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the bus to itself every time you press the button:

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practicing guilty gear combos on her nipples

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local mourning dove goes viral for show-stopping performance in may 19th dawn chorus. when asked for comment, the rising star simply said “hhhrrroooOOOOO hooooo hoo. hooooo”

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an incredibly sensitive instrument.

#Disco Elysium

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Hey guys I'm in a pretty rough financial spot at the moment, I have work but not enough money to get to every shift I'm scheduled for, I'm homeless, and I don't have any money to spare for my own food. Please don't feel pressured if you can't spare anything since I know times are tough for everyone, but if you can give anything, everything helps. My Venmo is @/MicahMocha (without the slash). I hope everybody has a good day!

#finacial help #mutual aid #again it's not a big deal simce worst comes to worst i just sleep in a nature preserve or something but #a little help would be nice!

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#looks like my cat

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My fave thing in DE (on a good cop run) is that you gradually start to see Kim subtly change how he talks to and about Harry to others as it goes on.

Their general dynamic is obviously very funny from the start (because the game writing is so funny anyway) - but in the beginning Kim is significantly more curt, guarded and sarcastic. You really notice it more if you go back and start a fresh play through after finishing a game.

The more you play, you slowly begin to notice that his tone changes as he starts to praise and act more gentle / silly with you as your reputation grows with him. You get more moments where he’s willing to joke around and share things with you, in a way that feels very earned.

Not only does it make them both feel like actual real partners getting to know each other (which feels very satisfying to play) I think it also shows that by the end, Kim is really very fond of Harry. I think much like Kim guides and supports Harry throughout the investigation after the meltdown, Harry brings Kim out from behind his carefully constructed walls. Its nice!

#disco elysium

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"it's okay, i can peel back the layers of you until i find the soft and gentle core of you you've had to work so hard to hide"? no. no, it's okay, i know you're hollow; i'm here anyway. you don't have to pretend it isn't masks the whole way down. whatever face you want to wear, i still love you. i don't need you to be good or unflinching or the antonym of violence. if i did, i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't ask that of you.

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In writing, epithets ("the taller man"/"the blonde"/etc) are inherently dehumanizing, in that they remove a character's name and identity, and instead focus on this other quality.

Which can be an extremely effective device within narration!

They can work very well for characters whose names the narrator doesn't know yet (especially to differentiate between two or more). How specific the epithet is can signal to the reader how important the character is going to be later on, and whether they should dedicate bandwidth to remembering them for later ("the bearded man" is much less likely to show up again than "the man with the angel tattoo")

They can indicate when characters stop being as an individual and instead embody their Role, like a detective choosing to think of their lover simply as The Thief when arresting them, or a royal character being referred to as The Queen when she's acting on behalf of the state

They can reveal the narrator's biases by repeatedly drawing attention to a particular quality that singles them out in the narrator's mind

But these only work if the epithet used is how the narrator primarily identifies that character. Which is why it's so jarring to see a lot of common epithets in intimate moments-- because it conveys that the main character is primarily thinking of their lover/best friend/etc in terms of their height or age or hair color.

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I asked my friends on Discord if they used "psipsipsi" or "swswsw" when they are trying to call kitties, and I got a wide array of answers and it got me wondering--

How do you

Thank you to @space-glitter-gay, @frogs-under-logs, @justoneofthosebibliophiles, and Virginia for the blessing and the other options!

And to thank you for your answer, here's a photo of our adopted kitten:

#other: tongue clicking #like the sound cats make at birds #usually gets them to come over

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hush little baby dont you cry. mamas gonna buy you a big horse fly. and if that big horse fly dont fly. mamas gonna buy you another horse fly

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It's Friday. Can you guess what I'm in?

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👽 FIRST BATCH OF PINS FOR SALE 👽

#i want the dibshit pin #SO BAD #if i had more money the shit id buy man!!!

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have you seen this one by chance? saw it reposted to pinterest and thought of my favorite public transit blog

Finally a way to market trains to the cruel capitalist

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"Is Discord okay? Perhaps someone should check on him." -Said no one in G5

#mlp #im gonna scream and cry and scream and cry