Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

die discourse?

diescourse?

i really like kbeauty lip tints - peripera water lip tint, etude house dear darling water gel tint, etc. - but holy shit, they have a fucking learning curve

i am NOT USED to something SO PIGMENTED but also WITH THE VISCOSITY OF WATER

someday i'll figure out how to apply 'em without one of my fingertips stained red for the rest of the day as well but today is not that day.

@toomuchbread all the best english papers are horrific stretches.

once you get to the stage of "oh my god... you know this actually works", you know... you have made it. you have done an english paper. it is a beautiful, beautiful thing. you're totally on to something here and i believe in you 100%, GO FORTH AND WRITE

source: have english degree, once wrote paper about how world of warcraft was inherently existentialist, got a 98

@TheGibson the stupidest most bougie shit i've bought lately in that vein that was still totally worth it:

pillow spray.

just like... stuff you spritz on your bed before you go to sleep. i don't really believe in all the aromatherapy woo-woo, but having a clear scent cue for my brain to go "ah yes, this is the sleepy place" has been great.

also worth considering:
-a nice lumbar support pillow for chairs
-new bedsheets that are jersey knit
-one of those mermaid tail blankets

@TheGibson so in that vein:

-laneige's overnight lip sleeping mask is fucking great and actually sinks in to your lips while you sleep and is phenomenal.

-the elizavecca milky piggy carbonated mask is a nice fun time!

-a bottle of jojoba oil and some empty oil brush pens so you can make your own nail and cuticle oil pens to use. i didn't think it would help me tons until it DID and my hands are so much happier

-The Creme Shop x Sanrio handcreams are at CVS and are pretty darn excellent!

@TheGibson i'm going to guess that being a technomancer you probably already know about spudgers, which i think everyone should have, like, fifty of, because they're just so fucking useful

most of my recent under-50 fuck-everyone-needs-this purchases are skincare related i admit, but honestly, a nice chapstick for overnight, some good handcream and foot cream, and nail oil can be both relatively cheap and really nice little splurges that make you feel better.

while getting jeered at by fatphobic assholes on reddit isn't a great way to start the day, it did at least make me sit down and examine my relationship to checking reddit and decide it was a good time to nuke my browsing history, take it off the shortcuts, and generally make it much harder for myself to get into the rut of gawking at misery and wanting to fight people

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@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz a friend who wants me to come visit them in colorado excitedly told me about "the first rattlesnake of spring" awhile ago

...............i don't think they quite understand how terrifying this is to normal people who are not part-fae ethereal chaos beings like they are.

colorado is a strange place.

also fuck pollen solidarity from the south Oh God The Yellowing Begins

@InspectorCaracal yeah, but i also see how if i listed "she/her I'M CISHET" as my pronouns like, it would end up just doing fuckin nuffin. so i chucked token cishet joke in one spot and listed my pronouns on like... the listy part? and i'm hoping that's an okay compromise but i'm also not sure and now fretting needlessly, which i am also good at

what should i be doing here basically? i'm trying to not step on toes either way, because inviting myself into spaces where i am not invited is boorish, but also pressuring people to out themselves is boorish.

is there a community standard i should be looking to here, or a like commonly done thing practice?

i know i'm probably overthinking this at this point, but overthinking is something i'm quite good at lol

trying to avoid the 💿 🐴, but a question of masto etiquette -

so pronouns listed in profile good, but should i remove mention of being cishet from my profile as well?

i know the idea of listing pronouns is to normalize that/make it easier on trans people, and listing my being cishet may be at cross-purposes with that. but i feel it's also kind of important to note so that i don't come across as like... a bullshit party crasher. i want to make sure i'm properly labelled so people can avoid me.

the smithsonian article also has a delightful picture from the twitter of one of the scientists wherein a banana is included for scale

although other bad things are happening in this world, please remember: new froggies have been discovered in madagascar! they are tiny! and they have been given the new genus name: Mini! and the new frog species are: M. ature, M. scule, and M. mum.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0213314

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-newly-discovered-frog-species-are-among-worlds-smallest-180971819/

anyway everyone here is now formally beholden to not rat me out as being not disabled because i pulled myself together for 15 seconds to take a selfie thanks https://talkpoverty.org/2019/03/28/trump-selfies-dangerous-disabled-people/

@Sapphicgiraffic@snouts.online fucking co-signed, please pay attention to this VERY important series of public service announcements everyone THANK YOU.

@InspectorCaracal with enough glue and possibly mod podge, ANYTHING CAN STICK TO ANYTHING

however mod podge is shit to wrassle with sometimes. but i bet it could probably stick. i mean pill bottles are made so adhesive labels stick to them after all

ofc you gotta drill a drainage hole in the middle for planters but it could be a cute size for like. One Small Seedling. maybe something like a mint plant

the big chonkers i get my metformin in though would make pretty good pencil cups lmao