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smol-baguett · 8 hours
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When people get a little too gung-ho about-
wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?
ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.
That’s…wild. What was I talking about?
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smol-baguett · 8 hours
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Feeling a lot of feelings about how Hadestown doesn't present the story as "Orpheus turned around and everything fell apart and there was nothing anyone could do to fix it" and instead presents a story that says "he turned around, he doubted, he failed, but if we keep telling his story maybe one day Orpheus won't" and it's not just about Orpheus as a single character, it's a bout every Orpheus, everyone who runs up against a system they can't change and fails and everyone who sees that failure and gets back up and says "maybe I can change it now" and tries again. That Orpheus failed isn't the takeaway of the story. The takeaway is that one day he might succeed.
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smol-baguett · 9 hours
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smol-baguett · 2 days
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You guys rlly don't realise how much knowledge is still not committed to the internet. I find books all the time with stuff that is impossible to find through a search engine- most people do not put their magnum opus research online for free and the more niche a skill is the less likely you are to have people who will leak those books online. (Nevermind all the books written prior to the internet that have knowledge that is not considered "relevant" enough to digitise).
Whenever people say that we r growing up with all the world's knowledge at our fingertips...it's not necessarily true. Is the amount of knowledge online potentially infinite? Yes. Is it all knowledge? No. You will be surprised at the niche things you can discover at a local archive or library.
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smol-baguett · 9 days
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worst part about getting angry is how much it makes you want to be mean
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smol-baguett · 11 days
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Doughnut whale sharks 🍩✨
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smol-baguett · 20 days
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smol-baguett · 25 days
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happy old gnoll
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smol-baguett · 25 days
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“magic isnt real” — plants just grow out of the ground. for free. everywhere.
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smol-baguett · 25 days
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I FINALLY finished my part of @ullbors and I's DEMONTOBER which this year was not a demon per day, but a demon deck of cards! I got heart and clubs, so here I give you hearts: A summoning ritual!
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smol-baguett · 27 days
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smol-baguett · 27 days
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Magic that lets you shred on the icy slopes
Because why wouldn't it
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smol-baguett · 27 days
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as fun as clicking the boop button is, remember to also do your daily clicks for Palestine 🇵🇸 !!!!!
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smol-baguett · 28 days
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Coloring is therapeutic - I love this series so much it's been one of my favorite mangas for years
Also look I remembered, here's where you can get a print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/whispwill/frieren/
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smol-baguett · 28 days
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I CAST BOOP AT 9TH LEVEL
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smol-baguett · 28 days
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💜🤍
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smol-baguett · 28 days
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"as long as our journey continues, we can always meet again"
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