Sharks are cool and comfortable!
Elden Thing | Back & Body Hurts Platinugggggh Rewards Member
Profile pic and banner credits: sharkaeopteryx art by @superkiak! eggbug by eggbug! Mash-up by me!
[Alt-text for pfp: a cute sharkaeopteryx sat on the ground with legs out, wings down, jaw ajar, and hed empty, looking at eggbug and eggbug's enigmatic smile.]
[Alt-text for banner: a Spirit Halloween banner with eggbug and the sharkaeopteryx that Superkiak drew for me looking at it with inscrutable expressions]
I'm a Vietnamese cis woman born and currently living in the U.S. You may know me from Sandwich, from Twitter or Mastodon (same username), or on Twitch as Sharkaeopteryx. I do not have a Discord or Bluesky account.
Ask me about language learning/teaching, cooking/eating food, late diagnosis ADHD, and volunteer small business mentoring. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.
I think people deserve to be young, make mistakes, and grow without being held to standards they don't know about yet and are still learning. So, if you are under 22, please don't try to strike up a friendship or get involved in discussions on my posts.
Please don't automatically assume I follow/know/co-sign someone just because I reposted something from them—sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Also, if you think being removed as a follower when we're not mutuals is a cardinal sin, please do not follow me.
be kind to yourselves please
EDIT: just gonna toss this in here cuz wowzers this reached wayyyyyy more people than i thought it would, go play Get in the Car, Loser! from @love!!!! playing through it was, like, a genuine mental-health-breakthrough moment for me. it helped me recognize a lot of the awful thought processes i'd internalized from my years-long dysphoria-fueled-depression and start the long process of taking better care of myself.
Needed this after seeing some awful harassment of queers by other queers elsewhere, some of it targeting people like me, thank you
i'd say just to pick your battles well. sometimes the fighting does need to be done (that's like, one of the major themes of get in the car, loser!, to keep things on theme!), but stay cognizant of how it affects you and those around you. bullies usually don't take losing well, and there's always the risk of them escalating things, or lashing out at someone more vulnerable in response.
