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(And no, I don't give a shit about the schadenfreude. I really am just happy to see that we're doing better than we used to in terms of caring about our fellow human beings.)

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There's a whole thread that goes with that, but it's basically "Yeah, we're all struggling, but we help each other whenever we can", and I love it.

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Gotta crosspost this one, because it's so, so true, and shows positive progress.

"Very broadly in my experience:

Boomers and GenX: someone I love needs financial help? Better draw up a loan agreement. Can't have them thinking anything in this world comes easy.

Millennials and Zoomers: here's everything I can spare. Pay it forward when you have the means."

Source: twitter.com/litui/status/11975

Btw, if anyone is interested in what they're doing /inside/ Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement to dismantle the older stuff and make it truly safe, this video is pretty awesome. youtube.com/watch?v=-wMk_YLdwq

(And that goes out as a warning, as I'm not the only one I know who had a flu shot and got a different strain instead. Take care of yourselves this season!)

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Well, given I'm four days in, I'm guessing this is the Flu. Milder than it could be, but I still feel godawful. (And yes I got my Flu shot, must be a different strain.)

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(Been under the weather since Friday, hence the lack of posting here. >.<)

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the documented presence of "Solid Snake" implies that other states exist, potentially those of "Liquid Snake," "Gaseous Snake," and "Plasma Snake." in this essay I will

kink, but depressing about the state of the world. 

I... I can't see a single lie in this.

Michael felt the need for a year and a small metal flask.

#ProcGen #fiction

So I started following @madikov and it's so good on occasion I now have to double-take to see if it's the bot or @makyo@snouts.online proper. XD

Pleasure may hurt, ache, burn, May steal hours of sleep, a scant second of perspective, and I set about with a will, ignoring querulous voices in favor of your leaving.

#ProcGen #poetry

"I wish for a family."

"Don't you already have one?" asked the genie.

"I wouldn't mind a better one..."

"Do you wish for your current family to be..." the genie made a grim gesture.

"No! No I mean... I guess I like them but I have to be someone very specific for them."

"Understood."

With a solemn magical nod, the means of a new family appeared in my hands.

"A laptop?"

"With unlimited internet access and airline miles."

"Yesss."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

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