i’m not saying this to be snobby bc i’m not expecting everyone to know their art history and i do this too, but i do think it’s genuinely funny that whenever people online see ugly old art they assume it’s medieval art, and whenever people see complicated realistic figures and scenes they assume it’s renaissance art, or less commonly baroque.
people thinking fernando botero’s cat paintings are medieval art is especially funny cause he’s literally still alive
this image (still life with green soup) was created in 1972 and people thought it was from ~400 AD to 1400 AD, like it has a modern doorknob and a modern kettle and everything
But that cat is honestly old as time. Like, y’all see what’s happened here right? The cat is a time traveler who has brought the doorknob and kettle back with him to medieval times (when this was painted) bc he thought they were pretty cool. Fernando Botero is obvi a warlock who trapped the timecat in this painting bc he was too powerful and was messing w/ the timeline. This painting is allowed to exist so it can be a warning to all other mischievous timecats not to step out of line.
Couple Mourning Their Cat Find a Note from a Stranger Whose Life was Touched by Their Cat
A couple from the UK were saddened when their cat suddenly passed away, but little did they know that their beloved feline had helped fill a void in a stranger’s life.
Bear and his brother Teddy were always together, sharing their every adventure. What their humans (reddit user TravUK) didn’t know was that they had made a friend next door for quite some time.Two weeks ago, Bear suddenly passed away. As the couple was still in mourning, they came to find a note attached to Teddy’s collar one day. That’s when they realized that someone else they had never met was also missing their cat.The note reads: “Dear Owner; I’m your neighbour, living in 4. I’m also your cats’ close friends as they (2 cats) are used to coming to my room everyday. But one of them, a bigger one has disappeared for two weeks. Is he ok? I’m so worried about him. He is so lovely cat and always touched my heart. Wish he is fine. – Y.T. 2/March/2017.”
“We posted a letter back into number 4, saying that our other cat had passed away. We also included our email address,” TravUK said.When they woke up the next morning, they received a lengthy email from the neighbor, explaining how she loved her time with their cats, especially Bear.
The cat admirer is an exchange student from China studying at a nearby University. She loved every second she spent with Bear as he filled her heart with joy and kept her company when she needed a friend. As a student studying overseas, she experienced being homesick. Bear was able to comfort her and remind her of home.The email she sent touched the couple’s hearts. She shared how she used to practice her university presentations to Bear. “He would sit on her bed and listen… she didn’t have anyone else to practice with. Very touching… She even attached some pictures they had taken of my boys which warmed my heart,” he said.
The neighbor visited Bear at his grave in their garden and brought him flowers to show him just how much he meant to her. “Makes you proud that he could brighten up more than just my households lives.”
Here’s the thing about being a “perfectionist”, the anxiety doesn’t come from “this has to be perfect and even if I have to do it 100 times.” The anxiety come from “if I don’t get this perfect or correct on the first try, then I’m an idiot and a total failure.”
A lot of the time, this is not an idea that people have just pulled out of thin air, either. That message has been pushed at them to the point that they’ve internalized it.
to me, one of the weirdest things about our economy right now is the credential inflation
like my dad got a job as a mechanic when he graduated high school, and he was employed with a high school diploma to a full time job with a union, and had health insurance and benefits.
at this point, I have graduated from high school, have a Bachelor’s degree, have a Master’s Degree, have two years of experience working in my field, and am a due paying member of multiple professional organizations. And that qualifies me to compete in a two-stage interview process for a part time job that offers no health care.
This is what decades of stripping the working class of their rights looks like.
If you were in a social skills class or a life skills program, did they ever teach you:
-The signs of a toxic/abusive friend, family member, partner, spouse, etc,.?
-How to cut off a toxic/abusive friend, family member, partner, spouse, etc,.?
-What to do if someone touches you in a way you don’t want them to?
-How to deal with suicidal ideation/feelings/thoughts?
-That you can tell someone to not touch you if you’re not comfortable with being touched?
-How to tell if someone is trying to take advantage of you?
-How to defend yourself if you get mugged?
-How to know if someone is lying to you?
-That it’s okay to fuck this shit up sometimes?
-General self-advocacy?
Because to my knowledge, I wasn’t taught shit about these in social skills classes. But IDK if my schools just had shit social skills programs or if this is happening everywhere.
I wasn’t taught the signs of an abusive person until my first year in college, in my Sociology class AFTER THE EMOTIONAL ABUSE HAPPENED.
If I was taught those in high school, especially for social skills because a lot of abuse tends to rely on manipulating communication, it would’ve probably saved me so much time and effort.
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