#vent ?? not really though

[ionomycin]

Welcome home

[ship-it-sideways]

I know I should be happy for you, but—

[queenlucythevaliant]

Just to clarify my thoughts (since I've had a number of people ask me about it) re: Job and cursing God. There's a big difference between cursing God as used in Scripture and how we generally would think of cursing at God today.

Cursing someone, in the Bible, has a lot of depth to it. It's not just saying "screw you " in anger, it's got a sense of forsakenness to it. It's the opposite of a blessing, a removal of blessing. If the blessing is presence, your face shining on the person you're blessing, then a curse is absence. In some translations, Job's wife tells him to "renounce God and die," which I honestly think makes a lot more sense to modern ears.

Job says a lot of unpleasant things to and about God in his anger and grief. So do the Psalmists. A number of the Prophets. So can we. God can take it if we come to him with honest expressions of our emotion, including those not-so-nice ones directed at him. I don't think there's anything wrong with getting mad at God and saying, "How dare you, you bastard" when you suffer unjustly. You can say much worse, I think, without sinning, though I don't feel particularly inclined to give examples. But as long as it's an honest expression of your heart, I think you're doing exactly what prayer is for. You're presenting him your heart with an open hand. He can use that. Opposite of love is not hate but indifference, etc.

Job doesn't renounce God. Neither should we. But I think when you're truly suffering, you're gonna have those feelings toward God either way. He'd rather you address them with him directly than try to avoid them. Cursing at God in the modern sense is actually a great way to keep the relationship strong and not end up cursing/renouncing him in the Biblical sense.

[sneebl]

proud hater of the relationship hierarchy

[amygdalae]

Are you on testosterone? Or just chest dysphoria?

im not on T (ive thought abt going on low doses but idk if i need the expenditure) but yea i get real bad chest dysphoria

[froads]

[rununcal]

Stave Off the Thoughts, Whoever You Are!

I draw him like how straight renaissance painters think about women

[girlygo2]

Reflecting

A life where my suffering means nothing.

[emberglowfox]

closing time

[anglerflsh]

July 2023 / August 2022 / June 2021

[hylianengineer]

Currently experiencing my first period in six months (due to birth control. Hadn't had one since the dosage changed, thought I was free from this shit) and I haaate it so much. I dont even feel that bad I'm just. So. Tired. Regrowing the lining of an organ is exhausting. I want to stay in bed and take a nap but instead I have to go to work. Ridiculous. Unreasonable.

[medusamagic]

I need people to recognize that saying "I'd fuck/get fucked by a trans woman" is a stance that quite a few far-right folks have. You're not special for saying the quiet part loud. If you want me to believe that you actually care about trans women, say something when we try to call attention to issues that affect us.

[internetdruid]

Evening, ladies

[falmerbrook]

I'm getting back into animating after having to avoid it for a year because of my hand pain, and while I'm really excited about it and about posting to youtube again, I'm also kinda scared to actually post tes animations because it means I'm gonna have to interact with the gamer™ crowd. They can be fun, but also part of the reason I only feel comfortable with posting tes stuff here is because I find half of the fanbase everywhere else stressful and obnoxious to deal with sometimes. For example: my nerevarine is an argonian, and l'm quite proud of his design and like sharing him, but ever time I do on youtube or reddit or twitter I inevitably get the same "hurr durr argonian nerevarine?!? that doesn't make sense" or faux-racist argonian comments that I don't even know what to do with. It's not exclusive to that scenario, but it's like there's always one or two uncomfortable comments under any given tes fanart or post that goes against the standard popular meme interpretations of everything. and I hate dealing with them

[pcktknife]

Ive just progressively wanted to exist less and less and less in front of others for like years now and on my worst days it really gets to me

[moethh]

I WISH LES MIS 1978 INCLUDED THE GORBEAU HOUSE SIDEPLOT I WISH MARIUS COULD GO TALK TO PERKINSVERT AND BE SILLY I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD BURN HIS COAT FROM TH STOVE AND GET MAD AT IT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LITERALLY THE ONE STANDING TOO CLOSE I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD GIVE TWO(why two?!?!!) PISTOLS TO MARIUS AND GO “bang! a pistol shot.” I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD GO “would you like my hat? :]” TO THENARDIER I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD GO “don’t shoot! you’ll miss ;]” AND THEN THENARDIER MISSES I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD SAY TO MME THENARDIER “i have claws like a woman >:3” I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD BE ANGRY AFTER REALIZING VALJEAN ESCAPED EVEN AFTER HE JUST ARRESTED A LITERAL GANG I WISH PERKINSVERT COULD GO “LITERALLY WHERE IS THAT GUY(Marius)?!?!??!” AND GO AROUND LOOKING FOR HIM I W