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I wish I woke up tomorrow in a world where I don't have to see a single AI generated image ever again
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bisexual filipino with bipolar and ADHD in need this pride month
these recent months have been difficult for me financially. i hope to get back up soon, but for now, after the bills have been paid, i have to ask for help in purchasing my bipolar and ADHD meds.
30 pcs quetiapine XR - $60
30 pcs agomelatine - $32
30 pcs concerta - $126
total: $218
in the philippines, dollars are worth more than you can imagine. any amount helps. thank you so much.
send aid here
i'm a writer, so in exchange, i'd like to offer some of my works you can read for free. if you like my work, please consider sending aid.
grief (comics, personal essay)
what could have been water (lesbian poetry)
spatial people: tweets + sketches
"balikbayan" (short story)
"it happened in the philippines" (essay / thesis intro)
"rosas", "new creation", and "war" (poetry)
"unharbored elsewhere" (poetry)
"death for serafina" (short story)
and more on my website (some links need updating so i'll work on those soon)
thank you!
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💙 — There would be an opportunity, I would give him all the flowers of the world
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they should invent an apartment that has huge windows but is never too hot and is near everything i like and all my friends but is also quiet when i want it to be and costs zero dollars or perhaps they pay me to live in. and they save it just for me so i dont have to look for it :)
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"fruit has sugar" warning post reminds me of my coworker who told me to make sure I don't get "addicted to fruit". yeah i'm also addicted to a nice walk on the beach
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y’all remind yourselves your account is your space. you’re not a performance. you’re not annoying by being yourself. if people aren’t into it they can leave. you’re not obligated to please anyone, especially at the cost of your personal expression. the worst thing you can do for your online enjoyment is to filter or censor yourself.
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the adrenaline rush is real
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el fili macaraig

#el nolibusterismo#el noli#el filibusterismo#el fili#he doesnt even have a voice but if he did. i read this post with it#its the underlying backhandedness behind the generosity and politeness that makes it 👌👌👌👌
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#“Not being able to enjoy writing from numbness reddit”#writers block so bad it turned me into a villain
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I'm so fascinated by languages with different levels of formality built in because it immediately introduces such complex social dynamics. The social distance between people is palpable when it's built right into the language, in a way it's not really palpable in English.
So for example. I speak Spanish, and i was taught to address everyone formally unless specifically invited otherwise. People explained to me that "usted" was formal, for use with strangers, bosses, and other people you respect or are distant from, while "tú" is used most often between family and good friends.
That's pretty straightforward, but it gets interesting when you see people using "tú" as a form of address for flirting with strangers, or for picking a fight or intimidating someone. In other languages I've sometimes heard people switch to formal address with partners, friends or family to show when they are upset. That's just so interesting! You're indicating social and emotional space and hierarchy just in the words you choose to address the other person as "you"!!
Not to mention the "what form of address should I use for you...?" conversation which, idk how other people feel about it, but to me it always felt awkward as heck, like a DTR but with someone you're only just becoming comfortable with. "You can use tú with me" always felt... Weirdly intimate? Like, i am comfortable around you, i consider you a friend. Like what a vulnerable thing to say to a person. (That's probably also just a function of how i was strictly told to use formal address when i was learning. Maybe others don't feel so weird about it?)
And if you aren't going to have a conversation about it and you're just going to switch, how do you know when? If you switch too soon it might feel overly familiar and pushy but if you don't switch soon enough you might seem cold??? It's so interesting.
Anyway. As an English-speaking American (even if i can speak a bit of Spanish), i feel like i just don't have a sense for social distance and hierarchy, really, simply because there isn't really language for it in my mother tongue. The fact that others can be keenly aware of that all the time just because they have words to describe it blows my mind!
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"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god
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random anecdote for father's day: one time during a long car ride my dad asked me, "you're familiar with Murphy's Law, right?" and i was like "isn't that the one about how anything that can go wrong will go wrong?" and he said "yeah, exactly" and i said "why do you ask?" and he went "well, have you heard of Cole's Law?" and i said "no, actually, what's that?" and he said "it's mostly lettuce and carrots with a little dressing mixed in"
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