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Mutuals every time we’re all online this is what we’re doing

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It seems like the older I get, the more irrationally angry casual censorship makes me. And it isn't just the "unalive" "grape" alleged filter-dodging vernacular, but the way normal words will be peppered with asterisks, or screenshots will have words like "gay" "hell" "fuck" etc either partially or entirely blurred. Who is this helping? What is the purpose of it, except to reinforce shame and elevate a flimsy perception of purity and safety, however those things manifest. It's so tiresome and I'm sick of it.

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“if you’re sensitive to sounds when sleeping, just use earplugs!” i cannot stress enough that the sensory feeling of having my ears fully blocked AND now being able to hear my own heartbeat and breathing and every other sound that’s happening inside my own body is a million times worse than whatever ambient noise may be keeping me awake

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Because I'm stupid and I fall for this behaviour every time, I'm making a little list of potential red flags you may encounter when interacting with people online. None of these may be red flags on their own, but when combined and when there's a clear pattern of repeated behaviour, you should consider distancing yourself:

1. Overfamiliarity from the start. They initiate contact and act like you’re old friends.

2. Excessive praise combined with self-deprecation. They compliment you while putting themselves down. It can become uncomfortable because they make you feel like you're responsible for the way they feel.

3. They may assert subtle control early on, masking it behind excessive vulnerability or self-deprecation, while also making sure you know how well-connected, talented, or admired they are.

4. They assign you roles you didn’t ask for. You’re “the intimidating one,” “the territorial one,” “the competitor” . Even if you’ve barely interacted. They make you feel like your existence somehow threatens them.

5. They bond by gossiping about others. If they confidently dehumanise others to you, they’ll do the same to you behind your back. They’ll bring up people’s trauma as if it’s their personal achievement, and they make sure you know how closely they are watching everyone. This is your sign to run immediately.

6. They push boundaries. You say you’re uncomfortable, they don't care. They are invasive and have no regard for personal space.

7. They make everything about them. Everything you say or do is somehow about them. If it is about them, it’s only because they recognized themselves.

8. Once you start distancing yourself, the passive aggression intensifies, jabs masked as jokes, subtle guilt-trips. They want you to feel like you're the one who’s done something wrong.

9. The smear campaign begins, if it hasn't already. The second you block or disengage, they start spinning their version. They’ll rewrite the narrative and cast themselves as your victim.

10. They don’t stay gone. Being blocked doesn’t stop them. They’ll show up again elsewhere.

These people are not harmless. I'm just talking from the point of view of a personal interaction, this doesn't include how these people may or may not act publicly, which may or may not be relevant to your particular "relationship" (it often is). I often fall for this stuff because I give people the benefit of the doubt, even when something feels off.

You’re allowed to protect your peace. You're allowed to walk away.

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i say i like tragedies and everyone’s all like ‘why do you like sad stories? are you depressed?’ and never ‘how was the catharsis? was the catharsis fun?’

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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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how are you gonna be 31 and posting fandom content bro leave it to the teenagers

People 10 and 20 years older than me are writing your favorite fanfics, and drawing your favorite characters. You'd have no fandom without the people you think are 'too old' to have hobbies.

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whats even the point of drawing a pair of huge juicy honkas if youre not gonna show off their softness and weight??

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a detailed list of things i hate

hot weather

high temperatures

heat

warmer than average conditions

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i hope im not just a mutual to you but also a really annoying stranger who is somehow always going through something

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Just a little PSA for all our mental health (and chronic pain*) spoonies out there! A lot of doctors neglect to mention this little side effect, which means a lot of us are suffering extra from the heat without knowing why.

*Many psych meds are used to treat chronic pain as well, if you didn’t know!

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yesterday in economic botany we were learning about plant based oil compounds and stuff and my botany professor was talking about lynn seed oil, which in woodworking is rubbed on over furniture as a varnish. this oil has an exothermic chemical reaction with oxygen, meaning that the reaction creates heat. what often happens, apparently, is that woodworkers will finish rubbing on the oil with a rag and then will ball up the rag and throw it away, but because the reaction is taking place and the heat can’t escape (like it would on a piece of furniture where it can be cooled) it gets trapped in the rag, which gets hotter and hotter until it reaches the temperature where it bursts into flame. apparently many woodworking shops have been burned down by this. the proper way to dispose of rags with this oil is to hang them up on a clothesline, so again the reaction never gets enough heat to start a fire. im telling you this because im a writer and ive never heard of substance that will just…spontaneously combust conveniently like that so long as it’s in a confined space. my botany professor tried it in a trash can in his driveway and it did indeed burst into flame after 45 minutes, which is an exceptionally convenient time delay. im sorry im tying this so fast my laptop is on 2% battery and theres no outlet an

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I’m very curious cause I know most of tumblr uses ao3

Pls pretend 3 says read/write I can’t edit it

I tend to mostly write fics but i occasionally read them

Please reblog so more ppl can answer :)