that "OH!" when he understands felt so magical
god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.
well.
today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)
jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.
and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.
this is a children's game for children btw.
none of the money is real.
i'm having such a good time.
oh fuck yeah this is the coolest
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Calling all gender nonconformity an “egg moment” is just reinforcing gender stereotypes with a trans hat actually
Every time I see some well-meaning idiot who’s trying to be progressive basically go “We should stop putting people in the Girl Box based on them having a vagina and start putting people in the Girl Box based on them liking or doing Girl Things,” I genuinely want to shake them until they turn into a funko pop.
(probably) egg moment (ok and fun to talk abt with the person after they’ve come out and are ok with it, or to think and keep to yourself): ugh girls are so pretty. i wish i could be a girl. but i could never do that, i mean i’m not trans i just think being a girl would be great and i would be happier and actually want to live my life. but i’m not trans.
not (inherently) egg moment: i really like wearing dresses, makeup, nail polish, and things that are generally seen as more stereotypically feminine. i like the aesthetic and it’s fun to play around with gender norms.
(probably) egg moment (see above): i’ve always seen myself as a tom boy, i hate wearing clothing that makes people use feminine descriptors for me and being called a girl, but i could never actually be a boy, i mean you’re not allowed to do that. if i could flip a switch and be a boy right now i absolutely would with zero regret, even if it meant i could never flip back, but it’s not like i’m trans or anything.
not (inherently) egg moment: i like being butch and think it’s fun when my femme girlfriend calls me her boyfriend. we like the dynamic, but we’re both happy describing ourselves as women.
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Having ADHD is that your brain either feels like
Or
And it can switch in a matter of seconds.
THATS IT THATS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
Yep that's what it's like
i live in the most haunted house in the northern hemisphere because i keep buying cursed dolls and cracking them open like pistachios to release the ghosts inside em. see i've got this business idea and it's to unethically harvest their ectoplasm and sell it in little jars like honey. unfortunately i've hit a snag, namely that ectoplasm tastes like shit and also if you ingest it you permanently lose the capacity to feel joy. so now i've got a bunch of unsatisfied customers who are literally impossible to please banging on my door at all hours. it doesn't really matter though because the ghosts are already constantly slamming all my doors and cabinets so it's just a wall of sound in here at all times anyway. i'm pretty sure i've got tinnitus now but on the upside i've got this new business idea where i repair old dolls with kintsugi and sell them at a ridiculous markup to etsy women in cuffed corduroy pants.
Sometimes I hyperfocus so hard on something, I forget I’m a person until someone interacts with me. I feel like some wild animal seeing a human being for the first time. I’m like “oh yeah I’m supposed to speak and stuff”
Me: *doing something for hours on end without stopping*
Someone: Hey, are you there? I was just wondering if you’d like to-
Me:
For every single person in the notes going “yeah” or “same” or something like that…
everything in moderation. except garlic
You know. Reading is important. Because I'm like always trying to make every line I write this groundbreaking mindfucking art but like. A book is 90% just saying what happened. "I hugged him around the waist." "The chair was brown and overstuffed." "I woke up alone." Etc etc. Like normal ass lines. I just keep comparing my boring, necessary to set a scene lines, with famous authors' absolute best lines and like.... every line doesn't have to shatter the earth. Sometimes someone just sits in a chair and the lines that wreck you come later, one at a time, here and there. It's alright.
This is super common and I wish we were taught when we begin to write that those quoted lines are also in a sea of the same sort of setup we obsess over not being 'good enough'. I saw multiple people drop out of writing courses over this in college. Sure, sometimes you need a better way to describe something prevalent or to pinpoint an emotion, but if EVERYTHING was written in that sort of tone for a whole book it would prove utterly exhausting to read.
Also, if every single line in the book was hard-hitting and mindblowing, then it wouldn't be memorable because it would be drowned out.
The best lines are famous because they stand out.