today a regular customer came into my store and told me she’d ‘finished candy crush’ and tbh i didnt think that was possible. i thought it just generated levels forever, but apparently it has 4000 odd levels and it took her 4 years to complete. she even emailed them asking when there would be more levels and they told her she could play their other games or replay the existing levels jklsdkflsdf

learning how not to fish for compliments can really help how you interact with others. here’s some common phrases i’ve noticed:

“here’s my shitty art”

“lol i’m so ugly in this selfie”

“you’re so creative. i’m nowhere near as creative as you”

“your writing is amazing! i wish mine was that good”

what all of these have in common is that they all involve putting yourself down. when you do that, those around you feel obligated to compliment you, which can make them feel frustrated that they have to just to be polite. not only that, but by talking yourself down you feel worse about yourself. the latter two phrases also centre your problems, distracting the attention from the person you’re trying to compliment. that often makes them feel bad!

here’s how to fix those phrases:

“here’s my art”

“selfie time!”

“you’re so creative. how do you do it?”

“your writing is amazing! do you have any tips?”

by cutting out the negativity, you make it so nobody feels obligated to compliment you. you’ll usually get more compliments this way because people don’t feel uncomfortable! the latter two phrases now also centre the artist and their knowledge. not only do they make the artist feel good, they also might score you some good advice.

this strategy will also help to boost your confidence in the long run. if you stop prefacing every compliment with negativity, you’ll be able to internalise them better.

I think I may have bought the smallest knife ever!?

I've received some criticism for accepting commissioned posts, so I want to clarify

this blog & the content I produce is currently my only means of income

I'm saving to escape a toxic household

tumblr is notoriously difficult for content-creators to monetize

I accept ko-fi / paypal / commissions instead of reblogging 'sponsored' content (ads from fashion retailers or Adam & Eve) the way most blogs my size do. I don't want this space to feel impersonal; reader support allows me to avoid commercial advertising.

I'm doing my best. I've spent years putting in full-time hours on a blog that has only just started paying part-time wages. eventually I would like to make a living writing traditionally published content, but that's a long ways off. for now I'm just trying to get by, and trying to write fun and weird and (hopefully) surprisingly helpful content on the platform I have. please bear with me. I'm simply trying to turn an obsessive passionate hobby into something I can live (frugally) on.

so pixar is making a movie about two boys who have a secret that they share with each other and hide from everyone else so people don’t think they’re weird. i wonder what that could possibly be an allegory for...

Tacos 😍

May fishing guide is here! Now with times and stars next to fish gone in June. Let me know if you have any issues!

i need some of you to realize that call out culture, by design, rewards people who make the most outrageous & aggressive accusations, without regards to truth or context. it encourages people to misconstrue, to erase context, to outright lie. it feeds the instinct to attack, with or without cause. 

and that naturally enables certain types of people (terfs, exclusionists, bigots) who already have a vitriolic bandwagon behind them, to target & harass minority bloggers whose inclusive platforms they do not like to see becoming popular.

this has happened time and again, it has driven good people off this site, it is traumatic and unhealthy to everyone involved. purity culture creates an atmosphere of fear & paranoia, i am begging you to reexamine this attitude of mob violence in online spaces

I yanked this spider out of a boat... into another boat.

based on @incorrectbananafish‘s post 

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more banana fish comics

imagine deep sea mermaids but with bioluminescent freckles

Posted just for the lemon device.

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April Fishing Guide v1.1

Corrections:   + Snapping Turtle   + Surgeonfish    - Bitterling    - Sturgeon    - Football Fish

Thanks for the feedback y’all, and let me know if there’s still some mistakes! I’ll do my best to update them as we all gather the data for this new game. Follow for updates, along with upcoming southern hemisphere of this, and bug guides for both!

Guys

NO.

check out the new August bugs and fish !! 🐛 🎣

Gone fishin’  🎣

Have you ever looked at floating plants

From a fish’s point of view?

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