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@critcallylowhp

((Maxx/Cherry🍒He/Him)) (Chatter with Anubis under #Anubis chatters) 22 yrs old
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tillman

I dunno why “using it/its pronouns for people makes me uncomfortable but ill do it anyways to respect their identity^^” is such a common take in lgbt spheres like….? Ok. You didnt have to just say that though. I dont need to know that.

“🥺 but using it/its for people feels like im dehumanizing them… ill do it cus it asked but I feel sooo bad”

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Time to go through all the blogs I follow and clean up-

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God I love putting boobs on men- people should do it more. Have you ever laid your head on a boob? Life changing. Healing. Warm.

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Some people rlly gotta learn that just because something is commonly used/portrayed in a sexual manner does not mean it is always 100% sexual.

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kleefkruid

Every fun post on here that encourages people to have hobbies/be creative always gets an avalanche of "Some people are poor Karen" type reactions and respectfully, you're all super annoying. I've never lived above the poverty line and this is a list of hobbies I have that were cheap or entirely free:

  • Read books: Go to the library, lend a book from a friend
  • knitting, crochet, embroidery: Get some needles from the bargan store and ask around, people have leftovers from projects they'll happily give you. Thrift stores also often carry leftover fabric and other supplies. And talk about your hobby loud enough and an old lady will show up and gift you their whole collection, because there are way more old ladies with a closet full of wool than there are grandchildren who want to take up the hobby.
  • Origami/paper crafts: get some scrap paper and scissors, watch a youtube tutorial
  • walking: put on shoes open door
  • pilates/yoga/etc: get a mat or just use your carpet, watch a youtube tutorial
  • Houseplants: look online for people that swap plant cuttings. There are always people giving out stuff for free to get you started. If you're nice enough you'll probably get extra
  • gardening: You're gonna need some space for this one of course but you can just play around with seeds and cuttings from your grocery vegetables.
  • aquarium keeping is a bit of an obscure one but I got most of my stuff second hand for cheap or free and now I have a few thousand euro worth of material and plants.
  • drawing/art: You get very far just playing with bargan store materials. I did my entire art degree with mostly those.
  • writing: Rotate a cow in your head for free
  • cooking: again one you can make very expensive, but there are many budget recipes online for free. Look for African or Asian shops to get good rice and cheap spices.
  • Join a non-profit: Cities will have creative organisations who let you use woodworking machines or screen presses or laser cutters or 3D printers etc etc etc for a small fee. Some libraries also lend out materials.
  • candle making: You need some molds (cheap), wick, two old cooking pots for au bain marie melting and a ton of scrap candles, ask people to keep them aside for you.
  • a herbarium, flower pressing: Leaves are free, wildflowers too, ask if you can take from peoples gardens.
  • puzzles: thrift stores, your grandma probably
  • Citizen science: look for projects in your area or get the iNaturalist app

And lastly and most importantly: Share! Share your supllies, share your knowledge. Surround yourself with other creative people and before you know it someone will give you a pot of homemade jam and when you want to paint your kabinet someone will have leftover paint in just the right color and you can give them a homemade candle in return and everyone is having fun and building skills and friendships and not a cent is exchanged. We have always lived like this, it's what humans are build to do.

And all of it sure beats sitting behind a computer going "No stranger, I refuse to let myself have a good time."

Anyway I'm logging off bc I'm making some badges for a friend who cooked for me and then I'm going to fix some holes in everyones clothes.

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fitgothgirl
  • Birdwatching - download a free app for identifying and/or logging and go for walks or hikes or just sit in your yard/at your window depending on where you live. (My biologist friend uses the Merlin Bird ID app for identifying and eBird for logging, so that’s what I got now that I’m getting into it. These apps are associated btw, both by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). A cheap/basic pair of binoculars helps too.
  • Crosswords and other word puzzles - lots of free sites
  • Learn a language - Duolingo is free, among other apps
  • Photography - Most people have smartphones these days that actually have decent enough cameras that could suffice for beginners and intermediates - the important part is your eye and the composition, etc. Plus there are free Photoshop-like sites for editing, like pixlr.com. Also you can find old, great quality DSLRs that still work for cheap! They’re not like cell phones lol; my Canon is almost 20 years old and works like a charm. And good ol' YouTube University can give you beginner lessons if you don't know what to look for or how to get started.
  • Journaling (and/or bullet journaling)
  • Read lyrics along with songs while listening to them. If you don’t have Spotify, there are tons of free lyric websites out there.
  • Research an unfamiliar topic either online at home or at the library.

Also for any hobby or just life, there's always the Buy Nothing Project and freecycle and Trash Nothing where people exchange things rather than throwing away stuff they don't need!

I went to work a job where I could do tech support on the phone and crochet at the same time. As long as I could keep up my performance I was allowed to keep crocheting, I think my manager saw it as a method of stimming.

Three different people gave me their yarn stashes upon watching me crochet. Without prompting.

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you there, fandom person who calls their favorite fictional man babygirl and princess, are you comfortable with the possibility of that character being a bona fide trans woman?

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sule-skerry

Forget stovetop vs electric, in my experience the fiercest argument is between people who think a kettle is an essential household item and people who do not.

Bonus: if you own a kettle but keep it somewhere other than the kitchen, put it in tags!

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lottieurl

hyperfixations are so scary like yeah this could be a month long thing or i might be thinking of it everyday seven months from now. no way to tell

And even when a hyperfixation ends there is always: The Resurfacing™️

Will it be a year from now? Five years? Ten years? And what will trigger it? No one knows, but still the old hyperfixation lurks, like a creature prowling through the forest of the mind, waiting for the right opportunity to strike again.

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