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I wish depression were an emergency. I wish someone could take one look at how sick I am and go “oh my god, we need to get you to a hospital!” and then when we get there I get rushed into surgery and the surgeons say “it’s a good thing you brought her here when you did, this is a seriously advanced case” and then they put me under and spend the next ten hours pulling metres of long, sticky black strands of gunk out of my body, throwing it immediately into an incinerator so that it can’t infect anyone else. And then they could stitch me back up and I could rest a few days, and when I leave the hospital everyone can see how much better I am and they congratulate me saying “well done, you’ve been so brave, I’m so glad you’re ok. I love you.”

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Sister post to The Vitamin

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the new york times is now charging money for my favorite chocolate cake recipe so i bought a subscription and screenshotted it and canceled my subscription and now it's here for you for free

i do a mixture of red wine and fresh squeezed navel orange juice for the liquid, plus the zest of one large orange. now you make the cake

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Recipe transcript:

Yield: 8 servings

ingredients

3/4c or 177 mll extra virgin olive oil, plus more for greasing the pan

1/2 cup or 118 mll Earl Grey tea, or use coffee, dry red wine, orange juice, or water

1/2 cup or 50 grams Dutch processed cocoa powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp fine sea salt

1 cup or 200 grams granulated sugar

3 large eggs at room temperature

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons or 135 grams all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

preparation

step 1 heat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch round pan and line the bottom with parchment paper

step 2: in a medium saucepan over high heat, bring tea or other liquid to a simmer, then turn off heat. whisk in cocoa, cinnamon, and salt until smooth, then set aside to cool

step 3: in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine sugar, olive oil, eggs, and vanilla. beat for about 3 minutes. reduce speed and pour in cocoa mixture, scraping down the sides of the bowl. gradually beat in flour and baking soda until just incorporated.

step 4: scrape batter into prepared pan and bake until the sides are set but it's still slightly damp in the center, 35 to 45 minutes. A cake tester should come up clean but with a few sticky chocolate crumbs clinging to it. Transfer cake pan to a wire rack and let cake cool completely in pan.

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Buying gifts for people is terrible. You start out thinking “what would make them happiest to recieve?” or “if I were in their postition, what would I want?” but then the answer to both of those questions is “a magical sword that has Powers” and they don’t sell those at the mall

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What your favourite season of house says about you

Season 1:

You like a medical procedural and there’s nothing wrong with that!

Often, you try and guess what the final diagnosis of the episode will be.

You watch house as a comfort show.

The un-self-aware charm of early 2000s television appeals to you.

I feel like you own a dvd player and/or an oversized blazer.

You watch 2002 interviews with Hugh Laurie on youtube.

Season 2:

“This is when the show really hits it stride”

Love an ethical argument, you’re the type of person who brings up the Trolley Problem in casual conversation.

You’d never say “I told you so,” but you’d think it.

You will defend Cameron with your whole chest (As you should)

LOVE clinic duty scenes.

The ducklings>

Love how the Stacy arc gives more context to what House was like before the infarction.

Meta girlies!

Season 3:

Camchase <3

You have indulged in livejournal and tv board posts from 2006.

You have a Tumblr tag called something like “difficult people I love.”

You have a complicated relationship with justice and probably don’t think Tritter was entirely wrong.

You believe that the depiction of House’s Vicodin addiction is the most nuanced and realistic in s3.

You psychoanalyse everyone in your life.

One day one room is a masterpiece.

Season 4:

You crave structural disruption.

New team > old team and you’ll die on this hill.

You’ve reblogged the “what is my necklace made of?” gifset more than once

Forever mourning the 8 episodes cut due to the writer’s strike

You think Kutner and Taub are more emotionally complex than they get credit for, and you're mad about what happens next.

Bawled your eyes out to House’s head/ Wilson’s heart.

You can write 3k words on the use of the bus as metaphor.

You are deeply loyal to underdog characters and niche side ships.

Justice for Amber.

Season 5:

You think season 5 is objectively the best season.

Thirteen is one of your favourite characters and you love her dynamic with House.

You would defend your favourite episode in a PowerPoint presentation and close with a quote that makes everyone cry.

The thought of hallucination Amber crosses your mind constantly.

Thinks that Birthmarks is very underrated.

Season 6:

“Broken 1&2 are the best episodes of television ever made”

You have a complicated relationship with hope.

You would watch an Alvie spinoff.

Dr Nolan>

You think the show should’ve ended at s6.

House with short hair is hot.

Season 7:

You have read the thunder mountain 7x01 pdf.

You vibe with Rachel Cuddy.

You have multiple theories about narrative sabotage and have used the phrase “narrative whiplash” in earnest.

THE ACTING IN AFTER HOURS DESERVES EVERY AWARD EVER MADE!!!!!!

We don’t talk about bombshells.

Possibly an editor? I feel like there’s a lot of s7 scene packs.

You believe fanfiction can fix what the writers ruined.

The bathtub scene.

Can't justify the car 'incident', and consequently miss Cuddy deeply in s8.

Season 8:

You’re a contrarian

Emotional truth can justify tonal inconsistency.

“The last 5 minutes were perfection”

You think the 8x01, twenty vicodin is overlooked.

You love Park. You defend Adams. You ship them if you’re feeling brave.

You feel excluded from the fandom

Love Chase (He has an entire episode named after him in s8!!)

You think House and Wilson’s relationship is the show’s real love story and this season finally acknowledged it.

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hey does anybody want to see my collection of slightly distorted pictures of cats as viewed through glasses

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too late i’ve decided for you that you do

here they are

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kpdh text post memes, huntr/x (+polytrix) edition

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The unaired original season 7 House premiere Thunder Roadtrip (and the beach photos)

There’s a lot of conflicting info about the scrapped Season 7 premiere of House MD. As the wiki notes, it is heavily believed that that Thunder Roadtrip never actually existed, and that it was just a decoy created for publicity.

However, Thunder Roadtrip was a real episode that was filmed and later scrapped and replaced with Now What and here is why: 1. The PDF of the script The PDF of the script originally was leaked in around 2011. In the 14 years that have passed, it has been increasingly difficult to get obtain a copy. I found it! Through the magic of live journal sleuthing, (google drive if anybody wants to read). The PDF contains an earlier and later drafts of the script. It's full length and very polished. It is too complete and specific to be a decoy, and not widely circulated enough to serve as one. 2. The beach photos In the widely circulated pics of Hugh and Lisa shooting on the beach (Really the basis of the decoy theory, also - the sunglasses omg) you can see the slate in the background says 37 which corresponds with the beach bonfire scene from the episode.

Filming on a public beach in the middle of summer? That’s not exactly subtle. In 2010, House was the biggest show in the world and Huddy speculation was off the charts. Shooting on location like that was definitely feeding the frenzy. From my livejournal sleuthing, I speculate that once the photos sparked more tabloid Hugh/Lisa affair rumours than they expected, the team walked back the whole thing and claimed it was never real. Not sure why they didn't just say it was a deleted episode instead of leaning into the PR decoy narrative. But I digress. 3. Footage on location This youtube upload shows a fan-captured video of them filming on location in July 2010. There's multiple takes, extras, a full-crew, cameras etc. It would be pretty ott for a pr stunt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WDqgkOSaLQ&t=73s&ab_channel=whatsuplisae 4. Literally, what is the point? The decoy theory falls apart when you actually think about the season 7 premiere we actually received. The only major “reveal” is that House and Cuddy get together. But Thunder Roadtrip also opens with them in bed, after 6x22 Help Me (I think some of this footage is likely reused from the original ep). If the point was to throw off spoilers, this “decoy” does nothing to conceal that. There's no other reveal that needed protecting. So… what would they even be decoying? I guess the real question is why they cut the episode at such a delayed point in production? I have several theories, but am keen to hear yours!