quiet nerd

It’s recently been found that even hive insects rest. Bees will play with colorful toys. Ants sleep for about 1 minute but they do it so frequently it amounts to a few hours per day. Even trees take breaks.

robots require very frequent breaks! welding machines generally have it programmed in that they can’t run so long they melt themselves. ive overseen two different manufacturing robots now and each of them were fragile, finicky idiots that require constant maintenance and repair. they pause in between moves, in between jobs. you’re always keeping an eye on programming errors, on coolant levels, on heat. you’re always pulling bits of scrap out of joints, sweeping up debris, washing off nozzles and untangling hoses. and even then it snaps a chain and takes a whole morning’s vacation.

What I especially love is this: Stolas and Moxxie are well-read, highly cultured intellectuals, yet their own creative work is far from perfect. Stolas’s ideas are quite cliché, and he has a habit of latching onto a single word and repeating it over and over. Moxxie is the type to dump a massive wall of exposition onto the reader. But the sheer joy they get from the process, from connecting and exchanging ideas—that is the very essence, the heart and soul of any fandom. Just do it your own way. It doesn’t matter if it’s good or bad; if you’re enjoying it, don’t stop—just create. Sooner or later, you’ll find someone who understands, supports, and builds upon your work, or perhaps takes something from it and inspires you to try something new. And that is just... delightful.

I'm always momentarily baffled when i see fans of Helluva Boss that hated Apology Tour because it's one of my favourite episodes it's so juicy

Obligatory drawn in 90 degree weather