hi, everyone.

sleep issues can make people sleep all day and be awake all night no matter what they do. they can make people sleep for over half the day every day. they can make people stay up for over 24 hours frequently - and it just goes up from there. being up for days at a time just unable to sleep.

they can make people have a completely unpredictable sleep schedule too. not everyone is capable of going to bed and waking up at generally the same time, or maintaining it.

all this could be more temporary, or it could just be indefinite. like. having to live your life not knowing if you will or will not be conscious at any given time. you can't plan for fucking anything. you can miss almost every plan or event or obligation.

and everyone just hates you for it pretty much, thinking you're irresponsible and lazy.

sleep issues can make people sleep all day and be awake all night no matter what they do. they can make people sleep for over half the day every day. they can make people stay up for over 24 hours frequently - and it just goes up from there. being up for days at a time just unable to sleep.

they can make people have a completely unpredictable sleep schedule too. not everyone is capable of going to bed and waking up at generally the same time, or maintaining it.

all this could be more temporary, or it could just be indefinite. like. having to live your life not knowing if you will or will not be conscious at any given time. you can't plan for fucking anything. you can miss almost every plan or event or obligation.

and everyone just hates you for it pretty much, thinking you're irresponsible and lazy.

those two days where tumblr made up a fake fandom (pre-goncharov) and me and my then-roommate @particlejaeger created our own fandom blogs to lead opposing sites in the flame wars. we sat in the living room together helping each other make memes where we made fun of each other and I hung up some of the memes that other people made on his door

helping a random tumblr blog with its first-semester assignment and handing it my notes on foucault only to become besties for life with @doggeddetermination

speaking of which: GLASS ANIMALS AND TRANSGENDERISM FRIDAY <3 that was a stupid inside joke between me and mo because mo visited me the day their new album came out and I am so happy more people also had fun with it

that time I made a road trip to amsterdam with a random tumblr blog because we both had tickets to the dan and phil show and didn't wanna go alone, also that one time a random tumblr user crashed my couch and we ended up having one of the most fun days of the entire winter

that time I was wondering if people in other countries also thought that wishing an early happy birthday is cursed, only to get over a 100 asks on my sideblog @sprachgefuehle so I could make a map

THE TCMS GROUP CHAT MWAH MWAH I LOVE YOU GUYS <3

the haiku bot chupa chups incident ifykyk

the classics: goncharov and putindestielelection night

learning about the existence of disco elysium thanks to tumblr, subsequently turning into 'that disco elysium blog' on here...the community, all the people who told me they played the game because of me...most recently, going to the disco elysium larp thanks to @laughingpinecone and having the most amazing time ever! also it was wild how I learned AFTERWARDS that I sat on the bus next to my mutual of 9 years @knuffeltrein

(that late 20s virgin anon again) I know there's no easy answer or approach that will work with everyone, but it's terrifying just having to dive in at the deep end without ever learning to swim. I've never really been flirted with before in a way that wasn't sarcastic/intended to insult me, so I don't even know how people flirt in real life. I've never seen anyone flirt/get together with someone outside of fiction, so I don't even know what's normal to say/do. (2/2)

I think maybe part of what's daunting here is that we're clinging to the idea of "flirting" as some kind of performance you need to do that's a completely distinct type of behavior that's apart from anything you'd normally do. flirting is just, like, showing interest in someone and making an effort to suss out your compatibility and then maybe asking if they'd want to hang out again another time. it's just building rapport until you get to the point that it's not jarringly weird to ask if they'd want to do something with a romantic leaning.