Maybe I'm just too autistic for this, but

You know what, standup makes a lot more sense if you assume most of it is meant to be consumed while intoxicated (or extremely tired)

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Someone I follow: *reblogs a post about how we don't deserve HBomberGuy*

Me: oh, I think we deserve much better than him.

Me: *remembers the Mermaids livestream*

Me: ... *stays angry about how thoroughly HBomb's public perception was salvaged by that, while also feeling unable to criticise him b/c I don't want to shit on a genuinely positive thing*

Very good

I'm watching Aggretsuko season 2 and I just gotta reaffirm -- I love Gori a lot.

She seems immature, but in truth she's an adult who's in touch with her feelings and neither fears nor shies away from them. She's modelling a kind of adulthood that seems very appealing to me. Both she and Washimi really work as examples of how to grow up and not lose your humanity.

Emotional vulnerability is a thing, y'all

You know what's helped me?

Realising that people often argue with the people they're most comfortable with because feeling "safe" lets those emotions come out. Suppressing negative feelings around people you feel threatened by is very common, so the people who cause those negative feelings might never hear a peep about the distress they've caused. In a way, arguing with your friends is the safest thing you can do.

Being able to be honest with someone, confident that whatever the repercussions of your emotions are, you felt safe enough to let them out in the first place, should really be a demonstration that someone is doing something right.

(Mind, this might not work for everyone the same way -- some people argue with the people they feel are "weaker" than them instead. It all comes down to how you've learned to defend yourself.)

Aggretsuko Season 2

It was good. I'm still gonna write fixit fic b/c Thanks I Hate It.