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Dark Academia otter

@acerbicotter.bsky.social

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In the War on Empathy, I am choosing to fight on the side of empathy. Opinions are my own & definitely do not reflect those of my workplace. Given the bad faith actors on here, unless I know you or we share a mutual, I will probably block you. Sorry.

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 7d

display name does not necessarily imply endorsement in case you're that kind of person going to @ me about how it's classist and eurocentric.

I am an academic, and my mood is frequently dark now, so....

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 17m

Figs, maybe grapes, maybe pomegranates...

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 18m

I can pretty well guarantee you that the Apostles did not eat blueberries (New World fruit) and strawberries (North America and northern Europe).

I'm guessing it was lots of fish, goat, olives, flatbread, maybe some green leafy things, but....

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 24m

Whut.
at this point, fajitas are almost as "American" as pizza is. What is that person on about about "replacement theory"

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 28m

a cartoon of homer simpson holding a glove over his head

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 37m

If there were any justice in the world he'd end up alone and isolated (well, our former allies are already avoiding us, but I mean his sycophants) and realize that using people comes back to bite you in the end

but it won't happen
because it's an evil and crooked universe we live in

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 37m

I am incredibly untrusting and suspicious of people (was hurt a few times, in a minor way, by "friends" when I was younger) and I am amazed how people see someone cheat other people and go "oh he won't do that to me"

Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 4h

So bizarre to me how people pledge loyalty to someone that will take credit for everything you do, give you nothing back, then throw you under the bus the moment it's no longer to their advantage

Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 8h

Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 46m

man, he looks like someone called Central Casting and asked for a 1941 era German soldier....

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 47m

....don't put it in the newspaper that I'm sick

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 48m

someone whose tumblr I read says Let's Go Buy Toys (doll collector)

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 49m

Needs to have a LAMP next to it

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 50m

Oh that sucks!

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

You can ask?

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

Eh, I’m used to making myself smaller for other people. Haven’t had to in a while but maybe I get back in the practice

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

To some. I know when I took a bunch of books to my local library for their annual used book sale, the librarian who took them said “oh, several of these are ones we have but are wearing out. We’ll use them as replacements in our collection”

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe NEXT week I'll get some time to relax.

Or maybe it's like "I'll sleep when I'm dead" as some people say :(

(No, I don't have tomorrow off)

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

deleting a bunch of posts because apparently it bums people out to reveal your feelings.

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

I guess my other option is to cram all my worry and anger into a ball and swallow it hard and hope it doesn't give me an ulcer.

I wish I had someone but that's not my lot in life., And don't suggest a therapist; scheduling times to talk means I won't have anything to say when it comes

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

Okay okay I shouldn't vent on main I guess but I literally have no one but the four walls here. I dont' have a partner or family I'm comfortable venting to, and I don't have a lot of particularly close friends.
I am honestly the most "alone" person you probably know.

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 9h

a close up of a lizard with its mouth open and the words ' heheheheh ' written on the bottom

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 10h

eventually everything (including public schools) that gets even a little Federal funding will collapse and die. They won't care but all of us out here as taxpayers sure will.

I don't know at what point people riot

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 10h

ISTG I am gonna shove a crayon up my nose just so I lose enough brain to tolerate this

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 10h

I am so tired of the culture of "Eff you, I got mine"

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 11h

He didn't deserve that, he was only trying to help Danny and his mom

Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 11h

the one part I really hate is when the cook (played by Scatman Crothers), who's come to try to rescue them, winds up getting (redacted for those who haven't seen it maybe)

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Dark Academia otter @acerbicotter.bsky.social · 11h

The Shining: still less unsettling and scary than what's probably coming IRL in the next weeks and months.

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