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Just checking.... We all pronounce Miette like My-TAY in our heads, right?

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one of my older friends started talking about MeToo and how it changed how she thought about her teenage years and was asking me if it was different by the time I went through high school and I just started sobbing. so now I’m sure she thinks I’m super stable and normal 👍

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doing things is SUCH a slippery slope to doing more things. wtf

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When your partner has a praise kink but you're Montessori trained so you know that praise is an ineffective way to encourage development and it's much more productive to acknowledge their effort so that they learn to effectively give themselves feedback so they can develop a healthy intrinsic motivation instead of deriving their self worth from labels put on them by other people .... "baby it's amazing how much you could last today compared to last week"

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saw a poll about dry/humid heat and like OBVIOUSLY everyone preferred dry heat but. would love to know what everyone considers to be “too hot”

me personally it’s a hard cutoff at 75°F. don’t need anything more than that thank you 🫶🫶🫶

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today a server at a winery asked “are you sure you’re old enough to drink wine?” and did not card me when I said “yes”

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Crazy that they invented New York City just so Simon & Garfunkel would have something to sing about… they don’t do stuff like that anymore

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the humble "like" is oft mocked despite what it does for us. "like, three people" is a vastly different statement from "three people". "and i was like 'what the fuck'" is vastly different from "and i said 'what the fuck'". i love you "like" and anyone who says you make people sound stupid will be killed on sight

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The ruins of Detroit, MI, USA

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sometimes when a family asks for more services one of my coworkers will be like “🙄 they just want free daycare” and it’s like yeah. you would probably also want that if you had a toddler with a disability. or just a toddler

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went to Portland over the weekend and met a local politician whose platform is all about imprisoning hospitalizing homeless people against their will. wish I had epic clapbacks ready to go but was way too stunned they were saying that

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"what do I do if I have theories" will always be the fucking funniest reddit post

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“Button King” Dalton Stevens whose insomnia led him to start covering everything from his clothes to his car in thousands of multi-colored buttons (1980s)

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took home an Indian kurta from a clothing swap party because I love it but I’m not sure where I’m going to wear it. David Sedaris reading???