crystal
@crystalxduan
your favorite youth pastor's favorite youth pastor | ex-antihero turned armchair psychoanalyst | spiky marshmallow
Im bad at photo journalism or id be able to convey in this photo how eerie it felt to look at this contrast of modern and ancient

how do people manifest time for the things they wanna do when enjoying the things you like now means you want to do more of those but you can’t bc too busy
grabbing a man's attention is an act of love: he wants to be seduced and bewitched! but it requires effort, imagination, and paying careful attention to him yourself. if you want to live in his head, you have to pay rent
reason why X works exceptionally well for dating long term isn’t just because of companionship of thoughts between two interests, but because of an unintended consequence of its public nature; there exists an observational layer- similar to dining at a long dinner table that…
one of the basic tenets of chinese political philosophy is this: in any society you are in danger of producing Losers. Losers are young men who hate themselves and the world, can come from any class. if you produce a lot of Losers they will bring about unrest. dont produce Losers
girls if he knows the difference between the Ottoman and Byzantine empires just know you are the side hoe to his map video game addiction
instead of polyamory why can’t you just have regular orgies instead
i love working in public (at a coffee shop) bc why am i simultaneously learning so much about networking from watching a guy get scouted as a model in front of me
my journalism degree is proving very useful as i realize that *interviewing people and getting crucial info out of them* is a vital trained skill, one that is needed when talking to LLMs
what is "girl code" when it comes to business? are there cross gender translations for rules of engagement? what is boy code when it comes to sex?
gave myself a small burn on my face by my lip today from putting my face too close to a ramen pot. it's not too noticeable but is raised so it's freaking me out. so humiliating and bracing myself for disfiguration
Man who’s never read Kafka: “yeah hinge in nyc is kafkaesque”
thinking about how when I was a kid and I missed an episode of a prime time TV show I’d go and read the summary of what i missed somewhere on the internet Real life doesn’t work that way, idk what to do when my sitcom life has major plot points I’m too tired to tell ppl
Turns out my friends do indeed pay attention to all I’ve ever said 😭