My Ideal Self:

I can't believe home depot literally produced a wildly successful science fiction musical and we all just pretend it didn't happen. on one hand yes it had a boring white guy main character but like.... home depot just... Made it? And it had shit ton of box office sales? and no one even talks about this. this is like avatar (2009) all over again

suggestions for gender neutral version of mom/dad? something less formal than just ‘parent’

i keep seeing you guys be conflicted about how watching an actual goncharov movie would be super cool but then ppl say “yeah but it would ruin it!”

so here’s a pitch for you

a goncharov II movie. no first one, for obvious reasons. but they make a sequel and everyone who KNOWS will know and everyone who doesn’t will… well, you know. perfect way to continue the joke without completely ruining it and see a movie.

the kiss, by inna ruda

I feel like a lot of the “burnt out gifted kid” stuff is just the realization that very few attributes viewed as “promising” in kids actually translate into real life promise and skills. Learning how to easily pass tests doesn’t actually prepare for much more than passing tests. Being a “delight” in class often just means you were too anxious and shy to engage with other students or push boundaries (which is an important part of learning as a child).

Sometimes this leads to taking on more work and getting burnt out from that, but a lot of it is just realizing that that same skill set and those same weaknesses don’t continue to benefit you. You end up having to learn how to interact with people, and while you may be good at critical thinking or problem solving, you have to figure out how to apply to jobs and to relationships. You have to learn a lot of stuff you were supposed to learn more naturally as a kid, and that’s what causes a lot of the burnout. It’s not a loss of skills, just the realization that they weren’t the right skills.

Capitalism obviously plays into this a little bit, especially in America, because of the insane pressure to do too much work, but that burns out everyone. You’re not unique in being hurt by capitalism. But the whole idea of “burnt out gifted kids” does reveal a lot of flaws in our education system.

the thing is. so many posts out there are like ADHD is NOT 'oooh a squirrel'. i gotta be honest besties. sometimes it is a bit ooh a squirrel. i do in fact have to make sure i am facing away from the window while working. lest i be distracted by squirrel antics

reading A Study in Scarlet the first time like

Arthur Conan Doyle: hehe thank you for picking up my silly little book about a silly little man going on silly little adventures haha! hope he can solve all the silly little mysteries hehehe! come on in get comfy– *locks door* MORMONISM IS A CULT

I have costume ideas: diana revenge dress

Monday morning ideas: exhibition program to vigilante shit for a hot revenge arc.

Is anyone else ever a little baffled by the cis women who consider women’s restrooms and locker rooms these safe havens from abuse and sexual harassment?

Like I feel like there are two options here:

1. They did not have mean girls in their school

2. They were the mean girls in their school and didn’t realize all the shit they were doing to the other girls in the locker room was absolutely sexual harassment and sometimes assault