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idk why this idea is so prevalent, but a link to the past link and zelda arent related. no link and zelda are related. i hate that this comes up any time i draw them

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ALttP Zelda based on her sprite.

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ANHEDONIA REMEDIES!

GET YOUR ANHEDONIA REMEDIES HERE!

if you are lost in the rut, i am begging you to read this essay by Sasha Chapin suggesting what, essentially, my take, are potential jump-starts back into living life in real time. like actually experiencing experiences

do it now! don’t lose months, years, or decades! there is a life beyond doomscrolling, and it’s finite (sorry. sorry. i know okay)

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hip stretches

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...and done!

My jeans are a bit more flowery now 🌸🌸🌸

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can i hear a little commotion for the sweater

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I love the dynamic in the Discworld fandom on this site, I think it's mainly because there are a lot of dormant fans, if you will, who've read and loved the books for years but haven't engaged much recently, who sort of reappear whenever a fun post is doing the rounds. It's fantastic. We get the cozy small fandom vibe without the screaming matches, but also get the popular posts from time to time, y'know?

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Sometimes reading Arthuriana feels like reading Alice in Wonderland.

“Well,” said Alice, “these are a dreadfully strange assortment of objects!”

“They all symbolize different aspects of Our Lord’s martyrdom,” said the Fisher King, casting a line into his teacup.

“Indeed. I am sure everything symbolizes something else, for if everything was only itself I should be very confused. Might I ask what the point of the bleeding lance is?”

Alice regretted asking the question as soon as she had done so, for she saw the pun that would likely be made about the word point. Instead, however, the room erupted in applause and shouts of “The Grail! She has achieved the Grail!”

The next castle she visited, Alice resolved to herself as the inhabitants of this one danced for joy, would be more sensible.

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I can't stop thinking about Scholomance. It's about sunk cost and lengths we go to to justify them.

It's about existing in a destructive system that chews up the poorest and the weakest, and the desperate scrabble to not get chewed up yourself.

It's about capitalism and climate change and entrenched power that knows it's seeding its own destruction but can't stop because stopping means admitting that we were the ones who caused so much death and pain in the pursuit of safety for their children.

It's about living in poverty and hating the privileged wealthy and learning that so many of the privileged wealthy are middle class schlubs working themselves to death for the chance to cling to a sinking lifeboat.

It's the wealthiest nations offloading the horror of their prosperity to the most vulnerable countries, and those countries choosing to do the same when it's their turn because why shouldn't they have a chance as well? And the only other option is to die buried in trash.

It's about a mother doing what's best for her child, despite the cost.

It's about every mother doing what's best for her child, despite the cost.

It's about the gap between "everything has a trade off and it's impossible to live without causing harm" and "I've burned the world for the life I live and giving up what I have won't bring back what was lost so why should I?"

It's about finding a better way. Knowing a better way. Offering to show everyone the better way for free but facing opposition at every turn because the current way is so invested in its sunk cost that it will burn itself and the world around it to ash before it admits that it was wrong.

It's about children inheriting a world that is coming undone and learning that "50% of us will die from this, but it's still better than the alternative" is the deal their parents struck, and their parents' parents struck, and their parents' parents' parents struck, and renegotiating that deal will cost them everything, but what other choice do they have?

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It's very funny to me when I see someone refer to El and Orion as black cat/golden retriever coded because yes El has the energy of a grumpy cat and Orion is dog coded, he is not a golden retriever so much as this dog specifically

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Fun fact: There are lots of free fiber arts books and patterns at the library. But watch out.

[Video Description: A woman browses books on a library shelf. Text box reads: POV: When browsing the craft books section turns into...

She spots a small ball of white yarn on the ground and picks it up. She notices that it's unwound so she starts following the yarn, winding it as she goes. The video speeds up as she travels through the stacks until she comes across a cardboard Baker and Taylor box propped up by a knitting needle, with the full skein of yarn, more knitting needles, and knitting books underneath. The box drops with a clack and the video cuts to the same woman sitting on a bench in the library, a knitting project underway in her hands, surrounded by a loom, a bag of yarn and a crocheted unicorn, a completed blanket, and open craft books. Text box reads: Obsession...?

She looks around with mild consternation, then shrugs and continues knitting. The end card has the Lake County Public Library logo on a black background. White text appears as if typed and reads Don't say we didn't warn you. A small pink ball of yarn appears in the lower corner, its trailing thread twisting into a heart. /description]

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We just knew.

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I reference this blog post every single time I bind off a project, Susanna Winter I owe you my life

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wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating

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The thing neurotypicals tend not to understand about the ADHD brain is that it really only has two gears

I turn to the chalkboard and carefully write out

WORKIN' HARD

HARDLY WORKIN'

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"My life is irrevocably in shambles; the chaos has consumed both my soul and all good I may do in this world. All efforts are meaningless and the swirling storm of entropy commands its decaying mass be either left in solitude or provided tribute... oh, So-And-So will be stopping by in 20 minutes, I bet I can get this room decent before then."

Proceed to hang up bathrobe, straighten bed quilts, and stuff laundry into laundry basket. For an extra bit of flare, put all of the books into two piles on the desk and put all shoes into the closet.

Mental health rapidly improves.

Why am I like this?

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if you ever find yourself thinking “wow I scraped the bottom of the barrel with my energy with that and came out okay!” that’s the devil talking. you did not come out okay. you borrowed energy from the future. you will repay it if you don’t rest and replenish the borrowed energy first.