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Duncan
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I wonder if, secondhand, the importance of telling children frightening stories about el Cuco, el Viejo de la Bolsa, La Llorona, and their brothers and sisters, was not only to teach children good manners but to teach them gratitude for what they had when they had little. These monsters were the children’s weapons and guardians more so than they were just their parents’ teaching tools.
— Dec 15, 2025 12:02AM
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Duncan
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That story was lovely, and not just in pretty-words-tedious-reading kind of way, but with an actually enjoyable story.
— Dec 28, 2025 11:48PM
Duncan
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That’s an illuminating insight—Puerto Rico theoretically becoming a state does not grant it and its citizens respect in the eyes of the rest of the United States of America. Those being its colonial empire. Perhaps if they became their own country.
— Dec 28, 2025 12:02AM
Duncan
is on page 200 of 368
I loved what that story had to say about freedom, but I think I’ll like this story about vampires more.
— Dec 23, 2025 11:27PM
Duncan
is on page 182 of 368
I should not take it as a given that adulthood = security.
— Dec 22, 2025 11:37PM
Duncan
is on page 142 of 368
This story isn’t really scary, either. But it does shed light on a part of Costa Rica that I wasn’t aware of.
— Dec 19, 2025 11:39PM
Duncan
is on page 125 of 368
That story wasn’t really scary, but it definitely made sense in its thematic context.
— Dec 18, 2025 11:17PM
