Jul. 20th, 2018

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So it turns out the whole mess really was a dead drive and a fuckton of malware. Not sure how that happened at the same time, but that was a sucky day and I entirely deserve my chocolate and beer.

Computer is fine, but I’m going to have to download and remake my dragonlance playlist. Pretty easy since it’s about 50% Fever Ray and 85% Smashing Pumpkins.
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berry-muffin:

hoooOw dare you, deTECtive humpeding?! i am YOUR supEORIOR OFFICER!!!

so years ago i was thinking about making a modern era discworld au, set the idea aside for later and… forgot about it. now i want to revisit the idea because honestly, brooklyn 99 brand of humor is perfect for it.

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more morpork 99

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I love everything to do with this.
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pyromairon:

Just a sketch of a tired and asleep magician in the forest. There is nothing unusual!

@misterartist

This is gorgeous.
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hobnobbum:

I will only accept a live-action Road to El Dorado movie if its directed by Taika Watiti bye

Do you have any idea how much chaotic gay energy a movie like that would have

I think Loki would spontaneously manifest in its proximity and be very confused.
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quietpinetrees:

“Humanity created giant robots to pilot from within, but not for war. That would be wildly impractical. The first aliens we found were spaceborne leviathans, too big to see a human, whose intense depth perception did not lend itself to screens. We built giant robots for diplomacy.”
-QuietPineTrees

Pacific rim
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theweirdwideweb:

From the Wikipedia page about the Fermi Paradox: Given the high scientific probability for alien existence, why can we find no evidence of their existence whatsoever?

A poem about loneliness

I like the theory that we are actually crazy early. Most of the planets that will form during the existence of the universe aren’t even gas clouds yet. We are the guys who turn up at a party three hours early with a bottle of pop and wonder where everyone else is.

Which is a bit sad, but on the other hand, we get to set up the stage and choose the playlist.
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Just a note to say Adrian Cronauer died today and Good Morning Vietnam is the only American War movie worthy watching and Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now can go fuck themselves with a rake fuck you very much.
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throwoveryourman:

how universal of an experience is having the giving tree read to you as a small child and being distraught even tho the teacher seemed to think it was a nice story. also is this a gendered phenomenon. do girlchildren know on some level that they’re the tree not the little boy

Children designated as “gifted and talented” frequently melt down because of this story.  Boys and girls both. I’ve heard many G&T educators say they don’t bring The Giving Tree or The Rainbow Fish into their classrooms at all because of it.

Wow, what is it about gifted and talented kids that makes those stories hit them so hard?

Because those stories are innately about what to do with gifts and talents, and in the case of those particular books, children often interpret them as “give up all sense of self and bodily autonomy, and carve yourself to pieces to make other people like you.”

Here’s my friend unpacking The Rainbow Fish on the topic.

^ That last comment really succinctly illustrates 90% of my mental health issues.

Yesterday, I was in yet another deep spiral of self loathing, and the CORE of it stems from this very fucking message. If I’m not saying ‘yes’ to everyone, I’m selfish and mean. No one will love me if I say ‘no’.  If I’m not valuable to others, I’m worthless.  If I’m better than others at something, I can’t be proud of it, it would be rude.  Give give give give give.  I cannot make demands of others without feeling guilty.  I can’t speak my mind against others.  I freeze up.  I tumble into depression and dark thoughts to the point where I cannot function. I have the worst form of imposter syndrome: Am I a nice person?  I can’t be. A nice person would just suck it up and keep going.  Stop complaining.  This anger that you feel?  It’s wrong.  You have to forgive and shut up.  Their feelings mean more important than your own.  They said something terrible, it’s not their fault.  It can’t be.  They are stressed.  If you stand up for yourself you are just ignoring their pain.  You need to be the bigger person, even if it’s killing you.

The tree gives so much it destroys itself, and we as kids are taught that self-destructive behavior that solely benefits others is not just admirable–it’s correct.

I read The Giving Tree when I was a kid and I decided it was about a mother and child. Cue lots of guilt over taking and taking from my mother and not being able to give anything back, and also solidifying the idea that I really did not want children of my own.

I saw this book on my school bookshelf the other day. It has since disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

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