pastell
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may death never stop you
they/she, 21
they/she, 21
the Ghost song ‘Mary On A Cross’ is the only one of theirs i know since it’s the one that got popular, and its instrumental is beautiful but “I will tickle you internally” is such a gross line it completely ruins the song for me
August 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
the Ghost song ‘Mary On A Cross’ is the only one of theirs i know since it’s the one that got popular, and its instrumental is beautiful but “I will tickle you internally” is such a gross line it completely ruins the song for me
i think everyone should have a sharps box. they’re so useful! old utility knife blades? sharps box. pulled out some old nails or screws? sharps box. old xacto knife blades? sharps box. old shaving razor blades? sharps box. fuckin uhh,, broken glass in large chunks? sharps box.
August 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
i think everyone should have a sharps box. they’re so useful! old utility knife blades? sharps box. pulled out some old nails or screws? sharps box. old xacto knife blades? sharps box. old shaving razor blades? sharps box. fuckin uhh,, broken glass in large chunks? sharps box.
i would pay like. a decent amount of money, just to have a streaming service on which i could watch jeopardy as it comes out with no ads.
August 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
i would pay like. a decent amount of money, just to have a streaming service on which i could watch jeopardy as it comes out with no ads.
okay the widely accepted read of the part of Teenagers that goes “but if you’re troubled and hurt, what you got under your shirt / will make them pay for the things that they did” is that the thing under the shirt is a gun. and like, this relies on a mental health-focused causality for
August 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
okay the widely accepted read of the part of Teenagers that goes “but if you’re troubled and hurt, what you got under your shirt / will make them pay for the things that they did” is that the thing under the shirt is a gun. and like, this relies on a mental health-focused causality for
i think wearing friendship bracelets on your ankle should come back into fashion
August 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
i think wearing friendship bracelets on your ankle should come back into fashion
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Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising
July 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising
they really don’t tell you about the horrifyingly realistic nightmares you’ll get multiple times a night when you’re off your anxiety meds at the same time as all your worst political fears become realized
July 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
they really don’t tell you about the horrifyingly realistic nightmares you’ll get multiple times a night when you’re off your anxiety meds at the same time as all your worst political fears become realized
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i think that, even if you're correct in wishing the site you make a living through would stand up for that livelihood, there is a deep failure to recognise that these are not simply different scales of "corporation" coming to blow.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
I think there’s also a misunderstanding of itch as some big corporate platform like Steam or the App Store and not just like a website a few people have built and kept together for a decade so people can share their weird art.
July 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
i think that, even if you're correct in wishing the site you make a living through would stand up for that livelihood, there is a deep failure to recognise that these are not simply different scales of "corporation" coming to blow.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
this is a town art market vs The Literal Concept Of Money.
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y'know to some extent i get the "itch should refuse to comply so everyone is fucked together" takes, the "if we cant sell porn we won't sell anything"
what i dont get are the "itch should refuse to comply, and somehow this magically improves the situation and no-one is fucked" takes
what i dont get are the "itch should refuse to comply, and somehow this magically improves the situation and no-one is fucked" takes
July 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
y'know to some extent i get the "itch should refuse to comply so everyone is fucked together" takes, the "if we cant sell porn we won't sell anything"
what i dont get are the "itch should refuse to comply, and somehow this magically improves the situation and no-one is fucked" takes
what i dont get are the "itch should refuse to comply, and somehow this magically improves the situation and no-one is fucked" takes
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Porn and art with sexual themes deserve to exist on their own merit, not because censoring them has knock-on effects for non-sexual content. Please stop expressing outrage by implying that censorship would be okay if it *just* affected sex workers and artists engaging with sexual themes.
July 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Porn and art with sexual themes deserve to exist on their own merit, not because censoring them has knock-on effects for non-sexual content. Please stop expressing outrage by implying that censorship would be okay if it *just* affected sex workers and artists engaging with sexual themes.
someone tipped me for one of my projects on itchio for the first time in two years. i am appreciative, of course, but its likely that the only reason i got tipped is because my project now shows up much higher in search results because yk, thousands of other pieces of queer art aren't there anymore.
July 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
someone tipped me for one of my projects on itchio for the first time in two years. i am appreciative, of course, but its likely that the only reason i got tipped is because my project now shows up much higher in search results because yk, thousands of other pieces of queer art aren't there anymore.
the only thing you could be in 2010 that was worse than gay was justin bieber
July 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
the only thing you could be in 2010 that was worse than gay was justin bieber
i think "blackfish was an exploitative documentary with many inaccuracies and motivated framing choices" and "seaworld absolutely fucked up big time, and behaved really shadily about it" are two entirely compatible things to believe
July 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
i think "blackfish was an exploitative documentary with many inaccuracies and motivated framing choices" and "seaworld absolutely fucked up big time, and behaved really shadily about it" are two entirely compatible things to believe
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anyway, on top of signing petitions and making payment processors know no peace: archive queer art!! it’s not difficult, you don’t have to have an archival and library sciences degree to do, just save it to a folder on a drive.
July 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
anyway, on top of signing petitions and making payment processors know no peace: archive queer art!! it’s not difficult, you don’t have to have an archival and library sciences degree to do, just save it to a folder on a drive.
i do think @itch.io could’ve handled this with more grace and transparency, but to say that they should have “held the line” or “not caved” betrays a complete lack of understanding of what is actually happening here.
July 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
i do think @itch.io could’ve handled this with more grace and transparency, but to say that they should have “held the line” or “not caved” betrays a complete lack of understanding of what is actually happening here.
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I need to stop yelling at the people yelling at itch, I think the people yelling at itch could take a moment to consider things are likely extremely bad over there right now and their resources are nonexistent, and we should all go find a mastercard executive
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I need to stop yelling at the people yelling at itch, I think the people yelling at itch could take a moment to consider things are likely extremely bad over there right now and their resources are nonexistent, and we should all go find a mastercard executive
hard to understand why people were apparently so shocked and surprised when my chemical romance broke up in 2023. danger days was an album SO interested in the idea of legacy that you have to have at least thought an imminent breakup was a possibility
July 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
hard to understand why people were apparently so shocked and surprised when my chemical romance broke up in 2023. danger days was an album SO interested in the idea of legacy that you have to have at least thought an imminent breakup was a possibility
it really bothers me that the most popular complaint about the concentration camp in florida is that they built it in a protected environment. THATS the part i’m supposed to be upset about? that they might be hurting some plants and some birds and stuff? not the fact that it’s a CONCENTRATION CAMP?
July 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
it really bothers me that the most popular complaint about the concentration camp in florida is that they built it in a protected environment. THATS the part i’m supposed to be upset about? that they might be hurting some plants and some birds and stuff? not the fact that it’s a CONCENTRATION CAMP?
this is obviously an asinine thought experiment but the number of people seriously arguing about it is baffling. i don’t think any priest would argue that a profession of faith made under duress is Real in any meaningful sense.
July 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
this is obviously an asinine thought experiment but the number of people seriously arguing about it is baffling. i don’t think any priest would argue that a profession of faith made under duress is Real in any meaningful sense.
sewing on elastic waistbands is such bullshit
July 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
sewing on elastic waistbands is such bullshit
my fore edge deckled as fuck
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
my fore edge deckled as fuck
i think its crazy that a lot of trans women will shun you (also a trans woman) for not agreeing that trans masc people are the devil.
July 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
i think its crazy that a lot of trans women will shun you (also a trans woman) for not agreeing that trans masc people are the devil.
my fear is that the end of the trump regime is actually close, but that the democrats don’t have the guts or desire to actually fix anything afterward. they will do the “our long national nightmare is over” speech and then nothing will change.
July 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
my fear is that the end of the trump regime is actually close, but that the democrats don’t have the guts or desire to actually fix anything afterward. they will do the “our long national nightmare is over” speech and then nothing will change.
been relearning to sew to solve the issue of No One Makes Normal, Non-Sexy Women’s Cuts of Underwear With a Wide Enough Gusset To Contain A Trans Woman’s Junk Without Tucking. pleased to find that some of my store-bought underwear have like, many of the same mistakes and imperfections as my attempts
July 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
been relearning to sew to solve the issue of No One Makes Normal, Non-Sexy Women’s Cuts of Underwear With a Wide Enough Gusset To Contain A Trans Woman’s Junk Without Tucking. pleased to find that some of my store-bought underwear have like, many of the same mistakes and imperfections as my attempts
being a trans woman with severe adhd is like being trapped in your body in two, mutually reinforcing ways at the same time. i put off shaving my face and get increasingly dysphoric until the agony of the dysphoria manages to overcome the executive dysfunction. and then the cycle repeats.
i hate body hair so much. it is the single greatest dysphoria trigger in my life and i have so much of it and there is no way to remove it that isnt incredibly time consuming, incredibly painful, and incredibly expensive. it is a nightmare.
July 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
being a trans woman with severe adhd is like being trapped in your body in two, mutually reinforcing ways at the same time. i put off shaving my face and get increasingly dysphoric until the agony of the dysphoria manages to overcome the executive dysfunction. and then the cycle repeats.