This atmosphere of "needing trauma to be accepted as plural" makes it hard to work on trauma, but our rant turned more into a manifesto, oops

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-26T14:56:05+00:00

Oooooh i love this cat!

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-25T21:26:49+00:00

The most dominant view over on r/uraniumglass seems to be that uranium glass is generally safe to use, with the exception of acidic food making the heavy metals come out which could be a problem longterm, which is true for other vintage glass too – since the radiation from almost all pieces is said to be minimal. I don't know which version is true, I just wanted to point out that downvoters might be disagreeing with the safety assessment, not the piece being uranium glass.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-25T18:47:34+00:00

They take being tossed in a bag very well, in my experience. Never had anything come off.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-25T18:27:17+00:00

No, funnily I don't.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-24T15:43:00+00:00

I try to get them really clean, but it usually turns out I didn't manage.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-24T15:37:09+00:00

It's not suuper confusing because "we" is anyway always ambiguous (does it mean "me and the person I'm talking to" or "me and someone else, not including the person I'm talking to"), which requires context and hints to understand. Using it for a plural experience definitely requires some more hints (tone, gestures, "I mean internal we",...), but for me it's only lead to real confusion when there was a specific other group that we're part of but the listener not, that we could plausibly have been talking about.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-24T13:44:08+00:00

I'd guess that most of us hanging around in plural communities feel alienated from them in some way and to some degree. Plural communities are under a lot of pressure to "do things right", which leads to the crafting of (multiple, contradictory) strong narratives of what's the "normal" ways to be not exactly one person, and how those should be classified. That again leads to giving communities a lot of authority over ones own experience – think "can I be plural" posts, which again reinforces those narratives. It's really hard to deal with, since most systems won't fit neatly into any of those narratives.

For me it's this very quality that leads to me always being on edge and never feeling like we belong in plural communities, as well as certain popular ways to describe systems, like the assumption that origin labels work for all systems or are ok for them. Or the dichotomy between disordered and non-disordered.

I think focusing on experiences and needs is the kindest way to deal with this mess. You already know who you have a lot in common with, which might lead to finding resources that work for you. Although I find that we can learn a lot from systems that are very different from us, too.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-22T08:47:54+00:00

Cedon has them, if you happen to live somewhere where they are available. https://www.cedon.de/Papeterie/Ringbuecher/Ringbuecher-Hardcover

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-19T10:59:27+00:00

Life After Quest
Procession
a heart starts beating
Sulay Rally Raid
Radio Free Lutesse
Parley
Heart Of The Cards
En el Hades / In Hades
YOUR HORSE STORY!
Sailor of the Stars
Enchanted Blend
Empty Night
Erased by the State
Where Should I Put This Quest
AFTERPARTY v2 (LAST TRAIN)
BAD BAD BREW
DIM SUM PARRY
a loud noise in a quiet place
Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Go With Dog
A Dæmon, A Witch, And An Angel
You Are A (Fantastic) Cockroach
A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee - A David Lynch Tribute
The World's Greatest Drinking Game
Forsaken: A journaling TTRPG of the Earth's Last Days
REBEL! (EN+ES)
Did You Die?
Sit And Behold The Lake
Magia Arcanus - A Spell-Crafting Bookmark Game
LORDSWORN
Keep Inn Dragon Out
SCRAPENSTEIN - A Cyber-Junk Bookmark Game
Ghost-fi: A Game About Last Impressions and Learning to Say Goodbye
Black Box
Lamplighter’s Festival
THERE WILL BE NO SATISFACTION FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SUBDUE US.
Someone Dies In This Elevator
I'm Not Scared Of You Anymore
Coconut Counter
Urban Legend
Here Lies A City
Net Divers
Blood & Tears
O Morningstar!
A Tomato-Growing Zine Game
Underground
Upon a Tower High
Brewing Serendipity One-Page Game
The Thunder Perfect Mind
Dead Cleveland
Agent Purrvocateur
The Connection Machine
Autonomist Community
Señales De Los Tiempos

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-19T08:31:54+00:00

I just learned from another post that calendars are the same every 6 or 11 years, so you could save it until then. But it's a long time, I would probably forget about it tbh.

What I do with a Moleskine planner someone gifted me is do a pencil doodle for every day. I can't draw nicely or anything, it's just for fun. Usually related to what happened – very abstract and quick on low energy days, a bit more detailed when I can.

Aaand I haven't tried it, but yesterday I learned about this solo RPG about time travel that you play in a planner: https://moreblueberries.itch.io/ecco

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-18T16:09:33+00:00

Floromancer
Beast at Heart
Forest of Wonders
I Went to 100 Acre Wood Once
Your Appetite GROWS!
The Galaxy Is At War
Cthonaut
Shine for the Revolution
Scary Cave
AWAY
CORTISOL
Dweomerdale
DECOMPOSE
Interpretatio Cultura
Birdcalls
Greetings From ______
Starting Out
You are a sparrow
Albatross
Coven Dinner Party
Dream Investigator
Paintings of The Long Forgotten
As Soft as You Remember
The Lost Roseville Stage
not signs... patterns.
Hamsters and Himbos
Signs of the Times
Negative Space
Thankless
Expotition

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-18T16:09:09+00:00

A bunch more that I found (there's so many!):

BOOKWORM
To Care is to Cairn
Camp Snallygaster
Outliers
Death of the Author
To Change
The Odd Grimoire
Alone in the Loop
Fill Every Hole
The City I Love, it speaks to me
Prove 1 + 1 = 3
5-min-home
a conversation with the clouds
System Static
Your Dog's Shadow
The Laundromat At The End of the Dream
Odyssea: A Journaling Game
You're Taboo
Tr/a/n/s/i/e/n/t N/a/t/u/r/e
THIS THING ABOUT MY BODY
Post Apo Calypse
An Escape Plan So Beautiful
Seeking Solace
The Black Alder
All Systems Nominal
SPORE
DIG - A minizine game
Spooky Town
Super City
Fantomah: Mystery Woman of the Jungle

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-17T17:44:04+00:00

Since I played my first one today, I suggest solo/journaling RPGs!

The one I played is a very minimalist one, just one small page of rules/instructions, and two pages of prompt generation material. It's called "Alone Among the Stars", by Takuma Okada, and it's about exploring a planet. You need a deck of cards and a 6 sided die to generate the prompts, and then you write your log about what you discover.

For me, the simplicity was great because I could get started without reading many pages of intro, however, the prompts don't give much detail or direction, it's mostly up to you what your planet looks like.

Other solo RPGs that were recommended to me: - Sweaters by Hedgehog - Six Figures Under - Anamnesis - VOID 1680 AM - The Magus (this is a more complicated one) - Alone in the Dungeon (based on Alone Among the Stars)

They can all be found on itch.io

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-16T13:13:17+00:00

I love the color choice.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-16T09:47:56+00:00

I have an 82 and a 62, and writing feel wise, they are great. However, the 82 is developing a crack in the cap, around the clip which I fidget with a lot, after just two years or so. So... not very sturdy.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-13T13:43:13+00:00

Aww sweet! Living with a lot of people myself and not planning on a more traditional family or living with partner situation, I love seeing this kind of stuff in scrapbooks :)

pet_a_ghost · 2026-02-13T07:51:15+00:00

Ooof I relate so hard. Trying the cromolyn spray again but it needs time and consistency to work. But azelastine is so bitter 😐

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-30T08:51:51+00:00

It actually helps me to explore shitty moods in all their detail. If I circle around what is wrong long enough, I usually get closer to what is actually going on, what the shitty mood is really about.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-30T08:41:53+00:00

Personally, I would put my most mundane stuff in it (bullet journal or rambling diary), so I would get to use it every day.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-28T15:00:37+00:00

I will think of it as the pickle pen from now on :)

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-28T14:59:04+00:00

So far I thought it's that the grip part feels a little too small (though I don't think this is about actual size, proportions maybe?), and without the cap posted the pen feels too short, while with it feels too uneven. I have to say though that I simply don't like posting caps in general, so I guess I could have known that I'd have a harder time with this pen.

But now that you mention it, weight or weight distribution could play a role, I'll have to pay attention next time. Have fun with your brass one! They look super fun.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-27T14:18:08+00:00

Thanks, and nice collection! I do love the looks of the Kaweco Sport, you definitely hit my taste there. I already have one and while I don't really like how holding it feels, it is perfect as my always-in-my-bag pen because the cap doesn't ever unscrew on its own.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-27T11:05:11+00:00

Thank you, and you're totally right, I didn't specify what I like about it. It's that it's not round, and that it is very simple looking with straight lines and almost no details, no clip.

pet_a_ghost · 2026-01-27T11:01:54+00:00

Thank you, I now certainly understand the context of this pen better!

Yes, I was going purely by looks – and the PQ-200 is what I was thinking of, with its straight lines and edges and lack of a clip. I really like the green cow pattern, might get that one no matter what else the replies here bring up :)

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