(n.) a thief, plunderer, and brigand who is afforded more than the usual amount of respect and acclaim because their various offenses are performed while on a boat
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller
(also: happiness)
― Helen Keller
(also: happiness)
(n.) one of the less intense and therefore more insidious addicting drugs; in many cultures, morning consumption of coffee is part of a daily ritual in which they affirm their resentment of their daily obligations
a device used to convert electricity into a lack of productivity.
(adj.) separate and distinct, as in pieces, like the body parts of one's relatives after one has offended the local mafioso
to be confused with discreet
to be confused with discreet
(n.) one of nature's more impressive primal displays, a huge arc of electricity that courses through the air during atmospheric storms, striking the nearest convenient point of low electrical potential, and superheating the air to cause an explosion we call thunder
if it could only be greased, then lightning might well prove to be automatic, systematic, and hydromatic, and indeed, may be a useful way to get lots of tit.
if it could only be greased, then lightning might well prove to be automatic, systematic, and hydromatic, and indeed, may be a useful way to get lots of tit.
to sing some medieval Hebrew poetry that you've half-memorized out of a book along with all the other congregants. If you want to seek a true connection to God beyond mere recitation, the translation can be found on the opposite-facing page.
In race & racism, orientalism is the idea that western society is the "occident", and all other cultures and countries are "Orient". Orient didn't just mean asian, it mean middle eastern, indian, etc. Basically Europe seeing itself as the center of the universe and that all other cultures are "exotic".
This concept is problematic because it encourages othering and sets western culture as the "norm".
This concept is problematic because it encourages othering and sets western culture as the "norm".
Sooner or later we're all someone's dog
A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. "Because," he replied, "death is no better than life." It is longer.
(also: feedom)
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An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. "Because," he replied, "death is no better than life." It is longer.
(also: feedom)
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An implement that cries aloud for hands accustomed to the pen.
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(n.) a force that exists within a young girl's heart which can purportedly free her if sufficiently groovy
(n.) a garden-variety gastropod; a squishy, slow-moving booger-like entity that carries its house upon its back. when homeless, it is a slug
n. One of the processes by which A acquires property for B.
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that dance people from russia do with the squatting and the kicking and the "hey, hey, hey, hey!"
it is vital to bear in mind the two essential credos of the prisiadki dancer: one, we don't need no drugs cuz folk dancing is our drug. two, once you go cossack you never go back.
it is vital to bear in mind the two essential credos of the prisiadki dancer: one, we don't need no drugs cuz folk dancing is our drug. two, once you go cossack you never go back.
It's coming any second now
A very popular chat app thats known for neckbeards, gamers, traps and pedophiles.
n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician.
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Censorious language by oneself concerning another. The word is of classical refinement, and is even said to have been used in a fable by Georgius Coadjutor, one of the most fastidious writers of the fifteenth century — commonly, indeed, regarded as the founder of the Fastidiotic School.
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sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join