#issue 70 was so good

[scribsisnotdead]

god i love you surge the tenrec. og panel under cut

[ghostiiest]

need to compile a list of comics and put them in a folder titled “tim drake WOULD NOT DO/SAY THA!!!!!!!T”

[mamawasatesttube]

this is still one of the most metal things kon has ever said. god DAMN

[impostorsshow]

I'm so obsessed my tmnt hyperfixation got singlehandedly started back up by this little guy made by @venelona-turtle-den sorry for the tag

I want so badly to have his tail and his stripes at the same time but I'm way too scared to fuck with the files to see if I could mangle it into happening, and im also way too scared to upset him to ask anything about raphael and donnie

[sonknuxadow]

dying of alcohol poisoning speedrun: take a shot every time fang calls somebody a mook in the fang miniseries

[no1ryomafan]

In my constant brain rotations of “why are people in the west so hard on mecha aside from the fandom can be a bit unfriendly” I think one thing I realized as much as I hate to say is how mecha is sometimes treated remind me of the constant hatred superhero stuff gets.

It’s such a weird comparison because with mecha I do not know what the root of it was-and I’d love to know why but I feel there’s either no clear answer or there is one and it’s stupid-where as for superheroes in the west while there’s still a dedicated community the mainstream audiences have become tired of them due to over-saturation, which I understand, but it’s caused such a massive dismal to the entire genre of it much like mecha.

People think superhero stories can’t have any substance because it’s all about fighting and not about the characters- yet forget the SIGNIFICANT impact they had to so much pop culture. How superhero stories were rooted within comic popularity, how superheroes inspired countless of stories, even so far as reaching japan since so much early anime was taken off of western media which birthed its own genre of superheroes. It’s no different to how mecha help started up the anime industry making it one of the most important genres to japans history, yet most people don’t know it and belittle it.

Yet in superhero story cases it’s even WORSE when people are against it yet then go to see one superhero movie because it’s animated and put it on a pedestal and don’t bother to try other superhero content even though they consumed is no different from the norm. It’s the exact same shit when people watch eva and then think all other mechas don’t compare to it, when the genre always had darker, mature and emotional elements, just only a select few decide to canter to a audience who doesn’t even accept what genre it’s from which makes it all the more frustrating to deal with.

I’m someone who’s hardly into superhero stuff even if some of it catches my eye but it sucks to see that the situation is pretty identical to how mecha is seen, that I can’t help to feel sympathetic whenever I see some comic book fans upset at the mainstream audience even if they too can be a little hostile.

[volfoss]

No one tells you how stressful headphone shopping can be when you are NOT a guy w audio knowledge

[glfry]

I love the m2 references in m3 a whole lot but the lack of almost any specific m1 rep slays me

[noisy-weasel]

I like absolutely love fantasy novels and I'll grab anything at the library at random to read but I'll be honest the fact every fucking fantasy has slaves is getting on my nerves. And the slaves are always loyal to their "good" masters. And there's never anything going on with the slaves they're just window dressing like mentioning what funky food the main character is eating. Now I can't say anything about slaves worldwide cause I've only really read about American slaves but SLAVES DREAM OF FREEDOM!!! Even slaves with comparatively "good" masters dream of freedom. They always dream of freedom. They want to be free. They do not just exist and are cool with it. They might be resigned to it and don't believe their lot in life will ever change but they still want to be free. They're also not freaking loyal to our main character. They do the jobs they're forced to do and then go to their shacks and dream of freedom. There is nothing else. Stop writing slaves into your fantasy novels as just a thing that exists in your world. Stop. It's terrible. Like just shut the fuck up man.

[one-eternal-sigh]

marylily is so ur so pretty by the wasia project coded

[scientia-rex]

A lot of younger people have no idea what aging actually looks and feels like, and the reasons behind it. That ignorance is so dangerous. If you don’t want to “be old,” you aren’t talking about a number of years. I have patients in their late 80s who could still handily beat me in a race—one couple still runs marathons together, in their late 80s—and I lost someone who was in her early 60s to COPD last year. What you want is not youth, it is health.

If you want to still be able to enjoy doing things in your 60s and 70s and 80s and even 90s, what you want to do, right now, is quit smoking, get some activity on a regular basis (a couple of walks a week is WAY better for you than nothing; increasing from 1 hour a day of cardio to 1.5 will buy you very little), and eat some plants. That’s it. No magic to it. No secret weird tricks. Don’t poison yourself, move around so your body doesn’t forget how, and eat plants.

If you have trouble moving around now because of mobility limitations, bad news: you still need to move around, not because it’s immoral not to, but because that’s still the best advice we have. I highly recommend looking up the Sit and Be Fit series; it is freely available and has exercises that can be done in a chair, which are suitable for people with limited mobility or poor balance. POTS sufferers, I’m looking at you.

If you have trouble eating plants because of dietary issues (they cause gas, etc.) or just because they’re bitter (super taster with texture issues here!), bad news. You still want to find a way to get some plants into your body on a regular basis. I know. It sucks. The only way I can do it is restaurants—they can make salads taste like food. I can also tolerate some bagged salads. On bad weeks, the OCD with contamination focus gets so bad I just can’t. However, canned beans always seem “safe,” and they taste a bit like candy, so they’re a good fallback.

If you smoke and you have tried quitting a million times and you’re just not ready to, bad news. You still need to quit. Your body needs you to try and keep trying. Your brain needs it, too. Damaging small blood vessels racks up cumulative damage over time that your body can start trying to reverse as soon as you quit. I know it’s insanely, absurdly addictive. You still need to.

You cannot rules lawyer your way past your body’s basic needs. It needs food, sleep, activity, and the absence of poison. Those are both small things and big asks. You cannot sustain a routine based on punishment, so don’t punish your body. Find ways to include these things that are enjoyable and rewarding instead. Experiment. There is no reason not to experiment—you don’t have to know instantly what’s going to work for you and what won’t, you just need to be willing to try things and make changes when things aren’t working for you.

You will still age. Your body will stop making collagen and elastin. Tissues you can see and tissues you can’t see will both sag. Cushioning tissues under your skin will get thinner. You’ll bruise more easily. Skin will tear more easily. Accumulated sun damage will start to show more and more. Joints will begin to show arthritis. Tendons and ligaments will get weaker and get injured more easily, as will muscles. Bones will lose mass and get easier to break. You’ll get tired more easily.

But you know what makes the difference between being dead, or as good as, in your 60s vs your 90s? Activity, plants, and quitting smoking. And don’t do meth. Saw a 58-year-old guy this week who is going to have a heart attack if he doesn’t quit whatever stimulant he’s on. I pretended to believe it was just the cigarettes, and maybe it is, but meth and cocaine will kill you quicker. Stop poisoning yourself.

Baby steps; take it one step at a time; you don’t need to have everything figured out right now. But you do need to be working on figuring things out.

[melonpond]

I think it should be absolutely mandatory that people work at least a month in a blue collar job and take time to learn about their coworkers before making a statement about blue collar work. I simply think it would fix so many things.

[theodore-sallis]

“Song-Cry…of The Living Dead Man!” Man-Thing (Vol. 1/1974), #12.

Writer: Steve Gerber; Penciler: John Buscema; Inker: Klaus Janson; Colorist: Glynis Wein; Letterer: John Costanza

[themyscirah]

ALYSSA WONG SPIRIT WORLD IS SO GOOD OMG

[volfoss]

God's messiest little installation area or whatever

[greaseonmymouth]

+ people in certain medieval European cities & towns. If you live in a house that can itself be dated to before the industrial revolution or an area of the city that does, the toilet in the house may be modern but the sewage system it’s connected to might not be, so the blockage happens a little further down the drain.

I just went on a rant about plungers, how’s your day going?