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Andrew, to Neil: my body is very attracted to your body but when you speak my brain gets angry

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You do owe the world things, actually. It’s just those things tend to be perfectly balanced. 

You owe people respect and dignity; they owe the same to you. 

You owe children kindness; as a child, you are owed a kind world. 

You are owed nourishment by any world that brings you into existence, you are owed a chance to thrive. In return, you owe the same to any people or creatures you agree to take guardianship over.

The issue is not that we, and others, and the world in general, owe each other.  We are all born being owed certain things, and by living we acquire debts; life requires this interdependence to thrive. The issue is that we are often misled as to what this actually means, by those who would take advantage of us. We are lied to by authority figures who do not want to respect us, or acknowledge their responsibility to us. Worse: we mistakenly come to believe that taking advantage of others is the key to restoring balance. We were cheated, so others must be cheated in turn. 

We trap ourselves in these deadly cycles. Society betrays us so we are taught to disengage, to break it further. We are taught to forget the value of repair. We are taught to forget what is owed. Fundamentally, we are taught to forget that people are owed basic decency. When we say we owe the world nothing, we forget we are affirming the opposite: the world owes us nothing in return.

But this is so incredibly untrue. We owe the world things, and are owed in return, and that’s good, that is so so good. I would hate to live in a world where I didn’t believe people were fundamentally owed dignity and decency and kindness. The real issue is that these things often go unpaid, and unreciprocated. We think: “The world gave me nothing, though it should have. Why should I owe anything?” 

And that is such a dangerous way to think. That type of thought just turns you into another gear in a destructive machine. That type of thought just allows despair to self-replicate. That type of thought validates the abusers and ensures there is never a shortage of victims. Feed those kinds of thoughts, and a plug gets pulled somewhere inside you, and lets the humanity drain away. You lose everything, trying to steal from others what was stolen from you. You cheat yourself and the world, with that kind of thinking. 

I promise you this: When we try to balance the scales by refusing to pay forward what wasn’t paid to us, we just double the debt and burden the world in the process. A better world requires that we first do better.

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constipated coco pops

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"Seiji had always known he was difficult to love."

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Fandom: Omg Seiji is such a baby, we have to protect him.

Seiji:

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hey! i made a which fence character are you quiz! reblog with your results if you take it and let me know what you thought :D

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hey! i made a which fence character are you quiz! reblog with your results if you take it and let me know what you thought :D

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I’m drinking too much water and i don’t like it

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red white and royal blue goes from childhood crush to enemies to fake friends to real friends to friends with benefits to established relationship and if that’s not a ride you want to take i pity you in so many ways

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USI removes student from campus because of his Tourette’s

Oct 12, 2020

A USI student named Seth Pressler who has Tourette’s syndrome was allowed to come to campus, but now he is being sent home to continue his education online because of other students’ reports about his disability to Public Safety. According to others I’ve heard from at this university as well as the person who made the petition, Seth is a pleasant and kind student who is always apologetic about his disability and explains that he has Tourette’s when people are offended by his behavior, but his apologies are often not accepted.

As someone who is on the autism spectrum and has been ostracized throughout my childhood for “socially unacceptable” behavior such as stimming or talking too loud or laughing at inappropriate times, I feel for this man. A disability is a disability, no matter how “socially unacceptable” it is. Disabled people can’t always adapt to our society’s expectations, and they shouldn’t have to do so just to access the same privileges as others. Our society needs to adapt to meet disabled people’s needs.

Please sign this petition and reblog this. (Remember not to donate to change.org.)

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“Ladies, gentlemen, cowards, and esteemed charlatans”

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Harvard..... my sweet, sweet summer child.... my stupid, sweet, sweet summer child

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get yourself a man that can do both

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i am mentally constipated.

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nicholas: yeah, we’re rivals, but I would fuck you if you asked.

seiji: what?

nicholas: what?

aiden: [eating chips in the backround] he said he would fuck you if you asked

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must a novel have a plot? is it not enough to just be a secret box full of all my favorite shiny tropes and archetypes?

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i am but a hollow vessel for the yearning to occupy

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