To those who suddenly remembered the term “extrajudicial killing” after the four suspects in the Peshawar gang rape case were killed, and to those saying that a proper investigation should have been conducted first, I have one question,
If these women had been your wives or sisters, what would you have done?
I was rolling on my balcony at 1:47am when my neighbour’s light came on. She opened the window and just stared at me. I froze with the filter in my mouth. She said “you smoke that thing every night and you still can’t sleep?” I said “that’s why I smoke it.” She went back inside. Ten minutes later she sent me a text: “leave one for me next time.” I sat there like I just got promoted.
a good partner doesn’t have to be obsessed with everything you love. sometimes the best kind of love is simply having someone who genuinely cares enough to listen while you ramble about something they know absolutely nothing about. they might not understand the obsession, but they listen anyway. they ask questions. they watch a little of it just so they can understand what has you so excited. honestly, there’s something incredibly soft about knowing someone is willing to enter your little world simply because it matters to you. they don’t have to love the same things. they just have to love seeing you light up.
My aunt gave me a box of my childhood things after my grandmother died.
Most of it was ordinary.
Baby photos.
Old clothes.
School certificates.
Then I found a hospital bracelet with my name on it.
Employee: “I think my salary is wrong.”
HR: “Wrong how?”
Employee: “I checked my offer letter last night. It says $72,000 a year.”
HR: “That’s total compensation.”
Employee: “My payslips add up to $54,000.”
HR: “Taxes, benefits, insurance…”
Employee: “I already removed those.”
HR went silent.
Employee: “Can we go through the calculation together?”
HR: “Your salary is correct.”
Employee: “Then put that in writing.”
After I miscarried identical, naturally conceived, mono mono triplets, my husband told me he was worried about my health if I kept having children. Encouraged by that I told him that the solution was for him to get a vasectomy (nearly ironclad BC and the least invasive option).
His response to that was:
“What if I want to have children with another woman?”
There used to be this guy at the gym who would talk on his phone the entire time he worked out. Not like taking a call between sets - actively lifting weights while having full conversations. He'd be on the bench press talking about his weekend plans, on the treadmill discussing work stuff. It was impressive coordination honestly. Nobody ever said anything to him about it because technically he wasn't breaking any rules, just being annoying. One day I saw him there without his phone and he looked completely lost. Just kind of wandered around for a few minutes and then left. Never saw him again after that. I sometimes wonder if he only worked out as an excuse to make phone calls, or if he made phone calls as an excuse to work out. Either way, something about that day without the phone broke the whole system for him.
No offense, but I don’t want anyone from my past to be part of my life again. Not as a lover, not as a friend and not in any form. I’m genuinely good where I am now and I hope you are too. I’ll always appreciate the memories we created because, in their own way, they became part of my growth and shaped who I am today. But appreciating the past doesn’t mean I want to return to it. There’s a reason I chose silence, distance and ultimately removed myself from your life. It wasn’t done without thought and it wasn’t done out of hatred. Some people belong in your memories, not your future. I’ve made peace with that and I hope you can too.
people using AI to do every tiny basic task should honestly worry us a little. you can still learn how to write without outsourcing every sentence. you can learn design without having a machine do the thinking. you can come up with ideas without asking AI to generate them for you. use the tools when they genuinely help, but don’t let convenience slowly replace your ability to think. the internet already has enough content that feels like it was produced without a human behind it.
being the youngest person in a room full of older people is funny because everybody suddenly becomes an expert on what your life should look like 🤦🏾♂️
can we normalize smoking weed at events like we do drinking alcohol?
like i wanna have weed at my wedding, holiday celebrations, family gatherings/vacations. but it’s still looked down upon and i hate itttt
To those who suddenly remembered the term “extrajudicial killing” after the four suspects in the Peshawar gang rape case were killed, and to those saying that a proper investigation should have been conducted first, I have one question,
If these women had been your wives or sisters, what would you have done?