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wild how long it took me to notice the close connection between my love of fiction and my social ineptitude; and I don't mean in the "nerds are so weird" kinda way obvsly

cause it seems so obvious that when passively consuming media my brain is not overwhelmed by having to constantly monitor and adjust my own (re)actions and therefore free to engage with the fictitious personalities presented by the narrative, allowing me to feel closer and more connected to them, the author's intent, and humanity as a whole

crucially most narratives also feature failure and messy minds as important facets of the human experience, which in a way makes fictional characters more relatable than real life people who are taught to hide vulnerability

and last but not least fictional media tends to really spell out for you what a person is like, how they think and feel, and why, so rather than superficial small talk you see (or read) a series of telling, often intimate moments that allow you much clearer insight into a person's mind than routine day-to-day interactions do

in consequence, growing up with a mind that habitually seeks solace and comprehension in books and tv series also means that metaphors and subtle, artful indications are much easier for me to interpret than real people's behavior, the latter of which I have to observe while simultaneously anxiously managing my own; and my own communication has become riddled with metaphors, similes, or outright references to fictional narratives, each of which I consciously have to suppress to sound more normal

#but no i'm not autistic #!#(as my psychologist has assured me)

tramontane-fire

Reblog if you are Bad Queer Representation.

hope-for-the-planet

These gentle, 400-pound giants are splashing back from the brink of extinction.

Green sea turtles have been an iconic endangered species since the 1980s, mostly due to bycatch in fishing nets and taking adults and eggs for food. I have core childhood memories of watching Steve Irwin talk about sea turtle conservation in front of a beach full of nesting green sea turtles.

After 45 years of conservation efforts, their population now meets the IUCN criteria for Least Concern rather than Endangered.

For a species with such a slow life history (it takes green sea turtles decades to reach sexual maturity) and a nearly global population, this is a Really Big Deal. This is the kind of long term conservation victory that many of the amazing humans who started working on green sea turtle conservation back in the 80s didn't live to see.

Just because something isn't fixed right away doesn't mean it won't ever be fixed. Just because the work is slow doesn't mean it isn't worth doing.

beroebluejeans

There is a quality of books (or movies or shows) that I can best describe as “stickiness,” which is separate from being good or even enjoyable: a sticky book is one I just keep thinking about. Sometimes it’s because a book is very good (e.g. The Locked Tomb), and sometimes it’s because a book is very bad (e.g. ACOTAR), but there are also very good and very bad books that are slippery, such that when I’m done reading them they slip from my thoughts like water from a hydrophobic surface.

#I have a very slippery mind #but I think it helps to spend a longer time with a book #I want my good books not to slip too quickly

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talkgentlytome

Tag yourself I’m the “Overdressed and Underappreciated”. Artist : http://www.mattadrian.com/

vvillowenna

If you thought “hm those styles of art AND speech seem very familiar,” you are right because it is the same person that did these

there's this study about how people like works of art better when they have "pretentious", "deep" or unexpected titles

and this study kinda has the vibe of seemingly unmasking the pretentiousness of the art world, but do people not understand that when an artist chooses a title that title becomes part of the piece of art? it also carries meaning and adds perspective and conveys emotion, so isn't it obvious and natural that that added layer

#that's also why some artists choose not to title their work #but of course this doesn't mean that there's no pretentiousness within the art world

almost kinda funny atp

#hank green #four by three #4x3 #is this a tiny tip of his hat

curlicuecal

what if instead of having a fake name for internet personal-life purposes we could have a fake name for professional work-life purposes

curlicuecal

fantasy culture where you have a different name for every role in your life and a true name that is extremely secret

curlicuecal

you don't get to know all of me

it's tuesday you only get to know sara

curlicuecal

you understand me to my soul

curlicuecal

Honestly all the notes on this have been so good, here's a few of my favorites

#isn't that kinda how it works in thailand as well?#I like the idea that your true name is something private and powerful #and that you have different names for different purposes or intimacy levels #but in reality I usually can't even remember one single name of a person I talk to so my brain would be overloaded

red-garden

MAGA boomers SHOCKED by 20y/o commie speaking fluent hog

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Hog 201 for anyone interested in trying this:

Bodily autonomy (like abortion, anti draft, etc) -> “The government shouldn’t be able to force anything on my body I don’t want.”

Anti surveillance -> “I don’t trust big government/big tech (big brother if you’re feeling frisky) with the ability to spy on me and my family.”

Immigration -> “Next to all of us immigrated at some point, I don’t see why the elites get to decide who’s allowed to be where. What’s to stop them coming for me?”

Climate Change -> “Big oil shouldn’t get to determine whether or not I get to go places. I don’t want to be dependent on some big business to survive.”

State Violence -> “I don’t want the goddamn secret police breathing down my neck! I trust my community a whole hell of a lot more to help me than I do the state!”

The vast majority of conservatives think of themselves as underdogs being repressed by the government/the elite, and they value personal freedom (specifically their personal freedom, they don’t care about other people). The will almost always agree with leftist points if you can find a way to blame the problem on their vague enemies (useful, since rich people are the root of most problems), and tie it back to their ability to say fuck everyone else. NEVER appeal to science, theory, logic, or human goodness. Make it seem as if you are a paranoid lunatic who trusts no one. They love it.

fraddit

#you need to tailor your arguments to people's existing values and priorities if you want to convince them#the flip side is that it's every bit as easy to tailor conservative arguments to convince a leftist audience#so don't get smug#you're not immune to this either Excellent tags by @glorious-spoon

#rhetoric #this is the actual meaning of rhetoric btw and not how it's used colloquially

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batmanisagatewaydrug

I was trying to describe something that was pissing me off but xkcd already articulated it better than I could

I'm just like. I'm very tired of the hyper individualist cynicism that's so common on here, where so many tumblrinas feel very confident saying that nobody can read, everyone is dumb, most people are unwashed dullards etc. except for me, the very special tumblr user who's smart enough to notice that everyone else is very stupid. come on now.

batmanisagatewaydrug

I think if your worldview relies on the unquestioned assumption that most people suck you're like. how do I put this kindly. philosophically you've maybe never moved past the mindset of a socially uncomfortable seventh grader.

#also there's sth in here about choosing to see only academic thought or philosophical pondering or political criticism or some other #specific thing as a worthwhile and conscious way to mentally engage with the world #meanwhile a lot of people are constantly busy problem-solving either their own lives the lives of their family their community etc #without necessarily constantly thinking abstract thoughts about it but while being very much awake engaged and sensible

childsacrifice

(no beers in) So how do you perceive me in the privacy of your thoughts

notahorseindisguise

one of my least favourite things about this website. "op have you considered that [the thing op was saying]"

notahorseindisguise

giggling at this because this is ALSO awful and is ALSO the exact opposite example of what i was saying in my post i love this

listened to an old delete this episode to remind myself of the hank green I like and to get out of the doom and gloom mindset and like the first thing he says is that part of why he likes twitter is that he gets to find out things he would otherwise never have encountered and that there he can connect with real experts on a plethora of topics...

#delete this #hank green

newtype-lila

rb to tell prev they're being so brave right now and pat their head a little please

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mournfulroses

Trista Mateer, from a poem featured in her collection titled The Dogs I Have Kissed

belovedapollo

annnd fuck AI ( source 1 , source 2 and source 3 )

#I'm trying not to let this ruin my day (or week or month) but damn it's hard #hank is human hank is fallible that's okay but i'm scared he doesn't realize the damage he's done and more importantly what unhealthy #internal tendencies have pushed him to get there #because for so many people there are now external pressures to use ai but for him it's genuinely a self-made problem and internal pressure

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