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My 20s in a nutshell.

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I have been crying all day because this morning, 5/19/23, Hank Green from the vlog brothers announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer. He has a "good" prognosis as far as cancer goes, but as someone who has been in cancer treatment for over 3 years, it's just hit me so viscerally. I love Hank, the Vogbrothers together have been the most meaningful parasocial relationship in my life. Hank is a hero to me and I wish he didn't have to go through any of this.

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when youre a kid learning the word "penultimate" is like a drug

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Reblog this if you would date someone with mental and/or physical disabilities OR illnesses.

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one thing me n my art loving gf would do is visit galleries and play a game called “root, loot or boot” 

the gist is that you would look at a group of paintings in a room and decide which figure in the painting you’d root (fuck, in Australian slang), which painting you’d loot (steal and put on your wall at home) and which painting you’d boot (punt into the garbage because it’s shit and Not Art)

a couple of things about my experiences:

1. this game is a lot more fun if you’re attracted to women because there’s so many Hot Gals to choose from 

2. if you are attracted to men, you will spend a lot of time going “well, looks like I’ll have to pick jesus again” as my bi gf did

3. it gets more complicated in modern art museums and you find yourself having saying, “I’d fuck the rhombus” “you CAN’T fuck the rhombus” “then I’ll fuck that blue squiggle thing. what’s it called?” “creeping existential dread in blue” “then does that mean I’m fucking the squiggle or am I getting fucked by the existential dread it represents?” “aren’t we all already getting fucked by existential dread?”

4. if you play this with an art history nerd, they may decide to kill you over one of your “boot” choices

5. you will get Disapproving Looks from other patrons who overhear your heated debates

6. it’s also the best fun you’ll ever have in an art gallery

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Not enough men with forests worth of hair on their chests anymore :/

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I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

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Here comes the sun

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This also works if it is the year 2181 and you are in the mega city getting chased by corrupt cops.

it’s 1981 and you’re in the city getting chased by corrupt cops👮🏻‍♂️

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every band name can be ranked on the 'is this a thing i would want in my house' scale between the police and the violent femmes

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be sure to leave out milk and cookies for brutus tonight

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merry ides of march

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This, except Rayon is not made from plastic. Rayon is made from cellulose (like bamboo pulp) and is a viable silk substitute.

Unironically, vegans need to be advocating for more and better sheep, llama, and alpaca farms. Wool is one of the best fabrics we have in terms of versatility, longevity and most importantly, insulation. Even wet, it retains 80% of it's insulation potential.

AND IT DOESN'T SHED MICROPLASTICS

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Catical illusion/  This kitty is in a bathtub

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