What began as a friendship between Ann and Abraham [Lincoln] turned at some point into romance. They shared an understanding, according to friends, that they would marry after Ann completed her studies at the Female Academy in Jacksonville.
Ann was only twenty-two in the summer of 1835. While New Salem sweltered through one of the hottest summers in the history of the state, a deadly fever, possibly typhoid, spread through the town. Ann, as well as several of Lincoln's friends, perished in the epidemic. After Ann's death, Abraham seemed "indifferent, to transpiring events," one neighbor recalled, "had but Little to say, but would take his gun and wander off in the woods by him self." Elizabeth Abell, a New Salem neighbor who had become a surrogate mother to Lincoln, claimed she had "never seen a man mourn for a companion than he did." His melancholy deepened on dark and gloomy days, for he could never "be reconcile[d]," he said, "to have the snow—rains and storms to beat on her grave." Acquaintances feared that he had become "temporarily deranged," and that unless he pulled himself together, "reason would desert her throne."
goddamn. fuckin bleak period in mr sixteenth president's life
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So much of Quackity's lore is like the rest of the server is having a good time and doing normal things like building, taking care of their kids, having chill convos with friends
Then you go over to Quackity's stream, and he's just like actively being drowned or being psychologically tortured or something
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So. Luffy. My guy ended up with more than 5600 people as his fleet after Dressrosa. Completely unwillingly. Like he did NOT want them under him. But they chose him as their big boss anyways. I mean slay. Literally.
Also Barto my love, he is our representative in one piece fr.
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nothing like seeing so many people on instagram be like "the algorithm isn't working, my visibility is so low, I'm not getting any likes on my posts" (while said posts are getting 50+ likes) to realize that tumblr selects for weird drought tolerant species and instagram selects for ones that can't handle something even remotely approaching a flop post
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The most unrealistic thing about the kids I write in my stories is the fact they don't say "Bruh" every five seconds.
Seriously what's with kids these days saying 'bruh' 😂 Where did that come from? Why am I so old now?
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i think a general (tho of course not 100% universal) rule of thumb for online discussions is that if just one person misconstrues what you said, then they did a bad job at reading. but if EVERYONE seems to be misunderstanding your point, then you probably just did a bad job at communicating your point.
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It’s become a running joke between me and my partner about how every time we play danganronpa, I always end up predicting a bunch of shit without realising. But my personal favourite is when Hajime was on screen for literally a second and I immediately burst out laughing and went on a rant about how he’s “just some guy” and bullied him for a good 3 minutes before I’d even heard him say his second line
Only to get further into the game and he’s revealed to not have an ultimate (pre lobotomy) and was literally… just some guy…
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