mjmoss replied to your post: if one takes a strategic nap in the midst of…

I think it just fails to be strategic

blobertson replied to your post: if one takes a strategic nap in the midst of…

you are crepuscular sorry

both good, sensible (,unfortunate) points.

(+ odds are good i’m going to wake up tomorrow and remember the definition of ‘crepuscular’ which i just had to look up and not any of the things i’m deliberately trying to retain)

if one takes a strategic nap in the midst of studying and it lasts five hours is it still a nap or just sleeping during the daytime?

ateacupinastorm:

kayleybug:

• Health insurance
• Prison slavery
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Sororities
• Fraternities
• Football scolarships
• Grade point averages
• The belief that no other country has ‘freedom’

There’s probably more but these are a few. I may be very wrong about these things. I just don’t understand why you have these things. I’m not being derogatory or insulting, I genuinely can’t comprehend the reason for these things, and if anyone would like to explain it then I would be happy to hear it.

I don’t think most Americans I’ve spoken to quite understand how utterly creepy many Europeans find the pledge of alleigance in schools. It comes off pretty totalitarian/1984-esque to us.. but then many Americans might find how socially frowned about “patriotism” is in general is the UK pretty weird. 

The whole “get into university to study a subject that isn’t some variant on physical education via playing sports” is a bit odd to me too, though I can see how it probably benefits a lot of people who couldn’t afford an education otherwise. I mean, it’s probably not as weird as the fact they’re two kinds of Rugby in the UK, large divided by social class. 

i stopped saying the pledge in high school having made that exact 1984 comparison/being uncomfortable generally with overt shows of patriotism. at least a third of my class refused to say it & i lived in a relatively conservative (& thus politically tending more toward exceptionalism/patriotism than not) area. so that’s not a completely alien thought to americans, though maybe not a mainstream one either. fwiw.

no contest on any of the other points.

i’m going to be on public transport on the way home from an exam when those secret cinema laura marling tickets go on sale. if anyone wants to do something really kind for me… [ask box]. i lack realistic ideas for a reward atm, but i’ll probably thank you so profusely you’ll wish you never bothered.

mjmoss replied to your post: if i buy 40 furze-scented perfume will anyone…

Only because youll smell good.

actually now you mention it i’m not sure being nice-smelling is the greatest strategy for prison.

if i buy £40 furze-scented perfume will anyone visit me in debtor’s prison?