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The second you start talking about some mysterious "they" that are controlling society in some fashion, you are engaging in dangerous conspiratorial thinking even if you're being woke about it. "They" did not institute the 40 hour work week specifically so you would be too tired to revolt. "They" did not invent the sleek minimalist aesthetic in order to crush the spirit of art in the common people. "They" are not pushing mediocre media into the mainstream in order to poison people's critical thinking skills.

Your best case scenario after that is you talk to someone who actually knows what the fuck they're talking about and you get embarrassed because you can't answer basic questions about your own ideology because you never learned anything past "the ruling class/capitalists/politicians are making things bad and if we got rid of them the bad things would all go away!"

Your worst case scenario is obviously the woo-to-fascist pipeline and you end up believing Jews are poisoning American food supplies with GMOs in order to turn us all into beta cucks, so like . . . maybe just stop blaming "them" before you fall down that route.

Obligatory round of disclaimers: Yes, sometimes people do bad things. Be specific about exactly who is doing what instead of ascribing it to some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, sometimes things in society are bad. Learn to identify the root causes of complex social issues instead of assuming that they're actually extremely simple to fix and we're just not doing it because of some vague group of shadowy elites. Yes, minimalism isn't for everyone. Learn that some people don't share your tastes and get the fuck over it for the love of god.

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Not to be a communist on main but

I dont understand how a nation can have both labor needs (e.g. not enough bus drivers or homes needing building or insufficient dr's) and people seeking work. Surely you just compare the two lists and start assigning based on proximity? If it's a travel or childcare issue then provide free work travel/work travel stipend and a place in state childcare for every workers family. Or provide home parents a corresponding wage so they can care for kids. If its an issue of childcare availability they can surely train some of the works seeking to do childcare? Any skill can be trained to a reasonable level of effectiveness.

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“I don’t learn this in school :(“

Hey here’s a question what steps have you taken to increase your education and knowledge since graduating?

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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

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we just need someone to put a game up on Steam that's East of an abstract concept

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I used to be mad about "whole language" reading approaches in theory but now I work with school-age kids and I am mad about it in practice.

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Selections from the book, 'Express Yourself With Color' by Better Homes and Gardens (1998)

Lots of pastel Whimsicraft; though more on the country-folk, shabby-chic, MacKenzie-Childs side of that style

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EXACTLY!

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Every summer I forget how much I fucking love spiders I’ve drunk one every day this week

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Sasuke looks so much like his Mother.

It must be hard to see his reflection.

He could see her in himself. 

The shape of his eyes, he inherited her beautiful eyes. 

The fine lines just starting at the corners there. 

They were just starting on her too when… 

The paleness of his skin. 

The darkness of his hair. 

Those were her gifts to him.

He frowned and there was his Father. 

He smiled, there was his Mother.

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kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

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Honestly, y'all, I'm begging you. Take the time to think and learn for yourself. Even if it's just something casual like knitting or cooking. Exercise your brain. It's important.

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The 84 Series