Burned out crone
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Just breathing my way through an anxiety attack over here. On Fridays you’ll find me softly crying in my local library. Let’s trade book recommendations.
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Well, guess who woke up this morning and put an insane bunch of books on hold at the library!
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November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Well, guess who woke up this morning and put an insane bunch of books on hold at the library!
The time of year when everyone is having the best sale ever for crap you have never thought of buying
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The time of year when everyone is having the best sale ever for crap you have never thought of buying
The Sunday couch nap needs to be a hallowed national tradition
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Sunday couch nap needs to be a hallowed national tradition
You inevitably see something so gross that you realize you have been online far too long for one day.
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
You inevitably see something so gross that you realize you have been online far too long for one day.
All my most memorable mental health breakdowns happen at Trader Joe’s
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
All my most memorable mental health breakdowns happen at Trader Joe’s
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No matter how many times I unsubscribe, emails from James Carville inevitably make their way into my inbox 🫥
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
No matter how many times I unsubscribe, emails from James Carville inevitably make their way into my inbox 🫥
I want to adopt Sanjeev Bhaskar’s eerie calm for every occasion #taskmaster
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I want to adopt Sanjeev Bhaskar’s eerie calm for every occasion #taskmaster
My brain at 4pm these days:
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My brain at 4pm these days:
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
“Why bother?”
My body:
“great, time to lie down!”
Giving myself a lifetime achievement award for getting through the day.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Giving myself a lifetime achievement award for getting through the day.
I got the lexapro-induced sluggishness but that’s counter-balanced by the lexapro-induced indifference.
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I got the lexapro-induced sluggishness but that’s counter-balanced by the lexapro-induced indifference.
Well, gonna call it a night so I can wake up to another day of nonstop news about cruel and stupid people who also have unlimited power.
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Well, gonna call it a night so I can wake up to another day of nonstop news about cruel and stupid people who also have unlimited power.
“Thank you for this rejection letter. I don’t remember when or why I applied for this position, and had no real expectation that anything will come of it. I appreciate you thinking of me, and I hope you will keep me in mind for future rejections.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Thank you for this rejection letter. I don’t remember when or why I applied for this position, and had no real expectation that anything will come of it. I appreciate you thinking of me, and I hope you will keep me in mind for future rejections.”
The sense of despair that i feel about jobs and this hopeless job market is beyond articulation.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The sense of despair that i feel about jobs and this hopeless job market is beyond articulation.
The library is a large language model if you think about it
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The library is a large language model if you think about it
Idk, I think a lot of people don’t mind letting children be traumatized as long as brown people are being kidnapped and disappeared because … fascism.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Idk, I think a lot of people don’t mind letting children be traumatized as long as brown people are being kidnapped and disappeared because … fascism.
Got my pants altered instead of just being sad they don’t fit anymore.
Please clap.
Please clap.
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Got my pants altered instead of just being sad they don’t fit anymore.
Please clap.
Please clap.
Me: deletes instagram for a while
Instagram: come baaack! Look at all these updates from people you haven’t ever met! They miss you!
Me: Unsubscribe from emails
Instagram: There are 4 different kinds of marketing emails and you need to opt out of all of ‘em. But why don’t you just come back?
Instagram: come baaack! Look at all these updates from people you haven’t ever met! They miss you!
Me: Unsubscribe from emails
Instagram: There are 4 different kinds of marketing emails and you need to opt out of all of ‘em. But why don’t you just come back?
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Me: deletes instagram for a while
Instagram: come baaack! Look at all these updates from people you haven’t ever met! They miss you!
Me: Unsubscribe from emails
Instagram: There are 4 different kinds of marketing emails and you need to opt out of all of ‘em. But why don’t you just come back?
Instagram: come baaack! Look at all these updates from people you haven’t ever met! They miss you!
Me: Unsubscribe from emails
Instagram: There are 4 different kinds of marketing emails and you need to opt out of all of ‘em. But why don’t you just come back?
My executive functioning ability?
She is on vacation
She is on vacation
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My executive functioning ability?
She is on vacation
She is on vacation
“Barely legal” is not a thing. It’s either legal or illegal.
But then again, Megyn also thought blackface was fine.
But then again, Megyn also thought blackface was fine.
First of all, a 15-year-old is not "barely legal." The age of consent in Florida is 18. So sexual behavior with a 15-year-old is rape.
Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.
And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.
And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“Barely legal” is not a thing. It’s either legal or illegal.
But then again, Megyn also thought blackface was fine.
But then again, Megyn also thought blackface was fine.
People using AI to generate pictures of nature are destroying actual nature with the amount of energy it takes to create those photos.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
People using AI to generate pictures of nature are destroying actual nature with the amount of energy it takes to create those photos.
Searched for “pudding mit gabel” on Tiktok and watched a bunch of German teens eating pudding together in parks with forks.
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Searched for “pudding mit gabel” on Tiktok and watched a bunch of German teens eating pudding together in parks with forks.
If you are sending me a rejection letter, at least spell my name correctly
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you are sending me a rejection letter, at least spell my name correctly