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[lullabyknell]

Can I just… talk for a moment… about how much I love how, if you know them well, words don’t have synonyms?

English, for example, is a fantastic disaster. It has so many words for things that are basically the same, and I find there’s few joys in writing like finding the right word for a sentence. Hunting down that peculiar word with particular meaning that fits in seamlessly in a structure, so the story flows on by without any bumps or leaks.

Like how a shout is typically about volume, while a yell carries an angry edge and a holler carries a mocking one. A scream has shrillness, a roar has ferocity, and a screech has outrage. 

This is not to say that a yell cannot be happy or a holler cannot be complimentary, or that they cannot share these traits, but they are different words with different connotations. I love choosing the right one for a sentence, not only for its meanings but for how it sounds when read aloud. (Do I want sounds that slide together, peaceful and seamless, or something that jolts the reader with its contrast? Snap!)

I love how many words for human habitats there are. I love how cottage sounds quaint and cabin sounds rustic. I love steadiness of house, the elegance of residence, the stateliness of manor, and tired stubbornness of shack. I love how a dwelling is different to a den.

And I love how none of them can really touch the possessive warmness of all the connotations of home.

Words are great.

[bead-bead-deactivated20190901]

I did not expect to cry by the end of this, but I did. Which proves the point, no?

[megan-cutler]

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning.” - Mark Twain (and one of my favorites, since I happen to agree with everything the OP said!)

[doomhamster]

@ivorytowerblr - someone’s saying what you’ve been saying for so long <3

[youcantaketheskyfromme]

@sliz225

[liraelclayr]

No, YOU’RE crying

[vaspider]

If you just needed something nice today, here it is.

[wait-thats-illegal]

Op was right I am crying

[elvis-has-been-dug]

I’m crying, you’re crying, we’re all crying

[foxthebeekeeper]

A neighbor called and said she saw a swarm on a fire hydrant so I grabbed my bucket and ran there as fast as I could. I dabbed some lemongrass oil on the bottom of it and they walked in. After about 5 minutes I just scooped the rest in and bam! Free bees!

I got the queen on the first scoop too though. Apparently she was a new one because she was piping in there really loudly. This is my first personal swarm catch so honestly I’m not sure if that was supposed to happen or not.

[droct0]

What other website am i going to see posts where the op talks about “bam! Free bees!”

[kitbulls]

[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

I feel this is an appropriate post to retell the time my dad got free bees (found an extra thrown swarm) but didn’t have any equipment to transport them, so he just grabbed the queen in a pint jar, let the other swarm into his Ford Escort, and drove down the highway to home with a swarm of bees loose in the car.

I would honestly die of delight to find someone who watched my dad (~72 white guy) driving down a major Illinois highway with a swarm of bees loose in the car just chillin.

I’m sorry, he’s just like that.

[jenifer-likes-pictures]

Imagine getting pulled over by the cops and just turning to the bees like Sic em gang

[arrghigiveup]

The comments and responses on this post are amazing

[poetry-protest-pornography]

I’m c r y i n g

Oh my godddd

[hodlmyvodka]

In Kalinigrad, a pedestrian passed through a car standing at a pedestrian crossing, waiting for the green light.

[sexhaver]

i aspire to be this petty someday

[fennecfucks]

“you got room here? can i just move right through here, seeing as you are standing on the pedestrian crosswalk? thanks.”

[catherynbrained]

I was just talking about this video an hour ago.

[mashedpotatosalad]

if someone asks you what big dick energy is send them this video

[dinsintegration]

[numbtotherhythm]

in my notifications

[thisurlwasnttakenbutnowitis]

[neechees]

[strangerfandomfiascos]

[airportrunwaymodel]

[c4ps3p]

[ivan-fyodorovich-deactivated202]

high comedy

[faggottt]

Uber: “I’m in a blue Honda Civic.”

Me: “ok”

Me to me: “ok, we know what blue is”

[greelin]

“that’s the spirit” i say as i gesture to the spirit that’s been haunting my home for years. when will they leave or start contributing to the household by doing something like helping with laundry. when will they pay rent

[prime-tiktoks]

[rox-and-prose]

I think a common mistake people make about puns is that they often believe puns are meant to make people laugh. This is not so! The emotion that puns are meant to elicit isn’t joy, it’s rage.

[herbertwest]

Puns are meant to inflict punitive damage

[chewbacca]

Work Bitch (2013)  |  The Witch (2015)

[reniadeb]

[sky-bears]

@smol–jelly I can’t-

[whitepeopletwitter]

[autumngracy]

Listen. There are only a few things that regular people buy zipties for and they’re A) to secure displays or products in a retail environment, B) to fasten shelving or other heavy things at risk of falling over to eye screws in the wall, C) to lash cables or tubing together so that their rooms are not a gigantic trip hazard spaghetti mess, or D) to use as temporary fasteners for projects like putting light strings on tree branches

Those zipties are not the same things as flexicuffs, which are fundamentally different heavy duty ziptie handcuffs used by military and law enforcement agencies as restraints.

Regular zipties:

Ziptie handcuffs, aka flexicuffs:

Guess which kind the rioters brought to Capitol Hill

[anais-ninja-bitch]

while the additional clarification is very good and important, im worried it distracts too much from mocking ben shapiro

[youcantaketheskyfromme]

@sliz225 for the last comment mostly

[catchymemes]

[musingsmaybemumbles]

This is better than any action movie ive ever seen

[falseknees]

The volume IS the message

[memewhore]

[youcantaketheskyfromme]

@agent--wolf in these trying times

[livepasthope]

feels weird to be sitting in my living room while there's an attempted coup happening on a wednesday afternoon