Should anyone need it, I am more than willing to lend you my stick
FOR ANYONE WHO CAN’T READ THIS
[I’m a therapist and keep this poster in my waiting room, apparently it’s saved a few lives
I DON’T LIKE THE PHRASE “A CRY FOR HELP.” I JUST DON’T LIKE HOW IT SOUNDS. WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS TO ME, “I’M THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE, I HAVE A PLAN; I JUST NEED A REASON NOT TO DO IT,” THE LAST THING I SEE IS HELPLESSNESS
I THINK: YOUR DEPRESSION HAS BEEN BEATING YOU UP FOR YEARS. IT’S CALLED YOU UGLY, AND STUPID, AND PATHETIC, AND A FAILURE, FOR SO LONG THAT YOU’VE FORGOTTEN THAT IT’S WRONG. YOU DON’T SEE ANY GOOD IN YOURSELF, AND YOU DON’T HAVE ANY HOPE.
BUT STILL. HERE YOU ARE: YOU’VE COME OVER TO ME, BANGED ON MY DOOR, AND SAID, “HEY! STAYING ALIVE IS REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW! JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO FIGHT WITH! I DON’T CARE IF IT’S A STICK! GIVE ME A STICK AND I CAN STAY ALIVE!”
HOW IS THAT HELPLESS? I THINK THAT’S INCREDIBLE. YOU’RE LIKE A MARINE: TRAPPED FOR YEARS BEHIND ENEMY LINES, YOUR GUN HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY, YOU’RE OUT OF AMMO, YOU’RE MALNOURISHED, AND YOU’VE PROBABLY CAUGHT SOME KIND OF JUNGLE VIRUS THAT’S MAKING YOU HALLUCINATE GIANT SPIDERS.
AND YOU’RE STILL JUST GOING, “GIVE ME A STICK. I’M NOT DYING OUT HERE.“
“A CRY FOR HELP” MAKES IT SOUND LIKE I’M SUPPOSED TO TAKE PITY ON YOU, BUT YOU DON’T NEED MY PITY. THIS ISN’T PATHETIC. THIS IS THE WILL TO SURVIVE. THIS IS HOW HUMANS LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME THE DOMINANT SPECIES.
WITH NO HOPE, RUNNING ON NOTHING, YOU’RE READY TO CUT THROUGH A HUNDRED MILES OF HOSTILE JUNGLE WITH NOTHING BUT A STICK, IF THAT’S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO SAFETY
I just commented this on a transphobic post that was all like, “In a sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y, I’m not a bigot it’s just science.” I’m a science teacher so I responded with this.
First of all, in a sexual species, you can have females be XX and males be X (insects), you can have females be ZW and males be ZZ (birds), you can have females be females because they developed in a warm environment and males be males because they developed in a cool environment (reptiles), you can have females be females because they lost a penis sword fighting contest (some flatworms), you can have males be males because they were born female, but changed sexes because the only male in their group died (parrotfish and clownfish), you can have males look and act like females because they are trying to get close enough to actual females to mate with them (cuttlefish, bluegills, others), or you can be one of thousands of sexes (slime mold, some mushrooms.) Oh, did you mean humans? Oh ok then. You can be male because you were born female, but you have 5-alphareductase deficiency and so you grew a penis at age 12. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but you are insensitive to androgens, and so you have a female body. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but your Y is missing the SRY gene, and so you have a female body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but one of your X’s HAS an SRY gene, and so you have a male body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes- but also a Y. You can be female because you have only one X chromosome at all. And you can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but your heart and brain are male. And vice – effing – versa. Don’t use science to justify your bigotry. The world is way too weird for that shit.
Addressing this to the TERF that assaulted me.
as a biologist I love that humans think there are 2 sexes but mold just said “fuck the police I’ll be genetically compatible with whatever 698,307 sexual variants I want”
My
gf of 3 years is the queen of “wherever” and “I don’t care” when it
comes to this. This little game fixed our problem immediately. It takes
the pressure off of her, but still gives her a choice about where to
eat.
(this can also work with kids and indecisive friends)
How to hack executive dysfunction
This is also an issue with people who put the desires of others above their own. They have trouble choosing because they worry they’ll chose something you don’t want. This game lets them have a say while knowing the place picked is desirable to both of you
Instructions: Thin with water to increase flow as required. Paint with it.
Stuart Semple is so full of gentle but pointed snark and a burning desire for accessible art, I love him. I love that no matter what Anish Kapoor does, Stuart Semple will be there, making fun of him and selling affordable art supplies to anyone who wants them.
Iit smells like black cherry? Fuck yes
Is that the same guy that gave him a middle finger by making the wordest brightest pink and putting in the terms of use that the Vantablack asshole is the only man not allowed to use it?
I love this because it’s like watching a comic book fight between an art themed hero and his super villain nemesis that wants to keep all the art things to himself.
Yes, and that same jerk broke said terms of use by having someone get him the pink pigment and he then literally gave
Semple
and the world the middle finger, after dipping it in the pink pigment. No class whatsoever.
Semple responded by somehow getting Vanta Black (or his own newly made pigment, can’t remember which) and giving the peace sign to everyone with two voided out fingers. Seriously, they looked like a bad video edit.
Sounds like he’s attempting to flush his reputation down the crapper with keeping such a huge advance in art technology to himself AND throwing a tempter tantrum over the backlash.
I’m glad this Semple dude is standing up his bullshit.
Ya’ll are missing one very important point: Vantablack is caustic. Direct skin contact can cause really gnarly chemical burns. Despite that, the “void is staring back at you” black is something just about any artist would want to experiment with, even if you need to handle it as a hazmat chemical.
So, Semper’s peace sign in his own “deep space between stars” black is downright incredible as it’s SAFE. Anyone can use it, it even smells good without the scent affecting the color or consistency.
An artist in his studio whipped up a safe alternative to a pigment that chemical engineers have to make in a controlled lab.
Semper’s vengence led to a breakthrough that benefits artists of all levels the world over, and that’s just lovely.
It’s like he used the power of righteous hatred the same way some people use the power of love.
His intense need to spite the VB asshole let to him making a scientific breakthrough that shits all over his product.
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