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Does anyone know why this tofu supposedly has 472 cals per ~400g but this tofu has 408 cals per 280g? I switched to Cauldron due to calcium but I’m kinda worried I might be miscalculating and actually ate like 900… but it’s what it says on the packet.

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Discord debate server but everyone there is obligated to speak exclusively in Toki Pona

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Been following since the start 🙏 paralives please be good I am putting my faith in you

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There is not a single original joke I could make here so I won’t even try. Something something pride month higurashi something something

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Wait I thought I processed the trauma because I acknowledged it and wait what do you mean years of anhedonia coming to an end and a year of shitty events happening in a week plus a death scare will fuck with you and wdym acknowledging it isn’t the same as feeling it. Wait. Isn’t it supposed to come together slowly overtime like in the movies?? Why is it all clicking at once? WHY IS IT ALL CLICKING AT ONCE. And the irony of listening to this to cope with my existential ruminations.

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Nah some of you are way too comfortable casually admitting to animal abuse. I was watching a stream today and someone said they used to pluck the wings off butterflies as a kid and they have no idea why. Why… why would you say that? No, seriously. Why do you admit that so casually? Because “no idea why” implies you don’t feel any sort of guilt or even social shame, or any inkling that it might not have been the most upstanding thing to do. Fucked up, man. Like. Okay. I understand being a kid. But it’s the way people talk about their actions as a kid that makes me side eye them.

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Hey!

Would anyone be willing to put the translation of “kuradashi-hen” into a larger text format? The text version on the 07thtranslation’s Wordpress site? I originally watched this video of it, but, er, I wasn’t able to focus on it AT ALL and don’t wanna rewatch two hours, so I want to read it in text format. But the problem is that the version there is very small text and my vision is bad so could anyone like, re-format it? Thanks.

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What would you tell someone who admitted to you that they were going through a rough patch in life

“Wanna talk about it?”/“Do you have anyone to talk to about it?”

Pinty… are you ok lol.

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Sometimes I wonder what happened to Beyond You. I was really interested in it (I even drew shitty fanart back in the day!) but I hope the author is doing well. Last I checked they were on twitter but I’ve been off twitter for yoinks atp.

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Fields Of Mistria - FIRST IMPRESSIONS

I got FOM back in November or December but didn’t really play much until today! I’ve decided to go through some of the game and just give some bullet points as I go. Love the character designs; I really like Celine and Adeline. I’m still meeting everyone, though.

Maple is such a funny kid xd. I hope she just has a really ND interest in royalty. Reina is pretty, I imagine she’s like a southern mom.

Terithia… lesbian. No logic. Just hc.

THEY HAVE A DOG??? 10/10 game.

Also uhhh bathwater lady is hot hehe. Wait that sounds bad out of context- YOU CAN GIVE HIM THINGS?

I like how they have new dialogue when you speak to them in different places.

This map is confusing to navigate. Why doesn’t it show us where we are?

Uh… why are there doors with beds? Is this a- OH. WAIT. UH. NEVER MIND. It’s an inn.

They talk to each other?? Oh man, let the shipping begin.

Celine and Adeline should kiss. Me as well.

Okay, that was fun! Again, I only have 63 minutes rn in game but I’m enjoying myself. :) now I’m on day 5 and I’ll probably play from time to time. We’ll see. Considering I splurged on sims 4 dlc (even tho I prefer 3) I’ve been trying to get back into the games but idk. The fact origin doesn’t back up your saves for games just depresses me cuz every time I build up a really cool save I have to switch laptopsss. I was backing them up but then I just lost it. I guess I could get one of those stick thingies. Ik steam can do the same but idk. BTW I’m on like year 13 of Stardew and have been since 2019 and I still haven’t completed the community centre. Can you tell I like the social sim aspect more. Problem is I’ve maxed out friendship and romance w them all lol. I have 235.4 hours in SDV.

Anyway, go buy the game on steam!! There’s also a website, and a bluesky.

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6 minutes in and we’re already being subtle I see.

Update: I have no words

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Y’all I’m almost done with Kotohogushi, Hanyuu went sicko mode huh

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Rant: ‘Wasted Time’

A bad habit of mine I want to break in 2025 is ‘wasted time.’ When I was younger, I heard the phrase ‘time enjoyed wasting is not wasted time’ and took it to the extreme. I compensated by thinking ‘that’s ridiculous’ when I was older ‘you’ve accomplished nothing, it is.’

But, y’know, I look back and wonder… is it really? Last year, I accomplished a lot, but I was miserable. I really was. I was isolated. I was lonely. I shut myself off to focus entirely on my writing (most of which won’t even be relevant quite a few projects down). And I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the grind. But I was still alone. And when I tried to take on more, I burned out. I blamed myself. I told myself I wasn’t blaming myself, but there’s a difference between telling yourself you’ll be lenient on yourself and actually doing it. I also forced myself to finally commit to a second language. That time? 210+ hours? Was wasted. Why? Because I didn’t enjoy it, at all. Time spent miserable is wasted time. I’ve learned that. You need to balance everything- work, fun, sociability. It’s hard. It’s not easy. But it’s doable. This extended to media consumption. I’d just… try to justify it.

You know what I regret? Watching so many TV shows in 2022 just because I felt “weird” for not caring for television. Did I feel anything watching The Office? No. You know what I don’t regret? ANY TIME SPENT CONSUMING A PIECE OF MEDIA I LOVED. And I thought for a long time, when I took a hiatus from reading the higurashi bonus arcs, that I’d got bored of some of them. Now, the 2 adaptations of the Natsumi manga arc (so good at names) were a bit of a slog, but kotohogushi was one I took a REAL hiatus from, I’m talking maybe 1 or 2 years. But I came back, and maybe it’s because I just got to the good part (hanyuu. river. disembodied voice thing. riku. she has to tell him. if you know you know) but I remember why I love this shit.

I’ve been trying to remember why I loved the sims so much growing up, esp 3, when it’s ’the same gameplay over and over.’ But… it’s the fun of that gameplay. I wish EA would automatically back up saves tho, I lose mine every time I switch pcs and haven’t been able to get invested in 4 since I lost my six-gen fam. Then again I only have 1000+ hours in 4 cuz 3 didn’t work on my laptop for a long time. (And only in 2017, cuz toddlers and pools were added. I refused before then. Little me had fucking PRINCIPLES.) I probably invested 500,000 fucking hours into 3 as a kid. Also I randomly splurged on the remaining 4 dlc late last year, and then I opened the game and realised “wait, I still don’t like this. this still sucks.” Yeah, a few years back I told myself I’d never buy more dlc cuz the game wouldn’t get better. Then I fell for the same trick.

The fun is the gameplay. Not every story I want to tell has to be through novels or for other people’s eyes. As a kid, before I knew I wanted to be a writer, I imagined fictional scenarios with my characters just for fun. Kids do things for fun. That’s why kids are happy. Well, I was still miserable, but maybe that’s just my warped perspective because the circumstances were bad.

The point of life is to have fun and do good, and conquer evil. Wow, I couldn’t have worded that in a more corny way. To live. To love. To have friends. To write tumblr posts about life realisations. To discover yourself and others. To do the right thing. To stand up for injustices. It’s the only choice. The alternative is death. Weirdly, despite everything I’ve been through, I chose to live. Well, er, mainly because I didn’t have the resources in Jan to- you know what, let’s just skip that part- most of the time, I chose to go on. Why? Because when you’re not caffeinated 24/7 and in terrible dissociation, anxiety, depression and in the depths of an ed (well… I still have that last one), there is meaning. Not necessarily hope or despair. Optimism and pessimism are both cognitively distorted to a degree. That’s why I believe in myself, and I want you to believe in yourself. Many people believe they’re the most worthless person on the planet. Almost like it’s something the human brain does…

I didn’t mean to get this sentimental, but positivity never worked for me before because it felt forced. No, it was forced. And fuck that noise. Positivity and negativity are just words. Just noise. Optimism and pessimism are words. Just noise. Whatever word you choose to help yourself with, whatever philosophy you take on, you should see the results. Are they positive or negative for you and others? Are they what-if’s? Are they related to the bigger scheme and questions of life? Then they’re not practical. I guess I shouldn’t be using “you,” here, this is just my experience. Believe as you wish. This is just what I’m choosing.

I think the point I realised I had a problem was when I invested more time into reading, and then I began guilting myself for reading instead of studying a language, and then I’d guilt myself for not writing or editing or working on something. I hope I don’t begin guilting myself for not having fun. Honestly, I’m the kind of person to turn everything into a productivity or challenge thing. That’s why I have a list of every piece of media I consume… also because it helps me remember. A numbers game. But I just need to find that balance. Eh, except music, I don’t write that down.

So, yeah. I dunno. I’m just dealing with a lot right now. Just musing to myself. Oh yeah, something something capitalism productivity culture.

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The crying streak every episode continues!

Okay so Marcy was highly relatable just like Powder (I feel like a blend of both) and I’m also beginning to suspect she could be nd or possibly on the spectrum? My only evidence is her slight awkwardness, bluntness, the fact she “did some of the talking this time” indicating she might’ve been quieter before (which again, kids can just be socially awkward), and the fact her hunger signals are off by a little but those are very very inconsequential signs and if that was the criteria for autism, everyone would have it. It’s more just questioning. Her story gave sp9-ish vibes but idk what I’d type her as yet as it’s too early. I don’t wanna jump the gun. (Edit just after posting this: I don’t think she’s a sp9 but I think it’s funny to leave in this cuz of how quickly I changed my mind)

Seriously this series has something special. I don’t expect I’ll relate to every character or cry every episode, but the way it conveys their raw emotional experience so perfectly is exquisite. 10/10.

The depression experience.

Also omg Marcycore

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Genuinely the most baffling video I’ve ever seen.

10/10. It was like being gish-galloped with so many bad arguments that I don’t even have the energy to go over them, like I genuinely have a ton more respect for “b-but, if you were on a desert island,” at least that’s a thought experiment that requires thought. I’m stunned lmao.

“There’s always a psyop.” No. No, there really isn’t. Not everything is a fucking conspiracy. I feel like I’m watching a Shane Dawson video. The fact the video ends with it being tied to DEMONIC FORCES. WHAT. OH NO, GUYS, THEY FOUND OUT THE VEGAN AGENDA 🤣

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Hey, I'm looking for typology focused blogs to follow since I'm quite into typology myself. But I was wondering if you're at all interested in Classic Jungian? As in, the theory originally developed by Carl Jung that MBTI is based off of. I noticed that you've talked about MBTI and Socionics in the past and assumed that you might know a bit about that system as well, but I haven't seen anything yet on your blog about it.

I’ve looked into it in the past, but probably not as in depth as I should’ve, and I probably haven’t retained a lot of the information from then. (And I don’t want to comment on what I do remember, in case I get stuff wrong 😅)

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I found this draft I never posted lol

(I know I could wait a few weeks to actually post this on 26th of March 2025, but, nah. I think the best part is that I chose this date completely arbitrarily. Canon?) (I WAS GONNA BUT NOW IT’S THE 28TH 😭)