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I encourage you to rip into me if you disagree because shying away from disagreement is what??👂 OUT!
IN
• Reading books
• Folk-rock and folk-country
• Doing stuff on the computer and not your phone like god intended (social media, online shopping, etc.)
• Clothes-wise: colored tights, mini skirts, scarves
• Being late to work
• Talking to strangers, in the same vein: making new friends
• Writing
• Taking the bus and the train
• Saying what you need to say and doing so succinctly
• Unionizing your workplace
OUT
• Boring convos with coworkers
• Wearing clothes you don’t really like
• Minnesota nice (see also: being nice is not always the same as being kind)
• VAPING OHHH MY GOD. WRAP IT UP!!!
• Caring about makeup, unless you’re a drag queen or a goth. Like you get 15 minutes max
• Shying away from disagreement
• Fast casual chain restaurants - go eat local and sit down for a while
• Paw Patrol (copaganda)
• Ass kissing
• Being under 25
Dec 23, 2024
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Ins:
· Free museums
· Loving your friends loudly
· Growing food at home
· Late nights making art
· Photobooths
· Tipping your servers and delivery drivers well
· Listening to a single album or artist at a time
· Movies filmed on 35mm
· NPR
· AO3
· Reading multiple books at once
· Snail mail
· Having a signature color
· Reading the credits
· Physical media
· Local coffee shops and bookstores
· Occasional drunk cigarettes while still claiming you’re not a smoker
· House shows
· Criterion channel
· Handmade gifts
· Third places
· Media literacy
· Eating whole apples
Outs:
· Podcasts about nothing
· Labeling everything as a hyper-specific aesthetic
· Overconsuming media to the point where you aren’t even paying attention to or understanding the content (I’m looking at you 150 goodreads goals, letterboxd warriors, and 3x audiobook listeners)
· Intellectual snobbery
· Capitalism
· Depop resellers
· Vegans who judge non-vegans
· Trending audios that have absolutelye nothing to do with the video
· Not knowing how to cook
· Using ai, even when you’re bored or stuck
· Fighting to the death over celebs or authors who have no clue who you are
· Hating popular things just because they’re popular (you don’t look cool!)
· Nickle and diming your friends on venmo
· Dating apps
· Spotify's pre-made playlists
· Performative activism
· Oversharing online (please bring back secrets and keep your kinks at home)
· Monetizing your hobbies
· Colleen hoover
· Clean versions of songs
· Refusing to have strong opinions on anything
· Making smoking pot your entire personality
· Vaping
· Self help books
Jan 4, 2025
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not finished…
ins ~
• personal style
• being upfront
• live music
• physical media
• crafts/personalizing everything
• trusting your intuition
• blue eyeshadow (in a 1960s way)
• niche playlists
• talking to strangers
• pocket-sized notebooks
• pattern mixing
• spontaneous trips
• messy hair
• doing it for the memoir
outs ~
• being late
• black and white mentality
• being embarrassed
• oversharing
• toxic friendships
• diet soda
• vaping
• impulsive shopping
• dating apps
• letting myself spiral
• doing it for the plot
• fear of being perceived
Jan 20, 2025
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INS/ trend forecast
-funk/disco music revival
-late 60s- early 80s style comeback
-red
-face masks
-peel off polaroids
-stripes & florals
-physical media, DVDs
-adventuring in your home town
-tortoiseshell pattern> cheetah/leopard
-medieval revival brought into the mainstream
-gold>silver
-shopping mall revival
-signet rings
-meditation
-having your own thoughts
-sport: climbing (outfits worn as everyday style too)
-handwritten recipes
-recording studios
-loungewear: grey varsity sweaters and black thongs
-honesty and kindness
-petitions and marches for things you believe in
-making the most of alone time
OUTS
-men wearing carabiners
-embarrassment
-people taking to me about their situationships (leave me alone pls! i don’t have advice)
-flat shoes (sambas/ballet flats)
-speaking too loudly
-smoking (& vaping)
-overconsumption
-letting the far right take over
-drinking at every event
-driving lessons (only until they go right)
(any more suggestions?!)
Jan 19, 2025
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for some reason I have gone most of my life acting like I’m the only person on earth who’s not allowed to ask for help… and also feeling evil whenever I ask someone to do/not do something…. and lately I’m realizing that actually it’s okay if I ask. Most people are cool and will say “yes no problem”
Mar 24, 2025
I mean. Wow. I wish I could formulate coherent literary analysis but I think I just need to sit with this for a month. Humanity, gender, politics, fear, love. The heart of culturally long-lasting, impactful sci fi is when the sci is merely a background to the fi, ya know?
Tried to pick a quote but can’t right now. If you hear shrill screaming in the distance just know it’s me wailing over this book
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…instead of trying and failing to date people you’re just not that into (p.s. I might be gayer than I thought)
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