Author: Brin

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calamitys-child:

I need. Adult sized playgrounds. I did rock climbing for a bit until I got injured and chalk gives me sensory ick anyway, I did trampolining as a kid, but that’s not enough really its not the same its too Sports coded. I need to go to a big softplay and run around with my friends and get into social bonding fights with other people there. I need to go play on the swings. I think it would be good for society generally if there wasn’t a cutoff age on Going To Play on the proprioceptive stimming machines and hurtling benevolently and haphazardly into things. Running around used to be so Fun. I don’t wanna do rock climbing again even a fraction as much as I want a jungle gym yken? I don’t wanna swim laps I wanna play on the big floating inflatable obstacle courses and go down the flumes and it’s much harder to do that as an adult

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#…yeah that’s a good point #I guess I do have child-passing privilege in this regard #I played on a public swingset‚ like‚ last year #and they do let me on bouncy castles #people who can’t pass for 13 should get to have that too #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #aging cw?

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foxes-in-love:

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#yeah‚ yeah‚ the frisson‚ we’ve all seen it #(I looked through the notes and *most* people there know what Green is talking about‚ but a significant minority don’t) #(personally I do have the thing) #is the blue I see the same as the blue you see #comics #art #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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randomitemdrop:

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Roll d10:

1-9: Item: a regular Butter Knife; can cut everything like butter, which is to say it cuts through anything that is similar to butter and nothing else.

10: Item: the Butter Knife; can cut everything like butter, as in through any substance with similar ease to that with which a normal knife can cut through butter.

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#overly literal interpretations #fun with loopholes #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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soph950:

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This one is the best in a while

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#… #relatable #Buddhism #Christianity #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #death tw? #unreality cw? #this post was queued because my to-reblog list is too long and I didn’t want to dump it on you all at once

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nuclearspaceheater:

When I ask myself, as I sometimes do, what an astral wizard, alien spirit, or young AGI would do if it found itself in possession of my own body and mind, it’s obvious that one of the first things it would do is start lifting and getting swole. For it is well known to this world’s mindken that human bio-souls work much more consistently when housed in a phylactery that is totally ripped. Truly, any entity entering this world in such a way that wished to mitigate the limited willpower of their new form would immediately work to get fucking jacked.

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#(for any of you who remember that cyber-lich post‚ this is the same guy) #I started working out about three weeks ago #–(having already taken up jogging in 2018)– #and I keep thinking about this post #I’ve still got a ways to go‚ but I *am* starting to see improvement #although at this level‚ the mental-health benefits of being in better shape are very difficult to untangle from #the mental-health benefits of renewed hope #someday‚ not so long from now‚ I will be able to say yes to potential employers who ask me if I can carry 50lb objects #(as a large fraction of potential employers around here do) #less vital but still meaningful‚ someday soon I’m going to carry my *own* softener-salt bags instead of having to ask my brother to do it #(at my pre-workout strength I could‚ just barely‚ move 40lb salt bags from the grocery-store display into my cart) #(but I could *not* carry them into the house and down the basement stairs and pour them into the tank) #((P.S. I waited until after finishing the comment roundup to post this)) #((and I think I overdid it a couple days ago)) #((my neck does seem to be recovering well though)) #((it’s a learning process)) #tag rambles #exercise #that one post with the thing #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what

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ozymandias271:

“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

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tuesdayisfordancing:

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody:

zeug·ma ˈzo͞oɡmə/
noun

  1. a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g.,John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

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professorsparklepants:

#in english class in high school my teacher had us write our own zeugmas in class#and one guy came up with ‘he fell from her favor… and the window’#i am forever looking for opportunities to use that one

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siesiegirl:

She dropped her dress and inhibitions at the door.

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whateverhumans:

What’s this? My favorite rhetorical device showing up on my dashboard?

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thranduilland:

IT HAS A NAMEEEE!! OH MY GOD!!!

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#oh *that’s* how the window one goes #language #that one post with the thing

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staff:

postitforward:

Go back to bed—it’s World Sleep Day!

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World Sleep Day is a global, annual call to action celebrating the importance of a good night’s sleep. Sleep is essential for health!

In partnership with World Sleep Society, we’re encouraging you to practice some self-care and look after your health. How? Just LOG OFF & GO TO SLEEP!

How can you help to make this our biggest celebration yet?

We know it’s a big ask, but we’re confident you can handle these two enormously difficult tasks:

For Web users:

LOG OFF

GO TO SLEEP

For App users:

LOG OFF

GO TO SLEEP

Need a little sleep-spo?

Check out the #GoToSleepTumblr tag. You can head over to @music for some soothing sounds to put you in the mood to snooze and stop by @gotosleep for the largest collection of yawn-inducing content. Let’s count some sheep, Tumblr.

Ok, ok, you can grab some sleepy crabs before you log off. Then count ‘em like they’re sheep and go to sleep 🌝

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#so is staff just going to sexually harass us every year or what #wait‚ no‚ the last incident was 2021‚ they didn’t do anything for 2022 #[in the exact same tone and cadence as the first tag] so is staff just going to sexually harass us every two years or what #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what

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lookatyounow:

he/him • 20 • iron deficient • 18mg methylphenidate • 52°01’04.9″N 8°29’17.4″W • 10% tax bracket • spare key under doormat • 30G • broken ankle (recovered) • last name Jones (previously Davis) • conventionally attractive • driver’s license ID 737927323 • vacationing in another country Feb. 13-Feb. 21 • 5’11” / 180cm • born in Chicago, Illinois • nonanemics DNI

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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #(cosmea’s tag in the notes: ”fake post people from chicago physically cannot enter ireland”) #…10% tax bracket in *which country* though #he’s strongly implied he’s subject to two countries’ tax agencies #*pokepoke* #America: Ireland apparently doesn’t have a 10% bracket #man don’t break into the house of someone in the 10% tax bracket‚ that’s just kicking them while they’re down #odds are decent he doesn’t have much worth stealing anyway #this probably deserves some warning tag but I am not sure what #embarrassment squick? #unreality cw?