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Yuji says a Cantonese phrase in one of the Shibuya episodes apparently???

#belltalks #How have I never heard of this #What #He apparently says “mou man tai” in one of the episodes #idk which one though #So this is going to take a while (-_-') #It might be ep 13???

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#I named my bear Caddy #Which I made up without thinking about it as like anyone's name #The word exists #But I didn't name my bear after anything soooo #I guess it goes under nonsense word??? #I wasn't even thinking of anything lol I was just like “you are Caddy—your name doesn't end in -ie though it ends with -y” :D

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Just saw a friend I still haven't talked to in over a year and now I hate myself :)

#belltalks #vent #why oh why can't I just apologize to them and explain why I suddenly stopped talking to them over a year ago!! #ERRRRRH #I am such a coward #ughhhhhhhh #I still can't believe that I haven't talked to them in over a YEAR #Like just fucking type something #Explain that you were under so much stress that you had to leave for a bit unannounced #Tell them about the guilt that kept you from responding and the habit you developed through all the useless procrastination you did #Just DO something god fucking dammit #I really am an awful friend.

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how dare you treat me like this dont you know im neurodivergent and *remembers i’m over 18* a major

#me everytime

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I hate how acknowledging unfairness in the world is seen as "childish". Maybe children are right. I don't think you should be proud of the fact that you've become complacent with the state of your miserable existence and took on this loser "it is what it is" mentality. Things can be better.

#What is it that the child has to teach? #The child naively believes that everything should be fair #and everyone should be honest #that only good should prevail #that everybody should have what they want #and there should be no pain or sadness. #The child believes the world should be perfect #and is outraged to discover it is not. #And the child is right. #^ quote by Tzvi Freeman #It's so important to acknowledge that injustice isn't normal and we shouldn't just accept it into our everyday lives #Living is not supposed to be cruel. #“The world isn't fair” well then MAKE it fair

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reverse hero’s journey is when you’re the most powerful being in the universe and you let some dumbass guide you into becoming an insignificant and powerless ordinary dude

#millions knives

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i Know antipasto means appetizer but i still like to believe that it refers to pasta’s archnemesis

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tragedy enjoyers when even good intentions lead to ruin

#geto suguru #aki hayakawa #grace monroe #coco wha #yuji itadori #FMA

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I often think I could be such a good writer if I were better at writing

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Telling myself this every day so here's a meme

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i always forget that people use "just some guy" as an insult because to me it is a neutral to vaguely positive descriptor if not a term of endearment

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thinking about my moms youtube playlists

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When I was young, I never really understood my parents insistence to only use olive oil imported from Palestine. It took a long time and a great distance in a process that was neither cheap nor convenient. The oil came in old beat-up containers that did not look appealing to me at all. In my head, if they wanted to support distant family back home, they could just send them money and save us and them a big hassle. We could just use the nice looking olive oil containers from the nearby store. Yet, this was never an option in our household. The only olive oil we used at home was from Palestine.

‎As I grew up and started a student part-time job, I worked with olive oil a little. I knew all about olive oil imported from Spain, Italy, and other countries. I knew which ones were better and more expensive. I also learned to tell, based on the pungent taste, which ones were extra virgin. I was tempted to use my employee discount to bring home one of the fancy bottles and use at our kitchen. I could not get myself to do it, and I did not exactly know why. I felt like it would be disrespectful to my parents even if it didn’t make sense to me. It did not feel right. It was not an option.

‎After living in Palestine for a year during the olive picking season, something changed. The olive picking season in Palestine is holy.

‎Palestinians relate to the weather based on how it would benefit or harm the olives. There is well-known unspoken rule about treating olive trees with respect. There is a day off from work just to pick olives. On public transportation, it is not unusual to hear someone on the phone telling their friend to stop by for their share of this year’s olive oil stored in what used to be a Coca-Cola or a liquor bottle. A driver will stop in the middle of the way to give his brother- in- law a jar of olives that are so close to one another that they start to crush showing their insides.

‎In Nablus, the owner of the Nabulsi soap factory takes pride in how picky he is about getting his olive oil. He insists on filling a cup to let me smell how authentic it is and smirks as he sees my diasporic facial expressions transform in appreciation of its strong smell running through all of my brain cells.

‎I started noticing how olive oil is an essential part of so many dishes. “Palestinians drink more olive oil than water” I would jokingly say and they would laugh in agreement. Olive oil is truly an everyday ritual.

‎They fantasize about its color when it’s fresh and remind me that it starts to change as it reacts with oxygen over time. They dip their bread into olive oil, just like that and without any additions, and enjoy it more than the sweetest of all foods. I can guarantee that every lunch invitation (عزومة) I received during the olive-picking season was a chance for my hosts to share their olive oil using Msakhan (a traditional Palestinian dish).

‎I now have a deeper understanding of the psychology behind the burning of olive trees by Israeli soldiers and why farmers moan at the scene as if they lost a loved one.

‎Wherever you are, if it’s accessible to you, make sure your olive oil is Palestinian. Your ancestors would want that.

- Dima Seelawi

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so i went to the zoo yesterday and saw the cutest family of otters ever

and then i checked their names

they’re all NAmED aftER fOOD

EXCEPT kEVIN

WHY

WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS

#DGHJKJGFFGHJ

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hey fellas last night i took a medication which is more or less the anxiety equivalent of a horse tranquilizer & essentially enterred the fifth dimension of sleepwalking in which i awoke but enterred a dissociative fit so strong i was really confused why my loving girlfriend was not my good friend and fellow viking bjorn, who i had to bring some furs to. also i might’ve cried about this. don’t remember

#FOUND IT FINALLY #IT TOOK AN HOUR

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you guys arent going to believe what ive been into lately

#bsd #fanart #friend art #RICHIE ART RICHIE ART #WOOOOOOO #poor Atsushi though 😭 #weed cw #baked Atsushi has the same vibe as that one tumblr post where the op took a really powerful drug and didn't know what a dog was