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when you want to know how much trouble your german friend is in

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currently preparing to come out to my grandparents and scripting answers to the inevitable outrage about my hair, so i’m trying to come up with examples of long haired men my grandparents might know and… al.. all i’ve ..got. is. Anton Hofreiter

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the best thing about hearing aids with bluetooth compatibility: being able to choose the exact ratio of music vs. ambiance for your Indie Music Video Fantasy

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my hospital roommate is running out of ways to say “i’m fine, thank you” as people keep calling to hear from her after surgery and i think that’s beautiful

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there’s this one nurse here who regularly acknowledges i’m having a hard time, and i swear he’s some kind of emotional wizard. the whole day i’ll be like “i’m doing well, i’m fine, i’m healthy!” because i actually feel that way? a lot of people here have gone through much more dangerous operations with way worse diagnoses, so i feel like i’m the spring chicken of the ward. but while giving me my meds this evening, he said “you know, it’s a tough operation. you don’t think it is, because it doesn’t leave a visible scar. but it messes with you”

and i didn’t know i needed to hear that, but i really did.

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the weirdest thing about summer is getting ready for bed and looking out the window thinking “ah, it’s not that late, the sky isn’t even entirely dark yet!” before realising the window is facing east

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when you’ve been watching hospital shows for weeks and they finally mention a disorder like your own

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Academics stop using spatial metaphors for abstract concepts challenge 2020