Josh
17h ago
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Sweeping statements you don't stand by just to provoke yourself into an opinion for a couple minutes
Poetry died upon the invention of caps lock
We should only eat food that our dogs and cats try to steal from off our plates
City planning is just marketing for infrastructure
Feb 28, 2025
Feb 28, 2025
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Getting off my ass and getting on my knees instead (sorta)
Going gangbusters over my BLSV (Big Lisa Simpson Vibes)
And thrifted for cheap if you could believe it!!!
Feb 24, 2025
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I love drinking tea! It is so good! I also have a tendency to save the teabag and use it for a lil skincare in addition to the delightful effects on the interior body/soul! Most teas are antioxidant rich and full of tannins and other compounds that are really beneficial.
So yes! Calm my acne, yerba mate and assam! Calm my nerves, chamomile! Turn me on, damiana! Let's go!
Feb 23, 2025
even though you know it will make you fart
Feb 22, 2025
BIG RE-REC here!!! Here's my two cents that is basically exactly what was already said...
This is absolutely one of those classic HR/corporate-speak things that sounds like utter horseshit meant to pacify workers/vulnerable people into compliance/submission to their conditions
but sitting with it, I had a similar realization that maybe the first HR rep had positive intent when they brought it to their office, because trying to live through this ideal has brought me closer to myself and others! It really can make working and living with others easier!
when i worked at the Apple Store / Genius Bar in college, we were trained on "assuming positive intent" from customers and peers. at the time, when i was a shithead 20-year-old, i thought this phrase was such bullshit. of course i can tell when someone has malicious intent, why not respond in kind! but now that i'm a bit older, i've realized the real wisdom behind the idea "assume positive intent" is that, when faced with interpersonal conflict, it's better to take the path of least resistance and keep your cool.
for example, if i'm getting kind of annoyed with someone at work and i want to write a snarky email, i find it best to walk away from the keyboard and write my response when i'm feeling less activated.
the result is that i can feel good about how i handle my feelings, i reflect better on other people, and i'm being an actual grown up. ;~)
Feb 19, 2025
Feb 19, 2025
Feb 17, 2025
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To drink wine and feel, uncontrollably, in passionate desire -- but know it is only for a brief time
The sad truth is that sometimes feelings are bottled up in maladaptive ways. And what drinking can be is a way to open the door to what's hidden from view even of the self. And to step through the threshold and fall down the bottomless pit of desire and amorousness for the world and connection. To feel the unbearable joy of breathing the energy of my compatriots, my comrades. Why does this door only unlock with this dumb and poisoning key
Mono no aware meets Audre Lorde's uses of the erotic
Feb 13, 2025