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letsplaythermalnuclearwar · 8 months ago

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being an autistic Community fan is wild because you watch a really silly episode about a pillow fight shot like a Vietnam war documentary. and its really silly and super funny and wholesome and everyone is happy at the end and you had a great time. but also you're crying

#“you'll never have another friend like me because nobody else will put up with you”#oh okay #time to weep #its not even fun fictional crying its genuinely painful crying #its also wild because you end up relating to Palestinian college student with daddy issues more than anyone else in youre entire life #uhhh #anyways #vent #(idk that got kinda venty)#community #nbc community #abed nadir #troy barnes #pillows and blankets #nuclear war speaks

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abwicca · 5 months ago

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“i don’t think that graffiti is vandalism; i think it’s a beautiful form of self-expression.”

- keith haring <3

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kitkatstu-dies · 30 days ago

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58 more days of this semester...

Got a bunch of books!! (Kitchen, The Crimson Labyrinth, Popular Hits of the Showa Era, Almond, Ficciones + more)

Finished Ari + Dante Dive into the Waters of the World!! I loved the original as a kid, and I really liked this one too. I love them so much and need to watch the movie :))

Cleaned my room (once again)

Took some genetics notes (reviewing for the final already) + studied immunology & kinetic anatomy

Went on a run (2mi)

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itspileofgoodthings · 5 months ago

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one of my favorite things about getting older is that I’m just more sure and more confident in taking control in social situations and making other people feel at ease. I really love it!

#have always wanted to be good at it but it takes time #at least for me #my mom was describing one of her college friends to me the other day #and she goes ‘yeah she was kind of like you. personable and direct and kind.#‘and she was always going to deal with you (positive) instead of ignoring you’#honestly compliment of all time! because it does not come totally naturally to me #and there’s a lot that gets in my way—shyness anxiety a certain stiffness #but I love when i can feel it sort of giving way #anyway just rambling #also once again teaching has helped with this so much #because kids HAVE to be guided through a social situation. they don’t know what to do #and if I let them run it it’s always stupid #so just taking control asking the questions kind of —situating them so we can have a moment and then I can dismiss them #not that I do the same with adults lol. but works more often than you think #just having some direction and taking charge of a social interaction #I remember this comedian once saying he loved when someone took control in a social situation re: greetings/handshakes/hugs #like ‘oh thank goodness someone is figuring this out’ it’s so true and so funny skskdkdjd #I hope there is nothing peremptory about it! but I often find I’m so much ruder by doing nothing #than by being proactively kind and (hopefully) appropriate to the occasion #you know I’ve spoken on it before but my life really changed #when I made myself go back and say goodbye to my students after graduation my second year teaching #like. I literally ran away because I was so shy and it felt so awkward and no one was taking charge of how to do it #and the students wouldn’t (can’t) so it felt like they didn’t want to #and then I realized no—if someone is going to take the lead here it has to be me #and then I did! and there was in fact so much love waiting for me #people just don’t know how to show it #so you have to give them an opportunity #this is so many thoughts but I feel this sooooo much and I care about it so much

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0nelinerwordplay · 1 year ago

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saeran-exe · 10 months ago

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10/06/24

It's been a pretty lazy day since today's exam's course is fairly easy. I basically just had to have a look at old notes and make new, neater ones, and do a quick recap of some basic maths lol.

It's still very early, though, so I might study calculus, manufacturing processes or programming after my French class. My uni classes start at 19h00 on campus, so the exam will start at that same time and, hopefully, I'll finish it early enough to hit the gym before it closes at 22h because I went to sleep way too late and couldn't wake up early enough to go to my boxing class at 6h00 🥲

I also made some cute blueberry and strawberry milk but drank it before I could take a picture of it... oops!

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whentherewerebicycles · 2 months ago

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man oh man i have so many thoughts about how insistently (and i think kind of blindly/uncritically) my university pushes us to frame absolutely every type of learning experience we offer to students in the language of "career readiness" and "career-connected learning" and "professional development." i totally get that we have a large first-gen student population who are making a big investment of time & money in a college degree and who want to be sure that doing so will grant them access to greater socioeconomic mobility. and i DO think it is important for us to think about like, ok, long-term, what comes after these experiences or after this four years in college, and what can we be doing to set students up for success as they transition out of college and into the rest of their lives. but like. idk man. i find it really bleak sometimes. just this relentless messaging that the only thing that matters in your adult life is how competitive you are on the job market. and i also think it pushes us to just like, kind of warp or distort the things we are offering students to make them fit under that rubric, or that particular framework for valuing things? like if we want to convince a student to study abroad we can't be like, living abroad is one of the most amazing things you can do. it's so fun/scary/exhilarating/awesome and it will expand your horizons in ways you can't even anticipate and it will expose you to different ways of seeing the world and you will get to interact with people whose perspectives have been shaped by totally different cultures & contexts and it will help you become more independent and more confident in your ability to handle unfamiliar situations and it will give you stories you will remember all your life and you will build strong friendships with the people you meet and you will take cool pictures or buy little knickknacks that remind you of those experiences in your daily life forever and it will motivate you to travel more and when/if you have kids of your own you will probably make it a priority to travel with them if you can or to encourage them to study abroad when they're older because you know how amazing that experience is and you want them to have access to those kinds of life-changing opportunities. like instead of saying any of that we have to say oh this will develop your skills in time management and project management and professional communication with your supervisors and it will give you something impressive to talk about on your resume or in job interviews and blah blah blah. or even if you use a more capacious definition of career readiness that focuses more on habits of mind (like, in the workplace you will sometimes have to navigate complex situations where expectations are not fully clear! you will also likely have this experience living abroad!), it's still just like... idk man... i find it so reductive lol like yeah sure but "get a skill that applies to your job as a project manager or an IT professional or whatever" just feels so much... Less... than the more humanistic appeal to like, this will enrich your life in so many ways, and you will, through these experiences, just become an all-around more emotionally mature, confident, and interesting human being who has engaged in an experience that challenged you and helped you grow. but then i am all in on the humanities and humanism in general so maybe i am biased here and someone who wants to be a software engineer or whatever would be wholly unmoved by that kind of appeal. idk. anyway. it looks like our team is going to be subsumed into our career center in the next year or two so like. what can you really do except to inwardly say "wow i kinda hate this"

#i ALSO have feelings about how like #i went to a fancy expensive college with a whole lot of rich kids #and nobody ever once talked to me about career readiness lol. like i don't even know if i was aware we had a career center of any kind #i got to spend four years really thinking about like #what problems fascinated me and what writers did i love & hate and what ideas did i want to explore in writing #and now i work at a demographically very different institution #and even though we are not a vocational school so much of what we push at them is like #so vocational or so like #oh we all know you're not here to think about big ideas. you're here to get Credentials that document your Professional Skills #so you can enter the Workforce #i mean the faculty i don't think are like that. but SO much of the student success/extracurricular programming stuff is like #really focused on that #and maybe it was like... my college was like y'all are gonna be fine you've got money and access to this alumni network #and access to our brand #you can do whatever you want and you're going to be golden in life #whereas here's like ok you are going to have to work a lot harder to make your way in this world #so idk. i can understand it!!! i just also find it yucky. like the idea that #for some kids college gets to be about Finding Yourself and Having Big Ideas #and for some kids college is like a professional certification program to help you get an entry-level professional position #so that you can have health insurance. maybe for the first time

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chentailai · 3 months ago

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I drew it in my physics self-study class, and luckily my teacher didn't confiscate it because I showed it to him voluntarily and said, "Hey! Teacher! Look! There's a gay couple here！”

I can't write these questions in the next 40 minutes, but in fact, their actual difficulty is lower than writing a fan work. But I just don't want to write questions, and I have even come up with titles for my works. This is one of the scenarios.

#Oh no #I drew Brat like Willy #At first #I was just imagining Bart's impatient and tired appearance #but in the end #I drew the entire scene #I can probably write it out in the next month #and the name is' Life is Heavy #But With You It's Like Flying '. It's a stupid name #Dentist Jaime #college student Bart #and cute health spokesperson Khaji da who loves surfing the internet #And if you want to know #my teacher laughed at me #but it's okay because we're friends and it's our way of attacking each other #khaji da #jaime reyes #bluepulse #bart allen

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acoraxia · 1 year ago

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I wonder if people realize Sonas are meant to represent you and that they’re not really an OC to pair up with another OC

Had this experience with an ex-friend where they used their Sona for OC stuff and it was relatively fine until I realized how. touchy and lowkey intimate they tried being with my OCs and then my own Sona and it got uncomfortable

No buddy that’s just how I draw myself.

Fun times

#think pan #i mean theyre called sonas because of ‘personas’#like oh this is my persona = this is how i show myself to others #OCs are original characters inspired after other things and sure they can have traits from your own life n experience #but they’re still wizards or in high school or retired or old ppl or dragons #my OCs are gods and deities and can create portals and reincarnate #i am a college student struggling to feed himself #we are not the same

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lesbianjudasiscariot · 6 months ago

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okay SHE'S STILL SIXTEEN YOU CREEP

#the thing that bothers me is that we are meant to root for them the show wants us to think fitz is a good guy guy #someone not liking fitz is a sign of that chracter's moral failure and anyone who is disgusted by fitz #such as noal her dad garrett is automatically in the wrong because they disapprove of a teacher committing a crime #like this is the episode where the liars discover the videos in ally's safe and point out how gross that is and how #uncomfortable being violated like that by men such as ian who as college student when they were in 15 and “dating” him #but this scene is meant to be some sort of victory????#like thinking about both the intent of the show and also who the audience was it's just fucked #it's not until he is revealed to have been stalking them and knew ally before she died does aria realize fitz is a creep #and we are expected to feel that betrayal with her #and somehow not go oh well of course the predatory teacher would be predatory to other young girls #but that's later still only on the finale of season 1 #idk not to always bring it back to life is strange but like truly do not see the difference between fitz and jefferson #pll #♡

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giyuulatte · 8 months ago

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this is lowkey embarrassing and sad but ive literally forgotten how to talk to and be friends with people

#i legitimately had no friends last year on campus and now im like a fish out of water #most of my friends are online and it’s so much easier that way #bc people aren’t afraid to approach me yk #like im aware my resting face is less than friendly #and im gigantic (5’11)#but i swear im not mean #like guys pls im probably more scared of you than you are of me #and it’s harder now bc i commute but i made an acquaintance today getting on the bus and i hope i didn’t freak the out #oh and another kn psych bc we seat buddies #college struggles #college student #college life #vent post 💋#gi's diary

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abwicca · 1 month ago

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3.17.25 ~

finally back in the cities! expect a TON of graffiti photos from my time in milwaukee :3

today's a big study day for me! i decided to enjoy the nice weather and take a walk to my favorite coffee shop near my house! today, i've:

read a bunch of research for my thesis paper

taken notes for my latin american politics course

met with my neurologist :/

made a discussion post for my european history course

cleaned up the house a bit!

it's so nice being academically productive again after visiting my parents and partner for nearly a week!

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badolmen · 11 months ago

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“Waaa I don’t want all this protesting to ruin my graduation” You are an infant. You are living in unprecedented times with a chance to make a difference in the world and all you’re worried about is the status quo and your personal comfort.

#ra speaks #personal #sorry the seniors are being such whiny little shits like oh. oh how horrible that your graduation won’t be untainted by the horrors around u #I don’t remember my high school graduation very well bc it was just another day in the long life I’m living #if I was to remember my graduation I wish it would be for something that was IMPORTANT like idk. calling on the admin to answer for their #complicit in genocide and use of police brutality against your fellow students?????#*for reference these are college seniors so ~22 yos. you do not have the excuse of being a child you know damn well what’s happening and why

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halfdeadwallfly · 4 months ago

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my sibling's teacher (in high school) is using chat gpt to grade the essays on their tests and they just spent like twenty minutes trying to argue why that was a good thing i feel like im kind of losing it a bit

#boink #im not gonna be the person who says ai is evil and bad and can never be used ever #i just think that it is absolutely fucked to be a high school teacher grading tests and short answer essays with fucking chat gpt #like come on #and then theyre like oh ok but if it messes up you get to argue your answer and that helps you learn #and im like #that sounds like something you need to do in class then?#like if discussion is helpful #fucking do the discussion in class #dont do a thing that regularly puts students on the spot #especially high schoolers #where theyre accountable for catching the mistakes on their grades #like yeah mistakes are inevitable and ive caught some and pointed them out to teachers before #however that is not supposed to be the norm??#and im like maybe youre ok with that but not everyone is going to be able to do that #and my sibling is like well i think thats just a life skill to stand up for yourself #but like thats not the issue #i feel like the issue is that students especially kids when the authority figure /who knows the information/ tells them theyre wrong #theyre going to believe that #the students shouldnt be accountable for that /especially/ not as high schoolers #and my sibling is like well its an ap class so its college level and no one in the class is stupid #and i just. first of all? ap classes are nothing like any college class ive ever taken. including classes that are the exact same subject #and second. the level of the class is kind of irrelevant here? like i get the idea bc you wanna feel smart and capable in fancy smart class #but i just genuinely think that is irrelevant and kind of a condescending point to bring up #ANYWAY #idk why im getting so heated abt this :')#i was just kind of horrified #bc they were acting like it was so good. and not even that. they were acting like the people who /didnt/ like it #were stupid and way in the wrong #like i just do not agree

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curiosityschild · 9 months ago

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I've had a few conversations recently, mostly with castmates, where they are very surprised to learn that I am 30. They keep pegging me as early 20's. And like...it keeps making me feel uncomfortable instead of flattered. And I've been wondering why because I really don't think I've unlearned the whole "30 is old" thing THAT well despite my best efforts.

And I think it might be partially because I kind of feel like I've been tricking them? Like oh no these 20 year olds thought I was one of them but actually I am a gross creepy old person. And partially also because I'm afraid that they're actually calling my actions immature? Like you thought I was younger because I don't act like a "real adult"? I don't know.

Like they literally keep staring at me open mouthed that happened more than once. Stop doing that! It makes me feel weird :(

#this feels like a brag but it's not #I look normal!!!!! people who are 30 don't look old!!!!#maybe that is a much deeper misconception in the public consciousness of young people than I thought #and I have actually done an ok job at unlearning it??? I don't know #I will say that in the last few years I feel like I have lost all ability to tell what age people are #like I was never good at it but I look at people now like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#so maybe part of it is learning that these people are younger than I thought #like you're 22??? a child????#anyway I feel like what I am afraid of is that I am doing the adulting thing SO BAD that it gives off the impression #that I am a decade younger than I am #IS IT THAT OBVIOUS #the more I think about it the more I realize people tend to ask a lot if I'm in school #I mean no insult to college students but “college aged” is NOT the vibe I want to give off #ah yes that person obviously looks of the age where they barely know how to take care of themselves and don't know anything about life!#LIKE IT'S TRUE BUT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY IT TO MY FACE LIKE THAT #��oh wow you're old enough to be my acutal mom!”#SHUT!!! THE FUCK UP!!! IT'S WEIRD TO ME TOO!!!!

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bisexualcroissant · 6 months ago

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faced with the consequence of my own decisions i hate it here

#my procrastination and perfectionism working together to ruin my life #i can't sleep until i'm done but i am so. tired #adhd #student #just looked at the time … oh goddddddddd #college

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