"Come over! My parents aren’t home.
Can’t. Must Latibulate."
TIL the 1600s had already discovered bedrotting
Word of the goddamn century. Something went very wrong when we entered this millennium
Replace “hide in a corner” with almost anything and it works just as well. We all do it, both consciously and unconsciously for most of the time we’re alive.
Corner sold separately
Not seeing any reference to “escaping reality” in any of the online dictionaries.
I’m mostly seeing it as withdrawing and sheltering from the outside world. Which I agree with the original that seems synonymous with escaping reality. (In a cultural aspect at least).
My first thought was Walden when I was trying to pick an example.
‘Hiding’ is interpreted fairly faithfully in the tweet, imo.
La tib yoo layt
Saying “hide in a corner” is easier and nearly as many syllables so I understand why it dropped.
