u/AtomicFeckMagician

Based on this morning's events 🥲 shiddy sketch by me.

Not shown is the equally large pile of graph paper notebooks which just hit different 🤌 You may notice that the top books aren't even unpackaged. They were a gift and I've challenged myself to not buy a single new notebook or open that package until all of these others are used. Actually the red leather journal and the cat one were also gifts but I already started using the cat one.

This is a reoccurring topic and I always see the same answers. That you can't, that that's just how skin looks if you have dark hair and pale skin and shave, use glycolic acid, use an exfoliating glove, laser - when it's actually so much simpler and involves no products. It's only difficult because it takes a commitment and ignores what society has demanded of us for so long.

You have to let your skin heal.

I used to be someone who ran a razor over my legs every time I showered. My strawberry legs were very typical and like every other image that pops up on Reddit. I tried lots of products, techniques, switching razors, until eventually I just couldn't take it any more and stopped, completely. I didn't shave my legs for a month. My hair got long and I even felt it waft in the breeze. When I finally shaved again before a doctor's appointment, my skin was so smooth and not a strawberry to be found.

I shave my legs no more than once a week now, unless there's a special occasion. Nobody notices. I wear shorts, and no one stares at my legs like I was afraid they would if I had even a hint of stubble. I realized that with healed skin, my stubble was barely even noticeable from a distance, because I didn't have big angry dark spots for each hair follicle, just little shoots of hair like you see in this zoomed in photo. This is from shaving 48 hours ago. I let them get a couple millimeters long between shaves.

That's it. That's the big secret.

It's not in the trash, cupboards, fridge, sink, windowsill, bathroom etc. At least it gave me motivation to clean the counters thinking that would make it appear from thin air. It has a tinfoil lid now.

Feel free to drop suggestions on where I could have vanished the lid to and I will look.

Edit: the white thing you see on the floor to my right is not the lid, it's the top of my rice bucket, and the lid is not sitting on it (I checked in case they blended together)

This is just goofy lol I'm really surprised there are no blocks in place for this - but at least if I breed this horse when it grows up the odds of their offspring getting one or the other is pretty good!

It helps when it's one of my "washing dishes" shows so I likely wasn't paying close attention in the first place. M

The completely 2D texture of the roof attachments was an unpleasant surprise. It's least noticeable with the clean slate roof but come on..

Meme by me, art by Kalmahul on artstation

Breakfast First: Husband-made eggy-in-a-basket / toad-in-a-hole with foxpoint seasoning and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Forgot to take a pic before I ate the first one. He makes the bread extra crispy by using mayo instead of butter.

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I'm sure by now everyone who's Internet savvy and in women spaces has seen the commentary on not commenting on a woman's weight, even if you think it's a compliment.

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Yesterday I ran into an older woman I haven't seen in about a year. "Wow! You've really lost weight! You look great!"

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"Thanks," I said, "Unfortunately it's because I have a mysterious illness."

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I think it was because I've always seen the memes and commentary around "Don't compliment someone's weight loss, because you don't know the reason" that I was able to just whip that response out without even thinking about it. (It probably helps that I'm assertive regardless though) She didn't even respond to me, I saw the faintest drop in her smile before she immediately started talking to someone else I was with.

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For the last several months, I've been suffering from "something", currently unknown. I knew I was losing weight but I didn't realize it was actually noticeable. I've been overweight most of my life and always struggled to lose, but now that I am without effort, I don't want it. I don't want the symptoms of whatever this is, even if something I used to want is part of it.

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(And yes, I've been to the doctor, we've done a couple rounds of tests and there are more tests to come.)

I just know I'll get the dirty trait and then when I use an oopsie cookie it'll remove the pink coat and leave the dirt. My only hope is to breed it with a much fancier horse and hope for the best.

Had my first eye doctor visit in my adult life (20/20 vision let's goooo 💪) and I had no idea that the dilation drops would also make my vision blurry for like two hours! I had another appointment after but I couldn't see my phone and I had forgotten my meds. This slidy thing on my phone's wrist strap kept me entertained for like 40 minutes and I didn't bother the people around me. Highly recommend 👍 Not including a link cause I don't want it mistaken as affiliate promo but you can see the brand I used in the screenshot, though I'm sure there are plenty similar.

I changed it from "Recommendation" to "suggestion" because I can't resist alliteration.

It's probably already well known but I'm a bit shook lol well done Greg Chung

Wasn't sure whether to put this under Fanart or memes, but the Majiri should be afraid of us tbh

I realized as I drew this that I barely know what a watering can actually looks like

original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Palia/comments/1tknnk8/imagine_our_characters_in_real_life/

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