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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't remember this episode of Twin Peaks

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The owls are not what they seem. Sometimes they're bears.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Let's do a perception roll then.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Phew, and I thought they were men in bear costumes

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With the added anxiety about not having done it.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

and all the ramifications of not doing it on time, or the quality of life improvements it could offer that you suffer through.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

“Time isn’t real” - what I tell myself while experiencing time

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

what is making appointments?

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Only weeks? Amateur.