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your strengths are harder to see than your weaknesses because the problems you're good at solving don't appear as problems, because you're so good at handling them before they become problems... unlike the relatively rare problem that becomes a crisis, which demands undue attention. it's sort of like a reverse survivorship bias. the problems that become noticed as problems, the moments where you notice your capacity has a gap, are only the ones that aren't cut off at the pass by your strength and capability, before they become problems. so if all you focus on is problems then all you'll see is your weaknesses. which isn't accurate

princess asking her advisor if they should send the knightgirl on a "cue you ee ess tee" because if she actually hears the word she'll start flipping out, demanding her squire start dressing her, etc.

The best thing about having unpleasant childhood associations with some classical pieces is that if I let out a tear or shudder while listening to them, people assume I’m some sort of uber-sophisticate aesthete rather than a person with problems.

I think the "pre" and "post" parts in "preposterous" should cancel each other out but everyone else seems to find my idea completely erous