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VIDEO GAME: SKYRIM

PERSONAL RATING: ★★★★★ 5/5

FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES

never forget what they took from us.

“If you have time to be on social media, you also have time for…” “If you have time to watch Netflix, you also have time for…” Yeah, but do I have the energy for it? Do I have the emotional and mental capacity for it? Am I pain-free enough for it? Can I focus on it? Can I do it without leaving my bed? Can I safely do it without risk of (physically or emotionally) injuring myself by pushing past my boundaries?

Actually I DON'T have time.

I need insane amounts of rest to function. There's a good chance I'll also be on tumblr, chatting to a friend, listening to podcast etc. during that resting time.

But I can't use that time to do whatever I want, whenever I want, because pushing myself past my limits will make me feel like crap for days.

So technically it's NOT free time.

This is a very helpful way of putting it. Recovery time isn't free time; it's for RECOVERY. And if you're neurodivergent or chronically ill or anything in that register, it becomes even more mandatory because your mind and body will punish you that much more severely for neglecting recovery. (Though, uh, that is definitely a thing that will happen to you even if you're Perfectly Normal And Healthy, it just probably won't be as immediate or obvious! so you may not even notice it until it MAKES you neurodivergent or chronically ill!)

Your brain is a machine. Schedule downtime and maintenance, or it will be scheduled for you.

inspired by this tweet:

So the James Webb telescope took a picture of a infant star!!

The small glowing blob is protostar L1527! Caught in the glow of its sunrise-like creation the baby is only 100,00 years old! It can take up to 50 million years for a star to reach the size of our sun. This infant has a long time to go.

Located 460 light years away this is one hell of a childhood photo!

Reconstruction of Whitby Abbey using lighted drones, by Cyberdrone Drone Shows.

losing my mind what do you MEAN mr. brightside is 20 years old

WHAT DO YOU MEAN 2003?????

i just can't look, it's killing me 😔

"Self insert characters are cringe"

Bro I'm trying to survive capitalism with maladaptive daydreaming. Leave me alone.

Writing a self insert helped me unpack more trauma than twenty years of therapy. Do it.

Posting my video on here from TikTok. It’s been a hot minute since I was active on this account but dang, this is where it all started 10+ years ago. I MISS Y’ALL 😭

Man posts transition journey followed by thirst traps.

Slay.

That 8 year jump is HILARIOUS lmao good job sir

i think u two just invented indirect tumblr warfare and im bleeding out in the middle

WRONG TITTY!!!

Demons and monsters that torture people because they feed on human suffering are so dumb. People are suffering everywhere my guy go literally any place and take a deep whiff.

Monster that feeds on suffering becomes a professional caretaker for people with chronic pain and terminal illnesses. They can't change the fact that these people are suffering, but they help a bit and in the meantime they're fat and happy off that Sweet Sweet ambient pain in the air.

Two towns over there's a demon lord trying to get their cult to abduct people for torture, but they keep getting stopped by heroes and the like, so they're barely scraping by. Meanwhile Belogarth the Registered PCA is chowing down on back pain, medication side effects and looming mortality for eight hours a day and has become the most powerful demon on earth without realizing it.

"But don't their clients feel weird knowing that they're feeding off their suffering?" No they think it's hilarious and they're real shits about it.

Finally a medical professional who believes that they are in pain. Because the fucker is actively chowing down on your agony. Not only am I going to get treated by them I'm going to invite all of my chronically ill friends to come as well.

Turns out if you treat the pain then the humans will bring you more humans who are suffering. It's like a restaurant where the waiter is so impressed by your ability to eat food they're giving you more on the house

They say things like "well, it's a real feast day for Belogarth today!" and "if my meds are held up at customs again I'm gonna put Belogarth in a food coma" and Belogarth is the one feeling weird about it

... I literally wrote a bloodline for Vampire: the Requiem that is like this. The Nosoi.

AND YET IT WAS REAL

I watched the part with AOC and he was so strange about it lmao I love hbomberguy so much

IT WAS HBOMBERGUY??

he's always on the strangest shit I love him

Look given how much sleep he was operating on and how much money he raised, he gets to be as weird as he wants

"he's kinda fallen by the wayside" HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ROBLOX_OOF.MP3 ALREADY?

also i want to make it clear that Harris Bomberguy Brewis was fucking congratulated by the fucking Scottish Parliament for his livestream

dude isn't even Scottish

Dude absolutely has not "fallen by the wayside". He just doesn't put out loads of 10-minute videos anymore.

He puts out some of the most vicious, heavily-researched videos out there that take months to put together, like his huge video on the anti-vax movement, which actually got him a shoutout from the reporter who blew the fucking lid off Andrew Wakefield, the scumbag responsible for the whole "vaccines cause autism" lie that's done immeasurable harm to, well, humanity as a whole.

Quality over quantity.

I was lucky enough to be on that stream a couple of times. H. Bomberguy remains one of the best people in the world and that stream shows the power of collective action for a good cause with the goofiest of starting points. Also, make sure to look every TERF like Graham Linehan straight on and ask, sincerely, without malice or recrimination, but with the mightiest need in your voice: "Do you know how to beat Beaver Bother in Donkey Kong 64?"

To some people you’re an NPC

To other people, you’re the special, unlockable character that they worked and worked to finally get- and when they do they’re so happy because they got the game just so they could find you.

The fact y'all are still passing around this post, eight years after I made it. Exquisite. I hope it’s still resonating with people outside of mid-2010’s tumblr.