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Thoughts regarding/plot synopsis of Post-Self: Qoheleth
[This is just a copy of my ramblings on Discord so apologies if there's some missing context or whatever, I didn't feel like reformatting this for the five people following my Tumblr.]
Okay. So. I'm going to be completely honest, it is hard to know where to begin with this.
So, for a few months I've known about this four-book series called the Post-Self Cycle. I don't remember where I first heard about it, it was probably on Cohost back when I still used to use that site. And after a cursory scan of the series' overall themes, I decided that despite fascinating me, I didn't feel like it was the right time to actually dive into it. And in retrospect that was absolutely the right call.
It's very philosophically heavy, tackling topics regarding identity and the future which I already struggle with a lot in my personal life. But the knowledge of this series continued to live in my head rent-free between then and a few days ago when I felt I was ready to explore what Post-Self had to offer. I literally remember talking to Sable [my girlfriend] one day having a breakdown(?) regarding identity and my fear of ego death, and the thing I remember most about that moment was how I actually brought this series up to Sable at one point. Without ever even reading it. Like it revealed to me fears I've been harboring my whole life.
I don't really know if there was anything specific that caused me to feel I was mentally ready to start reading it, because I knew that once I did it would change me in some significant way. And it's really fucking funny on the surface to be feeling this way about some furry book series. I think there's something particularly uncanny about combining furry with deep philosophical themes. I felt similarly with Slime Time. It's been so far ingrained in me that furry is just some nerdy hobby that doesn't really matter at the end of the day, that when it's used as a vessel to expose very serious things that I'm trying to ignore, it almost feels like an invasion of a safe space.
I guess that's why Post-Self latched on to me so intensely after just simply learning about it. Because it's the starkest I've ever experienced that sort of uncanniness. It seemed almost scary. And it is rare for me to feel that way about fiction anymore. But, I don't know. I've been thinking a lot about transhumanism lately, especially after having personally adopted the label "alterhuman". And I guess that's why the time felt right to finally check out Post-Self and hear what it has to say. For the past few days, I've been reading the first book in the series, Qoheleth. This is where I'm running into difficulty figuring out how to even talk about this. Because this isn't like any piece of media I've consumed before.
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[inflicts psychic damage on a tiny fandom]
Hello and welcome to Well There's Your Problem, a podcast about engineering disasters. With slides.
[the title slide shows a bunch of black spheres floating in a space lit from nowhere]
Today's episode will be on the Century Attack. On the screen in front of you are a bunch of uploads. They're, uh, not supposed to look like that.
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Clade — A Post-Self Anthology
To split oneself among however many individuals, to let the mind drift and diverge, to feel the world from points of view not your own, and then let those memories crash down into you…well, it inspires a feeling best described as ‘heady’, to say the least.
Now available for purchase and free to read online! https://clade.post-self.ink
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Unconditional love isn't a free pass to hurt me.
#quotes#writing#poetry#positivity#thoughts#spilled poetry#spilled thoughts#spilled words#spilled writing#my thoughts#spilled truth#spilled feelings#spilled ink#ink#posts on tumblr#my posts#dark academia#light academia#aesthetic#love quotes#self love#love#romantic#life#feelings#emotions#deep thoughts#sad thoughts#relationship quotes#creative writing
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tried to tell my faithful eunuch Tucker that he was basically tumblr famous, but he was too focused on defending the homestead to care
#id add this to the main post (OVER 100K WHAT???) but its already too long so new post ig loll#adventures of normalgirl#self potes-trait#(for tooth context he had to have his teeth taken out a few months ago bc they were trying to kill him) (but hes fine now)#also i actually made a slight effort with the shakespearean this time instead of picking words by vibe <3#lady normalgirl and her eunuch#10k#my doods#20k
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if your weird enough with the homies you can break all boundaries of platonic/romantic love and make a third, more evil thing
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EXPIRED - Post-Self Tuesday Sale by Madison Rye Progress
The Post-Self setting is a metafurry science-fiction setting about the consequences of uploading and forking (splitting) consciousness in an online system. I don't know the exact representation in the books, but the entire setting is queernormative and the first book has a nonbinary protagonist
The entire series is free until 6:59am GMT on Wednesday, June 25th (time zone converter here). That's about 18 hours after this is posted.
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You know, that Mythbusters post legitimately changed my life. Before seeing it, I had exponentially more guilt and stress about not being able to sleep, which of course, further exacerbated my inability to sleep.
Now, every time I wake up about three am, knowing I have to get up at 6.45, instead of stressing and panicking about how my day is going to be sleep deprived and miserable, I just tell myself 'Time to activate Mythbusters Protocol' and lie there with my eyes closed safe in the knowledge that I am measurably reducing later feelings of exhaustion.
And when this happens, about 70% of the time the reduction of guilt and stress means I actually do fall back asleep, so all in all instead of getting only three or four hours sleep, I get five to six and a half.
Which y'know, major improvement in health and energy.
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#girlblogger#girlhood#girlblogging#coqeutte#lana is god#this is what makes us girls#lana del rey#hell is a teenage girl#messy coquette#lizzy grant#god complex#im just a girl#tumblr girls#girly stuff#girl interrupted#girly#beauttiful girls#self love#dollcore#dollette#feminine urge#female hysteria#girl hood#hopecore#just girly thoughts#just girly posts#this is a girlblog#just girly things#girly tumblr#girl boss gaslight gatekeep
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Since I'm therapist-posting recently:
Legitimately self-compassion is the biggest mental health life hack of all time. I'm NOT talking about self-esteem. You do NOT have to like yourself one bit. You don't have to believe that you're a good person who deserves good things. You just have to believe that you're a person who deserves the things all people deserve.
You can't get from "I'm the Worst" to "I'm a worthy and lovable person" without passing through "I'm just a regular fuckup like everybody else."
Try it on. If you're really addicted to being mean to yourself, you can start by framing it as I'm Not Special. Embrace being a regular fuckup like everybody else.
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i think the important thing to understand is that sexual violence is an extension of violence, not sex
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I’m so sick of my life why wasn’t I born a nepo baby or something.
#girlblogging#fashion#i’m just a girl#lana del rey#self love#dollette#dollblr#dolletecore#lana unreleased#lana del ray aka lizzy grant#pink aesthetic#princesscore#just girly posts#sylvia plath#angelcore#angel girl#coquette#coquette angel#gaslight gatekeep girlboss#this is girlhood#girlhood#just girly things#this is what makes us girls#hell is a teenage girl#sweet girl#lana del ray aesthetic#hyper feminine#female hysteria#female rage
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Just realized I haven't shared here
I wrote some fic for the Post-Self books, because we needed more dogs* who live in the computer
*The dogs are people who have elected to become dog-shaped because that seemed fun
(And I suppose this is also an excuse to plug Post-Self in general - it's a great sci-fi setting. I'm very much a fan of the world and the descriptive prose, but the usual - and correct - point is that there's fantastic character writing and also queer furries)
(Note: reading the Post-Self books carries the risk of becoming a skunk)
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