Anyone ever read two characters in a book nurturing this great friendship, and then when they kiss, feel disappointed like, ‘Aw man, why can’t they just be good friends?’

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I'm seeing so many people vibe real hard to the 'Round and Round' song from Squid Game 2, and while I love this reaction, it also feels kind of strange that a nursery rhyme I sang with other children in kindergarten is now playing at clubs.

Having read the abject depravity of Gaiman I cannot imagine how people would be able to not throw his works in the bin. Isn't there a degree to which a person becomes far too despicable to separate the art from the artist?

Grandson of Nazi party members, Elon Musk, throwing up Nazi salutes at the US presidential inauguration while the crowd of Republicans go wild with applause and cheers.

Was making the bed and the cat was curled up on it, so I made the bed over the cat and he didn't care to move at all. He just gave a small stir, then went back to sleep. I wish I could be this unbothered.

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My partner's mole on her face started to hurt and enlarge, and she was scared that it was cancer. The dermatologist said there was a hair growing beneath the mole, causing an under-mole pimple situation. That's a reminder that a bad thing not happening counts as a win.

I don't particularly desire to be rich. I don't want a fancy car or a big house, or any luxury good, whether a watch or a coat. None of it interests me. I just want to be able to afford a CT scan for my dog to figure out if he has epilepsy or a brain tumor without worrying

I was reading about this guy who's ranked high in something called the 'Rejuvenation Olympics' where people try to defy aging in any way they can. And as his routine was explained, I also saw single with no kids and I realized that was probably the answer rather than his pills.

wonderful book and and required reading to contextualise the recent political protests in South Korea

I sometimes fantasize about being in a remote cabin in Yukon, with nothing but nature around me as far as the eye can see. Just me and the laptop, writing my days away. The fact that my fantasy naturally includes a working laptop betrays how in reality I wouldn't survive a week.

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Bora Chung, Sang Young Park and me in Stockholm, Sweden 💜✨

Only by taking her own life was Kim Sae-ron able to earn any allies against Kim Soo-hyun. And that is the problem with Korea in 2025.

Are cats genetically related to roly polies?

It snowed this evening. Mother nature please, I'm tired.

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