#there is nothing to do in the local area

[palettepainter]

Hot take: a holiday were you go away and do nothing is no different then sitting at home and doing nothing

[essenceofarda]

It's crazy to me that my doctors often criticize me for having "medical anxiety" but i never really had medical anxiety (to this extent at least) before I moved here and started seeing the doctors at this practice, where upon learning that I have a mental illness that has psychosis elements, would literally NEVER miss a chance to try to convince me that ALL my physical health issues are just a figment of my imagination, psychosis, or my apparent desire for attention ... (and like, not to mention they would oftentimes refuse to test or treat me unless i first "lost a bunch of weight"). My PCP once tried to convince me i must not be taking my mental health meds and that's why i "thought" i was having these health concerns... and like, belittling me to the point where I was told, point blank, to my face: "I'm not testing you for lyme Disease because it would be a waste of resources and you cannot possibly have it" (his exact words), despite my growing up and living in NEW ENGLAND, as well as one of the lyme disease capitols of the world, my dad being a deer hunter and having lyme disease himself, also having a bunch of symptoms that maybe could be other things too but were definitely in-line with lyme disease, but yeah, because I have a mental health disorder I must be just looking for attention 🙄 Now I avoid going to the doctor and when I do, I just downplay all my health concerns, even tho some are pretty serious and have a very negative impact on my day to day life.

Oh, the irony of being belittled by doctors for having "medical anxiety" when they were the ones who gave me medical anxiety in the first place lol

[bones-n-bookles]

Why are jeans so expensive and why does caterpillar no longer make the same ones I have and love but have a growing crotch hole and why is the most similar type they have very different and also not made in denim

[slutdge]

these two goths near me do little rat taxidermy courses in the basement of this one antique store and I made this little dude today, he's like... kinda wonky but i had a really good time doing it (plus a little heart i made out of the tailbones)

[insinirate]

ww snr would describe nai's hatred for his son as just "being prickly", calls him a little cactus. it only furthers his instinct to act dadly and hope nai somehow softens up if doted on enough (like that ever worked on his own kid - probably explains why he blindly keeps on with nai).

vash gotta hate it when he notices because doting on nai is his job. stay in your lane, he's been here long before you.

woo sr dotes on nai and nai soaks it UP like the sun to the stupid little plant he is

and not that it was ever even a competition, let alone a close one, but he decides he likes this woo best between the 2 woos and it drives vash crazy bc 1) woo jr is perfect wdym and 2) dont i dote enough or am i doing it wrong :(

[dykeredhood]

Don’t even try to fuck me if you can’t get me as riled up as the score of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) gets me

[tarraxahum]

Randomly remembered all those times someone on a forum or wherever would ask, like, "if your comic was ever turned into a movie or a tv-show, what would you want it to be like", and I was always spewing something about obvious answers like Fortiche or whatever

BUT ACTUALLY. That's wrong.

The correct answer is that I would want it to be filmed as one of those film-student-project fan movies. Where no one has any money and their camera isn't stabilized and the 'sets' are all local buildings but everyone is very committed to making it work with what they have. And all the actors are friends or classmates or someone's parents and therefore look especially real and human.

[crystalistrappedintheinternet]

oh my god i get what the tankies are on about you guys are infuriatingly pro-biden

[todayisafridaynight]

Okay I can't post it until next week at the earliest and NEED to get this off my chest between now and my next longer reply because of stuff we were talking about:

Confirmed in one of my livestream clips there's been actual consideration towards Mine having survived. It's just a matter of his voice actor's availability and wanting to do it right if they end up doing it. We really could see Mine back in the main series.

And I recorded that clip based on something I misheard and didn't register that part at all until now. How Are We Doing Tonight

(Speaking of, get well soon!! I was sick myself the past couple of weeks, it's awful)

me waiting for the absolute millisecond yokoyama drops the 100% Mine Survived The Fall statement

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

I have this tea cup I made in highschool (it’s really cute and was designed more like those Japanese ones without a handle than it was those fancy English style with even more elements to them) but I never actually asked if the glaze we used was food safe (we all used the same glaze on those cups specifically because the teacher glazed those ones in particular and I don’t remember checking. I glazed and painted every other project but only one of them was something you would use for food and that thing broke a few years ago and was honestly more decorative) and this has haunted me ever since. It’s a super cute cup and I adore it, but I have no idea if I can use it for its intended purpose and while I could buy a lead testing kit I’m not sure how I would check for anything else that might have been in that glaze. I know the color used but not the brand, so that’s not really a help either. The teacher I had left the district after that year because our school district paid art teachers a shit wage and we rotated through them like elementary school kids needing new shoes every year. I’m not entirely sure how I would contact her, but even if I did track her down (something not entirely impossible from what I know about her life outside of teaching us for a year, I would feel slightly weird about it though, even though she was my favorite art teacher) but I highly doubt she would remember something like the glaze she used on one project her students made at a school she taught at for one year. I’m not sure what other testing kits I would need besides lead to confidently say it’s safe enough for my personal use, and it’s annoyed me for several years now.

[pochapal]

seeing a few posts about it on the dash tonight is reminding me of my phase a few years ago where i added a whole bunch of fabricated stories to queering the map

[storm-of-feathers]

i wish more people understood the concept of activism burnout and compassion fatigue. you do like genuinely have to pick your battles, and that usually means something local that you can make a real difference with. if you get overwhelmed with every problem nothing is going to change.

[andromedasummer]

becoming a data hoarder of crochet/knitting/sewing/embroidery patterns and books on my pc, laptop and phone. an ungodly amount fr.

[kitkatcadillac]

okay. im not like, a spokesperson, or much of a salesman but listen. listen.

i have been REMINDED. that about a week ago i was going down just the best rabbit hole, about!!! mollusks. and i stumbled upon this grand little group called freshwater mollusk conservation society.

AND IF YOU ASK ME... i think even if its not something that occupies your mind much, if at all, they have this little website that deserves a skim.

if for nothing else but to sort of touch base and learn a couple of things about the world and what inhabits it. these guys work and study on north american freshwater mollusks specifically! so for me its local, but i think its a good look for anyone to learn in general a bit about some of our less popular, but sensitive and critical critters we have roaming around.

like right on the front page, did you know theres over 700 species of snail identified so far just in north america? yall love snails. love a snail today, learn about some local snails!!!

[aliceundrground]

I literally had a surgeon tell me I should get 'weight loss' surgery so that I could have top surgery because my bmi was considered a 'risk' for top surgery. Just. Think about that one for a minute.

Doctors to trans people: are you really sure you want these hormones? I don't think you are. I don't believe you. There are risks, you know? It will change your body. Tell me your entire life story and I'll decide whether you've wanted this for long enough. Oh you didn't know when you were 5 years old? Yikes, ok. I think I'll need you to jump through all these hoops and then we can maybe consider it in...100 years

Doctors to fat people who literally didn't ask: have you heard of this surgery that'll mess up your digestive system, just absolutely fucking mutilate it? Mess with your ability to eat and drink normally? Potentially fuck up your ability to absorb nutrients? Yes, and you don't want it? Are you suuuure? Are you really sure? I'm going to bring this up 1000 more times just to be sure also there's this diabetes drug...

[hballegro]

I had a dream where there was a murder mystery and some of the suspects were Obama, the couple from Ruthless People, Scott Bakula [like, present day, not QL era], three people from my middle school, and like half my immediate family, and upon getting an ending I didn't like [Scott was the killer] I woke up, remembered 90% of the dream including a final chase sequence, decided that ending SUCKED and I didn't wanna be awake yet, fell RIGHT back asleep, and returned right back to my fuckin dream and got a different ending that I now cannot remember [it wasn't any of the people I listed, but I also can't really remember who it was? It was a guy, and he was affluent, but I dont remember rip]

You WISH you were me