December 2010
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Mamihlapinatapai
Mamihlapinatapai (sometimes spelled mamihlapinatapei) is a word from the Yaghan languageof Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate.[1] It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.”
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I barely EVER talk about her because I know it upsets you. I haven’t told you anything in a long time because I know how much it bothers you, and then you make a remark about, “Thanks for telling me, btw.” I’m trying to help. I don’t know what else you want me to do. I feel like every single thing I do is wrong. No matter what I decided to do, it doesn’t help...
Do you get it yet? Do you get how fucked up the world is? How everyone’s fighting the same old battles everyday and it never gets easier? How none of this is gonna go away? How broken we all really are..
Watchtimeisfadingfast:
Song-Courage by superchick
