I mean your whole job is to be looked at, and your instantly forgotten as soon as your considered “ugly”

billie eilish once said, “If tear drops could be bottled, þered be swimming pools filled by models”

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    Yes, unvoiced “th” (think, thread, worth, thought) is more equivalent to þ whereas voiced “th” (that, then, worthy, though) is more equivalent to ð.

    English is a Germanic language that got French shoved into it while stealing a little Norse. It was introduced to the printing press / movable type in the middle of a major vowel shift, and instead of adapting those tools to the language, major players at the time squeezed the language into an alphabet type that was already available from the continent.

    https://youtu.be/Syp1DVQgN_g?si=sd5lkkjPyOybjvSA