versus the way the coffee names could start a fight ("i am curious" for macchiato? because no one knows what a macchiato is, apparently? also, all that pretentious energy and you don't have a cortado?)

versus the way some food have names in other languages, some don't, and some are a mix. like the crunchwrap of all things is in spanish:

while this japanese-inspired tofu has one japanese loan word

meanwhile, the menu is full of other things borrowed from other cultures, and those are all entirely in english

(not to mention, "forbidden black rice?" you mean wild rice native to the americas? an important food to some native nations?)

look, the actual burrito doesn't get a spanish name. but on the tea menu:

alma is a noun

the matcha drinks don't even get a half-japanese name this time

Speaking from my own experience as an autistic person who can get fixated on things for an extremely long time...

Don't plan on quitting cold turkey. If you start missing it, engage with it privately, like watching movies or reading books you already own, or can get without profiting the creator or boosting some algorithm. Keep discussions to private groups and don't post new art, fics, headcanons, whatever, in public spaces.

Put lots of time into developing your own things and turning your favorite characters into OCs in the meantime. You can start with small changes to the characters at first, then follow your whims and your impulses wherever they go, and maybe experiment with bigger changes until you find what resonates with you. Once you get a bunch of OCs and figure out how they connect to each other and what they all get up to in your thing, it's pretty easy to keep yourself engaged thinking up scenarios for them.

Also, keep checking out new media. It can take awhile to find something that clicks as much as the other thing did, or to find something that scratches the exact right itch. (And sometimes, the media that can scratch the itch is in a completely different genre!)

You might start with media that includes the same actors, or media that has a similar aesthetic. You can also try to look into the author's influences. This help you can satisfy the desire to engage with the thing a bit while you explore new things.

You and a friend have an argument and they decide you’re toxic? You said something problematic when you were 12/13? You like something that makes someone else uncomfortable?

Couple of Thieves

I really like the colours you get on magpies, what at first glance looks like a other black and white bird is actually full of these wonderfully iridescent greens and purples

Upside Down . Pompon (Detail) - Olivier Neuray , 2025.

Belgian , b. 1962 -

made it. minus the multivitamin because i dont have one and also that seems like a bad idea. only protein powder i had was coffee flavor but theres caffeine in it so maybe thats a bonus.