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spilled-ink: What I’ve learned is that when you care too much for too long, eventually you won’t care at all. People don’t give for nothing; we always expect something back. In fact, we need something back to motivate us to keep giving. Often, people give just to receive a gift in return. Sometimes, people give for redemption, to get a part of themselves back. And there are also people who give...
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"Hi, I am [not] a pianist [anymore]."
spilled-ink: It kind of makes me sad that after all these years of competing and performing as a pianist, I can’t even call myself a musician anymore because I stopped playing. Knowing I’m good at something is self-satisfying in a way but to be frank, it would feel so much better if I could put a label on myself. I mean, you can’t meet someone and say, “Hi, I used to play the piano. Here is a...
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ListenGeneral Ghost - The Gospel
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The Bystander Effect
By Gaby Dunn When I look over, the man’s hand is already stuck, locked at the wrist between the subway doors. At first, I just see the hand, like I’m looking at it through a telescope. It looks foreign and it takes a moment for me to realize that it’s a hand, alone, by itself, I guess, because I’m not used to seeing one disembodied. My gaze rises and through the glass, I can see...
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, the 2012...
Michelle Bachmann: “Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004) Ron Paul: “The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay...
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Schadenfreude/Epicaricacy
Oh I do like this. alexisashin: Schadenfreude (German) or Epicaricacy (English) Shchad-en-freu-de or Ep-i-car-ic-acy (both nouns) satisfaction or pleasure in seeing someone else fail schaden (German for harm) + freude (German for joy) epi (English for upon) + chara (English for joy) + kakon (English for harm) But the more modern spelling of “epicharakakon” is epicaricacy  Thanks Alex!
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