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lady attorney. poorly suppressed rage. lifelong seattle kraken fan. she/her
California, USA
Joined April 2009
if you can’t draft an email without AI you should be fired I’m so serious.
I asked a colleague if he could be less condescending and pushy in the emails he sends me (which are usually pleas for my help with something) and he said they were all written by ChatGPT.
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lowkey I think the death of cable has meant kids aren’t just watching whatever movie is on anymore. they’re picking exactly what to consume at all times instead of just whatever is on AMC on a sunday.
I make a Matrix reference in one of my lectures and it's simply now a fact of life that not one single student in any of my classes will ever have seen the Matrix. Zero, every time, no exceptions. Obviously I'm old and washed but damn.
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no one who would want something like this would actually leave their house to go to it tho.
Instead of nightclubs I want a 24hr library with hot chocolate stations, a dessert bar, coffee machine, big comfy chairs and beanbags, blankets, dogs welcome, just people who want to spend the evening reading alone, together, peaceful, a cosy fire, plants, an indoor waterfall.
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@dumplingmenace my mom did the same thing 💀. she was like ‘oh good for her, she must be what, 42 by now?’ turns out she’s a few days younger than my brother.
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well no bc you see babies are humans and dogs are dogs.
DOGS SHOULD BE ALLOWED EVERYWHERE BABIES ARE ALLOWED
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literally all they had to do was say ‘she is experiencing health issues, more will be shared once she has had the chance to discuss this with her family’ or whatever. yes, it would’ve been obvious she was sick, but then people wouldn’t have been like ‘is she in a coma??’.
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I know sometimes it just is what it is but I really think some of you should talk to your doctor about PMDD.
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I think we need to find a different word than ‘privilege’ to describe some of these things. like most of the time the reasons just boil down to ‘I prioritize other things’.
Y'all aren't gonna like me, but reading is a privilege. You need free time, the education, the ability, access to books, etc. But we should be helping each other access books however we can and sharing info and stories in a number of mediums.
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oh she needed to get out of there yesterday.
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gentle reminder for romance readers: there’s nothing inherently anti-feminist about ‘damsel in distress’! sometimes people be in distress!.
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people truly think from conception that a fetus is a tiny baby floating around in there and it just gets bigger.
I shared these images on TikTok and people are losing their minds insisting that it's a lie - it's wild how indoctrinated people are about abortion
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his username literally has her name in it and people thought he was just honestly displaying what was going on??.
yet another man causing a witch hunt against a woman that was groomed then abused by a rich man. & now he is trying to destroy and smear her because she left him.
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@Virginia_Brasch wait she’s literally 47 that’d have to be a double teen mom situation for her to be a grandma of kids this old.
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@JayElHarris literally the woman who ‘started’ them has come out against them bc of what they’ve become. she was just excited to have made it far enough along to know the sex.
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…the whole point of school is to educate. it’s not any more inaccessible or alienating than geometry or french.
@youdoingtoomuch @NastiaTrixie I’m a former English major, and I strongly disagree. Shakespeare is inaccessible and alienating to the vast majority of children and, frankly, to many adults. Lit teachers have a romantic attachment to it that’s deeply detrimental to the learning of contemporary students.
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so that tweet v much mischaracterizes that book and also I’d gently push back on people being like ‘no poop or vomit in romance!’ the author who wrote the book in question has another book w/ an FMC w/ ulcerative colitis which is imo a great thing for romance to depict!.
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she was cooking and cleaning for all of you? in college? she deserved to cheat.
Sophomore year we found out my roommates girlfriend was cheating on him, but she cooked for us, cleaned, even did my laundry once, so we just never told him. They’re still together and I still feel terrible.
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made what all make sense? the issue is he’s taking advantage of her by spending all her money and making his diet her problem, not that he’s like 6 years older than her.
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more working class gals in historical romance!!! I can only take so much feminism from someone with a house full of servants!!.
Would die for a historical romance series featuring scheming ladies maids who are running double crosses and heists on their ladies, and falling for each other and maybe some stable men.
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she’s not the devil incarnate but she is an airhead (kate and anthony weren’t fooling around, and kate actively discouraged the match and everyone including anthony told edwina that he didn’t love her).
she found out her sister and fiancé were fooling around behind her back on her wedding day but apparently that’s no valid reason to get angry so now she’s the devil incarnate to a group of people out there
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‘astounding’ and it’s just standard journalistic practice lol.
Astounding. Reporters at RFK hearing have pre-written negative headlines.
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we can’t push for more disability representation in romance and completely erase any disability that involves digestive issues. neither book is graphic in that regard in any way either.
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it’s normal to be upset that someone put their hands on your kid, and I’m not saying there shouldn’t be consequences for him, but this is a wild way to talk to someone who is at most 14.
Coming. She’s very thin, and she FLEW forward several feet. I am still shaking with rage. I have never been so ok with the idea of going to jail before. He tried snapchatting her that he was sorry. I replied “No buddy you don’t know what it’s like to be sorry yet but you’re 2/.
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I don’t say this to scare anyone but for context, altadena is almost exactly as far away from the palisades as potrero is from chula vista. it took 24hrs in 07 for that fire to burn that 32 miles. there’s no such thing as ‘far away’ with winds like this.
These two fires are pretty far apart from each other. However, they are saying that the winds will continue to get stronger throughout the night & it doesn't appear that they are able to control either fire at all. Unclear what is going to happen.
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@JayElHarris like I think maybe this person simply doesn’t like romance novels and should read something else!.
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@ItsNeeksYeah they’re older but meg cabot’s YA series all deal with sex in a v age-appropriate way imo! idk if she likes supernatural stuff, but her mediator series has a romance that I imprinted on as a teen.
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@racheline_m wait that’s so weird? she’s the middle child and so is obviously in the middle height wise (since they’re all still young kids).
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openly enjoying sex is more ‘liberating’ than pretending it’s something women are simply subjected to. by your argument a woman could never sing about sex.
sorry to be the friend that’s too woke but this shit is so degrading to women and I hate that this is the box female artists are largely confined to.
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@HannahPosted it’s not true, and she’s saying things like ‘christianity saved infants’ in the replies so.
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@OgLakyn that was my question! I think it’s cool if they’re building her an archive that she can pull from for years to come, but it’s not clear whether that’s the intention behind the buying.
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sorry wait just everyone in the U.K. is under some weird constant gag order??.
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@FringeBookHan completely true!! also if you didn’t already have insurance it was really hard to get on one if you were pregnant bc many considered it a ‘preexisting condition’.
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@kit1049 @plsnobodylook did you read where she said her grandma dropped dead right before turning 65?.
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having children is neither extraordinary nor groundbreaking.
I’m not impressed by most childless people who are 35 FWIW. Almost none of them are doing anything extraordinary or groundbreaking in lieu of having children. Especially the women. Probably, the best thing you’re going to do in your life as a woman requires the use of your.
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everyone has a prenup!! the state just does it for you if you don’t do it yourself!.
A pre-nup says “I love you — but I love my money more and want to protect it when we break up” . This is a major red flag when committing to a lifetime marriage.
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so based on someone else figuring out what book this is, I’d say that him shitting himself is not in any way a main conflict and to characterize it that way v much cheaply reduces the actual conflict of that book imo.
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well you see that happened in 2014.
is this all the rollout she’s gonna do…? where’s the music videos where’s the big collabs where’s the big pop era 1989 is supposed to be.
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if anyone ever and I mean EVER points a gun at you (regardless of whether it’s loaded) they are a danger to you.
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pink is a color first off, and playing dumb and acting soft are completely different things. sure, be soft! whatever! but if you sit there and think that it’s fine to play dumb bc you WANT to and that’s some kind of feminist choice….
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no some women absolutely center their lives around men and it can be v hard to be friends with them bc they simply don’t value your friendship.
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viagra is not a pill for creepy old men can we stop with that narrative.
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what books are y’all reading cause I don’t think that’s an unpopular opinion!!.
Unpopular opinion but all these “romance” books that have the MMC toying with the woman's birth control - throwing them away without asking, hampering them, getting her pregnant deliberately so she can't leave - they give me a serious ick. Will never get the “romance” part here.
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@clapifyoulikeme god I love when people just fully admit they wouldn’t financially support their children if the court didn’t make them (push him into early retirement?? that’s a SHITLOAD of money).
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@TessaDare as someone who was the recipient of unwanted aggressive attention from boys in my class on multiple occasions growing up, this reaction from a teacher is so upsetting.
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this is maybe a hot take but I hate when books do that ‘violence is never the answer thing’. sometimes someone needs to get popped in the mouth!.
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trotting out photoshopped photos and alleged body doubles and repeating the ‘she’ll be back at easter, you poors!!’ was the exact wrong way to handle this.
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as an eldest child of two eldest children, I am INCAPABLE of asking for help when I need it, so frankly I like a story where a character goes ‘you know what? need some help here’ and they get it!.
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do NOT do what this guy did. get out. things can be replaced. you have insurance.
Video of the moment my friend and I abandoned his house after we tried to save what we could. Please be praying for him and his family @orlylistens . Location: North of Rustic Canyon. #cawx #PalisadesFire #fire #California
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@Charlotte_Stein like there is a 19yo and his dad onboard which is a massive bummer and I do hope their deaths were quick and painless. but ‘maybe don’t spend $250k to dive to a shipwreck in a tin can operated by unqualified people’ is a completely valid point to make.
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are there certain scenarios where one may find themselves unable to get a ton of reading done? sure. but you’re tweeting from your phone rn. you know what else you can get on your phone? books.
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will there be times when you need to prioritize one relationship over another? for sure! but the idea that your friendships are not also serious, long-term relationships is why a lot of y’all don’t have any real friends.
If you’re committed to the single life, that’s awesome and I genuinely love that for you, but you have to be willing to accept that your friends might eventually prioritize their serious, long-term partner whom they’re building a life and possibly a family with, over you.
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the book cover discourse really brings out the prudes in romance, and it’s interesting they’re all younger and concerned about ‘reading that in public’.
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there is nothing I hate more than a romance series going from the OG shirtless men covers to some cutesy nonsense.
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good on renee tho for clearly being like ‘drew needs to get out of here’.
A Drew Barrymore stalker was escorted out of her 92NY event with Reneé Rapp after rushing the stage.
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this seems like op is mad at a v specific person and decided to rant about all bi women with boyfriends instead lol.
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genuinely I think the millennial ‘nothing is better than canceled plans’ mindset has caused a lot of people to not know how to make and keep friends.
more and more i wonder: do people not have friends? have people forgotten how to make/keep/be friends post-lockdown?.
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@HannahPosted I’ve never thought it was supposed to actively help, just that it was easy on your stomach so it likely wouldn’t cause further discomfort?.
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see my actual critique here (besides the insanity of those names) is that the synopsis and the cover DON’T MATCH. you’re over here talking about dirty mouths and intense chemistry with that cover and I’m gonna assume you’re lying.
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my grandma can stand and walk off a plane but cannot trek the 1.5 miles thru DIA to get to her connection. that’s not uncommon! it can also be v dangerous for someone with mobility issues to fall.
Typical @SouthwestAir flight to Florida! I counted 30 pre-boards needing wheelchair assistance. When we get off the plane 28 of them walk off! @FAANews @FlyTPA @FoxNews @cnnbrk @MarkWilsonTV
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@clhubes if lorelai actually wanted to make sure rory could get into harvard she should’ve pushed her into extracurriculars and other resume boosters when she was a freshman, 2yrs of a fancy prep school would likely actively harm her chances! made no sense.
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oh yeah people live waaaaay beyond their means. and some of the worst offenders are people who make decent money!.
The last time I responded to a question like this I got attacked On Here but whatever, my answer is the same bc it’s true: credit card debt.
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it’s my belief that a lot of people simply shouldn’t have dogs. letting a dog run around off-leash in public for ex is a great way for that dog to get killed, so clearly you don’t actually care about it.
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@seaweedanxiety @the_ason they can’t find that undocumented immigrants aren’t subject to U.S. jurisdiction. no laws, including immigration laws, could be enforced against them if that were the case. it would completely upend american jurisprudence, like to the point of chaos.
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@RdotSpoon it really doesn’t make sense to me bc don’t romance readers on average read way more books per year than other genre readers? like what is the end goal here.
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this whole thread is discredited by thinking this woman weighs ‘92lbs soaking wet’ tbh.
She also appears to be approximately 92 pounds soaking wet. She will be able to deliver a number of fast kicks to the head that most men will shake off as they close if they don't just keep their hands up as they charge.
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even actual newborns can’t do half the things people think fetuses do, it’s ridiculous.
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I actually want a case study or something on how sebastian became the most beloved of the wallflowers heroes bc like…he’s the only one of them to commit literal crimes against another character lol.
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the thing is it is likely perfectly safe for a bunch of 10-12yos to go play baseball in a park/a lot. it’s adults who have convinced themselves it’s not and passed that anxiety on to kids.
Kids/teens want more friendship and less sx in TV/film bc they're lonely. We have destroyed their third places. As one 10yo said in the study: "The Sand Lot is a baseball movie i like. i wish i could go outside and play like [they] did at the time. today its not safe." [sic].
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someone’s about to meet a grumpy ass pub owner while trying to propose to their boyfriend on leap day.
Spare a thought for anyone on this Ryanair flight from Manchester to Dublin that has been diverted to Paris because of the weather . Yes, you read that right
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I will always be that friend who tells you to just give an ultimatum! if marriage is what you want tell him to shit or get off the pot. and if he says no? leave! he doesn’t want to marry you! skedaddle!.
The frog-boiling, or “this is women’s fault for not just leaving”
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the man is certifiably evil and also hates republicans more than maybe anyone alive.
his name is Gavin Christopher Newsom and he is the governor of California. he has been telegraphing a run for president for like 20 years and is ready to do it in 2028. he also probably drinks the blood of infants for daily sustenance.
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@JayElHarris it’s the framing of ‘insisted’ that gets me. like your parents came along while you did a dry run of a commute that’s new to you? sure, I like having company too. but insisting on practicing the commute of a 27yo (on the seattle metro!) is weird.
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@JayElHarris like part of the point is you love them and they love you and you’ve built this relationship, unless this is like a close friend you’ve always had feelings for (in which case why did you get married lol?) idk how you’d be able to quantify someone being ‘better’.
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love when people think bc they don’t personally experience something that it doesn’t exist lol.
I’m at a loss for words at how condescending this is towards women. Do the Dems think marriages are stuck in the 1950’s?.
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@aries_menace I am truly fascinated by this. every basket of chicken strips I have ever ordered automatically came with ranch as a dipping sauce.
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depends! sometimes it’s that your lights aren’t on, sometimes you forgot to turn your brights down, other times it’s that there’s a cop or a hazard up ahead on the road.
I’m curious how many ppl know what I’m trying to tell them when I do this. What does it mean when someone driving the opposite way on the same road flashes their brights at you?.
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timeline’s asleep time to be messy: some of these YA authors should not be trying to move to adult.
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I actually don’t think people bw 12 and 27 are experiencing massive amounts of ‘burnout’ causing them to want to give up their rights, no.
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@clapifyoulikeme and the fact that sources were saying it WASN’T cancer from the start, like why would you say that if there was a possibility?.
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imagine walking into a U.S. court and trying to hold some total rando in contempt for tweeting about a case.
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@annehelen this is basically true of anywhere rural (I’m in rural-ish norcal) and shipping is annoying up here but it does make you realize how few things you actually need in 2 days.
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this tweet is driving me insane lol. sex is unimportant to *some* people. it’s v important to others. sexual incompatibility is a huge cause of tension in romantic relationships.
Sex is so unimportant in the grand scheme of love and life. I think we all just want someone who adores us, laughs at our jokes, wants to cuddle with us even when it’s hot outside and the AC isn’t working. Someone who doesn’t mind being silly with you. Someone who makes you free.
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@Charlotte_Stein it happens in passing! like we don’t ‘see’ the MMC do it, he mentions it as the reason he’s late to something bc he had to shower and change (if I’m remembering right). his refusal to tell her is a symptom of the larger issue, but the conflict is not ‘he shit himself’.
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both of these covers tell you what kind of book you’re getting, as opposed to the silly cartoon characters that make it look like a YA.
no id rather see silly little cartoon characters than whatever the hell this is
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no actually you shouldn’t be demanding people to do free work.
Me: really enjoyed the call. Please see attached financial modeling test. Gen Z applicant: this looks like a lot of work. Without knowing where I stand in the process, I’m not comfortable spending 90 minutes in Excel. Me:…well…I can tell you where you stand now.
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@JayElHarris knee length or longer is even more conservative than most lawyers do, even my stuffiest court attire is right above my knee cap.
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that the player himself spoke up means you know it’s bad. like he said, those guys are media trained to stay quiet about literally everything.
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I think the issue is that feelings are valid, but people think that’s the end point rather than the starting point.
we really need to re-normalize the idea that sometimes your feelings are objectively invalid and wrong and you should feel differently.
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@emilygeneric and it’s like…she could’ve said something here! she could’ve been like ‘it’s interesting that there’s this obsession with *large* heroes and we should talk about the implications of that!’ but instead she doubles down on her weird gender essentialism.
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I mean I think we’d all side eye a 41yo friend or relative who was dating his 20yo former student.
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I’m sorry but friends to lovers has way more stakes than enemies to lovers.
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I actually think it’s really fucked up to say that infant and toddler years are the ‘best’ of your kids’ lives!.
Having my own babies now it’s WILD to me that moms drop their kids off at daycare. I worked at one in college, in the infant room and 3’s. Families literally paying random people to enjoy the best years of their kids life. How did this become normalized!?.
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