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I hate that boats get gendered properly more frequently than me

#the people who get up in arms about a boats gender are the same people who weaponise it against trans women #I think I'm actually jealous of boats #Why do they get exclusive rights to the she/her pronouns?

c-gen

For some reason I get unreasonably upset when a dish with mushrooms is labelled plant-based

c-gen

Okay, but there is already a term that means 'no animal products.' Just call it vegan!

For some reason I get unreasonably upset when a dish with mushrooms is labelled plant-based

#They aren't plants dangit

famylee83

This man needs to be hunted for sport.

c-gen

Don't know if anyone cares, but this man is using an IKEA kitchen with VOXTORP gray fronts.

Weirdly, there is no toekick and you can see the black cabinet legs underneath. It'd probably be better to add the toekick so it's covered.

The countertop is non-IKEA. That is from elsewhere.

#I do not know if this is in America or not #If in the US or Canada the cabinets are SEKTION #Anywhere else the cabinets are METOD #I could recognize an IKEA kitchen anywhere

Customer called me a transphobic slur today at work. Wonderful

#An upper manager decided to not ban him from the store because no manager witnessed it and thus everything is just hearsay apparently

hungwy

Another reason why trains would be good is that most people are not good at driving

#I wish I could get everywhere by train #CA HSR cannot come soon enough

catlips001

FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

battebitch-deactivated20200410

what was yesterday, cat?

catlips001

I’m not missing it this year.

theshitpostcalligrapher

the sigils are a bit wonky but i tried my best

(also if yall could throw me a view and maybe a like on the original upload I'd appreciate it)

theshitpostcalligrapher

gotta watch til the end, the sigil isn't activated til i complete the circle :)

virgo-capricornius

@axxolotlqueen

in-your-wall-s

@c-gen

pretty

You hear so much about women in STEM, but what about women in peril? Can't we get some attention too?

I am so excited. I got a new pen!

It is the Montblanc Meisterstuck 149 and is from the 70s!

#I genuinely never thought I would ever own a Montblanc #Someone was selling it for a very good price and jumped on it #This is my first “vintage” pen #I could not be happier about it and how it writes #It is a double broad nib and just writes glassy smooth

emolgana

incredible stuff happening out there

pukicho

There's gotta be someone more qualified. I'm fucking begging you.

thefoxboy

@evilwizard

evilwizard

don’t involve me in this…

kilgarraghforever

@theshitpostcalligrapher ?

theshitpostcalligrapher

in-your-wall-s

@c-gen

The pretty pen lady!

c-gen

Absolutely not, get someone else. Anyone really

herpsandbirds

Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens), male, family Ptiliogonatidae, order Passeriformes, Sacramento, CA, USA

photograph by Michele McCormick

c-gen

The phainopepla is such a beautiful bird; one of my favorites.

Here are some photos I got of one

#actually beautiful creatures #the goth cardinal #this bird was just hanging around my campsite for a while when I took these shots #bird photography

I bought a prop quill only to discover it's got a prop. It's an actual functioning toothbrush my fountain pen with cartridges and everything. I guess I'm a pen girl now

That's lovely! I'm so happy, welcome to the pen club!

Also now I am kind of interested in a fountain toothbrush. A brush that uses cartridges/converters to fill with toothpaste that dispenses as you use it. That seems fantastic actually

#fountain pens

how do you feel about rollerball pens?

My general opinion of rollerball pens is that they are the best of the ball-tipped pens. I would rather use a rollerball over a gel pen or a regular ballpoint pen. However, I would hate to write for an extended period with one.

If I have to push into the page at all to write, I'm gonna be sad.

My rollerball pen only exists as a pen I will let customers use at work, and one that I can use where a carbon copy is needed. I'll always use a fountain pen instead for everything else.

#I actually think ball tipped pens are bad #Your favorite pen is the best pen #And I don't want to say you're wrong for that #But sometimes it feels like people find something that they think is the best and will not try to find anything better #And that makes me sad

c-gen

I suppose today is as good as any to post the Julius Caesar knife block I made

#Still a terrible photo #I need to redesign the thing #As it is it will not stand on its own #It collapses when knives are in it #Which is fairly realistic now that I think about it

c-gen

I may have made a mistake.

I introduced a friend to fountain pens a while back. I finally convinced her to buy her first fountain pen 3 weeks ago. She now owns 7 fountain pens

I feel like I should be concerned

c-gen

#it was either that or gel pens

Gel pens are the reason why it took me so long to convince her. She loved her gel pens. To the average person, gel pens are the best pen they can think of, and couldn't even imagine another option.

c-gen

She is already saying "$500 is probably the most I'll spend on a pen right now"

GIRL slow down. A month ago your idea of a nice pen was a Pilot G2, you don't need to jump into the deep end so fast

djpaige

I've been using fountain pens since I first encountered the Varsity in like the mid 2010s, and the most I've spent on a fountain pen is $55 (Limited edition color TWSBI Eco), and that's only because I had a $50 gift card. GIRL SLOW DOWN!! Actually, follow-up question: Converters or cartridges? Did you also create an ink monster, or is she being reasonable and staying with one or two bottles of basic colors?

c-gen

She's using bottled ink, and has been buying several of those as well. She says she needs a matching color for every color of pen she has.

She's definitely jumping into the deep end. At least she's enjoying it

c-gen

I may have made a mistake.

I introduced a friend to fountain pens a while back. I finally convinced her to buy her first fountain pen 3 weeks ago. She now owns 7 fountain pens

I feel like I should be concerned

c-gen

#it was either that or gel pens

Gel pens are the reason why it took me so long to convince her. She loved her gel pens. To the average person, gel pens are the best pen they can think of, and couldn't even imagine another option.

c-gen

She is already saying "$500 is probably the most I'll spend on a pen right now"

GIRL slow down. A month ago your idea of a nice pen was a Pilot G2, you don't need to jump into the deep end so fast

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