Trash

One of the things that started this for me was buying a cake at the end of each semester. As soon as I handed in my last paper, finished my last exam. Boom I bought a cake, any cake. Just a cake for myself to celebrate getting through the semester for handing in everything on time, for doing my best even if it wasn’t the quality I wanted I DID put all the energy I had into that coursework, those lectures, the practicals.

A small Japanese puffer fish is the creator of one of the most spectacular animal-made structures. To impress the female puffer fish, the male labors 24 hours a day for a week to create a pattern in the sand. If the female finds his work satisfactory, she allows him to fertilize her eggs. She then lays them in the middle of the circle, leaving the male to guard the eggs alone.

sorry my fucking nervous system doesn't work properly,, idk what to tell u, i can't control whether my veins contract or my lungs breathe or my heart beats or my stomach digests in a functional way. can you??

similarly,, nobody can just, will away their arthritis or osteoporosis or muscular atrophy or paralysis or scoliosis or amputation or any other disability that makes standing damaging or difficult or impossible.

idk im frustrated. why is it a mark of "laziness" or "unprofessionalism" to simply,, sit down while doing a job that can be done sitting down. makes zero sense. completely arbitrary. just pure sadism. if someone knows the history of this practice leave it in comments or reblog cuz i sure would like to be able to wrap my head around it!

frankly, even if someone isn't disabled, i... reckon it isn't very healthy for one's bones and muscles and spine to be standing around without much movement all day.