Smoke visualization of a starling in flight. Image by W. J. Maybury, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Animal Flight Mechanics – taken from http://media.efluids.com/galleries/biological?medium=247

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(and the moment you do get SRS, the first thing I’ll do is fingerfuck you so hard your doctor will have to chastise you about taking things so hard so early. As if I’d ever slow down taking every ounce of pleasure I want from you.)

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜɪs sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴏᴘᴇɴ-ᴍɪɴᴅᴇᴅ. ɪᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ʀᴇᴠᴏʟᴠᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ—ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɢʟᴏʙᴀʟ ɪssᴜᴇs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴄʟɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ, ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴғʟɪᴄᴛs, ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴄᴏɴᴏᴍɪᴄ ᴄʀɪsᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀғғᴇᴄᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ. ʙʏ sᴛᴜᴅʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏғ ʜᴏᴡ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪs. ɪᴛ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴛʀᴀɪɴs ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴇʀsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs, ʟᴀᴡs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴs ɪɴ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ ʀɪᴘᴘʟᴇ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴏʙᴇ. - 🤓☝

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