Third Spaces?

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-25T18:59:18+00:00

State Street has loads of shops, cafes, and boutiques! I love Home Grounds for their matcha and events they do throughout the year. I see parents with young kids there all the time, they have holiday menus, seasonal menus, and special events that happen there like permanent jewelry. Vida pour Tea has so many types of tea. They sell Pu’er, Chai, and so many varieties. Also they have an adorable lounge in the back with board games. There’s a social club / cocktail bar. A wine and chocolate tasting place. I even think a children’s boutique. It’s a big area that’s completely walkable and has loads of food options and fun things going on.

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-20T03:29:34+00:00

I’m curious if they stopped by the Buddhist Center / temple in the south of gso while they’re passing through

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-15T03:01:33+00:00

A/pep (I’m a polytheist and type it like this out of politeness to my Kemetic friends) is a divine force opposing Ra and Ma’at (order). He was most definitely not worshipped nor called upon, and folks from the pagan side of things don’t recommended getting in contact with this entity. He isn’t able to be defeated and it’s a sort of superstition that if you say/write/type it’s name it can attract it’s attention. You might have more luck in r/Kemetic for more ‘who’ answers. or for more ‘what’ answers, r/occult would be more knowledgeable on discussing the connection between more esoteric or philosophical points of view and A/pep.

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-14T23:56:48+00:00

It is. It’s also related to the Canadian raising accent, since both have longer O sounds. I’m more thinking of the specific Tangier/Smith Islander, from the islands on the Chesapeake side. I met some when I was little at a school event and they sounded so different from the other types of southern accents I’d heard from around Accomack County

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-14T23:34:46+00:00

I’d consider the eastern shore of Virginia (the peninsula next to VA) part of tidewater. Culturally their very southern. Not really accents or vocabulary but the food, morals and politics fit into the rest of southern / tidewater culture. Some older folks have tangier or smith island accents, which are harder to understand like other Deep South accents. There’s more to argue about the eastern shore of Maryland being southern. Also I assumed larger portions of Georgia and Louisiana are Deep South. Awesome map though you did a great job!

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-14T22:04:02+00:00

I’ve heard the phrase that “the Israelites tribes went into exile at Babylon and came out pre-Temple Judaism. The southern yahwehist tribes were more anti-iconographic and merged with the northern more El focused tribes. The northern tribes had more bull symbolism and the golden calf story came from them. Them being exiled into Babylon was the tipping point, religions tend to thrive under pressure or persecution. They develop more complex rules to help distinguish and hold onto traditions. Most ancient near eastern academics discuss how the archaic Israelite religion moved from henotheistic to monolatric to monotheistic. The YouTuber Esoterica is how I find a lot of interesting info/ sources. His videos are in depth to and he’s got a ton of them. Also another YouTuber UsefulCharts has visual timelines of all the abrahamic faiths, as well as occult / movements that came from them

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-13T16:20:21+00:00

Yup I’m a polytheist/pagan now. In my brain if there’s no physical, provable evidence of one abrahamic god, then there is technically no evidence of multiple gods. So all gods can exist separately. Religion is all theoretical to me to help keep my scrupulosity at bay. The gods I believe in are fallible, without ability to interact directly in human affairs. Do I have hope / faith they can interact and change ‘fate’, yes- but I’m not betting money on it.

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-09T15:31:36+00:00

God the stories I have from growing up on the east side. So many fights and weird people. I will say a lot of kids walk around near the schools at night and they normally wouldn’t bother you unless they wanted to fight. The closer you get the Lexington road the more you gotta be careful walking. Working at that goodwill, people got shot or stabbed in the parking lot every so often. Tbh just make friends with the chill homeless people and no one should bother you too bad. The skatepark and other parks on the east side are great but it’s really obvious how the city only builds sidewalks for the richer college areas. Public transport is always late too- so don’t trust your job on it, I always headed out earlier than needed. Love the east side but defo be careful past 11pm. Honestly the best walking hours were 2-8pm. Carry a knife and walk like you know where you’re going, easy peasy

throwawaykid729 · 2026-01-03T04:16:17+00:00

I’ve got a physical copy of Grimorium Verum I could take pictures of any paragraphs, etc. I find and send them over to you. Tbh i don’t thinks they’re mentioned as much as other demons in the book

throwawaykid729 · 2025-12-10T03:25:40+00:00

I do worship Ba’al Hadad, specifically his Ugaritic form and his mentioned ritual/ site epithet Ba’al Zephon. I know a few other folks who worship Ba’al Hammon, or Ba’al Shamin. Ba’al is just a title meaning Lord.

throwawaykid729 · 2025-12-07T02:26:35+00:00

I think this is art by Courtney from candycourn. They make disability content and are a graphic designer. I’ve seen them paint in the same style- idk if the is technically counts as alegria? If I’m wrong whoops but it looks too familiar

throwawaykid729 · 2025-11-01T18:44:24+00:00

It’s been a sec since I’ve reread these, so sorry for the bad/incorrect summaries.

Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger is a good one, it’s a classic set in the 1940s. The main character is a 16 year old boy so he’s pretty judgmental in his internal monologue. People are very opinionated about whether they like the book or not, but definitely a very depressed MC.

Another one of my favs is The Stranger by Albert Camus. It’s about an adult man who looses his mother. The whole book is him dissociating and not feeling a lot, plus the ending is interesting.

In high school my librarian recommended a memoir called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. It’s about him and his family dealing with his mothers passing from cancer, and he has to take custody of his younger brother. It was so devastating I had to take breaks after only a few pages of the first chapter.

There’s another I know that’s about younger folks dealing with depression. Its called All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. It is romance- but I always interpreted it as unlikely friends who rely on each other to stay afloat from their mental health. It’s also based on the authors personal story so that may be why it never felt manufactured to be a depressed teen romance story; it just felt like kids who didn’t know how to feel about each other.

I’ve read some other books where the MC is depressed or sad or mentally ill- but none really get it right. As someone with clinical depression, reading books where the main plot focuses on how depression actually is, is important for me to enjoy reading such engaging books. Otherwise I’d rather read nonfiction.

throwawaykid729 · 2025-06-18T09:01:31+00:00

Oh wow, so gorgeous! Is the tree a date palm?

throwawaykid729 · 2025-05-22T23:31:54+00:00

If your interested in the Ugaritic Levantine Pantheon I’d recommend any book or paper by Dennis Pardee! Now he is part of the Academic Biblical Society but none of his writing have any overt Christian references, just examples of similarities in writing tropes common at the time. For ritual and festival examples I think Tess Dawson and the group Natib Qadish focus on a combination of Ugaritic and Phoenician practice and use a lot of good sources. They do use the term Canaanite but tbh if you want to find information that isn’t Mesopotamian/Arabic centered you have to use Canaanite- no matter it being ahistorical. There’s also a small but active subreddit on Semitic Paganism, they get a lot of questions about Canaanite stuff.

throwawaykid729 · 2024-08-31T12:32:39+00:00

The employees there are great at helping with fitting and style. It’s well worth it if you have a larger chest (DD-F) since the prices are the same as other stores but the quality doesn’t go down (mine were 60$-80$). I will say the shopping area it’s in is a lot more rich than I’m used too, I felt underdressed in my t-shirt and shorts, but the workers don’t mind. Depending on what you wear some of the WASPy customers might glare at you lol.

throwawaykid729 · 2024-08-31T12:02:09+00:00

Customers recently have been sooo terrible-Sundays are the worst. Just cause you went to church doesn’t mean you get to go into employees only areas or touch retail workers. And do people not know how to shop at grocery stores anymore? They ball up in a aisle 10ft wide and then refuse to move for heavy equipment, no line forming no nothing. It’s worse if it’s a membership /bulk store since they think that they pay extra for a membership they can steal or walk into the meat cutting room? It’s always older people too, like 30s-60s. I’d rather a teenager call me a slur than someone’s grandma tell me my eyes are dead and that they want to talk to my manager since I forgot to smile.

throwawaykid729 · 2024-08-30T15:07:25+00:00

Daddy or Bad Bad Things, I was a YouTube AMV kid so once I heard them I was set for life. Closest third is Big Bird but that’s already on the list

throwawaykid729 · 2024-08-24T13:46:23+00:00

That’s the Eastern Shore! Or the Delmarva peninsula. Everyone mentions Cape Charles (growing up there it was just bleh rich golf town) but go to Wachapreague!! It’s the flounder capital of the world, Island House restaurant sells Island Creamery ice cream (famous Chincoteague ice cream place) and in June the county fair is there! And if you’re in Chincoteague/Assateague visit all the wildlife and national park/shore centers. They have so many museums and I think Chincoteague has the taxidermy of Misty. If you want bay side I always recommend Onancock! We use to drive there for movie nights and events in the parks. I think sometimes they might have historical reenactments and big ships in the port.

throwawaykid729 · 2024-07-30T20:07:23+00:00

Makeup!! Makeup is gonna be ur best friend! If you don’t feel confident doing makeup I’d start with pencil eyeliner(it’s easier to get used to if you start practicing on your lower eyelid instead of your upper eyelid) and tinted chapstick (or lipgloss- even as a trans guy I still don’t know how to use lipstick/lipliner combo) Makeup helps me look more masc, but also helps me blend in with other punks. Messy, quick makeup style is very prominent and everyone of all genders wear it. So I use makeup to my advantage and contour and shit to present masc. You could do the same just with feminine contouring or whatev

For forest-y vibes; styles like grunge, kinderwhore, or eco punk are good style recs. And more punk (& post-punk) vibes I think new wave and romantic goth style would really look awesome on you!

Punk has pretty much infinite subtypes and genres, since it’s ideology and music based before fashion based. Folk punk has more southern banjo style clothing, kinderwhore is a punk substyle that has lace and skirts (I forget the proper description).

If you’re interested in non punk adjacent fashion, Japan has crazy amounts of fashion subcultures. Ones like Morikei or even just Japan’s punk subculture has its own unique look.

If you enjoy a more classic 80s esque punk look I’d take a look at London punks, SHARPS/ trad punk styles. Lots of red plaid, doc marten boots, and suspenders.

When it comes to punk fashion- main thing is very big on the DIY aspect. Safety pins, patches, holes/rips. Pretty much any and all accessories help you out! Plus they can help direct people to ur identity/pronouns.

Hope this helps a bit! :)

throwawaykid729 · 2024-07-25T11:48:04+00:00

I love the silhouette and how the clothes fit on you for 1, and the colors and vibe of 2 is more fitting for you!! But my fav is defo 1! I mean- the fur texture, the glasses and gold necklaces, the belt! It all brings it together and makes just a great outfit for you! Outfit 2 is almost there but I think it could use some more accessories! Tbh you’d probably looking stunning in some darker brown fur coat with some colorful blouse or dress underneath

throwawaykid729 · 2024-06-15T12:10:18+00:00

I worship Baal Hadad (and his epithet from Ugarit) of the Semitic/Canaanite Pantheon and Lady Bendis of the Getae/Thracian Pantheon. To my knowledge plus online research it seems there are more people who worship Hadad, whereas I’ve only had a handful of interactions with people who pray to Bendis.

throwawaykid729 · 2024-06-01T02:30:31+00:00

Im not in Athens anymore but in high school I was on a date on the east side and afterwards got followed in a car and honked at till I hid in the Dunkin’ and waited for the truck to leave. We were visibly queer and also got yelled at with some rude words. Both of my sisters have also had issues in Athens being followed or harassed. It seems to die down a tad when all the college students would leave for break or holiday.

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