"I know so much
about things, I accept
so much, it’s like
vomiting. And I am
nourished by the
shabbiness of my
knowing so much
about others and what
they do, and accepting
so much that I hate
as if I didn’t know
what it is, to me.
And what it is to
them I know, and hate."
Frank O’Hara, “Spleen,” (1966).
I am thinking of the post by @allthingslinguistic about universal translators. Picard (and the viewers) hear biscuits, but are they the US or UK version? A different 24th cebtury version? What is the Cardassian equivalent to a human buiscuit? How does it relate to the Klingon equivalent? I am curious what the Klingon’s mom’s recipe is really for and what the Cardassian would make of it since it very likely isn’t for the dish the universal translator gives as ‘buiscuit". Although there is tge possibility that human style biscuits are all thge rage in the alpha quadrant,and have been for generations,for humans, Klingons and Cardassians alike.
I could talk about the implications of universal translators for ever. So many interesting questions here
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what, from the bottom of my heart, the fuck
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Kids endlessly asking “why” are actually applying the socratic method and stimulate adults to think critically.
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my roles in life
- GIRL ON VERGE OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
- RECLUSE
- GIRL #6
- EMOTIONAL EXHIBITIONIST
- GIRL WITH BLISTERS ALL OVER FEET
- SNOBBY RELATIVE YOU CANT RELATE
- student :) daughter :) friend :)
- BITCH
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zodiac signs are real and the only proof you need is that literally all aquariuses are like that. you know what im talking about.
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Like, the nature of capitalism doesn’t just reward abusive and evil people and give them a space to succeed in, but actively inhibits other people’s ethical growth and makes us all worse people
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My advice to everyone is to develop a thick skin but not to lose ur softness. Like moisturise spiritually
Why do I picture Jonathan from Queer Eye saying this?
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hot take: hrt, gender therapy and trans surgeries should be free
if cis people don’t have to pay to have a body that doesn’t make them dysphoric, neither should trans people
So by that logic does that mean that I should get anti-depressants and all the other pills for my mental issues for free because the people who don’t suffer from them don’t have to pay to have them?
yes
And does that mean that corrective lenses should also be free, because people with good vision don’t need to pay to see clearly, and that devices to aid in mobility for people with limited mobility (from crutches to (practical) canes to wheelchairs to prosthetics) should also be free, because people who don’t have limited mobility don’t need to pay for them?
yes? why does everyone in the notes keep trying to come up with gotchas lmao everything to do with healthcare should be free
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My student posted this.