Reflecting…I sometimes would rather argue with you about how the thing that I want is the right thing to want, or it is okay that I want it, or I deserve it, rather than just saying this is something I want, and leaving it at that. Weird huh? Even more ridiculous perhaps, it occurs to me I might actually want the argument more than the object of it. Oh dear.
Reject expectation and affectation,
they exasperate in explanation,
embrace instead reflection on aspiration,
both in body and imagination,
therein—clarity and rejuvenation.
From Distinctly Leaden and Overwrought – Misuse of the EmDash over the Centuries, A. Thistlemitten, 2023
I guess I’m just looking for some help untangling the kite strings.a lot of us are
I’ll put it this way: If one is unhappy, not only is one entitled to do something about it, one is required to, for everyone else‘s sake, and also one’s own. And being both alive 😀 and free enable one to do this. It’s kind of a whole package.
Do people even know what ‘inalienable‘ means?
Have we thought about it lately?
My understanding is there exist rights embodied by individuals that cannot be ceded even by the individuals themselves. Not that one should not, mind you, but that one cannot alienate one’s self from them; one cannot give one’s life away, nor sell one’s freedom, nor relinquish one’s discovery of happiness on, and in, one’s own terms. Nor can anyone else, in one’s name or otherwise.It means
This is the view expressed in our DoI. Expressing this understanding seems important to do in the historical moment. It might be fundamental to our intuitions about mental health, fairness, authority—just all manner of considerations.
It sounds positively anarchic until one sees the responsibilities underlying it all. We are stuck with our rights.
Remember the last time you were just quietly smiling to yourself?
That’s it. That’s the whole point. Really, the whole thing.
❤︎
Then carefully replace that little paper seal.
Yes, after putting the cards in the correct order.
Then mail it with a little personal msg.
Which you playback against the cards, et voilà!
And the little piece of chocolate?
Who doesn’t like chocolate?
🗝 👀
Really tired of grown ups on TV surprised that an IT technician has access to IT resources, which means access to everything, everywhere, all at once. Have you sneaky hackeretti convinced everyone you’re really only about corn chips, first person shooters, and porn? Well done ya fux, well done.
The single biggest issue facing people today is urgent over-generalization! Wake up, man!
The only way to fix it is with platitudes! Let’s go!
♜ ❥
Six of One, Half Dozen of an Other
Hitting me in the heart with your words is equal to me hitting you in the head with my stick. Six of one…
No—that’s half of one to six dozen of an other, i.e. gross…a gross…aha, a ha ha ha. Ahem—it’s not the same. You’re mistaking the inside for the outside, you see?