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[deadhorsepress]

The first few times I disclosed the weighty sin of having liked Coldplay in middle school, I felt like I was Raskolnikov confessing to axe murder. Inevitably, though, the other person’s response baffled me more than outright mockery. “They’re pretty good” or “I like Viva la Vida” or something else like that. Each time, it left me more perturbed than if they had taken the bait and made fun of Coldplay with me. The basic question I was left with was: Why am I the only person who knows that Coldplay is lame?

or: is it actually cringe, or are you just mean to yourself

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[deadhorsepress]

"As a medievalist, I find the notion that “a man’s home is his castle” surprisingly apt. It may be your castle, but you didn't build it. Your hands didn't make the furniture, the textiles, the food – but so long as those objects are within a boundary defined by words rather than anything material, it's yours."

go read this article. gay people can must and will destroy the nuclear family (and capitalism)