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Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating. 

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they hate it when you’re pretty and slightly off-putting

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sits on my own blog like it’s the edge of a lake wistfully

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As someone nonpartnering, I'm always dancing on the razor's edge of relating to and having no patience for "forever alone" sentiments from alloro single people.

Because on the one hand, to be perfectly honest, yes, I am lonely! And while there's numerous factors involved in that, my being single is one of them. It's hard not to feel isolated as a single adult and I'm very cognizant of my friends, coworkers, family members etc... who have this whole category of social life that I do not.

However. While if someone individually happens to want a partner, that's fine and well and good, but 'everyone must partner off' cannot continue to be the broader social model. If your mentality is 'I'll get a romantic partner and that'll be that', then you're contributing to the problem -- for both yourself and everyone else.

Community has to be the real focus. When I think about combatting loneliness, I think about universal basic income and affordable housing, walkable neighbourhoods and robust public transit, free community events (both in-person and online), access to high-quality affordable healthcare, access to public restrooms, etc...

Even if we woke up tomorrow to find sudden cultural acceptance of permanent singlehood as an option, I and many other people would still be lonely! We need to support social infrastructure outside of romantic relationships and nuclear families at the policy level. If you have to work multiple jobs to afford a place to live or if you have a 2 hour commute because the local bus service sucks or if the best spot in town to meet new people is an accessibility nightmare, all of these things are going to stifle community and we're still going to be lonely. I genuinely do sympathize with the plight of the single alloro, but there has to be an understanding that your individual loneliness is not the end of the line.

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this is the money Data. Reblog for riches and good fortune in the new year

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If you're feeling alone, I really suggest you get to know neighbors. People directly close to you can be sources of help in storms and other disasters as well as potential friendship and solace. Cashiering suck? find a way to use your free time that makes it suck less. a thing you can be passionate about, to be proud of leaving as your legacy in due time. Or work towards some skills that might be helpful later like edible plants or basket weaving. Maybe talk to your coworkers about forming a union? or at least talk to them about the state of things. You can also ask them legally what number their money income is, and you can share yours, your boss is not allowed to discourage it and you are legally allowed to demand a raise. This is an at-will work state even though it seems like your life could be ended in an instant by being homeless. Have another job lined up before you make demands, and searching around and talking to other employers will make you more aware of your worth. It sounds to me like you could use a best friend, though, and there is nothing quite like that. Something to make it all worth it. you know? It doesn't have to be a person, but I know that I need something that I love so much that i can melt into them once a day until the world fades. It's important for stress regulation, and love is nice.

This is only day 1. DAY ONE. Day 1 and it's already horrific. My nervous system can't take 1400 straight days of this kind of stress lmao (and however many years after it will take to clean up, maybe the rest of my life tbh). And I'm expected to just...sit at my little desk and do my little day job tasks and pay my mortgage and do house maintenance and run errands while this kind of shit happens for the next 1400 days?

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do you ever want to gently float up to someone and whisper “this isn’t a debate; i am actually educated on the subject and i’m telling you you’re wrong”

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Jenny Holzer, “in a forest of words”, 1994

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if you're subscribed to Microsoft word, you probably received an email recently saying they're upping their prices. Like, a lot. ($9.99/month instead of $6.99)

guess what though? you can log into your account, click Cancel Subscription, and get the option to continue your subscription at the same price WITHOUT their bullshit AI.

That's right, the new, higher price is actually a different subscription that includes AI that everyone is being opted into by force! What a cool and fun product that clearly everyone wants.

you can also choose to buy Word 2024 without AI for a single lump sum that will be yours in perpetuity, with no updates, for one computer.

Check your subscription if you need Word for work! Don't get duped into paying for something you might not even want

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hang on I’m trying to see something

don’t tell me the name of your pet, just tell me in the tags the name you call them that’s got nothing to do with their actual name

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We should teach kids to be content in silence, because i think it's wild that the first time of the day that they are in silence is in bed.

they should invent a brain that doesn’t tell you mean things at night time

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Fae propoganda

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“Our kittens aren’t brothers but they came to the shelter together. They’re best friends.”

(Source)

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I feel like if humans swallowed rocks like birds do to help grind up food we'd have so much fun with it.

Can just imagine all the girlies on tiktok going "I know this is a bit controversial but I honestly love using limestone as a gastrolith. Not only can you readily forage it but they are just so pretty when smoothed out after regurgitating them"

and then all the comments would be like " girl 😭 😭 calcite dissolves in stomach acid!! Just use quartz if you want a pretty gastrolith like 💀"

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Details I would ask my artist to include in my portrait to communicate the glorious wealth and bounty of mine noble estate

XXL Costco pack of toilet paper, still sealed to demonstrate that the need was not desperate

Dresser in the background with top two drawers both just a little open to show that overflowing piles of clean socks and underwear prevent it from closing all the way

An open container of raspberries, the fastest-moulding of the expensive luxury fruits, showing that I purchased fresh produce recently and at full price for no special occasion

The walls are painted a vibrant colour and covered in hanging art, showing that I have the legal freedom to modify my own living space and may even own property

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Have You Tried Doing An Art About It?

Acrylic, beads, glitter, glitter dust, stickers and eyeshadow on canvas