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i feel like we as a digital society have forgotten the important rules of the internet

Don't feed the trolls

Never give out personal information

Anonymity is the best defense

Don't click suspicious links

Don't click popups and ads

Just because it's written doesn't mean it's true

You are responsible for your own experience

There is porn of everything, act accordingly

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I’m a recovered hater who needs to see the good in people so I don’t kill myself and my brother is a recovered care-too-much-er who needs to dislike people so he doesn’t accidentally carry the world on his shoulders so as you can imagine hanging out in public is sometimes an ordeal

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The tribes of Tumblr appeared to worship Apollo as their primary patron deity, most often under the epithet Apollo Spairahemon ("Apollo the Ball-Thrower") as a god of prophecy and sport. His name was typically invoked to celebrate a user blessed with uncommon prescience. Moments of prophecy were considered highly sacred and were often recorded, and such texts are sometimes accompanied by an artistic depiction of the god — either his traditional masculine image or, unusually, in the form of a young woman, which appears to have been an earlier style before a conservative shift toward more conventional iconography — preparing to cast a round rubber ball that our scholars believe was used in the sport known as "dodge ball". Much as other cults regarded his arrows as bringers of disease and health, this community believed that being struck by this ball would bestow prophetic visions.

Some icons are reproduced below:

An earlier depiction (c. 2020) of Apollo as a girl clad in a simple tunic and playing with other children. Figures are smiling and the image is brightly colored, indicating a celebratory outlook toward knowledge of the future.

A later piece (c. 2022) that resembles the traditional appearance of Apollo. References to childhood and play are omitted, and the god carries a more frightening aspect; perhaps this icon represented grim omens rather than good tidings.

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norse pagan prideposting

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In mythology Loki is associated with knots and nets. There is a myth in which he invents the fishing net (and the gods immediately use it to chatch him, of course).

Does this mean that wearing fishnet stockings is a devotional act?

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a quick offering to Apollo as i’m stuck at my night auditing job

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Patrons of the arts come in many forms, I find. We have a musician and artist, A weaver and scholar, A wordsmith and sportsman, A dancer and fighter, An actor and reveller, And death himself, for in the end, we make art because we will die, and wish for it to live beyond us. We will be back to our regularly scheduled art programming soon.

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“Don’t Work with Death!”

“Don’t work with death, because then you invite it into your house.”

Death is already in my house. Death is everywhere. Death is what decays the plant matter that feeds my garden. Death is what feeds the herbs I use in my spells, for each grows from what died before it.

Death is what feeds my family - death of plants, the death of animals. I would not disrespect the spirits of that which feeds us by ignoring their sacrifice. 

Death is the veil between my ancestors and myself, keeping them at rest and then acting as the gate for them to step into their next life.

When I do hospice work and sit with someone who is accepting their approaching death, I don’t tell them death is something to fear or avoid. I tell them death is the friend that walked beside them, every step of their life, maintaining the balance of the world, and waiting for them with open arms, to escort them to rebirth. 

“Don’t work with death!” 

I would not ignore life’s partner, not for arrogance or fear or ignorance. When I go to my own, I want to greet death with respect, acceptance, and gratitude. 

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hey i read your roadmap to esotericism post and i thought it was really cool, but what if we have answers to some of the questions you raise already and they kinda suck? like, i have an answer for what i think happens after death, but it’s "nothing." which i feel is a bit of a boring answer and i don’t feel like is a good thing to be thinking for anyone interested in spirituality or esotericism? to be more specific, i think that with decomposition and all, our bodies (and minds/spirits) go back to this metaphorical great river of life flowing through the whole earth, but at the consciousness-level i think what happens after death is nothing. just total oblivion. is that a bad thing?

If you're satisfied with the answer you've found, and it reconciles the question of death for you, then no, it's not a bad thing.

Ultimately, the point of finding an answer is to own your process of answering. It doesn't mean the answer needs to be particularly inspiring for other people. It just needs to be what works for you.

However, if your intention is to cultivate a spiritual paradigm, it's important to examine why you believe the answer you've concluded.

Some people believe nothing happens after they die because they've considered other possibilities, and this is the one that makes sense to them and gives them peace of mind.

Some people believe nothing happens after they die because this is the answer society deems the "most rational," and they want to be seen as a rational person.

Some people believe nothing happens after they die because it frees them from the burden of worrying about the Christian Heaven and Hell.

And some people believe nothing happens after they die because "doing nothing" is what dying looks like from their point of view as a living person, and further consideration is not really an interest or priority of theirs.

All motivations are legitimate, but as you can see, different motivations provide a different benefit. This is useful for you to know because it helps you identify what you're trying to get out of your spirituality.

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i love this gif because normally i don't see anything wrong with a post because i am one unobservant bitch and seeing this gif get added immediately tells me that i should take a second look to see something off-putting and probably sexual

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So JKR is anti asexual now to

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kinda fucked how a full-blown mental breakdown/ugly sobbing crying episode is supposed be like, all good for your soul and whatever but it always comes with insane headache/congestion shit. like yeah i scream-exorcised a rotting part of myself but at what cost.

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the action this person took is bad because it's directly harmful and exploits and leverages their social capital "also they're cringe" not what I said "adults who like cartoons are always shitty" no they aren't "their artistic tastes reflect their bad morals" I don't believe that is the case "typical tenderqueer" I honestly just think you're being homophobic "mid 30s polyamorous neurospicy kinky asexual picrew icon fanfic writer" do you even care about the bad thing they did or are you just using this as an excuse to make fun of people you don't like

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