i’m bats, i talk about books a lot & i am Very Normal about the saw movies
tags for my various book liveblogs are under the cut. all of these liveblogs (and a few secret ones 😉) are archived on my neocities.
feel free to look at my creatures on dragon cave, magistream, and the final outpost
Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back when people could shake their heads at me and say "masks are a government conspiracy" and instead of navigating the bullshit like a normal person I could pull mine down and say "I have chemical burns on my face"
things people expect in a political confrontation:
Things they are never prepared for:
This post: "Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back"
Me: off to a compelling start
what about those of us who want nasty explicit lesbian sex on tv
Me clicking the show mature content from the gay porn mutual (what if it's something else)
not the gif I meant to use
forget cannibalism it bums me out that i will probably never be able to ethically eat like, a flamingo
Penguin flippers, Kiwi breast, elephant trunk steak, that kind of stuff?
you jest but now I'm genuinely curious what penguin meat would taste like under all that blubber. would it retain any "bird" flavor or would it be more similar to marine mammals??? i don't actually want to eat a penguin to be clear, you've simply sparked my curiosity
My grandfather reported that they taste like fishy rubber boiled in motor oil. So bad that he only tried it once despite being on a ship in the Antarctic ocean for months on end. 1940s dry rations were preferable to fresh penguin.
haven't seen anyone say it yet so I will: a lot of what's portrayed as "girlhood" on social media is actually just having parents with money. and people act as if being raised like that is a girl experience. i've never had my dads credit card I don't even know where that guy is rn
The thing about character design theory is I really think we shouldn’t just keep reinforcing our “this is what a sneaky and untrustworthy character looks like, this is what a threatening and intimidating character looks like, this is what an innocent character worth protecting looks like, this is what a smart and competent character looks like, this is what a man looks like vs what a woman looks like” conventions like they’re innate human wiring that we tap into scientifically and not like, heavily societal
NOT staying in the tags on my watch
if youre a trans man i don't care if you dont make a name for yourself. i dont care if you never make an impact in culture or society. I care that you are yourself, and you live. thats all I need from you. stay here. even if you think nothing of value comes from your life, you are of value just as yourself. you dont have to prove yourself to anyone or earn your life. thats all you ever have to do. live. you will figure out all the rest later.
"Put Baby in pelican mouth" has transformed my thinking in ways I haven't entirely discovered yet. The other day at the shop I heard "just give us your ID card at the till to get 15% off such-and-such products!" And my brain went "Big Chain Store perfec/t size for give all your personal data! Deals very cheap and fun your data safe give data to Big Chain Store. Give data to Big Chain Store. No problems ever with Big Chain Store because good size and safety for ID card weak of so much yummy personal data. Abig Chain Store yes a place for data give data to Big Chain Store can trust Big Chain Store for give data to all its friends. Friend Store"
Invasive species versus a second, stronger invasive species
Australia did this at one point, intentionally releasing cats into the bush in an attempt to control the invasive rabbit population. Now we have invasive feral cats as well as invasive rabbits👌
A third, even stronger invasive species will surely do the trick
the thing is in hindsight i do think the hipster vs fandom blog dichotomy was a completely real and true phenomenon because to this day i will come across a social media post, youtube video, trend forecast article, etc that namedrops "2013 tumblr" and with the absolute bare minimum of context clues you can IMMEDIATELY tell whether they had a soft grunge blog or whether they were yelling about their ovaries exploding in the reblogs of a benedict cumberbatch gifset and it is ALWAYS one of those two extremes
"sorry if I'm annoying you:(", "am i bothering you?", "tell me to shut up if i bore you"
your presence fills the cracks in my heart like flowers sprouting out of the earth i love you. you are the thorns in my stem that protect my petals i adore you. Tell me it all.
It bothers me so much that the healthcare system relies so much on the patient's ability to advocate for themselves, organize their history, and be so persistent against every medical “professional” who says there’s nothing wrong/they can do. But so many struggle with fatigue, brain fog, and face such ingrained systemic barriers, that the people who need and deserve help and support can’t access it.
I saw something recently that resonated with me: “Access shouldn't depend on who has the energy to fight for it.” And I’ve never agreed with anything more.
