Author: sinisterlullaby
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The Bubble of Ignorance
Photo by zhang kaiyv on Unsplash Never, have I ever thought I’d see the world so full of hate and ignorance as it is today. The rise of stupidity (or whatever you want to call it) is shocking, and most of the time I have no words to describe what I see and feel. It’s…
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Just be nice.
Photo by Abigail Keenan on Unsplash We’re told as children to be nice. Be nice even when you don’t feel like it. Smile even when you don’t feel like it, and this fake act will make you will feel better soon. I understood this ideology as a child because children have HUGE mouths and are…
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Why just the one shoe, though?
Photo by Polly Sadler on Unsplash I know I’m not the only one that sees just the one shoe in the road. Often, I’ll be driving or even walking down the street and see one shoe. Usually one tennis shoe. Just one. One shoe that makes me wonder what happened to make that person lose…
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Old-timey sayings…say WHAT?!
I have often wondered about sayings that people spout out – including me – without thinking first. The human language is complex and beautiful, but also highly disturbing and strange. There are so many sayings we, as people, innately have, and I just want to go through them, one by one, to explore them and…
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No, Thank You.
By Amira Ansari How and why did people start including “Thank you in advance” at the end of their emails? The first time I saw it was in my 20’s, and I remember rereading it, then just sitting there, confused. Was this person degrading me? Were they being sarcastic? Were they mad? Ironically, their signature…