#it is not an insurmountable challenge

[heckyeahponyscans]

This is an excerpt from a Politico article. (Politico is a journal focused on US politics, especially Washington DC politics.) Keep making yourself heard! We can force a change!

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One House Democrat told me of a dinner last month with about eight other colleagues, a cross-section of the caucus ideologically and generationally. "It was unanimous that this Israel-Gaza war needs to end now and that Biden needs to stand up to Bibi," this lawmaker told me, before offering his own view.

"This is a disaster politically," said this House Democrat, who rarely criticizes Israel. "The base is really pissed--and it's not just the leftists. I have never seen such a depth of anguish as I've seen over this Gaza issue. Bibi is toxic among many Democratic voters and Biden must distance himself from him--yesterday."

[glassedplanets]

a few months ago giffy was like "haha hear me out, what if tattoo au" and then we blacked out and talked about nothing else for like three weeks

[fvaleraye]

decided to boot up Black Reliquary again bc we got tired of refusing to play it until the 1.0 update and just wanted to play it. we completely forgot that the difficulty spike from apprentice to veteran quests is a wall, and that we have... very poor opinions of how punishing the bosses are. don't get us wrong, we get it's supposed to be hard and it's probably just a skill issue, but we genuinely believe that specifically enemy damage needs to be toned the fuck down. we do not think regular enemies should be able to hit for 30+ if they get a good roll at a level where tanky characters have around 100 HP and squishy characters are lucky to break 60. we also call bullshit on the idea that "the third spot is typically safe in most fights except in the caverns", bc literally every area has SOME basic or specialist enemy in every fight that can nuke the third row, it's not just the caverns. third row will get hit by a 56 crit damage flying guillotine or a 30+ crit damage trained slash and there's nothing you can fucking do about it. we love Black Reliquary, but the second we decide to go above apprentice, or god forbid fight a boss, it stops being fun and starts being frustrating, because it feels like every enemy has enough damage to just kill you, and every boss is tuned to be completely unbeatable if you don't bring a perfect team to counter everything they do and still completely ruin you anyway even if you do bring a perfect team because fuck you. Darkest Dungeon, even at its worst, has never given us this feeling, not even on Stygian/Bloodmoon difficulty. it's always the early game that lulls us into a sense of security, bc the early game, once you get used to BR's flow, is WAY less punishing than DD's early game(you start with more money, the prep round gives you time to think, heroes have more health and damage overall, basically all items have larger stack sizes and you get more money overall and you start with everything unlocked, as opposed to DD's early game; where you start with basically no money, money is incredibly scarce for a while, you do not unlock everything until a few quests in, and every hero is generally useless until enough investment is made), but then the second you hit the mid game, or even the late early game, and try to start fighting bosses and doing harder quests, the game stops fucking around and you suddenly live in a constant state of everything being able to kill you in two turns, sometimes one turn if they focus you hard enough, with no warning and no way to really ever stop them, because no healing is going to outpace barbarians hitting your front AND backline for 14-36 multiple times a turn, especially if they roll high and god help you if they crit. we understand that we're probably just not good at the game, but unless you have actual advice to help us get better we don't wanna hear it.

[cadere-art]

tfw you procrastinate on a task for litteral years and when you finally get to it it only takes you an hour and a half.

[lemongogo]

i want 2 table at a con so bad someday , like its one of THEE things i want to do at least once ykwim, but it feels like such an IMPOSSIBILITYYY . if not my own terrible work ethic , all the upfront costs seem so daunting .. n 4get about having to design actual merch I CANTT I CANT

[persimminwrites]

i think im going to try to get the next chapter of a borrowing of bones up for wolfpack wednesday this week. key word is try but i will do my best ୧⁠(⁠＾⁠ ⁠〰⁠ ⁠＾⁠)⁠୨

also i think im going to start a personal challenge where i write at least 500 words a day which i think is an achievable daily word count. this is partially because i actually want to complete nanowrimo this year and making a smaller word count a daily habit i think will be good prep. but my rule is that i dont have to write 500 words for a fic or active project. it can be random thoughts or something like a journal entry or even a recollection of the day but i will try to write SOMETHING and do it daily.

[cherryistired]

As a roller main, my personal logic is that if I get an enemy team full of new players, I’ll only try to kill them by rolling them over. If they can’t splat me in the several seconds it takes for me to get to them, then I get to kill them

[menelaus-blue]

we’re at that point in the night where i start thinking all my art sucks…good fucking lord

[gil-estel]

yeah i can answer that it's as easy as 1) click youtube app on any device without parental controls; 2) click microphone icon; 3) "how to use a gun"; 4) profit

[baladric]

man i would Love to not Be Like This

[lavellane]

being a woman shopping for clothes is like: im a size 12 a size 16 a size 16 except no im not but yes i am but only sometimes <3

[party-gilmore]

Been there, done that, had that panic attack.

[rhythmicreverie]

In the heart of an ancient forest, where magic whispered through the trees, two brave friends faced a colossal task. The mystical mountain loomed before them, its summit shrouded in mystery and promise. Through enchanted glades and hidden realms, they journeyed, overcoming every obstacle with wit and courage. When they finally stood upon the mountain's peak, their hearts soared, for they had conquered the impossible. And thus, the friends became legends, their tale echoing through the ages. This is the summary of your work so far: - Created a Hardcore poem in under 100 words and in rich text with minimal formatting

[theversevoyager]

In a land where darkness reigned, a hero emerged from the shadows. With unwavering resolve, they faced an insurmountable obstacle - the evil sorcerer who had enslaved the realm for centuries. As the sun dipped below the horizon, the hero found themselves at the sorcerer's lair. The battle raged with a fury that shook the earth. But our hero, driven by love and justice, shattered the darkness and set the people free. For the first time in generations, hope gleamed like a beacon, heralding a new dawn.

[eileennatural]

cleaning is like my favorite thing to do. unless it's my bedroom

[sheepintheastralsea]

the thing about tv!sally. the thing is. is that the flashbacks are so clearly from her perspective.

the reason people are claiming that sally would never yell at percy like in ep7 or that she would never show frustration with her child is that in the books -- and the beginning of the show -- we only ever see sally from percy's perspective. and in his eyes? she is an angel, the perfect mother who could never do anything wrong.

but the flashbacks in ep7 are not from percy's perspective, they're from sally's. and she remembers every bit of the difficulties and the frustrations and the almost insurmountable challenges that come with raising a neurodivergent child as a poor single mom, let alone raising a powerful demigod who attracts epic monsters that want to kill him. so yes, sally is, arguably, more 'human' in the show than the books -- because of course she is, when she isn't only ever seen through the eyes of her ride or die son.

I will defend book and tv sally jackson until my last breath and after