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scopophilic1997 · 5 months ago

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scopOphilic_micromessaging_1030 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.

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worlds-of-imaginations · 14 days ago

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Cyclical end of the world…

In every era there was a belief in the coming end of the world; In the Middle Ages, the year 1500 was often considered the end date. Monumental cathedrals and Gothic churches were built with hope, in Gdańsk (Poland) the largest brick temple in the world was built for almost 150 years to postpone the end of time… Earlier dates of antiquity were often close to or coincident with real temporary apocalypses like plagues decimating entire countries. The Mayans believed that the great flood or other global catastrophe occurs cyclically every now and then. However, after the apocalypse, the new world is reborn and people learn anew and build civilization again. Following this line of thought, cavemen would be the remnants of ancient societies and this would explain where the "cavemen" knowledge about the stars comes from and where very early astronomical structures like the famous Stonehedge come from. Just like in Mayan legends; humanity locally even globally always regenerates but do we have any influence on such an apocalypse? Our belief that we live in exceptionally difficult times is nothing new. Maybe the question should actually be; "What can we do to not learn forever anew but to learn now to live in harmony with ourselves and the world around us? Here and now.

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mxwhore · 2 years ago

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this is so fucking exhausting lmao

#im in a car with my uncle and shitty cousin and DEAR GOD i shouldve just paid the 8 usd bus ticket #i wanted to visit my parents for mothers day and silly me i decided to tag along #we got out of the house at 4 and its 6 pm and we havent EVEN LEFT. THE CITY!!!#ive been listening to my shitty cousin while she is a disrespectful little b word to everyone and god i will throttle this child #will try my best to not let this brat ruin mothers day

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autumnalhalcyon · 4 months ago

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#i am at my fucking limit lol #i need to leave this fucking town and this fucking state the very second i can nail down both a car and a remote job #the fucking ''''affordable'''' housing company i rent from has once again opted to start harassing us #and we're once again gonna have to be in a fucking fight with landlords who think that we're making too much money to live in a $1200 apt #and want us to pay $2000 a month for this rathole we live in despite taxes and deductions literally absorbing a quarter of our earnings #so they want to absorb half of what we have left when ive yet to be able to even afford a car that isn't a fucking beater destined for scrap #at least not without using p much all of my current life savings in the process #so we have to instead get around by buses that refuse to actually show up take us on huge detours for no reason have lead feet that-#-exacerbate my chronic pain and - oh! how could i forget? is also horrifically mismanaged to the point where they're now canceling entire-#-bus routes including the one i take to work and ALSO GOES TO THE AIRPORT lol #and nothing will fucking change about the highway robbery rent hikes bc the entire state legislature is filled with and bought by-#-landlords NIMBYs and property management firms.#that's not even getting into the fact that ive got too many traumatic memories too many enemies and not enough good things to show for it #the only thing I've got in this fucking town is my partner bc not even our home can be considered safe anymore.#i want to take them and the home we dream of and get the fuck out bc i can't keep doing this shit #and i can't even fucking talk to them about this bc they need me to be the strong one for once #im so tired. i feel like im in danger even though i know we'd be able to tank the hit to our finances. but i would like to escape.#i know of a city in ny where our $1200 rent is considered the norm. there's also so much more to do within reach that isn't just. drinking.#i wanna go there. i may have had a desire to live there since our vacation there this past March.#but for now im stuck here dreaming of the future and fighting off desperation and despair in the present #this breakdown brought to you by: the bus purposely avoiding my stop this morning after learning my landlord wants to ruin us again #vent

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kidrat · 1 year ago

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'he wouldn't say that' but it's he (baz pitch) wouldn't study there (university in london)

#carry on #baz pitch #been thinking about where he Does go #durham maybe?#can imagine smth like leeds or loughborough #York seems up his alley but i actually think it'd be too samey for him #like yeah small city w historic architectures and goth stuff everywhere seems good #but actually he wouldn't be enriched enough #and would likely feel disdain for the hippy tat #i think he cld have a decent time in brizzle if he did go #but ultimately i think he'd look round and decide against it #which is a shame bc he'd drown in pussy here #i cant imagine him on a boat #or wearing carharrt or doing ket #and he'd HATE how bad driving is here #like students just do not have cars there is no point and no parking #and getting bristol calfs would ruin the fit of his skinny jeans #much to think about #misc

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figuerockfaeth · 9 months ago

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I NEED TO MOVE OUT NOOWWWWWWW

#i woke up at 3 pm bc this was my 1st day ‘off’ in forever #and when i went to grab something to eat our back door was fully open and my car was nowhere to be found #cat*#so i freaked out and started looking outside but when i realized she wasn’t there and my roommate also wasn’t recently outside #i knocked on her bedroom door and she was like ‘oh sorry i was asleep do you want me to help look’#YES i want you to help look what are you talking about #eventually i found her bc my cat is the best girl in the world and never left our yard- she was in the crawl space under the house #but not only am i pissed she let my car out then took a nap #but we don’t live in the safest city in the world and while we were both sleeping our door was fully 90 degrees open #so now not only do i feel like kevin (cat) isn’t safe here but I don’t feel safe sleeping here anymore #the lease is up in july and i finally get to leave #this girl is a random roommate my former roommate found to replace her #and the whole process/experience has been awful #i just have to survive 4 months #during the summer i might keep paying rent but fully leave and go live with family #bc my school isn’t in driving distance of any of my family #now i’m thinking about asking someone if they’ll take kevin for a couple months bc im so sorry about her #but my dad has a dog that doesn’t love cats and my best friend is allergic and my mom lives in another state #personal #delete later #also this is unrelated BUT every weekend without fail she does laundry at an insane time in the morning #and our washing machine is the loudest washing machine i’ve EVER heard #and of course it’s right against the wall of my room #not hers #i only get two days a week to sleep past 630 am and she almost always ruins it

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baconcolacan · 1 year ago

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Hey so uhhh…..guess who had their electricity cut for the whole day

#neil talky #TEA TIME RUINED #A bus hit an electricity pole after ramming into another car #my city went black for the whole day #I just got my electricity back now so yay!!

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kaoharu · 1 year ago

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hmhmm actually ykw rant in tags kinda

#✧ chatting !#so basically our discussion topic today was like. why do ppl in poverty often turn to doing the ''wrong'' things like selling drugs etc #instead of just working a minimum wage job at loke. mcdonalds #and holyy fuck this girl. the whole time she just kept saying oh theyre just ruining their lives and theyre stupid for selling drugs !!!#if they get a job at mcd then thwy can have lots of benefits + good adults around them theyre dumb to not take thay offer up #and we were like ?????? its not that easy ???????????? do uu rlly think that a single parent home w kids can support themselves off mcd wage #or like an older sib supporting their younger sib ??????#also sometimes in like. inner city places uu cant just Walk everywhere cause it can be super dangerous . . .#to which shes like ok then just drive a car ????#and were like . . . a car is a luxury . . . theyre literally living in poverty . . .#and then shes like ok then just walk its all a matter of willpower and not being lazy !!!!!!#at which point im just. huhhh ??????#and she just keeps trying to push this idea that people who live like that are useless and just lazy and atp im ready to jump out the window #and she kept saying stuff like if theyre working so hard then just move out of the poor neighborhoods etc. and its like #??? its not that easy to just up and move away ????????#also housing is expensive . . . ? utilities ????? transportation to this new housing ??????#dhe thinks thay everythikg in the world is so easy its so frustrating . . .#i dont fault her tho its just how she grew up but like still yk !!!!! geh #anyways this is kinda mean but what are the chances she has a tumblr acc #send post or wtvr

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ssaalexblake · 2 years ago

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well, the problem of having had a huge box of books for donation in the garage for 2 years but nowhere to donate them to has handily been solved by the fact that that stupidly long period of rain a few of weeks ago kind of flooded the floor where they were kept and like 90% of them have mould now :/

not how i’d have liked this to end (i hate chucking books) but it’s not like i can Not chuck them now

#eh #a Few books are more likely to be donated than a huge and heavy box #the only way u can get to the charity shops here is by driving into tow #*town #or taking a bus #and then walking the long high street to the charity shops #(no cars but emergency vehicles)#and uh #it costs a fucking fortune to take a bus Or to park #And the huge box was too heavy to just try and do a one off expense thing #but eh a little box that can be carried in might actually happen #also pro tip! if you're all about no car urban planning #i would advise that people based city planning with a prominent public transport system #only works if your public transport is not privately owned #trust me.#i live somewhere built Not to cater for vehicles but people #(it's pre car by Thousands Of Years)#and capitalism ruins the utopia you want #i can't afford to take public transport into town lololololololllll it's a laugh #a one off expense maybe... regularly? not fucking likely #too far to walk #too expensive to park and there's little parking anyway #yeah anyway those posts annoy me #they're usually ableist anyway #saw that one abt seoul and ppl praising it and like a month before i'd seen a post abt a protest by disabled people #at how inaccessible the public transport was

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unhonestlymirror · 1 year ago

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Кияни вимагають реконструювати «одну з найгірших вулиць міста»

ПЛАЧУ, РОКИ ЙДУТЬ, АЛЕ МОЯ ВУЛИЦЯ ВСЕ ЩЕ В ТОПІ НОВИН, НЕВАЖЛИВО: МАЙДАН, ВІЙНА, ІНОПЛАНЄТЯНЄ

Одна з небагатьох стабільних речей в цьому світі.

Я б навіть вже й нічого не робила, хай стоїть як стоїть.

#i officially went to school by the worst street of the whole city #and it pisses all citizens off #it was my favourite street #they had a house with wires on which an icicle angel appeared in winter #until they demolished it #the cars constantly ruined the trams moving #it was so broken lmao yet going to school this way was my favourite part of the day

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rucow · 2 years ago

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had a horrible experience just now and im trying to calm down :') might watch LND or something just to distract myself from having a panic attack

#delete later #i jumped in front of a car to grab a cat that was trying to cross the street #she was collared #she still crossed . slowly. after i walked away. she made it to the other side safely but i cant deal with this anymore #it was my first time going outside in TWO MONTHS i hate cars and cities so much i hate it all #sorry for venting here but my life is genuinely ruined by city life and by cars and i dread going outside ever again #i go outside a few times a year thats it. i cant even handle that much.the stress the fear of knowing i might witness Something bad..i cant #im going to be like the phantom and be a hermit and never go outside ever again :')#im crying rn but ill put my phone away and try to calm down :') uhgh

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uwanosorade · 2 years ago

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its so unfair we dont just have trains. like i am grateful that i can afford to pay for a car but i would definitely say i experience my car much more as a burden than as a source of freedom

#just found out the tires may have gone bad early because i don't drive it often enough??? like how needy is this bitch #driving it more would mean taking it to work every day which means i would have to get to the office 2 hours earlier to get parking #which would also cost me several hundred dollars a semester #and would also mean i have no excuse to leave work before my boss #all so i can pay extra for gas and ruin the environment more???#the bus is free #but the bus basically doesn't go anywhere except my work especially now that the city killed public transport #so i need the damn car to go anywhere other than work but goddd owning it is such a pain in the ass #it literally brings me nothing but guilt and stress #its so unfair that i cant just get on a train it makes me so mad

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snoozingbear · 2 years ago

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NEW PROFILE PIC what is it I’m excited

HI YES it’s this (very zoomed in) picture of elliott smith smoking a cig and crossing the street

i <3 the blue tones of it it feels wintery

#it’s also so zoomed bc i wanted to crop most of the police car in the background out lmaoooo #city walking pictures rlly will have cop cars. like why are you here??? ruining the shot?#anyway ♥️♥️♥️ thank u for noticing hehe #shoebox #killaura

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doubletamponne · 2 months ago

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Dont ask me what I was doing scrolling through the comment section of a fucking LinkedIn post at 3 a.m., but recently a cyclist was straight-up murdered by a driver -- the automobilist was driving on a bike lane, ran over the foot of a cyclist, who punched the car in order to alert him. When the driver backed off and stopped, the cyclist went up to the driver to protest, upon which the driver turned the car towards him and ran him over. The author of the post mostly deplored the fact that 48h hours later, the ministry of Transportation had yet to make a statement (he has since met with representatives from various cycling collectives), while TV and radio discourse tended heavily towards blaming cyclists. The comments were a delightful mix of :

Honing in on the first sentence "Paul was murdered by a man driving an SUV" to either brandish la présomption d'innocence or jump to defend SUVs -- and honestly the people in the comments comparing this to US gun discourse don't seem far off, whether it's "the SUV didn't kill anyone, a madman did, and he would've done it all the same with a Twingo", "stop appropriating tragedies for the sake of an ecolo-bobo agenda", "umm, actually, there's no such thing as an SUV" or "I'm a housewife and mother, I need an SUV to drop my children to school BC that's all you can buy today, and *I* never wanted to run over anyone!", occasionally with people pointing out that sure, any car has the potential to be deadly, but SUVs are deadlier in a variety of ways, their much-touted safety features being only for the benefit of the driver and passengers

Bonus round: blaming the outcry against motorists and SUV drivers in particular on a culture of victimhood that depicts cyclists as poor innocent angels against the big bad SUVs

That very same cyclist-blaming, complete with anecdotes of badly behaved cyclists sometimes severely injuring friends or relatives of the commenters, which I don't mean to downplay, but I'm not sure how they relate to a cyclist being run over by someone driving in a bike lane. Also sometimes throwing in stuff about electric scooters. And people who identify as pedestrians taking the side of drivers???

"Sure, Scandinavian countries have robust biking infrastructure and a strong biking culture but they're culturally homogenous"

Since this happened in Paris, blaming it on Anne Hidalgo's anti-car dictatorship. There's one lady in particular who commented about a hundred times that back in her day, everyone was respectful of each other and the code de la route.

For that matter, denying the notion of vehicular violence and saying it's only a matter of lack of "respect" from all sides

The cherry on top: pointing out that the cyclist was a pro-bike activist as a manner of saying that he kinda had it coming.

#To be clear I drive and enjoy it #But only between cities #when there's no public transportation available #City centres are just so much nicer without cars #And this is not to say I'm one of the good ones #I'd like to think I'm a cautious driver but I had a close call involving a child on a bicycle #(luckily there was more fear than harm as I was driving at 20kmh and a 1994 Peugeot 205 has great forward visibility by modern standards)#But even without bringing murderous intent into it #Cars are absolutely potentially deadly or life ruining at any speed #And there's that presumption that drivers are the main users of the road and everyone else should inconvenience them as little as possible #And idk what kind of tunnel vision it takes to regard other road users as mere obstacles

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gurutrends · 2 months ago

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It's Over! Vandalism Is Ruining Car Sharing In This City

Less than 2 years after its arrival, the car-sharing service Poppy is leaving Liège. The Belgian car-sharing company made this decision because of vandalism and the high number of accidents involving its cars. Poppy is a well-known car-sharing service in Belgium. It was launched by the Belgian importer of the Volkswagen group, D’Ieteren. Its red cars have established their base in several cities.…

#City #Ruining Car #Vandalism

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ilovecoffeeandchemistry · 3 months ago

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it's nice to live in a small town surrounded by woods but it kinda sucks that i have little to no normal job opportunities here

#like i don't wanna move out to a bigger city because they suck and there are lots of cars and people there #but i also don't wanna ruin my very weak back by working at the factory......

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