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where’s my grandparent who will peacefully die of old age and give me a note only to open when i need it, revealing that they have gifted me their old farm that i can use to escape to if i ever need a reprieve from capitalist corporate life, in an idyllic town with lovely villagers and also a wizard

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I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

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In case you're curious here's what I mean.

Renaissance(distinct lines, stability and the individual man):

Baroque (bold, chaotic, dramatic):

Romantic(romanticize the simple hard working life):

Do you see the difference?

kivcraft

stability

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i love when dogs look down like

like this. what do you see little man

kendallroynsfw

geralt of rivia is the most relatable game protagonist of all time bc 90% of his dialogue is just him talking to himself and monologueing details of his investigations like he’s in an episode of CSI

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geralt, completely alone, to absolutely no one: “hm. poor bastard’s eyes have been gouged out. he probably didn’t…see that coming.”

justhereforeskel

I’m so sorry - this idea wouldn’t leave me alone

yorksilk

this week in I Am Very Smart: having enough money to go to the opera, museums and concerts correlates with having enough money for food, shelter and basic health needs

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They controlled for socioeconomic factors though! The people who conducted this study knew that people with lots of money to attend the opera were also more likely to be able to afford basic necessities, so they controlled for it in their analysis. The fun thing about statistics is that you can control for different confounding factors so you can look at the effects of one independent variable (opera or whatever) on the dependent variable (mortality). Part of being critical of potential biases is actually reading the article and knowing what to look for.

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In addition to that very good point about controlling for socioeconomic factors, the article says a single museum or concert per year makes a difference. Most cities have free community concerts (some even have free opera performances!) and museums that are either free, pay-what-you-want, or at least have specific days/times during which they are free or at a significantly reduced cost. Many libraries (which are free) provide free museum passes to card holders. In fact, the article quotes a museum worker who works at a free art museum in Baltimore.

If you actually read the article you would also read that educators are excited about this study because it provides evidence that the arts should be made more accessible financially - by restoring arts programs in the public schools, for example.

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numbtotherhythm

in my notifications

thisurlwasnttakenbutnowitis

neechees

strangerfandomfiascos

airportrunwaymodel

edelwary

Avatar but its a summer anime in the 90s and they still have powers and stuff but also live like normal highschoolers

jeannettearroyo

burgertv

bonersniper

I got a virus from that screenshot of Limewire

alwaysabeautifullife

I hate you all

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thefloatingstone

xxtc-96xx

buntchugleyy

otherluces

thoughts-of-a-better-me

I miss my guy paperclip

sassystarlightcollection-deacti

I hate you all for this

resplendentgoldenwings

I heard this post.

thehighpriestofreverseracism

I highkey feel attacked

reluctant-fan-girl

I have been stabbed in the feels.

crashpl

peterlos1ngw3ndy

petition to bring this back

mrsswift-kloss

Well hello to my fellow 90’s

insanitycase

@logicheartsoul

ilovemosss

minesweeper was my game

also clippy, i miss you every day bro

hoko-onchi-writes

OLD

nadjasnandor

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why are birds so cursed

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A Non-Comprehensive List of Birds That Piss Me Off

1. Dracula Parrot. This thing pisses me off like, a bunch

2. King Vulture. the felted craft project equivalent of a haunted ventriloquist dummy

i will never not resent this bird

3. Jacana Bird. This is the most unnecessary cursed nonsense. i deserve an apology for having to look at this. I can feel its fingers stroking my ears

No it does not have SIX FREAKING LIMBS. it’s carrying its stupid creepy spawn under its wings. A+ parents but still, piss off. even the normal 2 legged version isn’t much better

put those AWAY.

4. The Shoebill, which i’m sure we’re all sick of hearing about. this thing is the epitome of a crappy photorealistic cgi disney villainy. i despise this bird.

also this is what they look like standing up. i just feel like i shouldn’t have to deal with that, i really do.

5. Inca Tern. truly, hipsters ruin everything

6. Tragopan. it looks like a star wars species, which i dislike on principle

7. The Secretary Bird. it wears yoga pants.

also i’m uncomfortable with the length of its eyelashes

8. finally, i really dislike this one specific parakeet

in conclusion, these birds exist to haunt me and this knowledge is a burden. birds exist to observe our sin; always watching, they are filled with malice. flee from them