Tag: social issues
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Letter to the Past
What advice would you give to your teenage self? If I could go back in time and talk to my teenage self, I would tell her to stop worrying about what they think of you. You are your own person and you have nothing to prove! You are a lot smarter and stronger than you…
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My Tattoo
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I’ve made a post about this before, a few months ago. I did end up getting the tattoo I wanted and I love the way it turned out! Currently, I have no plans or desire to get another tattoo. The one I have is…
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Flunking Out and Finding Peace
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? I’ve mentioned this quite a bit, but I flunked out of college. My family wanted me to go to school and get a degree so I could get a “real job” and get somewhere in life. Flunking out destroyed me a bit…
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Breather
Sometimes life is too muchIt takes and takes and takesNo matter how hard you workIt just never seems enough Sometimes life gets too deepDragging you to untame watersPushing and punishing youWhen all you want is sleep Sometimes you can put it offJust take a moment to breatheAllow yourself time to recollectYou don’t always have to…
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Ban Word
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? I had to sit on this prompt for quite some time before I could find a good answer. There are a lot of harmful words in every language but all of them require context. My friends know when I…
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Foundation
I was once a pillar standing tall But my pieces broke and started to fall I crumbled down to the ground And laid in pieces never found Then I noticed another pillar standing tall And when I saw their pieces start to fall I pulled together what I could for them And then I built…
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Watch the World Die
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THIS SERIOUSLY! I WROTE THIS A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT MYSELF! Go ahead and die Nobody cares about the pain you hide Deep down inside Cry your eyes out Let your tears flood the world But no one will see it Nobody cares They don’t dare step out of…
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Please Understand
Sometimes I wish they understood But deep down I know they never could They are stuck in their own ways They won’t notice what I say I can scream my lungs to bloody shreds I could take a knife to my arms and legs They won’t notice They’ll never notice They won’t see me around…
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Patriotism
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? I don’t necessarily view myself as a patriotic person. I live in the USA and have for my entire life, but I don’t view it as the best country in the world. I know it isn’t the worse and in some ways I am very…
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The Right to Choose
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? I know this is going to get majorly political, but I need everyone to hear me out fully on this before you judge me. If I had the power to change any law, I would legalize abortion again. I come…
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