#tracts for the times

[phenakistoskope]

in 1993, m.n. buch wrote in environmental consciousness and urban planning, that any construction that encroached upon the khadar on the banks of the yamuna would result in environmental disaster, for khadar is both flood control and habitat for a variety of flora and fauna, not to mention ripe for agricultural use. buch served on the delhi development authority, he knew what he was talking about. the delhi development authority has always known about the environmental and human impact of its actions. they simply do not care.

[glittergroovy]

[bunabi]

not to put her on blast but Sabine is a pee girl who shoots her piss beam all over her litterbox like a broken nozzle

[whisperofthewaves]

haha u wanna a week of rest? solid week? you're gonna feel every breath like eating glass and every slight sneeze as if something's ripping out your throat with claws HAHA 7 DAYS IN BED NO RESPONSIBILITIES?? U WANNA?

[fictionadventurer]

By the Shores of Silver Lake was my least favorite Little House book as a kid, and upon starting the reread, I could see why. Earlier books had Laura as a child observer--not engaging in or totally understanding the wider world of the adults, but still engrossed in the simple joys of childhood. In this book, Laura is neither child nor adult--she's too old to play like a child, but she's too young to take an active part in adult life, so she's stuck in this awkward middle ground.

Yet as the book went on, I started to see that that was the point. This book is about growing up, about being on the brink of adulthood and trying to hold onto childhood while also becoming someone new. Laura's growing-up is paralleled with the "growing up" of the country around her. Both the old and the new ways of life have their benefits and their downsides, and Laura has to figure out how to hold onto the best of both.

The prairie is beautiful, wondrous, free. Laura would love to just roam forever, always traveling west, always seeing new places. She doesn't want to marry, doesn't want to teach school, doesn't want anything to change about her way of life. But one can't stay a child forever. Eventually, the infinite possibility of childhood has to turn into the definite identity of adulthood. She has to take responsibility and settle down. The arrival of the town brings that adult life to the prairie, and in doing so, it destroys the innocent wonders of nature--the majestic wolves lose their home, the buffalo are gone, and the ducks no longer land at Silver Lake. Laura has to wrestle with this--is childhood, for herself and the prairie, gone forever? Does she have to let go of childlike wonder and embrace the mundane responsibility of adult life?

This theme is resolved when Laura finds Grace in the buffalo wallow. It's a place of impossible magic and beauty, a carpet of fragrant violets hidden away from the world with butterflies flying overhead, so perfect it seems like a fairyland. Of course Grace, the innocent child, is the one who was able to find it. When Laura asks Pa about it later, he explains that the "fairies" that made this magical ring were buffalo. There's a mundane explanation for the phenomenon, but that doesn't destroy the wonder and beauty of the place--adult knowledge enhances, rather than destroys childlike wonder. The buffalo might be gone, but there's still beauty left behind. Laura can move forward into the future and know that there are still wonders to find. She can be an adult and still maintain a childlike wonder, can take responsibility and still find comfort in the safety of home and family.

This thematic resonance made so much about the book so much deeper. It's the message of the entire series distilled into story form. Remember the past, children, but go forth boldly into the future. It's a message much easier to see with an adult's eyes, so I'm so glad I gave this book another chance.

[autogeneity]

so I am being flown across the country to a team-building. for a team that has ended my contract. (I am still continuing work on the project even though the client is not paying my company for me anymore because they don't know what to do with me yet). and the only other south african back-end guy on the team, thus the only person that I would likely collaborate with there...is not going.

[felidaefatigue]

its always a good time when theres a color in the toilet u only ate like 3hr ago or ???????? cant remember last time and that color is red

[leggy-martian]

This fool has chewed the beginnings of a hot spot, or something like that, between his toes, so for now he must suffer The Sock (stocking edition for airflow)

[ladyshinga]

idk i think time travel stories focus too much on the Big Picture. like i get it, don't change the future, try not to step on any butterflies, etc. but other stuff needs to be mentioned too, because i think we're all as readers/viewers being robbed of discussions like "how much kaopectate should we pack for the trip" due to the impressive amount of diarrhea they will otherwise get when they pop over to medieval england for a week

[pansy-placebo]

Asleep in the dead of night

Body: hey. Hey dude. Hey.

.....

Hey! Wake up!

Me: *snorts awake* wuh?... what's going on?What time is it?

My body: Diarrhea time!!! :)

[angelgendered]

Oh. I frew up. Twice. Now tummy very hurty. Very big shout that I should not have had a latte and a bowl of cereal this morning and also a cheese pastry twist for lunch.

Why is cheese and dairy so good and yet so fuckin bad for meeeeeeee

[pinehutch]

the 'I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow' to 'ugh why do I feel worse today' pipeline

[mashmouths]

absolutely power (access to cheezits) corrupts absolutely (my tummy hurts)

[cappurrccino]

intestines are such a scam tbh

[kindlyre]

[said with the candor of someone crawling towards you bleeding to death] npd........

[mercuryislove]

well I have officially given up trying to stay sober lol. lmao even. my goal now is to just have ONE when I do drink because I always overindulge because I tell myself WELL YOU'RE RUINING YOUR SOBRIETY SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT COUNT. but now I'm like. whatever!!!!!! just have one. or two.