THE VIRTUALIAN COMMONWEALTH OF AETHYRCADIA

what is it with parents and expecting their adult children to talk to them and spend time with them and be their best friend while never putting in any effort to show them basic respect or treat them as people

Physically I’m here but mentally I’m tending to the strawberry patch outside my forest cottage and listening to the ferns rustling in the cool breeze

If you want to be accepting of mental illness, you need to accept the fact that some people's everyday lives are going to be terrifying to you. That doesn't mean they don't get to talk about it. Stop forcing hurt, isolated people to become even MORE hurt and isolated because you can't fathom toughening up a bit.

reading about ancient egyptian artifacts that have meaningless hieroglyphics on them and (aside from it being really cool as an example of the interaction between written language as a cultural feature with the fact that many people could not read and write) i'm very charmed that there were people bullshitting scripts they didn't know for the aesthetic back then too

"smart appliances" fuck u i want them dumb as a brick and incidentally as sturdy and enduring

it's so fucked being in the US right now constantly being blasted from every side about how you need to eat better and have more protein and more fiber and more vitamins and balance your gut biome etc etc, meanwhile it's not actually safe to buy raw meat or cooked meat or fresh vegetables or frozen vegetables or pre-made meals or supplements or-

“Westerners are fond of the saying ‘Life isn’t fair.’ Then, they end in snide triumphant: ‘So get used to it!’ What a cruel, sadistic notion to revel in! What a terrible, patriarchal response to a child’s budding sense of ethics. Announce to an Iroquois, ‘Life isn’t fair,’ and her response will be: ‘Then make it fair!’” –Barbara Alice Mann

[ID: panel from Calvin and Hobbes in which Calvin’s mom says, “Life could be worse, Calvin” and Calvin responds, “Life could be a lot better, too!”]