#social call

[yesterdaysprint]

The Wichita Beacon, Kansas, December 26, 1921

[whats-in-a-sentence]

I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[muttball]

Tea Time

[a-queer-little-wombat]

See also: Ursula K LeGuin's story _Nine Lives_.

And it only just this minute occurs to me that I first read this story when I was twelve and so I can no longer remember if, before reading it, I understood or not that the small talk chit chat blah blah is both the social lubricant and the way in which we each hold our hand out in the dark.

While I'm talking about social stuff I had to learn as an autistic person

There's a LOT of social interactions between human beings whose purpose really boils down to being like that thing dogs do where they go "omg YOU'RE a dog??? I'M a dog!!!!!" And that's not a bad thing. Highly ritualized "meaningless" displays of human connection like friendly greetings and talking about things like weather actually do serve a purpose which is like idk ritualized displays birds do. YOU'RE a human? Omg I'M a human!!!! Wow!!!

And they don't have to be your favorite flavor of interaction. You can even think they're silly. But they DO serve a purpose or else they wouldn't be a thing.

[thelaurenshippen]

watching bridgerton and obviously there were a lot of things wrong with the way socializing has worked in the past, but honestly the idea of a "calling hour" is so appealing. office hours for friendship. you can show up unannounced at my home between 1 and 3pm. you must leave by 3pm. I may give you a pastry. lets bring that back

[tenth-sentence]

Jeremy Booth was outside, shading his eyes with one hand as if to ward off the dark.

"The Hungry Moon" - Ramsey Campbell

[quixoticanarchy]

I didn’t miss that social cue I just thought it was stupid 

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[qourmet]

this isn't the first time @cerbykerby had an idea that i've impulsively drawn... rest of the comic under the cut!

[heritageposts]

getting incredibly tired of westerners responding to firsthand accounts shared by palestinians in gaza with the reflexive demand to see a "source"

because by source, they always mean a western news report

never mind, of course, that international journalists are banned from entering gaza; the word of the western journalist, writing in passive voice about a genocide 6000 miles away, is still deemed more 'reliable' than the firsthand accounts shared by the victims living through that same genocide

a palestinian shares a video of an IOF solider brutalizing civilians in gaza? not good enough; they still need a ''source.'' the video in question was posted by a palestinian journalist? okay cool, but does someone have a more reliable source? can we get a word in from the esteemed fact-checkers over at the new york crimes, or the iraq-has-wmds-post? we just don't want to spread misinformation...

[noodles-and-tea]

Little Stan getting manipulated by Bill has excellent angst potential but consider.

Stanley just, keeps tricking Bill. Because Bill would definitely massively underestimate Stanley and how far he’ll go to protect Ford (like in the actual show). We also know Stanley has the street smarts between the twins and could absolutely tell Bill is full of it.

And because Bill would absolutely loose his mind if he kept getting foiled by a snot nosed eight year old that isn’t even supposed to be here

I like to think that he doesn’t even try that hard he just does not even care about bill

[whats-in-a-sentence]

It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of an evening, and his visits were welcome to Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled him to keep in touch with all that was going on at the police head-quarters.

"The Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Treasury" - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[rusticfurnace]

GHOSTSOAP // "you sweet fucker" MINICOMIC!!!

[fanaticalthings]

Jason:

Also Jason:

when you're worried about your dad but you also have a reputation

Masterlist

[lotus-pear]

free will is drawing ur two favorite characters together and making them gay

[tenth-sentence]

'Any time you want a rest from Andrew, bring him round to us,' Jeremy said in a casual tone that was meant to deny the rest of the evening.

"The Hungry Moon" - Ramsey Campbell