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Inappropriate present, hideous bookends and me in drag!!!!

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confusedgoldilocks · 26/12/2025 14:53

I love christmas, and I love christmas presents, I got my best friend a lovely calendar showing photos that were precious to me throughout the year of all the good times we have shared, in return, and this is so strange, I got two bookends, which have obviously been handmade, but look like my face, but in a grotesque punch and judy way, I'm not sure whether they are supposed to look so scary, but they are hideous, I actually had nightmares about them last night, and on top of that, a smaller 3D figurine which is basically me looking like a drag queen in hideous blonde hair and a massive red bow, they obviously took a long time and I get that, but I wonder what they are trying to tell me, they have sent me a message asking what I think of them and I really don't know what to say, to be honest, Im quite upset they see me that way. Im just a normal person who loves christmas, I was hoping for tickets to see a christmas carol or something like that.

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BunnyLake · 30/12/2025 19:54

confusedgoldilocks · 30/12/2025 17:52

Abraxas is not a being, or an image, your either being too closed minded, or your relying on lazy google searches, dig a bit deeper, Abraxas is in fact everything and nothing, good and evil, light and shadow, which is why it sits between the two bookends, its an encapsulation of everything, thats why it looks male, but with female hair, its actually a wonderful present, now I have reconciled what it actually means, ABRAXAS-its all for you!!

How do you dig deeper if not by Google? I’ve never heard of it so I googled 🤷‍♀️

Calliopespa · 30/12/2025 20:41

I thought Abraxas was a rooster thing.

I'm not sure why anyone would try to represent a rooster with a sort of haggard goldilocks thing.

LittleGreenDragons · 30/12/2025 20:58

Abraxas is a mysterious, powerful Gnostic deity or cosmic force, symbolized by a rooster-headed figure with a serpent's body,

Do you have a beak like nose as well OP? Because that's just mean of your "friends".

BathshebaKnickerStickers · 30/12/2025 21:20

MyCrushWithEyeliner · 27/12/2025 13:48

😂 at the update

And they all lived happily ever after

And everyone stood and applauded

Christmasjoyis · 30/12/2025 21:31

I write weird things as well OP when I do drugs 😂 always stay away from any form of communication whilst partaking! Top tip

Arlanymor · 30/12/2025 22:20

confusedgoldilocks · 30/12/2025 17:52

Abraxas is not a being, or an image, your either being too closed minded, or your relying on lazy google searches, dig a bit deeper, Abraxas is in fact everything and nothing, good and evil, light and shadow, which is why it sits between the two bookends, its an encapsulation of everything, thats why it looks male, but with female hair, its actually a wonderful present, now I have reconciled what it actually means, ABRAXAS-its all for you!!

Or maybe I just think you're being incredibly silly and am yanking your chain.

Abraxas just texted me and said you should get an early night.

All hail Zuul. And the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Moonlightdust · 30/12/2025 23:51

Show us the 3 lined up OP, if only for a giggle

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 07:13

I really cannot, it would be too outing, apologies.

Its not about what Abraxas looks like, its about what it represents, namely, god and the devil, but in one being, imagine that, its pretty mind blowing!

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BlackCat14 · 31/12/2025 08:39

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 07:13

I really cannot, it would be too outing, apologies.

Its not about what Abraxas looks like, its about what it represents, namely, god and the devil, but in one being, imagine that, its pretty mind blowing!

How is showing us a picture any more outing than the pic you’ve already shown us, and the whole sorry back story about the restaurant?

FlyingApple · 31/12/2025 10:08

BlackCat14 · 31/12/2025 08:39

How is showing us a picture any more outing than the pic you’ve already shown us, and the whole sorry back story about the restaurant?

Because it's not real.

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 10:15

the bookends look just like me, and i have very prominent features, whereas the goldilocks/Abraxas image does not look that much like me, but thats not really the point of this thread, its a journey, a journey from single truth to contradictory truth, from love and hate to coherence and consonance, from misunderstanding to clarity, and none of those frankly have anything to do with the bookends any more, We're moving to Abraxian philosophy with a little bit of Jungian, and a sprinkling of Stoicism, and a sight dusting of Absurdity.

I suppose you could always check out the thread on someone who threw a party and only 3 people turned up if that is more up your street!

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Thanksforyourlackofthought · 31/12/2025 10:58

Never give up eh OP?

LittleGreenDragons · 31/12/2025 11:19

and a sight dusting of Absurdity

I think you mean a massive dusting, almost blizzard-like.

Stay off the drugs man, they are rotting your brain.

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 11:59

A massive dusting of Absurdism? I suppose your right in a way, Abraxian philosophy does indeed marry quite closely with Absurdism, I do happen to be a great fan of Camus, but I don't see where the drugs come into it. I think the 'New Puppy' thread might be more up your street!!, We've moved onto hardcore philosophy now, but there are plenty of other threads for the mundane and pointless! Knock yourself out!

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WLnamechange · 31/12/2025 12:07

Are you mentally unwell OP?

Howmanycatsistoomany · 31/12/2025 13:10

confusedgoldilocks · 30/12/2025 09:08

So i lined up the bookends either side of the goldilocks figurine, and it sort of created a shrine, a hideous constipated half face on one side, goldilocks in the middle and then a matching mirror image constipated half face on the other side. Seeing the three of them looks quite striking to be honest, goldilocks has a sort of serene smile, but the half faces look quite disturbed.

And then it came to me, they are not bookends at all, they are actually designed to be a three statue shrine, they represent something, and then silly me, it came to me, its Abraxas.

The lit self, the shadow self, Abraxas in between, I could really bang my head onto a wall, its so obvious.

Abraxas loves you all!!!!!

So pleased it all worked out well in the end OP! 😂😂

MyOtherProfile · 31/12/2025 14:00

We've moved onto hardcore philosophy now

We? Hardcore philosophy?

Neither of the above 😂

PGmicstand · 31/12/2025 14:12

This thread is weird! (But I like it)

LittleGreenDragons · 31/12/2025 14:22

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 11:59

A massive dusting of Absurdism? I suppose your right in a way, Abraxian philosophy does indeed marry quite closely with Absurdism, I do happen to be a great fan of Camus, but I don't see where the drugs come into it. I think the 'New Puppy' thread might be more up your street!!, We've moved onto hardcore philosophy now, but there are plenty of other threads for the mundane and pointless! Knock yourself out!

I was responding to your own words regarding Absurdity.

I don't like puppies that much so no thank you. I don't like streets either as they tend to be full of puppies and their poops.

There is no hardcore anything on this thread.

The drugs were mentioned because you seem to be posting about a bad trip. Channel your inner Zammo and say no to drugs.

PlumpHobbit · 31/12/2025 14:51

What on earth is going on!

We need to see a full blown photo of the entire "revelationionary image".....

FeliciaFancybottom · 31/12/2025 15:19

I suggest you try Abraxas!! it makes things whiter than white! or blacker than black

Is Abraxas a new laundry detergent?

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 15:56

yes, Abraxas is a new laundry detergent, you've finally got me bang to rights

Inappropriate present, hideous bookends and me in drag!!!!
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confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 16:09

Fun Facts

Absurdism is a school of philosophy, Albert Camus is quite a prolific writer of Absurdism, he wrote the stranger, which inspired The Cure to write a song about it, I'd say Luke Rhinehart was probably a fan, he wrote the dice man, and funnily enough Talk Talk wrote a song about that, as far as Abraxas is concerned, Santana dedicated an entire album to it, but based on the concept Herman Hesse wrote about in Demian, Hesse also wrote Steppenwolf, which the band Steppenwolf took as their own name, and well I could go on, but just to keep things simple, yes, Abraxas is a detergent, thats exactly what it is, unless your an intellectual like Tony Parsons!

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Thanksforyourlackofthought · 31/12/2025 16:35

*you’re.
Maybe Tony Parsons would have got that right?

Muddlethroughmam · 31/12/2025 17:02

confusedgoldilocks · 31/12/2025 10:15

the bookends look just like me, and i have very prominent features, whereas the goldilocks/Abraxas image does not look that much like me, but thats not really the point of this thread, its a journey, a journey from single truth to contradictory truth, from love and hate to coherence and consonance, from misunderstanding to clarity, and none of those frankly have anything to do with the bookends any more, We're moving to Abraxian philosophy with a little bit of Jungian, and a sprinkling of Stoicism, and a sight dusting of Absurdity.

I suppose you could always check out the thread on someone who threw a party and only 3 people turned up if that is more up your street!

You sound like Stephen Hilton