A Dark Souls-like game where the lore for a weapon gets less vague the more you upgrade it.
Broken Blade: A brittle sword. You can’t seem to let it go. Unpolished Blade: A cherished weapon from ages past. Polished Blade: You remember something. Bride’s Blade: Your wife’s sword.
at first i wanted to make this funny but it just made me sad
the final boss is your wife who is pissed as hell that you stole her sword for your stupid midlife crisis
Unfinished comic from a long time ago that wasn’t ever going to be completed. It makes absolutely no sense, but honestly in its current state i think it’s the funniest thing so I’m not adding to it.
Anyway.
Posting a video later today. Expect that. Anddd uhh yeah see you then.
Honestly the way branding and glam squads have impacted the aesthetics of teen stars is really fucking mind-boggling.
it’s kind of shocking actually now that i think about it like?? i went to high school with a million and one girls who looked like this photo and now look at like… zendaya or whoever i literally just googled ‘teen choice awards 2004’ and all the women are in sundresses and jeans compare that to ‘teen choice awards 2015’ when not a single one of them is wearing flats or any less than full makeup it’s wild (via @youbuiltcathedrals)
yes! this is something i think about a lot – i get really worried for tween girls nowadays. like, 10-15 years ago, even hilary duff and amanda bynes seemed really glamorous to me, and i can’t even imagine what it must be like now, being in middle school and having the teen stars who are marketed to you as role models being so PERFECT-looking on every level. coupled with youtube beauty bloggers, instagram, snapchat, all of these compounding factors that kind of reinforce that you can and should look perfect all the time. and then i sometimes see, like, obvious teen girls on their way home from school with false eyelashes on and it’s such a weird bummer.
the effects of pedophile culture and femininity ^^
I know I told this story before but last year I was having complications with a surgery and I just broke down in a public place and I was trying to gather myself, sitting and leaning on a wall when this girl in cowboy boots approached me and sat down and she asked what was wrong and I told her it was medical issues and she said “I understand, I have to have my foot amputated next week” and it shocked me out of crying and I was like “wow that sucks!” And she said “yeah.” And then she just touched my arm so tenderly and told me “I promise you that this problem will have its place, and everything is going to work out.” And the way she said it just made me really believe her. She said. “We’re just gonna have to cowgirl up.” And then she stood up and walked away and I’d call that a genuine encounter with an angel but the truth is there is a lot of goodness right here on earth in humanity and it’s shining and pure.
Okay but “this problem will have its place” is genuinely inspiring
THAT REALLY STRUCK ME because I’ve always hated the tired rhetoric of “this happened for a reason” and this feels like a more genuine, comforting take on that. Not “it happened for a reason,” but “this will find its spot in your life and your future that it fits into in a way that will eventually work out even though it sucks that it happened.” Love that.
some nice bits that were on the link! medicine has a massive misogynistic bias it needs to address.
my family has a history of hypothyroidism, but my mom wasnt diagnosed for decades. she was misdiagnosed and only symptoms were addressed without searching for the actual reason. even now, because how how long she went untreated, her bodys systems are extremely taxed, causing other issues. her body is permanently off the deep end to some degree because doctors refused to investigate to a proper degree.
if you have consistent symptoms, keep pushing. the doctor is not always right. keep pushing.
Doctors really need to think. 😡
I was in and out of hospitals for 20 years and the doctors said it was asthma and a lot of stress and being over weight. Went to a new doctor for the first time this summer and he sees all my blood results and was shocked that no one looked into my high WBC count. Turns out I have a rare blood disease, that untreated can be fatal.
It’s ridiculous that doctors see female health problems as just “female problems” and not real concerns
This is why so many diseases are “more common in men” no one tries to diagnose women
Earlier this year, I had a severe allergic reaction to Penicillin. My throat began to close up, and my body was convulsing so badly that when the paramedics finally got to my home it took two of them to hold down my arm just to check my pulse.
The entire time they were here (as far as I can recall, at least) and in the ER itself, it was insisted repeatedly that what I was experiencing was just an anxiety attack, just an anxiety attack. Do I have a history of anxiety? Clearly I’m *not* having an allergic reaction, even though my family has a history of Penicillin-based allergies! It must just be a woman having a “fit”.
It’s a bit hard to insist that, no, I know what an anxiety attack is because I have experienced plenty before and this is *not* one when you’re so out of it that the only thing you can open your mouth up for is to puke half your guts out, but I did. So did my mom, much more vocally, and *finally* hours later we got the nurse practitioner to listen to us.
I was tested to see if I have a Penicillin allergy, and guess what? I do.
Tl;Dr, being female or female-presenting in this society is basically a fucking death certificate if you ever need medical assistance. Don’t be afraid to insist. Push, and push for those you love, too. The embarrassment of making “a scene” is nothing compared to the alternative.
