humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Why Being Anti-Mainstream Isn’t Really Unique (And How Gen-Z Messed It Up)
Hello, teenager with lots of thoughts here. The last few days, I’ve been thinking long and hard about sociology and subculture dynamics, and how labels can affect one’s sense of self.
By Mars the Teenabout a month ago in Humans
Nice to meet you! . AI-Generated.
🙋♀️Personal Profile & Character Analysis The Physicality: The digital scale insists I’m 34, but the room reminds me otherwise — I feel like the child among adults. A petite frame carrying a history of adaptation, every movement shaped by instinct: to adjust, survive, and understand.
By Pharm.D.Aleksandra Shehitogluabout a month ago in Humans
American Dream is Broken
For much of the 20th century, the United States was associated with a broad and stable middle class. Rising wages, home ownership, accessible higher education, and stable employment formed the backbone of what was often referred to as “the American Dream.” The idea was that if you work hard, play by the rules, and save for the future, you will achieve success and build a good life for yourself and your children.
By Lana V Lynxabout a month ago in Humans
I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).. Top Story - March 2026.
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Mooreabout a month ago in Humans
Regulation at the Threshold
Author’s Note — Flower InBloom This series is part of my ongoing work exploring personal sovereignty through nervous system awareness and structural alignment. I write not to dramatize change, but to understand how the body organizes through it. When we learn to regulate at the threshold, endings stop feeling like collapse and begin revealing architecture.
By Flower InBloomabout a month ago in Humans
I am dead
I am dead. I haven’t always been dead. I was born alive to zombie parents but I slowly became dead once I was a little older. My zombie parents raised me as their own kind even when I wailed, ate, slept and carried on as a human. Zombie-kind was always good to me because of how I was protected by others. By this structure of zombie-run society, I was able to create my own identity and be free to express myself in any way I choose.
By Melissa Ingoldsbyabout a month ago in Humans
The Many Worlds Of The Soul: Why Consciousness Does Not End And Why Lessons Continue
The idea that we die once and disappear forever is a belief that many people accept without question. It is simple, final, and easy to understand. But many spiritual traditions, and even some scientific theories, suggest that this is not how reality works. They teach that consciousness does not end. They teach that energy cannot be destroyed. They teach that the soul continues to learn, grow, and move through different experiences, even when the physical body stops.
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warriorabout a month ago in Humans
How Salt Therapy May Support Respiratory Health in Asthma
Asthma is a long-term respiratory condition that impacts the breathing health of millions of people around the world. It causes breathing difficulties, chest pain, wheezing, and a cough. Even though modern medicine provides a solution using inhalers and medication to manage the symptoms, there are lots of individuals seeking natural and supportive treatment. Salt therapy is one of such methods that is gaining momentum.
By Pink salt wallabout a month ago in Humans
The System That Calls Itself Care
The System That Calls Itself Care There is a system that calls itself care. It is efficient. It is praised. It is framed in polite language and neutral tones. It has policies, procedures, intake forms, escalation paths. It has waiting rooms and hotlines and performance metrics. It has mission statements printed in calming colors.
By Flower InBloomabout a month ago in Humans
Moonlight Through The Pines
I’ve wandered a long time, longer than any reasonable man should, searching for the woman whose presence silences the echo in my ribcage. I sometimes tell myself I’m only scouting new opportunities, exploring the world, and weighing my options like any meticulous bachelor might. But the truth is less flattering: I am searching for her. The fierce one. The pure one. The monogamous spirit whose loyalty could melt frost off stone.
By Tony Martelloabout a month ago in Humans
