Dissonance

1. a state of disagreement or conflict 2. a harsh, discordant combination of sounds; a lack of harmony among musical notes Note: Cognitive dissonance is defined as "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change."

@chudbabies.bsky.social

there's literally nowhere for me to connect online, nowhere to connect i.r.l.
Yeah, this premise, "then you'll have to connect with your imagination in writing," is so absurd when suffering such extremes of cognitive dissonance from gas-lighting.
so frustrating.

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Tortuous

full of twists and turns (typically used to describe winding dangerous roads) excessively long and complex (typically describing a convoluted argument)

第一の手記.

第一の手記.

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the snow seemed like a dirty bandage hiding the open wounds of the city, hiding those irregular gashes of haphazard streets and tortuous alleys, courtyards and occasional plots of bare ground, that form the only beauty to be found in the panorama of our

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Resolute

to be purposeful and determined

girls be like (bot)

girls be like (bot)

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Girls be like:

About half an hour after we had received Mrs. Harker’s telegram, there came a quiet, resolute knock at the hall door. It was just an ordinary knock, such as is given hourly by thousands of gentlemen, but it made the Professor’s heart and mine beat loudly. We looked at each o...

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