#The Human Experience

[salvadorbonaparte]

Every once in a while a new music genre gets invented and people from all different countries are like this slaps we got to start doing that and combine it with our own music styles and that's beautiful

[cardboard-crack]

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[pr0ject-mayhem]

[silvermoon424]

Me when I remember how dogs were the very first domesticated animal and have evolved alongside humans for thousands of years, resulting in our two species becoming adapted to each other and able to easily communicate.

Me when I remember that humans and dogs have been around each other so much for so much time that dogs are better at reading human behavior than our closest genetic relatives (the great apes).

Me when I remember that dogs can easily understand our facial expressions and gestures, while most people are able to intuit things from a simple bark (if the dog is friendly or aggressive, big or small, nervous or excited, etc).

Me when I remember how, millennia ago, some wolves decided to hang around humans for extended periods of time and those humans thought "you know, we could make them our friends."

Me when I remember that dogs are called man's best friend for a reason.

[definitlynotaplant]

Humans are Weird: Skydiving

Ok… I just want to preface this by saying that this is not my best work in the slightest. I was rushed and sleep deprived, so don’t blame me lol. As usual, any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

     “Human Tom,” the alien started, already fearing the answer to the question it was about to ask. “I’m watching the thing that you Humans call ‘television’ and one of the characters said that they went skydiving and watched one of their friends' parachutes fail, and the human went ‘splat’ What does that mean?!”

     Human Tom spit out the water he was drinking, covering his mouth to presumably muffle the bit of shocked laughter that was sure to emerge if he dared to lift his hand “Oh buddy,” Human Tom managed in a moment of pity and slight elation that he would be the one to explain it to such a innocent creature “Oh buddy.  Have you ever heard of something called adrenaline?”

     At that, the aliens' many eyes widened. “You mean… you mean the stuff of myths and horror stories that allows humans to do insane things? Like lifting whole engines or managing to fall 50 feet without a scratch?! The stuff that is produced in the human brain in moments of pure and utter horror and fear?! The brain's last chemical hope of survival?” 

    “Uh. Yeah. That. Well… listen to this”. After a painstaking conversation that ended with “…and sometimes, the parachute fails and humans hit the ground at 120 miles per hour… and they kinda go ‘splat’. But humans still loved it!! Sure there’s a slight risk of death… but eh! It got us out of the house!” The creature backed away from the human. No longer interested in human media. 

      “Ok then Human Tom,” the creature mumbled. Backing away tentacle by tentacle until it was a good 10 feet away from the human before turning and fleeing, determined to find the commander to tell them about this freak of nature that called itself “The Human Species”.

[lifenconcepts]

BEING YOU DOES NOT NEED ANY RULES!!!

AAAAA

You can be an alterhuman while still feeling content with being in a human body!

You can use terms or not, relate to certain situations or not, and it doesn’t make you any less than what you already are! You’re you and that will stay true even if you feel like you’ve changed, no longer relate to the person you once was, or on the contrary, go back to being the being you were before. There are no limits or concrete steps you must take, as it’s all just part of existence!

Being uncomfortable with things others don’t see problems with is fine, as even if they don’t understand, your experience is valid. Enjoying things that are unusual for the self you present is also quite alright and you shouldn’t be brought down by anyone!

you don’t need to prove yourself to anyone, nor explain why you are the way you are. Any little detail and aspect about you is allowed to exist even without a label, and should you use one, there is no obligation to fit the stereotypical definition of said term!!

you’re allowed to have unusual symptoms or strange behaviours, desires for unsettling things and fascination with harmful things! It’s all a part of you and you don’t need the praise of others to feel like you can be yourself.

You can be a therian with no past memories, be a conceptkin of an entirely new thing you have seemingly created, make up terminology that allows you to express yourself in a way that you’re more comfortable with, you can feel like you need physical attributes to validate your identity, it’s entirely fine and possible to even have species dysmorphia and be fine with still presenting human, relate to species that simply have no concrete form, be a dog and yet like licking yourself clean, be a cat and adore dogs, be a bird and yet hate the sky, be a bug and yet seem big, be a slow creature and yet love the wind in your hair, be a god and yet proudly take on the form of a mortal.

even those “unusual” things that seemingly have no presence online, you’re still valid.

Stereotypes hold no value over you and any aspect of you is still you even if it ‘doesn’t make sense’. People can relate, or they can’t. And that’s not a you-problem. It’s theirs.

You can have reasons, or not have them. It still doesn’t change the fact you can be whatever you are. No matter if others demand an explanation. The only things you should feel inclined to share are your preferences or voluntary answers. The rest? Hidden away in a little box! Nobody needs the key, why should they?

[x-xerces-x]

Humanity peaked when kids would put shit on their heads to represent their mums in vine

[inkandpoesie]

Who are you?

Who are you? He says,

Gazing at the boy trapped behind

the looking glass, staring back.

Eyes wandering in curiosity, his face

slightly tilted towards the discovery,

Eager to greet a new companion.

The other responds, tilted fingers brushing

the frame, holding the delicate glass,

mirroring his stance.

It's an everyday thing, he assumed,

the little interaction they held closely.

Seven years later, his longing pursues,

brushing off the dust to reveal the cheap item

hidden behind covers, staring again,

A weary visage is all he sees, droopy eyes of defeat,

Who are you?

-D.N

2.6.2025

[archive--ooo]

in praise of creation - elizabeth jennings (song for a birth or a death, 1961)

[mckitterick]

The most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.

- JD Salinger, "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period"

[areyouadreamer]

“Life is a matter of a miracle that is collected over time by moments flabbergasted to be in each other’s presence.” - Waking Life (2001)

[pr0ject-mayhem]

[theowlboy]

Humans have such a grand capacity for love, for empathy and care. We have skills, and abilities, and knowledge like no other creature on this planet. We have all these gifts, but with great power comes great responsibility. I'm not spiritual but the phrasing is quite understandable whether you are or aren't; we were put here to create a loving world. We have it built within us, deep within our souls... the need to create and the need to care. We also have the ability to shape our enviorment however we wish.

Please understand. We were given gifts and abilities, we were given a motive, and a world to endlessly work in. We got misguided, thrown off our path, brainwashed.... but still...

I belive we have a purpose as humans, and all the skills we need for it.

To build a world, where all creatures, human and not, healthy and not, is given a life as comfortable as possible.

[angelunderheaven]

I need to get my sh1t together. quick

[vielesundnichts]

"I am under no obligation to make sense to you."

-Mad Hatter