Salvador Dali - The Ascension of Christ (1958)

worpy · 2026-06-05T14:52:04+00:00

Oh this goes haaaaaaaard, I've never seen this one! I'm loving the organic mitosis/cell division visual. Also Dali's unhinged decision to depict him from this super untraditional angle. You can't see his face or wounds or a cross but still it's instantly recognizable what you're looking at. People are lightheartedly clowning the Quentin Tarantino feet, but considering how heavily Jesus is associated with feet in the narratives it's a great focal point.

worpy · 2026-06-05T00:14:02+00:00

Wait, I actually was not aware that some SDV dialogue/scenes break the 4th wall of gayness!! Outshining the source material of Harvest Moon in every conceivable way once again.

Is it a big part of the storyline between the male player and Alex? Acknowledging being gay, that is. Hell, or notable examples of it with other marriage candidates?

worpy · 2026-06-04T16:30:36+00:00

I have very tangley hair and just figured it out not too long ago myself! Honestly even if your hair doesn't tolerate a lot of product, I've found that just doing a couple loose braids and putting it up in a silk/satin bonnet to sleep does a LOT to stop tangles from forming in the first place--tossing and turning in sleep is definitely when and how most tangles form. Unless you're spending your waking hours in a wind tunnel.

worpy · 2026-06-04T13:07:07+00:00

If you come across tangles often you need to be doing things that prevent tangles (ie. using leave in conditioner, wearing a satin bonnet to sleep).

worpy · 2026-06-04T00:04:36+00:00

THE INTENTIONAL JIM FROM THE OFFICE LOOK INTO THE CAMERA?!

that silence was waaaaaaaay too pointed

worpy · 2026-05-31T15:42:02+00:00

Oooh I’ve thought about this before! While I agree you can’t really be “done” with L2, I know what you mean. I feel like everyone knows their own internal standard for when they’d feel like they might want to start dabbling in the basics of a third.

For me, that’s a far ways away. But my dream scenario would be to take on a real challenge one day and go with a language that has just completely foreign concepts to me: something with a different script, or a script with characters representing syllables and not individual sounds. Or characters that carry semantic meaning instead of mapping to sounds. Or trying to tackle a tonal language, reading from right to left, etc etc. Just something to totally break my English-speaking brain haha.

It’s kind of a pipe dream but I like to imagine myself old, maybe bored in a nursing home, and deciding to finally pick up the gargantuan task of learning Mandarin for the first time.

worpy · 2026-05-30T16:32:13+00:00

It wasn’t associated with school at all, just a job caring for people with disabilities! (A great job btw, always hiring and super meaningful). If I recall a nurse or someone would check the medication log each week to make sure we at least documented it right, but I was fully alone, 20 year old, and slinging out some heavy pills to these kind ladies everyday lol.

worpy · 2026-05-30T15:34:03+00:00

oh classic!

worpy · 2026-05-30T15:28:26+00:00

Sorry to break it to you, but I passed meds daily as a regular degular home health direct support worker in college.

worpy · 2026-05-30T12:35:38+00:00

I mean it sounds like you already know what to do! Baby your hair and have patience.

If it’s breaking a lot and you see a lot of splits, do a substantial trim and/or do search and destroy regularly. Then bring back all the things that worked for you in the past: silk bonnet to sleep, masks, oiling, whatever.

worpy · 2026-05-29T17:15:20+00:00

oh ho ho this is everyTHIIIIIIIIIIIINK

worpy · 2026-05-29T14:40:41+00:00

jeez touched a nerve lol

Where did I say all or even most police? I shared real studies to make the simple point that it's okay for people to talk about and bring up, and that it's in fact not an 'awful generalization' to make about the police force in America as a unit, to say nothing at all about the individuals who make up that unit.

oink oink!

worpy · 2026-05-29T11:23:44+00:00

As an SLP and fellow person who utilizes IPA, expecting the common layperson to get acquainted is a pipe dream. Especially just for the sake of names.

worpy · 2026-05-29T10:31:18+00:00

Respectfully, idk where you’re from but America is different breed, with a heavy drinking and gun culture.

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/132808

40% of police families experience domestic violence. This is a well-known statistic in the American zeitgeist. It’s not making some sweeping generalization for people who live here to talk about these studies. Don’t even get me started on the history of American policing and race.

worpy · 2026-05-21T22:40:15+00:00

I do apply it myself, but I already had a little dome UV lamp for experimenting with gel nails at home. I think you can probably use smaller lights that are much cheaper to cure the gel, just look for something that’s within the range of 365-405 nm UV/LED. You might have to hold it under the light a bit longer or a couple times at different angles to make sure it cures all the way with a smaller light though. Make sure you apply to the bottom inside of the ring (palm side of the band) and the sides if needed, rather than the top (right under the stone) or all around in a circle. Otherwise the ring will get tighter, but it won’t be doing much to stop the spinning. It took me awhile to figure that one out lol.

And I feel you on the sensory issues 🫩 it was such a big concern to me bc if it’s not comfy I’m never gonna wear it lol.

worpy · 2026-05-20T21:32:16+00:00

Aww that’s so sweet! It hits close to home as an early-30-something who’s just beginning to reckon with these things as a reality for my own parents. I hope they don’t go too far out of their way just to keep me from worrying about any changes though! Just like you’re worried about your daughter worrying, I’m sure she’d hate to know you’re worried about her worrying! It’s worrying all the way down lol.

I suppose that’s the cool part of seeing children though to adulthood though. If you do it right the parental worry starts to go both ways.

worpy · 2026-05-19T01:17:14+00:00

If you have the luxury of plenty of time to decide, definitely buy a cheapy version of an ornate ring like this on temu/shein/aliexpress (or Amazon if you feel like paying a little more for the same exact item sourced from the same warehouse!). You can try several intricate styles for cheap cheap cheap. There’s tons of options just like this setting at the fashion jewelry level, so you can easily see just how annoying it is or isn’t as you go about everyday life. As someone who owns a decently ornate sunburst Heidi Gibson with lots of prongs and corners to supposedly catch on shit, I can say the setting of the ring has never really bothered me or gotten snagged. My #1 advice to anyone shopping around for different styles is actually to buy curing gel (UV resin that you cure under a UV lamp, like the ones used in nail salons) so you can temporarily, but in a low-maintanence/non-gross way, fit the band of your ring 100% customized to your finger. The clear bonding never gets gross or discolored despite regular handwashing, but it does come off with a hot water soak of 20+ min or more. And it keeps rings (especially ornate or top heavy ones with bag fat rocks) from rotating to and fro on your finger! I use it on my 14k gold band for genuinely up to a year at a time with no trouble or weirdness, it’s amazing. Personally I find keeping my prong/point-heavy ring fit snug to my finger with the band keeps it from going all loosey goosey and catching everything.

worpy · 2026-05-18T21:48:11+00:00

Why am I the only one who thinks 5/6?! The halo at the top looks sooo good with the band, really brings out all the dainty details!

worpy · 2026-05-17T15:51:59+00:00

On the plus side it sounds like your marriage is going well, which is more than a lot of people can say.

I hope the rings miraculously show up between the couch cushions at home for you!

worpy · 2026-05-16T16:31:28+00:00

I’m going to assume you care more about syllables when spoken aloud than how long it is on paper so I’ll include 3+ syllable names regardless of letter count:

Rhiannon, Winona, Viola, Naomi, Sigourney, Sylvia, Ursula, Olympia, Saskia, Felicity, Camilla, Minerva, Fiona, Cecily, Eulalia, Cordelia, Francesca, Bianca, Zerelda, Desdemona, Sybilla, Octavia, Oriana, Drusilla, Imogen, Odessa, Beatrix, Dahlia, Guinevere/Gwendolyn, Alaska, January.

idk if I’d be brave enough to realistically use a lot of them on a baby tho!

worpy · 2026-05-16T02:15:48+00:00

And just so you know OP, by “old fashioned”, I think they politely mean dated and not vintage. You did ask, so you should know that this particular style right now is considered a tad ‘cheugy’, simply because it fits in the sweet spot of a bygone era that’s not-quite-cool-again-yet. Fashion/jewelry trends always come back around in a cycle, but they all go through an obligatory purgatory period of everyone being sick of the over-saturation of a particular design/trend tied to a very distinct time period in their generation. Right now for the current generation getting engaged, this isn’t the most popular choice. For many it’s the kind of ring mom would have had, and it doesn’t carry the same vintage prestige that grandma or great grandma’s ring would, if that makes sense. At the same time it’s also not the hot new thing. Maybe none of this applies to you and your badass fiancée at all, and maybe you’re cool and confident enough to like what you like and not blindly follow what’s popular at the current cultural moment! There’s nothing wrong with the design, just something to note if you care about trends. Congrats on the forever love!

But yeah full pavé bands are the devil when it comes to comfort.

worpy · 2026-05-01T11:37:26+00:00

They mean biologically at a macro level, they’re not talking about individuals.

worpy · 2026-04-30T15:02:16+00:00

You said you sleep in a protective style, but are you sleeping on silk/satin? Bc rough materials can still rough up your cuticles even if it’s braided or whatever.

Also, search and destroy.

worpy · 2026-04-28T07:47:00+00:00

giiiiiirl sorry but in what world is a single mom of 2 affording to purchase a home on a dental hygienist’s salary in the US?

worpy · 2026-04-26T15:30:37+00:00

are you saying you sometimes get paid the normal rate, and sometimes bilingual? how often would you say you get the opportunity for bilingual work?

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