.::elevation to a higher ground::.

sayonaramidnight

I wonder if I should make one of these pinned introductory posts I see a lot, because everything opens in dashboard these days and no one goes to people’s main sites anymore.

You know: links to my other sites, DNIs*, attempts on deceiving you into belief I’m actually a) not an apathetic jerk who whines a lot; b) running a FFXIV blog; c) definitely not older than most of you**. All the stuff cool kids include.

But before I do that, let me welcome you with open arms and a cup of tea of your choice. If you live in a different time zone and miss this post, you will still get the tea, but I’ll be the one who chooses the ingredients and you’ll never even know you’ve got it <3

I have an AO3 account and an art tag; I used to hang out on deviantART a lot as well, back when all my friends were still there; and on my better days I post my stuff here. I enjoy getting lost in interesting stories and cheering you on when you create them.

Tales from other worlds:

FFXIV | PoE | FNV | SWTOR | 7KPP | DA

Tales from my (or shared) worlds:

Broken Mirrors | Rose & Flame

*Just kidding, I know how pointless those are.
**No one believes in my real age anyway.

me being random sorry I'm alone at work today and instead of using this time for being creative as I should I'm in a weird mood and talking weird shit

kaleighbytheway

The very excited blonde lady owns the resort where this is taken. She’s super excited because this is the closest they’ve ever come in before. Everyone else is less excited because this was taken crack of dawn; when blonde lady realized how close the whales were coming, she ran around waking everybody up to see it.

theillogicalvulcan

A good, wholesome post.

mobgoblin

Queued right up for it

philosophybits

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”

— Plato, Sophist

zzz0le

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stardew valley

ewylana

I am back at learning oil painting !

Enjoy som KotoR fanart ! Will you follow Revan in the unknown regions where dark forces awaits ?

KotOR 2

sandersstudies

Best attribute you can have working with kids is chillness. You can and should still enforce rules and expectations, but kids pick up massively on vibes and if you are chill, you become a dam to unchillness

sandersstudies

Sometimes kids don’t need to hear “this behavior is unacceptable,” sometimes they need to hear “bruh.”

sandersstudies

If you establish really clear expectations from the get-go, kids usually don’t actually need any second explanation. You can just say “dude” and they will self-correct unless they are actively trying to be disruptive.

sandersstudies

“Guys if you don’t behave I’m not going to do the Fortnite dance for you anymore.”

“NOOOOOOOOO”

sandersstudies

Also if you sincerely commit to being chill 99.9% of the time, they will take that remaining 0.1% WAY more seriously when it’s actually most essential. (For me this line is crossed with unwanted violence or sexual behavior toward other students, but depending on the age group the line may be drawn elsewhere: for young children it is probably more centered around dangerous behavior and personal risk.)

sandersstudies

@vyeoh Hope it’s okay if I steal your tags and expand on them.

I’ve found it’s very effective to focus on how kids’ behavior affects others, including me, before focusing on their personal risk.

If I tell kids stuff like “stop that because you could get hurt,” common responses are “no I won’t” or “if I do I don’t care.”

I’ve found it’s actually way more effective to bring somebody else’s feelings and responsibilities into the mix so they understand OTHERS better. Examples vary by age but can look like this:

1) I know YOU feel okay dangling from the upper railing, but you are making me feel very scared and nervous. Would you mind stopping so I don’t feel scared and nervous anymore?

2) I realize YOU are willing to face consequences related to opening the fire alarm door, but if you do, I will have to go talk to the camp leader and also do an incident report, which would mean we cannot play mafia during free time today.

3) Hey. I know the street looks empty right now and we are having fun, but if a car comes around that corner and hits you, I am going to have to drive you to the emergency room and also call your mom, and I really don’t want to tell your mom I was watching you and you got hit by a car.

sandersstudies

Another very fun thing is to say (when true) “this rule applies to EVERYONE, even grown-ups. If you are doing a good job and then you see a grown-up breaking this rule, you can tell the grown-up to stop.” They often get busy watching out for the grown-ups to break the rule and stop breaking the rule themselves.

roach-works

with LITTLE kids like 4-6 i've found the best way to get them to do stuff is pretend you can't do it yourself and ask for their help. you can make a game of it like 'let's see how much we can lift or how fast we can go' but kids that are angry little demons in the face of mom and dad's constant nagging and demanding are pretty cool with helping a friend out with a problem he's having. it really engages little kids to see that a grownup guy could need help from them! and it flatters the independent kids who actually really do need, at this stage in their development, to see themselves as powerful and capable and ready to make their own decisions.

and when you absolutely need to slam the breaks on 'no it's not safe to play in the road' or whatever you just say 'i know kids die that way and your mom would be SO MAD at me if you died while i was there. let's play over here. 😢' and they always fold. Mom Will Get Mad At Me is a universal game over.

at a certain age they're bright enough to suggest that mom doesn't have to KNOW which is hilarious but the checkmate to that is just 'i will cry. come back.' even if they know that you, a grown man with a beard, probably will not cry.... they fold. but with the most gracious attitude.

sandersstudies

Once watched a masterful child-director convince a bunch of five year olds that he’d never sat in a chair before and he needed them to show him how

gayvampyr

a screenshot of a post in subreddit AskReddit. the title reads, "Left handed people - what in the world just doesn't work properly for you?"

a response by user bk775: "Ball point pens. They are designed for the ball to be pulled across the paper. When you're a lefty you push it across the paper and alot of them do not write correctly because of it." There is a reply that says, "Wait... I've had this problem all my life and never realized why. Always looking at pens that stopped working and seeing they still had plenty of ink left." Another reply says, No shit... this whole post is teaching me all the ways being a lefty sucks that I never realized. Brooms, pens, everything else. I just thought every product was a peice of shit, and it turns out it was me all along." Below is a third reply that says, "Came looking for this answer!! It took me 46 yrs to have this click in my brain. I hate certain pens. As a kid I wanted so badly to use the glitter gel pens and couldn't figure out why they never worked for me. I figured it out watching my spouse and kid write with a pen after I couldn't get it to work. It also was the point where my spouse was able to see the world from my lefty perspective. He is basically like "This shit sucks for you"."

A reply that says "Spiral bound notebooks. Can openers. Lead pencils and certain gel pens smudge as you write. Certain computer mice if your like me and only want to use one left handed (thank God for left handed gaming mice)". A reply to this comment says " had a math professor that would take me down a letter grade for having smudges on homework.. I told her am left handed and her response to me was to get a left handed notebook... I failed that class, biggest waste of 300". A second reply says "I had a French teacher who gave me detentions for using ballpoint pens instead of fountain pens (I told her when I use fountain pen it's illegibly smudged), and then gave me detention when I used fountain pen and it smudged. 15+ years on and I still think about how much I loathe Mrs Smith."

a comment that says "chairs for students (when there are individual chairs) have writing pad on the right hand side. That sucks." A reply to this comment that says, Most of the classrooms in college had 1 or 2 left handed like those and all of us lefties always rushed to see who could get one first". Another reply: "It's funny cause in my area, as the lefty desks were on the outside, the people who wanted to leave early would grab them and actual lefties never got to use them."

A comment that says, "Try drawing a line, 'pulling' a pen and then 'pushing' it to feel the difference in smoothness. Also mugs with logos on one side that are not visible when used in the left hand. Or site sign-in books in narrow spaces in doorways, with a pen on the wrong side - oddly common. Rulers with the numbers on the wrong side."

A comment that says, "Every lawnmower l've used has the pull cord on the right side. This means I either have to use my weaker hand to start it or stand in an awkward position to pull with my left." A reply says, "Add chainsaws and hedge trimmers etc to that too. They put the controls so you have to have a right handed stance, with sided switches. Throws my entire body off and makes every job require extra effort."

"haven't seen anyone say this yet but tutorials, especially for things like crocheting. i have to mirror everything in my head"

a comment: "Eating at a table next to somebody right-handed. As a lefty, you get used to keeping your elbow tucked in and down to prevent hitting the person sitting to the left. Right-handed eaters (not all) just let that chicken wing flap."

A comment that reads: "I didn't see anyone mention this one yet, Brooms, where the stick screws into the brush part. The way I naturally grip a broom and sweep causes it to gradually unscrew itself until the brush part falls off So, I have to swap which hand is on top and my entire stance so my sweeping motion will constantly screw the stick and brush tighter together instead. It's easily manageable but sometimes at the end of a long day of work you're tired, sweeping up and not thinking about having to do it opposite, the broom detaches." a reply says "Oh is THAT why the broom always unscrews for me. That makes so much sense"

and my personal favorite:

a comment that says "credit card readers always angled for right handers". a response says "Or the pen is attached to the right side and the wire isn't long enough". A second reply says "The instant rage I just felt from reading this. Ugh, I hate this so much"

i love getting validation as a lefty but also learning about new fun ways it continues to suck

tevruden

I have to squeeze my fucking wire crimpers with my RIGHT hand because if I don't everything has to be upside-down

fiftysevenacademics

Wow, I have the same problem with some brooms and mops coming unscrewed. Gel pens have never worked right for me, either.

How about doorknobs and handles? Doors are always set to open with the right hand. Back in the day of rotary dial phones, they were set up for dialing with the right hand so that's what I learned to do and even now, I tap the buttons on my cell phone with the right when I want to dial.

There are so many things I've learned to do with my right hand because the tool in question was made to be used that way. This slight ambidexterity came in "handy" recently when I broke a finger on my left hand. Turns out, it wasn't that hard to start doing even more with my right hand and eventually, I could even write OK.

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