i think when it comes to knowledge gaps (especially on tumblr) its easy to get insecure about not knowing everything. but the real secret is that you can get away with not knowing everything if you just dont insert yourself into conversations you dont understand with blind confidence. the internet also gives you the privilege of 1) googling/wikipediaing shit before you say it, and 2) not volunteering how little you know. you dont actually have to enter the conversation just to say how little you know. part of the stereotype of dipshit stupid american on here is that americans will say full chestedly that they dont know which continent tchad is in and then go out of their way to justify it with their lack of education. when no one asked them to say either thing. and even if someone did ask, you are never under any obligation to actually answer.
Wait so you’re telling me my only options for letting people know I’m having a hard time in real life are 1) telling them (won’t happen, humiliating) or 2) public mental breakdown (also won’t happen, more humiliating)
I’m in one of those “broke my ankle in a cave oh you poor beautiful thing” moods. Dreaming of waking up in the hospital cured by the Vitamin.
i’m not sure we’re going to reach human-level artificial intelligence with what amounts to very fancy markov chains but it is worryingly humbling to find out that’s still enough to get us like 85% of the way there isn’t it
No offence, but showing up to Pride half naked in a dog collar is fucking Badass and I salute anyone who does it.
I encourage you to be hairy and covered in Vaseline. I encourage you to dress only in a thong and codpiece and hump the air in front of the TD Bank float.
as a creator you shouldn’t have to feel like you constantly gotta one-up yourself. consider one-downing yourself instead. keep producing worse content to make your previous work look great by comparison
Everyone is just someone. They’re not one gigantic being judging your every move, looking down on you, they’re individuals with their own quirks and flaws and embarrassing moments and mistakes. When you start to look at them as ‘just someone’, specifically ‘just someone like you’, you’ll find that a lot of interactions will be a little less scary.
