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Chlogett's avatar

IN:

Discovering new music by hearing it live

Stockpiling physical media

Defining the relationship

Eating breakfast

Scrapbooking

Going on drives in the woods

Cloaks

Natural hair textures

Overdressing

Writing about literally everything

Fountain pens

OUT:

Social media

Dressing fashionably

Cars with too many bells and whistles

BookTok

Chain coffee shops

Group chats

Cat allergies

Lack of contentment

Blank walls

Polyester

LED lighting

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Jensen McRae's avatar

YES EVERYONE EAT BREAKFAST AND IF U HAVE TO BUY A CAR MAKE IT A NORMAL ONE 🗣️

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Janel Bishop's avatar

Wearing perfume to bed-ALWAYS!

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Karol Joseph's avatar

As a big light hater I felt so validated to see that on the way out in 2025

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Sophie's avatar

kn95s always in exactlyyy

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sarah <3's avatar

In:

Holiday parties

Brunch

Brown mascara

Good morning texts to those you love - especially when you know they're going to have a stressful day

Long hugs on the way out

Reading nonfiction

Going places alone

Out:

Owning 12 different trendy reusable water bottles - find one or two you love and use them!

Tiktok doom scrolling

Overpriced coffee

Subscribing to emails for brands you'll never actually buy from

Pocketless cardigans

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Jensen McRae's avatar

why did "long hugs on the way out" almost make me burst into tears you're a POET

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Pete Tosiello's avatar

thanks for always speaking on disability justice, looking forward to new music in '25!

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mina's avatar

i agree with every single in and out on this list!! maybe you really are the cultural oracle

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Madelyn Beacham's avatar

In:

- (more) dense bean salads

- live theater

- amaretto (scent, color, flavor)

- character actors

- red accessories

- long walks

- going out on a limb

- Soviet era animation

- lockets (with or without photos)

- flossing

- syllabi (writing them and following them)

- Northern Ireland

- superfluous abbreviations (a la Jake Shane)

- historical materialism

- relics (religious and otherwise)

- strong-arming smiles

- public broadcasting (as always)

- going back for seconds

Out:

- oat milk (sorry)

- glorification of youth

- space adventures

- food delivery apps

- bright blue headlights (do you want us to crash?)

- nihilism

- feeling embarrassed about normal social interaction

- hard boiled eggs

- Morgan Wallen (not sorry)

- reporting rude comments as “breaking community guidelines”

- parasocial relationships

- e-colli outbreaks

- back-handed complements

- black coats

- cable news political pundits

- aioli (just own up to your mayo)

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Paige Collins's avatar

IN:

Enthusiasm

Hope

That thing on your phone called focus where it turns off notifications

BLT's (they're never out, this is a trick!)

OUT:

Tesla cybertrucks

Thanks for sharing yours!

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Talia's avatar

In

•Making a hearty stew and pretending it’s a potion brewing

•Shitty writing (because if your own journal isn’t YOUR safe space, what is??)

•Learning a new language and being bad at it for a while

•Sending love letters to friends & family

•Annotating

•Stretching

•Packing a lunch

•Dangly earrings

•Going for long walks without earbuds in

•Crafting

•Moving at your own pace

•Extending the type of kindness you yearned for at your loneliest moments

•Asking for what you want

•Bonfires

•Talking to trees

Out

•Texting while eating

•Faking forgetfulness for the appearance of nonchalance

•Settling for lovers who aren’t really friends (fuck tension I just wanna laugh together)

•Multitasking

•Buying clothes that don’t feel totally right

•Saying sorry when actually they bumped into you

•Over explaining

•Insulting yourself to beat others to it (they probably weren’t thinking that about you in the first place)

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