I don't know who needs to hear this, but if the phrase "self care" doesn't resonate with you, try calling it "system maintenance" and see if that clicks.

Reblogging to add amazing tags from @meta-theory

#this both makes things more fun and also is a really good analogy#because there are four types of system maintenance and that makes the term much more exact than the nebulous ''self-care''#and therefore much more helpful to those of us who uhhh struggle with nebulosity#for anyone curious the four types are:#1. corrective (to fix current problems)#2. preventative (to avoid future problems)#3. adaptative (to re-adjust to any changes)#4. perfective (to work towards a better system)#I really like this idea I'm gonna make a checklist

System maintenance time: REMEMBER TO BRUSH AND FLOSS.

ID: a warning sign in all-caps that reads, “Warning: if you don’t schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will schedule it for you.” End ID.

I'm partial to the "for crew morale" usage.

One thing to know about T'Pol is that she is the funniest person on Enterprise. She knows she is the funniest person on Enterprise and the reason that she continues to say half of the shit she does is because she is funny. It's also why she gets mildly offended at Archer when he says she has no sense of humour.

can i say something controversial? i wish the Voyager hadn't made it home. at least not as quickly. they should have spent at least 20 years out there. not even in a "i wish there were more episodes" way, but just. yeah.

adding my tags:

#or is this bc i would have been pissed to have made it home unexpectedly #like. I need to emotionally prepare for everything. and getting home the same day we're told we might make it home? not long enough. #i would have a meltdown. they'd have to beam me out I would be clinging to the furniture in my quarters like NOOO NOT YET IT'S NOT TIME TO #LEAVE YET LET ME STAYYYY #YOU CAN'T TURN THIS SHIP INTO A MUSEUM I LIVE HERE!! WHY ARE YOU ALL LEAVING YOU'RE MY FAMILY STAY WITH MEEE

given chakotay’s rather. um. unorthodox approach to playing therapist they really missed out on an opportunity for him to manufacture a christmas carol type of situation in response to janeway’s depressive spirals. like it’s not so bad in the delta quadrant, check out these simulations on what we would all be up to if we weren’t here. here’s me and b’elanna getting mowed down by cardassian forces! here’s harry rotting away in a founder prison after being replaced by a changeling! here’s tuvok throwing himself in the path of a phaser blast meant for you! here’s seven, still a mindless borg drone! don’t you feel so much better about your choices now?

twist the knife a little actually it would be such a beautiful tragic irony if voyager was the one mowing chakotay and b’elanna’s ship down in this alternate reality

This phrase has already entered my vocabulary re: media criticism where like. The viewer has a concrete view of what they expect a story to be based on the tropes and cliches they're used to seeing together, and when that doesn't happen, they judge it as a failed depiction of what they assumed it was going to be instead of judging it as what it actually is.

"This show is problematic because the hero didn't kill the villain at the end": When does he steal the bread?

"These two characters who were close friends throughout the series don't kiss at the end! What the fuck?": When does he steal the bread?

"This feels like it's missing a conclusion! Like, the protagonist does bad stuff and because of a critical decision he makes as a result of his major character flaws, meets tragedy in the end! Where's the part where he learns better and brings is love back from the dead and becomes a good guy and gets a happy ending?": When does he steal the fucking bread??

I heard this out as "When criticizing something, you must judge it for what it is, not what it isn't"

yea

if one of my friends told me they were in a time loop i owuld believe them. they wouldnt even have to repeat what imabout to say right back at me while i say it. im loyal

so has anyone done this yet or

listen for about 10 seconds I lived in a world where Pike and Una were gonna ask that bartender for a threesome

Plot twist: Threesome vibes are how Pike and Una usually recruit personnel.

gameshow voice: is it gay subtext or are the writers just so catastrophically bad at writing female characters that the only relationships in the entire story that feel human are the ones between the men.

being a woman isn't a feminist action btw

being a lesbian isn't a feminist action either. It's just a thing

There is nothing inherently evil or wrong about how masculine or feminine you are and I wish people would stop acting like one is better than the other. The way you act and speak as a person says more about what kind of person you are than your gender presentation. There is plenty of people capable of being horrible people and there are plenty of people that are capable of being good people. It's a choice, gender has nothing to do with it.

I mean, you have to hand it to the Borg Queen. It did take two Janeways to defeat her.

iconic of harry and b'elanna to both have dreams where their mother is transforming into captain janeway. ok you guys

ways sex can be improved:

- clothes on

- no penetration

- dry humping

guy who talks about how unethical mt rushmore is but it slowly becomes clear that he isn't talking about environmental issues or native american land claims and instead believes that a four-headed chimera president was first created and then turned to stone

kill me once, shame on you. kill me twice how did you do that