RAT WEDNESDAY

you can be peeling a boiled egg and think to yourself wow. that was so simple. and then you peel another one and it’s like being in the throes of war. shell everywhere. egg mangled. tears in your eyes. that’s how god keeps you humble

this is what i've been trying to say. yes the memes are funny, but leaps and bounds more important than that is Luigi Mangione first and foremost is in danger.

while he is innocent until proven guilty in the court of law, far too many people have jumped on the idea of him being the shooter because it's funny. however. there are a few key things i personally need to point out.

just. think critically for 30 seconds about any and all media surrounding this case that you read, and especially remember that the public opinion, while it isn't necessarily supposed to be, is influential in court cases.

the "ACAB" leaving peoples bodies the second the NYPD tells them its okay to cyberstalk this random guy

I cannot stress this enough guys. until anything is proven Luigi Mangione is just SOME RANDOM GUY who is a suspect in the killing, and you should not be going through his entire life and publishing it on the internet

flying high! the swift scales post is ready to carry your parcels and correspondence, rain or shine ⛅️🐉

Okay, so, what if YOU could turn YOUR OC into a DRAGON? That would be pretty sick, right?

WELL...

I'm bringing my BECOME-A-DRAGON slots back, y'all. It's dragon time. Terms and full info can be found on the listing HERE.

These are fast and fun and I'll be working on them in between other projects. If you like what you see in the examples, check out the ko-fi order page!! RBs hugely appreciated. I'm posting this at an absolute ass hour like a dummy but that's fine :^)

Okay, so, what if YOU could turn YOUR OC into a DRAGON? That would be pretty sick, right?

WELL...

I'm bringing my BECOME-A-DRAGON slots back, y'all. It's dragon time. Terms and full info can be found on the listing HERE.

These are fast and fun and I'll be working on them in between other projects. If you like what you see in the examples, check out the ko-fi order page!! RBs hugely appreciated. I'm posting this at an absolute ass hour like a dummy but that's fine :^)

there are so many new people here and I am dearly grateful to see all of you! I try to not advertise myself too much, but at the end of the day creating art very much is my full-time work.

and so: if you are new here (or not new here, even), I have a Patreon where the lowest tier is just $2 a month, and a bigger tip jar at $5 a month. if you enjoy the work I do, I ask you to consider hopping on to see what I’m up to and to help me keep doing this as my work. 🫶

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also uh, please reblog or share this if you see it! this has been a tough year and I’m dealing with a nasty credit card bill to pay down. every bit helps.

that classic autistic way of being your most raw honest self and having swarms of people analyze the 'bit' you are doing

chuck tingle, notable 'joke' and 'bit', still wildly successful despite neurotypical people thinking autistic folks cant possibly create 'real' art

“your rent should be a third of your income” well wouldn’t that be nice. wouldn’t it. lower the rent pussy

Casual observation from someone old enough to remember: in the year 2000 financial advice was that rent should be no more than 1/4 of your income.

Until the mid 80s, the advice was that if you must rent instead of owning, then that 20% of your monthly income (oh yes, only 20%) should include all your utilities too.

After all, rent costs more than a mortgage, so it should offer more too.

The housing market is a fucking travesty.

Hmm what happened in the mid eighties....

Divorce 🤝 gender transition = a big costly life decision with too much paperwork that conservatives say will cause the end of civilization & ruin your life but if you actually ask people who chose to do it, they'll tell you their only regret is that they didn't do it sooner

Fun fact: I had wanted gender affirming top surgery for a long time but, due to a variety of personal hangups, didn’t think I could ever convince myself to prioritize it enough to dedicate the time and resources it would require even though objectively I would have been able to find them.

A little over a year ago, I was driving my friend to their top surgery consultation and we passed a billboard for a divorce attorney that read “life is short, get the divorce.” Some switch flipped in my head. I realized that, if this amount of time/money were all it took to escape some terrible marriage and live the rest of my life happy, the answer would be obvious. So why not for this?

I picked up some info at the clinic when we were there that day and exactly a year later got my own top surgery! Absolutely the best decision I’ve ever made. Fucking life changing. 10/10 cannot overstate what a good decision it was. And all because of a fucking divorce billboard…

Throwing it out there because I think her story could be important here.

When I was about 14 my dad picked up nail polish as a hobby with me, something the two of us had in common. The following year my patents divorced for completely unrelated reasons (mistakes my mother has made which have since been not forgiven but moved past) and despite the love they had both my parents have realized it was actually for the best.

I stayed with my dad and over time I noticed a slow change in wardrobe, whatever I thought. Because it doesn't matter to me. And then one day she comes to me, and in her own sense comes out as trans but says she would still rather be called my dad and is just changing her name. At 60, my dad got the divorce *and* the gender transition and is still slowly taking more steps in transition. I don't think she's ever been happier.

Regards transition, she's told me she knew when she was much younger but feared if she would be accepted because at the time (and still now but to a lesser degree) our area was quite conservative. She saw me out and open as nonbinary without any trouble and was able to live her life as she wanted too, with more ease of not worrying about losing my (straight) mother.

Get the divorce. Take your first steps in transition. Do both if you need to. It's never too late to start being happy. If it wasn't too late for my dad at 60, the best time is always the present.

Ok since i saw this yesterday I have grown fascinated and gone on a deep dive. First of all, Kim Beaton invented that concrete-and-rubber-fibers stuff she mentions. It is called Pal Tiya Premium, and there is a whole youtube channel with all the information about how to mix it and use it. https://www.youtube.com/@PalTiya She makes a giant sculpture of The Great A'Tuin and Discworld with it!!!

Secondly, it cures in air alone, no oven or kiln required, and unlike clay it has microscopic shrinkage between wet and dry, so you can pack it around glass or whatever. When she says you can stand on this stuff, yes, you can (though for very large sculptures or very narrow sections of a sculpture, she recommends adding a metal armature for extra strength). It is impervious to water, so it can go outside in any weather, and any metal armature encased inside it won't rust

Additionally, Pal Tiya Premium can be added to at any point in the curing process, even weeks or months later, so you can make a sculpture in several pieces and, like with a mold, remove the foil core you sculpted on so you can use it again and again (though you have to add a sacrificial layer of foil between the core foil-sculpture and the Pal Tiya (see the videos on the youtube channel about it). You can color it with oxides, concrete stain, inks, or acrylics, including exterior-grade house paint so your sculptures can go outside.

Holy crap. My only question now is what am I going to make with this stuff, what do i need to have in my garden, aaaaaaa