This is the way.

Excellent.

Unfortunately, if anyone sees a picture of my face under anything short of ideal conditions I enter a rage state like SCP-096

... I'm realizing that my usual grinning-buffoon vibe felt a lot more congruous next to my old Twitter profile picture than it does beside my actual face

Okay, but they've gotta have IR cameras so we at home can watch everyone fall over each other whenever it happens

It gets brighter every time, eventually reaching hazardous levels and turning basketball into Chicken

A court that slopes inwards to form a kind of bowl.

This also meant telling her I really like Wicked, leading to her suggesting that we work on me singing For Good as a one-person two-voice duet. So now I have to close Bluesky for the night and go sob because *thanking my old self for all the good he did me despite it all* is rather a lot.

The newer Fire Emblem games do this: They have two versions of every chapter's theme and blend from the lighter one to the heavier one during combat, then back to the lighter one afterwards. As a bonus, the same songs can be on my workout and study playlists. I like it a lot.

I'm always saying this.

🫡

What a heartbreaking story to even hear about from afar.

I hope the author finds peace, for everyone's sake including their own. May they heal.

But also...I hope they find quiet very much faster. May they shut up.

I need to go rinse out my brain.