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I must try to sum up the effect of such an irony: 'I praise to you your very faults, especially your selfishness, because you can only now be safe by cultivating them further; yet this is the most dangerous of necessities; people are greedy for your fall as for that of any of the great; indeed no one can rise above common life, as you have so fully, without in the same degree sinking below it; you have made this advice real to me, because I cannot despise it for your sake; I am only sure that you are valuable and in danger.' -William Empson (x)

fellas, your friend ever say that a literary analysis of Shakespeare sounds like a discussion of Peter and Neal and you think about it for the rest of the day and then make 14 gifs

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Dr. Robby text posts (gif edition) ft. Langdon, Collins, and Dana

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My favorite genre of post to get really invested in is "niche hobby thing that will never, ever affect me". Note that I did not say hobby DRAMA. Just thing. Been reading a lot about the rate at which WD-40 disintegrates different types of doll hair. I don't know WHY people are putting WD-40 on doll hair to begin with, because I'm just a layman and all of the posts kind of assume that if you're reading the post, you already know why someone would put WD-40 in a doll's hair, but it's craaaaaazy how WD-40 goes sicko mode on some kinds of doll hair and not others. Stay safe out there. If you are lubing up doll hair. For reasons unbeknownst to me forevermore. Because I have already moved on to reading about how people are making fake eBay listings for casserole dishes using pictures they steal from famous casserole dish influencers (type of person that exists) and scamming people out of thousands of dollars (which is an amount of money people are apparently willing to pay for certain vintage casserole dishes). What a world.

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you are NOT my “passenger princess” get off your phone we are Under attack!!!!!!!! you are my gunner; man the weapons and defend our vehicle with your life!!!

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I’m having feelings about Katara v Pakku again, and the fact that at this point in the series, Katara has never been in a fight that wasn’t to the death. Every fight she’s ever been in has had world-ending stakes. She’s not shooting to kill Pakku because she’s weaker and less trained than him - though she is - she’s shooting to kill because she doesn’t know any other way to fight. Friendly sparring, or fighting as a spectator sport, has not been a part of this girl’s life. Pakku’s fighting Katara to put troublesome teenagers in their place; Katara’s fighting Pakku because they’ll all die if Pakku doesn’t pull his head out of his ass and train the Avatar.

Pakku is genuinely surprised to see his own reflection in that disc of ice Katara shoots right past his face. If he hadn’t dodged, it would have sliced his head right open. He starts putting actual effort in after that.

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no one will come to save you but some will offer you their hand to hold when life gets tough and those are the ppl that matter

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I feel like too many consent-related posts focus too much on giving and getting consent, and not making sure that people feel comfortable not consenting. We talk too much of consent as if it is a given, as if you just have to ask and then you’ll get it. 

like, there are so many things that boil down to “before you have sex, ask for consent” rather than “don’t assume you’re about to have sex unless you know for sure that the other party/parties want to, and even then they could change their minds”.

Which is just really unhelpful. The whole point of consent shouldn’t be “you should always ask for it and then you can have care-free sex”. That still assumes that you’re going to have sex, when the whole point of asking what people want to do is that it should be possible to say no.

Consent and dissent are both equally valuable. It’s OK if someone asks you if you want to do something, and you say no. And whether you say no for today, for a week or forever, it’s all fine.

Because you know that there are going to be people who think they’re so ~progressive~ and so ~feminist~. when they ask their partner(s) if they want to have sex, but then won’t be able to handle the word “no”.

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sick of normal girls appropriating weird girl culture. you had friends in school you don’t get to reblog these posts

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why couldn’t i get a useful type of autism instead i got “obsessed with the dc metro” autism

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(grabs you by the shoulders) you have to make room for new experiences in your life. you have to go through the unpleasant work of leaving your comfort zone, even if just for a few minutes at a time. because if you don't, your brain will trick you into stagnation. you will start to believe that the world can barely fit you in it. but that's not true. it's the opposite way around. you can fit the whole word inside of you. your task is only this: to welcome it with open arms

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this is your gentle reminder to stop fighting against your adhd and instead structure your life around it

buy a pack of chapsticks and put one in the pocket of all of your coats and jackets because you always forget to bring one and chapped lips is sensory hell

leave important things where you can see them. if they go in a box or a drawer you will forget they exist

put any appointments or deadlines in your phone calendar As Soon As you get them. set a reminder for a week before, a day before, an hour before, as many as you need as often as you need them.

when that little voice in your head says "i dont need to write that down, ill remember it" that is the devil talking!!! write it down anyway!!

plan for down time. have a few hours at the end of every day to just do fun stuff like engage in your hyperfixations. even if you didnt get all of your work done that day, have the rest anyway. you probably spent the whole day beating yourself up for not doing what you Should be doing, so you still need the break.

if you never eat vegetables because its too much effort to chop and cook them, get the frozen or canned shit. it doesnt go off for ages and you just have to microwave it. theres no point buying fresh vegetables if they just keep going off and being left to rot in the bottom of your fridge

if you struggle to decide what to have for dinner every day, take the decision out of it. choose a set of meals and eat those on rotation until you get sick of them, then choose some new ones and do it again.

its not stupid if it works! our brains literally have a chemical deficiency. you are allowed to accommodate yourself. go forth and stop making your life more difficult than it has to be because "this shouldn't be this hard". it is hard, so make it easier.

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I love that I share my house with one of the most efficient apex predators millions of years of evolution could produce. I love that two of nature’s most prolific machines met and were like “hmmm. We should lay around and do nothing together”. Now we’re both fat and happy and full of meat. The hedonism of it all

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babygirl u are still so weird thank god

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"It looks like two old white guys poached our patient."

ELLIS, SHEN, ROBBY, and ABBOT in The Pitt, 1x15, "9:00 PM"

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welcome to wherever you are rated ma | wc ~13,200 | warnings: none

By the time smoke floods the Emergency Department and the alarms start going off, Jack Abbot isn’t there at all. Fourth of July at PTMC. Mohabbot.

» READ ON AO3

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i feel a normal amount of emotions about this fictional woman i promise