#system 1 vs system 2

[willowsearth]

Deepfakes don’t just fool your eyes—they rewrite your memories. Discover how digital manipulation interacts with cognition, and why protecting your mind is now a critical life skill. #CognitiveScience #Deepfakes #FalseMemory #MediaLiteracy #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligence

[personinthepalace]

Good Egg Bad Egg - PBS Kids vs TVO Kids

[thatonerandomlady]

[sweetsweetbumblebee]

i miss my bf SO bad

[bulletbilltime]

Pikmin 1^2 is so good... they gave Pikmin 1 a functional engine... 10/10 game really

[skeletons-in-ur-closet]

not the blog for this ik but i finished arcane s2 and i have Thoughts

[lesbiangiratina]

Splatoon 3… my first game with over 500 hours… thats not true i have to assume minecraft is in first place but well i have no idea how many hours… okay

[willowsearth]

Why do smart people make dumb financial decisions? The psychology of risk reveals we’re wired to fear losses more than we value gains. Learn how this cognitive bias affects your choices—and how to stop it from sabotaging your success. #BehavioralScience #Psychology #Risk #DecisionMaking #EmotionalIntelligence

[aquabluelovesyou]

Intro!!!

if any of my family sees this ahaha…no you dont

My name is Cyrus, Taph, Alejandro, or Palette. This will likely be an art blog for my interests! I’m ambiamorous and sexuality questioning, and I’m also genderfaun who primarily uses he/creature/sun pronouns.

I’m also the host of the Palette Collection (or Palettesys).

‼️ I AM BODILY AND MENTALLY A MINOR ‼️ please don’t be weird about any of my ocs or me ☹︎

Check out my first strawpage here! Check out my second (and arguably more organized strawpage) here!

I have a lot of interests but these are my main ones ☟︎☟︎☟︎

Games:

Stardew Valley

Among Us

Whodunnit

Project Sekai/Colorful Stage/Project DIVA X

Dicey Dungeons

Risk of Rain 2

FNaF (Especially Security Breach)

Until Dawn

The Sims (All Games)

Great God Grove

Smile for Me

Spy vs Spy

Bonanza Bros

The Henry Stickmin Collection

Let Him Go.

Oobja

Style Savvy

Papa Louie Games (Especially the Gamerias)

Clue

Forsaken and all of its related Roblox media

Something Evil Will Happen

Blocktales

Friday Night Funkin’

Movies/Shows/Musicals:

OK KO! Let’s Be Heroes!

Steven Universe

Care Bears

Harry Potter Movies (I don’t support JKR!!!)

The Lorax Movie

The Wild Robot Movie

The Goofy Movie

Ride the Cyclone

Frankenstein: A New Musical

Young Frankenstein (Movie AND Musical)

Buddy Thunderstruck

Death Note

School Spirits

The Office

Books/Other Media:

Funtime Rainbow Party

Frankenstein

Dracula

Long Way Down

The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

Harry Potter Books (Again, I do not support JKR)

The Wild Robot Books

The Mandela Catalogue

Bears in general!

Iceberg Videos

Let’s-play/Gameplay/Speedrun Videos

Gaming Streams

Music:

Ricky Montgomery

Maretu/Kairiki Bear/Will Stetson/Ado

Mitski

Miracle Musical

Bo Burnham

The Lorax Album

Sodikken

Bruno Mars

The 1975

The Gummy Bear

Radiohead

Alex G.

Key:

* Blue is a mostly current interest

* Purple is a HEAVY interest

* Orange is Forsaken (HEAVY INTEREST)

* Green is the Gummy Bear (HEAVY INTEREST)

* Red means the Care Bears and ALL of its related media (HEAVY INTEREST)

* Pink means the Papa Louie franchise

* White is just an interest I have (usually past or not heavy)

Feel free to ask me anything! I’m always happy to respond as long as it’s appropriate. (^‿^✿)

Also as a reminder, please do not harass me. I am getting mental help and I am changing from the things I did in the past. You are loved always.

Warmly,

Cyrus/Taph/Alejandro ♥︎

[mogaiconstellations]

Coining post!

Origins time:

Maverigenic/abinagenic - neither traumagenic nor endogenic

Ambigenic - simultaneously both traumagenic and endogenic in ways that can't be separated out from each other

I was thinking about identities like stressgenic and isolgenic where someone may or may not identify with the traumagenic/endogenic binary in complicated ways.

The definition of endo we use is "fully OR PARTIALLY nontraumagenic in origin", despite the creator being a prescriptivist. Even if you use endogenic as only "fully not traumagenic", though, there are origins that can fall outside of "traumagenic or not" entirely. Kind of like how there are people who are cistrans and there are people who for personal reasons (for example, being intersex) may identify as neither.

Since sys/coursers are gonna sys/course, we'll also put a disclaimer: people who have been through harmful situations are not only fully capable of determining if the harmful situation was traumatic, but they are also fully capable of determining it was NOT traumatic, and actually are the ONLY people capable of doing so.

It's fine if you're close to someone to suggest that they may be downplaying trauma if you see them doing the "I'm not sure it was bad enough to count" thing, but forcing the label of trauma on someone even if you DO know them well enough to have evidence it applies WILL harm them, and doing it to a stranger is shitty full stop. Why are you telling someone you believe to be traumatized what they're allowed to think about the alleged trauma and how they can label it?

Gonna coin some more labels later but wanted to at least make these.

[carlocarrasco]

What to watch on YouTube right now – Part 80

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching. Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination? I recommend you check out the following videos I found. #1 VKunia…

[karlachfan86]

cats are my all time favorite animal crossing villager. when the switch 2 comes out i might download acnh on there too and make a new all cat island..................

[comradecowplant]

starting the war on christmas early by noticing this emote on the site formerly known as twitter

[thewriteadviceforwriters]

✨ HOW TO ACTUALLY START A BOOK

(no ✨vibes✨, just structure, stakes, and first-sentence sweat)

hello writer friends 💌 so you opened a doc. you sat down. you cracked your knuckles. maybe you even made a playlist or moodboard. and then… you stared at the blinking cursor like it personally insulted your entire bloodline.

here’s your intervention. this post is for when you want to write chapter one, but all you have is aesthetic, maybe a plot bunny, maybe a world idea, maybe nothing at all. here’s how to actually start a book, from structure to sentence one.

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🌶️ STEP 1: THE SPICE BASE ~ “WHAT’S CHANGING?”

start with this question:

what changes in the protagonist’s life in the first 5–10 pages?

doesn’t have to be earth-shattering. they could get a letter, lose a job, run late, break a rule, wake up hungover in the wrong house. what matters is disruption. the opening of your book should mark a shift. if their day starts normal, it shouldn’t end that way.

🏁 opening chapters are about motion. forward movement. tension. momentum. if nothing is changing, your story isn’t starting, you’re just doing a prequel.

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⚙️ STEP 2: THE CRUNCHY BITS - CHOOSE AN ENTRY POINT

there are 3 classic places to start a novel. each one works if you’re intentional:

The Day Everything Changes most popular. you drop us in right before or during the inciting incident. clean, fast, efficient.

pro: immediate stakes con: harder to sneak in worldbuilding or character grounding

The Calm Before the Storm starts slightly earlier. show the character’s “normal” life, then break it. useful if the change won’t make sense without context.

pro: space to introduce your character’s routine/flaws con: risky if it drags or feels like setup

The Aftermath drop us in after the big event and fill in gaps as we go. works well for thrillers, mysteries, or emotionally heavy plots.

pro: instant drama con: requires precision to avoid confusion

📝 pick one. commit. don’t blend them or you’ll write three intros at once and cry.

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🧠 STEP 3: CHARACTER FIRST, ALWAYS

readers don’t care about your setting, your magic system, or your cool mafia politics unless they’re anchored in someone.

in the first scene, we need to know:

what this person wants

what’s bothering them (externally or internally)

one trait they lead with (bold, anxious, calculating, naive, etc.)

that’s it. just one want, one tension, one vibe. no bios. no monologues. no “they weren’t like other girls” essays. put them in a situation and show how they act.

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⛓️ STEP 4: OPEN WITH FRICTION

first scenes should create questions, not answer them.

there should be tension between:

what the character wants vs. what they’re getting

what’s happening vs. what they expected

what’s being said vs. what’s being felt

you don’t need a gunshot or a car crash (unless you want one). you need conflict. tension = momentum = readers keep reading.

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✏️ STEP 5: WRITE THE FIRST SENTENCE - THEN IGNORE IT

okay. now you write it.

no pressure. you’re not tattooing it on your soul. this isn’t the final line on the final page. you just need something.

tricks that work:

start in the middle of an action

start with a contradiction

start with something unexpected, funny, or sharp

start with a small lie or a weird detail

💬 examples:

“The body was exactly where she’d left it - rude.” “He was already two hours late to his own kidnapping.” “There was blood on the welcome mat. Again.” “They said don’t open the door. She opened it anyway.”

once you’ve got it? keep going. don’t revise yet. don’t edit. just build momentum.

you can come back and make it ✨iconic✨ later.

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📦 BONUS: WHAT NOT TO DO IN YOUR OPENING

don’t start with a dream

don’t info-dump lore in paragraph one

don’t give me three pages of your OC making toast

don’t try to sound like a Victorian cryptid unless it’s on purpose

don’t introduce 7 named characters in one scene

don’t start with a quote unless you are 800% sure it slaps

be weird. be sharp. be specific. aim for interest, not perfection.

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🏁 TL;DR (but make it ✨useful✨)

something in your MC’s life should change immediately

pick a structural entry point and stick to it

give us a person, not a setting

friction = good

first lines are disposable, just make them interesting

and if you needed a sign to just start the damn book, this is it.

💌 love, -rin t.

P.S. I made a free mini eBook about the 5 biggest mistakes writers make in the first 10 pages 👀 you can grab it here for FREE:

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Shirt that says "world's okayest fictive"

[solxamber]

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1. Please Let Me Live || Vil Schoenheit

You get isekai'd into the worst novel you've had the misfortune of reading because apparently your life is a cosmic joke. Now all you have to do is not act like the character you've possessed and it'll be fine, you think?

Your fiancé being Vil Schoenheit makes it a little harder to behave like a human being with functional braincells, but hey, atleast he likes you, you think?

2. Villain System vs World || Riddle Rosehearts

You have a guilty pleasure: trashy villainess stories. So when you die a frankly, humiliating death, and end up in one of the worst ones you've had the pleasure of reading as the villainess, you're in denial. Then the villain system shows up. Well, there goes your second chance at life So what do you do now? Do villainous things and cause as much chaos as you can, of course. And maybe, just maybe, bag the male lead, Riddle Rosehearts while you're at it.

3. I'd Rather Date the Male Lead's Dad || Lilia Vanrouge

When you end up in your best friend's favourite but absurd novel about breaking a fae prince's curse as the heroine, you didn't expect to get attached to his little family too. Even more unexpected? You fell for the male lead's dad, but hey it looks like he likes you too.

4. Accidentally Falling for a Fae Prince || Malleus Draconia

When you get dragged into a novel which ends with the heroine in a polycule with the most annoying men in literature, as the heroine herself, you decide that you're gonna skip town. ...Only to trip over the fae prince, Malleus Draconia.

5. Not Another Royal Mess || Azul Ashengrotto

As a proofreader who gets isekai’d into a cringeworthy novel as the villainess, you decide to take revenge on the heroine and male lead for their awful story. With Azul—who just wanted to sell you a magic rock—pulled into your chaos.

6. Love Triangles and Royal Rumbles || Leona Kingscholar

When you get isekai'd as the male lead in the novel where your favorite character, Leona Kingscholar is the second male lead, all that's left to do is rewrite the romance!

7. I Want To Retire! || Idia Shroud

You write a novel that reads like a dumpster fire and while trying to delete the draft, you accidentally get isekai’d into it.

Now, as the villainess, you have to get Idia Shroud on your side as well as survive high society. You have your work cut out for you.

8. Stealing the Plot for Drama || Jamil Viper

The book you've been looking forward to turns out to be a piece of crap, and you have the bad luck of getting pulled into it as the villainess.

So you decide to steal the main character's show, just for sport with the help of your fiancé, Jamil Viper.

9. Falling for the Sun in a Cold Empire || Kalim Al-Asim

You lose everything you've worked for after a freak accident and end up getting transported to the novel that you read when you were a teenager.

As the villainess. It's time to rebuild yourself, one step at a time with a little help from Kalim Al-Asim, your betrothed.

10. My Consort Calls Me Shrimpy || Floyd Leech

You get isekai'd into a novel where the perfect Empress got absolutely wrecked by the plot, and now you have to juggle a bland heroine, 15 weird consorts, a traitor and a delightfully unhinged eel who’s oddly good at solving your problems.

11. Get Me Out of Here || Rook Hunt

You’re isekai’d into a trashy novel and stuck as a tragic side knight character. All you want is survival, but your boss is Rook Hunt—a poetic, eccentric duke.

Now you’re caught in his chaos and, worse, you kinda don’t mind.

12. How to Ruin a Plot || Jade Leech

When you end up as the villainess in a story that's hellbent on making her suffer for no reason, you decide to make the main characters suffer just for catharsis. Good thing that your fiancé, Jade Leech seems to like chaos as much as you.

13. I Want a Refund || Trey Clover

When the universe dunks you into a dumpster fire of a novel as the villainess, survival is key. Except your husband, Trey Clover, turns out to be such a green flag that it gets a little harder to function.

14. I Don't Want the Heroine || Ruggie Bucchi

You get isekai’d into what could only be described as an affront to literature, as the second male lead. So you decide to cut all ties with the heroine and live a peaceful (wealthy) life with your secretary, Ruggie Bucchi. Except life doesn't go as planned as you get more chaos than you signed up for.

15. My Knight is Too Loyal || Sebek Zigvolt

You wake up as the villainess in a novel that had to be written as a joke. The heroine is trying to ruin your life, but if you refuse to acknowledge her, then it’s not happening. Right? …Right??

It doesn't help that your knight, Sebek, is annoyingly endearing.

16. How to Escape a Kingdom || Silver

You get isekai’d as the heroine in a bad novel. The prince is awful. The villainess is worse. The only thing keeping you going is your gorgeous, tired fiancé, Silver.

17. Speedrunning Marriage Fraud || Ace Trappola

You get isekai’d as the heroine in a romance novel, but instead of dreamy suitors, you’re stuck with a yandere cryptid, a billionaire with no impulse control, and a knight who thinks he's in a Shakespearean tragedy (and more).

Your solution? Commit marriage fraud with your best friend, Ace Trappola, and hope no one asks for a marriage certificate.

18. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Get Married || Deuce Spade

You get isekai’d into a garbage novel as the villain, so you take it as a sign that morality is optional now. So, you do what any reasonable person would: you set the world on fire (metaphorically… mostly) and somehow bag your knight, Deuce Spade in the process.

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