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You do not have nine lives. You have one body, one timeline, one set of years that will not be returned to you for revision. The elderly people who say they thought they would live forever are not being poetic. They are describing a very specific and very common failure of the human imagination to make the future feel as real and as urgent as the present. Your future self is a real person who will live in the body and the circumstances and the consequences of the decisions you are making right now. She deserves better than to inherit the results of your present comfort and present avoidance.

its all one big humiliation ritual no matter what you're doing

every 4th of july I think about the american tourist who was like oh thank god you’re open I wasn’t sure if you’d be open today and I was like why wouldn’t we be and he said because of the holiday. in norway.

Does anyone know what to do about the temperature and also the prices

[image description: a graphic with many colorful stars and two swirly lollipops. Blue text reads, “immigrants are not the reason your life is hard.” End ID]

I may die after being thrown out of a hospital in Gaza today. My only crime is that there is no treatment available for me.

Please share my story and speak about my suffering.

straight up, the rules of misogyny graphic changed my life. it's such a simple and practical tool for identifying patterns of patriarchy

i've got the kind of eyebags that make people in movies say 'you look like hell, detective. go home.'