Chandeliers of Hope

A boring day must've brought you here.

[asia1ei]

past tense of william shakespeare? william shookspeare

[the-cloud-road]

Wouldiwas Shookspeared

[canthinkofaurl-deactivated20221]

delete this

[fuck-customers]

Lmao this American girl walked up to a Hungry Jacks (Burger King) register with her drink and really, really loudly (I was at the other side of the place) proclaimed: “I asked for Lemonade, you gave me Sprite” in a really bitchy, entitled voice.

The cashier (and everyone within earshot) just looked at her like “the fuck is wrong with you”

In Australia, Sprite IS lemonade as far as we’re concerned.

Enjoy your 90c refund you cheap ass ho.

[jhenne-bean]

“Sprite IS lemonade as far as we’re concerned”

[freshest-tittymilk]

@fleamont can you verify?

[movednowbye-deactivated20221103]

Yeah this is correct. Lemonade is sprite. Clear fizzy liquid type thing. Solo is closer to what American lemonade is but we don’t actually have what you guys consider lemonade anyway so she was never going to get what she wanted lmao.

[freshest-tittymilk]

Y'ALL AIN’T GOT LEMONADE?!?!??

madness…

[kingjaffejoffer]

“we don’t actually have what you guys consider lemonade“

[thetallblacknerd]

That entire continent exists on a different realm of existence

[blasianxbri]

What the… Lmao

[yosoyleche]

Why is it called lemonade then? 🤔

[fiontan]

@casualswfan What is wrong with you guys?

[seascrapes]

IT IS THE SAME DAMN THING. You Yankees and your fifty brands of the same :P

[fiontan]

LEMONADE AND SPRITE ARE NOTHING ALIKE

[verdytai]

Things heating up in the drink fandom

[fairytalesandimaginings]

I’m pretty sure the same is true in the UK at least was in 2010 except Sprite didn’t seem to be a common brand so I’d ask for Sprite get blank looks eventually figured out to ask for lemonade 

[questions-within-questions]

Sprite is a recognised brand here, but it’s not omnipresent, it is also considered a brand of lemonade.

[larena]

This is fucked up.

[tparadox]

Sprite: lemon-lime soda (pop/carbonated beverage). Lemonade: lemons, water, and sugar. Still.

[zarekthelordofthefries]

LEMONADE IS NOT CARBONATED WHATT HEFUCC CK ARE YOU ALL DOIGN

[taiey]

Living? Sensibly?

Also on what planet does Sprite have lime in it.

[romansnow]

Sprite, the lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage, is made on Earth.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System’s four terrestrial planets, and the only astronomical object known to harbor Sprite.

The people of Earth are known as “Earthlings” or “Spriteloids” interchangeably (although not to each other).

[elsandifer]

At least in the UK, if you order lemonade you’ll sometimes get Sprite, but if it’s proper it’s a lemon soda akin to the Italian gassosa - less sweet than Sprite.

[froborr]

Oh shit, I’ve had gassosa, it’s AMAZING.

[elexuscal]

I just want to say that the whole ‘lemonade and Sprite are interchangeable’ is pretty common throughout Asia as well, in my experience

[kingkilling-and-stormlight]

@bre-e-e-e what madness is this?!?!?!?!

[bre-e-e-e-deactivated20170219]

@kingkilling-and-stormlight so… what you are all saying is. Lemonade is … not fizzy… in America?

[lierdumoa]

You guys have orange juice at least, right? Grapefruit juice? In the US, Lemonade is a juice, like orange juice, but made with lemons instead of oranges. You can buy “fresh squeezed lemonade” at many restaurants and fast food venues. Typically it’s diluted a bit with sugar water, so the sour flavor of the raw lemon juice isn’t so overpowering. 

In the south, it’s very common for people buy whole lemons and make their own lemonade at home using a citrus juicer.

[monanotlisa]

In Germany, you’d ask for “Limonade” and yeah, you may get a Sprite or a Fanta; it’ll always be a fizzy nonalcoholic drink and usually come in lemon, lime, orange flavor. Only in healthfood or hipster establishments would it ever be an actual juice drink.

[minim-calibre]

As a fan of homemade rosewater lemonade, I am twitching at the thought of sickly sweet carbonated beverages that taste like they were invented by someone who may have been in the same room as a citrus fruit once but can’t remember what it actually tastes like being called lemonade.

[orcasocks-blog]

Wtf did y'all think beyonce was talking about????

[scuttleboat]

oh wow I hadn’t even considered that. Like millions of people worldwide hearing the album title but not understanding what lemonade means even on the most superficial level.

[maramcgregor]

This is so epically disturbing. Lemonade is such an integral part of spring and summertime. I just … this breaks my brain and my heart. The cultural references too. Just, all the American shows that reference lemonade and people in other countries are thinking Sprite? There’s a reason kids do freshly squeezed lemonade stands. You can’t buy it like that from a store. And there’s nothing quite like screwing it up and getting the sugar ratio wrong. And parents grinning through the too sour or too sweet mess and praising your efforts. Lemonade Is a Thing.

[fastphoridae]

Wait does that mean Aussies make Shandies with sprite?????

[pandor-pandorkful]

Does this mean a significant portion of the global population don’t know what to do when life hands you lemons?

[fozmeadows]

Yes, Australians make Shandies with our carbonated soft drink lemonade, though if you’re using it as a mixer, you’re less likely to be using Sprite and more likely to be using Schweppes, which looks like this:

Like. We absolutely have a concept of flat, juice-based lemonade, but as an earlier commenter said, it’s a niche hipster speciality rather than the default, and even then, it’s still going to be premade rather than fresh. 

[jeremiagoeswoah]

OH GOD THAT’S WHY AMERICAN CHILDREN CAN MAKE IT AND SELL IT SO EASILY. I ALWAYS WONDERED HOW KIDS COULD MAKE A CARBONATED DRINK AT HOME.

[ryblogs]

[allnjstn-deactivated20250522]

Reblogging for Beyonce. This thread is gold.

[gaycoffeelover]

@cresselian

[zlodiy-chasu]

@cloudheadedcreep I never thought about this till now. But it’s fucking true, Canada may not be ready but astrilasia is the definition of imaginary

[chandeliers-hope]

Wow. In Italy a lemonade is lemon juice (limonata). But you would never find it in a restaurant or a fast food, you have to make it yourself... Or, if you go to a restaurant or a bar, you may ask for a glass of water and a slice of lemon in it. If you want a carbonated drink, you must ask for a Sprite or a Lemonsoda or some other brand.

[chandeliers-hope]

Sherlock: *Hermione voice*

Sherlock: It's "amo", not "ammo"

[obiwan-kenobabe]

I made a Star Wars vine compilation because what the heck

[knicks-knacks]

@findmeinthealps

[najaaozixxjsiaaiaiia]

[intheheatherbright]

Costume. Chitons.

[intheheatherbright]

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

[killerchickadee]

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

[treewizarded]

that genuinely is it

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

[sourcefieldmix-deactivated20161]

lets bring back sheetwares

[hostagesandsnacks]

also chlamys:

and exomis:

[hidingthemane-deactivated201801]

trust the ancients to make a fashion statement out of straight cloth and nothing but pins

[fictitiousfake]

J.K Rowling said that her inspiration for Hagrid came from when she was 19  in a pub in the west country and this terrifying looking guy came in with these other biker guys and the only thing he talked to J.K about was how his cabbages were getting on

[useless-italyfacts-blog]

There’s no such thing as “pepperoni” in Italy, even though it is a corruption of the Italian word “peperoni” (sweet peppers). The most similar Italian food is “salame piccante” (spicy salami).

[tedywestside]

Then how do i order a pepperoni and pineapple pizza next time I’m in Italy?

[itsjaneshepard]

@tedywestside your pepperoni pizza is “pizza con salame piccante” and pinapple pizza is “ho bisogno di andare in chiesa a confessare i miei peccati pizza”

[linguistisch]

[chandeliers-hope]

You simply DO NOT put pineapple on pizza. That’s not a pizza, it’s a sin. Italians would never eat that. 

Pizza with pepperoni exists and is good: you can also call it “pizza alla diavola”.

[pizza]

if ur ever feeling embarrassed just remember in 2007 i got caught standing in my grandparents fireplace throwing dirt at my feet saying ‘diagon alley’

[cybergata]

[3frraa-deactivated20170721]

scary how fast someone can mean so much to you

[its-fucking-peanut]

scary how fast you can mean nothing to someone

[milesjai-deactivated20190613]

scary how fast i switched my car insurance to geico 

[bitchycode]

[little-vvitch]

this is the 2016 apology post. reblog in 45 seconds and 2016 will apologize to you in the form of money.

[clayaire-deactivated20210206]

2016 U OWE ME

[championed]

today is national birds day so i want to take this time to honor the best song ever written, birds by coldplay. thank you

[find-the-beauty-within]

The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

[priincessolivee-deactivated2025]

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

I feel like minor acts of kindness and good intentions are really important on days like this. 

[cheese24k]

[cuddleing-deactivated20121203]

i lost it with the salad

[ohai-mg]

completely lost it at the gravy

[novakian]

are you srs i couldn’t make it past the brussels sprouts

[alittlebitofshipping]

All I could even say is wtf is wrong with Billy, my god.

[stop-hammerkind]

“Billy needs therapy”

[chvrizard-deactivated20141230]

I literally started crying

[akajustmerry]

“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”  ― Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow: 8 Stories

Happy 163rd Birthday, Sherlock Holmes!  Born: 6th January 1854.

[ricamora-falahee]

Viola Davis attends a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 5, 2017 in Hollywood, California.