(n.) a craft intended to move across the top of a body of water. if it's really big it's called a ship. musical performer styx famously used one of these to saaaaaaaail away
(adj.) lacking the ability to see things
"Roses are red; violets are blue. Or so I'm told. Spare a dollar or two?"
"I think that I shall never see. My cataracts have blinded me."
"Roses are red; violets are blue. Or so I'm told. Spare a dollar or two?"
"I think that I shall never see. My cataracts have blinded me."
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".
n. An African animal having three horns, two on the head and one on the nape of the neck by which to hang up the carcass after the head has been removed. In those varieties that are not hunted by man, this third horn is imperfectly developed or wholly wanting.
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(n.) forbidden, not to be confused with elicit
a genre of comedy where you empathize with people, making you laugh
Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.
Are two people were too horny to have sex like a civilized,so they had sex like cave people and that was there biggest mistake,the mistake is represtend in you.
Parents order to receive "respect" from their mistakes.
The acts that mean disrespect are not allowed and any mistake who show disrespect will be punished by helping them to devolep problem behavior and othet mental health issues.
The acts that indicate disrespect are somany some of them are"talking,having friend,wearing clothes,staying home,going for a walk,eating without permission,being near them when they are angry,trying to learn a skill,having a hobby,breathing without permission...........and others"
Parents order to receive "respect" from their mistakes.
The acts that mean disrespect are not allowed and any mistake who show disrespect will be punished by helping them to devolep problem behavior and othet mental health issues.
The acts that indicate disrespect are somany some of them are"talking,having friend,wearing clothes,staying home,going for a walk,eating without permission,being near them when they are angry,trying to learn a skill,having a hobby,breathing without permission...........and others"
a flavoring that is nigh omnipresent on food products in the western world between late summer and autumn. presumably there is some deep ritualistic significance behind this custom, though it remains doggedly beyond the understanding of our finest minds
originally used on pumpkins, a variety of pumpkin spiced watermelon
originally used on pumpkins, a variety of pumpkin spiced watermelon
(also: quality and quantity)
(n.) that which stays one's hand from doing harm to the pathetic
ex. "I'm out of bullets. What a pity."
ex. "I'm out of bullets. What a pity."
Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. When disturbed by his voice the ancient echoes clamor appropriate responses most gratifying to his pride of distinction.
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(n.) the point after having done something you really wanted to do when you remember why you weren't supposed to do it
(also: guilt)
(also: guilt)
Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented" — in brief, all the Socialists of Judah.
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(1901–1976) German theoretical physicist – one of the pioneers of Quantum mechanics
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: werner heisenberg quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: werner heisenberg quotes)
To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanished opportunity.
(also: valhalla calling me)
(also: my mother told me)
(also: bad parents)
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(also: valhalla calling me)
(also: my mother told me)
(also: bad parents)
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n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment. He is handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals.
By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said,
Attests to the gods its respect for the dead.
We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint,
Distil him for physic and grind him for paint,
Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame,
And with levity flock to the scene of the shame.
O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme:
For respecting the dead what's the limit of time?
—Scopas Brune
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By means of the Mummy, mankind, it is said,
Attests to the gods its respect for the dead.
We plunder his tomb, be he sinner or saint,
Distil him for physic and grind him for paint,
Exhibit for money his poor, shrunken frame,
And with levity flock to the scene of the shame.
O, tell me, ye gods, for the use of my rhyme:
For respecting the dead what's the limit of time?
—Scopas Brune
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People petting you for no real reason.
Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for possession in one and disappoints it in all others. The object of man's brief rapacity and long indifference.
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“"observers" must obey the call.”
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