#like really weird

[cirr0stratus]

dinbo artists stop drawing din without his helmet challenge

[d0rky-0utfits]

Normalize having really weird conversations with your best friend

[queer-with-anxiety]

Y’all I’m so tired. I’m confused with the world. I feel like I’m halfway to sleep but ready to run a marathon. May god have mercy when I fall asleep bc with how the last few dreams have gone im gonna wake up even more confused.

Gift

[dr-jem-nutcase]

Last night I dreamt the reason why Dr. Cockroach (from Monsters vs. Aliens) did his mutation enhancement experiment (as shown in the origin video in the movie) was to prove himself as a significant figure in the world of science. At the time (1962), he was close to completing his studies as a doctoral/postdoctoral student. One of the deans (as shown below from the M Files book) at the university where Cockroach presented and performed his experiments knew that Cockroach had been desperate (like angry raging desperate) to achieve this goal of climbing from the bottom to the top, from being a mere student to a renowned scientist at a university. For that reason the dean was a little afraid of him.

But the dean was also pretty happy and relieved that Cockroach had come to the point of nearly completing his quest for success and renown.

Also, Cockroach's former last name was Cleveland. Who'd have thunk?

Istg, my dreams are so weird

[milo-mint]

Do you ever just crawl under your bed and sit there so there is in fact no longer a monster under your bed, just you. Like you scared the shit out of it and it just leaves kinda thing. Because I did that as a kid. I got a stick and hid under my bed for like 30 minutes after my bedtime and just waited to hit the monster. I didn’t get to obviously but mini me stop being afraid of a monster under the bed after that so…? I guess it worked?

[girlbob-boypants]

The ER tag is just rife with the most unpleasant people to play video games with tbh its like. A few artists, a few nice people having fun, some fanfic writers, and then this group of git gudders who hunt down any and every post on reddit that will upset them and use them as an excuse to talk shit about casual players

[ottosbigtop]

I think we as a society should bring back brotps. I think we should be weirder about characters being friends the same way people are weird about ships. Make those two characters who interacted once or twice besties. Make it difficult for them to get rid of each other even if they want to. Go nuts

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[planefood]

rules for thee and not for me

[foxsoulart]

Okay, I gotta let somebody know.

Few days ago, I had this dream okay?

And Rise Mikey and Leo were in it. There was this really confusing house, but the details are poof.

Leo was in a yellowish but white room, there was no light source but the room was lit. Mikey was going to save him. I think he was kidnapped. When Mikey gets to the room and kinda busts in(I think he did, anyway) he finds Leo but Leo's kinda feral. Like on all fours, chirping and clicking up a storm. Seems pleased to see Mikey, except he doesn't show any recognition of who he is. Mikey's a little creeped out by this, and the weird house and environment doesn't help. Anyway, he coaxes Leo out of the room and to follow him. So he can find his other brothers, but not long after he turns his back, Leo tries to eat him. Mikey fends him off using his ninpo chains, which Leo really loves the way his ninpo feels. It ended after they ran into the guys who kidnapped Leo.

The whole time it, it wasn't said but it was implied, that Leo ate Donnie and Raph already. But Mikey hadn't quite had the realization yet.

I woke up and thought "what the heck was that!?"

[wanologic]

sorry danny, sam will never think you’re cool

[inkskinned]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[serrennedyanonwriter]

Okay, so quick little PSA: I am an adult, my bio literally says I’m 19.

Why must I bring this up, you may ask? Well, someone under the age of 18 left a nsfw ask in my inbox. Please know I’m very uncomfortable with that sort of topic around minors, don’t do this ever again.

[perfectlyripeclementine]

calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.

[ciderbird]

academic bias is so funny because you’ll be reading about the same historical event and one person is like “Despite the troubles that befell his homeland and near constant criticism of the court King Blorbo remained strong in the face of adversity” and the other one is like “after letting his people carry the brunt of his cringefail decisions Blorbo the Shitface refused to listen to any reason and continued to be a warmongering piece of shit. Also he was ugly.”

[agentromanoffsir]

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities