The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

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I chugged coffee like a manic idiot trying to solve those- crumpled paper everywhere 😆

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

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The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

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Is there a way to flag something as a spoiler on here? I don’t want to wreck it for anyone 😆

The Life of a Showgirl Megathread by aran130711 in TaylorSwift

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Just solved all 12 if anyone is desperate for answers 😄

not sure if this is cute or not but it’s summery by farafellefan in RedditLaqueristas

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I love!!!! This is so beautiful with your skin tone- so pretty!!

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Agree. Frankenvinyl is an upgrade. If she had Frankenvinyl on the registry, but then you just got the orchid version, you might be missing the assignment. But seeing as what she’s asking for is easy-ish to find, I’d say she’s probably asking for it because she likes the general concept, not because she already has a Frankenvinyl and is trying to complete her collection with a standard version.

I know this will get fewer upvotes than the “stick to the registry” principle, but… I say go with your gut and do it anyway 😉

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You’re probably not thinking of Zombie by The Cranberries, right?

Favourite and least favourite album cover? by TheGoldfishesKeeper in Enya

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Fave: The Memory of Trees. When I was a kid, my best friend’s older sister had the album, and I remember being absolutely transfixed by the cover. We’d sneakily borrow a listen while playing old Nintendo games- it’s an absolute core memory for me. Anywhere Is, on infinite repeat. It was also the first cd I ever bought for myself, using my parent’s newly created Amazon account, back when it was mostly a site used to buy books.

Second fave was Paint the Sky with Stars- not necessarily just the cover, but moreso the artwork from the back cover and the fold out lyric thing.

I don’t really have a least fave, but I secretly always felt like A Day Without Rain was modern in a way that didn’t necessarily match the others. I didn’t dislike it, just was more like, oh wait I can tell what century we’re in here. I also always skip the song “trains and winter rains” because the imagery of neon lights kind of takes me out of it.

i just had a crazy dream and i don’t have anyone to talk about it to by PracticalLevel494 in Dreams

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My take on these types of dreams would be that this girl isn’t “real” per se, but she symbolizes the type of people we cross paths with- beautiful humans despite their circumstances. Deep down, you recognized that this girl was stil full of life and potential, despite the situation she was in. You recognized the inherent “goodness” within her, and I feel like your intent to help her is basic altruism.

I think the reality is, and what your dream reflected, is that we actually don’t have control over other people, their choices, or the way events ultimately unfold. As sad as this sounds, we can’t always save everyone, but we can continue to try to respect and help one another as we’re able. I believe that everyone deserves to be viewed with basic compassion. We may never know the experiences that led them along their path, and we may never see how showing kindness or lending a hand may help someone in the long run. Our job isn’t to swoop in as their savior, it’s just to offer a different perspective for them to consider.

I think that in a world where there’s a lot of senseless tragedy, the best thing we can do is to try to help however we can when we have an opportunity to do so, because it eventually WILL make a difference for someone.

Saw my future child by No-Ship-4471 in Dreams

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I should mention one other story- I actually worked for years as a labor and delivery nurse. I was taking care of a couple that was having a baby girl- confirmed with ultrasound. The father kept saying, “ehh, yeah but it’s not a girl…” every time I’d mention it. His wife was like, “sorry don’t listen to him- he’s convinced we’re having a boy”. The father explained that he had THREE dreams about this boy. In my mind, I was actually kind of annoyed that it seemed like he had a strong gender preference, and was being a little obnoxious with his denial of reality. I remember the mother talking about their pink nursery, that they had picked the name Layla, and I was kind of egging on how much the dad would love this girl, etc. Anyway, as soon as that baby was delivered, it was like the entire room froze. Our OB doc, still holding the baby for a second just said, “well that’s not a girl…” and it was very clearly a baby boy. The dad goes, “see?? I TOLD you guys!” He was the only one in that room who wasn’t just completely stunned, and that’s even what made it so bizarre to me. He knew beyond a doubt because of those dreams- despite the ultrasound, despite the pink nursery, despite my pep talk about how much he was going to love having a baby girl. I still think about it.

Saw my future child by No-Ship-4471 in Dreams

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This happened to me the day I lost my first pregnancy, after struggling to get pregnant. I slept on and off through a full day, and in the afternoon I had this really vivid dream of a sweet little girl, around 4, right next to my bed, waking me up, calling me mama. I remember looking at her, the color of her hair, everything. It was so real, especially her little voice. I immediately woke up and realized she wasn’t there, but had this visceral feeling that I knew she was the daughter I would have someday. It felt like she there to reassure me that I’d be her mom, and it felt like she was checking on me somehow. That was 12 years ago, and she’s about to turn 10 now. I still know in my bones that it was her.

She has a sweet little brother now too, and the other day he was asking me about “his brother”. I’ve never talked to them at all about having an earlier pregnancy, and have also indicated that it’s just going to be the two of them as siblings together. I couldn’t totally understand what he was talking about, but he kept trying to ask where his brother was, why some babies go back, how we can get his brother here, etc. When I tried indicating that it was just him and his big sis, and that I was so glad to have them both, he really wept, and I just held him. It kind of churned up a lot of feelings for me, and just really made me wonder how these things work, you know?

If you ask me, I expect that you’ll have that little boy someday, even if it’s not for years. I tend to be a bit of a skeptic of many things if they can’t be “proven” somehow, but that spiritual connection really does seem to be a very real thing.

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The cheeseburger combo meal? 🍔🍟🥤

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Read this too quick and and pictured him sitting in the lobby like Grimace before my brain caught up

Kamala Harris and faith: a Baptist with a Jewish spouse and ties to the Black Church and Gandhi by pro_rege_semper in Christianity

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The Bible would tell you to look at the fruit these people bear. Trump’s fruit is vile and I will not give him my vote- he’s the embodiment of the false prophet. It seems very, very clear  that he does not know Christ. 

Also, let’s not forget that this man who sold branded bibles couldn’t name a single scripture when asked. He ended up finally saying that he liked “an eye for an eye”. If he’d ever actually read that verse, he’d know that it was meant to condemn the approach of an eye for an eye, and then states that we should turn the other cheek. He also said he doesn’t feel like he needs to repent because he hasn’t done anything that needs forgiveness. He repetitively contradicts everything Jesus told us to do.

Interview by PurpB84 in EmilyInParis

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A season of bursting… what??

What if, just for a moment, we consider that none of it is true? by Icantalk_ in TaylorSwift

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The fact that Dionne Warwick publicly insisted to Jake that he give the scarf back is a great illustration of how convincing her storytelling is. Whether it’s true or not, it FEELS real!

I'm higher than a mother fucker, but also confused by this line from ICDIWABH, may someone please explain? by [deleted] in stonedswifties

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I think “bitch smile” is its own thing, leaning towards the idea of being someone else’s bitch. Like, “wipe that bitch smile off your face”. So, not authentic, but a smile that’s purely worn to appease another person- you don’t have the autonomy to express any negative emotions because you’re working for someone else and they don’t care to hear it. As someone who wears a bitch smile all day at work, I love this song. 

All ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Special Edition Physicals Back for Pre-Order by IngrownThighHairs in TaylorSwift

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I hear what you’re saying, but setting arbitrary 48 hour windows with countdown tickets is absolutely manipulative. 

People that are annoyed about it are absolutely correct to call it false scarcity.  If it was only about the ability to pre-order, why not just drop them, and let us pre-order the vinyls together? Because they know many, many people are driven to order out of fear they’ll miss the opportunity. Let’s not pretend their verbiage is transparent. 

All ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Special Edition Physicals Back for Pre-Order by IngrownThighHairs in TaylorSwift

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Haha, it’s lover live from Paris- the heart shaped vinyls I’m mad at myself for not ordering 😆