anyways

do you understand?

It beckons from the shore

“i can fix him” “i can make him worse” well i can split him into the fixed and worse versions of himself resulting in existential horror, identity crises, and maybe a little violence

Thinking about the dichotomy of "I feel uncomfortable/triggered in the presence of x/y/z environments I would like to be someplace without that" that I constantly see online and when I tell my therapist I really get uncomfortable when people raise their voices around me even if they aren't actually mad and her response of "you can only control your own reactions and emotions, it's not really fair to police others on how they should exist in your presence" and honestly it sucks to hear but she's right.. it's good to have people be conscientious of what triggers you but really it's up to us to do the hard work of building that emotional resilience. The idea of people around me having to be hypervigilant of what they say and do lest I start getting dysregulated does not sound fun at all, I want people to feel comfortable being themselves around me and that means training my dumb lizard brain to chill tf out. Living in a constant state of avoidance sucks ass for everyone involved.

And Bond, if you could avoid killing every possible lead, it would be deeply appreciated.

Once again Cicer’s tags are 100% accurate

The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on

please stop writing "viscous" when you mean "vicious", it produces the weirdest mental images ever

"a viscous murder" yeah i don't want to know what that could look like

it looks like the Boston Molassacre of 1919

Quarantine gothic, or the utterly disconcerting image of a closed Waffle House

merlin was only 18-20 when he first witnessed an execution......my boy should've been at the club

Reblog for larger sample size whatever

impostor syndrome is a common problem in academia. For example my colleagues keep putting me in the airlock and ejecting me into space

Uh.. if you're not the imposter how do you keep coming back?

tenure

One of those ‘pick two pills’ things but it’s things I actually want

Me: damn this situation I'm in sure isn't ideal, what am I gonna do about this

Suicidal Ideation Man who lives in my brain: perhaps I have a suggestion ☝️🤓

OK, fine, the Brits can take this one W for once.

rare occurence: tfw a christian seems to have read the same book I did

Funniest bit: OP, who is deactivated, made this post expecting people to side with the corporations

hey. im one of the people who does a specific and noticable thing right after you wake up so you realize youre in a timeloop. yeah im the guy who drops a bucket of paint off a ladder haha. yeah its a thankless job but i get paid per loop so like. dont learn your lesson too quick haha