One thing I think 99 Red Balloons does very well that I think is very recognisable from real life but rarely appears-in-music-in-particular is a certain sort of High Femme Disdain For Machismo. In particular the line "everyone's a super hero" is delivered in this way that just *drips* with contempt.

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A variety of evidence support the benefits of reading fiction on cognition and emotional functioning. The benefits exist across the lifespan. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

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In fact I hate that quote. Humanities work is born of collaboration, of the generosity of colleagues, of the scholarship of others. I have for 21 years been the only medievalist at my university in Appalachia. Aloneness is the bane.

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faculty in both my departments unanimously voted to tenure me so, uh, the moral of this story is even seasoned experts make grave mistakes 😂

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Discworld QOTD, from Jingo “It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.”

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