#thats the why my brain functions

[toomuchbroadwayquotes]

Men: hey you are cute

Me: you are a terrible liar and I don't trust your intentions.

Women: you are cute

Me: Well, it is not true but thank you for trying I know your heart is the best place as you said this, it really means a lot to me.

[sag-dab-sar]

📖 Myth & Sacred Scripture 📖

In Hellenic Polytheism and Mesopotamian Polytheism (and others but I don't want to speak for them) there is no sacred scripture where the words of a God are given to a myth writer and that writing is then declared holy by some form of religious authority.

The idea that myths are the literal actions of the Gods come from a concept of sacred scripture. Sacred meaning the words have holy implications or they have a fundamentally important connection to the divine. This understanding of religious writings is demonstrated in:

Protestant Christianity where the Bible is divinely inspired (usually derived from 1 Timothy 3:16 & 2 Peter 1:12). Additionally, in Trinitarian Christianity Jesus is God making his words in the Gospels the literal words of God.

Islam where the Quran are the words of God given to Mohammad via the angel Gabriel over the course of his life.

Judaism where traditionally the written Torah are the words of God given to Moses at Mt Sinai.

**There are more examples but I'm not going to try and talk about something I did not study.

This pervasive idea of scripture being the words of God embeds itself into a general view of what religion supposedly is because:

Christianity is the largest religion in the world.

Christianity is the dominant religion in English speaking countries, so when we have these discussions in English it tends to have that cultural Christian viewpoint.

Islam is the second largest religion in the world.

Islam considers the Jewish and Christian scriptures to also be given from God, but they have been corrupted in one way or another. This combination can put a mistaken emphasis on sacred scripture being a fundamental aspect of religion.

Even though Judaism is a very small religion the written Torah is considered part of the Christian Old Testament (first five books). Christians interpret the scripture completely differently but the idea of Moses receiving the Word of God at Mt Sinai continues into Christianity from Judaism.

In many "dead religions" the closest you can come to the "words of the gods" might be the writings of ancient oracles or those who communed directly with spirits & gods. However, in Greece and Mesopotamia there was no centralized religion or continuous tradition to overview and canonize them into sacred scripture. Additionally, those are not usually what people are talking about when they refer to myth.

Myth is extremely important, but mythic literalism is a misstep people make, often due to our preconceived notions of sacred scriptures and their connection to the divine.

-dyslexic not audio proof read-

-I hope this makes sense-

[spaciebabie]

at first getting diagnosed with cptsd was like, "yay my trauma has been validated (it always was valid)!" and i really thought that was going to be it, but then i started to do research as i do whenever i realize i have something and learned that!! the way i experience socialization is!! quite horrid actually!!

[postmanlinksbootyshorts]

i need an alternate opinion with an unbiased pair of eyes to tell me whether or not smth mildly bothering me is actually as shady as i see it to be but i'm on my period atm and my brain is not as cool and collected as it normally is so ill get back to this next week or so

[misfithive]

After that trailer we really deserve emotional compensation with fanservice in the form of cute and HAPPY wilmon boyfriends content.

Like you said, we all were expecting angst, but that was a lot. I need a balanced season this time bc it’s the last one, we are only getting them one last time and it would be really disappointing to have them go through hell and barely be able to be happy.

I am so glad u agree with me ive literally been having a mental breakdown for a week and i feel totally unhinged bc it feels like everyone else is happy and excited meanwhile i’m thinking about how much they have had to suffer and why they keep having to suffer and why suffering is never ending and it’s killing me 🙃

so personally i need more of this :

And more of this :

And more of this:

And more of this :

And more of this:

Thank you for coming to my ted talk 🙏🏾

[oh-cramity-its-amity]

i love my friends so much. i feel like yesterday i had a lot of shit going on in my head and i woke up to my friend explaining things in a way that put my mind at ease. i dont feel as anxious anymore because i know i was overthinking. i think my dad said it best when he told me that he thought my wonderful brain of mine just wants to think problems are bigger than they actually are. he is right! im just inexperienced in life and half of the time im scared im doing something wrong but- HEY. i need to be more confident in making mistakes. making mistakes doesn't define me as a person!! i need to stop worrying about doing life right and just live for the sake of living and doing what makes me happy!!!!!!!

[widevibratobitch]

im gonna start screaming in 3...2....1....

[mel0deon]

im just rewatching a lot of stuff so hear me out

with the adventure 99 kids, the only way they know how to interact with digimon is if the world is at stake. there is a definite Divide of the human and digital world. the hikarigaoka and odaiba fog incident seals the deal with them. next time theyre called, diaboromon is rampaging the internet, and they can finally see their friends again. they had to part ways, and deal with growing without them first.

with the 02 cast, the worlds intertwine. they deal with enemies that interact with them in both worlds and have influence in both. by episode 50, the digimon being at home is a pretty open secret. they do everything together and in the 02 cast were a part of the incidents.

thats why kizuna was so jarring for them. at least taichi, yamato and sora. with the digimon now being more known, they could take them to class. they could have lunch out with them. however, there is definitely a cloud of 'I have only seen them in a life-threatening situation, what can I do with them' thoughts that's blocking them from having fun with them.

jou's arc in adventure especially speaks out to me. his issues are especially why he and gomamon are still together. its because of the issues at home. in the digital world, he learns the value of reliability in his own way. his own choice, as both a Chosen Child and as a person.

dealing with problems that relate to human social issues is hard for the 99 digidestined because all they know dealing with problems is to fight their way through it. it doesn't pass their thoughts that the digimon themselves are related to their own personal issues.

[llatimeria]

processed some trauma i think

[euphoricfilter]

that epic relatable moment when you give your opinion in class about the film you watched and now you regret speaking because what if your opinion was bad even though that’s subjective and everyone probably hates you and thinks your dumb because you just have silly brain and will never be able to fully articulate your thoughts into words so they will never understand the whole point you were getting at

[blitz0hno]

Physical flashbacks are so weird like "hey the body and amygdala want you to know! *you involuntarily recoil as if the Pain is happening despite there being no actual physical pain*"

And then you have to act like nothing just happened because technically nothing actually happened???? Like how is this helpful

[imexperiencinggrowthgetoverit]

I learned about cons before I learned about con- which is why words like congruent, concur, and condiment confused me for such a long time

[sorikkung]

people interacting w wgoin in my notes... this would be a rly bad time to say all my writing will probably be on hiatus for the indefinite future huh

[tbartss]

the way i have plans at 3 pm and my brain decided to be like "whelp! guess that's all for today folks! might as well count down the hours until the Appointment arrives" and its like 11 am

[finely-tuned-line]

RP:

Log 231

FTL: I do believe that I've made a breakthrough. I have isolated the genes that I believe affect instinct the most. Due to the fact that I have no semblance of poleplant genetics, I do not believe that I'll be able to implant the need to search for poleplants into the lizard, as my first thought on how to do that would be to make it capable of differentiating poleplant genetics specifically. Perhaps that's impossible in general. But I have come up with a plan that is the most plausible one I've had so far.

FTL: What if I were to make the lizard capable of eating poleplants? Currently unsure of how it would result in a sample getting brought back to me, but it would be a beneficial move either way. If it instinctively knows that something is safe to eat - whether I explicitly modify its instincts or not - then it would be capable of recognising the 'safe food: poleplants. I'm sure that a green lizard would be capable of winning against a poleplant, though if I give it some extra modifications to give it an advantage...

FTL: Though perhaps that would be a tad excessive. Either way, this is the best solution that I currently have. I'll have to think on how to instill the 'bringing a sample back to me' part, as well as what modifications will be necessary in order to make it capable of consuming a poleplant - as well as potentially those to help it in the defeat of its prey. Rather reluctant in the latter, as well. Last time I tried giving a lizard (though it was a cyan one) extra predatory advantages (venom, in this case), FTLR-3 happened. Though that's not the primary cause of my reluctance, but I suppose it contributes.

FTL: Speaking of FTLR-3 and the situation surrounding my defeat of it, I do still need to talk to Echoes of a Paradox. Perhaps a bit... cruel? Apathetic? Insensitive? Those are all words that fit. But which over one is used, perhaps I am a bit of that word due to the fact that it simply is not my priority as of this moment. My work always takes priority over other Iterators, though maybe I'm also incredibly hesitant to even engage in conversation with them. It's irrelevant either way, but this is a note to myself to do so.

FTL: I should also talk to LIFEGIVER. I'm assuming that he's gone out out to help defeat Third Vast Attempt, due to his lack of response to the... argument. I do not blame him, and I must say that I'm somewhat relieved that I do not have to continue that conversation any longer. But I do feel that I should apologise, perhaps. My stances have not been changed, but I haven't made an effort as he was asking of me. I will not be doing so, and any apology that I do transmit to him would be sent at a future point in time. In the end, even he does not take precedence over my work.

FTL: Speaking of my work, I've come to the conclusion that this purposed greed lizard project has become its own project instead of a sub-project. I will be making a separate file for my observations, notes, and progress, as I do for all of my projects. Once this project is over though, it will continue to lead directly into the white lizard-poleplant hybrid experiment.

FTL: This really will be beneficial to succeed in this. I do believe that the methods that I will be employing in the purposing of the green lizard are perhaps atypical in the field of purposed organisms, though that doesn't really matter. It will be helpful to myself either way, on top of it being a very interesting endeavour in general. Perhaps I should have done this earlier.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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