Came here to say something. Something in particular, not just something for the sake of it. I wonder what it was.

Oh well, I should just say something at all since I'm here. This will do.

/irony

So like, I know I'm ace-spec, so I prefer reading about feelings, but I so sometimes wonder how anybody at all is enjoying the physical details in romance stories instead of just writhing from cringe...
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I wish all the channels I subscribe to on YT that make original shorts (i.e
not cropped from longer videos) would periodically make long-form compilation videos of them so I that I actually see them...

Sport commentary of the week: "[He] has come here to PLAY - he's not just here to compete!"
😂

Just read through the most geo-blinkered legacy tumblr thread about iced tea (in a bottle) being a thing in the US but not so much in the UK. E.g. Brit: AMERICAN MADNESS; American: HAHA BRITS SO STUFFY AMERICA IS FUTURE.

What nonsense did I just waste my time reading?? 😅

Meanwhile Asians were rightly ignoring this whole non-issue between the tea newbies.

Well, so long as the Brits and Americans had fun playing together. 😁👍

I always find these extremes interesting:
Chinese zodiac - NO SIMILARITY
Western zodiac - SPOT ON
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(Rooster source: chinesezodiac.org)
(Pisces source: zodiacsign.com)

I have a sudden craving for a fanta spider, but I have neither ice cream nor fanta, and it's after midnight. Of course! 🙃

I just realised why the song "Bad Cinderella" from ALW's Cinderella has always bothered me somehow. It reminds me of "In My Own Little Corner" from R&H's Cinderella...😬

If you need some cheer in your day, here's the Cheerful Little Snowman that was hanging out at my home in Life Makeover! ☺️

If a political party is a core part of my identity, I have to defend it and support it no matter what stupid things it does or what actions and policies it adopts. If I don't, I'm undermining a core part of myself. I prefer not to be trapped into that.

And that's not just political parties. It's fandoms and brands and numerous other things. I can engage or enjoy, and these things will reflect aspects of my identity, but I don't want to be locked into those categories as my identity.

I couldn't really say I identify with a political party. Unless it's your career/volunteer interest, I don't think it really makes sense to. I have values. I vote for whichever party has the best balance of policies near my values and no policies terribly far from my values, and are vaguely sincere/believable. Yes, that means I find some parties unpalatable and consistently lean towards the others, but I can't really feel the sense in making a political party a core part of my identity.

Happy Lunar New Year CoSo, hope it's a lucky one for you! 🎆🧧💜

Judging by my symptoms, if you cut my head open right now a goddess would jump out of it. 🫠

I very like that CoSo let's me write more than BlueSky. Brevity is not my strong suit...

I guess this just proves that my year was the best and nobody could top it! 😏 haha...

Once Good Riddance/Time of Your Life came on the radio and I commented nostalgically that this was the graduation song for my year. My decade-younger cousin gave me a disdainful look and replied that it's the graduation song for EVERY year.

Appalled! Get a hit song from your own graduating year! This is part of the soundtrack of my whole final year, not just a single farewell event at the end of it!

(Not really angry at people using it, just feels less of-my-era if it's used for EVERY era.)

Constantly reflecting how people like to force dichotomies on us. Remember the era of Mac vs PC or iPhone vs Android like they were some deep-seated personal philosophy and identifier? Rubbish. You just choose the product that suits your need, y'know, Apple for this, MS for that, replace either for something you like better when it comes along. Seriously, let's stop getting conned into thinking we have to permentantly choose between 2 things in life, be it products, people, opinions, whatever.

So often I feel things are forced to become "political" that shouldn't be. Learning to look at the past and recognise that something wasn't right isn't political, it's just growing up. If we learn that actions & systems that were considered normal are actually harmful, it's common sense to change them. This is why laws around smoking changed, and it's now illegal to ride without a helmet. Saddens me when harm persists because people have made problems about politics rather than basic humanity.

Had never heard of the "Streamys" (awards for streamers/vid creators) until yesterday so I looked up this year's list of winners. Already bothered by the awkward -ys choice, the list of nominees and winners has revealed paying attention to these has no value for me. Barring a few nominees, this is not the corner of YT/the net I'm interested in hanging out in. Challenging to account for popularity, entertainment, quality AND integrity in these formats, though. Just reflecting.

Merry Christmas CoSo. I hope whatever you are doing today, you are healthier and happier than yesterday and that tomorrow you are healthier and happier than today. 💜