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My favorite thing has always been the Cambridge Dictionary pronunciation of ‘parmesan’

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How did you even discover this

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How to Fake Confidence

1. Hold your head high, and look others in the eye

2. Smile

3. Stop apologizing

4. Relax and be quick to laugh at yourself (but not at others!)

5. Dress in a way that indicates you have self worth

6. Use good manners (like saying please and thank you) as this is actually a mark of self respect

7. Expect other people to believe in you, and to see and appreciate your good qualities.

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8. Before you know it, its no longer fake

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wheRE WAS THIS ALL MY LIFE

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How to do this if some of these things are hard for you:

1. You don’t have to make eye contact. General eye area or looking at the mouth (which I have to do to understand people sometimes) will work fine.

2. It okay if you don’t want to show your teeth.

3. Yeah you have to do this one.

4. Lean forward if you want to seem eager, lean back if you want to seem relaxed or in control. Not too far back or else you’ll seem like an asshole (which has its place) or you’ll flip your chair over (which doesn’t).

5. There is no one standard for this. Dress appropriately to the occasion. When in doubt go for “I’m running into my ex and I want to look great but not like I tried.”

6. Look, self-respect is important, but it can be hard to achieve. If you can’t do this or some of these other things yet, it doesn’t mean you don’t have self-respect, it just means you’ve had some difficult experiences, or need practice, or has a brain that works differently. Please and thank you are scripts you can learn, and it’s okay if they just feel like scripts right now.

7. Yes. Find whatever mantra you need internally to remember this. It is okay if it’s weird or feels like you’re having to remind yourself of really basic stuff (I have to do “I am a person” sometimes.) It’s okay to start at the beginning. It is okay to be a beginner.

8. Yes.

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SCIENCE HAS CONFIRMED THAT DOGS LOVE US BACK BECAUSE THEY GET THE SAME RUSH OF OXYTOCIN WHEN THEY LOOK AT US THAT WE GET WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM

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Are you telling me that dogs are looking up to us and think “omg what an adorable fucking cutiepie”?

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a while ago I read an article about how dogs love us back, but recognize that we’re different from them, while cats see us as bigger and clumsier than them, but do not consider us different

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Dogs: I am fuzzy creature and you are a different adorable creature and I love you!!!!! Cats: I am lanky and graceful and you are a giant mess

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This is why cats occasionally try to bathe and feed us

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It’s true; cats see us as giant dumb hairless babies. That’s why they bring us half-dead prey– to teach us how to hunt and eat properly. That’s why they attack when we rub their bellies– that’s how parent cats teach kittens to defend themselves. That’s also why they meow– cats communicate with other adults on a frequency we can’t hear, but meow at kittens because their ears aren’t fully developed. They even specialized a set of meows they use only for humans, because we are especially deaf babies.

We are all of us dumb kittens.

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Today I Learned That I Am A Dumb Kitten

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he ain't shit

never mind he texted me back

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Now the world knows.

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when you’re rich af

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there is a reason I’m single and it’s called my face

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The United States government is observing Endangered Species Day Friday in order to “recognize the national conservation effort to protect our nation’s endangered species and their habitats.” The observance shines a much-needed light on the tragedy of animal extinction.

All of the animals above — and more — are “critically endangered.”

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This scene will forever be the most important scene in any movie to me. This is a little girl who has been told all her life by her parents that she is a mistake and that she is worthless. This is a little girl whose family life is so horrible that books are her only escape. This is a little girl whose parents constantly belittle her for reading, the only pleasure in life she has. And in this scene, this little girl answers very shyly, because she has been conditioned to be embarrassed of her own existence. At first, she answers slowly, and without making eye contact. And in this scene this little girl is beginning to realize that maybe she is special. Maybe there are kind people in the world. Maybe she is worth something.

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I want to be one of those people who does yoga and eats berries for breakfast, but I’m one of those people who stays in bed until 4 pm and eats pizza.