Cara
@caraobscura.bsky.social
🩷💜💙 She/they. Full time book slut, part time bartendrix, all time sleepy.
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As someone who lives and works here and has two kids in the DC public schools I gotta say, it's been eye opening to see how much of the country does not understand this is a real place with real people living in it
July 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As someone who lives and works here and has two kids in the DC public schools I gotta say, it's been eye opening to see how much of the country does not understand this is a real place with real people living in it
Modern hell: laptop is barely functioning due to all my open tabs, have to use laptop to save and organize all the tabs.
October 12, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Modern hell: laptop is barely functioning due to all my open tabs, have to use laptop to save and organize all the tabs.
I have no idea what's going on with the celestial bodies right now but it is definitely bipolar mania season now until mid January.
October 6, 2023 at 8:33 PM
I have no idea what's going on with the celestial bodies right now but it is definitely bipolar mania season now until mid January.
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as someone with bipolar disorder i believe manic online shopping should be subsidized by the government
October 6, 2023 at 7:11 PM
as someone with bipolar disorder i believe manic online shopping should be subsidized by the government
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prince's vault is huge we'll be 80 and still hearing unreleased songs called "sex duck" and "port-ur-potty" or something
September 25, 2023 at 2:02 PM
prince's vault is huge we'll be 80 and still hearing unreleased songs called "sex duck" and "port-ur-potty" or something
I woke up before my alarm this morning hoping maybe I could have sex before work. Instead I spent 20 minutes on the phone with my mother saying "yeah" "uh-huh" while she talked about a woodpecker, her aging dog, and her fall foliage long weekend. This call was billed as urgent.
October 2, 2023 at 7:23 PM
I woke up before my alarm this morning hoping maybe I could have sex before work. Instead I spent 20 minutes on the phone with my mother saying "yeah" "uh-huh" while she talked about a woodpecker, her aging dog, and her fall foliage long weekend. This call was billed as urgent.
TV has taught me that a crisp $100 to the right morgue attendant will get you a corpse for a couple hours, so the idea that you can buy a live human AND their labor for $8/hr is absurd. The living deserve equal pay with the dead, I say.
October 2, 2023 at 1:04 PM
TV has taught me that a crisp $100 to the right morgue attendant will get you a corpse for a couple hours, so the idea that you can buy a live human AND their labor for $8/hr is absurd. The living deserve equal pay with the dead, I say.
Does anyone else feel like they're hurting a restaurant's feelings if they look at the menu and then decided not to dine there, or is this some fun modern manifestation of Catholic Guilt
October 2, 2023 at 1:35 AM
Does anyone else feel like they're hurting a restaurant's feelings if they look at the menu and then decided not to dine there, or is this some fun modern manifestation of Catholic Guilt
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polyamory is when several people flip their phone around to show you a meme at once
September 29, 2023 at 8:41 PM
polyamory is when several people flip their phone around to show you a meme at once
It should be illegal for me to have a headache today when I went to all the trouble of not getting drunk last night.
September 29, 2023 at 8:01 PM
It should be illegal for me to have a headache today when I went to all the trouble of not getting drunk last night.
Inviting people to BlueSky is like microdosing joining an MLM.
September 29, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Inviting people to BlueSky is like microdosing joining an MLM.
Now that N*SYNC is back, just making sure Gen Z knows about this.
September 27, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Now that N*SYNC is back, just making sure Gen Z knows about this.
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important to select your morning coffee mug with care, even gravity. it’s a big decision that sets the tone for the whole day
September 26, 2023 at 2:36 PM
important to select your morning coffee mug with care, even gravity. it’s a big decision that sets the tone for the whole day
I used to refer to Jack Johnson as "children's music for adults" but in the intervening years since I first said that I've now realized how many Disney adults there are in the world. My apologies to JJ, I guess listening to songs about banana pancakes the morning after is a step up in maturity.
September 25, 2023 at 9:41 PM
I used to refer to Jack Johnson as "children's music for adults" but in the intervening years since I first said that I've now realized how many Disney adults there are in the world. My apologies to JJ, I guess listening to songs about banana pancakes the morning after is a step up in maturity.
"I placed this order and then realized it's under my doctor's credit card and I need to switch payments please." What's the problem here, sounds like a win against the healthcare industrial complex, queen.
September 25, 2023 at 7:40 PM
"I placed this order and then realized it's under my doctor's credit card and I need to switch payments please." What's the problem here, sounds like a win against the healthcare industrial complex, queen.
Would love to run into any one of my former nonprofit EDs while at work and tell them just how much more fulfilling bartending is.
September 25, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Would love to run into any one of my former nonprofit EDs while at work and tell them just how much more fulfilling bartending is.
Customer service is not a void to scream into, unless it's an automated health insurance system in which case scream away.
September 20, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Customer service is not a void to scream into, unless it's an automated health insurance system in which case scream away.
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Fuck Ken Paxton send toot
September 16, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Fuck Ken Paxton send toot
Instant noodles are commonly maligned as a poverty/survival food, but the comfort they're offering me lately is doing as much heavy lifting as my anti-depressants. Support our real heroes.
September 14, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Instant noodles are commonly maligned as a poverty/survival food, but the comfort they're offering me lately is doing as much heavy lifting as my anti-depressants. Support our real heroes.
In my "a pint of ice cream is a single serving" era.
September 12, 2023 at 9:06 PM
In my "a pint of ice cream is a single serving" era.
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feet are the Wario of hands
September 11, 2023 at 9:30 PM
feet are the Wario of hands
Cool new human experience unlocked: grieving someone who's still alive.
September 10, 2023 at 7:55 PM
Cool new human experience unlocked: grieving someone who's still alive.
This morning my therapist asked me if I might be demisexual and honestly I just don't think I can be any more things. Dating profiles have character limits.
September 5, 2023 at 8:00 PM
This morning my therapist asked me if I might be demisexual and honestly I just don't think I can be any more things. Dating profiles have character limits.
My "work" today is reading and taking notes on a 1970s book about "open-ended marriage" and yet I've caught myself multiple times sighing like I'm doing an actual day job and not something I completely made up.
September 1, 2023 at 8:05 PM
My "work" today is reading and taking notes on a 1970s book about "open-ended marriage" and yet I've caught myself multiple times sighing like I'm doing an actual day job and not something I completely made up.
Do you ever wish your COVID test would come back positive just so that you'd have a clear explanation for why you feel like shit?
August 31, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Do you ever wish your COVID test would come back positive just so that you'd have a clear explanation for why you feel like shit?