When he was excited, he suffered not so much from a speech impediment as from misplaced pauses, as if his brain were temporarily putting his mouth on hold.
Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
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Today we live in a world that is very poor in interruption; “betweens” and “between-times” are lacking.
Byung-chul Han, The Burnout Society
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Staring into her eyes and trying to read her soul..
Random Xpressions
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I love Solangelo actually because when Solangelo is canon, Jasico automatically becomes 1000% more devestatingly beautiful
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If...
i were a book or a song,
hope it would encourage others
to get up and go,
step by step,
get things done and
make a difference
show there are still things worth fighting for.
But just as there are
empty pages in some books
(before a new chapter begins)
and pauses in a song -
gotta remember to
take a deep breath,
take a break
now and then
to get some certainty...
for my dear friend @justbeneath-thesurface2
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the last egg and last toast or happy saturday breakfast imaginary constructs and also the reward for finishing all of the eggs is more eggs and the reward for more eggs is carbonara or happy future carbonara imaginary constructs
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Haunted Pauses
The spaces between sentences expand
When we’re stranded together,
On the same brittle patch
Of our crumbling isle
–
We both fight to pry
The heavy verses from our minds,
To exhale the trapped fumes
Still billowing through our bodies
–
The quiet moments hover
As our phantom reminder,
Of how our tyrants barked
And drew streams of their blood
–
Let the silence drift
For fellow…
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No rest for the wicked”:Parimatch suggests playing CricketX to fill in pauses during IPL
https://www.prittleprattlenews.com/entertainment/parimatch-suggest-playing/
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god i wish i wouldn't have to explain the intricacies of the neopets economy to you guys to give the full context for this but. the new neopets team that took over from jumpstart pledged that they were going to curb the inflation of rare items, which is great because a lot of rare items are worth literally hundreds of millions of neopoints, they are unbuyable unless you've been playing actively for 20 years. they did this earlier with a site festival that included random loot boxes, some of which had Unbelievably Fucking Rare And Precious items worth 200 million neopoints apiece.
well.
today they have gone a step further. by releasing this year's trick-or-treat bags. and having the trick-or-treat bags be stuffed to the brim with unbelievably fucking rare stamps, weapons, paint brushes, defense magic, and other unbuyables. (all prohibitively expensive and in-high-demand types of items.)
jellyneo, the premier neopets website, has recorded prices of some items plummeting from 2,000,000 neopoints to 4,000 neopoints IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. this is when most people haven't even heard about the event or OPENED THEIR BAGS YET.
and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat.
this is a children's game for children btw.
none of the money is real.
i'm having such a good time.
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bisan's live video on her 2nd acc is piercing my heart
she started off expressing (in arabic) how sick she is of the constant sharing, photographing, capturing, having to speak english and how she wants to speak in her native tongue instead.
she explained that the leaflets that were dropped again are ordering evacuation to rafah so they are forced into the sinai, and how impossible it is for over 2 million people to go to an area that's only 151 square km, so many have no choice but to stay in khan younis. they are trapped and have no international passports. rafah is the southernmost point of palestine after khan younis and she said - this part in english - "after rafah there is no more palestine. if we are forced into rafah there is no more palestine."
someone asked her if she has eaten and whether they have any food, her response was no, not at all; one loaf of bread has to be divided between everyone in her tent.
the video kept freezing because of how bad the internet service is in gaza right now so i lost bits and pieces, but at some point an older woman joined the live, a journalist outside of the country. it's unclear whether they knew each other previously, but a lot of warmth was exchanged. the woman got tears out of bisan when she told her "dont listen to people who tell you to be strong, i don't want you to be strong, i want you to be you. if you are sad i want to know, if you are happy i want to know." she explained that she tried entering rafah but the occupation refuses to let any foreign journalists in anymore.
after the woman left, bisan talked about her life before october. she said her life was beautiful and fruitful and any source of strife was solely on israeli hands; namely her inability to travel or pursue placements for her education outside of palestine. other than that she had nothing to complain about. if im able to watch the video after it ends, i will add any pieces i missed
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why the fuck was he kinda cooking with that bumpersticker
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