• Taldan@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      Alternative perspective: Imagine being lifted up, being able to see the stars for the first time. The absolute wonderment of it all. Only to be put back down, never to be able to see them again. Almost seems cruel

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        Alternative alternative perspective: imagine being lifted up, against your will, and manipulated until you can see nothing but a vast blackness dotted with occasional white pinpricks and glimmers. You’re put back down, but now you have the craziest story to tell Gary at the feeding trough in the morning.

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        12 hours ago

        Flowers for Algernon in a nutshell. (If you or anyone reading this hasn’t read it, give it shot, it’ll make you feel)

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      11 hours ago

      They can roll onto their backs though. Nothing stopping them from looking at the universe.