as a need for praise and encouragement from an emotionally distant man

[waywardsalt]

anyways ph you know when you finish the temple of fire and head back down to the ship and find that linebeck isnt where he usually is, because he’s at astrids? what’s he doing there

[twod6]

random underrated blorbos of mine. garrett and lea. theyre exactly the opposite and i think more people should play their respective games

[deadrlngers]

what being up at 7am feels like