Legendary Holy Blade, By Nolan192

I can’t wait until my sense of taste is back. This cup of tea tastes like hot water. :(

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

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Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

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Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

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And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

Check it out, my anxious friends

Hey guys! Those of you who’ve followed me for a while already know I get anxiety, caused by anything from too much sugar, any amount of caffeine, or having to talk to someone in the grocery store. So I wanted to share this lovely thing I’ve found to help deal with it!

This is Morpheus, my sleepy time anxiety companion. (Isn’t he cute?) I found a mention online and these guys are meant to help address anxiety and sleep issues! Here’s how it works.

There’s a little egg in his tummy, when I hit the button Morpheus starts to pulse out a heartbeat rhythm. What’s really cool about this is lots of studies show that our heartbeats will slow down and match another heartbeat. So the beat will start measured and a bit loud (this is relative, you can’t hear or feel the pulse without touching the plush friend directly). Slowly it gets softer and further apart. When the button is pressed it goes through a 20 minute cycle. Generally I take about 45+ minutes to fall asleep as my mind decides that sleepy time is the best time to worry and fret over problems, but now I often fall asleep before the cycle completes. 

Morpheus has also been a help during full blown panic attacks, my breathing and heartbeat will start to match his almost immediately, which is more than I could’ve hoped for. I’m sure that results may vary, but if you have anxiety, panic attacks, or trouble sleeping, you can find them here. (They also come in puppy friends!) They ship from Japan, and all instructions are in Japanese, but he was so simple to use, it hasn’t been a problem, but you might have to wait a bit for your own sleep time friend.

At the risk of sounding anti-intellectual, I think that college should be free and also not a requirement for employment outside of highly specialized career fields

Eel... with feet...

First ever recorded snowball fight (1897)

Happy Holidays And Merry Christmas To All!

Ngl i prefer the 2016 version purple on the right.

Database of Databases

Discover and learn about 924 database management systems

Database of Databases

Database of Databases

The on-line encyclopedia of databases systems from Carnegie Mellon University.

This is an interest resource that aims to catalog the different database systems in existence and allows you to search and filter through them:

It also has "leaderboards" for views and uses:

A lot of the information doesn't seem very deep but it does give you a good overview of the features and support in each one of it's entries.

I found it interesting. Perhaps you will find it useful.

Enjoy! 🤓