the weight of the world makes me feel like the future is dumb

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lizardsfromspace

Wordle is running out of words. Only 2,000 five letter words remain. When that supply is exhausted the Creation shall begin. One day the word will be ZHURM, and all shall get it, and all shall understand it to mean "an ache from suddenly remembering a long-ago friend, who meant something to you once, but whose face you can no longer conjure". The next day the word shall be JOROL, and all will get it, and all will know it means "the melancholy confusion of passing by somewhere where you once could have died". The next day it will be GREFT, and all will understand it to be a small brown bird with white streaks found only in South America, and suddenly, it will appear, in the underbrush of the Amazon, in the streets of São Paulo, and all will know that it once was not there, but now, will always be

#it’s only a matter of time until they have to use the word penis#I swore I would keep doing wordle until the day I get it in one guess#and my daily guess every single time is penis
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crazysodomite

somewhere on a long dead forum there's a link that no longer works to a mod to a game nobody plays that would be a valuable contribution to the way people see level design if it got a chance to be seen. somewhere on a website that gets 15 monthly visitors there's a webcomic that woulkd inspire and resonate with you and change your life even in a small way if you could just find it. somewhere theres a music artist that would inspire you for years to come but their work just can't manage to be seen online or off. theres so many things that would change your life that just can't seem to rise to the surface and remain undiscovered and forgotten. or maybe never shared

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ohboylookatthatbugbeepbeep

…and every time you reach out into the world and find something new, you’re saving it. you’re connecting with these almost-unseen treasures, and adding them to the tapestry of your heart.

every time I read something my friend recommended. every time I click on a self-published story, or webcomic, or poem. every time we do these things, we pull them out of obscurity and into our lives

#i think about this a lot#like when i go searching for weird mmd stuff on youtube#the internet is a fascinating and magical place bc you can make whatever weird niche shit makes you happy and fling it out into the void to#be loved by whoever is lucky enough to stumble across it#anything you feel like brain vomiting out will eventually be found by someone who will find it meaningful for one reason or another#ANYTHING and i am serious#whether it's a comic or a story or a joke or a meme#even an mmd video of anime hulk hogan and sailor moon dancing to a song that is the lyrics of can't hug every cat set to the music and tune#of rolling in the deep by adele#which yes is a thing that exists and is one of my favorite videos on youtube#the world will always need whatever you have to give
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pyrrhiccomedy

The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call "Little Guy."

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

We're big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It's got a different kind of sauce that's nice if "killing time" and "lowering anxiety" need to happen hand in hand.