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bro thinks hes got plany off time 💀

This is the most important thing I’ve learned about grieving. It never goes away. Time doesn’t make it smaller. Time, if you do the work, makes you bigger. Self expansion is key. Self expansion through creativity and passion and communication. My grief used to be all of me. Now it is a part of me. An important part, but just a part. I love this visualization so much.

Every time I feel like I’ve got a grasp on this whole being an English major thing, I get hit with a text where every fifth word is a piece of jargon that is imprecisely translated—which is something I actually read in the translator notes—from another language that doesn’t have an English equivalent, and I have to read 100 pages of it by Thursday and have smart things to say about it in class. I can’t even say “I understand all of these words individually” because that would be a lie.

As an English major, I assure you that you can do both simultaneously!

as another english major, i can guarantee you that some of my profs are doing exactly this!

she’s so me. i also constantly think about the old versions of myself and how i’ve changed in every way in a depressed way

cats used to go to war and fight. now all they do is to lay down or terrorise humans

The whole “scientists use big words on purpose to be exclusive” is such a bunch of anti-intellectual bullshit. Specific and concise language exists for a reason; you need the right words to convey the right meaning, and explaining stuff right is a hugely important part of science. Cultures that live around loads of snow have loads of words to describe different types of snow; cultures that live in deserts have loads of words to describe different types of sand. Complex language is needed for complex meaning.