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[dargonpoop]

fun-loving female mycologist with vanity plate reading FUNGAL

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agree very much w your main point op! i do slightly disagree with one take tho—i think part of why some social media have become more ‘tactile’ is because we now have the video technology to portray things in a manner closer to real life, which would be advantageous to the advertisement of certain products. in this particular case, i think it could be asserted that its less a symptom of detachment from nature; it is simply video format attempting to replicate real-life experience so the viewer can connect with it in more ways than one and/or be enticed by a product. it is a more 3-dimensional format in a 2-dimensional world.

that said, i absolutely agree that the modern indoors world is too under-stimulating—but i also think its over-stimulating in certain ways, speaking as someone who is also autistic and seeks some forms of sensory deprivation. sounds tire me out, and my head feels much clearer at night when i dont hear vehicles and television and metal scraping (specifically at work lol) and footsteps and people talking. the latter two i think is because the more artificial sounds permeate daily life so much that everything else on top of that becomes Too Much

i love nightfall because there arent as many cars on the road, and i can hear the bugs and geese outside. i love the sound of heavy rain because it masks the sound of modern human activity. i also sometimes function much better and beat my executive dysfunction when i turn my light off—the dark helps me regain focus and center myself.

in short, the technology and environments of our modern lives has definitely left many people with a subconscious desire to reconnect with nature, so we end up turning instead to things reminiscent of nature. but modern society has also created constant background stimuli that is more than our brains are meant to process. put those two together and add technology that is both stimulating and distracting, and you have a stim-seeking human brain that struggles to maintain concentration.

My random unsubstantiated hypothesis of the day: the popularity of "stim" videos, fidget toys, and other things like that is a warning sign that something's Deeply Wrong with our world.

Don't freak out. I am autistic. These things are not bad. However, can we just...take a second to notice how weird it is that there are entire social media accounts full of 10-second videos of things making crunching noises, people squishing slime in their hands, and objects clacking together, and that enjoying them is mainstream and normal?

It seems that nowadays, almost everyone exhibits sensory-seeking behavior, when just a decade ago, the idea of anyone having "sensory needs" was mostly obscure. It is a mainstream Thing to "crave" certain textures or repetitive sounds.

What's even weirder, is that it's not just that "stim" content is mainstream; the way everything on the internet is filmed seems to look more like "stim" content. TikToks frequently have a sensory-detail-oriented style that is highly unusual in older online content, honing in on the tactile, visual and auditory characteristics of whatever it's showing, whether that's an eye shadow palette or a cabin in a forest.

When an "influencer" markets their makeup brand, they film videos that almost...highlight that it's a physical substance that can be smudged and smeared around. Online models don't just wear clothes they're advertising, they run their hands over them and make the fabric swish and ripple.

I think this can be seen as a symptom of something wrong with the physical world we live in. I think that almost everyone is chronically understimulated.

Spending time alone in the forest has convinced me of this. The sensory world of a forest is not only much richer than any indoor environment, it is abundant with the sorts of sensations that people seem to "crave" chronically, and the more I've noticed and specifically focused on this, the more I've noticed that the "modern" human's surroundings are incredibly flat in what they offer to the senses.

First of all, forests are constantly permeated with a very soft wash of background noise that is now often absent in the indoor world. The sound of wind through trees has a physiological effect you can FEEL. It's always been a Thing that people are relaxed by white noise, which leads to us being put at ease by the ambient hum of air conditioning units, refrigerators and fans. But now, technology has become much more silent, and it's not at all out of place to hypothesize that environments without "ambient" white noise are detrimental to us.

Furthermore, a forest's ambience is full of rhythmic and melodic elements, whereas "indoor" sounds are often harsh, flat and irregular.

Secondly: the crunch. This is actually one of the most notably missing aspects of the indoor sensory world. Humans, when given access to crunchable things, will crunch them. And in a forest, crunchy things are everywhere. Bark, twigs and dry leaves have crisp and brittle qualities that only a few man-made objects have, and they are different with every type of plant and tree.

Most humans aren't in a lot of contact with things that are "destroyable" either, things you can toy with and tear to little bits in your hands. I think virtually everyone has restlessly torn up a scrap of paper or split a blade of grass with their thumbnail; it's a cliche. And since fidget toys in classrooms are becoming a subject of debate, I think it pays to remember that the vast majority of your ancestors learned everything they knew with a thousand "fidget toys" within arm's reach.

And there is of course mud, and clay, and dirt, and wet sand. I'm 100% serious, squishing mud and clay is vital to the human brain. Why do you think Play-Doh is such a staple elementary school toy. Why do you think mud is the universal cliche thing kids play in for fun. It's such a common "stim" category for a reason.

I could go on and on. It's insane how unstimulating most environments humans spend time in are. And this definitely contributes to ecological illiteracy, because people aren't prepared to comprehend how detailed the natural world is. There are dozens of species of fireflies in the United States, and thousands of species of moths. If you don't put herbicides on your lawn, there are likely at least 20 species of plant in a single square meter of it. I've counted at least 15 species of grass alone in my yard.

Would it be overreach to suggest that some vital perceptive abilities are just not fully developing in today's human? Like. I had to TEACH myself to be able, literally able, to perceive details of living things that were below a certain size, even though my eyes could detect those details, because I just wasn't accustomed to paying attention to things that small. I think something...happens when almost all the objects you interact with daily are human-made.

The people that think ADHD is caused by kids' brains being exposed to "too much stuff" by Electronic Devices...do not go outside, because spending a few minutes in a natural environment has more stimuli in it than a few hours of That Damn Phone.

A patch of tree bark the size of my phone's screen has more going on than my phone can display. When you start photographing lots of living organisms, you run into the strange and brain-shifting reality that your electronic device literally cannot create and store images big enough to show everything you, in real life, may notice about that organism.

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@dargonpoop i mean... they're probably at the same maturity level soooo

[rapidlychangingfandoms]

Some outfits inspired by Wonderland for the uhhh fic I’m writing! These all happen I just refuse to address them because I do not know how sjsjsjjs

Kairi’s Outfit!

Two very lovely works by @dargonpoop

A very gay Vanitas Outfit by moi

And a Ven Design but without the colors from the armor in the middle because I could not find the shade of green or kinda black

[ao3feed-soriku]

Another Beach

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Mue8A9

by dargonpoops

Sora wants to go to the beach, and Riku is a sap.

Words: 2622, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Kingdom Hearts

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Riku (Kingdom Hearts), Sora (Kingdom Hearts), Pence (Kingdom Hearts)

Relationships: Riku/Sora (Kingdom Hearts)

Additional Tags: Mentioned Roxas (Kingdom Hearts), Beach Trip, Fluff, Pining, Yearning, Crushes, THEYRE SO CUTE, Alternate Universe - Normal Life, mentioned locations are just... normal towns, roxas and sora are twins, sora and riku are dummies but mostly sora, sora and riku are also saps but mostly riku, One Shot

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Mue8A9

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i never post about them on here (mainly bc i don't have any worthwhile content i just do a lot of yelling) but i love our ocs SO MUCH @dargonpoop

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saw a httyd clip and started sobbing. guess its time for a rewatch

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i know i am healing when i see posts talking about ships and immediately assume they are talking about the boat kind

[parme-san]

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venti... made a friend??????

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turning 24 is weird bc u are no longer in your early twenties. that is mid twenties territory. that is a whole different age group

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scientists that name things have the best senses of humor in the world

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MAYUMIKO REAL????????

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what happened in gsnk my mayumiko posts are getting attention again

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how is mikayuu the most canon a noncanon ship has ever been help me understand

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very cool and fun of the entire sk8 fandom to be skeptical even after ep 8 bc we’ve all collectively suffered from queerbait for too long lmao

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a goblin is a goblin, no matter color or gender or orientation or religion!!! no matter country or language!!! no matter class or background!!! there is no room for bigotry in the land of the gobs!!!!!