Brain Wyrms

[Video description: Video about English words that have unclear meanings to Japanese people. It's framed as a conversation between two people.

Person 1: "So in English you'd call a person from Japan "Japanese," right?

Person 2: Yeah.

Person 1: So, in English a person from Sweden is "Swedenese?"

Person 2: Mm, no, in English a person from Sweden is "Swedish."

Person 1: Ah! So, in English a person from Canada is "Canadish?"

Person 2: No, in English a person from Canada is "Canadian."

Person 1: Ahh! So, in English a person from New Zealand is "New Zealandian?"

Person 2: No, in English a person from New Zealand is a "New Zealander."

Person 1: Ah, so then in English a person from Thailand is a "Thailander"?

Person 2: No, in English a person from Thailand is "Thai."

Person 1: Ah, so in English a person from Holland, or the Netherlands, is "Nether?"

Person 2: Mm, no, in English a person from the Netherlands is "Dutch." The two then repeat the word "Dutch. Dutch? Dutch." at each other, the first person incredulously, the second person shrugging and otherwise using body language to affirm the absurdity of the situation. At the end, Person 1 is making direct eye contact with the camera as he says again "Dutch??" End description.]

I made this quick info post about using no pronouns bc there’s not a lot of resources on it! Reblogs appreciated :D

[Image ID: Simple blue and white graphic. First slide is titled “Guide to Using No Pronouns” and has a figure waving with a speech bubble that says “Hi, I’m Bee! I prefer using my name in place of pronouns.” The second slide is titled “Reasons to use No Pronouns” and the bullet points read “When no pronouns seem to fit. Sometimes you just don’t vibe with any of them! Avoids misgendering someone who’s not out yet. For fun!” An additional bubble reads “you don’t have to have a reason!” The third slide is titled “Introductions” and reads “Introducing yourself: “Hello, my name is ____. I use my name instead of pronouns.” or “My name is ____. I don’t use pronouns.” Introducing someone else: “This is ____. ____ doesn’t use pronouns.” or “This is ____. You can use ____’s name in place of pronouns.” I find that stating that you use your name in place of pronouns makes your introduction more clear. I would also include a quick example of how to use your name: “So instead of using they/them/their, you can say “Bee is calling Bee’s parents.”““ The fourth slide is titled “Examples” and reads “Here’s some examples using my name! Instead of: “Bee is working by themself.” Do: “Bee is working alone.” Instead of: “They are proud of their work.” Do: “Bee is proud of Bee’s work.” Instead of “I went with them and they were amazing!” Do: “I went with Bee and Bee was amazing!”“ The fifth slide reads “Thank you for reading! Have a good day!”]

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“If you have time to watch Netflix you have time for a side hustle” my side hustle is relaxing so that my body and brain can heal from by this nose-to-the-grindstone bullshit. I refuse to feel guilty for being a human with the need to relax sometimes. my side hustle is no.

whenever i hear about hustle culture i always think about this post on r/antiwork

[Image description: Reddit post titled "My hustle culture friend just died of a heart attack at age 32." The post has 4.6k upvotes. The post reads:

Sorry for the wall of text, but I really need to get this off my chest.

I met this guy at uni, and since graduating he had [been] living the life. He got up at 5 am to work out and do all life's admin, then worked 08:30–19:30 every day in finance for £150k/year, and then would spend his evenings working on his side hustle business. On weekends he'd do voluntary management work for a charity. He had financial independence, and he was going to retire early. The world was his oyster and he would travel around to every country with a laptop. I'd never left Europe and got very envious of this.

But the sad reality is, he's been a zombie for over a decade now. He never got more than 5 hours sleep. He never ate healthy food. He didn't have a romantic relationship and never found time for friends. And he was always cutting costs to save "for retirement", he'd have cheaper long haul flights with many changes and dump his bag at a hostel before getting to work on zero sleep. He never got to explore the places he was in, it was always just another office.

I'd only see him once every three months or so, even when he was living in his house 20 mins walk away from me. And whenever I saw him, he'd be too exhausted to do any activities. We'd just go to the pub while he switched off after an hour. His biggest regret was taking up smoking, which he did to network with managers on smoke breaks at a previous job, and then found impossible to quit.

My last conversation with him was about work. I said that I get an extra five days annual leave because I've worked here five years now. He said it's not worth it, I'd be better off switching jobs to get a pay rise and then take unpaid time off to return to my previous salary... I'm going to take those five days to spend with my family and think about any good times I had with my old friend.

I found out about his death when the hospital called me. He kept my phone number in his wallet as an emergency contact. I didn't know this until I got that call, I didn't realise I was the closest person he had in this world. To me, he felt like a distant friend who I only got to hang out with a few times a year.

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A Pokeball Aquarium. They are just having fun swimming. ^^

Image description: fanart for Pokémon showing Pokeball with the upper half being transparent, inside that half a group of Luvdisc, a shiny Luvdisc and a Finneon swim around. end Image description

Happy Neil banging out the tunes day!

séance

[ID: A digital painting showing three chickens gathered around a candle, with one of them staring upward in shock at the creature that is appearing from the smoke - an ancient ancestor of the chickens, a dinosaur with the same red-brown feathers as the chickens, feathers on its front legs in the beginnings of wings, and grinning teeth as it looks down at them with a glowing eye. End ID.]

[ID: Night camera photo of someone dressed as Gandalf doing a trick mid-air on a skateboard. Three hobbits in robes are clapping and smiling in the background as they watch him. Text surrounding Gandalf reads: whether you like it or not this is me [] this is my truth

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Imperial passport of Kublai Khan “I am the emissary of the Khan. If you defy me, you die.” 1240 A.D. [886x960]

[id: two images. The first is a photo of a museum exhibit featuring a circular metal tablet with engravings on it. The exhibit card reads “Imperial Passport: One of two known Kublai Kalm passports reading: “I am the emissary of the Khan. If you defy me, you die.” Phags-Pa script Incised, steel on bronze, Yuan Dynasty, c. 1240 A.D. (Cast)” the next image is the “not to worry, I have a permit” meme edited so he’s handing over the above tablet. End ID]

i have painted the fellowship of the Big Naturals

[ID: A traditional, full-color painting of the non-hobbit members of the Fellowship of the Ring on a white background. They all have their canon (movie) appearances except for the additions of very large breasts on each member, revealed with open robes or deep cut tunic necklines. End ID.]

Thank you for flying with XD Airlines aboard our 7Scene7

[ID pasted from alt: Traditional illustration of a scene-themed airplane dragon flying against a sun with a happy face, purple clouds, and a gradient background that goes from yellow, to green, to blue. The plane itself is black and white with rainbow leopard markings and hair. End ID.]

Follow, follow the Sun / And which way the wind blows / When this day is done ⁣🎶 ⁣ Today, April 8, 2024, the last total solar eclipse until 2045 crossed North America.⁣

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extremely weird to think about the fact that the internet is a collection of physical objects, like, if i send a message to a person on another continent, there's a continuous physical path that each packet followed between each of our routers and it probably passes through an undersea cable which doesn't feel like something that should be real how did people manage that

also dynamic routing algorithms are kinda amazing like, you don't even have to tell the computer where things are it just figures it out from talking to other computers?? it just automatically figures out where the entire internet relative to it is??? huh????

if you’re struggling lately, i hope this reaches you.

we will be okay. you will be okay. you will grow and evolve and heal. you will enjoy life again even if it’s not the same as it was the last time you were happy. you will live your life not feeling stuck. you will do more than survive. you will thrive.

[ID: Two images of Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb on an old-fashioned boat. He says, “I was heading for a golden land of opportunity. A land with a pioneering spirit, which welcomed misfits like me. But I ended up in America, instead.” /end ID]

Source (sorry I forgot to find and source the artist when I first posted this)

[Image Description: cartoon digital art of James and Jessie from Pokemon in their Team Rocket outfits. They are in a car and James is at the wheel. The drawing is in grey monochrome aside from soft blue, red, and purple lighting effects. James is smiling with his eyes closed and says "omg!! bisexual lighting!! our colors lol" while Jessie shakes her fist, very upset, and says, "no james that is the police now drive faster!!!!" /end ID]

do i know you...?

[ID 1: A pop-up that sometimes shows in the Tumblr mobile app; A purple expandable banner at the bottom of the screen that says "Hey! Hello! Down here! (frog)" /end ID 1]

[ID 2: A character sneering in disgust down at the camera, covered in shadow. The background is plain black. /end ID 2]