#normal distance

[lifeinpoetry]

I want to experience my past again, but as I was then, doing what I did then—nothing changed.

In what sense, then, am I not living through it, again and again?

Isn’t the past always happening?

— Elisa Gabbert, from "Wild Animals (Normal Distance)," Normal Distance

[joanbpoet]

If all possible worlds don't exist, we might actually live in a / very unlikely world. It might not get any more unlikely than this.

Elisa Gabbert, Normal Distance 

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[bookquotesforthesoul]

I resent all this news about the moon. I only love the/moon when it takes me by surprise.

Elisa Gabbert, from “Moon News” in Normal Distance

[hussyknee]

I know some dickheads have now decided that Judaism is the "bad, violent, terrorist religion" and Islam is the "good, peaceful" one, which is only to be expected of white people, but how much of an issue is it currently? Like I've seen some USAmericans sharing how the Islamic faith shapes Gazans values and perseverance (good) except with that distinct white hippie "I'm about to imprint on this like the world's most racist duck" vibe (bad), but I didn't think they're already turning on Judaism in numbers.

Do they realize that Christianity is also the same kind of comfort to Christian minorities in Asia and Africa? That it was Buddhists that genocided the Rohingyas in Myanmar and Tamils in Sri Lanka? That Hindu fundamentalists are even now trying to ethnically cleanse Muslims in India? How Hindus and Christians are terrorized and persecuted in Pakistan? That Muslims have a history of persecuting and ethnically cleansing Jews too?

Really tired of asking y'all to be normal about people's religions man. There's no religion that's inherently violent or exceptionally peaceful. It's just like any other ideology that becomes a weapon in the hands of ethnic power. Interrogate power, not religion, and respect people's belief systems insofar as they aren't in your business.

Edit: I've amended the "long history" of Muslim persecution of Jews because it might be misleading in the current political climate. Zionism and antisemitic Arab nationalism are twin births resulting directly from Christian colonization, and Islamic empires tended to actually be more tolerant of other religions compared to Christianity, especially Judaism, which was considered a sibling religion. Antisemitism wasn't ideologically entrenched in Islamic tradition. It's simply that ethno-religious power will lead to ethno religious domination and intermittent cleansing of minorities, and Islam is no exception. Humans be humaning always.

[arundolyn]

"Oh, this? Don't be ridiculous! It's not a marriage certificate! Look closely, okay? Throw away all your hangups, and simply do what you feel. Aren't you just dying to sign it? Won't it feel good? 3... 2... 1... sign!"

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Normal Distance

By Elisa Gabbert.

[clambuoyance]

[DC] feeling totally normal after that new deltarune lore…

[ghostbergara]

✨ghoul boys✨

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - The World That Never Was

[rexalogy]

noelle holiday

[lifeinpoetry]

I like listening to sad music when I’m sad. It doesn’t make me feel happier per se, it just improves the quality of the sadness.

— Elisa Gabbert, from "The Quality of Nothing (After This Nothing Happened)," Normal Distance

[joanbpoet]

[ginnymoonbeam]

People need to stop suggesting clinical diagnoses for the Only Friends characters. Apart from Ray and maybe Top, everything we've seen so far is consistent with a diagnosis of Being 22. It's a condition with an extremely broad range of presentation and severity, and clearly most of these characters are suffering a fairly acute and debilitating case, but it is more common in the human population than you might think, and does usually resolve without intervention.

[bookquotesforthesoul]

I never close the windows on planes./People who close the windows on planes: I guess you/don't want to feel melancholy and golden and sublime?

Elisa Gabbert, from “Desiderata” in Normal Distance

[koerinz]

Some wb doodles on a board hosted by @pandeesall

I’m starting to enjoy going on these every now and then