Moved to @hey-snakes, check out my new blog there

Moved to @hey-snakes, check out my new blog there

Ok not to be really insufferable but I think the thing that’s often lost when people talk about the Pokédex is that it’s assumed it’s genuinely a tool for adults. Like the in game professors describe it as a “high tech encyclopaedia” and that’s taken at face value.

But in Japanese the word used is “図鑑” - “zukan”. This means “picture encyclopaedia”. But what the implication of this is is actually mostly stuff like this:

Like the type of thing you read in primary school! Those big illustrated books that give kids introduction to just simple concepts of biology, or zoology. Full of fun facts that may not be 100% accurate but sure are cool! Not necessarily a robust resource for adults.

I’m not saying “zukan” is never used to refer to something a bit more high level. A little search around and I did find zukans that seemed targeted at older people, but honestly I noticed some of these had negative reviews like “there’s no furigana in this! This is too hard for my kid!”. So that to me suggests the connotation is very much like. Kids encyclopaedia.

So my point is when the Pokédex says bonkers stuff like:

It’s more akin to children’s encyclopaedia publishing a “fun fact” that’s just like…could be theoretically true but only if you simplify a bunch of stuff.

Anyway my point is

a) the Pokédex is a resource specifically for grade-school age children

b) Professor Oak is one of those professors that at some point diverted most of his time into children’s science communication.

professor oak is Pokémon bill nye

Had a particularly emotional therapy appointment today which unexpectedly pivoted towards my difficulty talking about things I like because of how I think people will judge me, at which point my therapist asked me to say the things I like and what I’m afraid people will say, which is how I ended up crying on a zoom call while watching a healthcare professional write “tumblr—>cringe” on a whiteboard

Shoutout but also vicious condemnation of my roommate who is almost as funny as my therapist

i wanted to edit the flags to be easier on the eyes

apartment “complex”? actually i find it qui-

no, no, well, uhm, ah , no thats . yeah.

Wait shit i finally thought of a caption for this

Poverty line according to World Bank

hateful that this is my most popular tweet

God I love this aesthetic

I need people reblogging this without context to know that this is literally a quote from the tv show Hannibal.

hello dr stapleton. you have successfully guided my mother through the process of giving birth to me. now, if you fail the task at hand, it will directly result in me giving death to you. in front of you is my crib, and, next to that, a small bottle of infant formula

>out by the manure pile where the chipmunk/rat trap is dispatching of a bouquet

>hear a noise from the trap

>oh fucking sick i caught another one

>avenging my poor strawberries

>look

>no chipmunk

>no rat

>two snakes

>two snakes in the trap

>two snakes in the trap having sex

I am so, so sure you guys could have found somewhere else to do this

Nintendo Characters Who Are Canonically Anti-Union:

1) Mr. Grizz

2) Toadette

ENEMIES OF THE WORKING CLASS

27 games in the Zelda franchise and not one of them offers a novel interpretation of Kant’s Critique of Judgment. Not a good look.

Also instead of “problem behaviour” call it “distressed behaviour” for a more accurate picture of what the person is actually facing

I can’t reblog this enough, I will do it every damn time I see it from now to death.

When someone frames your mental health issues as attention seeking behavior, problem behavior, or any other negatively-coded context, it creates an environment that makes you feel guilty, wrong, and selfish for struggling with things outside of your control. As a result, serious issues are allowed to arise in the absence of support.