Ian McArthur

I'm Ian. 28. Canadian/Irish. Proud father of a Christmas baby. Psych/English UL student. Occasional poet, Tour guide at heart. he/him

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@ULConfession Is it somewhere specific or literally just somewhere in Europe? There's a lot of Europe out there.

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@ULConfession Gfs aren't just for Christmas

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I have a poem about this very thing. Didn't know it could go on for as long as 4 years though. Cold water metabolism, suppose

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Some female octopuses guard their eggs for over four years, staying in the same place and not eating.

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@ULConfession You need the @ULCareers

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@ULConfession I award this the ul confession prize of the day

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@Ciaraioch It's the default mindset at that, sure there's a fix if only you'd buy in, be it your money or otherwise.

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@ULConfession Seen a few confessions like this, there's a trend of them. So you're not alone in the experience anyway. Do you feel like you're having to play up only your best sides to everyone? That's a lonely, full time job.

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@ULConfession Yeah that's a tricky one alright. Sympathies. There's a few mature students about, get to know them, maybe they've friends?

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@ULConfession Holmes is definitely up there

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@ULConfession You take those filthy words back. Halloween is the last wall against the encroaching Christmas season.

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@RewildingIre 3. The underwhelming positive value understood from the public perspective. I think generally people accept there's an ecological benefit here. But it's vague to most what that means, whereas planting trees and litter-picking we tend to feel safer and more certain about.

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@RewildingIre 2. The inevitable wolf/livestock interaction (or half-way credible wolf/human scare) is going to give pretty much uncontestable ammo to the anti-wolf lobby. Look at our historic animosity with lesser predators, and then multiply that. Wolves are the 'Big Bad', literally.

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@ULConfession At least the true colours came out early

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@ULConfession Sure I'm always forgetting where I parked. Cheers

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@ULConfession I'll take a shot. Kind of sounds like you're feeling like you have to keep up a strong performance for your friends, college, girlfriend etc, and you feel alone because part of you is vulnerable, emotional and exhausted, and there's nowhere you feel safe to express that. It's ok

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@mlstrat @PoetLyall I think we could go so far as to say it's the one that near every other relies on

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@ninaparmenter @Atrium_Poetry Visceral poem, Nina. It's really good!

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@ULConfession Some people like turnips. Have a go, I believe in you.