a lovely piece of australian bread

22 year old bread that survives solely on shitposts and random ass fandoms

[olliemnjones]

[tommyssupercoolblog]

Because the notes are full of people arguing over which game is better

[goatsandgangsters]

an interesting linguistics find! so I'm reading this text from 1908 and it keeps referencing "hp" in the context of "not being at full hp" "applying your full hp to a task" etc

and I'm like....... okay that is a perfectly normal way to describe energy and reads totally clear to me, but I KNOW you don't mean hit points/health points which is the first place my brain goes, so what are YOU using hp to mean

and it's not explained in-text, which means it was common enough to not warrant explanation to the 1908 audience, so gotta look elsewhere

horsepower. turns out it's horsepower.

and I'm absolutely FASCINATED that a commonly used initialism from 1908 now stands for something different AND YET the contextual meaning is still the same to a 21st-century reader

I could hand this guy my nintendo switch and he'd be like, ah yes I understand, this ''''pokemon'''' loses horsepower throughout the fight

language is amazing

[contemptible-scoundrel]

[draculaflow3]

[sevdahalma]

when I say “Let me ask my husband”, one (or both) of these things is taking place:

1. I am in a loving, happy relationship where we value and respect each other’s opinion

2. I am using this as an excuse to get out of something I don’t want to do (sorry habibi)

what is not happening here: I am being oppressed

[oatmonger-deactivated20260529]

3. Brother I Have No Idea What Is Happening Let Me Consult My Trusted Advisor

[ocdwaffles]

One day I shall be that trusted advisor

"My liege you cannot attend that gathering, you have promised that evening to rituals of appeasement" (you promised you would rest and take some time just for yourself)

"My liege, there are worrying rumors about their trust and capability" (Last time they tried to plan something, it fell apart and you had to plan it last minute)

"My liege, you MUST attend to maintain diplomatic standing!" (You haven't seen your friends in a month and are saying you miss them every day, SAY YOU WILL GO)

[sevdahalma]

You know, I made this post with a very specific context (how people see me, a married muslim lady in a hijab, and automatically assume I’m oppressed) but all these additions are absolutely sending me and the notes are delightful so by all means, please continue

[clementine-kesh]

the big three questions of media analysis: what the author wanted to say, what they actually said, and what they didn’t know they were saying

[clementine-kesh]

for the last one i don’t just mean oh the author inadvertently wrote in gay subtext or whatever i’m talking about media as a cultural artifact which can reveal a ton about societal norms, biases, ideals, etc. it’s all about positionality and an unexamined positionality is often the most revealing of all

[grrlterrier]

One of my favourite customer interactions

[as-if-and-only-if]

you serve the drink, they take a sip. it ticks down to 98% and they whisper “oh thank god”

[occupationalperspective]

[cryoverkiltmilk]

This is amazing, and I'm embarrassed to admit something I never considered.

The public restroom is almost inarguably THE WORST possible place to ever have to 'feel your way'!

[ganondorf]

ppl are rlly trying to defend being on your phone during a movie in the theater what is going on

[ganondorf]

using your phone in a movie theater is a symptom of long covid

[cicada-and-pomegranate]

the defense of being on your phone in a movie theater is who cares? by your own admission, you should be paying attention to the movie. so why do you care what other people are doing? you’re meant to be paying attention to the movie.

[ganondorf]

[theblackparadeisdead]

Kid today (probably like 6 years) came up to me and was like "teacher teacher what's your name" and i was like "asha :) also im not a teacher" and he was like "okay asha asha asha I need help" and i was like "okay buddy what's wrong" and he showed me this chunk of metal he'd found sitting in the sun that he was just carrying around and it was super sharp and super hot from the sun and he was like "my hand hurts :(" and i was like "ok. put that down. does it still hurt?" And he did and was like "no." and then he picked it up again and immediately went "my hand hurts :(" again and then I was like "kid. put that down and stop touching it" and he was like "ok but when I touch it my hand hurts :(" and i was like "Please Just Stop Touching That. If you dont touch it your hand won't hurt" and this went on for like another 2 minutes before i got him to realize that if he stopped touching the metal it would not hurt. Kids are so fucking weird man

[theblackparadeisdead]

Comments that make me realize this kid is probably what I sounded like to my therapist when complaining about the consequences of all my bad habits

[treatop]

superhero birthdays 🎂

[phantomrose96]

they kill me and I explode into 27 coins

[phantomrose96]

you can buy a new me at the game shop for 25 coins

[phantomrose96]

death loop arbitrage

[phantomrose96]

patch 2.4.57 release: closed arbitrage death loop

[tonysopranoproskater69420]

lying in front of the street cleaner

[nic0las-uncaged]

did the street cleaner believe you?

[tonysopranoproskater69420]

it is like talking to a fucking genie with you people

[animusrox]

Batman Beyond S01E13 “Ascension”

[bread-clown]

[orphiclovers-deactivated2026032]

I think if I were to summarize the kind of theme I'm interested in fiction it would be "the total disconnect between the internal self and the outer body" or maybe "appearances not matching reality". and that covers about everything under the sun I have ever liked.

Bodyswap stories - literally a wrong appearance not based on your consciousness. Stories about possession - controlling a body that's not yours. going back in time and possessing your past self's body - you still look like yourself but your mind is someone else now, older, changed.

I think the most important part is that you can't TELL from the outside that anything is off.

its about being expected to act a certain way due to your appearance but failing that standard in every way, due to who you ARE in your mind and personality. and you can try but it takes constant effort and you're always anticipating and dreading that moment when someone will find out.

somehow this ISNT even a transgender thing even though it easily could be and thats whats the most confusing part of it all

[orphiclovers-deactivated2026032]

prev you understand it perfectly

[hitmyvape-deactivated20251006]

Two boys talked on the playground about who was stronger: a kitten or a puppy. "For the sake of fairness, let's say they're both the size of a pea," one boy said. "Agreed," said the other boy. "It's only fair."

[mysticdragon3md3]

Ngl i prefer the 2016 version purple on the right.

[thedoctorknits]

in which I watch other hobbies learn about the problem of getting consistent dye lots

[agrioxoiros-deactivated20240927]

@mamoru

[mamoru]

what you have to understand is lamy dark lilac (2016, the real lamy dark lilac) still gets sold for hundreds of dollars per bottle by resellers when it originally sold for $10. and people bought it because they loved that limited edition ink so much. LDL is one of the grail inks for fountain pen ink collectors, and one of the most common reasons to mix fountain pen ink is to try to imitate it.

but the dyes used in the original lamy dark lilac are no longer even available, and it took several lamy representatives promising it was the exact same ink before anyone told the truth. and remember: THE DYES WERE NEVER AVAILABLE FROM THE START OF PRODUCTION. this is not a matter of inconsistency between batches, lamy knew that the ink would have to be completely different and they called it dark lilac anyway while several of their representatives communicated that it was the exact same ink.

people were fighting and fighting and fighting because it was obviously a different formula, it looked different, but lamy said it was the same, so the person doing the swab of the color must have been wrong, because lamy would never lie. and then when lamy admitted it was a completely different ink, there was fighting about whether or not it is wrong to call a product a re-release of the something while it is completely different. some lamy fans refuse to admit lamy can ever do anything wrong, when they do a ton of shit wrong.

there was no reason to call this ink a re-release of dark lilac other than as a cash grab for any sucker who had the gall to believe that when lamy calls something a re-release of one of the most beloved fountain pen inks of all time, that it would actually be the same ink.

I personally think that if you claim to be re-releasing one of the most famous inks in the world, it should actually be the same ink, or name it something different. lamy deep lilac. lamy new lilac. lamy green lilac because of the green sheen instead of the gold sheen lamy dark lilac became famous for. fucking, anything else

lamy is a piece of work, their quality control has been shit for years, and they make a ton of money by enshittifying their products for people who miss when they were less trash.

damn good thing the entire company just got bought out by mitsubishi pencil company.

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

[daja-the-hypnokitten]

Ok, but y'all.

On *high quality* paper? The color isn't even CLOSE to the original. Like, the photo that the WSJ is using doesn't even show it off at its best. If you look at a pen retailer's review, like Goulet Pens, here, there's a really good set of photos on different paper types (because with fountain pens that makes a heck of a difference, trust me).

To pull one image from the review I linked:

Like. Can you look at that and tell me they look even CLOSE to each other? (For folk not into fountain pens, Tomoe River paper - such as this - is considered the best paper you can use)

So yeah. There's RAGE at Lamy for daring to do this to us, even though it's a function of the original pigments no longer being available.

[madlori]

TIL that there is such a thing as "beloved fountain pen inks" and I don't know why I'm even surprised. I am, in addition, delighted.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I'm surprised this thread only touched on dye lot drama within the fountain pen community. There's a whole 'nother rabbit hole to dive into, when you consider how vintage and vintage-adjacent hobbies draw in fashy people. See: Noodlers.

[letterful]

‘I’m Broke and Mostly Friendless, and I’ve Wasted My Whole Life’

[unwinona]

As I opened the front door, I turned around and told her how nice it was, talking to her. She smiled. “You’re a human being,” she said. “A real human being.” “I am,” I said. “I wasn’t a few years ago. But I am now.” All you have to be is a human being, Haunted. That’s success. When you’re a human being, life feels satisfying. Everything adds up. Every little thing matters. Look at what you have. This is where it all begins. All you have to do is open your eyes.

This essay-answer changed my life so completely a few years ago that I printed it out so I will always have a copy in my home no matter what.