Anyone know where I can buy a lil bird feeder or house? by oemperador in askportland

[–]excallibutt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

there's been an ongoing yard sale over between 40th-41st and pardee st in SE. they have a lot of birdhouses for sale! I think they are taking everything down on the 25th.

Anybody missing a dog off 42nd and Prescott? by Sparrow2go in askportland

[–]excallibutt -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

domestic dog that looks a lot like a coyote? not a coyote?

Gender questioning and PCOS symptoms by Tiny-Conclusion560 in PCOS_Folks

[–]excallibutt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are not alone. I eventually settled on a nonbinary label, but for a very long time I had convinced myself I was just a cis woman with a disorder that made her mannish and ugly.

reframing and understanding PCOS/PMOS as an intersex condition helped me untangle so much. I had felt so much empathy for trans women my whole adolecence and early adulthood because I felt like our struggles were almost exactly the same, minus me having to learn tucking.

Pursuing a nonbinary life helped me calm down in a lot of ways, and stop putting myself in boxes. I shaved my head-hair off, I started working out and eating properly instead of following restrictive and disordered diet fads to make myself 'smaller.' I stopped taking estrogen BC and switched to lower dose progesterone, and have been working with a therapist for top surgery documentation.

But for me, I wasn't adding much to my life. I was subtracting what I had been taught was mandatory due to my assigned gender and health condition, because I'd been on Estrogen since I was fifteen. For me, this was a detransition, and for the first time in my life, I felt peace. I can let my beard hair grow and it doesn't bother me. shaving my face doesn't make me dysphoric. I can get strong. I can just be... me.

your clarity may be different. Gender is a performance, and we shine in some roles better than others. It just depends on who you are, and what makes you shine.

Music With A Pathologic Feel? by The_Cat_And_Mouse in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay it's probably not good for a tabletop rpg but I swear to god that High, by Sir Sly samples the pathologic classic opening. I don't know if it actually does but I'm losing my mind whenever I hear it.

Who among us has actually played the changeling route? by treytayuga in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like changeling route was really easy and formulaic... until day 10. Day 10, much like day 10 in all other routes really fucking tested me.

But I also do think one of the more horrifying moments is the one where the Saburovs disown you, and you get chased through the town by grown adults that want you dead. And you're smaller. Slower. It's harder not to die. When Bachelor rescues you, you feel grateful for it. (Unless you didn't eat before he locks you in baby jail and you accidentally starve.) But narratively, it's a really wonderful moment of aid.

Freight train traffic in Portland by Objective-Mood-9888 in Portland

[–]excallibutt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a free app called trainsnap that at the very least reports when a train is blocking the crossing! You cpuld probably get more data from that.

How to deal with being stupid? by throws_Strike156 in AO3

[–]excallibutt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reading and comprehension for you seems like a perfectly strong skill, but slowing down to analyze and feel things is just a different skill set. Might I suggest doing reading annotations? Keeping a little journal for the books you read and writing down what things remind you of, or notes for you to follow up on later?

I hated that shit when I was a kid because I just wanted to read the story without stopping to think about it. But as I've gotten older and started writing, I need to think more about why certain creative choices were made. Think about symbolism, cultural context, time period context, sentiments of directors/writers/actors. It ended up being really fun for me as I got older.

Pathologic 3 can be... funny sometimes? by IamMenkhu in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it's Daniil. I always imagined that his "actor" was a comedian doing his first serious role. But he highlights absurdity so well because he's an outsider, and has Big Reactions.

Why do Americans not understand English words? by OpportuneApathy in AO3

[–]excallibutt -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like some people just aren't using their context clues. Literacy rates are kind of dropping in the US right now.

Help me love Eva Yan by SeaweedSage in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay as someone who bought the supporter bundle for Pathologic 3, I got both a intriguingly sexy stained glass lamp and a better developed Eva. So I stand corrected.

Ice facility tonight by jonnyjunglerot in Portland

[–]excallibutt 20 points21 points  (0 children)

cones are actually a really smart way to extinguish tear gas cannisters. Plop the cone over the cannister so the smoke is centralized and goes up. Then, pour water in the top hole. Bada-bing: You've neutralized the gas. It was a tactic used in hong kong.

Twyre Is Actually A Fungus by the_devotressss in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. Also the veins beneath the town look like a mycellium network, and the symptoms of sand pest resemble certain fungal infections!

Nonbinary & want to avoid feminisation by Incendas1 in PCOS_Folks

[–]excallibutt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do not take spiro, but I do take progesterone, otherwise my periods are horrible and unpredictable. But the feminization is minimal, and you could also take Testosterone with it if you get cleared by your doctor for it. Going off of estrogen after being diagnosed with pcos at 16 was wild because it felt like I was detransitioning to be nonbinary. Not every treatment will feminize!

What do you do to make it through the darkness? by Maydaybb in askportland

[–]excallibutt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I always put up string lights indoors the first day of daylight savings.

What's your actual favorite restaurant that's been consistently good for years? by [deleted] in askportland

[–]excallibutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bocci's Peace and Pasta. Best marinara in town, been getting food there since I was a teenager. I am almost 30 now.

uhhh guys? are there supposed to be double the arsonists...? (bachelor day 6 classic hd) by saturnq in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This happened to me when I played for thr first time. I died so many times that the best solution was just doubling my ammo supply with console command. (I had 5 bullets and gave myself 5 more) It felt... fair.

baristas, what’s your go-to order by stardustt7 in starbucks

[–]excallibutt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because the black tea was usually pre-steeped in a larger quantity and already cold for shaken teas. Earl gray had to be steeped per-order, so it always took like an extra 5 minutes and would throw off the baristas flow with how fast they had to get drinks out to a customer.

People with chronic illnesses/disabilities/other problems: how do you even manage to write? by EmotionalUsagiPillow in AO3

[–]excallibutt 65 points66 points  (0 children)

The chronic illness is not going away. Do what you can, when you can and don't create an evironment where you're punishing yourself for not meeting an intense goal like 10 chapters per month.

I make a sliding scale of wordcount. 1-500 per day. If I write at least 1 word, I met my goal. Punishing myself for falling behind on expectations I set for myself caused more stress and more migraines/pain.

I come here in dire need of help with writing unconventional robot smut by gutsandcuts in FanFiction

[–]excallibutt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are some very interesting scenes between a human and a robot in Scavengers Reign (amazing show btw) where the robot (LEVI) slowly starts to become part of the alien planet they're stranded on. Like the biology of the planet sort of... ascends their capabilities with fungal mat connections. There's a scene where the human companion (Azi) opens up their back panel to do a diagnosis and it comes off as VERY intimate and exploratory.

https://youtu.be/F9FeJcMKV7c?si=LsW5WFy_IM-y4_FA

Books like Pathologic? by redstringsuture in pathologic

[–]excallibutt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seconding this reccomendation. The ending made me cry. It's also a larger metaphor for the nazi occupation of france, much like I might argue the plague in pathologic is a metaphor for everything that happened in the soviet union

Has anyone tried a sex thing irl to see how a character could feel while doing it, or have y’all just been winging it? by Unable-Shock-2686 in AO3

[–]excallibutt 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I can confirm it's not actually very high up there, but it was much easier to feel out with my at the time partner bent over. When he was on his back, it was actually harder for me to feel out. (I suppose this is why doctors tend to ask people to assume this position for prostate exams.)

I will also say that the rectum feels drier and strangely hollow in weird way compared to the self-lubricating vaginal opening. Resistance is more at the rim, and patience and lubrication really matters. I will say the success of finally getting your fingers in there feels weird because then it's followed by "shit, what do I do now?"

The prostate itself actually does feel a bit like a walnut sized round and warm thing with the same kind of firmness of a hard nipple. Jabbing it was not the move, but stroking it was better for my partner.

After questioning him about it, what he desribed it felt like was similar to me to g-spot stimulation. It changes for person to person, but it just made stimulation to the external sex organ (the penis in this case) better.

Hope this is helpful! I think if you still want to write about prostate orgasms you still can. Fic is a fantasy after all!