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the generational gap between me and the people my age who use chat gpt

Hi! You gave me the link to Ludwig 2 on Bilibili- thank you so much!!!!! The video title says that it should have English subtitles, but I can't figure out how to turn them on... do you know? Thank you again, I'm really looking forward to watching it!!

I haven't figured it out yet either, but I'll let you know if I find a way :)

Found this picrew and thought its cute

Here is me atm

Npts: @t3mpest98 @varpusvaras @tinyduckies @insertmeaningfulusername @ihaventpiickedausername @cookiemonsterv3 & anyone who wants to do this (u also dun have to if u don’t want to kdkdkdk)

Mrs Danvers (Rebecca) meeting Mrs Archer (The lifted veil)

Mrs Archer: I thought my mistress loved me. But then she betrayed me and I died. And then I came back. And then I died again.

Mrs Danvers: Funny that you say that. My mistress loved me. And then she betrayed me and she died. And then she came back. And the she died again.

what made me able to forgive maxim by the end of the book is the fact that rebecca was doomed anyway. i know this sounds bad, but it's the truth. she wanted to die -> she did everything in her power to die quickly in a manner of her own choosing. maxim became an unwilling and unknowing participant in her assisted suicide. she 100% intended it that way, whether or not it was meant to completely ruin him as well we don't know for sure but come on. the lady had one last ace in her sleeve, of course she would use it to drag him down with her. it didn't even have to be personal, just what he stands for is enough. with all of this i'm not saying that he's justified or that there weren't better courses of action he should've taken. but the stakes were stacked heavily against him. i mean Rebecca lived with him for 20 years, in which time she notably didn't die and we get no mention or even a hint of potential domestic violence either. if nothing else, that man had self control, and his wife of several decades was the best suited person to set him off. a dog you condition to bite will lash out. the first decision he makes completely on his own was to hide her body. he scrubbed her blood off the floor for what must've been hours he definitely had time to think about it and then he decided to not die. it almost destroys him anyway, by the time the narrator meets him he's borderline suicidal. his head had to be pulled above the water by other people because he was more than ready to be hang for his crime, which he recognizes as horrific. but he also admits that he would've shot rebecca again even if he knew what would happen, and he says this while he still thinks he killed a pregnant woman. he felt that much trapped.

Last song - "Mondlose Nacht", love me some Kerstin :)

Favorite color - burgundy, navy, forest green

Last book - "My Cousin Rachel" currently

Last movie - "Encanto" if Rebecca bootlegs don't count

Last tv show - "Taskmaster"

Sweet/Savory/Spicy - Sweet and savory

Last thing I searched online - Wahl-o-mat (election helper)

Current obsession - Rebecca

Looking forward to - being done with my Bachelors

@edgyparrot

10 People I'd Like to Know Better

Thanks for the tags @gaiaseyes451 and @beerok23!💜!💜

last song: Gloria by the Lumineers

favourite colour: Red, like a deep luscious red that you know would taste good if you licked it. Don't act innocent, you know exactly what I mean by that. Red is a color that you just know tastes good.

last book: I am currently trying to read the Witcher series (per @lickthecowhappy's suggestion) so I am at the start of the Last Wish

last movie: Moana 2 (I have young kidsssss)

last TV show: My oldest is almost 10 which means she stays up late. Which also means I have so little time to watch adult things. So we've been watching the Office with her. I think I want to watch the Good Place with her next tho (I've never watched it!)

sweet/spicy/savoury: Sweet followed very, very closely by spicy. Habanero maple syrup is one of my favorite things on the planet.

last thing i searched online: How to explain a 10 year career hiatus in a cover letter (looking to return to work since having kids. It's been an interesting experience so far).

current obsession: Have not moved on from Good Omens, but recently realized that my obsession may be more in my own little connected universe of fics that I wrote rather than the actual canon at this point😳. I'm sure once we get that first glimpse of red and white hair that will change very quickly.

looking forward to: Going back to work and having a more established adult life again, honestly. I've been so lucky to be home with my kids while they are young, but I am ready. And figuring out how my newfound passion for writing is going to fit into that new life of mine. Another big year of change over here for me, and I am eagerly looking forward to how the growing pains are going to make way for something beautiful beyond.

ten people i’d like to know better:

@addledmongoose, @di-42, @afrenchwriter, @haemey, @eybefioro, @alwaystuesday, @katspause, @alphacentaurinebula, @shadesofecclescakes, @ochre-sunflower and whoever wants to do it (but also feel free to ignore!)

do you all see my vision here

kerstin ibald please call me