I Think That's Why It's Sick

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Lihat orang-orang yang tersenyum itu. Di belakangnya bisa jadi ada segudang beban menumpuk. Namun mereka memilih tersenyum karena mereka tahu...

Mereka sudah tahu bahwa sedih terus itu menguras tenaga, mengeluhkan takdir membuat kaku tangan dan kaki untuk berkarya.

Mereka menangis sampai sesenggukan jika diperlukan. Mereka tersungkur sampai demam ketika lelah menampar badan. Tapi setelah itu mereka bangun lagi. Mereka hadir lagi.

Mereka tahu hidup itu bergelombang; setelah turun ia akan meninggi. Setelah tinggi pun ada masanya jatuh lagi.

Tapi mereka paham bahwa hidup adalah anugerah terbaik yang Allah berikan. Mereka kembali tersenyum karena tahu bahwa masa depannya ada di tangan Allah yang sempurna rencana-Nya.

Maka buat apa menangis terus, batin mereka. Buat apa mengeluh terus, itu tak mengubah apa-apa.

—Bekasi, 21 Desember 2022

wednesday holmes

Mathematical fun fact of the day 3:

You can tile a regular 30-gon using a pentagon and rhombus.

The secret joke in Silence of the Lambs

“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” Great line from Silence of the Lambs everyone knows. But most people don’t realise Dr Hannibal Lecter is making a medical joke. Lecter could be treated with drugs called monoamine oxidase inhibitors - MAOIs. As a psychiatrist, Lecter knows this. The three things you can’t eat with MAOIs? Liver, beans, wine. Lecter is a) cracking a joke for his own amusement, and b) saying he’s not taking his meds.

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Okay that's deep

The test of a man is to control his sight and the test of a woman is to resist not being seen, because men are eager to look and women are eager to be seen.

On the mortifying ordeal of being known: 1. Blackout: Remembering The Things I Drank To Forget by Sarah Hepola / 2. Persona (1966) dir. Ingmar Bergman / 3. Secrets about People: A Short and Dangerous Introduction to René Girard by Alex Danco / 4. NBC Hannibal Season 1 Episode 8 "Fromage"

The news and videos coming from Gaza today are so beyond horrifying and grim.

Israeli jets bombed thousands of civilians fleeing to South Gaza on a route they were told was safe.

Al-Buraq school, where thousands of displaced civilians took refuge was attacked and at least 20 have been killed.

Israeli forces open fired at Al-Quds hospital. One was killed and the majority of wounded were children.

Israeli tanks have multiple hospitals in Gaza surrounded, trapping all those taking refuge inside.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) vs. Shaun the Sheep (2015)

Eid Mubarak to all of you who are celebrating. I know it's hard to get in the spirit this year as so many Palestinians spend their Eid starving and in tents but I hope your Eid is full of peace and love. May we see a free Palestine by next Eid.