Clawful Neutral
@enbytomato.bsky.social
Curious, perpetually tired overthinker. Frequent fence-sitter. Tends to be verbose (sorry).
They/them.
They/them.
I absolutely loved this as a kid.
September 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I absolutely loved this as a kid.
Why is it that one can go for long periods of time without (apparently) being noticed by anyone, and then when you get into a relationship again, suddenly others suddenly start noticing you?
February 26, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Why is it that one can go for long periods of time without (apparently) being noticed by anyone, and then when you get into a relationship again, suddenly others suddenly start noticing you?
Why must the equipment at my gym be moved around every bloody week? I know nothing is permanent and change is inevitable, but could the dumbbells please just stay in the same place for more than a month? Please?
February 14, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Why must the equipment at my gym be moved around every bloody week? I know nothing is permanent and change is inevitable, but could the dumbbells please just stay in the same place for more than a month? Please?
Thought I was having a bad hair day, but then I overheard two of my students talking to each other, saying my hair looks nice. Let me tell you: there are few things quite as good for the ego as hearing a sixteen-year-old compliment your hair when they don't realise you're listening.
February 14, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Thought I was having a bad hair day, but then I overheard two of my students talking to each other, saying my hair looks nice. Let me tell you: there are few things quite as good for the ego as hearing a sixteen-year-old compliment your hair when they don't realise you're listening.
"Sometimes, when someone doesn't know about something, they treat it like it doesn't exist." - a friend putting exactly the right words to a frustrating thing a voicenote - this time on the topic of medical practitioners, but more broadly applicable in so many situations.
February 11, 2024 at 11:14 PM
"Sometimes, when someone doesn't know about something, they treat it like it doesn't exist." - a friend putting exactly the right words to a frustrating thing a voicenote - this time on the topic of medical practitioners, but more broadly applicable in so many situations.
Been struggling with sleep and reduced appetite. For a second, I thought I was dealing with a pretty sudden and annoyingly intense crush. Then remembered my ADHD meds had been increased. Thank goodness 😅
February 10, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Been struggling with sleep and reduced appetite. For a second, I thought I was dealing with a pretty sudden and annoyingly intense crush. Then remembered my ADHD meds had been increased. Thank goodness 😅
"This time for real, with no expectations, just enjoy what’s happening." - Advice I got from a good friend. Thinking I might need to tattoo this on the back of my hand or something, for the sake of remembering.
February 8, 2024 at 3:48 PM
"This time for real, with no expectations, just enjoy what’s happening." - Advice I got from a good friend. Thinking I might need to tattoo this on the back of my hand or something, for the sake of remembering.
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When I hear about a local (Japanese) person wanting an English tutor for their kid, I'm happy to help. But then when they add they only want an "American or British" person, or a "native" speaker, I start growing suspicious. When you start asking questions, you realise they often mean "white."
January 31, 2024 at 5:22 AM
When I hear about a local (Japanese) person wanting an English tutor for their kid, I'm happy to help. But then when they add they only want an "American or British" person, or a "native" speaker, I start growing suspicious. When you start asking questions, you realise they often mean "white."
Japanese school:
This snow looks like it's gonna get heavy! Students, go home *early*! Make sure to finish club activities by 6pm.
Tomorrow's morning trains have been delayed. First period lessons are cancelled. Students will start the day an hour later than usual.
Staff? Business as usual.
This snow looks like it's gonna get heavy! Students, go home *early*! Make sure to finish club activities by 6pm.
Tomorrow's morning trains have been delayed. First period lessons are cancelled. Students will start the day an hour later than usual.
Staff? Business as usual.
January 23, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Japanese school:
This snow looks like it's gonna get heavy! Students, go home *early*! Make sure to finish club activities by 6pm.
Tomorrow's morning trains have been delayed. First period lessons are cancelled. Students will start the day an hour later than usual.
Staff? Business as usual.
This snow looks like it's gonna get heavy! Students, go home *early*! Make sure to finish club activities by 6pm.
Tomorrow's morning trains have been delayed. First period lessons are cancelled. Students will start the day an hour later than usual.
Staff? Business as usual.
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2023 Hugo Nomination Report Has Unexplained Ineligibility Rulings; Also Reveals Who Declined
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January 21, 2024 at 1:52 AM
2023 Hugo Nomination Report Has Unexplained Ineligibility Rulings; Also Reveals Who Declined
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In case no one has told you lately:
1. You are strong
2. You are beautiful
3. Sea cucumbers have fish that live in their buttholes and eat their ever-regenerating gonads like some sort of sick undersea Prometheus
4. You are deserving of love
1. You are strong
2. You are beautiful
3. Sea cucumbers have fish that live in their buttholes and eat their ever-regenerating gonads like some sort of sick undersea Prometheus
4. You are deserving of love
January 18, 2024 at 4:21 AM
In case no one has told you lately:
1. You are strong
2. You are beautiful
3. Sea cucumbers have fish that live in their buttholes and eat their ever-regenerating gonads like some sort of sick undersea Prometheus
4. You are deserving of love
1. You are strong
2. You are beautiful
3. Sea cucumbers have fish that live in their buttholes and eat their ever-regenerating gonads like some sort of sick undersea Prometheus
4. You are deserving of love
I do beg your pardon, so sorry to disturb, but might I perhaps enquire as to whether you may know of any convenient voids in the vicinity one could scream into? Thanks ever so much.
January 18, 2024 at 7:25 AM
I do beg your pardon, so sorry to disturb, but might I perhaps enquire as to whether you may know of any convenient voids in the vicinity one could scream into? Thanks ever so much.
How does a body manage to make so much snot when one has a cold? Where does it all come from? How does it produce so much at such an alarming rate?
January 16, 2024 at 3:37 AM
How does a body manage to make so much snot when one has a cold? Where does it all come from? How does it produce so much at such an alarming rate?
Macadamias are superior to all other nuts.
January 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Macadamias are superior to all other nuts.
My school has fokkol chill, I swear. The kids just got back from a 2-week winter vacation. Monday was a public holiday so we started on Tuesday. Nice, so they had time to relax and spend quality time with their families, right? Lol no. They wrote tests for the first 2 hours of the first day of term.
January 12, 2024 at 6:37 AM
My school has fokkol chill, I swear. The kids just got back from a 2-week winter vacation. Monday was a public holiday so we started on Tuesday. Nice, so they had time to relax and spend quality time with their families, right? Lol no. They wrote tests for the first 2 hours of the first day of term.
COVID test round three. Unlike with many things, the experience does not, in fact, get better with time or practise.
Fully expecting it to be negative, but decided to rather err on the side of caution.
Please cross fingers for me to fail the bloody test this time.
Fully expecting it to be negative, but decided to rather err on the side of caution.
Please cross fingers for me to fail the bloody test this time.
January 10, 2024 at 8:41 AM
COVID test round three. Unlike with many things, the experience does not, in fact, get better with time or practise.
Fully expecting it to be negative, but decided to rather err on the side of caution.
Please cross fingers for me to fail the bloody test this time.
Fully expecting it to be negative, but decided to rather err on the side of caution.
Please cross fingers for me to fail the bloody test this time.
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The earth is melting. A pandemic continues to ravage society and vaccine preventable diseases are making a comeback. Fascism and nationalism is on the rise. War crimes are being committed everywhere. We’re in a new gilded age.
Swear as much as you fucking want. It’s, honestly, very appropriate.
Swear as much as you fucking want. It’s, honestly, very appropriate.
Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim
Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academicsSwearing has become more widely acceptable over the past two decades because it is increasingly used for other purposes than to insult people, linguistics experts have said.“Fuck” and “shit”, the two most commonly used swearwords in the UK, are frequently used to emphasise a point in conversation or to build social bonds, rather than with the specific intent to cause offence, according to academic researchers. Continue reading...
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January 7, 2024 at 12:53 AM
The earth is melting. A pandemic continues to ravage society and vaccine preventable diseases are making a comeback. Fascism and nationalism is on the rise. War crimes are being committed everywhere. We’re in a new gilded age.
Swear as much as you fucking want. It’s, honestly, very appropriate.
Swear as much as you fucking want. It’s, honestly, very appropriate.
Apparently it's once again time for the ritual of downloading dating apps, losing all faith in humanity, remembering why I deleted them last time and probably doing so again. Happens once or twice a year or so.
January 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Apparently it's once again time for the ritual of downloading dating apps, losing all faith in humanity, remembering why I deleted them last time and probably doing so again. Happens once or twice a year or so.
Aaand we're back to sadness. The last little bit of 2023 is throwing me a lot of emotional homework about old issues: rejection sensitivity, abandonment anxiety, control issues, feeling excluded.
I'd wish for 2024 not to include revisiting these things so much, but I know that isn't realistic.
I'd wish for 2024 not to include revisiting these things so much, but I know that isn't realistic.
December 31, 2023 at 6:23 AM
Aaand we're back to sadness. The last little bit of 2023 is throwing me a lot of emotional homework about old issues: rejection sensitivity, abandonment anxiety, control issues, feeling excluded.
I'd wish for 2024 not to include revisiting these things so much, but I know that isn't realistic.
I'd wish for 2024 not to include revisiting these things so much, but I know that isn't realistic.
It keeps amazing me how life can be so bloody difficult and tiresome for so long, and then all of a sudden there are these brief periods where I get overwhelmed with joy.
It's like a seesaw between sadness and euphoria.
It's like a seesaw between sadness and euphoria.
December 27, 2023 at 12:46 PM
It keeps amazing me how life can be so bloody difficult and tiresome for so long, and then all of a sudden there are these brief periods where I get overwhelmed with joy.
It's like a seesaw between sadness and euphoria.
It's like a seesaw between sadness and euphoria.
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Your average RN naval third-rater (say) has large stocks of two very useful things for dealing with cat poo:
- Sand (you use it to deal with spills of blood, oil etc)
- Ash (side product of cooking)
They also have carpenters.
ROYAL NAVY SAILING SHIPS HAD LITTER TRAYS. /7
- Sand (you use it to deal with spills of blood, oil etc)
- Ash (side product of cooking)
They also have carpenters.
ROYAL NAVY SAILING SHIPS HAD LITTER TRAYS. /7
December 23, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Your average RN naval third-rater (say) has large stocks of two very useful things for dealing with cat poo:
- Sand (you use it to deal with spills of blood, oil etc)
- Ash (side product of cooking)
They also have carpenters.
ROYAL NAVY SAILING SHIPS HAD LITTER TRAYS. /7
- Sand (you use it to deal with spills of blood, oil etc)
- Ash (side product of cooking)
They also have carpenters.
ROYAL NAVY SAILING SHIPS HAD LITTER TRAYS. /7
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SIDEBAR: the atmospheric pressure thing is often overlooked with ships cats. This was a HUGE reason to have cats on board pre-barometer and contributed to the superstitions around them. Cats seemed to be able to predict bad weather
Zoomies were a MAJOR weather warning for early sailors. /3
Zoomies were a MAJOR weather warning for early sailors. /3
December 23, 2023 at 10:29 AM
SIDEBAR: the atmospheric pressure thing is often overlooked with ships cats. This was a HUGE reason to have cats on board pre-barometer and contributed to the superstitions around them. Cats seemed to be able to predict bad weather
Zoomies were a MAJOR weather warning for early sailors. /3
Zoomies were a MAJOR weather warning for early sailors. /3
Gaming relaxes me, I like to tell myself. Then I meet a ghost leviathan in Subnautica and I scream at the TV.
December 23, 2023 at 8:34 AM
Gaming relaxes me, I like to tell myself. Then I meet a ghost leviathan in Subnautica and I scream at the TV.