Roman mosaic from House of the Faun, Pompeii.

Naples National Archaeological Museum. Campania, Italy.

Photographs by Gary Todd (CC0)

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

Instagram and TikTok have successfully created the Torment Nexus from Jim Carrey's iconic work, "Don't put people in the Torment Nexus"

There was a young man from Peru

Whose limericks stopped at line two

There once was a man from Verdun

The real problem with the Manic Pixie Dream Girl getting tropified is that it's so strongly rooted in being a uncomfortable caricature of that one autistic girl you knew in high school that when people who actually are autistic write autobiography they get accused of Manic Pixie Dream Girling themselves.

My favourite thing about being Brazilian is our incredible ability to ruin literally any food we lay our hands on

Coconut sushi

Anyone in the mood for a sundae?

Anything is a boat if you make it boat shaped

Anything is also a burger if you shape it like one

Idk what the fuck this is but it's terrible

And my favourite- anything is a pizza if you fuck it up enough

- alien buffets in sci fi shows

Incredible purchase from the bookstore today

Tired of not having enough frogs for your adventures?

Wish your frogs were bigger and deadlier?

Friend, I’ve got just the thing for you.

The Frog Supertable comes with:

Art by @evlynmoreau-blog and @whereischaosprincess

You can pick up the plain text of the table for free or a pamphlet version with art for $2 over on my Itch.io page:

i’ve never before heard something simultaneously be a roast and the highest of praise

if someone asked me “What color is your heart today? Why?” instead of “how are you” I would murder them in cold blood. 

Hi welcome to chickfila whate lies do you find yourself believing

I’m absolutely obsessed with the reddit side of the Tolkien fandom, in particular, this discussion regarding how Sauron fits the ring on his finger, as well as penal compensation a la Lord Farqaud style

Oh my GOD YOUR BRAIN IS AMAZING

Rejection-sensitive or not, you have to accept when people say “no” and realize that people’s “no” is not about you. A boundary is never about you, it’s about that person’s sense of security. Do not make people’s personal limits a matter of targeted offence.

honestly will never forget this older client we had who told me how her life had gotten so much better with time and age and asked how old I was and when I told her I was 28, she said I was just a baby and reassured me I had so much time ahead of me and how much better it'll get as I grow into my life. There was such an indescribable amount of love and hope in that single interaction I think I'll hold it with me forever.