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I know people on tumblr looove stories of underwater cave diving, but I haven't seen anyone talk about nitrogen narcosis aka "raptures of the deep"

basically when you want to get your advanced scuba certification (allowing you to go more than 60 feet deep) you have to undergo a very specific test: your instructor takes you down past the 60+ foot threshold, and she brings a little underwater white board with her.

she writes a very basic math problem on that board. 6 + 15. she shows it to you, and you have to solve it.

if you can solve it, you're good. that is the hardest part of the test.

because here's what happens: there is a subset of people, and we have no real idea why this happens only to them, who lose their minds at depth. they're not dying, they're not running out of oxygen, they just completely lose their sense of identity when deep in the sea.

a woman on a dive my instructor led once vanished during the course of the excursion. they were diving near this dropoff point, beyond which the depth exceeded 60 feet and he'd told them not to go down that way. the instructor made his way over to look for her and found a guy sitting at the edge of the dropoff (an underwater cliff situation) just staring down into the dark. the guy is okay, but he's at the threshold, spacing out, and mentally difficult to reach. they try to communicate, and finally the guy just points down into the dark, knowing he can't go down there, but he saw the woman go.

instructor is deep water certified and he goes down. he shines his light into the dark, down onto the seafloor which is at 90 feet below the surface. he sees the woman, her arms locked to her sides, moving like a fish, swimming furiously in circles in the pitch black.

she is hard to catch but he stops her and checks her remaining oxygen: she is almost out, on account of swimming a marathon for absolutely no reason. he is able to drag her back up, get her to a stable depth to decompress, and bring her to the surface safely.

when their masks are off and he finally asks her what happened, and why was she swimming like that, she says she fully, 100% believed she was a mermaid, had always been a mermaid, and something was hunting her in the dark 👍

#Reblogged #noirsongbird #beemovieerotica

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#Reblogged #yeahwrite #ad-wills

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saying “can u not” to inanimate objects that are just following the laws of physics but in, like, inconvenient ways

#Reblogged #noirsongbird #schwinns-second-law-deactivated

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Evil boop! >:3

Boop.

#Boop asks

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packing to move is so funny it’s like ah. this thing I forgot I owned and I haven’t seen for eight months…..is so dear and precious to me. I will be justifying the space to bring it and then promptly misplace it again

#Reblogged #wizardarchetypes

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The point of fiction is actually to put that guy in a situation™️, and he might try to tell you the point is to then get him out of the situation, WRONG, second situation

#Reblogged #uraniumwriting #writeouswriter

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pooB

Booooop.

#Boop asks

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At the Gates

I'm screaming, crying, throwing up right now. The Backerkit goes live on May 7th. It's real. It's really really real.

If you purchased the Ashcan and enjoyed it. If you didn't purchase the Ashcan because you were waiting for the actual campaign. If you are just now hearing about this game. If you hate me and want to spite me by pledging for a PDF and leaving fart jokes in the comment section.

Please go and sign up to get notified when the Backerkit goes live.

#Signal Boost #Reblogged #impernious

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being a fan of a friend's ocs is actually so humiliating....... like yes my favourite character rn is tragically doomed and a pillar of humanity who i think is relevant to the current world. you can find information about them on discord dot com and sometimes in late-night conversations with this guy i know. what the fuck

#Reblogged #noirsongbird #crimson-rots

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boop :3

Booop.

#Boop asks

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Me driving my professors up the wall.

Sorry for being incapable of answering a question without like 900 "It dependssss" prefaces. Unfortunately too many things depend on too many things

#Reblogged #swifty-fox #hatingongodot

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I tend to cycle through media types. I'll read a lot for a month or two, then watch a lot of TV for a month or two, then youtube, etc.

(EDIT: okay fine I won’t count comics as part of the books category)

#Reblogged #jenndoesnotcare #pnkrathian

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I liked a lot of the others, but as soon as I saw the brush/comb that was an instant yes. Curly hair is so fucking hard to maintain. One of my hardest self-care tasks, honestly, especially since I prefer to keep it long.

no multi option, agonize and choose, no results option, pick one to find out or scroll onward

#Reblogged #kittyknowsthings #absentlyabbie

[katy-l-wood]

in all seriousness it's very alienating knowing theres Something Wrong With You. like seeing your mental illness come through in your behaviour and thought processes and knowing it's irrational and unhealthy, knowing other people are reading you as weird or stupid, and not being able to do anything about it is such a lonely experience

#Reblogged #swifty-fox #fairycosmos

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Boop!

Bap!

#Boop asks

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There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

#Reblogged #lizkreates #dailydivergent

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yes all my favorite characters are desperate to be loved. no i don’t think that says anything about me

#Reblogged #swifty-fox #strawberrydykke