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The one on the right is the generated one, correct?

True facts.

#handmade #crochet #art #octopi

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"This Christmas Party Was So Fun That Now I’m a Communist"

Brennan Lee Mulligan's anti-capitalist origin story

(Link at the top and bottom)

In the the most recent Fireside Chat for World's Beyond Number (episode 7 "Kahuna", available on their Patreon), Erika prompts Brennan to talk about "that crazy Christmas party you went to".

Brennan recounts an experience from when he was struggling to get by as a young performer/writer in New York City. His day job was as a caterer, and they had been hired to cater an ultra-wealthy NYC Christmas Party. It's full of details of gross decadence, but focuses on on what affected him the most:

"The thing that really fucked me up [about that party was that] I was at a period in my life [living] in New York where I was like 'Yea, I'm really hungry and scared all the time, but I'm living the bohemian dream! I'm a struggling artist! When I go out on the weekend and I'm dancing with my friends, no one will ever feel the depth of joy I feel [because it comes from] struggling and grinding out here with my friends."

"[Then, at that Christmas party,] I saw those rich heirs and heiresses dance... and they were having a better time than me, and it wasn't close! I watched these rich people dance with the most reckless abandon, and their faces [wore an expression reflecting that] 'We're having a great time, uncomplicatedly! We're not examining this! It's so fun!'... and then I heard my stomach [growl]."

(Edited for clarity out of context. Please forgive me if you find the edits to be excessive.)

You can listen to the whole chat on the World's Beyond Number Patreon. It's $5 and they have only the one tier. If you're a fan of collaborative storytelling, it's worth at least one month for the Children's Adventure prequel campaign.

THAT SAID, he also wrote a fantastic short story about this experience that you can read on his website for free (linked at the top and bottom). If you've read this far, you should give it a read. Until the Fireside Chat, I wasn't sure if the story was a work of fiction or if it was inspired by something real.

"This Christmas Party Was So Fun That Now I’m a Communist"

#reblogging for later

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since mrs, ms, and mr are all descended from the latin word magister, i propose the gender neutral version should be mg, short for "mage"

#i like this #might impliment this #pronouns #honorifics #prefixes #language #mage

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Paraglider and black vulture chilling

(via)

#vulture #adorable #wholesome #interspecies friendships

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"Based on data gleaned from the nearly 10 million military dependents it insures, the U.S. Department of Defense has repeatedly called the evidence supporting ABA “weak,” noting there is no research to determine whether the small number of participants who show improvement — 15% — do so because of treatment or simply because a child has matured. After a year of the therapy, the department reported to Congress in 2019, 76% of 16,000 participating autistic children saw no change, and 9% worsened."

#reblogging to read later

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This is me but for going to bed.

Executive dysfunction

Patreon | Webtoon

#adhd #sleep stuff

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I love him.

happy five (5) years since i adopted this dude and his also his 7th birthday today

#kitty #cat #blazed #happy birthday Frankie boi.

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Ive said this before but swear the biggest skill to learn as an adult is how to resist high-pressure sales tactics. You do NOT have to answer questions with anything other than "Sorry I'm not interested." No matter how nice they are or no matter how many follow up questions they ask or even how agitated they get when you stand your ground. Just keep saying I'm not interested. Don't answer their questions. Don't give them an opening to try to push back on your reasons. Be a fucking brick wall of I'm not interested.

#skills #life skills #social manipulation #sales tactics

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Eleven.

I’m at 5 what about you?

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Are those alcohol inks?

#fashion #gorgeous #art #textiles

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something my mum always taught us was to look for the resources we're entitled to, and use them. public land? know your access rights and responsibilities, go there and exercise them. libraries? go there and talk to librarians and read community notice boards, find out what other people are doing around you, ask questions, use the printers. public records offices? go in there, learn what they hold and what you can access, look at old maps, get your full birth certificate copied, check out the census from your neighbourhood a hundred years ago. are you entitled to social support? find out, take it, use it. does the local art college have facilities open to the public? go in, look around, check out their exhibit on ancient looms or whatever, shop in their campus art supply store. it applies online too, there is so much shit in the world that belongs to the public commons that you can access and use if you just take a minute to wonder what might exist!!!

#reblogging for later #useful #resources

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Energy company has got some sass

#pollution #gaslighting #deflection tactics #environmental destruction

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#hermit crab #nature #litter #polution

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!!!!!!

A young Palestinian boy takes out an Israeli drone in the West Bank— راحت

#Mission status SICK #palestine #west bank #gaza #free palestine #drone

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Ya'll weren't kidding, this is adorable!

You guys just have to trust me on this one and click here okay?

#bongo cat #kitty #adorable #public service

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Instead of checking my emails to see if I got a response for an internship, I cleaned and reorganized the old play/storage room and cleaned, rebuilt, and refurnished a kitchen.

funniest adhd thing is when you're like ugh. doing this simple task would be too hard. guess i'll do a difficult one instead

#actually adhd #adhder

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Wow.

so i just learned that people fucking dove inside a god damn iceberg and good to know that even for cave divers, who in my opinion are already a special kind of unhinged, and i say that with all affection, there are people even more unhinged than that

#gorgeous #photography #art #underwater #splunking #diving #cave #iceberg