#prideful — Public Fediverse posts

What are you proud of?

Rojie asks:

What are you proud of?

What am I proud of, huh? What about that whole pride going before a fall thing? I might not be full of faith, but I can make up for it in superstition. So if not what I’m proud of, then what do I talk about now?

The things I’m not proud of? No, too easy.

I’ve known some prideful and boastful people in my life and you know what? I don’t know that any of them were overly interesting people. Or caring and compassionate people. How can you be a caring person if all you talk about is yourself? I think we’re all somewhat guilty of talking about ourselves though. It’s natural, it’s what we know well, and it’s also a pretty safe topic if you’re not a great conversationalist, but at some point doesn’t the other person, the other half of the conversation sitting over there, become interested in something else?

Wouldn’t conversations be a lot simpler if we all had telepathy and could just read other’s thoughts instead of talking to them?

I found three old flash drives today and spent some time looking at stuff I had saved. I was surprised to find a folder filled with a bunch of things I’d written going back to 2010. There was a story I’d written about my grandfather who died when he was 78-years-old and that was sad. I also found a lot of poems I’d written and one of them was a poem I wrote on my birthday. I remember sharing it at the time in an online writing group and I remember everyone telling me – very nicely, all of them – how it didn’t make sense and it was confusing and other stuff I didn’t care to read. It made sense to me back then and it still made sense to me today but I can see why it failed. I’m thinking with some work I can maybe make it make sense to others? We’ll see.

I also found a bunch of pictures on one of the flash drives and that was pretty cool. I’ve really changed a lot in the last 16 years. I wonder what I’ll look like at 78?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJ-K5gCqHs&list=RDboJ-K5gCqHs&start_radio=1

Why we still need #Pride in 2024

As #FriendsofDorothy, we must look into our #prideful #beginning and out to a freer #future.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture

https://gcn.ie/why-we-need-pride-2024/

What If... Phrono the Glacemaid
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What If:
Originally, Phrono was born into a Glace-Merfolk family but was unable to regulate his frost magic as a newborn and needed a spell to turn his ice magic into fire magic in order to live. THIS is a version where he was born as a Glaceman without those difficulties. He became more prideful of his Glacefolk-heritage and often looked down on those without natural ice powers. Because of this, he never really rose high in the ranks but he did not care what rank he was. He could easily wipe the floor with any low life no matter if they out ranked him or not.

This was an idea brewing for a long while. I wanted to work on it but never knew how to go about it. I did add it to the string of ideas but the "What If" last year really pushed me to do this. Coming up with an attire for him was hard but ended up landing on something that feels similar but much different. That's what I really take away from this the most in a very positive way: It feels like Phrono but you can recognize the differences! Hopefully I can keep this as an annual theme.

#MastoArt #WhatIf #PhronoHalu #Merman #Ice #Magic #Cold #Squire #Koi #Blue #Katana #Prideful #art #art2023 #digitalart #digitalartwork #artwork #CentaurWorks #OC #anime #animestyle #animeartstyle #originalcharacter #clipstudiospaint

Upset about being asked about being called a #cult #JeffreyRHolland
says #exmormons can call the #mormon #church a cult. He denies the church is a cult though, and his reason? Because he should be respected more than a #dodo🤷‍♂️

https://wasmormon.org/bbc-jeffrey-r-holland-interview-transcript-and-video-clips/

#exmormon #exmo #lds #apostle #postmormon #cultwatch #religion #prideful