Yeah this is kind of the conclusion I’ve come to. I don’t really know what it is that ‘see’ is really supposed to mean. I mean very obviously I don’t see it in the same way as I see an object in front of me, but at the same time there is still an apple that has various characteristics and exists in some way within some sort of mental space, and whose attributes, including ones which for a real apple would be visual, I can be aware of and understand

Sadly I can’t rotate a cow in my mind because it always just wants to dance to that Polish song instead

Quite well actually. Started uni a few weeks ago and I’m doing linguistics which I’m really into so that’s been pretty fun. I’ve had a bit of extra time now that I’m more settled in as well, so I finally started learning Arabic (fus7a that is) for real, which I’ve been wanting to do for a long time and it definitely hasn’t disappointed because it’s a really cool language. Also I met someone really cool on the introduction day thingy for my programme and we’ve been talking a lot, like a lot a lot, and it’s been really nice, it’s been quite some time since I’ve vibed with someone this well I think.

On the other hand ye olde eating disordre is a thing still I guess, although in kind of a weird way where I almost don’t know if I can call it that. It hasn’t really even been on my mind almost at all, which in pretty stark contrast to a while ago, and it doesn’t feel like I’ve been eating that little, but at the same time I’ve clearly lost a fair amount of weight (can’t say how much bc I have refrained from getting a scale) since arriving here because basically none of my clothes seem to fit anymore. So yeah idk what’s up with that

The Internationale

And then I’m vegan with two different kinds of ED 😎

Not sure I could really define what either of them is, but I can tell them apart because they just feel different. I can tell that I’m romantically in love with someone because it’s a feeling that’s just not what I have platonically. That’s not to say there aren’t similarities of course, because there are many. In fact I’d say to me it’s kinda like it subsumes platonic love. It has all of that, but also a bit more. I think there’s also maybe a sort of “irrationality” or whatever you want to call it to romantic love, like the person themself isn’t necessarily in any real sense that different from other people I don’t feel the same way about, some unconscious part of my brain has simply happened to confer them with a unique significance.

Also if it’s at all relevant I’m asexual so sexual attraction has literally nothing to do with anything here, not that even all allos would say those are necessarily related I don’t think.

>Reading up on tongue root based vowel harmony systems

>“Wow this guy has written a lot of good stuff about this in various African languages”

>He’s a bible translator

Linguistics moment

It may not be strategically important but it’s a crucial symbolic victory that will keep morale high

I have another 4 I think and nothing to do with them so yeah those are also available

Same I’d do it in a heartbeat