Deception of the flesh and damage to the spirit. Disease of the soul, atrophy of the brain, weakening of the heart, corruption of the senses, poetic lies from which one gets ferociously inebriated two or three times a day in order to consume this precious but stupid life more quickly. And yet I would prefer to die of love. It's the only swindler, after Judas, that can kill with a kiss.
n. The end of night and dawn of dejection. The morning was discovered by a Chaldean astronomer, who, finding his observation of the stars unaccountably interrupted, diligently sought the cause and found it. After several centuries of disputation, morning was generally accepted by the scientific as a reasonable cause of the interruption and a constantly recurrent natural phenomenon.
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The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.
(also: humans)
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(also: humans)
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A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.
(also: spain)
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(also: spain)
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(n.) a secondary banana. a backup singer. a trusted subordinate. a euphemistic way of describing one's gay lover.
(n.) the act of relieving someone of their most pressing burden
a device used to convert electricity into a lack of productivity.
(n.) the art of killing important people so as to prevent them from doing important things. assassinations are events of massive historical significance and have caused such tragedies as wars, revolutions, and walter cronkite tearing up during a public news broadcast.
(n.) one who sings. not to be confused with one who singes.
(n.) a big fancy piano sort of thing that you can play. alternatively, a series of meatsacks within your body which are used to play you.
Shaming people just because they are dictators. It is illegal in many 3rd world countries.
(also: most common shaming practices)
(also: necessary shaming practices)
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(also: necessary shaming practices)
1847 – 1922) – Scottish inventor of the telephone.
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(n.) a food with extra carbohydrate covering
(1707 – 1783) Swiss mathematician who made prolific discoveries in calculus and graph theory.
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(n.) the great and noble thing we must all strive for, which we lack only because we're bogged down by petty arguments
except for when healthy disagreement is a good thing and we would see that if we weren't so bogged down by lack of ideological diversity
so basically everything is completely wrong either way. see order and chaos
except for when healthy disagreement is a good thing and we would see that if we weren't so bogged down by lack of ideological diversity
so basically everything is completely wrong either way. see order and chaos
(v.) acting out of a belief that being good in one situation then allows you to be a dick in another.
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/why-good-deeds-can-cause-moral-backsliding.html
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/why-good-deeds-can-cause-moral-backsliding.html
A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
(also: women)
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(also: women)
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A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
(also: revolution)
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(also: revolution)
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sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join