art, rest
"3 easy ways to start drawing again
1- doodle
when i was a cashier i would fill up post-it notes with squiggles. like this [example] and then fill in the "background" with pencil or sharpie
here are some of my go-to doodles. everyone has their own. get the hand moving!
2-copy
drawings, movie stills, paintings, manga panels. anything you like. dont worry about it looking perfect
each imperfection and wobbly line gives the copy life. it becomes a new image
i like to color them in with no regard for the original. i also recommend doing all this while watching/listening to the junk media of your choice. ("ben quadrineros clearly was named after his podracer instead of the other way around. ben is")
3- draw together
a grade school classic. pass a notebook back and forth with a good friend. there's no pressure to make pretty pictures - i just want to make the other person laugh
(waiting patiently)
you can do this
--on an airplane!
--waiting for food at a restaurant!
--at the dmv!"
{art by junkworld}
"3 easy ways to start drawing again
1- doodle
when i was a cashier i would fill up post-it notes with squiggles. like this [example] and then fill in the "background" with pencil or sharpie
here are some of my go-to doodles. everyone has their own. get the hand moving!
2-copy
drawings, movie stills, paintings, manga panels. anything you like. dont worry about it looking perfect
each imperfection and wobbly line gives the copy life. it becomes a new image
i like to color them in with no regard for the original. i also recommend doing all this while watching/listening to the junk media of your choice. ("ben quadrineros clearly was named after his podracer instead of the other way around. ben is")
3- draw together
a grade school classic. pass a notebook back and forth with a good friend. there's no pressure to make pretty pictures - i just want to make the other person laugh
(waiting patiently)
you can do this
--on an airplane!
--waiting for food at a restaurant!
--at the dmv!"
{art by junkworld}
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anxiety, stress, impostor syndrome
"i had a professor in college who used to start solving every problem with the same dialogue
proff: what's the first step to solving any problem?
class: dont panic
proff: and why is that?
class: because we know more than we think we do
i think about that a lot tbh. it didnt occur to me until much later that he meant for us to apply that dialogue outside of the classroom to any problem. because we always know more than we think we do. we are all an amalgam of random information that ends up being relevant with surprising frequency"
"i had a professor in college who used to start solving every problem with the same dialogue
proff: what's the first step to solving any problem?
class: dont panic
proff: and why is that?
class: because we know more than we think we do
i think about that a lot tbh. it didnt occur to me until much later that he meant for us to apply that dialogue outside of the classroom to any problem. because we always know more than we think we do. we are all an amalgam of random information that ends up being relevant with surprising frequency"
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jobs, society
"people today are spoiled to shit [...]
you're not mad someone else might make $15/hr, you're mad you're not making $35/hr. and you should be. your enemy isn't the poor bastard finally getting a few more crumbs, it's the billionaire who's been robbing you of a living wage for the past forever, and will keep doing so"
"people today are spoiled to shit [...]
you're not mad someone else might make $15/hr, you're mad you're not making $35/hr. and you should be. your enemy isn't the poor bastard finally getting a few more crumbs, it's the billionaire who's been robbing you of a living wage for the past forever, and will keep doing so"
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socialization, affection, society
"some of y'all think that holding hands and sharing a bed is immediately romantic, and this is why people cannot differentiate between romantic, platonic, and familial forms of love
nothing is EVER inherently romantic. the meaning of a gesture is determined by the people involved in it, not some random outsider
the meaning of a gesture is determined by the people involved in it"
"some of y'all think that holding hands and sharing a bed is immediately romantic, and this is why people cannot differentiate between romantic, platonic, and familial forms of love
nothing is EVER inherently romantic. the meaning of a gesture is determined by the people involved in it, not some random outsider
the meaning of a gesture is determined by the people involved in it"
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relationships, love, socialization
"i'd die for you" "i'd kill for you" ok but would you remember my favorite colour? boil enough water for two coffees? would you truly listen? stay a while longer on a bad day? split a fruit in half because it taster better when shared? would you care about the small things?
i dont need people to go to war for me, i need them to take pictures of things that remind them of me just to show me in the evening
if there needs to be a monster to slay for someone to take care do they truly do it for you or do they just want to appease their own need. part of caring is listening to what the other needs instead of what would feeld good or grand to deliver
"i'd catch a grenade for y--"
cool. would you do the dishes without needing to be asked though"
"i'd die for you" "i'd kill for you" ok but would you remember my favorite colour? boil enough water for two coffees? would you truly listen? stay a while longer on a bad day? split a fruit in half because it taster better when shared? would you care about the small things?
i dont need people to go to war for me, i need them to take pictures of things that remind them of me just to show me in the evening
if there needs to be a monster to slay for someone to take care do they truly do it for you or do they just want to appease their own need. part of caring is listening to what the other needs instead of what would feeld good or grand to deliver
"i'd catch a grenade for y--"
cool. would you do the dishes without needing to be asked though"
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emotional regulation, socialization, anger
"furthermore i truly believe you should eat a meal before making any big choices, confrontations, vents, etc. i promise 100% of the time you will feel better and more balanced with food in your stomach. you should never do anything that will have consequences on anything less than a full stomach.
orc logic
she's right btw"
"furthermore i truly believe you should eat a meal before making any big choices, confrontations, vents, etc. i promise 100% of the time you will feel better and more balanced with food in your stomach. you should never do anything that will have consequences on anything less than a full stomach.
orc logic
she's right btw"
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food, dieting, parenting, medical
"my dad who wants the brussels sprouts to be healthy
me who wants the brussels sprouts to fuck like hell
food fun facts for dad types!!!
·adding butter or cheese or salt or whatever to your veggies so that you like them doesnt change the nutritional content you get from said veggies
·additional calories eaten dont negate the healthy benefits of food.
and, stay with me here, low calorie foods are not more morally pure than high calorie foods
·if making a food more palatable by adding butter (or whatever) is the make-or-break for someone to actually eat the vegetable, then the brussel sprouts with butter are FUCKING HEALTHIER for you than the brusel sprouts you dont eat. a salad with ranch dressing is healthier for you than the dry greens you dont eat. a sandwitch with cheese and mayo is more healthy than the plain sandwich you dont eat. the strawberry with whipped cream is more healthy than the strawberry you dont eat."
"my dad who wants the brussels sprouts to be healthy
me who wants the brussels sprouts to fuck like hell
food fun facts for dad types!!!
·adding butter or cheese or salt or whatever to your veggies so that you like them doesnt change the nutritional content you get from said veggies
·additional calories eaten dont negate the healthy benefits of food.
and, stay with me here, low calorie foods are not more morally pure than high calorie foods
·if making a food more palatable by adding butter (or whatever) is the make-or-break for someone to actually eat the vegetable, then the brussel sprouts with butter are FUCKING HEALTHIER for you than the brusel sprouts you dont eat. a salad with ranch dressing is healthier for you than the dry greens you dont eat. a sandwitch with cheese and mayo is more healthy than the plain sandwich you dont eat. the strawberry with whipped cream is more healthy than the strawberry you dont eat."
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socializing, anxiety, activism, bad praxis
"waiting for people to fuck up so that you can cancel them, gatekeeping, communities self-policing to the point of self-destruction, debating each other's validity, communities infighting over terminology, fighting over the Best way to exist, trying to define what a Bad Community Member is/does, vilifying those people
besties i think we fucked up and internalized the surveillance state or the omni-present judgement of god or purity culture or perhaps just maybe all 3
kill the cop inside your head"
"waiting for people to fuck up so that you can cancel them, gatekeeping, communities self-policing to the point of self-destruction, debating each other's validity, communities infighting over terminology, fighting over the Best way to exist, trying to define what a Bad Community Member is/does, vilifying those people
besties i think we fucked up and internalized the surveillance state or the omni-present judgement of god or purity culture or perhaps just maybe all 3
kill the cop inside your head"
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self compassion
"emotional regulation requires energy
when you're physically tired, emotional regulation is physiologically harder to achieve
so if you've used all your physical spoons and you start crying because you dropped a pen, remember its because your cells literally dont have enough ATP to coordinate the neurological processes that control your emotions. give yourself grace and rest and probably a snack"
"emotional regulation requires energy
when you're physically tired, emotional regulation is physiologically harder to achieve
so if you've used all your physical spoons and you start crying because you dropped a pen, remember its because your cells literally dont have enough ATP to coordinate the neurological processes that control your emotions. give yourself grace and rest and probably a snack"
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request for feedback on trannoscription, from those who make use of them. does it make a real difference to type "don't" instead of "dont" for screen readers? would it help to use «» instead of ""? anything else that is easier to deal with as a sender than as a receiver?
additionally, if there is a strong interest in using more formatting (E.G., embolden the first letter of every sentence), the possibility may be explored
this post has no expiration date and anyone can reply at any point, but please try to keep all the discussion to actual, real usecases, and dont chip in to add theories and fantasies born from maybes. emboldening letters only helps the reader if the reader is reading the post through the trannoscription and not the image.
feel free to provide illustrative links (especially for things like the aforementioned text formatting)
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