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I wrote the original post here in August 2020. It’s been ten years since I first used f.lux (from Windows to MacOS)—I first installed the app on my new laptop as a fifth-year engineering student in 2015. So, if you see me typing on my yellow-lit screen at this hour, you will understand why. Blue…
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So we hide away the unpleasant, like crumbs under the bed, thinking that putting away the hurt makes the hurt go away. But they never go away. They would only chew bit by bit the sanity we try to hold. Until we break.
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Our cat follows a strict schedule and lets us know incessantly in a varied presentation from gentle meows to unabashed screams. Without our cat, we could easily sleep in throughout the day. We’re just glad he is around to keep us rolling.
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Now I know what 60km/hr feels like against my skin after riding on a motorbike under city street lights and towering buildings. While the speed fed my adrenaline and made me want more, being in the middle of cars and buses made me feel like I was having a death wish—a kiss with something dangerous…
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There are so many things we could wrap ourselves in: And the list goes on and on and on. You are a slave to what you choose to obey.
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Want to know the perfect metaphor for modern self-help? It’s a billion-dollar industry teaching us how to love ourselves while making it impossible to love each other. It’s a massive machine that runs on loneliness, powered by isolation, fueled by disconnection. It’s the ultimate expression of late-stage capitalism: the commodification of human completion. The Great…
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When I was young, I learned that poking a wasp nest stirs the wasps, and the next thing you do is run away as fast as you can because the wasps will hunt you down. The lesson I learned was that wasps are not aggressive until you disturb their peace. And who doesn’t like peace,…
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