TFW you've nearly finished an essay based on ideas you had two years ago, and then discover in your drafts folder a nearly-finished version written two years ago that you had completely forgotten existed because you were interrupted by a parental crisis just before finishing.
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Replying to @Meaningness
I once found a short research paper I'd written just before my mom died. I remember thinking about the questions it addressed but have zero memory of writing it.
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Replying to @St_Rev @Meaningness
this reminds me of when i'm researching tech problems at work and googling around for answers and find the answer in a blog post ... that i wrote
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@Jayarava wrote a blog post about this. I was reading it once and thought “this keeps happening to me, I have some interesting thoughts about it, I should write a reply post.” I started to do that, and then found a draft post from a couple years earlier prompted by his same post.1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness @cwage
I feel like I suddenly understand ghosts as people who died and didn't notice.
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When I’m dead, I will finally get time to write uninterrupted by other family members dying.
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Oh, you are dying? Sorry, can’t help, I’m dead.
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Now I can also understand ghosts as people who still really want to help even though they’re dead.
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