Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@eightbitsamurai@elekk.xyz fancy or SUSPICIOUSLY ANDROID-LIKE

i think you may have figured out your local robot family

well i got two sets of ability chunks from my splatfest t-shirt before the splatfest ended and i think that's about as good as i could have hoped for

my brain is now thoroughly that um... you know that video from tumblr where it's 'my brain spacing out' or something and it's just a :^) with music and the eyes getting spaced further and further apart? yes.

oh jeez those muscle relaxers are definitely yeeting me into space just in time for final hours of splatfest

@WritingPrompts jk rowling confirmed pseudonym of rita skeeter

anyway, for a post of egregious Christianity...

it's not quite exactly suitable timeline-wise given that it's a paraphrase of the magnificat and not about the resurrection, however, i think it's an incredibly topical hymn to belt out in the wake of the Mueller report's release as the information gets into the hands of those who will do something with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXyGh1MW2OM

so now's a good time for the canticle of the turning

(...all times are a good time for it though)

anyway, i should stop being all sad_keanu.gif and maybe try to splatfest or something

@gazimoff maybe! i can hope. and fingers crossed i get on a health upswing. i know most of it is in my own head, but i hate showing up and being useless instead of a meaningful part of the community, and then feeling like i'm letting people down because of it.

of course, the larger community seems to have forgotten about me entirely, so i guess i shouldn't worry lol......

for the sake of my sanity i MUST believe that slate.com's attempt at a sex advice column is an elaborate trolling exercise at this point, with completely fictional letters and the responses to them written to be flippant flamebait

i realize with every notification on my weighing tiny birds reply, that doesn't show the pictures but instead just their filenames, that out of context

"this is how zoologists do it, and it's kind of hilarious"

sounds both a. lewd, b. mean

i should stop being super sad and actually try to get on ffxiv and get the easter event stuff, but my brain is steadfastly wanting to consider ffxiv still to be a pit of failure and "everyone is secretly disappointed and unhappy with youuuu!!!!!"

it probably does not help that someone i thought i had become friends with, helped him out, was there for him in dark moments, etc. dropped me like a rock as soon as it became clear that my 'make entertaining rp' machine done broke, so...

and of course this morning i see this yet again and nearly roll my eyes back into my head so far that i can see my own brain

yeah i think 'abrahamic religions' are going to be better at the not telling people to go to hell challenge than you think, given that, to my knowledge, JUDAISM DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONCEPT OF HELL, OR AT LEAST NOT THE CONCEPT OF "GO BURN IN IT" YOU'RE BANKING ON HERE

just say christianity!!!! JUST SAY CHRISTIANITY!!!

but also shoutout to my parents for being cool geeks and understanding as well as encouraging me to have friendships online, without feeling the need to obsessively monitor and restrict my access to them or tell me that they were "not real friends"

i'm sure they did their fair share of looking out for me, but i'm still amazed that both of our sets of parents were able to talk and be cool with and arrange stuff like my internet best friend coming to visit me in middle school

@debugninja@banana.dog it definitely takes effort, and i'm not going to lie, it's definitely scary.

but that's the paradox of relationships. to make real connections you have to open yourself up to being hurt, but that's the only way those real connections also get made. one can only accept that this may happen, be brave, and know that good still exists and can be found.

...also sorry if this was a shitpost and i just wrote you a fucking novel whoops,,,,,,,

@debugninja@banana.dog but as much as it's tricky to do online - there's genuine bad actors, it's a lot easier to lie, etc. - i actually think that in some respects it's easier for some people to find true friendship here.

you can much more easily find a social sphere aligned to your interests - instead of just "whatever is popular in your immediate area" - and you can do that revealing-of-true-self in stages, because that's common practice for basic online safety.>

@debugninja@banana.dog we still keep in touch and she actually met her future wife in the same spot she met me - on a roleplay forum i was running.

i met my best friend much the same way, but after talking a lot in WoW we had the enormous luck to figure out that we were mere hours from each other, in the same state, so met up quickly. and it's been amazing since!

real friendship requires real social interactions, really reaching out - and that means being vulnerable, which is terrifying in a lot of ways.