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have we tried biting people my liege

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additionally i think a lot of us remain helplessly dependent on self flagellation and punishment believing it to be discipline/self control because we are not taught to believe that care and deliberate healing and patience and attention are disciplines themselves

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and is your shame helpful? is it inspiring goodness and change? or is it keeping you frozen in time unable to move on and be everything you have expanded to be?

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My 30-something wisdom is that your palate is constantly changing so don't assume because you hated a food 10 or 20 years ago you still will. Most radically, your taste as a little kid is not indicative of what it will be as an adult-- I've known too many adults who still refuse to eat anything but chicken strips and ketchup because they're still basing their taste on what they experienced at 8 years old and so have cut themselves off from the entire world of adult taste. In my case, my taste for savory foods, especially vegetable dishes, "bitter" foods, and more complex flavor combinations has really expanded. I didn't like mushrooms as a child or for most of my 20s, but around 28 suddenly they worked for me. I started enjoying dark chocolate around 25, especially paired with fruit flavors. I've never been hugely fond of eggplant but discovered that in a sauce or roasted in butter and oil its delicious. I've always enjoyed fish but in the last 15 years I've discovered a passion for it, salmon especially. I've learned to recognize the tastes of herbs and love putting them into everything I can (currently I'm most enthusiastic about dill.) I'm also suddenly crazy about all kinds of sandwiches. And I'm still trying olives every couple years in case suddenly they start working for me, though sadly no luck on that front yet. So basically, expect that your taste is going to change in adulthood and expect that it will keep changing. And you can also work to develop your palate by exposing yourself to new flavors and combinations and cuisines, opening you up to even more foods you might never have liked before. So keep trying new and old foods, because you never know when you might suddenly start liking something new or discover a new way it can be prepared or a new texture it can come in. Don't wind up imprisoned in a world of chicken strips just because you haven't tried anything else since 3rd grade, you deserve better.

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This is a wheel with 250 fandoms, people, topics, specific words, etc. Spin it once.

Whatever you landed on has completely disappeared from Tumblr. Any posts including or referencing it have vanished, and none will ever be made again. No one else notices its absence, and no one else will ever ask about it.

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(so mad i can’t see straight) Yeah i just don’t think chat gpt is a good classroom tool

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Reminder that you are loved

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I love star trek because fans will be like "FUCK he's literally the cutest EVER 🥺🥺💕💕" and then they're talking about this guy

and then you watch star trek, and you're like

damn.

they're right.

he is literally the cutest ever.

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i am going to *remembers suicide jokes are detrimental to my mental health and relationships* make it through this year if it kills me

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Fish stamp…

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THE SHOP UPDATE IS LIVE!!!!

Click the link below to see the new sculptures!

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From Gabi's instagram post (x)

Last week, @splashmadison and I were both in Wichita for U.S. Nationals. She as a coach, and I as a commentator. Amidst our busy schedules, we carved out a little time on Wednesday morning for a practice session and asked our friend Jordan to capture the moment for us. Sharing a work in progress always feels vulnerable. When I first watched this video, my instinct was to focus on the details—to see what could be refined, what we’ve already evolved beyond. That drive for precision is part of me and always will be. But stepping beyond competition has also shifted my perspective. I’m learning to see movement not just as something to perfect, but as something to experience—to create for its own sake. The joy is in the doing, the freedom in the expression. Hope you see it too Music : Not loud enough, @marius.bear

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first of all what the fuck

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kissing you on the forehead

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shout out to everyone who participated in the january-february mass depressive episode