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Good news: Today I'm even more in love with Jeremy Brett than I was yesterday! Bad news: Today I'm even more in love with Jeremy Brett than I was yesterday ...

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QUEST: Do one (1) thing that scares you

STATUS: Complete ✅

DETAILS: Went on a fairground ride (perhaps a slightly pathetic achievement for a 21-year-old, but we celebrate small wins here). I had previously only been on one rollercoaster before, and it had been a bit too much too quick, and I absolutely hated it for that reason; this time I was actually able to do the deep breathing and accept the lack of control, which I think demonstrates that I've been doing something OK when trying to craft my personality. I'm still a bit of a coward but I'm not as much of a coward as I could be, and if I can show myself that I can face and overcome the small fears, eventually I will be able to face the big fears.

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“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I was telling my friends about how I want to have a baby without a partner and they replied with “it’s going to have so many gay aunts around it. It’ll grow up perfect”.

I love my friends 🥹.

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@thebibliosphere I had to repost this for both of us because OOF

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Saw this tweet foever ago n now i keep thinkin bout how making any character ever Canadian is funny as fuck. Theyre all canadian now

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Allos can also have QPRs. Btw. In case you thought it was an aspec-only event. Or romance light. It's neither. And you can have one if you want.

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there should be a socially acceptable way to say "im not sure what to say to that. can you say something different"

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More Sherlock Holmes because I love him!

I have been watching the Granada series (I’m about halfway through series 2) and I love it.

References for the drawings: “Smoking is strictly forbidden in this compartment” is based on a moment in the Granada episode The Greek Interpreter. The “three pipe problem” quotation is from The Red-Headed League (short story). The black outfit, basically I just wanted to draw my version of Sherlock in the Granada outfit. Tiny Sherlock with scarf and blanket is because of how wrapped up he was in The Musgrave Ritual (Granada). The hat quotation is from The Blue Carbuncle (short story). And the deerstalker and cane drawing is just for fun, no specific reference.

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If you ever feel like your whole purpose in life is to just follow people around and annoy them to death, always remember that a human being is a persistence predator.

So even if you weren't born to do that, you're still hardwired to be really, really good at it.

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in guarani there's a standard greeting that literally translates to "are you happy" (ndevy'apa) and the natural reply is "i'm happy" (avy'a) and as americans learning the language we were so distressed like "but what if we're not happy....." and our teachers were like "that's so not the fucking point"

we kept trying to think of any other way to reply but our teachers kept trying to get it into our brains that it's an idiomatic greeting, it literally is not the time or place to traumadump, and as usamerican english speakers we are not some special exception for saying "what's up" with the reply being "not much" instead of "the ceiling"

but anyway while i was working in paraguay -- the country with the largest population of guarani speakers -- i got sent an article by some friends back home like "look! they're saying that paraguay is the happiest country in the world!"

and the methodology was "we went around and asked paraguayans if they're happy and recorded their responses" and i was like. oh. of course you did. and of course you got a 100% positive response rate.

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does anyone hve any sin recommendations i just fell from the garden of eden five seconds ago