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Every day feels like sieging enemy castle with no trebuchet

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Adobe just sucks man, no other program of that calibre do you have to hold off on updating, every single time, because the newest update could corrupt your files

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"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"

actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks

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For Magnus Protocol theories and major Magnus Archives spoilers but

I mentioned elsewhere before but I figure the dead people who are turning up (rip to Dr. Rashid part 2, who can’t seem to catch a break in any timeline) might be people who fell through the rift in s5 on hilltop road and got spat out of a different rift (like maybe church street? 👀)

Would kind of make sense why they’re reciting their fears as statements, given the whole Eyepocalypse thing? They’re still trapped in their fears!

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"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.

Yet, we persisted.

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gazafunds seeks to uplift stagnant or otherwise struggling fundraisers for gazans seeking evacuation or simple necessities. i know many of the images crossing your feeds today are harrowing and impossible to fathom, but those in the line of fire need your help, not your complacency. gazafunds also urges those who are able to adopt a fundraiser to amplify to do so (you can contact them via their twitter.)

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For me it’s every two days (shower on the third). But I wonder if the study took into consideration that in several countries (especially MENA and Eastern countries) it’s considered really weird to not have a bidet/hose/built-in bidet

In that sense it would be cultural still, but like.. not in terms of upbringing, more of an environment thing.

Like I would feel really gross about not showering everyday too if we didn’t have our hose/shatafa and only had toilet paper to work with

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sherlock holmes deduces you are trans before you've figured it out yourself and refers to you with those pronouns and then when you look confused is like "ah...had you not arrived at that conclusion yet?" and wafts away in his dressing gown to smoke seventeen pipes, leaving you in a gender crisis

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I forgot a bunch so here's a part 2! As always please reblog for a wider range of answers

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Alexander J Newall please spend less time on the internet I am begging

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made a lil thing

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The Eurovision song contest is facing intense scrunity and accusations of discrimination after it rebuked Swedish-Palestinian pop star Eric Saade for wearing a Palestinian scarf in the opening act of the semi-finals. Saade, whose father is of Palestinian origin, kicked off the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden on Tuesday evening with a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian and Arab male headdress, wrapped around his wrist. [...] In response, the organisers of the contest, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) released a statement saying it "regretted" that Saade wore the scarf. "The Eurovision Song Contest is a live TV show. All performers are made aware of the rules of the contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event," it said. [...] Eurovision later posted clips of the performances of the other two opening acts on its social media pages, but did not share Saade’s, prompting social media users to share the performance on their personal pages to show support for the artist.

Waving Palestinian flags, wearing traditional Palestinian garments, or if we're being honest, just being Palestinian, is now officially "too political" for Eurovision.

Literally, all Saade did was wear a keffiyeh around his wrist—while being Palestinian—and that was enough to get a statement from the EBU, and have his opening performance scrubbed from Youtube.

If you're not already boycotting Eurovision this year, then what the fuck is wrong with you?

Below are two statements from Saade. The first one, giving his reason for participating, was posted a few days ago, and the other was in response to the EBU accusing him of 'compromising the non-political nature' of the Genocide Song Contest:

Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸

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Translation (Egyptian Arabic):

“Guys what you’re seeing over there… that’s not a rat, that’s my dog. That’s my dog trying to make her way over. Bravo Bentley! Come on! Come on! My sweetheart, my sweetheart—”

It'a a ball? Bird? Rat? Ooooh... Okay.

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While I agree to some extent and also understand the frustration (especially when it’s a really good joke too!) I think part of it is also a lot of people just tend to second-guess themselves and being afraid that a supposedly obvious word means something completely different

Like… alright disclaimer in that I do not speak Spanish but these are the examples that come to mind.

Here are two phrases: ‘estoy embarazada’ and ‘me pregunto’

Which one means “I’m pregnant”?

Answer: not ‘me pregunto’ (actually means ‘I wonder’!).

Even as a multilingual person this was confusing.

I thought ‘estoy embarazada’ meant ‘he is embarrassed’ or ‘he embraces’, so when I was told no, I thought of French and the word ‘embrasser’, Which means to kiss.

But no: ‘estoy embarazada’ means ‘I’m pregnant’.

Also, not only did I get the word wrong, but also the pronoun (because I was thinking Er in German, but to be fair that was just a weird association to make. :’D)

But yeah I think some people do get the joke, but then overthink it and go ‘but what if I don’t…”

i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

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Gaza's municipality is trying to raise money to fix and restore Gaza's water system. Please support them by boosting and/or donating

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