Some Things You Let Go In Order To Live.

Just your typical confused millennial. I’m rather fond of raspberry tea, 90s cartoons, and music theory.

[goldrinah]

my heart is different now.

[kurhanchyk]

westerners will write their articles with headlines like “why ukraine matters” as if it was a wasteland. it matters because i and the rest of the people live here. hope this helps

[virginbylorde2025]

losing people is so interesting bc like. no i don’t want to speak to you ever again. yes i think about you on your birthday.

[aspiretocadence]

I’m convinced all nonprofit CEOs are narcissists at this point

[ashstfu]

you know what’s really fun and in style right now? being kind and making others feel loved and valued

[aspiretocadence]

I think I miss teaching so much because that’s the closest I’m getting to being a mama.

[tlirsgender]

Weird peeve time. Calling lab grown gemstones “fake” is stupid because it’s the same shit just not formed naturally. An artificially grown diamond is the same shit as a natural diamond it is the exact same material bro it’s all fuckign carbon

[tlirsgender]

It’s carbon it’s pretty and it didn’t involve slave labor what’s not to love??? Hi I’m having geology opinions tonight apparently. And I’m right

[tlirsgender]

There is so much bullshit in the diamonds industry to be mad about tbh. It also ties into the bullshit of the wedding industry as a whole but we don’t have the time to unpack all that

[val-ritz]

not even going to lie, the day i learned i could get like 15 lab grown rubies the size of dimes for $20 is the day i spent $20 on rubies, and i have never once said to myself “man, i wish this cost $1,600 and the lives of eight children to produce”

[fuckyeahmineralogy]

We are a pro-lab-grown mineral blog here, not only is it massively cheaper but massively more ethical as well in many cases.

[thegreenpea]

another very cool lab grown gem is Moissanite. It has a 9.25 on the mohs hardness scale where diamond is a 10. Moissanote also has a 2.69 refractive index in comparison to diamond’s 2.419 and here is the difference 

and the best thing about moissanite? It is all lab grown and it costs only a fraction of what diamond costs. So fuck the diamond indsutry and buy lab grown gems which cost significantly less

[rubixpsyche]

Also it’s just cool to think of some mad scientist lookin person doing shit against the law of the universe and making pretty gems for you. Like cmon. This shouldnt be allowed probably. But humans really be like on gOD i want some shiny an just started MAKIN em

[zathechaosgod]

for years people wanted alchemy, well now we have alchemy and we’re making gemstones out of it and suddenly “it doesn’t count” anymore

[nappy-by-nature]

[guerrillatech]

[toenzy]

[aspiretocadence]

Hmm really wondering if I should delete this account but I’ve had it forever so it’s hard to imagine all of this being gone

But I’m still ashamed of all of the things I used to believe and repeat even though I was basically brainwashed and in an echo chamber.

Meh

[dailyanimatedgifs]

Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) dir. Karl Geurs

[thechanelmuse]

Houma, Lafitte, Vacherie, and Port Fourchon are underwater as well due to Hurricane Ida. I’ve read some rescue tweets of people stating there’s a number of residents (one being a pregnant woman) who are trapped in their attics after trying to escape the rising water. There’s power outages in New Orleans and other Parishes. as well as some parts of Mississippi. 

All of this in the middle of a pandemic… 

I have friends in New Orleans that I haven’t heard from since yesterday. I’m hoping they received that alert that the electricity isn’t estimated to be returned until a month from now for New Orleans and other Parishes. Yes, a whole fucking month. However, the transmission tower is nonexistent at this point. 

From this:

To this:

Was the 30-day estimate for everyone to receive power before or after they seen this demolished structure? I can’t even wrap my head around this. Complete devastation from what they’re experiencing and the lack of media coverage. 

[pandumbic]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[transfemininomenon]

you ever just think back to the force awakens……. it was so good…… it was so Fun…….. there was so much Potential……………..

[transfemininomenon]

all wasted for a mediocre looking boot licking white dude

[transfemininomenon]

it’s been said many times and many ways but genuinely how do you get such a delightful cast of characters that all have such chemistry together and are such a delight, all of whom have SUCH potential for good character arcs & development, and just go eh who cares split em up focus on the greasy fascist with daddy issues

[guerrillatech]

[dr-otter]

Draining and paving wetlands is just about one of the worst ideas ever. When water can disperse along a winding waterway into soft soil it slows it's movement way down. Slow water deposits sediment instead of eroding it. Plants can grow in it that clean the water and trap more sediment. That increased soil absorbs and slows extra water when there's a larger rain than usual and buffers the effects of even torrential storms.

Fast, straight waterways remove soil, and don't give water a chance to soak in. Often insult is added to injury by paving and armoring the banks (ostensibly to reduce erosion) removing any possibility of absorbing and slowing extra water. Any increase in precipitation upstream means a higher water level. A storm means catastrophic flooding.

Draining wetlands doesn't make more "usable" land, it sets the stage for tragedies.

[rowan-berry-redhead]

today is the 21st day in the 21st week of the 21st year in the 21st century