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@dianeduane Boggle wants to give you a loving pick me up! 2/2

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How is that helpless? I think that’s incredible. You’re like a marine: trapped for years behind enemy lines, your gun has been taken away, you’re out of ammo, you’re malnourished, and you’ve probably caught some kind of jungle virus that’s making you hallucinate giant spiders.

And you’re still just going, ***“Give me a stick. i’m not dying out here.”***

“A cry for help” makes it sound like I’m supposed to take pity on you. But you don’t need my pity. This isn’t pathetic. This is the will to survive. This is how humans lived long enough to become the dominant species.

With **no** hope, running on **nothing,** you’re ready to cut through a hundred miles of hostile jungle with nothing but a stick, if that’s what it takes to get to safety.

All I’m doing is handing out sticks.

You’re the one staying alive.

#Depression #Suicide #Hope

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#depression, #suicide, #hope

tw: depression tw: suicide

Boggle wants to give you a loving pick me up! 1/2

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I don’t like the phrase “A cry for help.”
I just don’t like how it sounds. When somebody says to me, “I’m thinking about suicide, I have a plan; I just need a reason not to do it,” the last thing i see is helplessness.

I think: Your depression has been beating you up for years. It’s called you ugly, and stupid, and pathetic, and a failure, for so long that you’ve forgotten that it’s wrong. You don’t see any good in yourself, and you don’t have any hope.

But still, here you are; you’ve come over to me, banged on my door, and said,“***Hey!*** staying alive is **really hard** right now! Just give me something to fight with! I don’t care if it’s a stick! Give me a stick and I can stay alive!”

— from the old Boggle the Owl tumblr at https://boggletheowl.tumblr.com/post/41509206591/ive-been-getting-a-lot-of-these-lately-and-i

via the gentle yet ferocious, @dianeduane

#Depression #Suicide #Hope

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#depression, #suicide, #hope

trying to wrap my arms around #revealjs
loving it.
will now use it for my next presentation.

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#revealjs

This long, long, thread by @alecui warms my heart.
Even though I am new to writing code, my impression of languages (and editors and ides) has always been that they’ve been built to solve issues, from certain folks’ point of view. It’s endlessly fascinating to me to see how each language tackles some common problem differently.

I don’t see better. I see different. And I love different :)
especially if they are old and warty. (how do i love thee #emacs? )

Worth the read!

https://qoto.org/@alecui/110655659211456591

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#emacs

#kobo folk of the fediverse, I got a new elipsa 2e. safe to use #nickelmenu on it?

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#kobo, #nickelmenu

A New Hole Hawg, the Kobo Elipsa 2e

https://janusworx.com/blog/a-new-hole-hawg-the-kobo-elipsa-2e/

#books #reading #kobo #elipsa2e

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#books, #reading, #kobo, #elipsa2e

Books are a special kind of poison. They soothe every ache inside of you while making you long for things that don’t exist. They make you feel alive while simultaneously making life seem more and more dull with every page you read. Reading makes you feel less alone and yet it creates an ache for companionship - the likes of which you will never know outside of those pages.

Books are a poison I wish I had never drunk, but now that I have - it’s the one thing keeping me alive.

— https://www.tumblr.com/shkespeares-ass/720268649636757504/books-are-a-special-kind-of-poison-they-soothe

#Books #Reading #Quotes

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#books, #reading, #quotes

The difference between Wester and Indian Music

https://www.tumblr.com/thegaymertrainer/720771044398530560/thats-so-cool-to-see-it-explained

#Music #MusicTheory #WesternMusic #IndianMusic #mjbMusic

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#music, #musictheory, #WesternMusic, #indianmusic, #mjbmusic

Winding down to #ColbieCaillat and Oxygen

https://youtu.be/AWdjI645rdU