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the idea that your true self is someone that lies outside of who you already are now, and that it’s possible to slowly transform into that person, is a dangerous philosophy to introduce to those who hate themselves

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I have no idea if anyone is interested in a more thorough description/deep dive into what I'm seeing but man all I need is one person to ask for it and I'll do it.

for context this is 300 level students, so this isn't even people who don't know how to study

as someone currently studying for university exams, seeing how my classmates are using AI makes me genuinely concerned.

they're not reviewing the content, they're getting AI to summarise their notes and quiz them on it. which is fine except they're not drawing connections!!! they can't see the themes!!!

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as someone currently studying for university exams, seeing how my classmates are using AI makes me genuinely concerned.

they're not reviewing the content, they're getting AI to summarise their notes and quiz them on it. which is fine except they're not drawing connections!!! they can't see the themes!!!

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And when I say that the reason Hotch and Morgan are always arguing with each other isn’t because they’re both alpha males but because they see so much of themselves in each other, then what?

2 men who were abused as children and lost their fathers at a young age who just can’t help but see the worst parts of themselves reflected in each other. They so desperately want the best for each other because they can see the parts of themselves they never want to acknowledge, the things they don’t want to talk about shining right back onto them like a mirror. They are so close and yet so far. They want to be the best parts of each other and they see the worst of themselves. they are the exact same and somehow mirror opposites.

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Some notes on getting a new pope:

* As depicted in the movie Conclave, voting for the new pope is held in secret. The only clue as to who voted for the current pope is to see which direction they face when leaving the Sistine Chapel. This is known as Cardinality.

* In order to make sure no bribes are taking place, the voting block must conduct all their transactions using the vatican's own ecommerce system, Papal.

* No communication is allowed from the chapel while the voting is taking place. The only clues are from the chimney: black smoke indicates a failed vote, white smoke indicates a new pope, and red smoke indicates that the conclave needs pizza.

* The ashes of former non-canonised popes are mixed with flower petals and essential oils to provide a pleasant and holy atmosphere for debate. This is known as popeourri

* There is usually about an hour between the election of the pope and their first appearance on the balcony of the basilica. This is to give them time to sign the poperwork.

* Several times during history sects have taken the opportunity of a papal election to declare their own leaders as the new head of the church. Should one of these alternates shake hands with a vatican-elected pope, both men vanish.

* The announcement of the new pope is the template for modern gender reveal parties, and this isn’t even in the top twenty worst things the apostolic Catholic Church is responsible for.

* There is no historical basis for the pope’s testicular check being done by having a chair with a hole in the seat, and I say this because I went to write one of these based on that and checked first, and now the papacy is a little less funny to me, and isn’t that the point of this exercise?

* The official name for the countdown listing of candidates for the pontifex position is known as “Top of the Popes”

* While a pope speaking from the Throne can speak the word of God, it is not a paid position from which he will earn money.

* All ghosts are removed from the chapel between each day of the conclave to stop them reporting on any progress, which is the point of that exorcise.

* Since 1929 the seat of the pontifex hasn’t failed to elect a new pope. It isn’t the Vatican’t.

* The announcement of a new pope is accompanied by a musical chord that is believed to be pleasing to the divine ear. It is known as the Holy C.

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we should have fuck ass random rules for more races. you have to parallel park into the pit box in baku. if you don’t overtake anyone in interlagos you’re disqualified for being shit. odd numbered finishers get half points in abu dhabi so everyone is trying to overtake all the time. these are so bad but so was monaco. i could go on

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#nocontextgamechanger

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Truly I hate to do this to you all but; you can watch all the videos and read all the blogs in the world but you cannot learn to sew without at some point picking up a piece of fabric and fucking it up. No tutorial exists that will stop you at some point ruining this poor piece of cloth. The visceral act of holding a project and wondering where you went wrong is the only way to learn sewing; you cannot escape it. I’m sorry

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Anne Carson (2009)

Arthur S. Way (1898)

George Theodoridis (2010)

Ian C. Johnston (2010)

E.P. Coleridge (1910)

Theodore Alois Buckley (1892)

John Peck, Frank Nisetich (1995)

R. Potter (1906)

M. L. West (1987)

William Arrowsmith (1958)

Philip Vellacott (1972)

Michael Wodhull (1782)

Kenneth McLeish (1997)

David Kovacs (2002)

Andrew Wilson (1993)

Euripides - Original (408 BCE)

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whenever I see archeological remains of a human who suffered from a terrible disease that couldn’t be treated in their lifetime but could be fixed now, this wave of sorrow and mourning washes over me. a woman in the 14th century who spent her 35 years of life bent at the waist because of congenital scoliosis. a man from the 18th century who died because of a non cancerous mass on his jaw that made eating progressively more difficult. remains of a woman from the Neolithic who died in childbirth having evidence of peri-mortem trepanation on her skull.

and yet she survived to 35. and yet the physicians in his time tried to strengthen his jaw. and yet someone 4,000 years ago tried to save someone they loved from dying of preeclampsia/increased cranial pressure. we tried. we tried and we tried and we tried. we failed and we learned but we tried. that’s what makes humans so beautiful.

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Sherlock holmes, house md, tony stark and similar dudes did damage to society by convincing ppl with not super great social skills that being "playfully" rude to strangers is endearing if they're funny bout it. Problem is they never manage to be funny bout it

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“did you chatgpt this” yeah i typed the prompt into this new generative ai called “my brain” and it spat out a few paragraphs for me. yeah it’s pretty cool actually, it’s like really new technology that actually doesnt destroy the environment when you use it. yeah you should try it sometime

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Shortly before I entered into adulthood there was a carefree and foolhardy vaporwave summer, followed by a solemn and contemplative nightcore winter.

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"Piastri secures our first-ever win in Saudi Arabia" BITCH ella lloyd did not dunk a three second lead in a stock series for this disrespect

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GIVE MY GIRL HER ANTHEM AND FLAG

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let the contemporary record show mr beast was pretty ignorable for his whole career if you were just like, busy.