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smile-files · 1 month ago

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authority has only found me appealing because they've always known i'd make a great cog in the machine

#dandy's doodles #professor layton #henry ledore #the caption comes from one of the pages i wrote with my left hand a bit of a while back #the page begins saying 'henry scares me in that he is my future should my success continue into the capitalist hellscape of adulthood'#and i do think about henry a lot in terms of capitalism and anxiety and success/survival. and my dad #i'm very similar to my dad in a lot of ways. the page could've just as well said:#'my dad scares me in that he is my future should my success continue into the capitalist hellscape of adulthood'#he is so very responsible and organized and diligent and hardworking. and so very very stressed #all of which i know i'll have to be if i'm going to survive/be successful (which to me are the same thing)#henry is very similar to my dad for being all of those things. and similar to me for having the fear of having to be them #part of him just wants to be a little kid i think. he doesn't wanna grow up and work himself to death but he knows that's his destiny #to quote the page again: 'i was born to be perfect or die trying. natural selection will mean the certain extinction of my inner child'#he wants to be safe and loved. he doesn't wanna be an adult. but he's been forced to embody the pinnacle of adulthood #and thus he ends up proving everyone who enforced his obedience 'right'#he's been beaten and molded into the model adult #he was never taught to expect love so he learned to survive (and succeed) without it. which is very economical #in a strange way then henry is one of capitalism's most prized products isn't he?

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spooksicl-e · 1 year ago

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but first, watson, we smoke.

no, we don’t.

yes, we do.

we don’t.

we must.

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elcucurucho · 1 year ago

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I really do think everything is going to work out, so much care has been put into this project, both by creators and admins, a restructure is disruptive short term but so incredibly necessary for the long term continuation of the server. It’s clear everyone working on the project believes in what they’re doing, and it’s unambiguously a good thing that going forward everyone will be fairly compensated for their efforts.

#qsmp #on a personal level however if there is ONE more situation that is difficult short term but productive for the future I’m going to SCREAM #it’s been literally on a weekly basis for a month straight I’m exhausted #I wish we could jump forward to when things are better without sitting through the ugly in between #but! not how life works! no way forward but through and all #however unrealistic it is I just want everyone to be happy. surely we’ll get there eventually

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zakiyah · 2 months ago

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#I do not want to hustle and some of my most beloved people do not understand this #I was talking to my honorary big sister on the phone today about why I'm taking a gap year #the main reason is that the final semester of the program I was accepted into is around 50 hours per week of unpaid field work #which means you aren't allowed to have a job during that semester. this information was not presented until after the application process #anyway she was like “well that's fairly normal for healthcare professions” which is true #however this is a community college program and I would have expected them to account for people needing to work throughout college #anyway I responded “yeah true but I'm considering that maybe healthcare isn't for me then. I don't want a job that requires that much work.#And I don't! I don't want 50 or 60 hour work weeks! I want to work 40 hours and then leave and live my life!#but she made it seem like any job that requires a college degree is going to require that. And I don't think that's true #but also she is older than I am and has much more job experience so idk.#maybe she's advising based on the fact that as a teenager I was super type A and ambitious and really wanted a career?#whereas in the past couple years...idk I just want a reliable job that I don't hate that pays the bills and leaves time for enjoying life #so. I'm not sure #And now I kind of feel bad for not having that ambition anymore/ not wanting to have to give myself ulcers to get through school #But college is not worth my sanity and I found that out the hard way.#And I also feel bad for not being one of those people who CAN handle that much workload! Like I can certainly learn #to do more than I'm doing currently #but I will never be one of those constantly busy and insanely productive people. And I don't even want to be anymore #and yet that feels like an error.#I am not lazy! I used to think I was but no. I enjoy getting work done and doing personal projects and going to work and improving things.#It's not even as though I don't have things I want to do with my life. I have a lot of short term and long term goals!#I want to contribute to my community and support my family however I can and make art and tell stories and be a safe place for people!#and so much else!#but those ambitions aren't necessarily directly connected to school or a job for me anymore #and I value rest and having a social life too much to completely put my health on hold for years and years #sure college does take up a lot of time and energy but it shouldn't wholly consume your life as far as I can see.#and now I feel very unsure if that approach is realistic.#thinking I should talk with her again and try to explain myself a little better and ask what she meant.#diary

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yesterdayiwrote · 1 year ago

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So... quick update on the Eurovision situation

The EBU decided that Israel can compete despite their country being under an active Genocide investigation by the ICJ. Their delegation have gone on to antagonise other contestants by filming them for their social media without permission and refusing to remove it when asked, harass journalists who have questioned if their inclusion is appropriate, and their commentators have made horrendous comments about the Irish contestant... all without sanction.

Meanwhile the Dutch contestant got into an undisclosed 'incident' with a female member of the production crew and they've referred it to the police and flat out disqualified him from the contest with less than 12 hours notice...

Which seems like a tremendous act of double standards at an event that is already marred by serious controversy. Obviously the second is not acceptable, but very difficult to understand how the first somehow... is?

#eurovision #eurovision 2024 #I have had very mixed feelings with regard to the boycott for a very long time #And whilst I understand the sentiment #I'm still not sure it's the right course of action in terms of how the competition works and who profits from it #And I'm not saying his disqualification is unwarranted (it's impossible to gauge without the full incident details)#More that the other disqualification that they refuse to make is MORE warranted #I feel most sorry for the contestants amongst all of this #Most of whom are there because the global platform is absolutely unmatched in them being able to share their own personal story #And a lot of them come from a variety of queer and minority groups who do not get the chance at a global stage like this... ever #The issue is the EBU and their cowardice to handle this situation effectively #And that's because they've allowed their hands to be tied by their sponsor #It feels tragically obvious what's going to happen tonight #And it's not going to achieve the message I think a lot of people are idealistically thinking it will #It's going to serve as a signal of approval for them to use as ammunition for further attacks and be counter productive imho

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born-to-lose · 2 months ago

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Good thing that despite all the depression and constant rock bottom over the last years I've been hoarding lots of writing so when I finally start working at the library and going to media school I could try to use connections and get some stuff published or just put it out there for people ��🏻

#in the town where the library is they host short film days every year and i wanna look into the guidelines and maybe try to participate #i have so many film ideas or even just like music videos i only need people to make it real with #which i might find in the city where the school is because that's like one of the creative capitals in the country #and event technicians go there too along with marketing and media people plus i could go abroad within those 3 years which i hope will work #in the schedule i saw they're sending me to a specific music library in a major city for a few weeks too!!#in addition to the regular library there and since they mentioned basing the internships on the apprentices' interests #i think they did the music library one for me because at my test day in december i mentioned going to the record store after this 🥰#university library and city archive and educational film hire service are also on the list of internships which is so cool???#anyway yeah while i don't have anything to put on my resume for the last 2 years except for 4 months hospitality and some internships #i at least have a whole bunch of poetry and songs and stories and ideas which in this case i could name in an emergency maybe 😭#did you know 2023 was my most productive year in terms of original writing? and the first half of that year was pure hell #last year i wrote tons of stuff too i just didn't post it for reasons unknown (wanting it to be perfect and complete)#mel talks

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themissingnumbers · 7 months ago

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[i will probably delete this later but for other pokepasta blogs hanging around, i (starry) am making interactions open with my currently available characters (ace, fire, glitchy, and leaf sorry blue/mike/steven fans) open for other ask/rp blog's muses/characters.

these will be non-canon, but that also means that even while the main story's on hiatus, i'm open to receiving and answering these in the meantime! ive been seeing other blog interactions circle in the pokepasta ask/rp blog sphere a fair bit more lately and it seems like a lot of fun, esp now that we know what we're doing with mn a bit better. i am also planning/hoping to send a few out to other blogs as well ^^

i'll tag these posts as "mn noncanon" for sorting or filtering purposes. i dont rly have any rules i'll lay down other than like... specify if your muse is interacting with them Physically or via the Drones for the cam crew]

#delete later #mn noncanon #not mn #[given the hiatus has been for the sake of getting things set up for future (we've been truckin away at that)#these will probably be treated a bit more casually in terms of art production n the speed at which i answer ^^'#so please keep that in mind!]#[as for updates on. actual story updates. ive started work on the next Proper Update as we've decided to resume things before the-#secret project is done given. who knows how long that'll take. it'll still be worth it i promise :]#the place we'll resume into will go on to be a sort of... event you could say. we just have to get things ready first.#i consider stuff like this and Descent to be good ways to get back into the swing of writing/illustrating for the blog in the meantime! ^^]

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aeolianblues · 10 months ago

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pop stars aren't born in the 70s anymore like they used to be. These days they're born in a year uncomfortably close to my own which makes me clutch my chest and cry out

#music #musicians #Nia Archives was on radio the other day going 'my album's the first jungle album to be nominated for the Mercury Prize in over 25 years #that's such an honour! The last one was Roni Size and I wasn't even born then' --hang on a minute #that album was like. 1997. 'I wasn't even born yet'?#Folks she is a year older than me 😭(❤️ but also personally 😒)#Cat Burns' Mercury shortlisted album is called 'early twenties'. It is a term I am told I can no longer use for myself.#She says 'the album was a 4-year long process. I started writing it when I was 20.' Cat Burns is my age.#CMAT. Dublin's 'global superstar'. 1997. Literally she's such a classic popstar/country star I'd have expected to read like '1987' or somet #not in terms of saying she's old or anything; just that that seems appropriate for someone who's in control of their career #CMAT is like 2 years older than I am. It's so wild to me #especially this time! There have been a lot of debut albums you see #and I'm really proud of all these--I suppose at my age I'm allowed to say--kids; my peers? But it's also so strange to see #My peers are at the Mercuries. Declan McKenna is like a year older than me #That has been in my head ever since Brazil came out. He was 15. I was 14.#sigh it's a long road to either acceptance or such radical change that I 'catch up' with everyone; whatever that means #yes I'm well aware that comparison isn't a thing to do. I know it's not productive.#I try not to let it get me anxious; afterall what do I do about it?#It's not like I've got the ball rolling on anything significant to speak of. I'm just at ordinary work #idk also the industry I work in doesn't exist anymore hahahaaaa so yeah. No career. Only far away admirations! :)#We will have no infrastructure and we will be happy.#Don't read all this; just laugh at the meme about age and move on #growing up

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uncertaininnit · 1 month ago

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I know every lost fan hates s3 episode Exposé (Nikki and Paolo episode) but I have questions about that.

This episode had crazy high production. I know s3 ‘filler’ episodes were made to buy time until they could work out an end date for the show, but for some reason they went all out with this one. They brought back long dead characters to shoot scenes to take place back in season one, and…

Did they somehow reshoot the plane crash scenes??? If they recycled shots, why did they have so many of Nikki, and one of Paolo? And in the shots Shannon’s hair looked longer, idk, it really felt like they reshot a bunch of that stuff just for this one off episode about two random background characters who we hadn’t seen until season 3.

I just want to know why they put so much effort into this widely hated ‘filler’ episode. They literally killed the characters in that episode. Why work so hard to tie them in to the past of the show?

Does anyone know more about the production of this episode? Why the effort and production level was so high compared to another of the ‘filler’ stories, like the one where Jack gets his tattoo?

#I don’t think the production on the tattoo one was bad but it’s clear they worked a lot harder on expose in terms of like continuity #and tying everything in perfectly #idk it’s like weird #they put in the work for this one off episode #lost #lost tv show #lost abc #ABC lost #lost 2004 #lost tv series #lost season 3 #Nikki and paolo #as if anyone clicks on that tag

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the-joju-experience · 2 years ago

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I’m glad that QSMP has popularized the word “cubito” for English-speaking fans. It’s such a better word to use than “character”/“content creator”

#qsmp #I haaaate the term content creator #like no #we are not here for a quick product #we are here for a story #something someone put work into #stop calling it content

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collgeruledzebra · 4 months ago

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one thing that's really nice about cooking is that you don't have to be an expert, or even close to it, to make stuff that other people will judge as good. like with art, or a sport, it takes a lot of time and effort to get to a level that people will genuinely find impressive but with cooking as long as you find a good recipe and don't do anything totally whacked with it you can have everyone falling head over heels for your soup

#to be clear. this isnt about the praise aspect (mostly) its about being able to give people a legitimately nice experience with your craft #ive been cooking a lot living by myself and it fulfills so many of the needs art fulufills without being so risky in terms of mental/#emotional investment #but it hasnt replaced art at all in fact i think it's helped keep me out of art block by just giving me something else to do for the #brain chemical reward that is also productive/doesnt make me feel bad about just being on that damn phone all the time #so i can keep working on big art projects without needing them to be self sustaining in terms of motivation #at least thats what i Think -- we'll see whether it keeps panning out #just things ive been thinking about idk #personal tag

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anonymolly · 5 months ago

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#one of my silly little goals this year is to talk more about my accomplishments even though they aren’t super recent #I’m tired of resigning myself to being a burnt out former gifted kid. I studied at Oxford for a term.#I taught a college class. I TA’d for two other college classes. and volunteer TA’d for the department’s hardest course offering #because I was already being used as a TA that semester for a different class and the professor still wanted someone to run review sessions #I had professors fighting over me to do work and research for them! I had departments fighting over me! I did summer research!#I was the first person in my department in nearly a decade to ask to do a senior thesis. for fun.#I ran programs and clubs and I was a writing tutor for the writing center AND the resume lab/career center #I was the only person in my writing professor’s tenure to earn a 100 on my research paper for that stupid fucking class #in high school I was second in my class and did it while writing one-act plays for production and doing district choirs and acting #I’m so so so tired of beating myself up and falling to my knees and doing penance for the past 4 years.#I fumbled some stuff at the start of my 20’s. I’m an adult with ADHD that no one clocked while I was growing up.#I was supposed to go to St Andrews for an MLitt and then the pandemic happened and I had to withdraw.#I just need to get over it and stop agonizing over every misstep I’ve made since college #otherwise I’m never going to make it out of my 20’s alive #so yeah. for those of you who don’t know! I am a silly cumdrunk braindead good girl PART-TIME #the rest of the time I’m clawing my way back to the high standards I set for myself from first grade onward #my stuff #ignore me i’m rambling

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mokeonn · 9 months ago

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Honestly, having multiple older customers at my job encourage me to vote by telling me that "it's between freedom (trump) or socialism (harris)" or some other "vote trump" talking point has genuinely encouraged me to vote far more than any "vote blue" posts on this hellsite ever have. Like fuck yeah I'll vote for socialism cheers comrade

#simon says #obviously harris is not a socialist in any sense of the term #but old republicans think anything left of republican is socialism so it's really funny #like bb i dont think you know what socialism is #it has happened MULTIPLE times now #where someone gives me an passionate speech to vote for trump specifically while im working #and it just makes me very spiteful #i cannot understate just how much I HATE vote blue posts #everything about them is just annoying condescending mean and sometimes genuinely uninformed and often times very uncritical #every time I see a vote blue post it pushes me ever so further to voting 3rd party #but when a customer stops the conversation about cat products to evangelize about voting republican?#oh that will convince me more than anything else to vote bc they make it WAY more appealing #like they're genuinely nice and encouraging despite the bad political takes so it makes me feel good about voting #but they're also trying to get me to vote republican so hard that they end up making the other side look better than they are #idk it's hard to put into words

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starteas · 5 months ago

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Also been thinking a lot in regards to Lumi lore stuff and character ideas so I’m hoping I can get all of that sorted out with mini comics out by 2025. There’s a lot I really want to explore, but also talk about in general because jumping into what makes these goobers all tick has been so fun to think about again.

Really, it’s the character interactions that really do it for me, aside from getting to see the world (or galaxy in their case) alongside them. It’s just fun thinking about Siona and Felicity’s endless bickering or the awkward moments where characters who aren’t usually paired up (Holden and Felicity or Mika and Siona for example) come together. Fun dynamics, fun ideas, just fun all around.

#evan bleats #lumi and the great big galaxy #latgbg #now that the pilot’s production has stopped I’ve had a lot of time to think #not about anything coherent although I really should write what I can down #but lots of thoughts about the cast and where I want to go from here #and with it not being the big animated pilot I had in mind for it I kind of get to work with it on my own terms which is nice #feels a lot more relaxing and comfortable to just let it be and focus on another format for it for a bit #I’m just talking out loud though ha

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icewindandboringhorror · 6 months ago

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It's always interesting to hear about people's weird/unexpected "alternate life paths". Like, something that you could have done with your life, a job you almost took, a school you almost went to, etc - that was still actually realistic enough that it could have happened, but NOW it seems to not suit your current personality.

Like for example, I currently hate advertising (how manipulative it is, brands trying to be 'relatable', social media amplifying it to an obnoxious extreme, etc.) so much that even seeing a little ad before a youtube video is grating to even witness, but there was a point in time where I was genuinely seriously considering going into marketing/making commercials as a career lol. Or like, I have a relative who was very inclined to be a pastor when they were younger, even though today they're a super strong atheist, etc. etc.

#BECAUSE I knew I really liked filming and editing things and doing set design and costume design (from having done little bits of that #here and there in media classes and my own stuff - i used to be a lot more into making videos than I am now). BUT I was always thinking #that a movie is WAAY to big and long. even a short film. So I was trying to think of ways I could still like #have the fun of scouting locations to film and dressing up actors and etc. etc. without it having to be a Huge Million Dollar Production #on tv show or movie level. SO then I was thinking about like... just doing commercials. Or music videos. Like shorter things where I still #get the fun of the filming and everything but it's less of an intensive long term project.#So there is an alternate version of me (I suppose if i somehow did not end up having physical and mental health issues #as badly somehow.. or like.. randomly came into wealth and was able to pay my way through a nice college despite missing #days constantly being out because I'm sick or something lol) that works in some corporate advertising office coming up with commercials #and directing or filming them or doing the sets for them or something in that general vicinity.#I also was considering being a corporate psychologist. or whatever its called.. oh from google:#''Industrial and organizational (I/O) psychologists study and assess individual group and organization dynamics in the workplace''#I don't think I even knew what the job entailed. I was at the time just thinking like.. the type of person that comes into a business offic #and gives everyone personality assessments or does MBTI or big-5 testing crap for whatever reason that some businesses get that #done for people. Really i just wanted to be in a Corporate Big Office setting yet still do psychology. Because I used to be really fixated #on living in a big city. Like the ideas of everything being walkable. picking up a coffee in the morning. walking to my job in a Big #Skyscraper Building. people watching in a huge hotel lobby for lunch. flying frequently (I love airplanes and airports aesthetically).#living in an apartment with a giant window overlooking the city. etc. etc. BUT that was before i had really BEEN to a city. Then I actually #hung around a city a few times and went places and I was like... AUGh... The Sensory Overwhelm.. cars people lights loudness noise scary #everything happening all at once. etc. etc. (though even when I wanted to live in a city i NEVER strove for the Night Life. when i say I #enjoy city imagery I mean like... in the day time. Many people who like cities talk about The Night Life and post pictures of cities all #lit up at night and clubs and dancing and restaurants. none of that EVER appealed to me. perhaps a sign I am not a real city person. Like #I am NOT standing in a crowded bar full of loud people in the middle of the night lol.. get AWAY from me!!) but I do adore the #architecture of like bright white clean sterile modern spaces like huge airport lobbies or malls or etc. I think thats what reminded me of #city and what I liked about the idea of that life. Like I always LOVED the layout of schools and hospitals and trainstations and public #transport in general. Though even then I knew enough that I would not be a good architect/city planner. so I guess my adoration for those #spaces was merely to be channeled into LIVING there. but then I realized I didn't even really want to do that that much. I mean I still #definitely aim to live NEAR a city. like the little areas outside of it. I would never live in a rural place 4 hours from anything. I liter #ally just COULDNT since I need close access to hospitals sometimes lol. But I used to want to live in the CENTER of citites like high rise #condo. and now I'm like.... eh....... perhaps a smaller quieter walkable space nearby lol.. ANYWAY.. alternate me in my Business Suit eheh

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thetwilightroadtonightfall · 10 months ago

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this knife I bought matches Plushiemer’s proportions so well it’s making me hysterical

#roadie rambles #plushiemer #on another note: love LOVE victorinox knives!#I have an old swiss army knife from my grandpa and it’s definitely cool to hold and fiddle around with but in terms of me actually carrying #something useful and discreet around the victorinox knives are the perfect size for me #plus they were having a sale and had lots of pretty colours lol #not shown here but the other side has a lil pair of scissors that work SO well I’m obsessed #anyway yeah I touched all the knives on display in the store thank you for asking #all the souvenirs I bought from switzerland are hilarious if I’m being honest #80% food products a knife a handkerchief and a cute magnet that’s how we roll babey

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