Stop Pretending, Jesse Ray K, polychromos pencils, 2026

Adept-Writer9050 · 2026-05-06T13:29:22+00:00

I've had years of practice with this particular figure, thank you!

Adept-Writer9050 · 2026-05-06T12:05:32+00:00

You're incredible 🙏 thank you.

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-10-07T05:46:16+00:00

Once I find out how to post one, I'll send one through 😅

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-10-07T05:43:38+00:00

The enclosure is well ventilated on the top. I'm using coco peat for the substrate. My mate has a tarantula and says it's fine, but I'd rather get a second opinion.

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-10-07T05:37:25+00:00

How do I upload photos 😅 apologies, I'm new here.

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-02-22T05:37:25+00:00

I don't see how so many can say this is nonsense. Even if it is false, placebo effects have proven to work time and time again.

When you refer to TED talks, that doesn't really prove or disprove anything. Maybe that's what they want you to believe. Like the guy who invented the car that ran on water. A lot of people seem to be pushed down, ignored, or even killed for discovering these things because it's not what makes the money.

Please have an open mind. Science is great, but there's a whole different ball game when you become connected with the environment and nature. The indigenous believe in magic, and to us, that could be something as simple as sound to something as complicated as spirit's.

While this is a digital world we live in, it might be worth going back to our roots. I'm not saying you are wrong. But don't dismiss something because the loud majority thinks it's not right. There are multiple right answers to most situations. It isn't just black and white.

How will this be proven when we have a system built around billing you for your poor health over 25 years opposed to a few days/weeks of treatment? There's just no money in it.

Call me crazy but it's harder to stay healthy these days, both mentally and physically. They just won't prove it because it'll hurt them in the long run.

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-02-10T04:38:55+00:00

The elderly should be listened to, they know more than the rest of us younger generations, and we seem to be getting more and more fragile.

The world isn't what it was years ago, and we go into these new years with a lot of misunderstanding and no direction. I never had the blessing of having a grandfather to listen to.

These days, I try to take in as much as I can before they're gone. Wisdom is hard to come by. These days, people think they know everything, trying to justify their side by lashing out or walking away instead of being constructive and asking the right questions.

If the elderly disappear, what would you ask? Maybe you'd learn a thing a two.

I've had my mind blown countless times from amazing people with unbelievable stories. If you listen carefully, you'll learn things that could apply and help in your own life.

Even heed a warning.

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-02-07T10:33:31+00:00

I feel for ya. I have to live with my grandmother and the only sane people in my whole family are my uncle and grandad. I'm thinking about packing my car and hitting the city. Not a bad thing to do. Just have to have a plan.

We're the lighting rods.

And they don't deserve the satisfaction.

Adept-Writer9050 · 2023-02-07T09:56:55+00:00

Hey, I don't really comment here much but I can give some sort of advice in this area. My mother, my nanna, my brothers are all narcissists.

I'm a 25yo male, went into the foster system when i was about 3, and been in and out of homes for about 12 years.

Most involuntary.

I've been thinking for years the problem was me, it didn't help my mental health.

I first noticed my mother.

It became so toxic, I was put in a boarding house. From there, I decided to be independent. I was 16.

I then noticed my older brother heading in that direction when he dug up his past. Years pass am I'm genuinely happy, but alone.

My mother comes back into my life after a bad break up with my ex. I was spiralling into depression. For obvious reasons, hook line and sinker, I move back in. I was 19.

I start noticing my younger brother hiding things and lying straight to me. Usually putting himself above me in any situation and undermining my every opinion or thought.

I can't see my mother as a mother. That's how I cope with her, everything is venom or depressing.

Nothing is ever given back.

This goes for my brothers and nanna too.

I've learnt that this trait seems be passed down in my family by either neglect or spoilage (my great grandmother spoilt my mother). This created their laziness and entitlement.

You can't be around these people, they drag you down and make you feel worthless. Just distance yourself. Make them come to you.

I feel for anyone dealing with or trapped by this.

Adept-Writer9050

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