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  • Dark editorial text card reading 'How were the last two months and seven days?' — a Women's Day post by Merlyn Mathias at callmeunfiltered.comWomen’s Day Roast: Same Cigarette | Call Me Unfiltered
    In #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess, Bold Roast
  • Illustration of a tall man seated at a lounge table with a woman beside him, holding whiskey and concluding a conversation, while others socialize around them.Vertical Gap in Relationships: Height vs Depth
    In Bold Roast
  • Funny caricature showing a manipulator surrounded by flying monkeys and cronies laughing, while an empathic person sits overwhelmed, symbolising manipulation, smear campaigns and cheap humour at someone else’s expenseCronies Flying Monkeys Manipulation: The Playbook
    In #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess

Emotional Unapology

Over-thinker. Under-replier. Emotionally literate but socially exhausted.
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  • The only drop EDM delivers is the flatline of music.
    Bold Roast

    EDM is the death of music: The Big Drop of Sin

    August 17, 2025 /

    EDM isn’t euphoric. It’s a descent. Repetition over melody, noise over feeling — the ultimate funeral march of modern music.

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  • One Boot One Sad Party No You blog essay cover
    #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess,  Bold Roast

    One Boot One Sad Party No You | Call Me Unfiltered

    August 17, 2025 /

    One Boot One Sad Party No You is not about a party — it’s about grief, absence, and the strange rituals we create when someone doesn’t show up.

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  • Black coffee beside desserts, symbolising OMAD life and sugar overload with a moody, smoky backdrop.
    #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess,  Bold Roast,  Cuts and Cracks

    OMAD Diet Gone Wrong: Coffee, Desserts & Toothache

    August 11, 2025 /

    What began as a lazy One Meal A Day experiment spiralled into an OMAD diet gone wrong — black coffee mornings, dessert-fuelled nights, and a toothache running the show. Minimalism? Please. Diabetes is already fixing her lipstick.

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  • A man in a white shirt, mid-side-eye. Symbolic of dry wit, sharp comebacks, and Bangalore sarcasm at its finest.
    Bold Roast,  Unfiltered Letters

    The Man Who Chews Water: Oum Pradutt, Unfiltered

    August 6, 2025 /

    He starts work at 8PM, chews water like it's got texture, and owes me a drink. This is Oum Pradutt—unfiltered, Bangalore-style.

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  • They feared your silence more than your scream
    Bold Roast

    Tales of My Legendary Personality: Woman, Work, and Wit

    August 4, 2025 /

    Tired of being called bossy for doing your job well? This one’s for every woman leader who's been fawned over for her food but feared for her voice. A spicy roast of misogyny, work culture, and double standards.

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  • For the ones who don’t fix you—just sit beside your ache.
    Buffering Diaries,  Unfiltered Letters

    Holding Space for Emotional Pain Isn’t Loud

    August 3, 2025 /

    Not everyone knows how to ask how you're doing, but some don’t need to. This is for them—the ones who understand without explanation. Who hold your pain like it’s theirs. Who carry your silence like a language.

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  • Not every version of me was made for display. Some were made just to survive.
    Bold Roast,  Buffering Diaries

    Slices They Never Pick

    August 1, 2025 /

    Not all versions of us are loved. Some slices are too raw, too heavy, too honest. But they exist. And they deserve a seat at the table too.

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  • Black and white photo of a silhouette against a dusky sky, symbolising emotional heaviness and the slow struggle to detach.
    Bold Roast,  Buffering Diaries

    Detach: The Ache of Letting Go Between Victimhood and Validation

    August 1, 2025 /

    Detach, they said. But how do you let go of what you never got to hold properly? This piece sits in the space between survival and silence — between needing to be seen and finally seeing yourself.

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  • Poetic black-and-white visual expressing emotional exhaustion
    Buffering Diaries

    I Tried. And Then I Didn’t. And Then I Just Was.

    July 31, 2025 /

    I tried to be there — for others, for the world, for the ghosts that raised me. But when it came to me, I was shut out. This is what it feels like to unravel, and still offer thanks while drowning.

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  • #Merlunfiltered - The Visual Mess,  Bold Roast,  Buffering Diaries

    Back to Base Zero (and Still Not a Coder)

    July 30, 2025 /

    Three days, one broken code, and a brain playing coder cosplay. I went from strategist to SEO intern, from Harvey Specter to hair like Einstein. Welcome to Base Zero — where burnout meets blogging.

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MERLYN MATHIAS

Truth-slinger. Word snob.
Chaos whisperer.
I don’t sugarcoat —
I serve the whole damn lemon.
Fueled by caffeine, side-eyes, and
2 a.m. honesty.
Too honest? Too bad.

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  • Women’s Day Roast: Same Cigarette | Call Me Unfiltered
  • Vertical Gap in Relationships: Height vs Depth
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