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i'm sorry i wiggled your skinny boyfriend like a sheet of metal. weeop womp weeoop womp weeeoop womp

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twirls around and strikes a little pose but I twirl too far and have to shuffle back to face you and I awkwardly stumble over my feet as I do

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Disobedient Roadrunner (by 77krc)

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it's important to have bits that aren't good and also nobody likes and also aren't funny

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genuinely wish i could

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I'm looking at the Thompson index of folklore tropes because I'm writing more fairy tales for a client, and so many of the ones that are about knowing your place are things we've done.

"Don't try to measure the height of the heavens"- we've done it. it's called the Karman line, it's about 62 miles, and past that "height" has no meaning anymore

"Don't try to measure the depth of the ocean"- we've done it. at its deepest it's about 7 miles.

"Don't try to fly"- Messrs. Wright would like to have a word with you.

and the sad thing is, so many people still live by this kind of folktale-rule, and more like them. "don't try to be too wise", "don't try to be too happy", "don't stick up for yourself", "don't try to change your body to be something that feels good" - all morals of commonly told folktales on this index.

people are intemperately wise and good and happy and are fine. people stick up for themselves every day and are fine. people change and grow in ways that feel good every day, and will keep doing it until the end of the world.

these rules are all just as wrong as "don't measure the height of the heaven" and "don't measure the depth of the ocean".

every time you talk about icarus, you should remember orville and wilbur, too.

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Driving my girl to work on our tandem bicycle. Takes me 15 minutes to drop her off and 45 minutes to get back home

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stop drawing for others. don't draw for yourself either. play video games

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Moth from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

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Driving my girl to work on our tandem bicycle. Takes me 15 minutes to drop her off and 45 minutes to get back home

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small talk? it was quite big to me. i love you

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a long time ago i signed up for a Dracula-Daily style book club email thing for Journey to the West but the person running it stopped being legally able to post the full chapter text and i didn't have easy access to the translation they were using so i fell off of it but never unsubscribed from the mailing list. and for some reason the email i used was my work email. so i'll go into my work inbox and in between 'retreat agenda' and 'weekly program logistics' there'll occasionally be stuff like 'ONLY WHEN APE AND HORSE ARE TAMED WILL SHELLS BE CAST'. it's ideal.

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i did get a little bit lost at one point (while walking in a circle around the pond) but. thats normal. that could happen to anyone.

i. want to go for a walk.

a nice 4am walk on a very cold night. this is not a good idea and yet!! i want to get up and do this right now.

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ok that walk was an excellent idea im glad i went on it

i. want to go for a walk.

a nice 4am walk on a very cold night. this is not a good idea and yet!! i want to get up and do this right now.

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they think i have food

i. want to go for a walk.

a nice 4am walk on a very cold night. this is not a good idea and yet!! i want to get up and do this right now.

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early morning ducks!!

i. want to go for a walk.

a nice 4am walk on a very cold night. this is not a good idea and yet!! i want to get up and do this right now.

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i. want to go for a walk.

a nice 4am walk on a very cold night. this is not a good idea and yet!! i want to get up and do this right now.