HeyJaredThe Disobedient Ape
Escaped the zoo of conformity, writing from the wild. Because bananas aren’t enough, I want truth...and coffee
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The Games I Don’t Play (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking about this question :”Is politeness still politeness when it requires someone to disregard another person’s stated preference?”There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from being a direct person in a culture where indirectness is often mistaken for kindness.In Indonesia, we have a word for much of it: “basa-basi”.It is difficult to translate neatly because it isn’t simply “small talk.” Basa-basi can be courtesy, social lubrication, hospitality, modesty, emotional cu
I Can Be Warm. I Can Be Quiet. Both Belong to Me. (opens the original)
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I haven’t published anything in a while.This is the first thing I’ve written since finally finding my way out of some of the darkest days of my life. And strangely enough, it isn’t about philosophy, politics, history, religion, or any of the subjects I usually write about.It’s about me. How presence doesn’t remove pain. It makes pain less lonely.More specifically, it’s about finally putting words to something I think I’ve been carrying for a very long time: the difference between being warm and
The Three-Legged White Tiger (opens the original)
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Most people think survival means being untouched. I learned it means bleeding and walking anyway.This is the story my father left me, before the world turned me into fire.I know that most of those personatility tests are most likely a product of western people yeah. But I'm an indonesian. People in java still believe in "weton" some kind of Javanese zodiac. And my "weton" is Sabtu ( Saturday) Pahing, it has 18 points ( whatever that means ) and my father told me that many people think Jumat Kliw
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