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"All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier. With each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher...Long ago, the defenses I built to withstand the stress of my childhood, to save what I had of myself, outlived their usefulness, and I've become an abuser of their once lifesaving powers. I relied on them wrongly to isolate myself, seal my alienation, cut me off from life, control others, and contain my emotions to a damaging degree. Now the bill collector is knocking, and his payment'll be in tears."

- Bruce Springsteen

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My dad had an Australian Shepard who tried to “herd” kids at the beach. Unfortunately, american children see a dog that’s baring its teeth from a short distance away and don’t immediately think “Oh, this puppy is trying to direct me into a group so I’m safe from predators. What a strong working instinct she has! Dogs are amazing!” Instead they think “MOMMY this dog looks like it’s going to bite me!”

Not to sound like I was raised by protestants, but I think those kids who argue that it's animal abuse to put working dog breeds to work doing the tasks they were bred and born for have simply genuinely never encountered the concept that they, too, could be genuinely happier if they could do work they found wortwhile and enjoyable. Like engaging in useful and constructive activities might genuinely make life better than a life of doing absolutely nothing because nobody's making you do anything.

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hey if you died right now whats your ghost outfit you cant change it be honest

#bleachstained black pants and a burgundy t-shirt with a cheesy slogan about gender

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hey! i made a uquiz! what uncommon fanfic trope/tag are you?

#bodyguard AU #no surprise there

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he found a poster for a phineas and ferb theme party and just. decided to go. oh my god 😭

#phineas and ferb #dan povenmire #LOVE LOVE LOVE

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i imagine the butches’ stripper bar - jill mcdonough

#does anyone want to salaciously watch me settle my dad's affairs? #I need all the motivation I can get #Seriously tho I file the taxes around here

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hatchery work is so funny to me bc if you eat a wild caught alaskan salmon there’s real life nonzero chance that I put its egg in a bucket, covered it in milt (salmon semen) and stirred it all together with my bare hands. and now ur eating it. idk what that makes us to each other but don’t forget it

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Dude gets a citation from the city code enforcement telling him he needs to put his boat behind a 6foot fence if he's going to store it on his property. Gets salty about it, so he works with his neighbor (an artist) to paint a mural of the boat on the fence. The result is so badass that city officials aren't even mad. [source]

#Youtube

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My new T-shirts arrived!

I took the ads from 1970’s gay magazines and converted them into T-shirt designs. You can check them all out on my website.

#these are amazing #I love old XXX ads #I used to collect kink personals from the back of the Village Voice

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gave value painting w/ color overlay a try. i love falin's chimaera design. + some detail shots too, because the canvas i was working on is huge.

#falin touden #chimera falin #dungeon meshi #dun meshi

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Do I want to fly out to visit a friend in cicada country for a weekend, just so I can experience The Brood?

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In Artūrs we trust 🙏

fairly self-explanatory

#arturs silovs #nhl playoffs

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‼️CICADAS‼️

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As a Californian this is “Flash Flood Watch” vs. “Flash Flood Warning.”

Without looking it up, when you first hear "Tornado Warning", what does that mean to you?

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The last sentence of this hits like a freight train.

That's the goal: eliminate humans to save Gaia.