I think that the real essence of a 'trans' story isn't actually about gender at all, so much as it's about going through a transition from one state where you're miserable and unhappy and wish for death or feel like you're already dead to another radically different state where...you're content. You're just content. You had something chronically wrong with you, like a painful screeching that just becomes the background noise of your existence and then...it's gone. You are, in some ineffable cosmic sense, where you belong.

I just feel so bad that I haven't produced anything in the last two years. I wanted to release a lot of music

I went to an urgent care this morning bc I went to a meeting yesterday and they convinced me to get some medical attention for withdrawal. They said my symptoms aren't bad enough for me to need medication and it's unlikely I'll get any worse, and I do mostly feel better and better throughout the day.

Hi! I'm working on my first pair of crust punk pants and was wondering about what type of stitching to use. I use a running stitch on my battle jacket patches, but I've noticed that a lot of people in the punk scene use a whip stitch for their patches. Does the whip stitch hold any significance, or is it more for practical purposes? Any advice is much appreciated!

When I first started sewing, I always did running stitches. When I started working on my jacket and sewing patches, I found that it was a lot easier and faster for me to do whip stitches, and I also thought they looked better, especially if you sew with floss. And it also helps hold the edges down well.

I cant say from much more of a practical perspective than that if there's a reason whip stitches are better than running stitches. Any one else is welcomed to add their thoughts of course

When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

can you tell me you love me very much please

do you ever have a conversation and think “I am not heterosexual enough for this”

Please take the term “porn addiction” away from booktokers

Nirvana - Territorial Pissings

Ender arrives on Lusitania

this is a concept that’s been floating around my head for a long time, loosely based on the virgin of the lilies

i feel like i do 25% of what an average person does in a day and still it's too much

forever thinking about this francis bacon quote

The saga of Zhang Wen's ma

Three videos have been compiled here. English added by me :)

I have been so self-conscious ever since I watched this the other day ngl

I really hope my brother never sees Amadeus because I would be hearing "you laugh like Mozart" every day for the rest of my life

New Belgium has a new Voodoo Ranger beer that tastes like Fruit Gushers