Month: November 2023

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cordeliaflyte:

My deepest darkest fantasy is that I collapse on the street and I am rushed to the hospital. They perform a bunch of tests and find out I am severely deficient in some kind of vitamin. Then I start taking the vitamin and I become the happiest cleverest person alive because all my problems were caused by this one deficiency

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#that one post with the thing #I have this fantasy but in a negative way #what if my problems are caused by things that are actually incredibly‚ stupidly easy to treat #what if I find out twenty years from now that a ten-dollar vitamin bottle from the grocery store would have fixed me #and I’ve been suffering for nothing #what if I *never* find out #(fun fact) #(last year they threw some things-in-the-general-vicinity-of-the-immune-system bloodwork at me) #(to see if anything turned up regarding the Immune Bullshit NOS) #(and the test for B12 deficiency pinged) #(to be clear I don’t think that’s what was causing the immune bullshit) #(I’ve been tested for B12 at least once before and it was fine then) #(I haven’t actually felt *anything* from the B12 supplements: it seems we caught it before it became symptomatic) #((…mind you‚ the one cold I’ve had since going on B12 was the second-mildest I’ve ever had‚ and I think within the normal-person range)) #((still‚ like I said‚ I’ve had okay B12 in the past)) #(but I’ve heard the horror stories of what happens if you *don’t* catch B12 deficiency early) #(and I wonder if there are other such traps in my path‚ that I have *not* discovered) #tag rambles #illness tw #medical cw #venting cw?

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vacuously-true:

kikokuso:

I have a new favourite batshit rail idea

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Please build it for the funny please please please

You’re right. I SHOULD be able to take the train from Minneapolis to Berlin.

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#trains #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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neosatsuma:

cryptotheism:

cryptotheism:

cryptotheism:

I’m fascinated by how the formatting of different social media sites affect how text is read.

For instance, a line break on Tumblr indicates a new idea.

But a reblog break indicates that time has passed.

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#Tumblr: a User’s Guide #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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oak23:

Not to sound like a 90s shallow prep, but how you dress can affect your self esteem, and putting energy into wearing things you actively like and projecting an ideal of yourself through fashion instead of seeing clothes as things you have to put on out of obligation helps.

It also can give you a sense of control over your appearance that you otherwise wouldn’t have lmao

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oak23:

I bought a cape because of this

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cishetsbeingcishet:

this post is written in a humorous tone but this is the realest shit.

two years ago i wore baggy sweatpants and flip flops every day because i was depressed but then decided eh to hell with it and bought some black edgy emo clothes bc thats how i always wanted to dress but never got a chance to and it was only then that i realized that the sweatpants flip flops look was just keeping me in my depression funk. i didnt like the way i looked and i didnt identify with the clothes i was wearing and it only made me feel worse.

i then went through my entire wardrobe and got rid of everything that made me feel that way.

now i have multiple outfit possibilities requiring different levels of effort but on days where putting on clothes just seems like a project i just have to put on black jeans and a band t-shirt and i can still feel good about the way i look which is a really good way to start off my day.

i can not recommend this approach to clothing enough.

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12housescorpio:

Can I just say this is the healthiest mindset related post I have seen on this sight and I want every single person on here to read this

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fatsexybitch:

WFH for 3 years got me stuck in the same sweatpants flip-flop depression funk until the zooms stopped and I realized that no one can see me so I can wear whatever I want and even tho I still wear a lot of lounge wear (because fibro) and sandals (because florida) I now have CUTE comfy stuff I really love that matches and it really does make such a big difference to my mood and has also dropped a few barriers to leaving the house and while it hasn’t fixed my mental illness and I might never win a fashion award I really REALLY feel so much better about my appearance which helps

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madfishmonger:

In jr high I tried so hard to be “normal” and “cool” but the harder I tried the more apparent it became that it wouldn’t work. I could do all the trendy clothes/makeup/hair I wanted, I wouldn’t ever be seen as “normal” (largely due to undiagnosed ADHD). One day I said to myself “If they’re going to treat me like a freak, I’ll show them a fucking freak” and just started doing whatever I wanted. I painted flowers on my face and dressed like a hippie, had a pair of jeans that were basically a belt and shreds, dyed my hair, got piercings, and started having a LOT of fun. I finally made friends. I found my people because I stopped trying to be someone I wasn’t. I’ve never gone back.

Now that I have a chronic illness, the way I dress and look is one of the very, very few things about my body I have control over and it’s very important to my health. It doesn’t matter if how you dress is trendy or not, it matters that it suits you personally.

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#that one post with the thing #I don’t tend to *think* of myself as having strong opinions about clothes because I’m not big on *beauty* or *decoration* #but actually I *am* very picky about clothes #last time I tried to thrift clothing #after combing through *so* much stuff #I managed to find…one job-interview dress and one pair of good sweatpants #(I don’t understand the whole sweatpants-as-lazy thing) #(sweatpants are just cold-weather clothing) #(how do the sweatpants-as-lazy people not overheat wearing sweatpants in the summer and freeze wearing not-sweatpants in the winter) #((…it may be relevant here that I can’t stand jeans)) #(anyway) #I gave up and went back to shopping at Lands’ End #(at least thrift stores are good for shoes) #(people try out hiking‚ buy gear for it‚ decide they don’t like hiking‚ and dump the boots) #(then I buy a $150 pair of boots for $35 and wear it around town for many years) #I do keep largely-separate house clothes and out clothes though #yeah‚ it’s a barrier to leaving the house‚ but I need a sanctuary #a place where things are (ideally) clean or (at minimum) sanitary #I don’t want to come home and sit on my couch with #the same pants I was wearing when I sat on a bus seat next to four sniffling people‚ you know? #and it lets me get more life out of clothes that are just a *little* too ragged to wear outside #I make no attempt to make my repairs pretty #tag rambles #clothing #is the blue I see the same as the blue you see

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nextworldover:

mystery-moose:

Okay no for real this whole idea of Goncharov is very funny but get your fuckin’ timeline right, okay.

Martin Scorsese had made exactly two movies by 1973, he didn’t have the cachet to make a big budget or even mid budget crime movie about the Naples mafia. Certainly not the greatest mafia movie ever made! Further, he hadn’t yet developed his filmmaking style, let alone his fascination with the criminal underworld, and The Godfather had just come out the year before, so there wasn’t even time to get used to the romantic portrayal of gangsters that Scorsese’s films would act as revisionist responses to! The conversation had barely even started yet!

And then there’s the actors: Robert De Niro was a working actor then, not a huge star — he’d been in a few movies by then, including three from noted trash sommelier Brian De Palma and one from even more noted trash auteur Roger Corman — and he actually worked with Scorsese and Keitel that same year in Mean Streets! He got some acclaim for that performance but it wasn’t like, Godfather level, y’know? Not in terms of fame or notice at least. And Pacino? Pacino’s first major role was The Godfather the previous year! That was his third film ever! He did Serpico in ‘73! He hadn’t even done Dog Day Afternoon yet! And he didn’t work with Scorsese until The Irishman, which came out in 2019!

Really, y’all, what you’re imagining, the movie you’re all spinning out of thin air here, probably came out in like, 1983, not ‘73. Probably in place of Scarface or something (which for my money would be an improvement). You’ve got De Niro post-Deer Hunter and Taxi Driver, he’s worked with Scorsese before, you’ve had two excellent Godfather films to build a mythology of the romantic gangster around for Scorsese to play with. You’ve got Pacino after shit like Serpico and Cruising, he’s in his prime. You’re still pre-Goodfellas for Scorsese, so he hasn’t gone sicko mode yet, but he’s done great movies that got noticed and he’d be able to pick up a budget and a production company to go to Naples. He’s worked with big studios, he’s got some clout. Now is the time for Goncharov!

But nooo, all this happened before you were born so it’s all vague and nebulous “before-times.” What’s the difference between 1973 and 1983? Who cares? Well I do! And now you know! History matters okay!! Learn ya history!!!

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i think this is my favorite reconciliation of established goncharov lore with scorsese’s actual film career

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#Goncharov #history #fun with loopholes #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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sith-shenanigans:

mariacallous:

trans-girl-nausicaa:

chekov’s cat: if you see a cat, it will probably be relevant later.

schroedinger’s gun: there’s no way to know if a gun is loaded or not until you physically inspect and check it yourself, so it’s safest to assume all guns are loaded.

#these are both excellent rules to live by#like#just in general

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#got a point there #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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maykitz:

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jolly dwarf architecture

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#love the decor fandom #wow that looks incredible #there’s a bunch of people in the notes saying they went here on school tours‚ and I wish that were me #and the wooden everything really gives it that extra cozy touch #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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8bitmickey:

I laughed for 10 minutes straight.

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#Pokemon #music #puns #juxtaposition #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once