"If madness is the truth of knowledge, it is because knowledge is absurd, and instead of addressing itself to the great book of experience, loses its way in the dust of books and in idle debate; learning becomes madness through the very excess of false learning." Foucault
@Aella_Girl in addition to all the other good answers casual sex skews towards thrills rather than the erotic (caveat, context dependent) and intimacy (because innate guardedness around someone unfamiliar)
re-watched Groundhog Day and struck by its prescient account and estimate of the amount of time actually required to unlearn toxic masculinity and be deserving of a loving partnership
me: *on one knee* will u marry me
her: OMG ye–
me: no worries if not lol
her: i will absolutely marry yo–
me: like seriously so sorry for the inconvenience
It's not a coincidence that a huge number of people in NHS, especially mental health, require mental health treatment themselves. If you want to see improved MH services you need to resist privatisation and the first step to that is listening, and supporting workers, to organise
The digital equivalent of “smile more”? Voice tone emotion analysis feedback. “Each morning, you’ll get a breakdown of your tonal patterns with tips on how to sound warmer, even when you’re having a teeth-gritting meeting with your boss.” 1/* https://t.co/0fqETlxOUH