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Joined June 2010
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just wrote the best essay of my life about why we smoke and the aesthetic pull of self-destruction.
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on ciggies, female interiority, performing complexity, oral fixation, tracey emin, inverted nipples in paris, dot cotton, vape-hatred and what keeps us smokers coming back for just one more drag
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beddispatches.substack.com/p…
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a few brittle boned fasicists aint said shit about the E files. Aint even made it onto the docket.
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The heartbreaking qualities of life are so much louder than the joyful parts, why?
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All the district line knows is “we’re being held here at a red signal apologies for the delay” and it’s everyday? Nothing says sorry like changed behaviour
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Many Nigerians grew up in environments where obedience was enforced over independent thought. This is why many struggle with critical thinking, self-advocacy, and the courage to challenge authority. It’s why we are where we are.
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In the club tryna read SUBATACK and it WON’T LOAD
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I used to think I loved the feeling of holding my breath, when really I love the feeling of coming up for air.
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I miss queen simmy man
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I can’t wait to read them!
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#JustGhanianThings
Jaws. (@chlorisdemeter) profile pictureJaws.@chlorisdemeter19 Dec 2024
I've already eaten 5 eggs today
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Food stalls are so overrated. Why am I paying the same price as eating lunch in a sit-down establishment for something cooked on a street corner? So now I’m forced to eat my lunch in the office, the same place I’m trying to forget about for an hour.
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This is what love is all about
Roxy (@RoxyTall) profile pictureRoxy@RoxyTall8 Dec 2024
mum asked me if i wanted some lemons from her tree. i said yes so she brought me 45 lemons. what am i supposed to do with 45 lemons
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resentment is weird because yes i want to forgive you, whole heartedly so but my mind is struggling to comprehend why did you do that to me.
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As a shop/restaurant owner. Please do not cajole me into coming into your place of business. Let me browse in peace. If you pester me I will leave! I don’t like feeling rushed or hounded to make a decision.
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Ghanaians really ate with "eii!" and South Africans with "yoh!" I appropriate them Pan-Africanly sometimes for a lil razzle dazzle Nkrumah's Dream style
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Daily Mail (@DailyMail) profile pictureDaily Mail
@DailyMail26 Nov 2024
Scientists call for immediate ban on boiling crabs alive after ground-breaking discovery trib.al/Mi36FVX
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All jokes aside, boiling an animal alive is incredibly cruel.
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❤️‍🔥 So much vengeance in my heart today ❤️‍🔥
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