#Helpfull

[sir-virtem]

francly, I have being using bing for a while after moving out of google, and duck duck has being a large NO since didn't show me results in spanish when I wanted them, so I will try to give those a try in the seeable future

[murad5912]

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[odd-lunamon-on-the-digital-line]

Have you ever been killed?

OH- cause of the whole reincarnation thingy right?- welllll

Noooo....i am pretty honest i did tough battles!- i swear im not lying over that!- buut....

Welll...im still partly a coward too eheh...thats why no i wasn't if it ever got close to it, i went riiiight out of there- but i heard some get reborn without memories and some do- its a gamble seemingly???

I would love to try avoiding it still!- this lunamon allready got to far to fail!-

.....maybe i sounded to heroic there

But i think i talked to long- soooo ill cut it short and thank you now for asking!- im open for anyyy questions tehehehe- wait OH- also advice from me!- watch out for some other digimon always- some steal data so watch out for your accounts!--

...heheh im so helpfull~

[popawritter12]

As a person who read a lot of things with rape, im say that this is so important to know to EVERYBODY (Even the ones who don't have the rape fantasies)

I'm not looking to start shit so I'm not linking it or anything, but you may have seen a recent anti-dark-content post circulating with a lot of notes making rounds in the x reader sphere and while I have nothing against people posting their feelings in their own private spaces, every time I see these kinds of posts there's a lot of misinformation that gets regurgitated in the reblogs/replies and I saw what looked like a battlezone in the replies, so.

I know posts like that can be very jarring and affects people like my readers, so to combat misinformation/shaming for anyone who saw it, I'm going to share some of my information on combatting fandom puritanism/misogyny/kinkshaming in its most common forms.

The most important fact, if you read nothing else, is this:

Most women have rape fantasies.

62% to be exact. I think the most pervasive myth on this content is that consumers are "weird" for it, when the numbers don't indicate that. You're in the majority!

The vast majority of people who have rape fantasies do not put them into practice in real life. A variety of factors can determine whether or not they do, particularly specific psychiatric disorders. (X)

To specifically address common harmful and pervasive myths:

the "go to therapy!" line

Generally any academic or professional resource will immediately tell you that consuming and engaging in "dark" fantasies is accepted and encouraged by mainstream psychiatry and part of the professional education for psychiatrists. (This also used to be pretty well-known until like the last 5 years or so, not sure why that changed.)

Here are some particularly insightful resources:

1) This article by Dr. David Wahl, in my opinion, hands-down does the best job of simply and thoroughly explaining why these fantasies occur and why couples practice CNC, as well as the fact that they are both harmless, psychologically beneficial to those with them, and not at all correlated to real-life rape.

2) Dr. Claudia Six has some of the best and most thorough material out there on the subject, specifically explaining why this is taught in mainstream academia psychology and how it is incredibly helpful to rape victims (X).

3) Lisa Diamond is a professional who focuses on this subject a lot, and was featured in the documentary "The Dilemma of Desire," in which she specifically focuses on how these fantasies are not correlated to real-life desires. (X)

4) Dr. Casey Lyle has specifically talked a lot on his socials about how fantasies, even in men/the perspective of the offender, do not correlate to actual risk of offending.

5) This article is not by a professional, but from the perspective of a survivor discussing how it is beneficial to survivors.

the "why would you want that?" line

The idea that fictional tastes = what you want to happen to you in real life is actually of misogynistic origin. I don't want to seek out or add links on this one, but if you're really curious, you can research about how the idea that "women read rape fiction, that means they secretly want rape!" was originally a classic "red pill"/MGTOW/4chan talking point that made its way into mainstream dialogue and thus the public mind in the last 15 years or so due to the incel epidemic popularizing those communities.

the "it's only valid for survivors then!" line

On one hand, yes it's very important to acknowledge that trauma victims use it to cope, however I feel that over-emphasizing that gives the impression that non-victims should be excluded from consumption of dark content, so to clarify, it's a very valid means for all women. Many women who have not personally experienced rape still fantasize about it, and that's fine.

The full explanation as to why this is true for many of them would be lengthy (and addressed in the aforementioned Dilemma of Desire documentary), but in the simplest terms, nonconsensual sex is the only context in which patriarchal society permits women to have sex at all without feeling guilt. For many women, particularly those in more heavily misogynistic or religious cultures, these fantasies are appealing because the idea of consensual sex may give them feelings of shame, guilt, "sin," etc. These fantasies allow them to experience the feeling of being desired without guilt of participation.

No society on earth is free of the psychological grip that cultural misogyny has on women, and shaming women for adapting to the conditions they are forced to exist under is as harmful as the misogyny that causes it itself.

ALL women experience a form of psychological trauma inherent to female childhood and female adolescence in a patriarchal world, and that is just as valid as coping with individual traumatic events.

Good resources on the subject of why women have these fantasies and how they are helpful in general:

(X) (X)

The "what you consume will make you do it in real life!" myth

Although the resources above already address this, it's important to establish why this myth is so prevalent and what its origins are.

The idea that consuming media with dark themes leads to or indicates desires to replicate those acts is a residual element of two major events:

1) Puritan revival culture, popularized in the US and UK in the 90s and 2000s (also known as "Satanic Panic"). A major facet of this movement was TV megachurch preachers making money off of exploiting well-meaning but paranoid parents into believing that your child playing Dungeons and Dragons or Pokemon would make them future serial killers and lure them into satanic cults. (X)

2) at the tail end of this, it was cemented in the public mind as a cultural ripple aftershock of the Columbine shooting, where this sentiment became popularized as the general public blamed violent video games like Doom and "dark" music like Marilyn Manson (whose life was temporarily completely upended by the events and took him years to recover/be safe from) for the 1999 shooting. This event had MASSIVE permanent and global effects in all sorts of ways that the public often underestimates the sheer scope of, notably that it solidified, prolonged, and, in the minds of many, "proved" the paranoias of the preexisting Satanic Panic. (X) This established a precedent, leading to virtually any major horrible event being blamed on the perpetrator's media consumption, including murder and sex crimes.

What this myth ignores in the cases it references (the slenderman stabbings, columbine, sasebo slashing, batman shooting, etc) is two crucial facts: that hundreds of millions of people consume the same media with no negative effects (helpful effects even), and that in every single case cited as "evidence" to the claim, the perpetrator had a preexisting psychiatric condition correlated to acts of violence (which usually went ignored, downplayed and even accelerated/worsened by those around them rather than the help they needed).

Sorry for the wall of text, but I feel an ethical obligation to combat this kind of misinformation, and I hope these resources are helpful for those who may be negatively affected by common misunderstandings.

You are not abnormal or wrong for the fictional content you consume or the fantasies you have!

[newvegays]

Got fo4 working again, so here's my new girly, Assistron! A heavily modified Assaultron re-programmed to provide emotional and medical support to the wasteland.

[retrofightingrobot]

Current mood: frying like an egg while y'all are building snowmen. (I live in South America, the only snow I’ve ever seen is in the freezer.)

At least I’m existing, living, like heat man's only quality.

[8stranger8]

when your husband just died and instead of helping and comforting you your mom keeps crying about your dead sister and how difficult the situation is for her, and it gets so bad you have to send her home.

[akatalepsi]

Youre fucking amazing thank youuuu!!!!!

Guys help i forgot how to make those speech bubbles visible ive seen on ppls art party posts

I remember i used to have it but one of my headmates turnned it off bc it annoyed them and now we have no idea where its at or what its called

😭 plz help

Its a speech bubble that appears over you and other ppls avatar saying whatever you typed into /say im p sure

[dartalias]

Headcannon that once Lek and Kyoshi got more used to calling each other family they started to sometimes tell/insinuate (like at mettings or events) that they are actually blood related just to fuck with people

not sure who would first start with that

either Kyoshi would stumble in her words trying to present Lek and then they just role with it without explaining anything and ended up finding funny the various confuse/akward reactions

Or Lek first starded with it because he hates high class events as much as Kyoshi (for different reasons) and that's a "allowed" way to at least get a crack out of it

This or Lek just wanted to piss of Kyoshi but how both ended up having fun they just keep doing it as a joke

[dhampiria]

I really really want to know how u draw faces (eyes, mouth and especially noses, they r genuinely gorgeous) :) !!

i managed to put this together in one night hopefully it makes some sense and excuse the typos

i did this in digital just because it's easier considering how when i draw traditionally i draw on a small scale and i wanted this to be more comprehensive, but everything else is the same, i draw on Krita, the brush i use is c) pencil-1 hard, it feels pretty much like a regular pencil for trad art

this is like extremely unserious i fear

[cherryskeletoncake]

Techno and ghostbur. When your dead frend only remembers the ‘good times’ you had, and they come to hunt you about it constantly.

[omeletcat]

Lil doodle, A friend of mine Butterat was doing some cute doodles, soo i tried some as wel!!

[reading-by-the-pale-moonlight]

Guide to Watching Firefly for First Time Viewers, That Nobody Asked for (Because I'm Annoying and this Annoyed Me When I First Watched it so You Know It's REALLY BAD)

Firefly is kinda famous for not having released its episodes chronologically when it aired back in 2002. Most sites I've been on has fixed this, as in, they have the episodes in the right order, but for SOME REASON they then scramble the episode names to confuse unsuspecting people into stepping into a metaphorical sarlacc's mouth.

That's what this is for. So you don't get future episodes spoiled when you haven't seen them yet.

(Another important thing to note is that I Do Not Have Netflix or Any Other Fancy Streaming Service, so I don't actually know if they get it right.)

So how this is gonna work is I'm going to put a screenshot of the first thing you see for each episode, its name, chronological episode number, and release number, so you know where to look if something goes wrong. Also a short summary for what happens in the first scene. Non-spoilery stuff.

Episode 1: Serenity (NOT THE MOVIE!!), may be under the name The Train Job

Ep. release number (the WRONG number): 11

The first scene is a battle (that frame above is a Big Explosion, as you can see) with shooting and shouting and all kinds of war stuff. This episode is also twice as long as a normal episode, so if it says it's about an hour and a half long, you probably got the right one

Episode 2: The Train Job (may be under the name Bushwacked)

Ep. release number: 1

First scene happens in a bar with a girl dancing in between the tables, pausing to hand someone a message behind their back

Episode 3: Bushwacked (may be under the name Our Mrs. Reynolds)

Ep. release number: 2

The above image opens right before the first scene, where the crew is playing some form of space basketball

Episode 4: Shindig (may be under the name Jaynestown)

Ep. release number: 6

Opening scene starts with a couple of people playing pool with holographic balls (ooh, sci-fi)

Episode 5: Safe (may be under the name Out of Gas)

Ep. release number: 7

The episode starts with a boy doing his homework, and a girl playing with herself.

Episode 6: Our Mrs. Reynolds (may be under the name Shindig)

Ep. release number: 3

Opening scene starts with a cart being pulled by two horses through a shallow river.

Episode 7: Jaynestown (may be under the name Safe)

Ep. release number: 4

First scene starts with two people (Simon and Kaylee) standing in a hall, arguing over whether Simon swears or not.

Episode 8: Out of Gas (may be under the name Ariel)

Ep. release number: 5

The Serenity (spaceship, see image above) is dead in space. All the rooms inside it are dark, and empty.

Episode 9: Ariel (may be under the name War Stories)

Ep. release number: 8

Everyone is in the common room, getting food, and chatting

Episode 10: War Stories (may be under the name Objects in Space)

Ep. release number: 9

Episode starts with two people (see image above) looking at brain scans on a computer and discussing a very real person named Shan Yu

Episode 11: Trash (may be under the name Serenity)

Incorrect ep. number: 13

The episode opens with a panning shot of an empty desert-y place, and stops on a guy sitting on a rock, contemplating how he got into the situation he's in (it's pretty bad)

Episode 12: The Message (may be under the name Heart of Gold)

Incorrect ep. number: 14

Opening scene is in a space station with a space carnival and there's talk of aliens

Episode 13: Heart of Gold (may be under the name Trash)

Incorrect ep. number: 12

Camera zooms in from outer space to a house that looks like it's wrapped in foil. A couple of people are hanging up laundry

Episode 14: Objects in Space (may be under the name The Message)

Incorrect ep. release number: 10

The Serenity (see image above) flies past a planet. Camera zooms into the ship, up to a girl (River) who's listening to people talking

Serenity (THE MOVIE that came out in 2005)

I'm not going to bother with a screen capture because it's a MOVIE it's not in the same place as the SHOW it's not as difficult as the others.

I AM going to say, however that you shouldn't watch the movie before the show. It comes after. Spare yourself the pain.

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Okay that's it. I didn't double check this so if there are any mistakes let me know :)

[dumbass-smolgayitalian]

So I started using a cane and my initial thoughts for the first day using around campus all day are...

It makes nosie I didn't realize it would make that much noise how I didn't realize that while using it at home I don't know but out in public very aware of the clicking sound

My ankles still a little sore but like it dosnt Hurt just sore usually it hurts by now

My back hurts but that's unrelated I just forgot to where the brace

You can trip over a cane like you do your feet

So far anthropology professor is the only one who hasent brought attention to me using a cane now

I apparently can't use it for long on my right side before my rist hurts 🙃 but it feels unnatural to use it with my off hand at first

Neither knee hurts right now to that good

[winter-mornings]

Hey! Just curious - how did you get so good at anatomy? Every time I draw people, they end up flat and awkward. Did you just practice a shit ton, or do you have any specific advice?

Draw a lot, like, a LOT fill entire pages with quick gesture practice. and then do it again, and again and again. Use Reference!!!! Use multiple references to craft the pose you want!!! study artists you like, painters or sculptors, and try to understand why you like it so you can do it too! Understanding the body as a 3 dimensional object and putting that in a 2d format is really hard and i still struggle with it. Most importantly though, Its your art, so have FUN with it!

>:3

[stickyricewithmangosauce]

Yamato shouldn't exist

One of my biggest Naruto hot takes is that Yamato shouldn't exist.

I really like him as a character, but from a story point of view, you don't need his existence.

Naruto has a general problem of having too big of a cast. As a result, there is no character development other than Naruto, Sasuke and maybe Kakashi.

In the arc we needed a character to explain ROOT to us and a link to Orochimaru. Since Sai is already a ROOT agent, we don't need Yamato to fill that spot. And as for Orochimaru… We already had a great character who was already super popular and should know a lot more about Orochimaru than Yamato: Anko.

She was Orochimaru's student. It could have given Naruto and Sakura incredible insight into what Sasuke's life might be like right now and what he might be going through.

And the other reason he exists is to keep Kurama in check, well… never really worked, did it?

And later in the war, he's only needed for the clones, but even for that, another solution could so easily have been found.

So yeah, his character is pointless and without him you could have given a lot of already existing characters more character development