creature of habit

no one cares that you shave your legs because of sensory issues shut the fuck up forever

really galling amount of people misinterpreting this post so i'd like to clarify. i'm saying that when discussions about patriarchal beauty standards and the way women are heavily shamed and coerced into eschewing their own natural state of being (hairy) are occurring, it is unhelpful (AT BEST) to interrupt and say that the reason YOU remove the hair from your body is because of sensory issues. that's not what we're talking about. stop asking for validation for doing something that society at large wants you to do. stop derailing the conversation because you feel uncomfortable about being made aware that you, for whatever reason it is, adhere to harmful, unfair and ridiculous beauty standards. you're stepping into the middle of an important conversation that needs to be had and making it all about you. shut the fuck up forever.

also quite frankly i think a lot less people would experience sensory issues if they let their hair grow out so that it isn't bristly and rough and irritating. and i cannot help but wonder why these sensory issues aren't as predominant in men. maybe you're uncomfortable with the hair on your body because you've been taught to be uncomfortable with it. just a thought.

saying this as mildly as possible but the anti ai posting tenor on this website (not last post, but in general - i have been biting my tongue for a long long time) is one generally oriented towards a maximal amount of self-righteousness. in my experience, self-righteousness only ever produces martyrdom and a punitive desire for "justice" that can never quite be quenched. none of it is actually conducive towards good politics around the matter in question, least of all ai, which is frankly poorly understood and thought about on here. a little more compassion and thoughtfulness and a little less solipsistic self-absorption perhaps is in order.

'it can be sooo stressful owning people as property. it makes sense you'd lash out every so often, i mean heck, thats why i don't wanna own any, i couldn't handle how stressful and difficult it is to have to deal with them every day. plus, I just hate the demographic of people that you're legally allowed to own, they're annoying to be around and unclean. i avoid them in public because of that, I'm glad there are so many places they're banned from' and other things you can say about children without anyone batting an eye

i think abt anne rice’s answer to “what are your work habits for a novel?” probably every single day

You do not have nine lives. You have one body, one timeline, one set of years that will not be returned to you for revision. The elderly people who say they thought they would live forever are not being poetic. They are describing a very specific and very common failure of the human imagination to make the future feel as real and as urgent as the present. Your future self is a real person who will live in the body and the circumstances and the consequences of the decisions you are making right now. She deserves better than to inherit the results of your present comfort and present avoidance.

what doesn't kill you makes you stay on tumblr for 13 years and counting

weird how self harm is seen as some kind of aberration or like it’s a stupid teenager thing when it’s seen all over the animal kingdom .. it’s completely natural behavior in response to a stressful environment. even well adjusted people will self harm in minor ways to self sooth, like biting the inside of your cheek or digging your nails into your skin. in captivity or after trauma birds will rip out their feathers until they’re bald. some animals will compulsively groom themselves until their skin is raw and sores form. essentially it’s normal to hurt yourself ..

well i dont do any of that. now what

then youre the specialist person in the world.