“The journey tempts me.” - Tenzing Tharkay

Even without words, we communicate through our eyes.

And some highlights from the notes:

Whoever wrote that Vanguard message did so with shaking hands, between sobs & swigs of bourbon straight from the bottle.

They're right, though. Now is exactly the wrong time to make dramatic investment moves. Everybody's shit is doing the same thing; unless you need your retirement money in the next twelve months or whatever, you're better off leaving it alone and waiting for the eventual correction. Like, this is not a comforting lie, this is good advice!

god I love Gansey. Weirdgirl cosplaying as a normie. Put all his stats into hierarchical / authority social interactions and fumbles even the most basic of peer to peer interactions. Obsessed with and in love with the weird little town he lives in. The most out of touch person you’ve ever met in your life. Would fall on his sword before asking anyone to venmo him for pizza. Haunted by death. Is the glue holding the most eclectic group of friends you’ve ever seen together. Keeps only one type of houseplant. Knows the importance of having a white whale to follow. Occasionally slips into truly archaic language but only when there’s no better word for it. Cannot learn Latin to save his life. All of his friends are cooler than him.

My skinny scientist guy of choice

Some of you guys have never burned a CD and it shows

Some of you guys don't even realise I don't mean setting a CD on fire

Sources: Gut, My. Something is Terribly Wrong, vol 136, 2025.

he has a name :(

My cousin Throckmorton died?????

i like working at plant store. sometimes you ring up someone and there's a slug on their plant and so you're like "Oh haha you've got a friend there let me get that for you" and you put the slug on your hand for safekeeping but then its really busy and you dont have time to take the slug outside before the next customer in line so you just have a slug chilling on your hand for 15 minutes. really makes you feel at peace with nature. also it means sometimes i get to say my favorite line which is "would you like this free slug with your purchase"

@holyknuckled you get it. lterally what are we here on earth for if not to occasionally impose gastropods upon unsuspecting customers. this story is delightful

@holyknuckled like that?

oh? my god???

yeah, Exactly like that

chai tea (tea tea)

naan bread (bread bread)

sharia law (law law)

sahara desert (desert desert)

lake tahoe (lake lake)

el camino way (the way way)

pendle hill (hill hill hill)

soviet union (union union)

mississippi river (big river river)

the los angeles angels (the the angels angels)

hula dance (dance dance) dc comics (detective comics comics)

shakira (shakira)

wake me up (wake me up inside)

i was so sad, i drew a little bat so i wouldn’t be sad. and now i am no longer sad.

here is a little bat to banish your sadness

This nice little bat reminds me of this other nice little bat who was drawn in the 1200s:

This is the only website where I routinely see people say things like “oh this reminds me of something I recently saw from the 1200s”

to be fair, this is also the website where we routinely mock Sumerian copper merchants

I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

In case you're curious here's what I mean.

Renaissance(distinct lines, stability and the individual man):

Baroque (bold, chaotic, dramatic):

Romantic(romanticize the simple hard working life):

Do you see the difference?

this post has re-wired my brain in the best way

not giving any context because it’s funnier that way

hey i saw you across the room at the devil's sacrament and loved your vibe

technically we’re ALL, always LARPing, because the Self is only a construct,

I want a new character

Then make one.

Everyone talking about posts that changed their brain chemistry seem to be leaving out this classic, which probably propelled me into activism and more self confidence in a way that I cannot put into words.

*drinks a gallon of milk in 6 minutes in order to gain superautism*

Though I hate PETA, the original message was that if you cannot digest milk protein (casein) as an infant, it can be an indicator for autism, as many autistics have been shown to have a casein intolerance or allergy due to our gut biomes being different to a neurotypical's.

PETA then took this to its illogical extreme and blamed milk for autism. I am autistic and allergic to casein. This is a real indication in early childhood, that is used as a screening tool for pediatricians (especially if it coincides with a gluten intolerance or allergy) to get that kid tested for autism! A lot of parents then use a Casein Free/Gluten Free diet (CFGF) when raising confirmed autistic kids. (I am not allergic to gluten, thankfully.) If you look up CFGF you can find tons of autistic adults who also adhere to it. Some claim it reduces "symptoms" but I think that's all bullshit. It reduces the chance of an allergic reaction and is just a little flag for doctors to look at a kid more closely.

It's an actual bit of useful science that's been fucked over by harmful messaging.

Yeah okay, I'll reblog that

This is the best recent example I've seen of "correlation does not equal causation."