it’s all love now

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[pepis-benis]

I’M GAY!

fuck you

[dragon-in-a-fez]

personally I'm annoyed by the socioeconomic conditions that made words like "unalive" necessary but simultaneously impressed by the linguistic adaptations young people have made to continue talking about important things while subject to those conditions and I think if you can't hold both of those thoughts in your head you might just be old man yelling at cloud

[a-wild-embubble]

Two of my niblings (10 and 7) self-censor like this in real life during actual conversations. I tried briefly to explain to the 10-year-old that they didn't have to do that in real life after they said "unalive" out loud in casual conversation, and they just said they preferred to. On the one hand, I'm sad to see them unconsciously and fully without awareness succumbing to the panopticon. On the other... this post.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

it's not unprecedented in the evolution of languages to see euphemisms adopted as synonyms or even supplanting earlier terms. lots of people say "passed away" even in situations where there would be no particular social cost to saying "died".

for a particularly strong version of this kind of replacement: the word "bear" comes from a proto-Germanic word meaning "brown one" because there was a taboo against saying the animal's actual name. the taboo is gone but it was so strong in the past that we have no record of what the proto-Germanic word for "bear" even was.

maybe in 300 years the word "die" will be archaic and kids will dig it out of an etymology textbook and start using it because "unalive" is getting censored.

[luggifer4]

die has actually already undergone this process. die originally meant "flow" (i guess it's like you're flowing out of life or something? or maybe your life is flowing out of you idk). it was (probably) loaned from old norse to displace the now obsolete "swelt". and yes, that is the root word of "sweltering"

[dragon-in-a-fez]

[pepis-benis]

fencing au has reentered my brain space and I can’t stop thinking about them

[gailynovelry]

The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.

[relelvance]

It's bleed out and die thursday

[pjotwitter]

[pjackk]

i feel as though i’ve done a terrible deed

[cadaverkeys]

continuing to follow a beloved mutual but tag blocking all the fandoms they post about. baby i LOVE you but there is a demonic force that controls your interests.

[pepis-benis]

wipped wednesday babey

[xiawestenra]

sometimes i forget swanqueen isn't canon and i'm just patiently sat there waiting for them to kiss until i remember what show i'm watching

[thegirlwiththemooglehat]

Friends, romans, people who are nonbinary except at work, lend me your ears,

[shouldaleftitat]

are we being deadass since when do people look like this

[nightmarist]

A COMINT !!

[were--ralph]

Pee in a cup and leave it outside near ants - if they avoid it's probably not diabetes, if they seem interested, you might have sugar in your pee and should get checked out

what the fuck is this 1200's medical science 101

[spacecaptainglow]

As a specimen processor who checks body fluids for a living I can confirm this is a real, vaguely accurate ancient way of checking for diabetes that dates back at least to Pliny the Elder

[were--ralph]

no i know it's real but this isn't the middle ages I can literally go to the UC or ER if i need to?? why would i resort back to this

[were--ralph]

actually nvm the American healthcare system is absolutely too expensive you're right

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

it's cheap it's easy and it's free: giving urine samples to your ants

[poisonightshade]

never ever ever in my entire gay stupid fandom life have I found a character that i relate to more than regina mills. thank you regina mills, we all say in unison.

[poisonightshade]

never ever ever in my entire gay stupid fandom life have I found a character that i relate to more than regina mills. thank you regina mills, we all say in unison.

[pepis-benis]

the district says to watch what i say on here so everyone be chill