I'm Nobody! Who are you?

nobody talks about how exhausting it is to live in that space between "things will get better" and "i can't handle this anymore." it's like your emotions are constantly swinging. leaving you both hopeful and defeated in the same day.

it's kind of crazy climate change has occurred at such a remarkable pace that I and everyone else around my age can remember a completely different climate in our childhoods. I truly watched winter gradually disappear in my life.

"You're too young to remember this, but there used to be so many insects outside that you would have to clean them off the windshield after a long car ride" is the kind of sentence that would have been in a cheesy scifi short story earlier in my life, perhaps submitted to a literary magazine and accepted to show support for its environmentalist message - now it's something I've said in earnest.

#this is a really good point#pride and prejudice#Elizabeth does misinterpret Darcy’s character based on lies and what she wants to be true based off of first impressions#but she is smart and a realist enough to understand the implications of a potential husband#a) having a bad or untrustworthy character towards his dependents#and b) not having respect for the legal process protecting a weaker party#I think of all Austen heroines Elizabeth may be the most aware of how marriage would put her in a dependent position#but she isn’t the kind of person to ruminate on it#she sees proof#she makes a judgement#and that judgement is based in the knowledge that if she voluntarily puts herself in a dependent position under someone who#a) doesn’t take care of her#or b) doesn’t respect her#she is shit out of luck#there is no changing that decision#she saw that in her own parents marriage and even saw what is arguably the best example of how things go when they don’t work out#her parents are stuck together and they shouldn’t be#but for all that her dad treats her mom like an amusing housepet#he doesn’t cheat on her#he never fails to support her and give her money and authority over the household#and for all Mr Bennet’s many flaws#I think Elizabeth is aware that a lot of men are not and would not be as good as her father when they don’t respect their wives#for a given value of good#Darcy has so much more power influence and wealth than Mr Bennet#that if he was an angry or an unjust man as Elizabeth thinks#and goes into the marriage already not respecting Elizabeth’s family and background#WHICH HE FOREGROUNDS IN HIS PROPOSAL#then how long until he stops respecting her?#how long until he ignores what legal rights she has and fucks her over? via @amarguerite

is this of any use

your cat was an honor to see in the window

My favorite jokes are about mispronouncing philosophers' names but I'm afraid it's a nietzsche subgenre

But it can hit if you plato the right crowd

HELLO ! have you thought about Van Gogh’s First Steps today ?

ALSO A DADDY LONG LEGS is different in the UK vs USA. I learned that by arguing with some Brits because they said there was a daddy long legs on the wall, i looked and only saw an insect, argued with them all for 45 minutes until we all looked it up and saw that we were both correct.

an extremely good post addition

Shen Yuan is actually a great cautionary tale abt underestimating the effect your presence has on the ones you care about. You are fucking important. Your good actions matter, and won’t be completely erased by one bad deed. Your life matters. People care about you. They won’t stop caring about you just bc you think they would be justified to. Communicate. Do not kys right in front of your favourite person out of a misguided attempt to cheer them up with your death you fucking idiot I swear to Airplane.