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"God never gives you more than you can handle" is survivorship bias. People who got more than they could handle are dead.

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You’re not depressed. You just need $250,000 in your bank account.

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Look me straight in the eyes and tell me your current music taste isn’t what your father played in the car when you were a kid.

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EW2 - Ottieri Tommaso , 2025.

Italian, b. 1971 -

Oil on board , 50 x 70 cm.

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not enough secret gardens and hidden passageways and bookshelves that open to a mysterious library these days. get working on that girls.

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All Summer the Sound of the Sea (Detail) - Pete Hocking , 2023.

American, b. 1940s

Oil on linen , 36 x 72 in.

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the thing they dont tell you about art is that everything is fucking shapes. sketches? made of shapes. paintings? conveying shapes. sculpture? creating shapes. film? all shots composed of shapes. clothesmaking? it's all made of fucking shapes. it's shapes all the way down

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do you use your irl name on tumblr? ie, either your government name or the name you go as in real life. if you use a different name that's not related to you irl here on tumblr then vote no

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Hey babe can we try petplay? *starts scratching and hammering on the door* LET ME OUTTTTTTTT LET ME OUT OF HERE PLEASE GOD LET ME OUT

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Here's what what you think the fourth big American city is says about you

Philadelphia/Boston: You peaked in high school

Washington DC: government bootlicker

Detroit: you were born in the wrong generation

San Francisco: you're either gay or a techbro or both

Atlanta/Austin: you're from the south and you're a progressive

Nashville/Dallas: You're from the south and you are decidedly not a progressive

Miami: cocaine addict

Las Vegas: gambling addict

New Orleans: alcoholic

Phoenix: you are from Phoenix

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eventually one has to come to terms with the fact that "conceive of myself as a person capable of tackling difficult things" is an achievable goal toward which one can take concrete steps whereas "have things be easy" is Not

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i’m curious what arbitrary and specific flavors people dislike are. rb and tag a Taste you simply don’t fuck with. for flavor reasons not texture reasons. for me? i do not like elderflower or caraway for whatever reason

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me burning the candle at both ends: oobh i got plany off wick

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From the OP: "If you sit at a desk or stare at your phone all day, this is for you. Here's how to undo the damage: - Banded Chin Tucks - Strengthen your neck flexors and fight forward head posture - Banded Pull-Aparts - Target your rotator cuff and improve shoulder stability - Banded Abduction - Activate the midline of your scapula for better posture - Lateral Deltoid Raises - Build shoulder stability and control - Banded Up-and-Overs – Boost scapular mobility and range of motion These simple banded drills will help you stand taller, move better, and feel stronger - even after hours at a desk."

Some of these are the same or similar to the exercises my physical therapist taught me.

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I thought Old Man Yaoi was like a specific person or entity. Like you walk down to the river, there’s Old Man Consequences, you walk down to the oak tree there’s Old Man Sensibility, and then you walk into the gay club and you’ll never guess who it is