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"Wow! That must’ve been the most gruesome scene in the entire series! Wow! That job made him no money! Fuck!" — 7 hours, 32 min ago
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"The nucleus accumbens is involved in suspense and anticipation for good or bad situations, and the prefrontal cortex more in decision making and rationality, whereas the Insula mainly is activated when feelings regarding fairness come into consideration, especially perceived unfairness. The former being activated meant deal, the latter no deal.
Alfred Hitchcock discussed the idea of suspense being more important..." — May 05, 2026 08:40AM
"The nucleus accumbens is involved in suspense and anticipation for good or bad situations, and the prefrontal cortex more in decision making and rationality, whereas the Insula mainly is activated when feelings regarding fairness come into consideration, especially perceived unfairness. The former being activated meant deal, the latter no deal.
Alfred Hitchcock discussed the idea of suspense being more important..." — May 05, 2026 08:40AM
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"Dispensing complaints of our mutual concern into the receptacle as part of the operation.
Much of this lately has been entirely focused on the aforementioned object of concern…" — May 06, 2026 07:35AM
"Dispensing complaints of our mutual concern into the receptacle as part of the operation.
Much of this lately has been entirely focused on the aforementioned object of concern…" — May 06, 2026 07:35AM
“Most of us would not choose to be socialized into racism and white supremacy. Unfortunately, we didn’t have that choice. While there is variation in how these messages are conveyed and how much we internalize them, nothing could have exempted us from these messages completely. Now it is our responsibility to grapple with how this socialization manifests itself in our daily lives and how it shapes our responses when it is challenged.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“A single death, wrote one ancient king, is a tragedy, but a genocide can only be understood through statistics.”
― Empire of Silence
― Empire of Silence
“Our past was slavery. We cannot recur to it with any sense of complacency or composure. The history of it is a record of stripes, a revelation of agony. It is written in characters of blood. Its breath is a sigh, its voice a groan, and we turn from it with a shudder. The duty of to-day is to meet the questions that confront us with intelligence and courage.”
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“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?”
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“Enough of this miserable, whining life. Stop monkeying around! Why are you troubled? What’s new here? What’s so confounding? The one responsible? Take a good look. Or just the matter itself? Then look at that. There’s nothing else to look at. And as far as the gods go, by now you could try being more straightforward and kind. It’s the same, whether you’ve examined these things for a hundred years, or only three.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.37”
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
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