I’m sorry but I won’t be able to take Ready Player One seriously. We’re supposed to believe a worldwide online forum where you can be anyone and anything would look like this
when in real life the concept has turned out far more like
My dad told me recently that the most important public health workers are garbage collectors and janitors. So much of our health relies on a clean environment. These people do some of the most important work in society. If we learned in dirty public environments full of garbage, we’d all be sick. I cannot thank these people enough for the valuable work that they do.
Shout out to all garbage collectors, janitors and housekeepers!
A couple years ago, the custodial staff at my old highschool went on strike as they tried to sort out some issues with the school board and stuff. They still came to work, and cleaned up any urgent or emergency messes (vomit, bathroom disasters, hazardous spills, etc) but otherwise didn’t clean up the hallways or classrooms for about a month. By the end, the hallways were lined with garbage and dust, some of us had to wipe our own desks down if we wanted to sit at them (note: this was a school of 800+students, one building). There were some hallways and staircases (where the younger kids hung out) that you just didn’t walk through. The cafeteria was off limits for anyone sane of mind. It got to a point that a group of us were organizing a student walk-out in support of the janitorial union so that the whole case can be over with (we were told we may get expelled if we did that, and that it probably wouldn’t help matters anyway, so we didn’t)
On the first Monday back after the strike was over, kids walked into the school and were visibly in awe of the contrast between what the school was and how it was cleaned. My class applauded the head of the janitorial staff (who was my friend, shout out to Drew), students thanked them for their work on the announcements, and overall everybody was being nicer and generally more grateful for the work they do.
Don’t take the cleaning staff if any place for granted, you have no idea what things would look like without them there.
Some drawpile pics I did for @homestuckartists Disciple with the “you took my fucking family from me” face, and a really quick Summoner sketch holding a very determined looking Tinkerbull. I kind of wish I made the Summoner bulkier? But it was quick, like I said. :<
Anhedonia - not finding pleasure in things you normally take pleasure in - is a symptom of depression.
When depressed, you will also be reluctant to start things, and won’t find things appealing.
This sets up a nasty vicious cycle where ‘life feels bleak’ -> ‘nothing sounds fun’ -> do nothing -> don’t have fun -> ‘Hey I’m not having fun, life really is pretty bleak right now’ -> More depressed.
The way to break that cycle is to do things that you enjoy. Doing things solely for the sake of having fun is an important part of handling depression. Not only does it keep you from getting more depressed, but it can make you go ‘Hey I’m having a really nice day’ and give you bouncy energy to do productive things with.
I get so focused on all the things that need doing that I forget that when depressed, doing things solely because they’re fun is the practical thing to do if I want to get thing done.
There is a difference between procrastination and having trouble activating. If there’s a thing you need to do and you know you aren’t going to be able to do it now, do something fun, and afterwards you will have better odds of actually doing the thing.
If you find yourself in the situation in the picture, pick something that you are intellectually aware you would find fun if you were feeling better and start doing it.’ This means that you are focusing on something other than *sigh* and playing a game can make you feel productive, put ‘life is good!’ and ‘I can succeed at things!’ chemicals into a brain that is sorely in need of them.
A couple weeks ago when I couldn’t even find any interest in reading fanfic, I eventually managed to start playing a random RPG and felt much better a few hours later.
i certainly wasn’t expecting anything close to actual, halfway decent advice that might help some folks out when i threw this little Funne Picture out into the wild, but that’s nice. thank you. i’m not sure if i’ll ever break this little cycle for more than a few hours, but .. yeah man. it’s just a little nice to see folks trying to help other folks out on posts of mine instead of the usual terrible nonsense
Exactly what I needed right now.
Easy to parse version:
Anhedonia is a symptom of depression, it’s not finding enjoyment in things that once made you happy.
If you find yourself in this situation, pick something that you KNOW you would find fun or enjoyable.
When you’re depressed, the best thing to do is do things BECAUSE they’re fun, it’ll help motivate you more.
Tumblr, settle a debate for me. Does “Oh, man!” as an interjection imply anything about the gender of your interlocutor? Or can you say, “Oh man, those fireworks were awesome!” to a woman or enby and be accurate?
No implication.
correct.
‘Dude’ (as an interjection) also mostly does not imply a gender, although I would be inclined to use a different interjection when speaking to a trans woman.
“Oh man” should only be used when talking to men, “Oh God” should only be used when talking to God, “Oh hell” should only be used when talking to the Devil, and “Oh no” should only be used when talking to the Void.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
