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[supertrainstationh]

I needed a close up photograph of a backgammon set, for certain reasons.

I didn’t even bother trying to look for one on the web that was free to use when I could just photograph my own set and get EXACTLY what I had imagined with no compromises.

Backgammon Set Closeup by SuperTrainStationH is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

[knitmeatreasure]

The Chair of Regret

The Chair of Regret is a small ladder-back chair, or in some cases a slightly frayed paisley cushion. Made from a willow watered with tears and crafted on the day of a funeral, the Chair is unassuming in appearance and easily overlooked. No matter how tall you are, the chair is slightly shorter than you would be comfortable with. The cushion, understandably, has slightly better ergonomics.

To use it, you name one thing you regret and then sit down. You experience a lifetime’s worth of regret for that event or decision, all in the span of a few minutes. Every time you would be uncomfortably reminded of the thing you regret is condensed into that span. Every time it would make you feel worthless. Every ounce of self-loathing and bitterness.

But the Chair does not simply replay these emotions and distractions for you. It consumes them. It removes them from your mind and your future. You do not forget; the memories and the lessons are yours forever. The emotions are not gone; if you choose to remember, you will be able to mourn your losses. Only the burden is removed.

Be careful. If you regret what you have never done while you can still do it, you drain yourself of potential joy.

(submitted by dhasenan - thank you!)

[fororchestra]

Jonathan Coulton 'Nemeses' For Orchestra

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