#which is probs true

[lucysweatslove]

Need to rant.

I spent an hour and a half working on The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. I only got 50 pages in. The reading is easy, but I’m annotating a LOT so it’s going super slow.

But I’m annotating a lot to remind myself of all the bullshit, so I can properly roast it. There are some good ideas and points in there but omg he sounds like an insufferable asshole writing a book for himself, ignoring that other people can have totally valid ways of being. Fatphobic undertones, implying there are definitely good values and like, limited ways to correctly prioritize them. I’m now 45% through. I am hate-reading at this point, and I’m torn between:

do I just want to finish it off quickly from here on out? (he has started going into specific things that are negative that he thinks everybody should value highly, versus talking more about his general philosophy)

Or do I want to keep going through slowly making notes ripping him apart.

On one hand: I’m definitely enraged and I kinda want it to end because it’s so irritatingly wrong. On the other hand: i want to give it such a scathing review because of its wrongness that I want to have everything wrong with it detailed meticulously because I enjoy that level of thoroughness.

I’m hoping there will be less to annotate tbh.

[speakofshinee]

TAEMIN - 'Eternal' Track List ♥︎

[bitterie-sweetie]

Heyyy! If you’re open for requests, there’s this TikTok that I saw where a pregnant lady had her husband lift her heavy belly for a few minutes and it gave her some relief. I somehow could see Mingyu do that. His wife having a hard time getting used to her growth and him trying his best to help her 🫠🫠🫠

baby ⇢ mingyu x reader, 1k, fluff, domestic au ⇢ warnings: pregnancy, "baby" as a term of endearment, mingyu being his usually sweet self (mostly), established relationship

"This is all your fault, you know."

At the sharp tone of your words, Mingyu looks up from his phone. 

"This," you gesture at yourself, at the unmistakable way your stomach now protrudes, a little larger each day as time creeps closer to your due date. "This baby is already huge and we're not even halfway there. It's all your fault, Kim Mingyu. You and your—your stupidly big bones and your long limbs and your giant frame and, and—" 

It's another empty complaint, that's all. Lately that's been much of what comes out of your mouth the moment your sore feet touch the floor, having to support your new weight, and when you're rushing to the bathroom again after just having left it. And when you hear Mingyu's mom lament about how heavy he was at birth, you don't even want to think about how the next few months are going to go. 

This pregnancy is both a blessing and a curse.

You get up from your chair, eager to crawl into bed and let sleep magically melt away your problems if it comes at all tonight. But before you can take a single step, Mingyu is there. It takes him two steps to cross the room and come to your side, and while he usually wears a big smile whenever he looks your way, now it's been completely replaced with a frown. A solemn expression.

"I'm sorry, baby," he says softly, gingerly pulling you into a hug. 

"W-what? What are you apologizing for?"

"All of it."

You take a step back and try to wiggle out of his arms so you can properly read his expression. "Hey, I was just joking—"

"Y/N," he says, shaking his head as he loosens his arms, "it's hard going through all this alone. You know I would help if I could." 

He's being genuine—that much you can see, but that makes you all the more concerned. Is there something going on? What does he mean? So much of your attention has been focused on preparing for the baby ever since finding out the good news that you hardly had a moment to stop and consider his feelings in all of this, and for a second your heart drops at the thought that there might be something wrong. 

Mingyu's never been one to hide anything though. He always wears his heart on his sleeve and speaks without a filter—which is only a bad thing when he showers you with overly cheesy compliments—and even now, one look in his eyes tells you exactly what you want to know. You can see the excitement floating in his eyes, the absolute adoration at the start of this new chapter in your lives, the nerves of being a parent for the first time. 

But also mixed in there is a ton of guilt. 

While none of it is his fault, you can tell that he's feeling the immense guilt of watching you suffer to bring a child into this world while he is, well, still very much his regular self. 

"Mingyu, you are helping. You've been doing all the cooking and running around to get me whatever I'm craving, which has been a lot these days. You set up the baby's room all on your own, and then there are your massages—I'm going to get so used to having this luxury that I'll be asking for them even after all this." 

His frown only deepens. "Baby, that's not enough. I hate seeing you in pain and being unable to do anything about it. I wish I could take it from you." 

"Hey, look at me." You heave a sigh, reaching to take his face between your hands. "I'm fine, Mingyu. You know how strong I am, right? I can handle it. In fact, you should worry more about what this kid might do in the future."

"Knowing the two of us, that's probably true." He wavers for a second before a smile starts to creep onto his face, but he holds it back, almost shyly. "Y/N, can I try something?"

"Like what?"

Mingyu steps closer until the space between you diminishes, leaving only your belly pressed against his. Then in one motion, he takes his hands and carefully places them under your belly, and then lifts. 

"Does this help at all?" he asks, face gleaming with tentative hope.

You slowly relax into his hands and take notice of how everything shifts. The weight pressing on your bladder is alleviated immediately, and your sore lower back feels much better. Even your feet aren't quite as in pain as before. "Yeah, actually. This helps a lot. Thank you, baby." 

"Good. Then I'll do this for you all day." Then he nuzzles even closer to you, burying his face in the crook of your neck as you wrap your arms around him as much as you can. There's still too much space between you with the baby in the way, but when you close your eyes and listen to the sound of Mingyu's steady breaths, it's enough to spread a warmth in your heart that takes you back to the early days of your relationship. 

"Hey, Y/N?" Mingyu pulls back slightly to look at you.

"Hmm?"

"Do you really think we should be worrying about how our kid might turn out? What they might be like?" 

You study him, looking beyond the spark of anxiety in his eyes. "Well, yeah, but they'll be fine. Trust me, if they have your genes, they'll basically be perfect already. You were a perfect kid." 

"I guess I kind of was." He stays still for a moment, but when he meets your eyes again, there's a mischievous smile threatening to creep across his lips. "Yeah, see, I wasn't exactly worried that the kid might turn out like me." 

"Hey, Kim Mingyu!"

[short666bread]

Get Haunted

[apuff]

my chemical tober :D

[charmac]

“i have the opportunity” 🤨🤨🤨

Like why say that...

[gemini-queen42]

y'all know how bugbears have like long-ass limbs-

Do you think when they're babies they'd popcorn? like guinea pig pups do?

cuz their limbs r so long & they haven't properly grown into them yet. so they just. accidentally launch themselves.

[godblessthesickos]

I did not endure decades of transtrender discourse for transness to be called a Gen-z trend. Our hair was blue while your parents were having their cis-normative gender reveal.

[frommietual]

didn't get anything done all day but when i got home i wrote like 6 pages in almost two hours ... yay i guess??

[narutosux]

another thing i sit here and i think about with the punisher show is that i think a major disappointment for me is that his kids weren't more important than his wife. i think its a mistake to have him be someone more focused on relationships w/ adult women and less focused on making sure kids get to be kids and, most importantly, grow up.

i think it was just so annoying in the show that they made him flashback to his wife constantly and it was always like sexual tension and w/e bc i think..... i think its better if hes still there just looking for his daughter. wondering who she would have been. hes looking for his son, fearing what it would mean if he grew up to be just like his father.

i think for one of his grounding things to be his wife asking him to join her, or for him to be in a mental space of having sex with his wife while being tourtured, not only was the scene really fucking weird, i think it was just disappointing. bro was like deployed more often than he was at home with her?

maybe its just because im a daughter who wants the love of a father, but i also just felt as though the love he had for his daughter in daredevil S2 was more powerful than anything they attempted to portray in S1 of the punisher with his wife.

[lokigodofaces]

🌻

(I say this entirely jokingly obviously)

Germany is known for its high quality cars, and multiple German car companies started during the Nazi regime. Henry Ford was basically a Nazi and Ford makes decent cars. The disastrous cybertruck is about the only evidence Elon Musk has to claim he isn't a Nazi because he seems to be the only one that doesn't know how to make cars.

[bddybby666]

hopeless at flirting.. i j make eye contact & smile & then get shy & look away

[white-weasel]

My firm is merging with another firm and they sent out a little questionnaire for us to fill out as a little “get to know you” and they’re asking favorite movie… what do you want me to put here, man? Because I’m not letting my introduction to everyone be that I’m currently obsessed with the twenty year old “torture porn” franchise, Saw

[otterpuppss]

Hey! I am absolutely in love with your ratties (I am the CEO of Beans Stans btw) and I've been thinking about getting dwarves one day. However, my friend told me that they look like a breed that could be at a higher risk of health problems or shorter lifespan due to genetics, like many other pet breeds (eg. Pug puppies) Is that true? I love how tiny they are, but I am heartbroken every time my pet dies, and because of that, I avoid adopting any pet breeds that may be more prone to health problems due to their race. PS: Beanis/boggling rat emoji combo -> c◕v◕ɔ

Hi there! I'm glad you love them! I love them too- here's what I know...

Apparently the dwarf gene is a naturally occurring mutation- unlike pugs or other animals bred to enhance the thing that fucks them up dwarf rats are just sorta like that. I've had vets dismiss URIs thinking that the inside of the dwarf rat must be deformed and squished- but that rly isn't the case as far as my research has gone. They are small not from genes- but from a lack of growth hormone that keeps them tiny- and less prone to most of the cancers that plague standard sized rats.

I think a really hard truth to accept with rats especially is you can give them the absolute best care and they can still succumb to an infinite amount of possible illnesses. I'm sure your friend is only trying to sound on the up and up about animal welfare but I can assure you, the dwarf rat is no more inhumane than owning a female rat u know is gonna get mammary tumors lol. they are prone to getting chunky because they are aware of how small they are/ still have the drive of a normal sized rat so mixing them up with standards is always like. I mean I wouldn't do it unless u had to the novelty of small and big rat wears off after one gets hurt by something that wouldn't phase a normal rat lol.

all in all I'd say do ur research! there's lots of info about them online- I imagine female dwarf rats are probably the sweetest little things ever (I've only had males). here's a breakdown for u

currently truffle is my oldest rat- I got him in early 2021. he's never been ill but he is constantly trying to be the fattest thing that's ever lived ( now he just is skinful)

onion has never been ill other than the eye thing

beans has never been ill other than the eye thing

Nugget teddy and enoki were pretty old, neither had illness until they both passed from a zymbals tumor at 2. all were related so that was Def like. a breeder issue. I'm pretty sure Cheezers also had a ZGT but it wasn't in the same area as the others.

here's a long winded science article if you feel like reading it

[scarlettfevor]

Finally got ahold of the audiobook of Penance by Eliza Clark and I have mixed emotions about it. On one hand I love the premise and I feel like it's written well enough to where I feel like the author isn't going to clumsily stumble through her own story and fall on her face at the end like the majority of popular thrillers. But also this story suffers from having someone who hasn't been in school for a long time attempting to write teenagers. The funny thing is that whenever I see a horrible portrayal of teenagers, specifically of zoomers its never like, inaccurate portrayals of slang and trends that most teenagers cringe at, it's extremely unnatural dialogue that I don't understand how even a 30 or 40 year old can't see how awkward and cringe and flat out bad of a portrayal they're doing. You can claim that it's regional differences, even if we were all teenagers once I still don't know what it's like to be a popular mean British girl, but I'm fairly certain that actual popular mean British girls don't go around describing themselves as popular mean girls. The funny thing is that they've mentioned several times that these girls (ok it was actually like one girl but she introduced too many characters and I got confused so I can't even remember the name of the girl who said it) are trying to imitate the mean girls in popular American shows/movies. But I think that it's SO funny how instead of going for the obvious Regina George or maybe the more posh Blair Waldorf, they chose Sharpay Evans....I'm very familiar with the popular mean girl trope because I always love the girls who fall into this category and I can say with 100% certainty that none of these girls act like this either. I don't know what the author is going for but it's very painful to listen to.

[zaukiel]

forever introspecting on myself i s2g