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Waiting for the bus simulator

bus due in 5 mins

bus due in 4 mins

bus due in 3 mins

bus due in 2 mins

bus due in 1 mins

bus due in 0 mins

Whoops we forgot to send the bus again

bus due in 30 mins

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Worrying about whether your motivations are pure enough to do something objectively nice for someone else is a waste of time. And to be clear: worrying about whether it is morally impure to try and motivate people through positive encouragement and feedback is not just a waste of time; it is outright absurd.

What are your thoughts on commenting with a goal to motivate author to write more?

I know there are not thought-crimes but I'm kinda feeling unsure about myself rn. There is a fic that I really liked and I think about rereading it. It also wasn't updated in quite some time and I know that generally authors are often motivated by comments

I'm thinking about making comments as I reread and the put them into the chapters. The thing is, my biggest motivation with it is to encourage author to write more and it makes me feel, idk, slimy? Like, they wouldn't know that that's why I commented and they would be just normal comments (+ I never ever even put anything vagueing about updates like "I can't wait to see how it will turn out!" or something, so I'd certainly not be pushy about it) but still I feel bad like I'm manipulating the author :/

So, yeah. Basically, do feel like underlying motivations matter if there is no discernible difference between the comments?

If you do a good thing for a selfish reason, is the thing still good?

From that author's perspective, I'd say probably.

If I received a slew of comments on one of my fics, I'd be elated. Depending on how many spoons I had, I'd even reply to them all.

It might or might not motivate me to continue writing, though. If I don't have an idea for where to go next then receiving a comment likely won't get me past that block.

As long as you're content with just brightening someone's day without a guarantee that it'll get you what you want in the end, then I say have at it. To paraphrase a post I saw on my dash recently, a rich man who builds an orphanage because of his own selfish reasons has still given orphans a place to go.

That's how I see it, but let's see what the rest of the blog thinks.

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THE FUCKING ICE REPORT AAAAAAAAAAA

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Just saw a post asking how tall people are and now I want to make it a poll. Apologies to people in the fringe height categories, you do not get specifics.

I had to consult a chart for this

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"The nonbinary afab who goes by she/her, dresses femininely, and uses a push-up bra when I—" when you what? What's wrong with her?

Is she not nonbinary enough for you? Is the way she experiences her queerness and how she presents not perfect enough for you? Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, right? So why is she the exception? Why does she have to hate herself to appeal to your standards? Why is she any less trans—any less worthy of respect—cause it's "not visible"? Queer solidarity my ass. Don't spout this bullshit on Pride, man.

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🧶 Cow hitch increase

Unlike all other single-stitch increases I know, this one is perfectly symmetrical. I’ve been seeing it a lot in my feed lately, so I thought I’d share it. Haven’t tried it yet in a project though.

It mimics the structure of a cow hitch knot - hence the name.

🎥 🧶 👀✨

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Gen Z:

Millennials:

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I love that people just screenshot tiktoks. Fuck videos

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Anatomical Heart Pincushion

My own design! Free instructions under the cut! (My pattern is free for the public, and is not to be sold!)

ANATOMICAL HEART PINCUSHION Note: I used #4 worsted weight yarn for most of this design, I think??? Since my yarn is second hand, I don't know for sure. For the auricle and aorta I used cotton thread of what looked like a similar thickness, and I used an hook that I think is a 2.0 size. ((glossary of stitches is in U.S. terms)) (Reference at bottom) SC= single crochet DC=double crochet SL= slip stitch XP= expand- repeat the same stitch in the same hole RD= reduce. Skip over one stitch, do an extra tight stitch picot= in the same hole: SC, DC, CH1, SL to DC, SC.

HEART BODY (main color) chain 3 SC 3 times in 1st chain (furthest from hook) SC, XP, SC, XP, SC, XP. SC x5, XP, SC x5, XP,SC x5, XP SC x5, XP,SC x5, XP,SC x5, XP SC x8, XP, SC x8, XP SC x8, XP SC x8, XP, SC 8, XP, SC 8, XP, SC 8, XP, SC 8, XP, SC 8, XP, SC x22, SC x22, SCx5, XP, SCx5, RD, SCx5, XP, SCx5, RD SL x2, SC x3, XP, SC x3, SL x2, RD SL x2, SC x3, XP, SC x3, SL x2, RD SC x10, RD, SC 10, RD SC x1, RD, SC x1, RD, SC x1, RD, SC x1, RD, SC x1, RD, SC x1, RD, SC x1, RD, Add weight if desired, a magnet or cardboard backing. Stuff the the heart firmly. Cut a long yarn tail, and sew top shut (purse string closure) Optional: sew across the middle top of the heart in a big jump and pull tight to create a heart shape (I didn't do it in mine.) AURICLE (slightly lighter than main) Chain 3 SC 3 times in 1st chain (furthest from hook) SC, XP, SC, XP, SC, XP. SC, XP, SC, XP, SC, XP. SC x2, XP, SC x2, XP, SC x2, XP SC x3, XP, SC x3, XP, SC x3, XP, SC x3, XP, SC x3, XP, SC x3, XP, Picot, SC, Picot, SC, Picot, SC, Picot SC x4, Chain x8 Go back to the stitch near the last pico and make a loop to crochet a tube SC x11, for 2 rows (start a tube) Sew the auricle and base of tube (vena cava) to the heart body SC x11, for 10 rows (continue the tube)

AORTA (main color) chain 8, SC x8 starting in first chain for x20 rows (make a tube) Sew one end of the aorta next to auricle where the heart halves meet, sew the other end to the other side, about an inch below the vena cava.

PULMONARY ARTERY (Darker than main) Chain 6, SC x6 starting in first chain for 25 rows (make a tube) Sew to the main body directly to the right of the aorta. Push the pulmonary artery underneath the aorta, and sew the other end to the back of the heart between the aorta and the auricle.

ARTERIAL VEIN STUMPS (Same color as the place it's attached to) Attach yarn to desired spot on arteries Chain 5 or 6 as desired SC back to chain base. At the artery, slip stitch into nearest stitch in artery. Cut the yarn, tie a knot, and pull your tail through. Repeat wherever a vein is desired!

FINISHING TOUCH (Darker than main) Place a piece of yarn beginning at the base of the arteries, leading down toward the heart. Split the lower end of the yarn into two, slightly unraveling it to make a Y. Position as desired, and fix into place with a felting needle. Repeat as desired. Blocking tip: To stop the vein stumps from curling, stick a pin all the way through them from the tip to the artery. Pin the stump in place where you want it. Spray the whole finished piece until quite wet, and let it dry thoroughly before removing the pins. Works best if you dry it with a hair dryer, or in the oven on the lowest temp.

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my spouse and i disagree

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We can refer to anything that doesn’t require horses to work as being horseless. The horseless carriage. The horseless pencil. The horseless laptop. The Horseless Large Hadron Collider.

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Tunisian Ocean Stitch instructions from:

Actual published stitch dictionary: multiples of 4 + 2.

A website/blog stitch-dictionary: multiples of 10+2.

A forum post from someone who got frustrated trying to find instructions and sat down and watched a video and ignored half of the given instructions in said video: multiples of of 3+1.

Can you guess which of these three sources is actually correct?

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if you're in the throes of cosmic despair i cannot recommend museums enough. art or science or history it doesn't matter. oh we're all connected, all of us and everything, throughout all time and space, and no one, no one, no one is alone? awesome. that's what i thought i just wanted to make sure.