#are you there snail tumblr

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

[daily-dragon-drawing]

A snail dragon would be awesome

#5 - 蝸龍 (snail dragon)- Is she a very small dragon or did she find a very big strawberry? 🐌💖🍓

[yagodichjagodic]

Snail tumblr, if you exist, can you please help me identify this tiny friend!? He arrived on a truck full of plants from Florida. Frosted Peperomias I believe!

He’s very tiny, shell is a very dark brown (almost black in certain light), with yellowish cream speckles.

I’m in PA & want to make sure I take care of him properly!

[mabbbish]

wonderful day to remember ninjago has a canon highschool au

[enii]

It is only when you slowdown

that you'll appreciate how far you've come

[scullcrusher101xd]

where were they going

[mail-me-a-snail]

tune in next time for more of the game samer im snail reich and that sounds pretty good to me!

[hellsitegenetics]

I think this blog is pretty neat, plus we're allowed to profess our love for things here for a lil bit longer... so I'll say something

I love the culture on this website! The niche blog ecosystem is so fun, and I'm so happy this website hasn't been fully sanitized in a way that prevents someone from just checking genetic strings in text posts! I don't think any other social media site would take to a blog like yours, but that's okay! You are beloved on here, funky organism finder! Sorry if this came out a lil rambly, I'm tired lmao

String identified:

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t ct t t! T c g ct , a ' a t t a't at a a tat t t ccg gtc tg tt t! 't t a t ca a t ta t a g , t tat' a! a , ga ! t ca t a a, ' t a

Closest match: Alviniconcha strummeri genome assembly, chromosome: 9

[aneacc]

I need these words tattooed on my skin, but for now, I'm just gonna draw them and remind myself daily that indeed I'm never too old and it's never too late to achieve my goals <3

Necesito estas palabras tatuadas (Nunca eres demasiado mayor, y nunca es demasiado tarde) pero por ahora me limito a dibujarlas y recordar diariamente, que por supuesto, no soy ni demasiada viejo y que no es tarde para perseguir mis sueños <3

[saltedsnailstudio]

Heads up: I’m doing shop drop on Sunday 7/7 at 12pm EST…. all these cuties + more will be available on the salted snail studio website!! There’s linocut printed vintage table linens, some patched hats, and a few home sewn banners for y’all 💫

[snailsandstrawberries]

it's always tumblr phannies this, twitter phannies that

what about pinterest phannies? the only posts you'll see are memes from 2015, if you're lucky some of their post coming out tweets and since the comeback some screenshots. you have to figure out the lore by checking the comments left by people who havent used that account since 2018. there seems to be no shipping discourse whatsoever, people are just screaming that it hits different. truly a cursed blessed place

[smugcomputer]

insects of the uk

[sombrathedragon]

Day 67 of drawing random Wof dragons from the wiki…

Snail!

“Snail is a female SeaWing dragonet who was introduced in Moon Rising. She is currently attending Jade Mountain Academy as a member of the Copper Winglet.” -The WOF wiki.

Reblogs mean more than likes!

[meerphanim]

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Will You Snail doodle page I made 6 days ago! Yes I finally got into this game in the year of 2024, shush.

There's two Squids because I love him a lot. So nice, you see him twice 💜💕💜💕

[milk-lover]

it’s been like 20 hours and I’m still legit upset about accidentally cilcking the caterpillar on bug race instead of snail like i was scrolling and i didn’t even LNOW polls were a thing yet and i hit it mid scroll as i was scrolling i hit it on ACCIDENT and i would have voted snail not fucking caterpillar and now snail is LOSING and I’m so SAD bc i CONTRIBUTED to that. I wake up in a cold sweat every night knowing that i fucked up and there’s nothing i can do about it

[enii]

Love is in the air 🍄🐌💕