#worst neighborhood

[brinaarcadia]

PAUPER'S DROP

"The worst neighborhood in Rapture."

The Drop was originally built as a temporary worker's camp during the construction of the Atlantic Express. Once the rail line was completed, however, the workers found that they couldn't afford to live anywhere else in Rapture, and the settlement under the tracks became permanent.

Most residents of the Drop lived in the sprawling Sinclair Deluxe tenement building. The Fishbowl Diner was a popular lunch counter for working stiffs. A pawn shop, King Pawn, and free clinics can be found in the Drop's downtown. Skid Row is home to a once-bustling marketplace for scavenged and otherwise illicit goods. The marketplace is anchored by the Reliable Pharmacy at one end, and the Limbo Room jazz club at the other.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[redratt]

FEAR.

[cranberrymoons]

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[thetimelordbatgirl]

Hot take apparently: if you think its funny to trigger veteran's PTSD with fireworks because of them having been in the military, your an actual piece of shit.

[mushramoo]

what did I do to deserve this

[favroitecrime]

zionists will tell you this is moral because at least they’re telling them. anyway throwing stones at an occupying force shouldn’t warrant death i don’t think that’s a point any of us should disagree on.

[peanutbutterandawesome]

You.

Yes you- no! not *you*, YOU!

That's right, You!

Look at me! 👁👃👁

Take a second real quick- breath deep for me, feel the air entering your lungs as you inhale.

*deep breath in* *slow heavy exhale out*

It's wonderful, isn't it? What a breath can do?

A few deep breaths can help you stay calm when you're stressed. Or if you're already panicking, then it can help you calm back down. Isn't that neat?

When I take a deep breath in- and I mean a nice *Big* breath, it reminds me a lot of the sounds trees make, with their leaves and branches, when a heavy gust of wind blows through. Like the Earth is breathing, too.

A Heavy Gust, then the wind lightens, and then it picks back up again.

*deep inhale* *slow exhale* *deep inhale again*.

Or when something smells nice- some food being prepared, a scented candle, petrichor, old books, new books, freshly cut grass, a perfume that- "hey, that smell reminds me of *favorite person*". I mean, where I'm at, at any given moment, I could go outside and smell a neighbor making barbecue! It's nice..

And so you take a breath, a deep breath, a heavy inhale through the nose, and it just-

✨️

The experience of walking- or driving- or biking- or *being* somewhere, and then for just a moment, you catch a whiff of something that reminds you of a person, a place, a food, an *experience* that you haven't seen or thought about in years. And maybe it's a happy memory! maybe it's a sad one.. but whatever it was, it's something that contributed to *who. you. are.* now.

Like a fellow tumblr user said, in a post I ironically no longer know how to find.

"I am a mosaic of everyone I've ever loved, even for a heartbeat."

But I make the addition of, "I think that applies to experiences, too." Though, maybe that doesn't have to be said. 😅

But isn't that something? That every breath you take not only proves that you're alive- as plenty of people before me have said. But also, that you *lived*.

You.

Lived.

With an earthly population of eight *billion* people, it's *certainly* not unlikely that at any given time, you, and a random person the world over, are sharing the same moment to breath. That you're sharing the same breath.

That somewhere, the world over, a person is making a meal that smells *exactly* like the one you ate when you were twelve.

That somewhere, the world over, a person is wearing a cologne that smells *exactly* like the one your grandfather wore.

That somewhere, the world over, a person is smelling the rain, just like you might be now.

Just a big, deep breath through the nose, and suddenly, maybe the rest of the world doesn't seem so far away..

If, for me at least, you could take a nice, deep breath.

I would really appreciate that.

[sonknuxadow]

they can Not be shooting off fireworks already its literally not even july yet. what if we all died

[carbonateds-oda]

I keep having this reoccurring dream about our neighborhood burning down and it’s usually just part of the house that burns, today there was like a boy I had to carry to the garage and splash water on cuz his legs had been caught on fire

[cascadianights]

I don't blame people for not ALL being into native planting and landscaping, but if I had one piece of advice I wish everyone would learn its that if you see it EVERYWHERE in your city and suburban lawns in the USA there's a good chance it's MAJORLY INVASIVE and you should think "wow maybe I shouldn't spread that," over "oh what a great all purpose solution for my lack of a green thumb!" Many of our worst noxious weeds are toxic to people and animals, and serve almost no positive use in the environments they've been dropped in. Just smothers all life.

Common examples are English Ivy, Spanish bluebells, Butterfly Bushes, tree of heaven, bLACKBERRIES, bamboo

[caelcstis]

orobas and am as a couple/partners is basically red flags

[qrevo]

computer how do i download mutuals on my phone for offline use

[nedconte]

it's the first real warm week here (supposed to go over 20 degrees!) and i'm sick AND on my period 🥲

[tittyinfinity]

I saw multiple people run a red light at EVERY traffic light intersection I was at and was like ????? and then I realized that they replaced the traffic lights with new ones & the new ones turn from yellow to red WAY faster than the old ones

[skhardwarevers1]

Oh my fucking god I’m going to be sick. What the fuck kinda dream was that