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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

i know the random dialogue you get when you click on an npc when they're just standing around is not usually very deep but this is maybe the dumbest one i've seen yet and i've seen a lot of dumb ones. thanks for explaining the concept of a goodbye to me

a ffxiv screenshot of a dialogue box. the speaker is G'raha Tia, and the text reads: "Warm fare-thee-wells can ease the sting of partings, as we come to terms with an absence not soon forgotten."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

i haven't edited this in a long time so it's entirely possible it will change a bit but i'm still soooo pleased with this. i was cooking for real. (added a second image bc i ran out of characters for alt text)

a screenshot of black text on grey background. the alt text is split because otherwise it wouldn't all fit. the first paragraph reads as follows: "In Mikoto’s mind the days immediately following the fall of the Dalriada are almost painfully bright, pale and washed out like the midday sun on a summer’s day that threatens to never end. The memories come in torn, fraying scraps, in images that flow into one another nonsensically like half-forgotten dreams, in sensations she can’t seem to connect to any specific moment in time. She remembers a sound unlike anything she has ever heard, a roar that felt like it came from the bowels of the earth itself, so deep she could feel her ribcage vibrate in response. She remembers an explosion, and fire raining from the sky. She remembers blood on Misija’s lips, and the ghastly pallor of her face, and the way the healer kneeling next to her wiped the sweat off his brow and shook his head ever so slightly. She remembers the glint of a knife, and those bloodied lips moving, though she does not remember the words, only the way they made her feel, the way they made her choke with fury, the way a fire rose within her, and finally the way she screamed, louder than she ever thought herself capable, the way she shrieked at Bajsaljen and tore the knife from his hand and threw it far, far away, like a venomous snake. She remembers the flood of aether flowing from her, through her hands, pressed to Misija’s bare skin, and deep into her body, mending flesh, setting bones, grasping at the edges of her soul and holding tight, refusing to let her go. She remembers sweat pouring into her eyes, blinding her, and blood trickling from her nose and down her face, and then the sensation of being pulled away, lifted like she weighed nothing, and then sinking into the deep, dreamless sleep of the truly exhausted, and then, for a blessed moment—nothing."

a grey image. it's just here so i can continue the alt text from the previous image. the remaining text reads as follows: "She remembers sitting by Misija’s bed, though she can’t say how long she spent in the infirmary, curled up in that uncomfortable, rickety chair. She remembers holding Misija’s hand, stroking her pale fingers and willing them to move, willing her eyes to open. She remembers Bajsaljen’s soft voice trying to disguise the harshness of his words. She will not wake, Mikoto.

“You’re wrong,” she told him then, doing her best to sound more confident than she felt. “She will come back.”"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

like. we're seeing this, right

a screenshot of the vocaloid lyrics wiki showing part of the lyrics for "hit me up" by kira. the text reads as follows:

"Engine booming, that's my cue
Catch me if you can, you better
Keep up the chase, boy you're falling behind

Supersonic, I'm heading out, I'm gonna (Ahh)
In my eyes, nirvana (Oh I'm taking off now!)
Pushing for the high, my lover, I gotta (Run)
But it's fun to see you try

(So hit me up!)
Off the map I'mma take it, all my energy
(So hit me up!)
Speedin' up fast

Ready, target locked
(So hit me up!)
Hit the dash, I'm upgraded and you want a piece

(So hit me up!)
So hit me up, ah
I never stop"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

like this isn't subtle this is just completely overt sexism that i used to think would get you laughed out of the room in 2026 but i guess not. haha woman kitchen sandwich we're still in 2009 i guess

another steam screenshot of the game "woman simulator". the banner shows an angry woman holding a stack of dirty dishes with a mop across her shoulder, brandishing a frying pan. the game description says "Experience life as a woman - cleaning, cooking, laundry, and no time to rest. Full immersion into the world of everyday chaos!". the reviews are "Mostly Positive"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

i've had just about enough of male game developers

a steam screenshot showing a game called "woman simulator". the game screenshots show the inside of a house, the player cooking, the player doing laundry, and the player washing dishes

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

forgot to post this image. isn't she the cutest. her name is yoyori

a ffxiv screenshot of a lalafell (short race, kind of like halflings) player character. it's a girl with light skin, black eyes, and green hair in a messy ponytail. she's making a cheerful, welcoming gesture and grinning

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

finished haus. the paintings are temporary because i learned for the ones i actually want i need to do my sightseeing log which is cruel and unusual punishment imo but other than that i'm pleased with what i've got going on

a ffxiv screenshot of the interior of a house, furnished comfortably in warm shades of brown

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

i don't technically need a paladin glam since i don't expect to ever really play this job outside of fates and other stuff where tanking doesn't matter but i still cooked one up and i'm very pleased. shadowbringers gear they will never make me hate you

a ffxiv screenshot of a hrothgar (cat person) player character. they are dressed in a white shirt with fancy embroidery and a huge silver pauldron, brown pants, and brown thigh high boots. they are holding a longsword in one hand and a beaten up shield in the other.

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

you ever just fish casually and then the weather changes and the view turns absurdly beautiful. shadowbringers fucking numero uno campeao de mundo like it just can't be beat

a ffxiv screenshot of a person fishing at the shore of a lake. the ground is a pale grey colour and in the background you can see purple trees against a foggy grey sky. the lighting and colours are all muted and dreamy

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

kind of obsessed with how sinister my ninja portrait looks

a ffxiv screenshot of a hrothgar (cat person) smiling slyly while holding a finger up to their lips in a "shhh" gesture. they're wearing a sleeveless top, short gloves, and an eyepatch, all in black

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

po chuuuj poszłam na tą psychologię ja pierdolę nie mogłam se wybrać jakichś studiów gdzie po 5 latach masz faktycznie zawód. a nie kurwa 5 lat studiów a potem albo 4 lata specjalizacji klinicznej albo 4 lata szkoły psychoterapii albo i tak jakieś podyplomówki bo nikt cię z gołym dyplomem nie weźmie

reaction drawing of guy crying profusely

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

like does this not sound like the golden and endless witch great lady beatrice

a screenshot from the vocaloid lyrics wiki (https://vocaloidlyrics.miraheze.org) showing the english translation of part of the lyrics of the song "Givuṛta" by Vell. the text reads:

"The correct answer is to want health, luck and prosperous business
Abandoning thoughts greatly derailed the destiny
Please don't say money, money, okay?
You're sure of what's the most important, right?
That's a trust relationship! If it's not enough, you should buy it

Money and personal connections make the world go round
Falling and drowning into happy domination

In a nutshell
I do that because it's funny to me
You know that, you know that
There's no particular reason
I'm kinda sick, sick, sick, sick
Oh, I'm sorry that I overwhelmed you
That's too bad, that's too bad
I lost interest in you again, but
I give you Amṛta"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

i have a lot of good screenshots from today, i'm gonna mark this one as graphic media just because i wanna be careful about spoilers, but this isn't anything from the actual ending, it's just the entrance to one of the puzzles. but i was so pleased with this one. when your whole gang sleepy as FUCK

a screenshot from the game "big walk", showing three player characters in various poses (one sitting, one standing up, one sitting while holding up a big round lamp). all three of them have their heads hanging down and their eyes are closed, like they're sleeping. outside you can see the warm orange-pink light of the dawn

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

opened "fear of life" by alexander lowen and THE FIRST SEVEN SENTENCES killed me on impact. laser-precision orbital strike directly to the part of me that feels weirdly protective of my own anxieties. sorry dr lowen i was not familiar with your game etc.

a screenshot of the first few sentences from the book "fear of life" by alexander lowen. the text reads: "Neurosis is not usually defined as a fear of life, but that is what it is. The neurotic person is afraid to open his heart to love, afraid to reach out or strike out, afraid to be fully himself. We can explain these fears psychologically. Opening one's heart to love makes one vulnerable to being hurt; reaching out, to being rejected; striking out, to being destroyed. But there is another dimension to this problem. More life or feeling than one is accustomed to is frightening to the person because it threatens to overwhelm his ego, flood his boundaries, and undermine his identity. Being more alive and having more feeling is scary."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

cracked the code. turns out the number one thing that makes me go "oh wow this game is gorgeous even without reshade, i should take a screencap" is fog and clouds LMAO

a ffxiv screenshot of kugane, a japanese-inspired city. the colours are subdued because of the fog

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

en's got that russian cursive kind of vibe

a screenshot from wikipedia showing the russian word шиншилла handwritten in a way that makes it difficult to discern the individual letters. the caption underneath the picture reads: "The word Шиншилла (shinshilla), which means "Chinchilla". In red, a decomposition of the handwritten text showing the block letter equivalent."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

anyway this, or something close to this, has been my political position ever since i've started having one and becoming a buddhist just means having neater words to express it. like these (source in alt text)

a screenshot of text that comes from Karaṇīya Metta Sutta (Sn 1:8) in Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu's translation. the text reads: "Think: Happy, at rest,
may all beings be happy at heart.
Whatever beings there may be,
weak or strong, without exception,
long, large,
middling, short,
subtle, gross,
seen & unseen,
living near & far away,
born or seeking birth:
May all beings be happy at heart.
Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or, through anger or resistance-perception,
wish for another to suffer."

full text can be found here: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp1_8.html

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

the cat's bicep to boob ratio being this is the closest i'm gonna get to gender affirming surgery this decade i feel

a screenshot of a ffxiv player character. they are a hrothgar (a cat person) with medium thick, decently strong looking arms, and also very small boobs

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

just spotted a catgirl ginko. good for her

the ffxiv examine window of someone with the character name "Ginko Saakata". the character is a miqo'te (catgirl) with white hair

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

you wouldn't necessarily expect a hatsune miku song about taiko no tatsujin to have incredibly relatable lyrics and yet here we are

a screenshot taken on the vocaloid lyrics wiki (https://vocaloidlyrics.miraheze.org) showing part of the english translation of the lyrics for "shanimuni hanabi" by pinocchioP. the text reads:

"Wholeheartedly - Don! Don! Don!
Frantically - Don! Don! Don!
Make sure your heart keeps pumping, frenzied fireworks
Even if it might be meaningless
Even if I'm mocked, I don't care, cause it's cool!
Fully absorbed - Don! Don! Don!
With heart and soul - Don! Don! Don!
We've raised these unparalleled fireworks together
Please give me a burst of light bright enough to colour this dreary life, ah

I'm scared to say I like what I like
But I've made it this far, stumbling all the while
Shut up about "despair", my life's got plenty left to give
Let's shoot them up again, those top notch fireworks"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

american catcher catching on the left, japanese batter bunting on the right. it's cute to me idk

a partial panel from the manga "ace of the diamond act II", showing an american catcher catching a pitch. the sound effect is written as "BANG"

a partial panel from the manga "ace of the diamond act II", showing a japanese batter bunting a pitch. the sound effect is written in japanese and given the translation "KONK" above

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

we had a fantastic time playing it for a few hours today in general but one of the highlights was sitting around a lamp with my wife waiting for the sun to come up so we could do a puzzle and cat and thene being able to see us through the telescope thing and talk to us on the walkie talkie 🥺

a screenshot from big walk. two player characters are sat next to a lamp glowing a soft orange. in the back you can see the sea and the whole scene is lit by the soft light of a sun rising somewhere off screen

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

like somehow i doubt these guys would be throwing hands you know what i mean?

a screenshot of a wikipedia article that reads: "In Buddhism, an Arhat (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or Arahant (Pali: अरहंत्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one who has gained insight into the nature of existence, has achieved nirvana,[1][2] and has been liberated from the endless cycle of rebirth."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

finally cooked up a BLM glam i'm happy with. don't even wanna think about how much OC farming it will require

a ffxiv screenshot of a hrothgar (cat person) character wearing a black outfit with lots of gold detailing and holding a white and gold staff

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

imagine these dudes beating your ass but not even in physical reality just on twitter

a screenshot of four bangaa (lizard-like people) from final fantasy 12

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

i rarely cry at media no matter how emotional it makes me feel but these two lines felt like getting hit in the face with a brick twice in quick succession. this is a compliment

a screenshot of text from higurashi. it reads: "In the end, Satoko was the only one who could save herself.

Enduring her uncle's violence had never meant anything at all."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

REMEMBERED I HAD THESE SAVED

a twitter post consisting of a photo of pasta with strawberries and the caption "bon appetit (smacznego)"

a twitter post that is a response to the previous post. the original italian reads "Infatti i polacchi puzzano di sborra quando sudano. Il loro corpo si rifiuta di assimilare tale obbrobrio e lo espelle dai pori sudoripari". the translation into polish reads "W rzeczywistości Polacy śmierdzą spermą, kiedy się pocą. Ich ciało odmawia przyswojenia tej hańby i wydala ją z porów potu". in english, this roughly means "in fact polish people stink of sperm when they sweat. their bodies refuse to accept this shame and expel it via sweat glands"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

been a while since i last posted an unedited xiv screencap and waxed poetic about how gorgeous this game can be

a ffxiv screenshot showing the landscape of the fringes: tall rock formations in shades of brown and orange. the sun, slowly setting, is visible in the right hand corner behind an abandoned structure, and it gives both the ground and the sky a warm orange tint

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

my shadowbringers-obsessed brain every time i see the completely normal anthropological term that is sin-eater

a 4chan post edited to read "IT'S NOT FUCKING SHB YOU PIECE OF SHIT FFXIV PLAYER". the image in the post is kermit yelling

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

it's not for lore reasons and also it's in my retainer so it doesn't clog my inventory or saddlebag but i have spare mogtomes from every mogtome event i've done (which are every single one from when i started playing except i think 2-3? ish? i've missed)

a screenshot of a ffxiv retainer's inventory showing 11 slots taken up by various mogtome currencies

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

read this paragraph from raja sutta (ud 2:2) out loud to asa and shrieked like a fucking banshee when asa was like "the buddha really said 'lock in, clear comms, what is this bullshit'"

a screenshot of text that reads: “It isn’t proper, monks, that sons of good families, on having gone forth out of faith from home to the homeless life, should talk on such a topic. When you have gathered you have two duties: either Dhamma-talk or noble silence.”

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

losing my absolute mind thank you higu for this incredible reaction image

a screenshot from higurashi that reads "...It almost flipped my own delusion switch, but I put a stop to it using logic. ...I was an adult."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

cooking. please don't mind the sword i put it there so it wouldn't get in the way but also so i wouldn't forget about it lmao

a work in progress shot of a slightly cursed gpose

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

not this time, believe it or not

a screenshot of me midway through writing a post on here. i have already written "context: thinking about" and the next word suggested by my phone is "beabato", making the hypothetical sentence read "context: thinking about beabato"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

anyway speaking of casca/farnese these are too good to hide in replies. context: this is a woman who used to be a religious inquisitor helping a woman who was raped and it broke her mind on her (literal, physical, 100+ chapter long) journey to recovery and then crying while being thanked for it

a page from the manga "berserk", showing farnese leading casca by the hand. farnese's narration reads: "The reason I didn't faint that time was because Casca was there. A being weaker than me supported me. Is this salvation...? The weak ones that I oppressed, are they going to save me now?"

a page from the manga "berserk", showing casca and farnese talking. the dialogue reads like this:

Casca: "To you I owe special thanks... My lady."

Farnese: "...! Call me Farnese."

Casca: "When I could cling to you, I was always at ease. Like how a child feels about their mother or big sister... On this journey, you really were that mother, that big sister to me."

Farnese: "No..." (She starts crying.) "No... Not at all... I'm the one who... Could barely do anything for you..."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

seems like at some point they went back and added the second dye channels to late allagan gear, which is nice. what is less nice is that they didn't do anything with the crunchy-ass pixels on some of those pieces (like the late allagan coat of healing here)

a part of a ffxiv screenshot, showing a cat person with short hair wearing glasses and a mostly black outfit with some white and blue details. the textures on the hair and glasses, as well as the background, are nice and smooth, but the outfit's detailing has some sharp jagged pixellated lines, some of which are circled in yellow with hand drawn yellow arrows pointed to them

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

i told you it was unfunny. anyway yeah i know why it happens (= repetition makes it easier to remember things which is important in a formerly exclusively oral tradition) but this pops into my head every time i'm reading a sutta and it opens like this. sutta is MN 141 transl. by thanissaro bhikkhu

the "racist in greggs" meme, edited so the conversation now reads as follows:

"I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana."

"tell us what happened lad"

"“Yes, lord,” the monks responded to him."

"ye but why"

"There he addressed the monks: “Monks!”"

"near Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana?"

"yeah it was near Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

fucking buddhism once again pointing out the stress inherent in unskillful behaviours that come easily to me so i drop them and actually learn skillful ones even though they're hard. smfh

screenshot of text that reads: "For instance, if you define yourself as bad, there’s no way you can help yourself out of the predicament of your suffering. You would need outside help to overcome your inherent badness. If, to avoid that problem, you choose to define yourself as inherently good, you also run into a problem: If you’re inherently good, how did that goodness allow you to succumb to pressures to behave in unskillful ways leading to suffering? And if inherent goodness is something that can be lost, what’s to prevent you from losing it again after you’ve reclaimed it?"

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

ma'am you dropped this: 👑

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

wip obviously but. turns out you can just gpose whatever the fuck you want. no one's checking

a screenshot of the MV for the song "(not) a devil" serving as reference for a mildly cursed gpose i'm working on

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

highest i've ever gotten AND it's during make it rain 😎

ffxiv screenshot showing me winning 3rd prize in jumbo cactpot and earning 55,060 mgp

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

ruby sea at dawn looks sooo good

a ffxiv screenshot showing a coastline dotted with trees and rock formations. the sky is pastel pink and blue, and to the right a volcano smoulders

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

speaking of buddhism i'm reading this book on breath meditation by thanissaro bhikkhu and it made me really emo earlier today because i did not expect it to mention one of the reasons i'm nervous about trying meditation but it did and in a really kind way too

a screenshot of text that reads: "TROUBLES WITH THE BREATH ITSELF

1. Probably one of the most discouraging obstacles to breath meditation is an inability to feel the in-and-out breath. This often comes from an earlier physical or emotional experience that has caused you to block off your sensation of the body. You may require time to build up a sensitivity to the felt reality of the breath in the body, or to feel at ease with that sensitivity. This is an area that requires patience."

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avery @avery-p.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

once again absolutely bodied by thanissaro bhikkhu

a screenshot of text that reads: "This is the main issue with the mind: It’s causing itself suffering through its own stupidity, its own lack of skill, and usually it doesn’t want to admit this fact to itself."

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