gretchin🏹

reads too much & studies magic, unironically

[gretchin🏹 @gretchinkk99]

tbh 2010 was the best year of my life

[sydney ♛ @mornings0da]

Truly hot people handwrite in semi inaccurate cursive

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Kafka, the patron saint of PhDs

[ؘ @wearytrees]

i miss her terribly (the sea)

[Genius Of Lunch @ConorHaloReach]

These are the only four options available to me at any given time.

[eli @elijahmalecki]

just woke up, what’s the move

[Mikael Brockman @meekaale]

this is what Heidegger meant about the ordinary person living almost unconsciously, unable and unwilling to act outside the structures of normality even in trivial ways, bound to "what one does" like a straightjacket of inauthentic conformity

[Alex Friedman 🤠 @heyalexfriedman]

Six months ago today, my best friend died.

On our last day together, we lay in bed listening to her favorite songs as I retold her stories we had laughed about 1000 times before.

I was there by fate. While our other best friend was trapped in Austin because of an ice storm, I happened to be an hour away from her in California for work.

Her health declined so quickly. I rushed out of work, holding back tears, as I called one of my friends from college, who graciously drove me down to be with her.

My life has looked a lot different since that day. I sleep a lot more, I cry a lot more, and after building for over a decade straight, I’m not building anything. I’ve turned down every work opportunity, and embarrassingly for the first time in my adult life, I’m not prioritizing work.

My brain feels different. The way I communicate feels more raw. I want to tell people I love them more. I’m way more afraid of missing memories with the people I care about.

My content looks a lot different, too. After gaining 80,000 followers in a seemingly short amount of time, I haven’t posted on TikTok since she died. I’ve had trouble posting anything too motivational or work-related. I feel like a fraud. Pretending to care about making money, or "hustling", when right now... I really don’t.

Grief and loss are horrible experiences. I’ve spent so much time reflecting on what I would change about my time with her if given the chance…
I wouldn’t have missed our last vacation together for a last-minute “important” meeting that I don’t even remember.
I wouldn’t have spent so much time working on my phone while we were together.
I wouldn’t have let the rude comment someone left me on social media ruin my mood, even if just for a second we were together.

Life is painfully fragile and, for some, unexpectedly short.

In our bubble, where we hear people talk nonstop about what is worth sacrificing for success, I can honestly say this: don’t sacrifice making memories with the people that would be there even if you lost it all.

🤍

[verena @nabearie]

behind every hot girl is a deep history with revenge of the sith

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

i made a little presentation

[connor Wood @fibulaa]

All income is disposable income if you’re fun and irresponsible

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

Today, the 5 most vaccinated states (14M people) had

580 people in hospital, 12 deaths

In the 5 least vaccinated states (16M people)?

6,600 hospitalized, 104 deaths

Per capita , least vaccinated states have

10X hospitalizations and 7X deaths

So yeah, vaccines are working

[Mike @djchocchipcook]

I’ve just realized that the American dream is living in Europe

[Ian of the Sea @ianpauldukes]

"at least you're keeping busy" yeah i'd hate to be relaxing for one second

[☭ Apollo ☭ @realCEOofANTIFA]

Big Mac in USA: $4.80
Big Mac in Denmark: $5.15

McDonalds worker salary in USA: $7.25
McDonalds worker salary in Denmark: $22

[Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis]

don't know who needs to hear this but there are several orders of magnitude between "smashing a starbucks window in general mayhem" and "breaking into the u.s. capitol while congress is in session because you believe the ongoing election certification is fraudulent"