#and suffering is unavoidable
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Thinking about The Amazing Digital Circus episode 5 and Jax having the sudden realization that Caine actually has power over their minds (by turning him into a vegan), which is a terrifying concept ngl. As if the fact they all live in a world that can collapse around them at any given moment if the AI that controls it gets a mental breakdown (and he is slowly reaching his breaking point) wasn't scary enough.
Also it means Caine fucking lied
Yeah making Jax vegan is harmless and funny enough, but if Caine can force that on him, what else can he force on anyone? And how long will it take for the idea to influence and control their minds to come from him, and not some seemingly innocent, human vote?
If there was one thing the humans had full control over in this digital universe, it was their minds. But now, even that is compromised. I feel like it's really something they should be worry about lol. But I get it, Jax in a maid dress is very distracting. 😔
#if caine ends up abstracting they're all DOOMED#I wonder if it would be different for him than it is for humans#like would caine turn full on AM from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream on them#humans don't seem to keep their intelligence and mind when they abstract. seeing how agressive and animalistic kaufmo was#although kinger's wife's case did show a part of the old them still remains hidden deep inside#so would caine lose his mind but keep his intelligence? his powers?#tormenting everyone forever and taking sick pleasure from it#or on the contrary. he'd lose all control and the digital world would turn into pure chaos where resting is impossible#and suffering is unavoidable#eh. or maybe he can't 'abstract' at all. but it's still fun to think about!#anyway i like that show#the amazing digital circus#tadc spoilers#the amazing digital circus spoilers#tadc episode 5
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there's a self-help/mental health adjacent post that's going around and it seems to be really helpful for a lot of people which is very good. I also personally hate it with all my fucking heart
#it's the anhedonia one btw lmao#if i. have to be exposed to one more goddamn cbt-ass advice post in my life. I will start tearing throats out with my teeth#and I will have earned the right to because I've been through the fucking TRENCHES over the years man#I think it's the appeal to urgency at the end however ruefully humorously packaged that ohohoho. really grrrrinds my gears.#this is obviously not what the person is trying to do with that but the unavoidable implication that the reason you might still#be suffering is that you just haven't tried hard enough to change to like things to open your eyes... hey. respectfullly. fuck off#peak advice for mild to moderate symptoms of mental illness thoughtlessly presented as universally applicable#without any consideration for the deeper thing you're saying -- that if someone is in a real bad way and DOESN'T get better#it's their own responsibility and they just haven't tried hard enough. in trying to be kind you are being so desperately cruel#to the people who are struggling the most. bitch I am fucking GREAT at liking things! it's one of my best skills!! I'm generally curious!#my capacity for enthusiasm and intellectual joy over any old thing that strikes my fancy is legendary and often I suspect quite annoying!!!#so when anhedonia completely envelops me I know it's a sign of something else and bigger going on in the background#it's not a choice. the brain is not solely a cognitive machine!! you cannot fix everything that can go awry with it by Thinking Better!!!#cbt must be great for the people it's great for and I'm sincerely genuinely glad for it. less suffering in the world is great#but it is a way of thinking that is a hammer and you just have to hope like fuck your problem is a nail. because otherwise#you're bruised from being beaten with hammers and the additional shame of what's wrong with you that it's not helping#and again I recognize very keenly that this is not a space meant entirely for me. people sharing resources that amn are not about me#is not only fine it's good it's great! however. it'd also be nice to not get thrown under the fucking bus for once#because my presence fully expressed is an uncomfortable reminder of the things we *cannot* control about our own brains lmao#I'm lucky that I've been in the game long enough and have enough resources to start to smell the bullshit here but...#the pain 'losing years' induces in you when you don't have *a fucking choice* -- because it's not a matter of willpower#or positive thinking or changing your mindset. you're just sick. in a way medicine hasn't quite figured out how to help yet.#well. maybe. maybe don't put that on someone huh. maybe don't make their 'lost years' to depression and doomscrolling or whatever#'their own fault'. I kind of think that's possible to do without submitting to doomposting. is all.#(I feel the same about the 'resting vs. rotting' idea. well friend sometimes the best I can hope for is some gentle rotting#thanks for introducing this layer of disgust and condemnation to the general despair. it's added a patina)#this might actually be the first time I've managed to hold on to my own anger about this rather than it getting drowned out by shame tho#which as steps forward go. *sigh* it's not a moon landing is it. but a small step for man nevertheless I suppose
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idk about yall but im firmly in the camp of "theres a lot of evil in the world and i dont think anyone should have to suffer through it, and if they do, they at least shouldnt have to go it alone"
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MORE THAN GOD LOVES THEM!!!!! GOD!!!!!!
#also can we talk about the fact that the action of leaving their foodstuff in a pile can be seen not only as an offering but as a sacrifice#an offering to the rest of the crew (as if gods despite their betrayal) but a sacrifice for crozier's loyal team too#since they must give up food that's definitely essential#but also: the food is poisoned. we know this. so this selfless act unavoidably becomes a sign of eventual death and suffering.#both to themselves and the other men.#so in this context the 'more than god loves them' line is almost ironic. yes it is love and the best crozier can do in this situation but#it's a bringer of death too!!! but also that's kind of what god is doesn't it? with the same hand he distributes love and mercy#he gives death and punishment. anyway. too many thoughts and none of them coherent#the terror
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i have a strict moral code for no fucking reason at all actually
#my ten commandments are as follows#1) never regard any other person as inherently lesser or more deserving of suffering than yourself.#2) presume innocence and good intentions from all people. approach issues and disagreements with compassion and do not fight without purpos#3) all art is valuable by virtue of the human who made it and their life. all people are valuable by virtue of their humanity.#4) do not kill animals or people of any kind unless they are either directly threatening you or another person.#5) do not resort to violence unless absolutely unavoidable to prevent the harm of someone who cannot defend themselves#6) never ever under any conditions enact your dominance over a smaller or weaker being purely for the sake of it#7) mind your own fucking business. if you witness a crime or breaking-of-a-rule and it is not directly harmful do not 'tattle'#8) when possible try to help those who cannot help themselves#9) be polite and kind to all. lead with that.#10) the world is not just yours. look after it.#three pigeons in a trench coat
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was making an angsty shakarian playlist when i looked at the date and realized it was N7 day……… huh
anyway happy N7 day to my precious train wreck mass effect trilogy🎉🥳
#n7 day#mass effect#shakarian#im kinda particular about angst and stuff for other media but mass effect 😮💨#I could snort that shittttt it’s class#doesn’t help I’ve developed a really bleak outlook on military stories so it justs makes the suffering unavoidable 2 me 🤷♀️#also m*uthw*shing has done something irreversible 2 my mind….. will forever influence me#sorry not sorry 4 yapping lol 🤪 it’s my dumbass post#about my favorite dumbass game#I project insane amounts of dumbass suffering onto for fun#cephy talks
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see, i made the mistake of thinking that people cared about fearne as a character outside of shipping and just made the assumption fans would be nasty about her if any ships were to become canon based on her character. but people clearly do not see her as anything more than a romantic interest or wingman for the character or ship they like.
like i can go into ashton's tag and find a lot of debate on what their arc is and what his opinions on stuff happening in the world outside of shipping is, but i try to go into fearne's tag to find like-minded individuals to say "hey it's a little fucked up that fearne's getting strongarmed into taking a shard she has said time after time she doesn't want that could very well thanos snap her into dust by her friends (including orym. orym.) who mere days ago assured laudna they wouldn't let anything bad happen to her but don't show her that same leeway because 'destiny said so' and 'they'd make a cute couple' and the only pushback against it is ashton feeling uncomfy and grossed out about being shoved into said couple against their will and she's just an afterthought" only to find it's full of people arguing if callowmoore is Inherently Problematic™ and nothing else talking about her outside of that except for like three guys tops
#🍃#critical role#critrole#fearne calloway#being an ashley johnson pc fan is suffering#and i do mean that because this has been a CONSTANT with her pcs. it's just unavoidable and blatant now with fearne#it's late and i'm tired but someone nudge me to write up a post about it tomorrow okay#and that'll probably be the final post i'll make adjacent to this little bugaboo here. unless ashley pulls a pro gamer move in episode 77#anyways i'm shifting into caduceus mode please don't kill my boy okay mr. mercer#fearneposting
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people are so unbelievably cruel to people struggling with hoarding, and it's genuinely sickening to see
"oh you shouldn't help them with cleaning it'll just be back to the way it was in under a year!!" like, do you people hear yourselves?? what the fuck is wrong with you that you feel the need to talk about people who are struggling like that
even IF, the problem continues and the person ends up hoarding again, that doesn't mean that they don't deserve support and help and empathy???
#as someone who comes from a home with mild hoarding issues it genuinely makes me so mad to constantly see people say this shit about-#-people who struggle with hoarding#because most of the time it's due to mental illness or life circumstances#and even when it isn't it's still just fucking disgusting to be an asshole to people who are struggling like that#it comes to a point where you're just putting so much effort into being so needlessly mean that it's just incredibly disgusting to see#AND ALL THAT CRUELTY DOES IS JUST MAKE PEOPLE SCARED TO SEEK OUT HELP IT LITERALLY ONLY CAUSES HARM#AUGH this shit makes me so so SO mad#and it's so unavoidable because people can't just have basic compassion for those who are suffering no they just HAVE to make a mean commen#bee shouts
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idk just pining for my beloved who is always in my heart but physically never by my side and just wishing to feel the warmth of his presence and embrace
#hikey#also so very very very upset that he lives across the country and all i want to do is wrap him in my arms and keep him safe forever#the state of the world is weighing very heavily on me#everyone i love will suffer for an undetermined amount of time and it's fully unavoidable#we will continue to fight back ofc ofc of COURSE#but none the less. my coworkers are spending their days off safety planning with their families.#my friends and neighbors are organizing important documents like they could be ripped from their homes at any moment - and they COULD#people in my industry are being told to rat on our coworkers for their identities or immigration status or whatever#and threatened that if we don't rat out our colleagues they'll come for us too#it's vile and awful and horrible right now#and idk what to do about it i just want to protect him above all else#god fuck its so fucking hard living thousands of miles away already#add on top of that a whole shitshow of tyrannical rule#🫛
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This is why i have zero sympathy for incels. Their inner world just completely revolves around sex (or lack of) and being miserable. I want to grab these guys and shake them and say dude you gotta find literally anything else to think about and spend your time with! instead of just focusing on the sex you're not having but might have in the future focus on what you can do and engage with and enjoy RIGHT NOW. Maybe the sex will find its way to you eventually, or you know what maybe it never will and you'll die a virgin, but at least there will be something more To You than "sad virgin."
#this is kind of mean but I'm just sick of seeing this shit#I'm too ''guy whose therapist is buddhist'' for this#you're just creating secondary suffering for yourself! the primary suffering may be unavoidable but the secondary suffering is not!
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The Hearts regrouping after the Blackbeard fight:

(All of them sound off because none of them are dead. And this meme applies to the Kid Pirates post-Shanks, too. Fuck you anyone who thinks otherwise.)
#join the hearts: we have uniforms#(the Heart Pirates are alive and Teach will suffer)#(and the Kid Pirates deserve better as well)#(pardon my bitterness but it's sadly unavoidable any time I think about Teach or this arc)
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did anyone elses parents tell them stories about being homeless multiple times in their twenties? and now having to be homeless multiple times in my 20s its like..... huh. okay. we arent going to fix this cycle huh? okay. cool. good to know.
#something something the cautionary tales they give us of their own mistakes are both A. unavoidable in our own lives due to our similar#faults and handicaps that run through our veins. you just failed to help me battle ours.#And B. incredibly sad that their stories of suffering couldnt prevent ours bc the failure has always lied outside of#our control
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Wishing everyone who put explicit 🌽 on my dash this year by tagging them with innocent tags I follow and refusing to add community labels an uncomfortable 2024. May the new year bring you perpetually damp socks and itchy ass. May your headphones fail to have the perfect volume level, so you always have to choose between too quiet or too loud. May there be an electrical blackout while you're in an elevator with a lactose intolerant who has 0 ounces of shame in their soul and 8 ounces of feta in their small intestine. May you find the flicker of florescent lights impossible to ignore. May you feel a tickle at the back of your neck and lose your dignity in your panic. I'll break into your home and grease all your doorknobs.
#May you click on all the ads you try to close and for every person you digitally flashed you get one virus#and one fully bricked device for each minor#May you feel the seam of your sock constantly#May you accidentally peel your hangnail or cuticle too far back#May your throat itch really badly every time the room is quiet#May there be an unavoidable glare on your computer screen#Seriously all these inconsiderate lazy people can go to hell and experience moderate suffering until they learn the basic social contract#I DO want you to fuck yourself but I DON'T want to see it on my dash#*sigh*#feeling a little better#vent#vent post#rant post#personal post#txt
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This is also important to know because you might be having headaches and just taking some paracetamol or ibuprofen and the pain goes away so you figure that's fine. but. Migraines are complex neurological/neurovascular phenomena and even if the pain goes away the migraine is still occurring and you should treat your body accordingly!
If you take aspirin and feel better but then you go about your day like it's nothing or you keep exposing yourself to triggers you are most probably going to escalate the situation in both the short and long term, it's like you turned off the 'check your engine light' in the car: sure the visual annoyance is gone but if you don't deal with whatever was causing it you'll eventually have trouble on your hands. Migraines are often a chronic, sometimes disabling, condition. If you have them you deserve to work with professionals to manage and accommodate for them in the best possible way for you, you deserve better than taking a painkiller and sucking it up, I promise.
(Also even if they're not migraines if you have headaches regularly it's probably a good idea to look into them. Both because something might be up and because there's probably something you can do about them besides suffer)
here's your regular reminder that if you consistently, regularly get headaches, you are almost certainly having migraines, not regular headaches.
MOST recurrent headaches are migraine headaches.
"migraine" does not mean "extremely painful headache." it is a type and source of pain, not a degree of pain. migraines can also include some or all of the following: fatigue, sensitivity to light and sound, visual auras, nausea or vomiting, dizziness, cognitive impairment, etc. these symptoms can be mild or severe and it may actually be difficult to determine if you have them. (who wants a bright light in their eyes during a headache?? i thought that's just how headaches were lmao.)
this is important because while aspirin, NSAIDs like ibuprofren, and other over-the-counter pain meds can effectively alleviate migraine pain, getting diagnosed with migraines allows for a wider range of treatments and preventatives.
it's also important because, in my opinion, your average general practice doctor is not equipped to diagnose you with chronic migraine. don't go to one expecting them to. a neurologist with migraine specialty is a better option, although a regular doctor can still be useful if they listen to you lol.
my life would be miserable and unmanageable without sumatriptan. and i never would have gotten a prescription for sumatriptan if i hadn't gone to my GP and said, "i have migraines and want to try migraine medicine," even though at the time i wasn't 100% sure that was true.
if you have chronic headaches, they're almost certainly migraines. if no one has said that to you before, let me be the first. start treating your migraines.
#brought to you by my partner having really bad migraines#but also by me having really bad muscle tension headaches that got solved by me fixing my teeth grinding#do not ignore your pain and suffering#do not assume that it's normal amd unavoidable to suffer on a regular basis#headaches#migraines#chrinic pain
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im having thoughts about Dune on this fine sunday
#the existential horror of watching your own terrible destiny hurtle towards you#and being helpless to stop it and all the suffering it will cause <3#the unavoidable lure of infinite knowledge <3#being destroyed by your own humanity until you’ve become a god against your will <3#shut up kat
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Origins: the world is ending and you and your one remaining coworker are the only option left to save it.
II: the unavoidable tragedy of a queer friend group/polycule trying and failing to save their fucked up city
Inquisition: you went to a conference and accidentally ended up in charge of saving the entire world (again) with a team of colleagues who are (mostly) professionals and outstanding in their fields.
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Veilguard:
Rook: hey, I suffered from “sudden field promotion” after “fucking everything up worse than it already was.” I’m putting a team together to kill at least one, maybe three, Gods
Seven of the most unwell people in Thedas: say no more, I’m in
#dragon age#I have to just live here for the next [checks notes] four years so#they did a really good job giving Rook my favourite aspects of the HoF and Hawke’s set ups#I mean. it is probably too soon to state this officially#but it miiiiiiiiiiight be my favourite da game???????
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