Devil on my shoulder: We have work in eight hours if we go to sleep right now we'll be reasonably rested in time to do labor
Angel on my shoulder: We need to see more of this canned fish reviewer guy's youtube channel. He's got something special going on.
my advice to you is to never waste your time trying to fit into a club or hobby or any community who makes you beg for acceptance and approval just to participate when you could do the alternative—get involved in a niche and endangered hobby run primarily by old people.
i wanted to learn how to hunt ruffed grouse and train bird dogs so i sent an email to my local chapter of the ruffed grouse society explaining that getting into wildlife groups is intimidating to me because I’m trans
and all they saw was that someone under 60 wanted to learn to hunt grouse & several months into my mentorship I was told that like 7 old guys argued over me until they had to pick a number between 1 and 100 to decide who got to personally mentor me.
imagine vying for the acceptance of some gatekeeping weirdos when your mere interest could be inciting verbal combat among retirees
cannot recommend more putting secrets and hints in your creative work that you dont expect anyone to figure out
Tumblr makes sense to me bc if i see something i like i get excited and hit the button to show other people and theres no weird unspoken social conventions my autistic brain doesnt understand. I can literally sit here and reblog 150 niche shitposts about harvest mice in an hour just bc they make me happy and i dont have to explain myself to anyone and i'll actually *gain* followers instead of just being called weird and downvoted or whatever its so cool
Look, the adulting life is tough, but remember, we are all just toddlers who were given responsibility.
Do nothing without a snack, a nap, and doing something actually fun for a bit. Bonus points if it's scooby doo themed
Writing: The only job where your coworkers are fictional people who constantly sass you.
- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)