Do you draw stuff? You're an artist.
Do you write stuff? You're a writer.
Do you photograph stuff? You're a photographer.
Your level of skill or competence in those fields don't matter, and it certainly doesn't matter whether or not you've been paid to do them. You don't need to say you're an 'aspiring' anything - you *are* the thing.
Do the thing. #WormsOfAffirmation
We are 1 month away from the next Lisp Game Jam! Make a dating sim in Emacs Lisp. Or make a Souls-like in Chicken Scheme (aka Chicken Scheme for the Souls.) Or make a kart racer in Fennel. Or make a post-apocalyptic action platformer in Common Lisp. Or make a roguelike in Racket. Or make a farming sim in Guile. Or make a strand type game in Clojure.
things i appreciate about being abdl
it's no exaggeration to say that being abdl is the source of a huge number of positive traits that i have now that make me who i am
ones that i wouldn't trade anything for~
and for all the interpersonal-kryptonite i worried it could become, it also has indirectly informed the way i interact with others to such an enormous degree that i feel has had the opposite effect; making me legitimately a better person
which makes me happy too!
things i appreciate about being abdl
compare that to now, where i legitimately feel lucky that i'm abdl!
but, also!
kink, abdl
i don't know what i expected
them: "so, you are saying you like to feel cute and be comfortable in platonic settings by wearing underwear you like?"
me: y-yes
them: "get out of here, that's too hardcore, man. friendship over"
i legit thought i would be ostracized
and while there are definitely people who can be icked out by this kind of thing (which is why i cw!) it's almost funny how distorted my perception was
kink description (abdl)
there probably aren't many peeps who follow me that don't already know, but juuust in case, i may as well elaborate!
tl;dr - i'm abdl, which for me means i'm someone who thinks diapers are cute, and having them as a part of my self-image makes me happier overall~
combine this with being asexual, and essentially the vibes i like the most are just comfy and cozy ones!
and i mean, yeah! it is pretty unusual–but i definitely overestimated how much it ire it would draw
kink
thinking about how much i worried about people learning that i liked something weird compared to the reactions i actually got when i confided in them
almost universally, the reactions i got were "wait, that's it??"
it's like they were disappointed it wasn't something wilder, and that i just spent so much emotional energy on the most innocent thing imaginable
also, oh wow! today's xkcd is wild
oh hi! i do computers, and sometimes draw stuff~ i like lo-fi things and cute aesthetics!
i also probably like you
(also, tagged #abdl ahead, soooo 🔞)