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utilising the gift of imagination to hallucinate moments of tenderness between fictional people

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

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[ID: A painting that shows a cut open papaya with leaves against a cloudy sky with a blue-winged, red-spotted moth on it. Written on the painting are the words, "I used to be sad even when I was happy / Now I'm happy even when I'm sad" /end ID]

#art

3000s

falling in love makes me want to eat

3000s

& actually its romantic and intimate to have someone in ur life who wants u to eat, who reminds u to eat, who treats u to snacks bc they want u to be happy and full way more than they would ever care about u keeping thin, i think wanting someone to take care of themselves and eat without shame or fear for their appearance is like the worlds closest thing to unconditional love

interviewwiththewerepire

every time guillermo del toro puts his tiny key in his cabinet of curiosities while dressed in his fancy suit to present me with another nightmare beyond my comprehension I say fucking superb you funky little monsterfucker and then whisper what the fuck to myself for 30 minutes

wellwaterhysteria

if i don't get to speak in hyperbole (which is my greatest joy in life) literally every single day i will explode and die.

greelin

being alive is great because there are so many different vegetables you can sauté. but then there are also the horrors

thatskepticalbitchcara

no more marvel. no more booktok books with the same cover. no more poetry collections that are written solely for the quotes to circulate online. no more songs written with the intention of going viral. please i’m begging.

duskissed

Clio Peppiatt - Louis mini dress & the midnight dress

#fashion

bitcoitus

Please remember that almost everyone around you is traumatized. I didn’t understand this when I was younger. I wondered why people acted so strangely and irrationally. Maybe all children wonder this. The author Robert Anton Wilson said (paraphrasing), “We have never seen a completely sane adult human.” No one makes it out of this life alive. It’s not their fault. Mercy, kindness, forgiving — these are what makes one human. They are other names for love. People break in the strangest of ways.

bitcoitus

“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being.“ — Robert Anton Wilson