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30 or 40 years old | Bay Area | gay | engaged | jew(ish) | all triggering content tagged (if you want something tagged, just ask) | explicit content on an alt (if you want the link, DM) | here for a good time

[brostateexam]

[brostateexam]

Excited because today I get to go look at antiques and taxidermy and weird rocks at the oddities fair!

I love shopping and I love old/weird stuff and I love my friends so this is checking so many boxes.

[carfuckerlynch]

hey does anyone have that poem. about the author seeing two boys cuddling on a hotel lobby couch, where he refers to it as something like an island of safe anonymity or smth. its been 5000 years my college boyfriend had it written out and pinned to his wall

[carfuckerlynch]

THANK YOU @witchoflight it is indeed "on traveling together" by Kayleb Rae Candrilli

[tsunflowers]

reading a historical romance novel and reflecting on the way these stories often present woke nobility for the contemporary reader. a big thing is servants. you can’t not have servants in those times but many modern readers think “but I would never have servants. it would be so weird to have servants” and in order to make the protagonists of the story more relatable they are actually friends with the servants. but flip your perspective and think of it from the side of the servants. wouldn’t it be so awful if your boss was always trying to be friends with you. a really common thing you’ll see is the woke baronet having tea in the kitchen with the servants bc he’s not like other baronets. but what if your boss wanted to hang out and talk during your lunch break every day. not so charming when you think about it that way

[bluering8]

listen to me, this is so so important: you've gotta get used to really giving it your 60% as a default. like don't half-ass it necessarily but try not to go over 70% or so of an ass. you'll feel better and live a happier more fulfilled life, and on the rare occasions where you do need to lock the fuck in you'll be able to pull off bullshit that the sad miserable wretches giving it their 100% can never dream off, because they're busy draining themselves dry and you have energy reserves to spare.

[smokingchagga]

This is actually what I was adviced to do at the work rehabilitation program I went to. Hasn't left my mind since. 10/10 solid advice

[what-even-is-thiss]

I really don’t like when a book advertises itself as fantasy or scifi with maybe some romance on the side and then it turns out to just be a romance with some fantasy or scifi wallpaper. Fine if you wanna read that but I don’t. Stop having sex and kill the dragon already. This is false advertising.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I signed up for political intrigue and aliens but instead you’re just having therapy speak sex with a human man. Where’s the aliens???? Kill something!

[cuillere]

At least please fuck the dragon.

[falcor]

Where is your left foot when driving?

On the provided foot rest

Relaxed on the floor, but not on the foot resr

Knee bent foot to side of seat next to door

Knee bent, foot on seat

I drive a jeep and live on the wild side and hang it out the side.

I don't own a car.

I don't have a driver's license.

Other, noted below.

Remaining time: 2 days 4 hours

[ph-cutie]

[bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass]

If You Like a Long Island, Wait Until You Try the Adios, Motherfucker

If you like a Long Island Iced Tea, wait until you try the provocatively named Adios, Motherfucker. It’s fun, boozy and blue.

Found a recipe for it that's worded like electrochemistry wrote it

[bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass]

Update: this tastes like if a baha blast could kill you and annihilates any ongoing anxiety attacks

[bite-my-grimy-fleshy-ass]

Update update: comparing this to a long island is like comparing a pickup truck to a tank

[klapollo]

Washington Post is paywalling the article but it looks like Taylor Farms — a consumer bagged salad brand that also supplies produce to grocers and fast food chains like Taco Bell, Walmart, McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, KFC, and Meijer —may be at least one of the sources of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Taylor makes bagged greens, salad kits, chopped salads, the works. Keep avoiding supermarket greens, but keep an especially close eye out for this brand/supplier. The above list of grocers and fast food chains is NOT exhaustive, so please continue getting lettuce and other raw produce taken off your burgers, sandwiches, etc.

[klapollo]

Iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak | CNN

Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosp

Non-paywalled article now on CNN.

[hope-for-the-planet]

New Solar Tech Makes Desalinating Seawater Cheaper Than Producing Bottled Water

Engineering teams around the world have been attempting to develop new methods of seawater desalination.

Scientists in China have developed a more efficient form of solar desalination that uses 47.4% less energy than alternatives. After the first year of testing, the scientists believe that at scale it would be able to desalinate water more cheaply than producing bottled water.

The goal is now to scale the technology for use in coastal areas and islands experiencing water insecurity.

[femmchantress]

I don’t care if Monday’s yuck

Tuesday, Wednesday tread through muck

Thursday maybe eat a duck

It’s Friday, Flat as Fuck

[brostateexam]

Oh yeah also in my dream -- which was on a northern Californian style vineyard/ranch that no offense but I would never choose as a marriage venue in a million years -- there was another couple getting married the same weekend and they were extremely tacky. The first thing they asked me is "so what did you do for your gifting minimum? Ours is $200"

And I was like "ok I don't care for this couple my subconscious made up to be my dramatic foil at all"

There was also a very chirpy and enthusiastic wedding planner that seemed exquisitely calibrated to grate on my nerves.

I am really good at torturing myself.

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

was your pet expensive to get?

yes

no

not the most expensive but not the cheapest either

for free

it was a gift

found it outside

traded for something

results

Remaining time: 3 days 9 hours

[brostateexam]

Had a "the final is today?!" style stress nightmare except it was about my wedding, something that even in the dream I kept being like "but I don't even have a date, why is everyone lining up to enter a venue I didn't book?"

Truly appreciate my subconscious for not putting up with this anxious nonsense.

[brostateexam]

the yarn that my friend is using to crochet me a blanket has arrived

I'm very excited to see how this all shakes out!

[brostateexam]

So, stitchfix. I used to really like clothes, and I suppose I still do, but I just feel like the shopping landscape has changed so much in the last ten years that I am completely unmoored. I got a referral from a friend to try it, and I got my first box this week.

I ended up keeping 4 items, and would have kept all but one if everything actually fit. Some of the shirts looked wack on my stupid body, the shoes were too tight across the toes, and one shirt did fit but it was the kind of peachy pink that is a bit too close to my own skin tone for it to look good.

Are these clothes expensive? Sure, but they're the kind of clothes I need help buying for myself. If I want cheap disposable bullshit I can go to Target or Kohl's or whatever, and if I want to shop for sport I can always go thrifting. This pile of clothes curated by a total stranger who had my measurements and some minimal feedback from me actually addressed gaps in my wardrobe in a way that was very appreciated, and the stuff is well made and decent, and could in theory be in my wardrobe for a long time.

Trying on clothes is still hard for me to do, but I enjoyed the experience today, and I'm happy to be welcoming some new clothes into my wardrobe.

[brostateexam]

Well, someone is very excited that I went through my stitch fix box.