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stubbornly persisting

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30 and still a big fan of whimsy

whoever decided where the dots go on dice was so smart like it’s so aesthetically pleasing to me. i love odd numbers especially

basically pips appear on the sides of dice when the center is empty, then undergo a sort of mitosis to fill in other empty spaces

theoretical 9 and 13 sided dice markings

i present: D20

this is what mega man looks like when he dies

was that

a pun

…not on purpose but now it is

its so scary to put yourself out there but a SINGLE message saying "hi i loved what you made it touched me in some way" makes it all worth it 10000%

daily reminder that if you like something someone made tell! them! tell them tell them tell them TELL THEM

"AI reimagining"

-phrase said by person with a remarkable lack of imagination

Refreshing the dashboard right after a reblog spree and being really impressed at the most recent set of posts before the realization kicks in

"Oh I'm too old for" I'm sorry I didn't realize whimsy was locked behind a time stamp.

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Whatcha doing?

Just Nauta being the curious shark that she is. Seriously, though, if you don’t tell her what you’re up to, she WILL find out one way or another.

So my mom's a clinical psychologist and has mentioned that she struggled with this with her clients a lot within the past few years... but one night during our Christmas dinner I was freaking out about how we are all doomed and gonna die and why should I bother working or saving money / doing anything if we are all just gonna die a horrible death soon due to a pandemic, climate change, nuclear war, etc… and my mom was actually super comforting. She told me that yeah, maybe we are doomed, and it’s understandable that I am freaked out about it… but she wanted me to know that when she was growing up 50 years ago, she literally thought the same thing.

She was terrified that the whole world was gonna blow up any day from a nuclear war. Her dad legit was looking into building a bunker in their backyard. And they had to do constant “nuclear bomb” drills in school. And every night on the news there were tons of assassinations that scared the shit out of her (one of her earliest memories was seeing her mother burst into tears because the news was reporting that "a king was killed": MLK Jr...).

She was convinced that the whole world was doomed and ending, and that she shouldn’t even bother going to college, living her life, having kids, etc. And she and all of her friends made this pact that they were gonna say “fuck it,” take out a bunch of student loans, and when the nuclear bomb came to destroy them all they were going to stand right under it and hold hands and meet their death together.

And her mom told her that when she was growing up during WWII, she was convinced of the same thing. Never DREAMED she’d live to be 99 (about to celebrate her 100th!). She was convinced the world was ending.

And my mom said “I didn’t think I’d live past being a teenager, and I was sure the whole world would go up in flames soon. But here I am, 50 years later, having Christmas dinner. Old AF. Retired. With my kids and the love of my life and good friends.” So she told me you never know for sure that we are doomed (even if it seems inevitable), so you’ve just gotta keep living your life.

Which was actually pretty comforting?

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