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Also when it comes to those "happiest countries in the world" studies, it's good to remember that different cultures have different definitions of what counts as "happiness". To some people, being "happy" as a general thing is interpreted as feeling happy most of the time, being thrilled and excited about things at the same rate and frequency as small children are. That's not usually realistic, so naturally a person who considers that as their definition of happiness is going to answer "no" when asked whether they're happy.

And to some, being happy with something is a neutral state, of having no complaints of the thing in question. Your car isn't flashy but it's functional so you say you're happy with your car. Your job isn't glamorous but you'd rather drive to work than into a tree, so you say you're happy with your job. Your life isn't fancy but there aren't any particularly distressing threats terrorising you every day, so you say you're happy with your life.

You can imagine the dissonance that happens when someone with that kind of a definition says "I just want to be happy", meaning that they would simply prefer a life that wouldn't involve as much emotional anguish and suicidal idelation as it currently does, and someone with the former type of definition of "happiness" tells them that it's simply unrealistic to expect to always be happy.

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This porno didn’t fuck around

#....huh

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What an autistic person says: "How long is it going to take?"

What they mean: "I want to know whether to activate my short term waiting mode where I just wait and do nothing else, or activate my long term waiting mode where I occupy my mind with something else. I fully understand that both are possibilities, and I have no problem whatsoever with either one, but I want more information so I can best adapt to the situation."

What neurotypical people hear: "I am impatient and demand that everything I want happen right now. Please scold me and publicly humiliate me for it."

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"I witnessed things that were wrong," she said of her visit. "I saw Arabs being thrown out of their houses in Jerusalem. But it was just the extraordinary magical energy of a country just beginning to put its roots in the ground . it was amazing time to be here

-Helen Mirren

#oh yikes.

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edits for VOXALION ILSAIR: GRAVE OF GODS are IN

I am SCREAMING

my keyboard is CLICKETY-CLACKING

vox is SUFFERING

this is gonna be so good!

#my writing #tradpub #project: voxalion ilsair

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look, fandom as a whole certainly has its own built-in biases and problems that need to be addressed 

but like

every so often i think about all of the deep, nurturing lifelong friendships that only ever happened because one day two internet strangers were like ‘oh hey, we agree on which fictional characters should kiss!’

people who are right now helping each other survive via connections they initially forged by liking the same sailor moon girl or something

the internet is a goddamn garbage pit but it is also a goddamn miracle

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ugh I have such a CONCEPT about the indoctrinated footsoldiers of an Imperialist Space Alien Regime, plus their lieutenant/team dad (nice guy, minus the war crimes), who accidentally cause their side to fail in their attempt to conquor Earth. So obviously, the whole squad has to go undercover as a regular human family while waiting on further orders from above.

Only... wait. They're integrating into human society. They're starting to actually care about petty neighbourhood squabbles and high school drama. They're making friends??? And along the way, they're piecing together that a) the Empire is pretty fucking awful, tbh; b) ....wow, propaganda lied to us about. A Lot. (and we didn't ask more questions because we didn't want to know and that's really fucked up, holy shit); and c) ohfuck the next phase of the invasion is on its way and we actually kinda like humanity now oh god what can we do to stop this

Anyway, I have been mulling it for so long and ONE DAY it will be written. One day.

#for the lieutenant: I'm thinking yes they will have done atrocious things in the past. #yes they will deserve to be imprisoned for life etc. #yes they will be sorry #yes they will be a genuinely fun and decent person who I will strong-arm you all into liking #for the DRAMA #and because I really liked Roy Mustang as a kid #I'm still fleshing out the main squad but I have SUUUUUCH strong character vibes for a few of them they are just BEGGING to be written #my writing #wip: alien shit

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It makes me happy when they listen

#literally me all through high school #'you're so quiet' - quoth a bunch of people who really did not know me as well as they thought they did sldhjgkldshfgdsg #anyway shout out to the besties who actually took the time to listen x

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these tweets are holding hands

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Patreon

#I cackled

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i love finding out the meaning of slangs for “attractive woman” in various languages

chick (english) - baby chicken Schnecke (german) - snail/slug sild (danish) - herring fıstık (turkish) - pistachio тёлочка (russian) - heifer ծիտ (armenian) - sparrow

#tag urself I'm bean

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Palestinian journalists in Northern Ghazzah asked a local, Abou Salah, for water. He returned with a full meal for them.

Every day I fall in love with my people all over again.