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[elumish]

It is incredibly important to train yourself to have your first instinct be to look something up.

Don't know how to do something? Look it up.

See a piece of news mentioned on social media? Look it up.

Not sure if something is making it to the broader public consciousness, either because you don't see it much or you see people saying nobody is talking about it? Look it up.

Don't know what a word means? Look it up.

It will make you a better reader and a better writer, but it will also just make you more equipped to cope with the world.

So often, I see people talking about something as though it is the first time anyone has ever acknowledged it, when I've been reading reports about it on the news for months or years. Or I see someone totally misinterpreting an argument because they clearly don't know what a word means--or, on the other hand, making an argument that doesn't make sense because they aren't using words the right way.

Look things up! Check the news (the real news, not random people on social media)! Do your research! You (and the world) will be better for it.

[shyocean]

Yes!

You have the whole internet in your pocket!!

When I was a kid, we had an encyclopedia in the house. And it was a normal dinnertime occurance to say, well, let's look it up.

But it was frustrating, because there were so many limitations.

But you have! the whole! INTERNET! in your pocket! ALL the TIME!

look that shit up

[dduane]

Look up ALL the things. 👍

[theebirblover]

FINALLY!!! (FULL BELOW)

Didn’t turn out as well as I wanted it to. Oh well.

[nercali]

repost, since the next season of castlevania nocturen is around the corner <3

[shingummyy]

🥹🥹

[endrae]

I'm going so feral for this man you have no idea

[paradise008]

[redstonedust]

doctor he wants to talk about his ocs but has nothing concrete to say about them. and yes it's fatal.

[kosmogrl]

[lovely-english-rose]

what a week huh?

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

[eldritchbauble]

Hard pill to swallow, maybe, but sometimes you are the problem. You may not have been initially, but people around you can only have so much endurance for understanding why you're "like that" and how you got to where you are now. Even if you were the one who was victimized, hurt, or abused to begin with, your behavior affects those around you. There's a point at which personal responsibility needs to kick in, or you will become toxic. You can become toxic even if you never become an abuser yourself. If other people are constantly having to help dig you out of the holes you made but you keep slapping their hands away, you cannot expect them to have an indefinite amount of patience and energy to keep trying. If you're not putting in the work to recover from what damaged you; if everyone else in your life is consistently the only one making a real effort to effect change for you--you're the problem.

[eldritchbauble]

People can give you love, but can't make you treat yourself like someone you care about.

People can offer you resources, but can't make you reach out and use them.

People can lay down stepping stones, but can't make you put the work in to make progress.

If you're expecting everyone around you to keep making the decisions and making things ok for you, you need to take a step back and some serious time for deep introspection. This doesn't mean that others shouldn't have compassion for you, but as difficult as things are and as tired as you are--others get tired too and can't be expected to carry it all.

[eldritchbauble]

And if you blame everyone else in your life because they "gave up on you" when they reach a limit, you have a victim complex. Having been a victim does not mean you should accept perpetual victimhood.

People are allowed to say "I love you, and my love for you doesn't mean I can sacrifice myself for you." There's a point at which people have to let go because they do not ultimately hold responsibility for whether you live, die, or thrive--you do.

[hellallamerican]

FUCK linkedin i'll look for my next job at a crossroads at midnight

[wolfythewitch]

This too shall pass but like holy fuck

[candysea]

i guess i can start experiencing the sunday scaries again

[anexperimentallife]

See also, "We're in a drought; conserve water!" Meanwhile, bottled water companies and golf courses for rich folk empty the aquifers.

[emeraldastral]