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English has different words for mouse and rat but in Chinese they're both the same creature (laoshu) so I asked my mom well how do you differentiate between mice and rats. She, clearly having never felt the need to do so, was like uhh big laoshu and little laoshu I guess. Then I went online to see how the difference between (the English words) "mouse" and "rat" was being explained to CN->EN learners and there are numerous articles delving deep into the analysis. Bigger vs smaller, indoors vs outdoors, cute and favorable connotations vs evil and ugly, tail length, fear factor, emphasis on the fact that you cannot call it a "computer rat." Much thought is being expended on this little mystery of the English language

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you CANNOT read too much old timey fiction because I was playing Raft with the lads this morning and without a THOUGHT said we could sail over to another island "if the wind would consent to blow" & let me tell you. This did not pass by unremarked.

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It is the one-year anniversary of starting this comic strip called “Greatures!” I’ve been loving doing it. In fact, here’s another one just today!!

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i say this not to disparage myself or my own art but because I speak truthfully: @paperandpencilsandskips's work consistently achieves a level of freedom and wisdom that staggers me every time, and seemingly effortlessly embodies a kind of weirdness and magical realism that the vast majority of creators wish they could tap into and take great pains to emulate. to say nothing of her work as a civilian archivist for an endangered language

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there's never been a magical girl comic like Lali Lopez and the Cosmic Fault before and there never will be again. go read it and show it your love!

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have you read lali lopez and the cosmic fault. are yu goingn to read lali lopez and the cosmic fault. when will yuo read lali lopez and the cosmic fault.

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gf showed me wrestling and this was my salient commentary

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Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.

The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.

These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.

(all credit to my physiotherapist)

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if you got any spare change to kick my way my paypal is cyrdrawings@gmail.com (can also kick it over at paypal.me/titletier) and i promise thisll be the last time i ask for money like this or else ill idk just go put myself in a lake or something. cause im genuinely embarassed that ive been unemployed this long LOL

$400 at $120 expenses/month means it can last me 3-4 months, and again I can pay you back what you've donated once I get a job. dont send money to my kofi if youre expecting art from the dono please i have requests/comms i owe and cant take on any more for how long ive kept previous inquiries waiting. if you need something to sweeten the pot i have a DIO figure i can sell you for like $50 usd or like. a lightly used copy of FE3H for like $20. I can do tricks as well for a $1 like a bad handstand. anyway thanks for reading

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neopets forum posts i reference all the time but nobody gets

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let go of me, and take my revolution 🌹⚔️

happy yuri day (6/25) to this revolutionary yuri!

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yeah

(my translations aren't accurate, by the way, I don't want my text to fill up the screen so I just went by vibes)

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The constant typing and swiping on the smartphone is an almost liturgical gesture, and it has a substantive impact on our relation to the world. I swipe away the information that does not interest me. I zoom in on the content that I like. I have the world firmly in my grip. The world has to accord with my desires. In this way, the smartphone amplifies self-referentiality. Through all my swiping, I submit the world to my needs. The world appears to me under the digital illusion of total availability.

Byung-Chul Han, Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld

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while megacorporations profit off of exploitation of queer people and using pride flags for their tshirts and mugs, the creator of the lesbian flag, emily gwen, cant afford basic necessities and has to rely off of donations

if you have something to spare or can share, please do so

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IT FUCKIN YURI DAAAAAAAAAAAY

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Vanillish — S&V Paradox Rift #190

Illustrated by: Taiga Kayama

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the years by Alex Dimitrov