#pg84

[livestuck]

But the mailbox, it beckons.

[macklives]

wow the author’s finally resisting to those daft people who decided to add in “make john shit on the desk”

[mercuryismygenius]

For resistance to succeed, two boundaries must be crossed.  First, ideas about change must encourage people of various backgrounds who do not agree about everything. Second, people must find themselves in places that are not their homes, and among groups who were not previously their friends.

Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny

[collectivecontemporarymedia]

Fredrick Douglass

Underlying themes in both excerpts have similarities although at first glance the two short stories may seem unrelated. Douglass was trying to “break” oxen and domesticate the animals, while slavers were actually trying to domesticate him. In the Zen parable, a boy also struggles to tame an ox and also goes through trials to obtain the ox. In the end of the parable the boy is indentured and set free, much like after Douglass’ life as a slave, he was indentured. Like the boy in the parable, Douglass to lost his “way” or “freedom” and had trials and tribulations with oxen, and was eventually indentured from his condition. It is not at all obvious but obtuse, subtle meanings tie the two stories together.  

[gizoogletranslateshomestuck]

John: Leave a surprise fo' tha mailman. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch.

N... No!

> John: See if yo' daddy left tha mail up in tha car. Shiiit, dis aint no joke.

[linguinismansion]

I have never encountered a fictional character more like me.

[summydraws]

[invader-stuck]

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Stupid human.