#counterproductive

[howifeltabouthim]

But she had kept aloof from him and had heard nothing of his sorrows. As a natural consequence of this, Phineas was more in love with her than ever.

Anthony Trollope, from Phineas Finn

#estranged #aloof #unrequited love #counterproductive #how i felt about him #relationship #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #classics #anthony trollope #phineas finn

[tahdashi]

i just journaled and i don’t feel any better what is this :|

#i have uncovered more things that bother me actually #counterproductive #LOL #sayu speaks

[murdermitties]

Speaking of warrior cats couples that are related, wasn't there a whole big prophecy about Ivypool and Fernsong being related. The prophecy was about Lion, Dove, and Jay, but Dove is Ivys sister and Lion is Ferns dad. Plus to make it more weird, Ivypool had been a warrior for good while before Fernsong was even born :/

I know some people really like this ship but I just don't get it-

yeahhhh,,, people seem to like that one because its cute?? personally I dont ship much if at all– just cant get around the romantic stuff– so I dont really get ships at all to begin with

like im not ragging on anyone—! but why do so many people just accept ivy and fern because theyre cute or whatever else reason they have?? idk idk

#ask #kat murmur #saying no to pro shipping and then liking ivyfern seems #idk #counterproductive

[eric-sadahire]

I have spent too much time caring about stupid shit

#insight #fox #cherryblossoms #wastedtime #stupidshit #spenttoomuch #caring #epiphany #ironyatitsfinest #counterproductive #anxiety #lifelessons #acrylic #painting #artists on tumblr #artoftheday #artwork #dailyartwork #outsiderart #lowbrowart #kunst #flomm #flommist #sadahirecoasters #handpaintedbeercoaster #perspective

[triadic]

As the reader will have noticed already, Don Abbondio did not come into the world provided with the heart of a lion. But from his earliest years he had had to learn that the worst of all conditions at that period was the state of an animal which had neither claws nor teeth, and yet had no inclination to be devoured. For the forces of the law gave no protection to the tranquil, inoffensive type of man, who had no other means of inspiring fear in anyone else.

We do not mean that there was any lack of laws with penalties directed against private acts of violence. There was a glut of such laws in point of fact. The various crimes were listed and described and detailed in the most minute and long-winded manner. The penalties were of insane severity; and, as if that were not enough, they were almost invariably subject to augmentation at the whim of the magistrate himself, or of any one of a hundred subordinate officials.…

But in spite of all this – indeed largely because of it – those proclamations, repeated in ever stronger terms by each successive government, only served to provide a pompous demonstration of the impotence of their authors. If they had any immediate effect, it lay principally in the addition of many new harassments to those which the pacific and the weak already suffered from their tormentors, and an increase in the violence and the cunning shown by the guilty; for their impunity was an organized institution, and had roots which the proclamations did not touch, or at least could not shift. There were places of asylum; there were privileges attached to certain social classes, which were sometimes recognized by the forces of the law, sometimes tolerated in indignant silence, and sometimes disputed with empty words of protest. Meanwhile the favoured classes upheld and defended those privileges with deeds showing the activity which comes from personal interest, and the jealous concern associated with the point of honour.…

What the proclamations could do was to put stumbling-blocks in the way of simple folk, who had no special power of their own nor protection from others, and harass them at every step they took. For the proclamations were framed with the object of keeping everybody under control, in order to prevent or punish every sort of crime; and so they subjected every action of the private citizen to the arbitrary will of all kinds of officials.

—Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed (1840), ch 1, pointing back to the 1590s

#the more things change #quote #gun control #bureaucrats #regulation #counterproductive

[silverjirachi]

three days later and i still feel like i ruined our game

#personal #i still haven’t really been able to bring myself to talk about it in any sense to present solutions or try to solve it #i feel like i ruined it and it’s kind of unable to be fixed #because it’s like i found out that part of the outcome/arc i wanted was impossible #counterproductive #regressive #not right for my character #unrealistic #and stupid #<<<— that thats what everyone else thought about it #OF COURSE i didnt think it would be his ENTIRE thing but it was a little thing that made me happy and was important to me #and i feel like i ruined it because now i want to leave the game we’ve all been playing for three years #because i fucked up and got triggered and failed to communicate a boundary or desire

[anakinh]

i should be allowed to hunt moogles for sport

#i am genuinely enjoying this game #rebirth spoilers #i play rebirth #the music in (south?) corel is so gorgeous that i delayed progressing the plot for quite some time just to listen to it #gongaga is also a banger. and the crisis core music when cissnei arrives! a bitch did cry a bit #the game really picked up near the end ngl #although it is interesting hearing these people talking about zack. if this was a more faithful expansion of the OG i'd be crying #but given that i've been PLAYING as zack (also love that) i feel just... kinda sad and kinda nothing? #not saying it's bad. just. different. especially with the knowledge of how i would've reacted in different circumstances #also i appreciate the devs giving me the ability to choose easy mode for the moogles BUT i should still be allowed to hunt them for sport #oh and cosmo canyon is AMAZING. everything that I imagined it should be #haven't felt awe like that since... kalm. actually. they really knocked it out of the park for those two #not saying the rest isn't bad. they're just smaller towns. or the gold saucer when i've played ffxiv and know what they're gonna pull #EDIT: i got S rank on tifa's theme in the piano minigame let's GOOOO #out of the minigames I tend to like the piano and queen's blood the most. although some of the piano arrangements can be. #counterproductive

[a-method-in-it]

You know that Chris Fleming line that goes "Call yourself a community organizer even though you're not on speaking terms with your roommates"?

I honestly think every leftist who talks about the "revolution" like Christians talk about the rapture needs to spend a year trying to organize their workplace. Anyone who sincerely talks about building a movement so vast and all-encompassing that it overwhelms all existing power structures needs the dose of humility that comes with realizing they can't even build a movement to get people paid better at a badly run AMC Theaters where everyone already hates the manager.

#method speaks #union stuff #politics #i guess #best case scenario in this plan we get some successful union drives #worst case people realize that movement building is hard #and also explicitly mentioning socialism is counterproductive #mostly i'm just venting #it's only april how is election discourse this unhinged already?

[whofreedu]

FUCK SINGLE MOTHERHOOD!

#mediocrity #selfishness #counterproductive

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Rather than being seen as "barren" or counterproductive, then, homosexuality, transgender, and nonbreeding are considered essential for the continuity of life.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

#book quote #biological exuberance #bruce bagemihl #nonfiction #barren #counterproductive #homosexuality #gay #lesbian #transgender #nonbreeding #essentials

[frobbyash]

do you every just have to remind yourself to not do what the intrusive thoughts are telling you to do? or is this just a me problem

#intrusive thoughts #me problems #help lol #counterproductive

[rad-rat-boy]

My tummy hurts so bad and I'm going to blame it on heartbreak or whatever.

#counterproductive #i feel very sick and sont want to be here #i love having my dumb little online diary #and i love that i xan just aay whatever and it doesng matter cause no one really cares and if they do rhey should stop because i dont even #know what is happening #im really tired but i jsut want to read my gay little fanfiction and cry #bur i cant be bothered to find my glasses and the spiders are everywhere so I can't #god what is my life #i cant even leave my room #i feel so broken

[geckotown]

jerking off so I don’t think of them

#counterproductive

[londonmacpaul]

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[gudgin]

Card of the Day: Blind There's a caution today about a situation you're ignoring, unintentionally or deliberately. For example, are you offering unsolicited advice? That could be counterproductive. #tarotbygraham #tarot #oraclereading #rootsandwingsoracledeck #cardoftheday #oraclecards #oraclereadersofinstagram #tarotreadersofinstagram #blind #denial #perspective #someoneelsesshoes #pointsofview #overthinking #advice #unsolicited #counterproductive === (Cards are from the Roots & Wings Oracle Deck by Kat Ryalls) I hope you're enjoying my Card of the Day feature. I'm Graham, and I offer a range of personalized tarot and oracle card reading services. Please feel free to contact me at any time for more details. Just send me a private message or go to: tarotbygraham.com (at Edison, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-pQTjuF00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[anistarrose]

the thing I keep coming back to about TAZ Balance, I think, is that there's heroes — lots of them, even — but there's not really a hero, not a singular one. when our characters try to save the world all on their own, and oh, do they try, their arcs — while eventually culminating in happy endings, for the most part — are, at the time, cast as tragedies. lone heroes, in TAZ Balance, are invariably tragic heroes.

Lucretia can't gather all the Grand Relics and defeat the Hunger on her own. Barry can't find Lup, much less sway Lucretia from her plan, on his own. Lup, crushed by guilt, sets off to neutralize her greatest mistake without even facing her family as she leaves, and that decision sets the story into motion in the first place. their intent to spare their family, to shoulder the burden alone so no one else will have to, fixes little and leaves them isolated. lonely. trapped.

even Magnus, rustic Folk Hero of Raven's Roost, fails to avenge the community that took him in. he sets off on a solitary mission to do so, never opening up about his pain to even his closest friends, but he never sees Kalen again. yet, maybe not too late, he learns, or rather, remembers — the strength to protect and avenge others comes from the strength to ask for help. the last thing helping anyone is trying to do this alone.

Lucretia assembles the Bureau, and as soon as she sees a way, brings Tres Horny Boys back under her wing. Barry, the very same day that Lucretia recruits them, sees the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet surface, and realizes it's time to put his trust in his family again — he shows himself to them soon after, and even with him putting up a facade, that's progress. and Lup, with endless time to reflect, is possibly the first of all of them to see where she went wrong. she won't be making that mistake again.

there's not a singular hero of the story, because taking on the burden of saving everyone is no task meant for one person. there's "our heroes," Tres Horny Boys, and there's the secondary, "secret," but no less important heroes who complete the ranks of the IPRE, but none can defeat the Hunger — nor reunite their family, nor vanquish an old foe — without leaning on each other, and on the new bonds they forged on this cycle. leaning on Johann, Kravitz, Team Sweet Flips, and the whole ensemble; every single connection that convinced them not to flee but to fight.

accepting that none of them can, that none of them should, be the hero alone — that's what averts the tragic end. the Hunger, terrible as it is, is wholly united, sharing and amplifying each other's despair. the only way to victory is to rely on each other, to care for each other, to learn how to be cared for, and to let your loved ones grant you hope.

#taz #taz balance #taz balance spoilers #taz meta #lucretia taz #barry bluejeans #lup taaco #magnus burnsides #i just typed this in a haze but like. give me an hour and a powerpoint and i could keep going with this! #like don't even get me started on how lucretia and barry and lup responding to guilt in deeply similar ways #that were well-intentioned but counterproductive at best and self destructive at worst #limiting their interaction with their family let alone with the world #“i would feel guilty living in a world that i poisoned” etc etc #but those bonds with both their family and the people upon the world proved critical to stopping the hunger! #like it just Gets to me. i will never stop thinking about it