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Avatar depression is a real condition. It arose from James Cameron’s 2009 movie about blue alien indigenes being invaded by a mining company, and psychiatrists have been struggling to treat it ever since. Apparently, the vision of
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“Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say 'No, you move'.”
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“He always accuses me of trying to look'cool', I was like, 'everybody tries to look cool, I just happen to be successful.”
― Ghost World
― Ghost World
“In an ideal world, the time English speakers devote to steeling themselves against, and complaining about, things like Billy and me, singular they, and impact as a verb would be better spent attending to genuine matters of graceful oral and written expression.”
― Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
― Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
― Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
“Linguists traditionally observe that esteemed writers have been using they as a gender-neutral pronoun for almost a thousand years. As far back as the 1400s, in the Sir Amadace story, one finds the likes of Iche mon in thayre degree (“Each man in their degree”).”
― Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
― Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
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