harley (⚙️, 🏛️)
@harleyraygray
following the guidance of grace 🕯️
tell me what your favourite poem is bonus points for a lil explainer on why you love it
the best thing about being a sensitive young man is the prerogative to be a little earnest
you can just talk to your local councillor about civic tech, it’s free! they have heaps of ideas about what is actually needed in your local community. your job is to prompt and help them articulate it
just like the girl reading this
they are beautiful at every stage
we back into hotboi-maxxing szn sadboi winter is over. thanks to my emotions, i honour you etc but now i am ready for an embodied, jacked, secure and joyous springtime
somethin magical about how seeing my sweaty muscles in the gym mirror magically cures all ennui, malaise and listlessness like o fuck yea i’m a hot boy, i totally forgot for a sec
to be needy is to be unable/unwilling to stand on one’s own. if you expect people to look after themselves, neediness is an auto-ick neediness is the how the amateur asks for help. asking for support in a dignified manner is a clear signal of maturity (and very attractive imo)
Ok but WHY is neediness unattractive? I have a theory but I want to hear yours first
my pet peeve in dating discourse is the equivalence of ‘adventure’ with travel. jet-setting and holidaying IS adventurous, but the truly compelling adventurousness is to live your whole life as a quest i’m a journeyman, not a traveller. both adventurous, but distinctly so
this is mimetic drift compounded by platform incentives. people copy what works, not what’s real. hinge isn’t full of foodies & traveler because everyone’s actually that into burrata & barcelona. it’s just the safest, most legible performance of “i’m normal but also fun.”…
it’s immensely nourishing to be in a place where i can express gratitude to the people who held me when i was in a not-good place the slightest trickle overflowing from my cup is pouring directly into my support network. learning evermore what love truly means
friday night. i feel my body wants a boogie. who am i to refuse? i am but a conduit for questionable dance moves
upon reading these words, astro_pallas was enlightened
There is no secret, you must simply look at the onion and know its weight