life: made of waffle cones since 2005

18+ writer on Wurundjeri and Bunurrong lands, scadian, music lover, filthy queer, dirty feminist and complete dork. Any pronouns you like. More than a little bit odd. This blog has no theme. Numerous fandoms, politics, language, history and other nerdery within.

[kata4a]

im just so exhausted

[kata4a]

that said, a novel where all the characters were neurotic and horrible to each other in a specifically overtherapized sort of way could go really hard I think

[official-kircheis]

tony soprano

[celestial-tapir]

two massive fillets of snapper marked down to under $5 that need to be cooked today?! challenge accepted

[amarguerite]

sorry if this was mentioned in the novel, but why do you think mr knightley would be pro-enclosure? been a while since i read emma

No it was never mentioned in the novel— it’s like… 100% vibes based to be honest.

So.. to explain: I think Darcy, who already has crazy amounts of land to manage wouldn’t feel any pressing need to enclose the commons. His sense of noblesse oblige, his own understanding of the land under his management, and how all of his dependents think he’s absolutely amazing gives me the vibe that even if he was feeling pressure to increase his income/ grow his holdings/ etc he wouldn’t find enclosure to be the right and moral choice. If anyone did try to pressure him into it, he would balk even further. He also seems to have a lot of liquid net worth since he could bribe Wickham a huge sum of money without too much difficulty getting his hands on it.

From there I thought: well, Knightley does not have a lot of liquid net worth, to the point where he doesn’t keep horses— which is one of the first and most important status markers of the gentry (he walks everywhere, having “no horses, having little spare money and a great deal of health, activity, and independence”

His money is all tied up in the land, which he is constantly reshaping in the novel.

Knightley’s “downright, decided, commanding sort of manner” also leads me to think he is less, like Darcy, instinctively interested in the particulars of the situation and what the right thing is to do in that situation and that situation only, but more interested in a unified system that applies everywhere. He also seems more class-conscious than Darcy, which I didn’t expect until I was skimming Emma for mentions of Knightley to answer the question. That is, Darcy finds a lot of people beneath him but it’s always due to their behavior. Knightley kind of automatically buys into the class system and thinks Harriet isn’t an appropriate friend for Emma at first, and then thinks Harriet is insane for hoping for a higher ranking gentleman than the farmer Robert Martin. He goes on quite a tear about how Harriet is inferior to Robert Martin.

He’s also very involved in the details of changing the estate when he talks with his brother- so I think he would be more focused on how enclosure would practically help the estate. It solves a lot of problems and he knows best how to manage all the land so why not enclose it?

[abalidoth]

Guy who has to one-up everything: yeah, well, I had couscouscous for dinner last night

[thejawsdevour]

Abigail Goldman (American) - Enough (acrylic paint and assorted plastics, 2023)

[caspercryptid]

The really unfortunate thing about mental health progress is that sometimes you realize you've made it in the form of "wow, I haven't felt this bad in a fucking while"

[caspercryptid]

On the one hand it's a bit of a pick me up in a dark place to know that this will pass because it has passed before on the other hand sometimes it isn't entirely a pleasant thought to go "wow, I used to feel like this all the time. That was pretty fucking bad. It's pretty bad right now too also."

[caspercryptid]

Someday your current baseline will be the sort of thing you consider A Really Bad Day. It does get better.

[indouscurse]

you have to consciously unlearn racism and continue to watch for it because it will come out without realizing. because so much of society is structured around it. shrugging and going "i dont care" or "i dont know how else to say it" means you are okay with being racist and hurting other people with how much you dont give a shit about them.

[phantomrose96]

job interviewer: would you be willing to destroy and betray yourself for nothing?

[maimonideznuts]

The fact that geese manage to actually scare so many people is such an interesting example of the predator instinct to avoid a confident animal.

Because we are predators, and Geese are prey animals with hollow bones, no teeth, and no claws. What they do have are wings to make them look bigger and a fuck off attitude. That attitude works on most people apparently.

Just "I'm gonna getcha" and as a species we fall for it almost every time.

[gremlinwithakeyboard]

Yeah they don't have teeth but they do have serrated edges on their bills that can act like teeth. They also apparently have spines on their tongue.

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Probably still not much of a threat to adults, but they do have some tools to Get You with.

[kedreeva]

They do hit with their wings (which can really bruise), and they do absolutely have nails on those feet and they can cause damage with them.

But it's still funny that people are scared of them, because like... They're just not that big.

And "serrated" break is a bit of an exaggeration. It's ridged, there are bumps along the sides but they're made for grinding water plant stems, not chewing meat or anything. They have a pretty good pinch pressure, but of all the birds I've been bitten by, geese aren't high on the list of a threat.

But humans, as predators, want to avoid being hurt *at all.* Because an injury means not being able to hunt and not being able to hunt means potentially starving to death.

But geese are so so so easy to not get hurt by, and that's why it's funny.

[theeyesinthenight]

so what i'm HEARING is that i could disrupt the social order of a group of people I was in by charging the goose right back bc it objectively doens't hurt that bad?

[kedreeva]

I mean. You could if you're an asshole.

The best way to not get hurt by geese is to leave them alone and respect that they're living things that don't want to be messed with.

But they're also exceptionally easy to befriend, if you're not an asshole to them. The problem is most people don't know how to not be an asshole to geese. Therein lies the rub.

[kedreeva]

#many of the replies on this post were#very clearly written by a person who has never been chased by geese (via @itischeese)

You are 100% right, I have never been chased by a goose, not once in 41 years, because I wouldn't run from a fucking goose, and it cannot chase you if you don't run.

Geese are literally just animals. Here is me with one of my friend's geese many years ago.

They are not evil, they are not mean, they are not out to get you. They are animals. They are prey animals. They are defensive of their territory, their nests (because how would you like it if a giant invaded your nursery to look at your sleeping baby?? would you be super nice about it?? Would you gracefully and peacefully handle just Some Guy you don't know coming into your nursery against your will to look at and pick up your screaming kid?? like it's not even unreasonable behavior, people are just mad because it's an animal and they have weird beliefs about animals all having to allow human interaction), and their mates.

but they are literally just animals.

I would never be chased by a goose, because I don't run, but also because I leave them alone. And the few times I have had to interact, I was polite and they responded in kind.

A mated pair with 8 goslings in the narrow road I needed get down? PRIME candidates for being the "mean goose" everyone claims exists.

Yet, they moved politely out of the road when I got out and shooed them to the side, and they brought their muppet kids over to say hello when I greeted them properly. I gave them a few goose-safe treats and went on my way. No chasing, no attacking, no biting. One of the parents hissed a few times, but still bowed back when I bowed first.

I saw a lone goose in an Aldi parking lot earlier this year, and I brought over a cup of water and set it down, then backed away. It kept its distance while I was setting the cup down, but waddled right over to drink once I backed off. Didn't hiss once. Didn't chase me. Didn't try to get me.

Like, it's literally so easy to not be hurt by geese. I'm not talking out my ass; I've interacted with or been near so many geese and I've NEVER seen an actually aggressive one- only geese being harassed by humans into a provoked reaction.

I'm sorry to the people who got chased by one as a four year old or whatever and never recovered, but that's a you and/or your parents problem for bothering or allowing you to bother wild animals. Calling geese evil and nasty and mean because your parents allowed you to act inappropriately around animals as a toddler is an anthropomorphization that continues a cycle of wildlife harassment, because people feel justified in harassing "bad" animals.

And acting like I (or others) only think geese are not mean because I've never been chased by one is an excellent example of having fallen for their defensive mechanisms, as well as an excellent example of the attitude people have about geese that leads to people harassing and consequently getting attacked by geese.

So again..... leave them alone. You'll find them a lot more pleasant, and they'll like you a lot more.

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[liarsblade]

Love a character who is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy but another secret third thing.

[liarsblade]

Guy who can be relied upon to make the right choice 98% of the time but God that 2% is a fucking doozy.

[unidentifiablelifeform]

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[cryptotheism]

Is there any popular occult movement from the 19th century that Blavatsky DIDN'T have an influence on?

Electro therapy?

I'm not even joking the answer is probably no.

[scottcamofficial]

[dogposts]

[vyvilha]

i like when people say that the universality of campbell's hero's journey only applies to western mythology/folklore. brother, i am going to hold your hand when i say this... it doesn't apply there too

[alethialia]

At a time when Netflix is getting roundly criticized for forcing its shows to treat the audience like we have all of two brain cells to rub together, The Vampire Lestat is out here volleying everything from 70s gay references to 1700s Dutch Republic references at the speed of light while saying, "You don't get it? Well, that's a fucking you problem."

And I love that for us.

[gyrovagi]

the problem with employment is it gives you money to purchase video games but it takes away your time to play video games. Mao spoke of this