#I'm getting used to it

[yusiyomogi]

i bought drawing tablet with screen from my coworker. so it turns out, you can sketch something digitally without feeling like you're being tortured

[peachypede]

When you're too excited to get your first kiss...

[thecatwitch]

Some art that I've done

[virtie333]

I think I'm going to bow out of here for a while. Other than a couple of you (I love you!), I don't feel like me and my misery are wanted right now (which I don't blame you for!). If I'm not posting 'fun' stuff, then I'm not worth interacting with.

I got a bunch of 'fun' stuff queued, so have at it. Maybe if I come back to some notifications I'll feel better. This is supposed to be my happy place, so I need to step out if it's not making me happy.

Back to work tomorrow and bad weather coming Tuesday. Won't that make my annoying anxiety excited?

I'm going to try and write.

[moonstrider9904]

One of the last songs I listened to in college when the reality of graduation finally sank in just came on my playlist while working at my new office as I was writing an article, and to say it caught me a bit off guard would be putting it lightly. This is but my third time coming into the office; college is now behind me, so are many of the experiences and people I was normally with there. Now I'm at a new city, with a new routine, surrounded by new people, with new tasks on my to-do list, new priorities...

It kind of served as a reminder of how much things changed in the last few months and I'm finally past the constant change and the uncertainty. It really reminded me of this new life I have now.

Don't get me wrong, I love it. I love the job I have, I love how much I'm learning and I love that my nerdiness is my biggest asset in this job (might explain my obsession with Tech--up with nerdiness!), I fell in love with the view from the office, I've felt welcomed by the people I'm working with and I feel like I have a purpose again.

It's just... sweet, you know? To feel like you can settle in and belong somewhere, and I don't just mean work. I mean this city, this new home I've decided to come back to, the same place that I didn't feel at home at one year ago but now I've willingly flown back to so I could build a life.

Okay, emotional ramble over 😅

[unsung-idiot]

don't show him modern technology; it won't end well

bonus under the cut:

[mugiwara-lucy]

With Kamala/Walz going up DAILY, I've seen more people talking about voting third party/Jill Stein (EW) and I believe the above screencaps from @three--rings can explain WHY Third Party votes NEVER work NOR is this the election to screw around in.

Everyone....like she says above.....PLEASE LEARN FROM HISTORY!!!

(Because if Trump gets in, he's NEVER LEAVING).

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

[diabloku]

king of rizz™ 🥂

[alanaisalive]

Now that Eurovision is over, I want you all, especially the Americans, to take a good hard look at how the voting results turned out when people boycotted the event.

In the UK, the viewing figures were down about 2 million people compared to last year. Up to 2 million people made the conscious decision to not watch and not vote because of Israel's inclusion.

The final results of the public vote, Israel came in first place in the UK and got 12 points. Because the only people watching and voting were people who backed Israel or at least didn’t care one way or another.

This doesn't matter. It's a music contest. The boycott was still the right thing to do because it is just a show at the end of the day, and the viewing figures have more impact than the results.

But it is also a good object lesson to show you what happens if you boycott a vote over something that does matter. Choosing not to vote in, let's say, a presidential election will have similar results.

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.

For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.

I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.

[harocat]

I have a theory about gen z and millennials, so please help me out with this poll.

Please make sure to vote as to whether you got vaccinated as a child or not, if you did not get chicken pox. Take care, spread this around, and vaccinate your fucking kids. Poll is not exclusive to any country. Vote no matter where you're from.

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

[vintageseawitch]

i'm a huge fan of Republicans, conservatives or however you want to be politically labeled choosing country over party. please let me see more stories. it's a brave thing to do this. even if you voted for him in both 2016 & 2020 but you changed your mind now, WELCOME. it's a massive deal to get out of any cult successfully & MAGA is no different. being filled with anger & hatred, & fear is intoxicating & honestly easier than choosing to do the right thing. i'm glad you saw the light.

check your registration status often & don't stop talking about Project 2025. they can pretend they're distancing themselves from it as much as they want but it's absolutely their policy. we can do this though if we just show up & VOTE. we got this 💙

[ckret2]

I'd like to think Bill was projecting in the paragraph on hibernation.

(fun fact! every color in bill's clothes, breakup recovery objects, and furniture were color picked from ford's body! yes bill did get a leather couch the same color as ford's flesh!)

[raynewolferune]

DC x DP Prompt: Bruce is bad at emoting but at least ghosts are empathic (too bad bat kids are not)

Was reading Twincognito on AO3 when I stumbled across this gem again:

~

" “Danny, Tim. I was just…checking in. Is everything alright?” Curse his inability to make meaningful conversation when it wasn’t a life or death situation.

They glanced at each other and shrugged.

Then Danny hauled himself out of the bed and walked over to Bruce.

Bruce tried not to let too much excitement show on his face. "

~

Now I really want to read a story where Bruce adopts Danny post Meta trafficking and is being his usual emotionally constipated self. His kids keep getting mad at him because he's treating their new meta brother who was trafficked poorly (generally being stilted in conversation with him, walking away hurriedly mid-conversation, avoiding Danny when he's feeling really awkward, etc). They think Bruce is discriminating against Danny for being a civilian, meta, dealer's pick, but really it's just Bruce being horribly socially awkward. Danny knows this because of ghost empathy and find the whole thing hilarious. The whole thing comes to a head with the Bat Kids staging an intervention in the Bat Cave.