Some Things We Learn From Experience.

I think it's really funny how school, like 5 or so years ago, drilled the dangers of deepfakes into our brains. Theyd show a vid of obama talking and saying absolute bull and then reveal it was fake. This past year this technology seems to have become more widespread, especially with voice filters, and I just love the fact that I've never once apart from that time in school seen a deepfake or anything actually pretending to be real

Deepfakes today are like "oh heres trump rapping about having shat his pants with flashing lights" or absolutely insanely good fan edits

School really made me think deepfakes would be a big problem in my life, but it ended up just being used for memes, and I am HERE for it

Oh I know we’ll meet again some sunny day…

[Image ID: A painted image of Castiel and Dean from Supernatural. Cas is wearing his traditional trench coat outfit. Dean is outfitted in a green jacket, red flannel, distressed bluejeans and brown work boots. The two both have small daisies in their hair.

The two are embracing on a sunny patch of meadow with daisies peppered around their feet. Cas’s multicolored wings are tucked into a resting position as he hovers slightly above the ground. Cas has Dean’s head tucked into his chest, his face resting on Dean’s hair giving him a kiss. Dean has one arm around Cas’s waist and the other resting on the back of his neck, a smile on his face and tear on his cheek. A sunset lights them from behind. End ID]

Was really nervous about doing badly at my heart thingy today, so when the nurse placed all the electrodes and hooked me up to the machine I pulled out every trick my 6(?) Years of synchronized swimming taught me of controlling my heart rate and made it as low as I could

I am thankfully not very skilled at this so hopefully it didn't mess up my results

I was also completely topless in front of a stranger so my heartrate was likely a lil bit elevated from that

We watched a sex ed show in the 7th grade. This show played during lunch. One of the episodes just flashed a bunch of different (REAL) adult penises in our faces.

The trauma of it turned me into a lesbian, I came out two years later.

Why are you lgbtq+? wrong answers only GO

Deciding not to go forward with any higher education after high school was honestly one of the best decisions of my life.

I've always done quite well in school when it comes to grades etc, but for the past 5 years of it I'd spent every day exhausted and depressed, and I can't honestly say I retained ANY of the information I learned the last 3 years.

Most of my friends are currently studying, and every time I see one of them work with school stuff I just feel so relieved that I'm never going to have to do any of that shit again.

The only reason this was a hard decision for me, is because my entire life it was so ingrained in me that further studies was just what you did (especially here in norway where education is free). In the 10th grade, we applied for schools in class. It wasn't an option to just not apply, even though school after the 10th grade is optional in Norway. And then towards the end of 13th grade we had classes focusing on seeing different universities and different courses we could take, which for people who, like myself, were properly struggeling to get through each day at that school, was very demotivating. Just the knowledge of never being done with classes, studying, and tests.

My parents had a very hard time accepting this choice, being completely convinced that I'd change my mind some day, but what they somehow don't realize is that my biggest dream is working in a book store. I don't want an office job where I sit in meetings or at a computer all day, and I have no interest in taking on any more responsibility than that. I enjoy helping costumers in the store, and for a lot of people, that is the job they have for their whole life, and that's totally fine!

I am very lucky to be living in norway, where the minimum wage is an actual liveable wage (at least if you don't have kids, which I have never wanted), so I understand not everyone, especially a lot of disabled people who can't work a "normal" work-week, are able to just opt out of higher education if they are given the opportunity, simply because they wouldn't be able to survive on the money they'd get from such a job.

But for people who live in countries where it is possible to live a good life without higher education, I truly feel like it should be more normalized to just work at a place for joy, and not just as a stepping stone to a "better" position with more responsibility and a higher salary.

(Not to mention the fact that there are way too many jobs now that you seriously don't need higher education to do, but that for some reason requires it anyway)

Maybe YOU don't want a Supernatural revival. I am gay and built different

It's like "damn its kinda cold out" cold if its less than 0°C, but for it to be like "shit its cold!" Its gotta be like -10°C

I live in norway

what temperature do u consider cold and where do u live? 👀

I'm pretty sure I was more open to other people having different opinions than me as a child than I am now.

I remember being all "people can vote what they want! Voting should be anonymous! People have different opinions!" Then I turned 18 and actually had to understand my country's politics. So now I'm over here like "if you vote for any of the right wing parties you are a selfish asshole and don't deserve to call yourself norwegian <3"

Let's all take a moment to remember the way my computer engineer dad (in like 2014) watched me playing minecraft, came up to me and asked "hey, do you want me to fix it so everything isn't so square and pixelated?"...

My mom died laughing