I fear a lot of people learned to take good care of library books as children and instead of internalizing "leave shared community items as you found them as much as possible, because other people will use them too" they internalized "printing and binding a book imbues it with sacred energy and if you dog-ear a mass-market paperback you're desecrating the entire concept of written language"

And also, if you have a book that's badly damaged or worn that you aren't going to keep, it is perfectly fine to throw it away. In all likelihood, your library or local charity does not want it. Most books aren't made to last decades of repeated use, and that's okay! Like any object, they reach the end of their usable life. If you truly can't bear to throw a book away, try using it for an art project.

this is me but with pet waste. at least my shit goes to the wastewater treatment plant, but my dog's gets put in a plastic bag and goes to a landfill. they have "compostable" bags nowadays, but like with so many products labeled "compostable," they can only actually be composted industrially and not at home.

all STEM students should have to take humanities courses, and all humanities students should have to take STEM courses

interdisciplinarity forever

got tricked into majoring in linguistics because they said they had PIE and IPA. thought I was getting dessert and beer, got all these nerdy tables and diagrams instead.

@official-linguistics-post

its important to write fanfiction no one cares about 👍

this post from like 2 hours ago already got more attention than the fic in question will get in a year