Pearl

I'm talking about that one dog watching/walking service that has a whole commercial implying that your family members secretly hate you for asking them to watch your dog to the point it counts as a modern social faux pas.

And there's this moving service commercial that I think someone else referenced in a big tweet that says something along the line of "Real adults don't ask their friends to help them move."

Like fuck that, man. You're supposed to want to watch your friends' pets, and you're supposed to want to help your friends move, and you're supposed to cook for people when they're sick, and you're supposed to show up to check on friends you haven't heard from in awhile, and you're supposed to remember your friend needs a large frying pan when you find one cheap at the thrift store and bring it to them.

One of the reasons the younger generations are so miserable and lonely is because the rise of technology and the concurrent pushing of this rhetoric that all effort is a major inconvenience, and asking someone to put in effort for you therefore makes you an inconvenience has conditioned them not to seek community.

And because they've never experienced it, they don't know that's what's missing. It's a vicious cycle because when you're depressed from lack of community, finding the energy to put in effort for other people is a lot harder than getting quick dopamine hits from scrolling on social media or watching Netflix. Then you encounter the further issue that our media glorifies romantic love to the exclusion of all else, so most of the young people I know who are lonely jump to "Well I just need a girlfriend/boyfriend/partner," and that sets up rough relationships because one person is expected to fill the void of a dozen or more friends and neighbors.

(As well as reading, tailoring, painting, playing guitar, a little light astronomy…)

gods´school hera

this drawing is actually from like 2-3 months ago but i forgot to post it here

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♡ apollo, who makes the sun shine even brighter for a couple to enjoy their picnic after a long, busy week

♡ athena, who watches over as someone excitedly rants to their partner about what they learned about their latest hyperfixation

♡ hera, who smiles and looks on at an older couple who are finally standing at the altar together, hands intertwined and rings shining in the light

♡ dionysus, laughing to himself as he watches someone drunkenly ramble to their partner about how much they adore them for the fifteenth time in the last half hour

♡ poseidon, calming the waves as he witnesses two lovers wade back to shore, laughing and splashing the water as they go

♡ artemis, who cheers to herself as she sees a woman enter a relationship knowing she is worthy of respect and her partner is completely aware and will give her more then she knows what to do with

♡ zeus, who nods approvingly as a couple finally sort out an issue that's been eating away at their relationship

♡ hestia, who lovingly observes as a couple make dinner together, one knowing the kitchen like the back of their hand and the other not knowing if they can microwave their ramen or not

♡ hades, who can't help but feel a bit pleased as he watches a couple enter his domain together, holding hands

♡ persephone, who smiles when she sees a soul reuniting with their lover after so long apart, perhaps pointing the pair out to her husband

♡ hypnos, who sighs in relief as a couple finally fall asleep in each other's arms after witnessing them staying up late just to say another dumb joke or whisper sweet nothings

♡ hermes, who makes sure every plane is on time as a young person travels to see their long distance partner

♡ ares, who blesses every soldier that must leave his lover at home, silently making a note to protect their home and partner whilst they're overseas

♡ hekate, who sighs softly when she sees a witch trying to put a love spell on their crush, knowing damn well that the other party is crushing even harder

♡ hephaestus, smiling as a blue collar worker makes a handmade gift from scraps to give their lover when they finally get off the clock

♡ nyx, raising an eyebrow as a young person sneaks out in the darkness to go visit the person they're forbidden from seeing but not stopping them, instead giving them her protection