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Cute Love Death

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Zelda
Pokémon
Animal crossing
Earthbound
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c3rvida3

Venue owner honest god just fucking told me I had to go find the "lanky, scruffy guy with brown hair in a plaid button-up and thick glasses" at open mic comedy night.

Imagine you went to a drag show and someone earnestly asked you to go backstage and get the person wearing a wig and glitter eyeshadow for them. That's what I'm working with here.

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zevveli

I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.

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elsajeni

An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously considered

I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS & I GOT BILLS

Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare drivers Magical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theft

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kc749

In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.

I love seeing different ways cultures deal with supernatural entities

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egberts

y'all remember before ebooks were big and simulreleases were a thing when a new manga chapter would come out and you’d have to wait for some dedicated soul to scan all the pages in, clean them up, and translate them?

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pathosprit

no, im not old

I’m only 23 rjfjsjsjfjdiaoskfjej

you’d be dead in dog years

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Don’t be surprised if the republicans start playing nice, presenting COVID stimulus, and being slightly less racist in the next two months. They’re DESPERATE to hold on to the senate. They’ll do absolutely whatever it takes to please the Georgia voters. Stimulus and economic concerns are especially prevalent there. Don’t fall for it. They’re not turning a corner. They’re not shifting their position due to the election outcomes. As soon as the run offs are over they’re going right back to being miserable dicks who only care about themselves. 

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