Nostr notes by Rabbit Cohen

I think that as a general rule, horror media that focuses on ...

2026-05-19T15:03:08Z

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I think that as a general rule, horror media that focuses on parasites does so because people find parasites particularly unnerving, not because the creators are particularly interested in parasitology as a topic. This is bad news to me, a person who is autistic about parasites.

Parasites like cordyceps evolve alongside their hosts for ...

2026-05-19T14:59:51Z

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Parasites like cordyceps evolve alongside their hosts for millions of years, and their host manipulation is a result of highly specialised natural selection. You're not gonna get something that manipulates an ant nervous system suddenly manipulating a human one.

(I can't watch it because of PTSD, not because of snobbery, ...

2026-05-19T14:57:39Z

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(I can't watch it because of PTSD, not because of snobbery, to clarify.)

I've heard that The Last Of Us (game and show) is good. I ...

2026-05-19T14:56:33Z

I've heard that The Last Of Us (game and show) is good. I can't watch it. But I'm begging people to understand that it's soft scifi, and cordyceps fungi are not in any way a realistic threat to humans.

We are not going to see the Antarctica documentary because my mom ...

2026-01-23T20:17:47Z

We are not going to see the Antarctica documentary because my mom is nursing a hummingbird back to health.

I've read that the Spanish translation of Persona 5 is so ...

2026-01-20T15:06:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…u9rh
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I've read that the Spanish translation of Persona 5 is so intensely Spain centered in its slang that it's actually hard for people from Latin America to understand, which is kind of surprising to me, because Spain has so much cultural dominance.

BUT WAIT Fig 2: ...

2026-01-15T12:22:23Z

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BUT WAIT
Fig 2:

Is my truck in this game making weird noises, or was the song ...

2026-01-15T12:19:34Z

Is my truck in this game making weird noises, or was the song I'm listening to produced by Trent Reznor? An investigation.

Update: he got outside, but he was apprehended when he walked ...

2026-01-05T13:50:54Z

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Update: he got outside, but he was apprehended when he walked right by the glass door, bold as brass, alerting me that he was out. He loves doing crimes, but that doesn't mean he's good at them.

It probably won't surprise you to learn that my answer to ...

2026-01-05T13:09:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…5kcl
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It probably won't surprise you to learn that my answer to this over the past ten years and my answer to this over the last few months are very different.

I wasn't even alive in 1985, but I've seen enough movies ...

2026-01-05T10:56:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…qs7w
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I wasn't even alive in 1985, but I've seen enough movies to know more or less what the state of the art for hair care and styling was at the time, and friends, it was not good.

I'm like those people who spot costume inaccuracies in ...

2026-01-05T10:48:40Z

I'm like those people who spot costume inaccuracies in historical dramas, but for hairstyles in movies and shows set before like 2005. Girl, they did NOT have the technology for those perfect beachy curls in 1985.

It legit does have like Cold War era anticommunist propaganda ...

2026-01-05T10:42:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…jjzs
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It legit does have like Cold War era anticommunist propaganda energy, doesn't it? Except that Sherwin Williams is pro covering the Earth.

They made a lot of choices here. The imagery as a whole is ...

2026-01-05T10:41:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…rur6
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They made a lot of choices here. The imagery as a whole is sinister enough, but also, they could've chosen any colour. They chose red.

Why'd they make the Sherwin Williams paint company logo so ...

2026-01-05T10:40:45Z

Why'd they make the Sherwin Williams paint company logo so meglomaniacally evil?

She projects that at the current rate, when she finishes the ...

2026-01-05T10:37:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…lt6p
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She projects that at the current rate, when she finishes the dictionary, she will have indexed 35 Uruguay specific words for "reprimand".

My sister is going through an entire Uruguayan slang dictionary ...

2026-01-05T10:35:54Z

My sister is going through an entire Uruguayan slang dictionary and turning it into an Anki deck so we can learn it, and like. What's going on here, Uruguay?

Thanks 💜

2026-01-05T10:25:46Z

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Thanks 💜

ummmm kitty cat ...

2026-01-05T10:25:32Z

ummmm kitty cat

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2026-01-05T10:20:16Z

Guau, it's gonna be my birthday in 4 days!

Love when a word that means something fairly abstract in most of ...

2026-01-05T10:18:00Z

Love when a word that means something fairly abstract in most of the Spanish speaking world means a totally different abstract thing in Uruguay, where I now live. It's great and not confusing.

When I suggested that perhaps incels posting incel shit is not ...

2026-01-05T10:07:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…3gt9
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When I suggested that perhaps incels posting incel shit is not the same as a transfem person giving Isabelle Animal Crossing totally clothed boobs in a mod, I got harassed and misgendered by OP's followers. So that's great.

This is someone with a massive platform, btw, and she called out ...

2026-01-05T10:05:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…zymx
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This is someone with a massive platform, btw, and she called out the person who made the mod she was talking about specifically. So now that person, who is transfem, is also getting harassed. It's a mess.

Then she posted a picture of someone with a gun in their mouth as ...

2026-01-05T10:03:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…7dsc
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Then she posted a picture of someone with a gun in their mouth as a reaction to how people were treating her. And that's never ok.

She got dogpiled for the beginning of the thread, which sucks, ...

2026-01-05T10:02:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…vs4m
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She got dogpiled for the beginning of the thread, which sucks, especially because it was relatively mild. But then she doubled down and started saying making furry edits of characters is the same as incels making racist, misogynistic edits of female characters and then insisting that that's how all women should be in video games.

I gave her a second chance because the suicide baiting thing was ...

2026-01-05T09:59:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…ecjy
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I gave her a second chance because the suicide baiting thing was years ago, it seemed like she'd made amends, and she has done a lot of good activism since then. But she's not acting like a safe person right now.

So surprising that someone who graphically told another trans ...

2026-01-05T09:53:58Z

So surprising that someone who graphically told another trans woman to kill herself (and how to do it) in the past has now done a weird anti-furry rant. Believe people are who they say the first time, I guess.

It's the old trouble with being trans, isn't it? ...

2026-01-05T00:46:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…l6wy
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It's the old trouble with being trans, isn't it? We're whatever gender is convenient to people who want to hurt us.

It seems like literally the only time I get treated as a man ...

2026-01-05T00:42:38Z

It seems like literally the only time I get treated as a man online is when people try to use it against me. I'm not a man, but I look enough like one in my selfies and some of my pfps that people assume I am. Only when it sucks for them to do that, though.

I played the DEAD LETTER DEPT. demo and I really want the game ...

2026-01-05T00:28:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…mpds
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I played the DEAD LETTER DEPT. demo and I really want the game now.

Nope, what's Epistory?

2026-01-05T00:27:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…00l0
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Nope, what's Epistory?

I think the MUD I used to play as a teenager finally bit the ...

2026-01-05T00:22:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…r6ya
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I think the MUD I used to play as a teenager finally bit the dust.

I want more games where I type a lot on my beautiful mechanical ...

2026-01-05T00:19:23Z

I want more games where I type a lot on my beautiful mechanical keyboard. 😌

I have learned today that the more purple sweet potatoes we have ...

2026-01-04T23:23:26Z

I have learned today that the more purple sweet potatoes we have here shouldn't be cooked as long as the orange ones (boniatos vs boniatos zanahorias), as they don't seem to hold as much moisture. So they came out a little dry today.

Fair enough!

2026-01-04T23:16:01Z

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Fair enough!

I'm not saying you necessarily don't want a dog! It just ...

2026-01-04T23:02:20Z

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I'm not saying you necessarily don't want a dog! It just seems like a lot of people do not consider cats when maybe they should.

Listen, people who want dogs: is that what you really want, with ...

2026-01-04T23:02:05Z

Listen, people who want dogs: is that what you really want, with all the training and daily walks and whatnot? Or do you want a low maintenance little guy who hangs out in your house, loves you, and cuddles you? Because if it's the latter, you want a cat.

I'm ok, it's not too deep or anything, which is pretty ...

2026-01-04T17:27:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…3k4x
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I'm ok, it's not too deep or anything, which is pretty lucky. Some people get got BAD doing that.

PSA: You know that thing where you wedge the knife into the pit ...

2026-01-04T17:27:31Z

PSA: You know that thing where you wedge the knife into the pit of an avocado to pull it out? Don't do that while holding the avocado.

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2026-01-04T17:14:24Z

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RE: https://mastodon.online/@BathysphereHat/115837515086818446 ...

2026-01-04T16:57:28Z

RE: https://mastodon.online/@BathysphereHat/115837515086818446

You can use this post to remember the order of operations btw.

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Please observe my gormless wretch.

Not a single gorm, this man.

2026-01-04T15:24:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…aup2
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Not a single gorm, this man.

Please observe my gormless wretch. ...

2026-01-04T15:23:28Z

Please observe my gormless wretch.

Like, I get that it's bacteria. But it's so specific and ...

2026-01-04T14:22:47Z

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Like, I get that it's bacteria. But it's so specific and consistent.

What is it about kitchen sponge that makes it develop a smell ...

2026-01-04T14:22:25Z

What is it about kitchen sponge that makes it develop a smell that nothing else has?

Meanwhile, my Catholic friends were lying to clergy out of ...

2026-01-04T14:18:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…8gql
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Meanwhile, my Catholic friends were lying to clergy out of obligation and poor memory.

When I was a kid, I was kind of jealous of the Catholic kids I ...

2026-01-04T14:09:40Z

When I was a kid, I was kind of jealous of the Catholic kids I knew who did confession, because I really wanted to lie recreationally to clergy for some reason.

So are Catholic confessionals always intensely psychosexual, or ...

2026-01-04T14:02:23Z

So are Catholic confessionals always intensely psychosexual, or is it just that one painting?

Who are you protecting, SpanishDict? I'm the one who searched ...

2026-01-04T13:11:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…f3v4
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Who are you protecting, SpanishDict? I'm the one who searched your website for the word "cunt", here. I didn't do that by accident.

And like, even when it refers to anatomy specifically, what is ...

2026-01-04T12:52:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…rjk9
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And like, even when it refers to anatomy specifically, what is the tone here? Is it a word you're likely to hear in a sexual context? Is it more comedic? These are things I want the dictionary to tell me.

Like, I can't tell if this word, for example, is used as an ...

2026-01-04T12:36:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…rz9j
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Like, I can't tell if this word, for example, is used as an insult or just as a vulgar way to refer to a vagina. And SpanishDict isn't telling.

I hate how a lot of Spanish to English dictionaries (this one is ...

2026-01-04T12:33:52Z

I hate how a lot of Spanish to English dictionaries (this one is spanishdict.com) give examples for vulgar words. Like, this is not remotely helpful. Show me how it's actually used.

The good news about that is that if I'm correct, it's not ...

2026-01-04T12:23:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…0rdk
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The good news about that is that if I'm correct, it's not a dangerous scorpion. It can sting, but the stings are comparable to a bee sting.

Ok, so I'm not a scorpion scientist, but my best guess is ...

2026-01-04T12:22:09Z

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Ok, so I'm not a scorpion scientist, but my best guess is that this little guy is a juvenile Bothriurus bonariensis.

Before I contained it with the glass, it kept running directly ...

2026-01-04T11:50:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…v9eg
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Before I contained it with the glass, it kept running directly towards me, which seems 1) strange and 2) impolite.

I was just looking at that same document, haha, but thanks! I ...

2026-01-04T11:46:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…g0uy
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I was just looking at that same document, haha, but thanks! I think the end of this little guy's stinger might have been missing or damaged or something, it's really small though so it's hard to see. Still, I made sure not to make any actual skin-to-scorpion contact.

I got the scorpion out of my house! I don't think I hurt it?

2026-01-04T11:37:46Z

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I got the scorpion out of my house! I don't think I hurt it?

I've done it! Thank you, old medical paper and glass.

2026-01-04T11:37:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…ux9n
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I've done it! Thank you, old medical paper and glass.

It is cute! But I would like to get it out of my house in some ...

2026-01-04T11:31:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…vtu3
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It is cute! But I would like to get it out of my house in some way that does not harm it, if possible.

We've got a slight situation here. ...

2026-01-04T11:25:13Z

We've got a slight situation here.

One of my abusive exes had such an impact on me that I no longer ...

2026-01-03T20:57:29Z

One of my abusive exes had such an impact on me that I no longer trust people who use Sonic the Hedgehog as their icons online, sorry.

From the same game. Why'd they make it sound so sad? ...

2026-01-03T20:05:10Z

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From the same game. Why'd they make it sound so sad?

This is the same game in which one of my zois (that's what ...

2026-01-03T19:38:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…qhep
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This is the same game in which one of my zois (that's what they call their sims) was in a happy relationship with her girlfriend, and she suddenly got the desire to break up because it would provide inspiration for her art. The reward for completing the goal was listed as "become sad".

"I'll get more hyped the louder it gets" is a ...

2026-01-03T19:35:59Z

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"I'll get more hyped the louder it gets" is a sentiment about arcades that I absolutely cannot, as an autistic person, relate to. I like arcades, but I like them despite the auditory hellscape.

Absolutely insane thing to say about an arcade, lifesim game ...

2026-01-03T19:29:59Z

Absolutely insane thing to say about an arcade, lifesim game inZOI.

We got a new bluetooth speaker just to listen to music and stuff ...

2026-01-03T18:00:27Z

We got a new bluetooth speaker just to listen to music and stuff for relatively little money, and like, BBB by How To Destroy Angels comes on, right? And I'm like "wow, I never noticed there's this sound kind of like a distant dog barking with the beat in this song, Trent Reznor is truly always putting the wildest shit in his music." Friends, it was just an actual dog.

I understand the frustration with AI being shoved into everything ...

2026-01-03T17:39:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…3rju
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I understand the frustration with AI being shoved into everything at every turn. I feel it too. But I feel like rooting for another recession or depression is not compassionate or reasonable.

You guys get that if the AI bubble suddenly pops, the people who ...

2026-01-03T17:38:28Z

You guys get that if the AI bubble suddenly pops, the people who are hurt the most will be middle and lower class people, not rich people, right?

(The book is "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die" by ...

2026-01-03T16:51:17Z

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(The book is "Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die" by Greer Stothers, if you're interested.)

There's an author with a popular tumblr account who's ...

2026-01-03T16:49:10Z

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There's an author with a popular tumblr account who's written a book about a beautiful himbo twunk boning down with just the nastiest, most ancient evil sorcerer you can imagine, and the general consensus among their followers is "What does the sorcerer see in him?"

People on most social media: "Ew, people with wrinkles are ...

2026-01-03T16:46:50Z

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People on most social media: "Ew, people with wrinkles are gross."
People on tumblr: "I am down bad for Brad Dourif as Grima Wormtongue, and I'm going to make 20 posts about it in a row."

I wish people were horny about normal/ugly/weird looking people ...

2026-01-03T16:43:04Z

I wish people were horny about normal/ugly/weird looking people on social media more. It's very common on tumblr.

I have once again been bamboozled into thinking Spanish is harder ...

2026-01-03T16:39:23Z

I have once again been bamboozled into thinking Spanish is harder than it is by a post that turned out to be in Portuguese.

Like, Donald Trump is the US president and Elon Musk is the ...

2026-01-03T16:36:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…x2kt
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Like, Donald Trump is the US president and Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. You can't tell me those guys are in those positions because they're better than other people.

One of the many stupid and bad things about Social Darwinism is ...

2026-01-03T16:33:46Z

One of the many stupid and bad things about Social Darwinism is that who gets on top in capitalism is largely a product of privilege and luck, not anything that could meaningfully be described as "fitness".

I wish I had a way to learn Spanish vocab that was a sprint ...

2026-01-03T16:31:31Z

I wish I had a way to learn Spanish vocab that was a sprint instead of a marathon.

The dogs came back for a while, and Moon Rover did NOT like it.

2026-01-03T16:22:27Z

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The dogs came back for a while, and Moon Rover did NOT like it.

They're looking for oil of the coast of Uruguay, and I ...

2026-01-03T15:55:48Z

They're looking for oil of the coast of Uruguay, and I really, really hope they don't find it.

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2026-01-03T15:54:18Z

So uhhh that's fucked up huh?

I mean, it seems like the precedent now.

2026-01-03T15:08:35Z

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I mean, it seems like the precedent now.

She is thinking about doing crimes. #cats ...

2026-01-03T14:00:11Z

She is thinking about doing crimes. #cats

Whoa, Mary Shelley was close friends with a trans man writer ...

2026-01-03T13:53:33Z

Whoa, Mary Shelley was close friends with a trans man writer named Walter Sholto Douglas, who I just learned about! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sholto_Douglas

OH MY Welcome, little tiny child cats!

2026-01-03T13:44:33Z

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OH MY
Welcome, little tiny child cats!

I need to see a therapist who speaks English well, though. ...

2026-01-03T13:43:15Z

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I need to see a therapist who speaks English well, though. Therapy is made up of like the hardest kinds of conversations to have with my Spanish at its current level.

I'm ok with having a psychiatrist who doesn't speak much ...

2026-01-03T13:40:59Z

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I'm ok with having a psychiatrist who doesn't speak much English as long as I don't need to make changes to my meds, but I need them to be patient with me and my bad Spanish.

I think I'm not going to see the last psychiatrist I saw ...

2026-01-03T13:39:05Z

I think I'm not going to see the last psychiatrist I saw again if I can help it. She got me my medication fine, but she didn't want me to use my phone to look up how to say something in Spanish while I was there. Also, she tried to get me to get a therapist who doesn't speak English because I need to learn, and I know I need to learn, but NOT DURING THERAPY.

And then there's a sort of inverse effect that results from ...

2026-01-03T13:37:06Z

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And then there's a sort of inverse effect that results from those habits, where I don't trust myself to understand things because doing so has messed me up so much in the past. So I get to fixated on trying to translate or just panic.

The thing is, it's not just an outward reaction. It's ...

2026-01-03T13:35:51Z

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The thing is, it's not just an outward reaction. It's also part of how I work internally. I'll listen to what someone's saying, and while it's processing, I assume it'll turn out to be comprehensible to me. But that's not always the case in a second language.

It's especially hard with ADHD. Like many people with ADHD, I ...

2026-01-03T13:32:42Z

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It's especially hard with ADHD. Like many people with ADHD, I have a bad habit of reacting like I have heard and understood things that were said to me when they didn't really go into my brain, or when I'm still processing them. This complicates the language learning process significantly.

A difficulty with learning Spanish for me is that when someone is ...

2026-01-03T13:31:35Z

A difficulty with learning Spanish for me is that when someone is speaking to me or I'm watching a show or whatever, I can't just translate everything into English in my head. There's no time for that. I have to just understand in Spanish, and I have to trust myself that I understand. And that's hard.

Maybe they're friends. Maybe they're boyfriend and ...

2026-01-03T13:11:49Z

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Maybe they're friends. Maybe they're boyfriend and girlfriend. Maybe they're fucking. I don't know, but I approve of it.

The thing with Zelink is like I'm not even sure what Zelda ...

2026-01-03T13:09:44Z

The thing with Zelink is like I'm not even sure what Zelda and Link have going on, but it feels queer as fuck. To me.

Yes, I have! It's one of my favourites!

2026-01-03T13:07:08Z

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Yes, I have! It's one of my favourites!

I'm obsessed with the cooking in Tears of the Kingdom too, ...

2026-01-03T13:04:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…lar5
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I'm obsessed with the cooking in Tears of the Kingdom too, but I am somewhat distracted by the lure of making unhinged vehicles in that game. #TotK #BotW

Is anyone else obsessed with the cooking in Breath of the Wild? ...

2026-01-03T13:04:00Z

Is anyone else obsessed with the cooking in Breath of the Wild? Like, I just want to make Link cook all day. I don't know. #BotW

I've seen these dogs here before. I think they belong to ...

2026-01-03T12:53:55Z

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I've seen these dogs here before. I think they belong to someone who lives nearby. They look well cared for.

Oh, they have a friend? A German shepherd I think. Anyway, they ...

2026-01-03T12:51:40Z

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Oh, they have a friend? A German shepherd I think. Anyway, they both ran around a little bit on the patio and then left.

It's one of those dogs with super light blue eyes that make ...

2026-01-03T12:50:11Z

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It's one of those dogs with super light blue eyes that make them look wild.

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2026-01-03T12:49:47Z

There's a pretty but kind of unhinged looking dog outside.

Oh, that explains it.

2026-01-03T02:04:41Z

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Oh, that explains it.