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[forgetting I am mentally ill] why do I feel so Bad

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Very Silly Concept: a show called "Accessibility Nightmares" but it's structured exactly like Kitchen Nightmares. An accessibility specialist goes to different establishments and helps them make their businesses more accessible.

The accessibility specialist asks why the door at the top of the small set of stairs has a wheelchair symbol on it. The owner replies that's the accessible bathroom. The camera zooms in on the specialist as they process this information.

A customer with a service dog comes in to a restaurant. The hostess tells them they don't allow dogs. The accessibly specialist looks over at the hostess like

And there are web accessibility episodes too. The accessibility specialist stares at the white text on the light pink background of the home page like

The specialist asks why not a single product picture has alt text, and the business owner says "Well I mean, it's makeup, why would a blind person be shopping for makeup?" The specialist just

The specialist asks the web designer how a screen reader user is supposed to complete the captcha portion of the password reset process when there is no audio alternative. The designer admits they don't know.

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welp was gonna upload some characters for art fight today but then the side crashed and I completely lost motivation so I only added one of them.

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The phrase “due process” has been coming up a lot in the news lately, and it seems like way too many people somehow don’t know what it means

I’ve heard people say that only US citizens are entitled to due process. I’ve heard people say that you don’t deserve due process if you’ve broken the law. If you’re in the country illegally, if you’re a member of a gang, if you’ve committed a violent crime. The problem with putting any condition on due process is that

“due process” is just the process of finding stuff out.

Due process is finding out what your name is, your citizenship/legal status, your gang membership, your criminal history. Due process is finding out whether you’ve committed a crime, based on what evidence and defense is presented to a court. (I do believe due process also includes fair sentencing, ie after it’s determined that you have committed a crime, then there’s a process to determine what your punishment should be; but this rant is about the “finding out” part)

If we grant that any particular category of people isn’t entitled to due process in the US, how do we find out whether someone belongs to that category without first applying due process? without due process, police can just point at anyone they want and say ���they’re a gang member, arrest them,” and then never check whether they are in fact a gang member.

due process is not some privilege reserved for respectable law-abiding US citizens. due process is how we find out who you are and what you’ve done, instead of just going by “trust me bro.” without due process, there’s nothing to stop you - the person reading this - from being deported on a whim without ever getting a chance to say “but I’m not a criminal”

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Always assuming the mermaids know about us. What if they don’t huh. It’s not like they’re sending drones to explore the dry. Unless they are. Hi, welcome to my new conspiracy theory. The UFOs are from mermaids actually.

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It spoke your name on the stairs that night.

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I'm keeping an eye out for heat stroke in my area and I can't figure out what a full body flush would look like on dark skin since all the pictures are just fake training pictures. Anyone have video/pics of a heat stroke flush on black skin?

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[I.D. three panel comic using ROTTMNT Donnie and Leo. Leo says with a panicked expression "Donnie we fha ve a nspider infestation". Donnie looks at him quizzically, then narrows his eyes and asks "much sleep did you have in the last 24 hours". Leo replies "Irrelevant". The bags under his eyes disagree. End I.D.]

made this in 2 minutes. Anyways insomnia beam GO

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the fact that bruno has literally spent a decade parkouring over that gap in the floor without once thinking to check how deep it actually goes or even laying down a fucking plank to walk across is hysterical and just proves that his dumbassery is not entirely a product of his time living in the walls

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Trying to decide if I want to deal with art fight or not this year cause I'm going on a trip until the end of June and I don't have my drawing tablet, so I'm pretty limited in how much new art I can make for characters. I mean maybe I could scrounge up some older messy art of some ocs?

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TMNT Anatomical Illustration Real turtle shells have two primary parts- an upper portion called the “carapace” and a bottom portion called the “plastron.” The shell is comprised of many fused bones  covered with a layer of keratin (the same fibrous structural protein that comprises your fingernails). The shell is fused to the ribs and vertebrae and collarbones of the turtle. Considering this, it’s difficult to imagine how a humanoid with a fused spine and collarbones could perform complex martial arts (like ninjutsu). I tried to consider these limitations during this illustration, extending the pectoral muscles partially towards the sternum where they anchor to the plastron. TMNTs probably don’t have abdominal muscles (as they don’t rely on them to protect/contain their viscera or maintain an erect posture). Instead, you can see the external obliques on the creature’s side, along with the serratus anterior muscles. I envisioned these as providing enough strength and stability (when combined with the shell) to function in place of abdominals. The shell is partially open on the TMNT’s side, exposing these muscles, and allowing a degree of flexibility. This piece is the winner of my last Patreon poll, and if you want to choose which character gets deconstructed next you can support my art for just a dollar a month!  Follow me on Instagram @TopherStoll for more weird anatomical work and creature design stuff. 

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thinking about the fact that stockman clearly experiences an episode of psychosis in Insane In The Membrane and I have to wonder if that's the only one he had or if it became a reoccurring thing for him

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Hey, guys? Make peace with yellow teeth. I'm so serious right now.

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for me internet friendships are “we don’t talk all the time but I see you’re online and it makes me happy” and I really hope it’s like that for everyone

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Zoom In, Don’t Glaze Over: How to Describe Appearance Without Losing the Plot

You’ve met her before. The girl with “flowing ebony hair,” “emerald eyes,” and “lips like rose petals.” Or him, with “chiseled jawlines,” “stormy gray eyes,” and “shoulders like a Greek statue.”

We don’t know them.

We’ve just met their tropes.

Describing physical appearance is one of the trickiest — and most overdone — parts of character writing. It’s tempting to reach for shorthand: hair color, eye color, maybe a quick body scan. But if we want a reader to see someone — to feel the charge in the air when they enter a room — we need to stop writing mannequins and start writing people.

So let’s get granular. Here’s how to write physical appearance in a way that’s textured, meaningful, and deeply character-driven.

1. Hair: It’s About Story, Texture, and Care

Hair says a lot — not just about genetics, but about choices. Does your character tame it? Let it run wild? Is it dyed, greying, braided, buzzed, or piled on top of her head in a hurry?

Good hair description considers:

Texture (fine, coiled, wiry, limp, soft)

Context (windblown, sweat-damp, scorched by bleach)

Emotion (does she twist it when nervous? Is he ashamed of losing it?)

Flat: “Her long brown hair framed her face.”

Better: “Her ponytail was too tight, the kind that whispered of control issues and caffeine-fueled 4 a.m. library shifts.”

You don’t need to romanticise it. You need to make it feel real.

2. Eyes: Less Color, More Connection

We get it: her eyes are violet. Cool. But that doesn’t tell us much.

Instead of focusing solely on eye color, think about:

What the eyes do (do they dart, linger, harden?)

What others feel under them (seen, judged, safe?)

The surrounding features (dark circles, crow’s feet, smudged mascara)

Flat: “His piercing blue eyes locked on hers.”

Better: “His gaze was the kind that looked through you — like it had already weighed your worth and moved on.”

You’re not describing a passport photo. You’re describing what it feels like to be seen by them.

3. Facial Features: Use Contrast and Texture

Faces are not symmetrical ovals with random features. They’re full of tension, softness, age, emotion, and life.

Things to look for:

Asymmetry and character (a crooked nose, a scar)

Expression patterns (smiling without the eyes, habitual frowns)

Evidence of lifestyle (laugh lines, sun spots, stress acne)

Flat: “She had a delicate face.”

Better: “There was something unfinished about her face — as if her cheekbones hadn’t quite agreed on where to settle, and her mouth always seemed on the verge of disagreement.”

Let the face be a map of experience.

4. Bodies: Movement > Measurement

Forget dress sizes and six packs. Think about how bodies occupy space. How do they move? What are they hiding or showing? How do they wear their clothes — or how do the clothes wear them?

Ask:

What do others notice first? (a presence, a posture, a sound?)

How does their body express emotion? (do they go rigid, fold inwards, puff up?)

Flat: “He was tall and muscular.”

Better: “He had the kind of height that made ceilings nervous — but he moved like he was trying not to take up too much space.”

Describing someone’s body isn’t about cataloguing. It’s about showing how they exist in the world.

5. Let Emotion Tint the Lens

Who’s doing the describing? A lover? An enemy? A tired narrator? The emotional lens will shape what’s noticed and how it’s described.

In love: The chipped tooth becomes charming.

In rivalry: The smirk becomes smug.

In mourning: The face becomes blurred with memory.

Same person. Different lens. Different description.

6. Specificity is Your Superpower

Generic description = generic character. One well-chosen detail creates intimacy. Let us feel the scratch of their scarf, the clink of her earrings, the smudge of ink on their fingertips.

Examples:

“He had a habit of adjusting his collar when he lied — always clockwise, always twice.”

“Her nail polish was always chipped, but never accidentally.”

Make the reader feel like they’re the only one close enough to notice.

Describing appearance isn’t just about what your character looks like. It’s about what their appearance says — about how they move through the world, how others see them, and how they see themselves.

Zoom in on the details that matter. Skip the clichés. Let each description carry weight, story, and emotion. Because you’re not building paper dolls. You’re building people.

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here is a list of various things that phineas and ferb has had entire songs dedicated to

herding cows in a mall

a fusion of summer and winter

a brick

bigfoot

a guy not having rhythm

puppies and rainbows and flowers and holding hands etc. etc.

squirrels invading pants

a disco miniature golfing queen

a man with a head the size and shape of a pear

a bollywood song about not being able to finish a school project

aglets

shooting a gelatin monster with water guns

literally sitting and doing nothing

being unable to live up to your mother’s expectations because you’re not good at kickball

a heavy metal song about not being graded in a class

dr. coconut. doesn’t make any sense in context, either

obeying someone through the power of yodeling

a mexican-jewish cultural festival

reverse engineering

a platypus driving a semi truck

a robot rodeo

another bollywood song about producing rubber bands and rubber balls in a factory

a platypus controlling your every movement

completely giving up

a dairy farm on the moon that makes ice cream

meatloaf

snacks

a language they made up named ferb latin

a completely gibberish version of the smash hit gitchee gitchee goo, which was originally half gibberish anyway

a heartfelt ballad sung by a bully and his nerd after they broke up

a waltz set to a driving test

a horse in a bookcase. hes just stuck in the bookcase

weapons of mass destruction and using said weapons to impress your father/creator/inventor

abandoning society to live with monkeys because you thought your boyfriend broke up with you

a fusion of a whale and a flamingo

a gordian knot

the battle of troy

a super creepy giant marionette doll

theres one that’s self explanatory: the title is “all the convoluted reasons we pretend to be divorced”

thats not even close to all of them either. shall i go on

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"After all of this, do you think we can celebrate Holi on the surface?"

"What do you mean? We do that every year."

"No, I mean as us."

"Oh. I don't know. I hope so."