Why

Whenever they gave us one of those "read through ALL the instructions before you begin!" trick assignments in school where the steps lead you on an increasingly ridiculous goose chase until the final one tells you to just put your name on the paper and turn it in without doing anything else, I was always like, "Okay, but what's the point? Surely the REAL world won't be anything like this." And then I grew up and discovered that not only is the real world often exactly like that, some people won't even read the first line of the instructions even if they make perfect sense. And these people are called "co-workers"

I love when people ask "how did you learn this skill?" I just started, there's no secret. that's it. a vast majority of the time the only thing holding you back is your trepidation to start.

maybe a violent take of mine but regardless of whatever opinions one has about the new mdzs revisions, i hope you (@ the fandom) do realize that even if there was love between them, it doesn't mean that lan xichen and lan wangji were not born of violence. they were. it doesn't matter that they were in love or whatever (and i hate this. but unimportant to the point) she was locked up in the fucking gentian house and kept in there her entire life until she died and we don't even know what her personality was like for someone who killed qingheng-jun's teacher. like you do understand that this is a forced captivity situation anyway right. why are people calling this sweet and reassuring that "the jades were not born of violence" YES THEY WERE. who the fuck cares about whether they were in love or not

I see this, and I see where gymnastics was like 50 years ago, and I really wonder what in the world gymnastics will look like in 50 years.

This works as a metaphor for children but also it works perfectly well when played totally straight because horse people are actually like this

it literally took me three solid readings through this to realize that it wasn’t necessarily about horse people, because they are exactly like this

Goddddddd thinking about that narrative moment when something horrible is happening and the character who has been frantically trying to come up with a way to fix it and getting more and more frantic and panicky just—stops. Because. Oh. There’s the solution. They’re not getting out of this alive but like. It’s a solution for everyone else. Okay. Okay.

[video desc: person impaling two watermelons on a stake for their small army of guinea pigs to consume, which is filmed on fast forward and oddly threatening. screenshotted tag reads "eaten alive by toupees"]

has anyone figured out how to turn off the thing where you love your pet so much it slides inexorably into grief-borrowing

“For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on the shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”

You're lucky to experience the grief of loss. It means you loved and were loved.

for maximum wei wuxian damage points, replacement-gege has to be not only the guy wei wuxian was supposed to be had he stayed in yunmeng jiang, but better. waking up at 5 am to lead the archery lessons? he actually wakes at 4.30 to help with breakfast. helping sect leader jiang in securing new trade deals during yunmeng jiang's rebirth? he already has three drafts ready for approval at any given time. what about accompanying the juniors on a night hunt? he's locked in, from the moment they leave lotus pier until they get back, no one leaves his sight. jin ling? fucking loves him, replacement-gege was actually the one to take care of him when sect leader jiang couldn't stay away from sect business. final hit is when after jiang cheng reveals his golden core sacrifice, wei wuxian learns that not only replacement-gege already knew about it (apparently since he become second-in-comand years ago?? wtf, jiang cheng??), but he's been actively helping jiang cheng research ways to restore a golden core. wei wuxian's reaction almost decimated lotus pier a second time.