I've had a hard time articulating to people just how fundamental spinning used to be in people's lives, and how eerie it is that it's vanished so entirely. It occurred to me today that it's a bit like if in the future all food was made by machine, and people forgot what farming and cooking were. Not just that they forgot how to do it; they had never heard of it.
When they use phrases like "spinning yarns" for telling stories or "heckling a performer" without understanding where they come from, I imagine a scene in the future where someone uses the phrase "stir the pot" to mean "cause a disagreement" and I say, did you know a pot used to be a container for heating food, and stirring was a way of combining different components of food together? "Wow, you're full of weird facts! How do you even know that?"
When I say I spin and people say "What, like you do exercise bikes? Is that a kind of dancing? What's drafting? What's a hackle?" it's like if I started talking about my cooking hobby and my friend asked "What's salt? Also, what's cooking?" Well, you see, there are a lot of stages to food preparation, starting with planting crops, and cooking is one of the later stages. Salt is a chemical used in cooking which mostly alters the flavor of the food but can also be used for other things, like drawing out moisture...
"Wow, that sounds so complicated. You must have done a lot of research. You're so good at cooking!" I'm really not. In the past, children started learning about cooking as early as age five ("Isn't that child labor?"), and many people cooked every day their whole lives ("Man, people worked so hard back then."). And that's just an average person, not to mention people called "chefs" who did it professionally. I go to the historic preservation center to use their stove once or twice a week, and I started learning a couple years ago. So what I know is less sophisticated than what some children could do back in the day.
"Can you make me a snickers bar?" No, that would be pretty hard. I just make sandwiches mostly. Sometimes I do scrambled eggs. "Oh, I would've thought a snickers bar would be way more basic than eggs. They seem so simple!"
Haven't you ever wondered where food comes from? I ask them. When you were a kid, did you ever pick apart the different colored bits in your food and wonder what it was made of? "No, I never really thought about it." Did you know rice balls are called that because they're made from part of a plant called rice? "Oh haha, that's so weird. I thought 'rice' was just an adjective for anything that was soft and white."
People always ask me why I took up spinning. Isn't it weird that there are things we take so much for granted that we don't even notice when they're gone? Isn't it strange that something which has been part of humanity all across the planet since the Neanderthals is being forgotten in our generation? Isn't it funny that when knowledge dies, it leaves behind a ghost, just like a person? Don't you want to commune with it?
are we out of the woods yet ?
maybe i'm missing something, but why wouldn't you listen to a doctor's opinion of whether you're in pain or fatigue?
Okay, I’ve thought about this question for most of a day, because the obvious answer is “….why would I?”, but it’s clearly not obvious to you.
Now, I know exactly what you’re thinking. They’re a doctor. They’re a professional you’ve gone to for help. And pain and fatigue are, like, medical things, right? Going to a doctor about medical stuff and then saying “LOL NOPE” to what the doctor says is like hiring a plumber and then arguing about how to fix your sink, right? If you’re so smart, why’d you call the plumber over?
Okay.
But now imagine your basement is flooding and you call the plumber. While on the phone, the plumber asks you what the problem is and you say that there’s a pipe in your basement that’s burst and it’s now flooded.
And the plumber—still on the phone—says “LOL NOPE.”
And you say, “Excuse me?”
The plumber says, “Look, a flooded basement is a really severe problem, okay? Usually, these calls, they’re a clogged toilet or a leaky u-bend under the sink. Trust me, this is better. Those are a lot cheaper to fix.”
And you say, “I’m sure they are, but I’m telling you, my basement is flooded. I’m looking down the stairs and I can see the water.”
“I’m just saying, there are other things it could be. It won’t hurt anything to eliminate them first,” the plumber says.
And you say, “But I need my basement fixed! Look, I can’t go down in my basement and do laundry right now, and I have important keepsakes down there in boxes… some of them are already ruined, but maybe I can salvage some if we can just fix the problem.”
“Well, then it will be in your interest for me to check your toilets and your u-bends,” the plumber says.
“The problem is not in my toilets or my sinks,” you say. “I am looking at the problem. I called you because my basement is flooded, and I need you to help me fix that.”
And then… now, I’m not assuming you’re female, but I just want to emphasize that this is a starkly though not exclusively gendered phenomenon, so if you’re not female then imagine you are.
“MA’AM,” the plumber says, in a way you recognize. It’s the voice of putting you in your place, the voice of unearned authority, and with this voice, this word, ma’am, is not a title of respect, it’s a reminder and a command. “MA’AM, if you’ll just calm down. I’m sure what you’re experiencing seems terrible to you, but the truth is, it’s probably not as bad as it looks from where you’re standing. And that’s a good thing! Trust me, have been a plumber for 27 years. Now, when can I come over to check your u-bends?”
“It’s not my u-bends!” you say.
“Ma’am, if you don’t want to be helped, I’ll start to think you’re calling for attention.”
You see?
(Now for bonus points, imagine the plumber refuses to help you until you lose a statistically improbable amount of weight just to rule out that this might be flooding your basement, or is acting on the subconscious but deeply entrenched idea that people with your skin color are less susceptible to flooding and in less need of help, or believes that as a feeeemale you’re more likely to be suffering from emotional distress than a physical problem and suggests the preferable course of action would be for you to take a nap every time the supposed flooding in your basement bothers you.)
As I said in that post, pain and fatigue — like dysphoria — are qualitative experiences. This means they happen in your head and they cannot be directly observed or measured by anyone else (which would make them quantitative phenomena).
The doctor talking to you about dysphoria —or pain or fatigue — is not a plumber in your house, they are a plumber on the phone. The only input they receive about the problem is your account of it.
And if they’re not willing to listen to what you say and aren’t willing to take you at your word, then all the expertise and experience in the world doesn’t matter. You can have the most powerful calculator in the world but if you type the wrong numbers into it it will still give the wrong answers. Someone can be the best doctor in the world but if they’re ignoring the information they’re not going to give you the right answer.
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not to be insane but in a realistic tomarry/harrymort fic with good characterization it’s very difficult for them to not change one another.
a good fic acknowledges that harry only survives their canon interactions (and overall, his many different in-story challenges) from being tricky and clever. like it or not, harry is much weaker in magic, strength, mind, and political influence than voldemort.
so when he’s getting out of the third task, he doesn’t win, he cheats. when he’s getting out of malfoy manor, he doesn’t win, he calls dobby and gets out though a minor oversight. he doesn’t defeat umbridge in a dual, he instead helps run a covert defense club and repeatedly goes under her nose to do what he wants!! he doesn’t save sirius in book 3 because he fought peter and won, he used a time turner (albeit with help), broke ministry rules without anyone else knowing (bar hermione and dumbledore) and saved him.
that’s so slytherin!!!
it is my belief that Voldemort thus inadvertently pushes Harry to be more cunning. Harry is at his most slytherin during his daring but clever escapes from Voldemort and the indirect issues caused by Voldemort.
though it has less text evidence, i would also go so far to throw out that because of how pissed off Harry makes voldemort, it’s the same in reverse. Harry pushes Voldemort to be more reckless and daring in his effort to capture/kill him, as if a gryffindor.
i guess there’s a lot of poetry there. the more polarized they get from one another, the more alike they become. as they clash, they transform themselves into the other.
idk
another gravity falls animation! :3 hope yall enjoy!
ah, childhood.
found goat milk and wheat ale at the store. theres no way im NOT making a white gilgamesh tonite
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I decided to compile all the marvey fics I love!!
Imperfect Perfection – Skara_Brae
The Strange Courtship of Mike Ross – Skara Brae
Walk Away If You Can Serie – Blue_Five Probably Me Safe In Your Soul
End of the World (as We Know It) – leista
Here at the end of all things – tattooedsiren
Plant My Apple Tree – FightFireWithFire
Shackled and Drawn - batty4u
And I did happen to you - thesetemplebones
awake & unafraid – turnyourankle
Bullshit - lagirl266
Every Second - tattooedsiren
Feels Like Rain - nevergone
the spaces grown between us - CS_WhiteWolf
Pineapple Apology - Frozen-Void
Predictable – inflowers
Unpredictable (Sequel of Predictable) – inflowers
Priorities - LethalTraps
5 times Mike sat in Harvey’s lap by necessity and one time he did it just because he could - Unspoken0dreams
between hot it is and how it should be (or: Five times people confuse them for a couple and one time they’re right) – foamskyandsea
Call Me Maybe (or: 5 times Mike Ross texted Harvey Specter, and the one time the tables were turned) – malawi
Childish Things (or: Tree times Mike is ridiculous and immature [and one time Harvey is, too]) - blue_wo1f
Complimentary colors (or: Five times in which Harvey and Mike match) - foamskyandsea
Five Times Harvey and Mike Proposed to Each Other, and One Time Someone Said Yes - bookem_assbutt
Five Times Harvey Showed he cared – Splotcher
Five Times Harvey Surprised Mike - Dahlia_Moon
Five times Harvey witnesses Mike gets handsy, and one time he experiences it himself – mackietommo
Five Times Mike Is Sporting Wood in Harvey’s Presence and One Time Harvey Does Something About It – tardisonameter
Five Times Mike Makes Harvey Laugh – And The One Time He Makes Him Smile - sal_si_puedes
Five Times Mike’s Phone Sort of Gets Him Into Trouble and One Time It Really, Really Doesn’t - Robin Gills (Akiseo)
Harvey Ain’t no White Rabbit (or: Harvey Specter waits for anybody, except Mike – Four times others notices, one time Mike did) – TheGroupofOne
Heart of Gold (or: Five times Harvey said no and the one time he didn’t) – shotstorylong
I like the way you move (or: Harvey is an awesome dancer. Mike finds out and is astonished) - alerie
I Can Barely Say (or: there are certain times for which words could never be enough) - emms14
in the other hours (or: Five times Mike couldn’t sleep and the one time he feel asleep when he really shouldn’t have) – tattooedsiren
in•somnia (or: Five times Harvey only mostly fails at that whole “not caring” thing, and one time he falls spectaculary) – myystic (neoinean)
Only When We’re Drunk (or: 5 times Harvey has seen Mike drunk, and one time Mike schemes to get it the other way around) – purpleushi
Say it ain’t so, I will not go (or: Five times Harvey sees Mike dressed casually) - foamskyandsea
Sleep is a Symptom of Caffeine Deprivation (or: 5 times Harvey watched Mike sleep, and one time Mike watched Harvey sleep) – PhoenixFlame
The Five People that Mike Didn’t Know Loved Him and the One Person He Loved Back - Tigress33
The Agreement (or: Mike needs a way to relieve stress. Harvey can provide it) – joannereads
The Art of the Unexpected (or: 5 Times Harvey kissed Mike unexpectedly and 1 time Mike kissed him) – butterflycell
The Five Times Harvey and Mike Slept Together (and the one time they acknowledged it) - LeahxLeah
the pieces that make up the whole (or: Five times Mikes learned something about Harvey) - waywardrenegades
The Truth About Us (or: Five times someone find about the true nature of Harvey and Mike’s relationship and the one time that they told someone) – AmorVerdan
Three Times Harvey Accidentally Hit On Mike And One Time He Did It On Purpose – GotTheSilver
Three Times Harvey Asked Mike to Marry Him (and one time Mike said yes) – skyenapped
Under Control: The Four People Who Noticed Harvey Noticing Mike and The One Person Who Totally Didn’t – cimera
We’ve all been there (or: Five times they think they’re obvious, and the one time they really are) – foamskyandsea
You mend my heart with a rose (or: Four times Mike got Harvey a rose and one time Harvey returned the favor) – whittyrabbit
Mike
Betrayed - harvey-bangs-mike
Bravery - Rayrawl
Hearts Will Hold - rories
Midnight Encounter – laughter_now
Harvey
New Pathways - jonius_belonius (Joni_Beloni)
Silent Vigil Serie – laughter_now Silent Vigil Getting it Right
take your time cause you’re up against space – emms14
Anniversary
Anniversary - lostinspacexx3
One Month – lionessvalenti
Room 2005 - Snowball’s-Chance
A win-win situation (?)
A Little More – uptopcomeon
Driving a Harvey - flamyshine
Coming Home
Be Home For Sunday – KaliTracer
Easy As Breathing – butterflycell
Faster Faster - carnifax
Midnight Calls - lostinspacexx3
No More Trips – skyenapped
The Verdict - Sairyn
When the Heart Yearns - Boondock Winchester
Coming Out
Strictly Ballroom - sal_si_puedes
Deprived Domesticity - Beautiful_lies_x
Getting Married & Honeymoon
Can’t help falling in love - flamyshine
Interlude - suitsfan
my love is like that - neverphemeral
Pretty, Pretty Please? -FarAwayInWonderland
Thankful - hana-to-mame
Having a “date”
Green Wine and Pizza – turnyourankle
Yippe-ki-yay motherf**ker – whittyrabbit
Having fun and “fun” –wink–
A Hot Shower - lostinspacexx3
C'mon Fire Me Up - Peace. Love. And Other Things
Laughing So Hard Your Face Hurts - lostinspacexx3
Say Goodnight - suitsfan
Skeletons in the Closet - carnifax
Upside Down and Inside Out - mskatej
Jus the why they’re together
An Ordinary Day - adaycertain
Body Language Serie – thesetemplebones communicate something incommunicable reveals of our most secret self
Domo Arigato, Mr. Spectro - smartalli
Easy Like Saturday Morning - TheMastress
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mike and Harvey and a Few Things You Didn’t – bballgirl3022
Falling In Love - lostinspacex
Metaphors – makingitwork
Mike’s Smile - lostinspacexx3
Most of all – inflowers
Nights Like These - Xazz
old words – tattooedsiren
Pretty Roads - lostinspacexx3
Rain On A Tin Roof - suitsfan
The Daily Grind - townpariah
The Rainbow Series – accol
The Right Words - hana-to-mame
Untitled Rainbow Ficlets - vaguesalvation
With You I Fall So Fast - VerityFrancesB
Moving in together
Home - lostinspacexx3
Home Sweet Home – ProLazy
Moving In - harvey-bangs-mike
with wild hope - tattooedsiren
Secretly Married
Exclusively Yours Verse Serie – tattooedsiren Exclusively Yours love consists in this A Series of Small Things There It Shall Remain Forever The True Measure of Love Yours Alone
Mr Specter - Olor et Luna
Where Harvey just doesn’t accept they have a relationship (but in the end he does, like “oh my god, I love him”)
A pragmatic romance - inflowers
Body Heat - Enigmaforum
Disturbing the Peace - Grim Lupine
Gatekeeper - SodiumBicarb
Sometimes Mike just wants flowers - whittyrabbit
Nop, sorry, you’re not healthy anymore… diabetes
A New Cure - suitsfan
Books - lostinspacexx3
Calling Out - lostinspacexx3
Late Night Trips - lostinspacexx3
Perfect Price - lostinspacexx3
Off the Clock - Ella Dean Pendragon
One peaceful afternoon – flamyshine
Saturday Morning - lostinspacexx3
Waltz - lostinspacexx3
Ugly Issues
Stronger Than Superman - fortgetyouinsiberia
Slowly development using the “canon”
altering life by holding it still - tattooedsiren
An Expression Of Feelings - LiliFayre
even the impossible is easy – Anonymous
if ever I was running - tattooedsiren
Just A Little Fire - Anonymous
Lit Up - phreakycat
something inevitable – tattooedsiren
Stay With Me - nevergone
the indispensable first step - tattoodsiren
this tornado loves you - liketheroad
Where both Harvey and Mike don’t clearly understand – or choose to ignore – their feelings and ignore they have something (because they’re idiots, but in the end they get their shit together but sometimes they don’t)
All I Ever – nevergone
Change is Only Natural - 1stBonesFan (1stBonesFan_is_SterekGirl)
Continental Drift - townpariah
For All of the Plans We Made - foamskyandsea
I Know Who I Want - foamskyandsea
I told YOU – blackeyedsoul
Lie To Me - nevergone
Make me Nervous - brilligspoons
Monochrome - carnifax
Sleep Tonight - suitsfan
Surprises - suitsfan
The Least They Ever Gave You (Was the Most You Ever Knew) – skyenapped
your broken crown – tattooedsiren
Where Harvey has an “existential crisis” (and you only think “oh, Harvey finally”)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand – VampirePam
Third Definition – khasael
Turn of Events - bballgirl3022
Where Mike doesn’t notice Harvey’s feelings until the very end (because he can be an idiot too… oh, and he also has existential crisis, a “oh my god, what did I do?” crisis)
All My Fortunes At Thy Foot I’ll Lay - tattooedsiren
And We’ll Pretend - goblinish
Blackmail - Sairyn
Confessions – Sairyn
finding the way - smatalli
Harold’s Secret - pineapplesandcanopeners
Just a Kiss - suitsfan
Mike’s secret admirer - flamyshine
Some Guys Don’t – Love2Slash
The Red Earth of Tara – sal_si_puedes
Truth or Dare - purpleushi
Vinyls – aspirateurkilleuse
Where Mike has enough
Getting Rid Of A Distraction – ShadowMoon
I’ve got a feeling – inflowers
The Art Of Lying - LeahxLeah
You read this and you’ll get diabetes… yummy
PrettyHandsome Kindergarten – flamyshine
Reason 10 - The-Fall-Season
The Way You Look Tonight - Bontaque
Warm hands on my heart - flamyshine
all the words in the world may not be enough - tattooedsiren
Marvey - FarAwayInWonderland
Snapshots - tattooedsiren
What if? – machtaholic (cinderella81)
A Charmed Life - DizzyDrea
something strange (or: Five ways Harvey and Mike spend Halloween) - cuddlebuck
Would It Be So - flitterflutterfly
The Haunting of Penthouse B - Skara_Brae
What Dreams May Come - tattooedsiren
Advocatus Diaboli - sal_si_puedes
All But Memories – pageleaf
Love thy neighbor - flamyshine
Read My Mind - makingitwork
Reverse Polarity - machtaholic (cinderella81)
The Cat That Walked By Himself - Xanthe
Obviously Oblivious - Leista
The Puppy, the Five Frogs, and the Not-So-Charming Prince - triskadekaphobicnazi
The Marvey Chronicles – flamyshine
Fair Winds and Following Seas Serie – lilgirllost (lil_grl_lost) Of All the Gin Joints Here’s Looking At You, Kid The Thing That Keeps Him Going
High Speed - machtaholic (cinderella81)
For You – Blue_Five
Mike’s Cravings - DinoMoMo
Though the Stars Walk Backwards – UchiHime
Beginning Serie – penguino3782 Boring Parties Chats and Mrs Butterworth’s Dad, Not Father Daddy Anxiety Complications
Mike and Harvey
Crescendo - smatalli
Mike
Mike + The Harmony – Sauffie
Streed Kid Serie – veritas_st Looking Sharp (Not Looking for Love) You Sound Like Music The Initial Response
Mike
76 & Lexington – widnst
Harvey
when our stars collide - tattooedsiren
Everything Good In The World – skyenapped
Take Your Daughter to Work - bballgirl3022
this life, this love – tattooedsiren
Window Shopping - lostinspacexx3
Casual Encounters - Attorney C (arh581958)
I Now Pronounce You Mike and Harvey - aLLiCaT225
Limited Parthership – Pookaseraph
Speaking of Happiness – machtaholic (cinderella81)
whatever the question – tattooedsiren
Wear My Name – Lunarflare14
“With Plot”
Curious George - Anonymous
Inseparable – BatSuitsCrazy (McDanno50)
Slow - sal_si_puedes
The Prince and the Prostitute - forever_bright
Reward - Cashay
Without Plot
Hold Your Breath - dedougal
Interpretation of Love – quodpersortem
Sensitive - BearHatter
The Prada Tie - samspecter
The Video - jaraismylife
Ties - GoreBeeCormick
We will not be using my tie for that - accol
BDSM (or “I’ll teach you a lesson” porn)
Mr. (Hardass) Harvey Specter – MajicViolin
Obedience - hardeight
Step Two - jonius_belonius (Joni_Beloni)
Riot or Revolution - forever_bright
Mike
call me maybe – frozensight
The Luck of the Draw - Enigmaforum
Still I Fly – Anonymous
Harvey
Friends? I’d Say Family – mockturtletale
Mike is the student
Dedication to My Love WIP - writeaddict
Five things to do before graduation – whittyrabbit
Harvey and Mike are students
Swingin’ in the Halls Serie – agrajag Swingin’ in the Hall Burn Brighter
Harvey is the teacher and Mike his assistant
Barely Legal WIP – Kitty Howell
Dolce Far Niente - EvavH
Imprimatur - Closer
Something Stupid Like Fate – smartalli
all straight lines circle sometime – liketheroad
Do You Harvey Specter… - Sairyn
1500 Years – AngularNotions
Five Times Mike Ross Was a Terrible Vampire and One Time He Wasn’t - ladyknightanka
Barista/Coffee Shop
Every Sunday They Go Back To Monday - rories
Grande Soy Triple Dirty Chai – friskaz
Incidental Music – turnyourankle
Too Young For Me - Bontaque
Deliveryman
Pizza-Verse Serie – Closer Pizza And A Movie The Secret Life Of Lawyers A Series Of Covert Disasters
Doctor
Fate’s Decree Serie – in_the_bottle A Bit Less Ordinary In Totidem Verbis From the Ashes Four First Impressions of Dr Michael Ross From the Ranks of Pearson Hardman Break Me With Ice Time Unfolds
Grocery Store/Cashier/Owner Store
20 Items or less – checkmatey
No Shoes, No shirt – Hardwood_Studios
Vinyl Advice Serie – mockturtletale Vinyl Advice: Stop, Look, Listen Vinyl Advice: Wrong From Right
Second Spin - machtaholic (cinderella81)
Hot Dog Guy
Hot In the City - escribo
Nanny
Falling In Love To The Sounds of the City – GotTheSilver
Photographer
Unspoken - Sauffie
Tailor
You’d Look Good On me – VerityFrancesB
You’ve Got Me Now Under Your Thumb (Sequel of You’d Look Good On Me)– VerityFrancesB
Teacher
In Love With The Teacher - Sauffie
Tennis
untitled tennis star Mike ficlet – thatotherpery
In the Air (And Breathing) - escribo
Like Gravity - kaylin_neya
Konkurrenz belebt das Geschäft Serie – FarAwayInWnderland Hear Me, I’m Calling Your Name Regret Is For Fools (And Sometimes For Me) I´m The Queen Bee And I´ll Make You Dance For Me Thoughts On The Matter
Waiting Just For You WIP- FarAwayInWonderland
all the way home – tattooedsiren
by my side - tattooedsiren
The Star Of His Own Halloween Special - team_freewill
7,776,000 - tattooedsiren
1 + 1 = (Sequel of 7,776,000) - tattooedsiren
Working Toward Informed Consent between 1x02 - 1x05 – 1shinymess (magpie4shinies)
Tied Together With An Easy Thread 1x07 – Stone_Princess
Invincible 1x09 – BatSuitsCrazy (McDannon50)
ex fide fiducia 2x01 - kim47
Fallen face first into love 2x01 – flamyshine
till the lights go out - foamskyandsea
Indirect Kiss 2x02 - suitsfan
The new best closer in the office 2x02 - flamyshine
A little puppy in the big scary city 2x03 - flamyshine
All You’re Giving Me Is Fiction 2x06 - anaeifly
Tongue Tied 2x06 - nuspock
I Could Not Kiss, Just Regress 2x07 - IrishFrenchy
A romantic confession 2x12 - flamyshine
2x12
Sometimes You Get What You Need 4x15 - inflowers
The Deal 5x15- Sauffie
Harvey/Mike - tattoedsiren
Alphabet Suits - LaylaBinx
Golden Threads – FarAwayInWonderland
Donna Sees All – butterflycell
Donna’s Intervention - oldsouls2302
landmarks to a treasure - tattooedsiren
My Give-A-Damn Clock Is Broken Between The Hours of 12am And 10pm - mistressofmythology
The Care & Keeping of Harvey Specter’s Puppy – smartalli
You Can Leave Your Hat On – laughter_now