The emotional/mental balm of wholesome shows is definitely self care
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026
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Self-care in the 2020's:
Rotating your chair away from your work monitor to your recreational monitor after a horrific day of being abused over zoom to watch the news on your other monitor until you're a wreck, then playing some video games you actually hate.
You have a separate monitor???
Technically the company owns it, I ain't gonna burn out my good ones on work.
It is so much better when the abuse is face to face, isn't it?
Yeah, because then the assholes can potentially be punched and they subconsciously tone it down a bit
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I compare it to Terraria if it was 3D. There's lore there, but you'll only find it once you go looking.
VINTAGE STORY MENTIONED!!!
No freaking way!!! 😭👏
Dry cereal used to be my snack of choice when I was a kid. That shit slaps
Lucky Charms is the only cereal I have ever wanted to eat dry. Whatever the marshmallows are made out of will probably kill me, but the texture is amazing.
I love those crunchy cereal marshmallows! I've bought them (just the marshmallows) online a few times. It's been years, so probably time for a treat.
still does.
Never understand how staying in water doing nothing is relaxing, doing nothing is when the thoughts are coming! Always stay occupied before it's too late! They are coming, they are here
I have bubble baths usually once a week at the end of my work week.
I watch YouTube on my phone.
It's a form of sensory deprivation. The water cools and calms the stressed body, in darkness + mask even more effective stimming.
For people that thoughts start to creep, practice a sutra.
There's been a miscommunication/misunderstanding of the definition of self care
Every self is different, every care is different.
Because that's what your self-care routine needs, performance anxiety.
Hey babe, wanna watch bluey and cry?
I have a 24/7 stream of Bluey on my favourites list for my IPTV. I leave it on during the day most days for the dog to watch.
I've caught a bunch of episodes that just make me cry. It's such a great show.
Does your TV cache it at least? Just seems like a good use case for playing locally > streaming.
Is this loss?
II _I II II
Dude is just horny. I can relate to that!