p k a t un LLL *~*

he/they/she/idc | i really like super smash bros | i am not the author dav pilkey

[p k a t un LLL *~* @shouldercatpabu]

i used to be dav pilkey 😔

[Ro.G @RockAimer]

@AymZerrouki gotchu

[positivity moon @arrtnem]

It sounds funny until you realize that is a whole life philosophy in one sentence. You sit there with your giant emotional Stanley cup, refilling it all day, proud of yourself. You drink your 2 liters, 3 liters, you count your bottles like a good kid ticking boxes. On paper, you are doing everything right. And still your tongue feels like paper, your skin looks tired, your head hurts behind the eyes at 16:40, and you are one minor inconvenience away from wanting to lie face down on the floor. You keep thinking the answer is more of the same water.

Nobody tells you that sometimes you are not lacking volume. You are lacking minerals. You are lacking anything with weight.

Electrolytes sound like a gym word, but really they are just proof that the body does not run on purity. It runs on salt and mess and tiny charged things that hold the water in place. Think about how different it feels when you drink a glass of cold orange juice at 09:12 after a bad night of sleep compared to your fourth bottle of plain water at your desk. One hits like “oh, I exist again.” The other just runs straight through you, and twenty minutes later you are in the bathroom wondering why your organs still feel like dry towels.

A lot of people live like that. Drowning in content, in advice, in “healthy habits,” and still emotionally dehydrated. They scroll for three hours consuming wellness tips in bed, wake up at 7, drink water, do their 10 minutes of journaling, take 8000 steps before dinner, and still feel this static emptiness in their chest. They think, weird, maybe I need another habit tracker.

No one explained that habits are just water. Minerals are something else.

Minerals are the things that actually carry charge through your life. The phone call where you finally say what hurt you instead of being “chill” again. The ugly 23:37 breakdown in the shower where you admit you are not “fine, just tired,” you are lonely and scared you wasted three years on the wrong thing. The bowl of pasta you let yourself eat slowly without scrolling while your brain keeps trying to sprint ahead to the next problem and you keep dragging it back to the plate. The real rest day that is not secretly a productivity cosplay.

Of course plain water feels safer. It is neutral. It does not wake anything up. Electrolytes sting a little on the way in. Salt on a cracked lip, sugar in a starved system. Orange juice tastes so sweet after dehydration it almost hurts. It reminds your body of how long you have been ignoring it.

Same with life. You can drink twenty self help books and still be dehydrated if you never put in one real mineral: a boundary, a no, a goodbye, a yes that you actually want, not one that sounds impressive on Instagram. You can go to therapy and carefully avoid saying the one sentence that would actually change your blood pressure. You can talk about burnout like it is a scheduling issue instead of the fact that you do not believe you are allowed to be a human being who stops.

Everyone loves the aesthetic of “clean water.” No one posts “I added salt because my nervous system is fried from 10 years of people pleasing and pretending I’m chill with everything.” But that is what actually fixes things.

Sometimes the reason you feel so tired is not that you are underperforming. It is that everything you pour into yourself is frictionless. It does not cling to you. It does not bind. It slides right through and leaves you pee-clear and soul-empty.

The body tries to tell you. The headache at 17:23 that hits in the supermarket lighting. The way your vision gets grainy when you stand up too fast. The random heart flutters when you lie down, like your chest forgot its script. You drink more water, thinking you are being good, when what you need is to eat actual food, sprinkle some salt, sit down for fifteen minutes without being “useful.”

[p k a t un LLL *~* @shouldercatpabu]

god was a GoT fan and look how we have disappointed him

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

It's Game of Thrones and it's not really an argument. This show was a cultural juggernaut, every week the whole internet watched together, it was endlessly quoted, children were named after the characters, and no one brings it up anymore because the last season was so awful.

[p k a t un LLL *~* @shouldercatpabu]

i will never go back

[Carlos @mamaloveslos]

No it’s actually pretty sick that you’re 27 years old and you purposefully type in all lower case still

[Mr. Baseball @MisterBaseball0]

This is getting ridiculous

[^_^ @misandrism]

“Labubu” sounds like “Vajayjay” for the Labia. I hope that ruins your gay little dolls for you all. Or not. I actually hope your newfound passion brings you joy for years to come. Or whatever

[rated ✧* @imyrated]

watching my short friend get taken by a hawk

[demi adejuyigbe @electrolemon]

i can think of a context in which i would enjoy almost every song you guys have called the worst. struggling to think of a song so bad that i wouldn’t still cut up the dance floor to it surrounded by loved ones. sorry for party rocking

[orph @orphcorp]

had to dig this ole thing out

[j @1jhozz]

Men, I challenge you to try this in August.

- Daily porn
- Daily alcohol
- 5-8 hours on the game/day
- 2-5 hours of sleep
- 500> steps/day
- 0 push-ups daily
- No home cooked meals; takeout only

Shall we?

[harley ⚢ @clowneatingpig]

Oh this is getting attention really fast idk if I have anything else to add... Here's a reddit comment that I feel gives good advice on seeking treatment if anyone is curious. It sucks so bad that when you're sick you also have to perform to be taken seriously!!

[🪴 @goalietandem]

this post just came across my dash and it felt like a sign from the universe

[Pepsi @pepsibong]

This photo brings me peace

[່ @tylerduran21]

@THECRIMESAGA it’s a good time to post this 💀

[bigsock @biggersocks]

how july is going to feel

[Josh (gameliking) @Gameliking]

Like tell me this isn't insane

[the @Amanseeks]

i now have a whole collection of these

[p k a t un LLL *~* @shouldercatpabu]

@aallleeexxxxxx1 another failed twitter romance eh

[ComicGoldLeaf 🌟 @comicgoldleaf]

Happy pride month