designated drinker

19 - he/him avatar of the whore, vampire and classic horror fan, proud old man enthusiast (formerly sirdoctoroftardis, i-eat-bugs-and-dirt, glowing-green-goop and nick-the-bottom)

[fairycosmos]

you have GOT to get over god abandoning you when you were 2 like its not even uncommon

[ravenfleesfire]

Couples shirts that say "I'm misery" and "I'm company"

[micromontage]

sleep is not normal to want and impossible to achieve

[boxheadpaint]

And like who the fuck is this guy [gestures to reflection in mirror alone in bathroom

[evilarmand]

The episode cannot be that bad

[bungerc0re]

inviting a girl over to cut symbols into you and she keeps agonizing over what to use. alchemical is too fake, catholic is boring, etc. eventually you propose a pentagram just to get something moving and she says that'd be "poser gnostic shit" and walks out

[gothycollie]

A long time ago, in the Age of Physical, software would be stored on beautiful mirrored discs, and inside each disc a tiny wizard lived who would install the software for you.

[onlyhams]

so me and my bf live together and I got this god tier dad text after I sent him a pic of us asldjkfksjf

[fox-guardian]

eridian speech is entirely made up of notes and chords

changing a note would then change the word entirely (hence why rocky says question as a separate word, a "questioning lilt" would Be it's own word in eridian)

eridians may then not make "songs" as we think of them (or it may be a more specific skill to order words in a particularly pleasing-to-the-ear way while still making sense)

because of this, most eridian music (if they have any) may focus more on the rhythm of words spoken and supporting instruments rather than an overall melody, since melody Is Their Language and could make understanding the words difficult

my new headcanon: eridians fuck with earth rap music hard because it resembles their own music

[glumshoe]

I’m suddenly laughing at the idea of a cliche noir detective story written in the brutally concise style of Hemingway.

A woman walked into my office. She had legs. I noticed her legs. “I have a problem. I need your help,” she said. They always said that. I knew her legs weren’t the problem. I hoped she might want my help with them anyhow.

[glumshoe]

“Can you pay?” I asked. Of course she could. Her shoes were worth more than my rent. She could pay. “I can pay,” she said. Her eyes were wet. I wondered if anything else was wet. Probably not. I am not handsome. Not since the war. She was looking at my scar. Lots of people do. Most look away. Not her. She did not look away. She looked at my scar and I looked at her legs. There were two of them. I liked that about her. I liked that a whole lot. “Will there be danger?” I asked. There always is. This city bleeds danger, then drinks it right back up again.

[glumshoe]

“I’m afraid there might be danger,” she said. She had the voice of a beautiful woman. She also had the face and body of a beautiful woman. She was beautiful.

The light from the window was striped. It made stripes on my cigarette smoke. The end of my cigarette crumbled into ash. My marriage had also crumbled into ash.

“I can handle danger,” I said. I patted the butt of my gun. My gun was a Colt. My gun and my scar were all that was left from my time as a soldier. My gun, my scar, and the nightmares. I looked her up and down. “I am good at handling things.”

[glumshoe]

“It’s about my husband. He’s gone missing.”

She was not wearing a ring. It means something when a woman does not wear a wedding ring. Usually, it means that she is not married. “Seems your ring has also gone missing,” I said. I hoped her dress would join it.

Her red mouth curved upwards. She was smiling a little. “I don’t wear it outside. A diamond that large would only invite trouble.”

“In my experience, trouble doesn’t wait for an invitation.” I looked at her legs again. They were both still there. “When did you last see your husband?”

[creep4creeps]

Bruce N. Duncan, Top Comedy and Bottom Burlesque

[nerdicornthetrekkie]

[gamechangershow]

Sorry but it's not complete without...

[shinraalpha]

i do think lobbying for data centres over climate goals should be considered a crime against humanity btw

[yesterdaysprint]

The Bystander, England, July 20, 1921

[briannyssey]

Oh easy mistake. Yearning actually rises from the floor and longing hangs from the ceiling

[briannyssey]

🥺🥺

[screampotato]

Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

[glitched-out-mess]

[theramblingvoid]

Hit "view post" and lost it

[syn4k]

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

[joyflameball]