Chin Up, Petal

The world is getting a lot of people down - this blog is my place to post things that are cool, positive, calming, fun and most definitely NOT political. If you have an issue with anything I post please direct it to my main blog at hypotheticalwoman.tumblr.com, and I'll deal with it there.

[strangeandrandompolls]

You've been turned into an animal

Spin the wheel to find out which

Do you like the animal you've turned into?

I love it

I like it

Indifferent

I don't like it

I hate it

Voting ended onMay 16, 2025

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

immortality as theft (you have to steal life from something else) immortality as parasitism (there is something else inside You that is keeping you alive and you become less of yourself more and more the longer it stays in you) immortality as violence (everything is trying to kill you because everything is supposed to die and the universe will always try to find a way to right the wrong that is You) you understand

[ninewheels]

#at least once a month I think about that one post about laminating a paper towel#and how that makes it immortal but also forever prevents it from fulfilling its true purpose#yes you will live. but at the cost of everything that makes you You

(courtesy of noknowshame)

[chinuppetal]

immortality as stagnation (there is something in you keeping you alive and technically it could do that forever but only if you don't actually use it for anything else, like stopping the pain or helping people. Every time you use the thing you wear out a little more, like a battery.)

[melisafroggg]

[chinuppetal]

if you have not seen Promare then See It

[quantum-dragon]

[crazylittlejester]

please….. please everyone im losing my fucking shit

Where do you store your bread

On the counter/in the pantry

The fridge

The freezer

I put half in the freezer half on the counter

Some other place

I don’t eat bread/results

Voting ended onMay 13, 2025

reblogs for reach are so so so appreciated i want this to get to as many people as possible im trying to gather data

[scavengerridley]

Natalie Portman being confused by the fact that you have to say “hi” to someone before starting a conversation in France got me like ?????

[jmenfoot]

“I feel there’s a lot of rules of politeness and codes of behavior there you have to follow. […] A friend of mine taught me that when you go in some place you have to say “bonjour” before you say anything else, then you have to wait two seconds before you say something else. So if you go into a store you can’t be like “do you have this in another size,” or they’ll think you’re super rude and then they’ll be rude to you.” [X]

[there-is-irony-everywhere]

#wait you don’t do this is other countries??

[emilievitnux]

So that’s it guys. French are not rude, we just don’t like it when people don’t say “Hello” or “Hi” when they start a conversation. 

Don’t everyone say “Hi” before they ask something to someone? What’s next? Saying please is also a french thing or others countries does that too? 

[vintagegalpal]

Canada is similar. We say sorry and please. The Hello thing seems strange, but it actually makes sense.

[mayitbeaneveningstar-deactivate]

Bro, this threw me for a loop when I moved up north. Like in the southern United States you say “Hi, how are you?” And then make a few seconds of small talk before you ask your question or order your food and when I went to Connecticut they were like “What do you want?” Without any hello or anything. In other places they just STARE at you waiting on you to place your order and gtfo.

I laid my hand over my chest the first time, and the only way to describe my look was “aghast” before I said “Good lord!” My husband said it’s the most southern thing he’s seen me do. He thought it was hilarious. But…. Like??? That’s rude as fuck??????? Don’t y'all say say “Hello” before throwing your demands at someone??

[bye9000-deactivated20170123]

maybe this is why everyone thinks new yorkers are rude

[darkseid-deactivated20190806]

this is absolutely why ppl think new englanders r rude. no one has any fucking manners

[vmprsm]

african culture, at least in ghana, demands you greet a person before you ask them something. if youre in an open market they may even ignore you if you dont.

[fluffmugger]

We do this in Australia as well. If you just started straight off saying “yeah I want XXXX” we’d think you’re rude as all fuck.  You say hi, then make your request.  It’s basic acknowledgement of the other person as a person rather than some random request-filling machine.

[xparrot]

Huh. Speaking as a New Englander, I usually go with “Excuse me,” but sometimes “hi” or “hey,” but with no pause – it’ll be, “Excuse me, hi, I was looking for X?” From my POV, it seems rude to get too chatty and waste some stranger’s time; I assume they have better things to do than make small talk with me, so I just get my request out there so they can answer me and get back to whatever needs doing. I always thank folks for their help afterwards, if that helps?

(The rules of etiquette are strange. People say New Englanders are rude and cold, but once during an unexpected snowstorm here in Seattle, my car got stuck and I was standing by the side of the road at a busy intersection in the snow for half an hour waiting for my housemate to come pick me up, and not a single person stopped. Back in Massachusetts, every other car on the road would’ve been pulling up to check to see if I was okay, if my phone was working, did I need a lift, etc.)

[survivablyso]

No but this was the first thing my cousin told me in France? you never ever ever start a conversation with anyone, not even like “Nice weather today, huh?” without saying Bonjour first. You HAVE to greet them or, just like Ghana, they’ll ignore the shit out of you, you rude little fucker

(And “excuse me” or “pardon me” doesn’t cut it. you still have to open with bonjour)

[and I can’t speak for New England but coming from Chicago and then moving Out West where the culture is VERY influenced by the South and DETERMINED to think of themselves as small town folk… I HATE when I have to make small talk before ordering food??? Like, if it’s a coffee shop that’s pretty much empty I’ll chit chat for a few seconds, but I’m still not going to make inane conversation about the weather unless the weather is extreme.

In a big city it is rude as fuck to waste my time making small talk with me when we are not even friends or neighbors??? I am here to get shit done. There are four other people in line behind me, and I don’t want to waste their time. I am here, I HAVE MY ORDER ALREADY DECIDED BY THE TIME I GET TO THE FRONT BECAUSE I AM NOT A CAVE WOMAN, and I am being polite by saying both Please and Thank You and not wasting other people’s daylight.]

[teapotsahoy]

I live in a small northern city, and I feel it would be rude to engage someone in more than maaaaaybe a sentence of small talk before placing my order. In addition to feeling I was wasting their time, I’d feel like I was demanding emotional labour (small-talk is emotional labour for *me*) that they weren’t being paid to give.

[giandujakiss-deactivated2021081]

so bizarre.  New Yorker here.  Saying hi, how are you, etc before these kinds of commercial interactions is what’s rude to me - because ffs, there are people in line behind you, we have lives, move it along.  It’s really just a dramatic cultural difference - but borne of a real practical necessity.

[feminismandhappiness]

Oh my god saying ‘hi’ takes less than A SINGLE SECOND YOU ARE NOT WASTING ANYBODY’S TIME In Spain you have to say hello to people before you talk to them even people who work in retail deserve that bare minimum courtesy hello??

[animatedamerican]

Transplanted New Yorker here, and the feeling here is: people who work in retail deserve the bare minimum courtesy you would afford anyone else, which is to not waste their time.  You maybe say a half-second “hi” and/or possibly “excuse me” to be sure you have their attention, then you get to the point as quickly and concisely as possible.  You don’t wait to get a “hi” back, you probably don’t ask “how are you”, you definitely don’t talk about the weather.  You smile and keep your tone of voice courteous-to-friendly, you say please, you thank them when you’re done, and you do. not. waste. their. time.

Except ”time” is really only shorthand for the concept:  you don’t intrude on their lives more than you have to.  NY is a very very crowded city which allows for very little personal space, so New Yorkers have developed a form of courtesy that involves minimizing our unavoidable intrusions on each other.  Which is why we hold doors without making eye contact, and why we tend to feel that in any interaction with a stranger, it’s actively rude to do anything but get to the point immediately.

[dalniente]

Interesting discussion of regional differences in conversational convention.  But the amount of “my way is the right way; everyone else is super rude and also wrong” going on in this post is giving me hives.  

Hey.  Listen.  "Polite” and “rude” are relative concepts.  Something you were taught was rude may not be seen as rude elsewhere, and might even be the polite thing to do.  Conversely, something you might have been taught was polite might be seen as rude elsewhere.  Saying “no one has any manners” about a group of people whose culture and, by extension, whose conversational expectations work differently than yours is really arrogant. 

[yamitamiko]

In the US the thumbs up means good job or great. In France and Germany it means one, they start counting with the thumb instead of the index finger. In Greece it’s an obscene sexual gesture.

This guy I knew in college worked with the campus d/Deaf/HoH group and told a story about the dinner they had to welcome everyone in. They were trying to tell this little old lady what one of the dishes was, something casserole I forget what kind, and she was getting really flustered. Finally they figured out they were speaking to her in ASL and she was from South Africa. The ASL sign for whatever it was (spinach maybe?) in South African Sign means sex. They were offering this little old lady a sex casserole.

There’s an Italian toast ‘chin chin’, mimicking the sound of the glasses clinking together. It becomes hilarious when Japanese folks are around since in Japanese chin means penis.

As for the South, I will bet you anything that how we have conversations at the register stemmed from the homestead days when a farmer would come in to town maybe once a month and this would be the only time they’d get to talk to someone they didn’t live with. I like talking with customers! If I can get them to smile then it’s a victory and I have a better day for it. It only becomes emotional labor if they’re an outright ass or are sexually harassing me. But in the big crammed city of New York it makes sense to take the get your shit and get out approach, people have a subway to catch. Out here I had to drive myself anyway since it’s fifteen minutes to the edge of town from where I live, so what does it matter if I spend an extra minute at the register?

It’s important to be aware of the differences and ultimately there’s a degree of ‘when in Rome’ that has to happen. Someone who moves from Greece to the US is going to be startled by the amount of thumbs up but ultimately they’re going to have to adjust. Someone from the US is probably going to be shocked that telling someone they did a good job was taken as an insult and they similarly are going to have to adjust. Mom’s a damn Yankee transplant and said it was weird moving to the South and having cashiers younger than her daughter call her dear, but that’s just what we do. Sweetheart, darling, honey, sugar, they don’t have overtly romantic/sexual connotations here. As long as there’s not a leer attached to it if a guy calls me ‘sugar’ when I’m at work it doesn’t parse as a flirt because it’s not one, it parses the same as if he called me ‘miss’. But when a busload of Californians came through it took me three people to realize that ‘baby’ was not flirting, it was just California. NOTHING is universal.

This is the biggest place I’ve ever worked so it took some getting used to, like any skill, but even being socially awkward it’s easy to tell what scripts to follow. Test the waters, if they don’t respond then okay this is a move them through kind of person, be quick and efficient and to the point, feel good when they smile at ‘last question I promise, do you want your receipt’. If they do then pull out the five small talk scripts, get a smile, feel good when they laugh at the cat small talk script.

It’s also important to note that claiming your culture’s way of doing polite right is a fantastic way to fall into some really bigoted nonsense. In Puerto Rico the personal bubble is much smaller than in the US proper, like RIGHT at your elbow close. I had a cashier who was super uncomfortable because our steward was getting in her personal space constantly and he was pissed off because he was trying to HELP her with moving orders why is she mad at him? Once I sat them down and explained the difference they both had this aw shit moment because from their own standpoints they were being polite and from the others’ standpoints they were being rude. After that they were fine, when he got a little too close she’d say ‘whoa man my bubble’ and he’d laugh and shake is head and step back.

Lots of non-white cultures have things like that, particularly since white America has serious problems with sexualizing ANY physical contact to the point we’re all touch starved. The normal speaking voice is at a higher volume or it’s more acceptable to show your emotions or gesture when you speak. None of this is WRONG, but when people star getting into ‘my culture is the only right culture’ then guess who comes out on top? It ain’t the little guy.

[curlicuecal]

One of my labmates was from Poland, and she had a tendency to come off as kind of abrupt and brusk, verging on mean. In particular, when she was providing feedback on a presentation or paper she could come across as SUPER cutting. Which was not her intention! From the way she would explain it, we had a running joke in the lab, “it sounds nicer in Polish.”

And this is actually true; there are scientific articles comparing the cultural contexts for communication! It’s really neat.

So in (most parts of) America, we equate indirectness with politeness. “Excuse me, would it be possible for you to perhaps pass me that salt, if you don’t mind?” The more roundabout you are, the more we consider that a signal of social courtesy.

In Poland, not only is indirectness viewed as rudely wasting the listener’s time, but directness is viewed as communicating intimacy and friendliness. “Give me the salt.”

…It sounds nicer in Polish. :)

[sgramajo]

Omg I love this

[ahollowyear]

The Effects of Capital, Labor, and Class on Local Etiquette Across International Boundaries

[chinuppetal]

The thing is, in the UK, I find that you can basically start a conversation with basically anyone *as long as you are already talking to them*. This basically means that you need to find a reason to start the conversation, and 'hello' is just going to mean they will say 'hello' and that will be the end of it.

If you say something like 'gnarly weather, huh?' as if you're almost talking to yourself, and the person next to you at the bus stop goes, 'oh, damn, tell me about it' then now you're in a conversation, and you have someone to talk to while you wait for the bus. If they just go 'yeah' or grunt or whatever then you know they're not receptive and that's fine too, you don't pester them further.

For retail staff, if you want them to help you the polite opener is 'excuse me'. That implies that you're aware that you're bothering them. If you just march up to them and go 'where's the cereal' then that's very rude and implies they exist only to serve you and have no other work to do, of course they're going to be short with you after that, but if you say 'Excuse me', wait till you have their attention, and then say, 'I can't find the cereal aisle, can you help?' that will get you way better results.

[meow-moment]

What kind of video game NPC are you?

Small pixel sprite that loops its walking animation even when standing still

Romanceable option in a dating sim rendered in an anime-like art style

Solid-colored 8-bit shape that shoots dots at the player

Shopkeeper with a dialogue tree who gets to be rendered in extra detail

2D sprite in a 3D space that always faces the camera

Low-poly approximation of a bloodthirsty humanoid monster

White text on a black background giving a short description of your appearance

Next-gen, super-realistic model of a human, with the likeness of an A-list actor

A voice over a radio giving advice and instructions, never encountered in-person

Something else (Tell me in the tags)

Voting ended onMay 6, 2025

[chinuppetal]

OK just lately when I reply to a tumblr post my reply has been appearing twice, anyone know what's up with that? The internet is no help. @staff? Any thoughts?

[teaboot]

how could you like the colour yellow

see a therapist immediately

I actually used to hate it! Like, actually despise it! Yellow was too bright, too loud, discordant, unruly, and clashed with everything. Nothing like what I wanted in my life, nothing I wanted to be.

When I first moved away from home, everything I owned was black. Jet back. As black as I could get. Smooth, cool, sleek, discrete, calm, unassuming. Flexible, cohesive, agreeable black. Fashionable black.

I had a really, really bad time. Unrelated to the decor. It was my first year out of a toxic place I'd grown used to my whole life, my first year acknowledging a mental illness I'd believed to be normal, my first year fending for myself with very little money or sleep or companionship.

I'd grown up on instant white rice and unseasoned ground beef. One day I realized that everything I'd been raised on tasted like cardboard. While out on an assignment, I passed a tent with a woman selling spices, and bought myself some turmeric. I went home and tried making curry with it. It was so yellow.

Another time, my professor took us out to a modern art gallery. I wasn't sure what I was expecting, but when we got there, the whole building had been painted bright sunshine yellow.

The artist's theme was "happiness".

What it is. How we make it. How to share it.

All bright, lovely yellow.

The house I grew up in was beige. The walls were white. The appliances were post 9/11 stainless steel. My job was to be quiet, compliant, presentable and agreeable.

Black goes with everything. Black is neutral. Black is quiet, reserved, elegant and mysterious.

Yellow is warm. Yellow does what it wants. Yellow tastes sweet and spicy and hot and cool, like a summer breeze, like sunflower petals, powdery like dust on a long dirt road and soothing like well-worn linen.

I still like the look of black. I like the look of most colors. But I like the way that Yellow makes me feel.

Do you understand?

[raspbrrytea]

[raspbrrytea]

Thank you to everyone in the notes sharing why they love yellow!

[chinuppetal]

I have been on long term disability my entire adult life. Which is fine, but when people ask me, 'what do you do?' that means I don't have an easy answer. My brothers are a driving instructor, a car salesman and a sports coach, my sisters are a social worker and a stay at home mum. I have not done any of the classic milestones - university, job, car, house, marriage, babies - nor am I ever likely to.

And then, a while ago, I inherited a couple of thousand pounds, and I decided this was going to change. I can have different milestones. I can define 'what I do' differently.

So I threw out all the dark, worn-out clothes in my wardrobe, everything I didn't wear or even slightly didn't like, and bought myself all new clothes that were bright, that I liked, with the purpose of being a bright spot in my rainy valley town and spreading joy as hard as I possibly could.

And you know what? It worked! It gave me a purpose, people tell me they like seeing me in my bright clothes, that I even inspired some people to dress brighter themselves.

But the very first thing I bought, that the whole thing revolved around? Was a bright, school-bus yellow peacoat, that became my signature garment every spring and autumn for the next fifteen years. I eventually grew out of it, but I still have a pale yellow light raincoat suitable for late spring through early summer, which is just as good, and a yellow bakerboy hat that always gets attention whenever I wear it.

I love yellow. It's the greatest colour.

[pixelartpeach]

Important rules/tips I've learned as an adult that helped with anxiety

If people are mad at you, it's their responsibility to tell you, not your responsibility to guess

If they're mad at you in secret anyways, they're the ones in the wrong, not you

If people don't like what you're doing, it's their responsibility to tell you

If they say it's fine when it's really not, they're the ones in the wrong, not you

People are allowed to be wrong about you

If they are wrong about you, wait for them to bring it up, because if you try to, you will inevitably overcorrect

Some people are committed to misunderstanding you. You will not win arguments against them. Yes, even if you explain your point of view. They do not care. Drop it

The worst thing that will happen from a first-time offense is being told not to do it again. Maybe with a replacement if you broke something

You can improve relationships and gauge willingness to talk to you by giving compliments. It's like a daily log-in bonus and nobody thinks twice about it

Most things are better after you sleep on them

Most things are better after you have a meal

Most things are better after you shower

Your brain makes up consequences that are irrational. If the worst DOES come to pass and someone acts like they do in your head, they are overreacting, and you are entitled to say "what the fuck"

If your chest hurts after you feel like you've made a social error, that's called rejection-sensitive dysphoria. It means your anxiety is so bad that it's causing you physical pain, which is a good indicator that you're overreacting. Tense yourself, hold it for 20 seconds, let it go, then find a distraction

If you're suddenly angry at someone after you feel like you made a social error, that's also rejection-sensitive dysphoria. You are going to feel annoyed about it for awhile, but being genuinely pissed off is your anxiety trying to find something to blame to take the responsibility off your shoulders, and getting scared because it can't justify itself. Deep breaths, ask yourself how much you ACTUALLY want to be angry at that person, then find a distraction

"Sour grapes" is more healthy for you than stewing. Deciding you don't like someone who's perpetually annoyed with you, won't talk to you, etc. makes letting go of anxiety over them easier

If people don't like you, they will find reasons to be annoyed with you when they otherwise wouldn't. If people do like you, they will find reasons NOT to be annoyed with you when they otherwise would. People do not ping-pong between the two

You DO have to make a conscious choice not to think about something. If you're having trouble circling back to it, say out loud that you're done thinking about it and why. Then find a distraction

When you're upset, part of you is going to want to make false bids for attention (suddenly texting differently, heavy sighs, etc. but when someone asks you about it, you tell them it's nothing). Do not listen to it. You gain nothing from it except more misery

People like to help people they care about. It makes them feel good about themselves

If you think you're insufferable for needing help, see above. Yes, really. They get a serotonin kick from it

If you think you're insufferable for mannerisms you have, you either have to consciously choose not to do them, or accept that they're part of the package that comes with you. Being apologetic about existing does nothing except make you more miserable

If you do things you don't like when you feel meh about it, it makes it easier to do them when you hate it

If you avoid things you don't like when you feel meh about it, it reinforces and magnifies how bad it feels when you hate it

Seriously. Read those last two points again. If you can make yourself make a phone call when you've got nothing to lose, you will slowly lose that panic you get when you have to make a phone call you haven't prepared for. You do have to CONSCIOUSLY take that step

Hobbies that make you care for something get rid of that nagging feeling that you're not doing enough. Go grow some rosemary

If you don't engage with your hobbies regularly, you will feel miserable, and anxiety will spike

Hobbies are things that give you a bit of happiness. They do not have to be organized or named to do that. Go be creative in something. Play with coins. Make up lists. Start a new WIP

No one cares what you look like

If people point out things they don't like about how you look unprompted, they are being rude. You are entitled to say "what the fuck"

People who like you will find you pretty to some degree. Minor things about your appearance go completely unnoticed. Literally, scars and dots and blemishes do not register to someone who likes your company

You looking at yourself in the mirror is 10x more closely than anyone is going to look at you

If you're anxious about your body type, and you're creatively inclined, make/write an oc with that same shape. Give them nice things and make other characters love them. Put them on adventures. You'll start to see yourself in the mirror more kindly

You care about wording and perfect lines/colors way more than anyone who views your work ever will

Sometimes when you're upset, you're going to feel like not eating. Do not do that. Not eating makes you more miserable

Same with things you normally enjoy. Denying yourself helps no one. You are punishing yourself for being sad. Stop it

Both of these will take conscious decision to break the habit of. Make yourself do it anyways, and it will slowly get easier

And again, to reiterate: If someone is mad at you, it is THEIR responsibility to tell you, not your responsibility to guess

[chinuppetal]

Also, if you find yourself thinking that you don't deserve space, conversational time, a seat at a table, food, help, whatever - you deserve all of these things. You're just as good as everyone else and deserve your space in the universe just as much.

It may help to think of you anxiety as a monster in your head that is trying to hurt you, and every time you manage to ignore it, go out in that outfit that you like, make that phonecall, ask for help, whatever, you are winning a battle against the anxiety beast.

It's possible that you'll never beat it completely, because it is after all a part of you, but maybe one day you can shrink it down until it's the size of your shadow and you need never be afraid of it again.

[eiraisnthere]

Happy to report that “a new threat has emerged”. The latest development in the goat saga is that the goat is being eaten alive by birds. This has, according to experts on the news, never happened before.

[ospreyonthemoon]

It's because they're using a new hay collection method which means the hay is FULL of seedheads, which it never has been before. They basically put a gigantic pile of seeds in the middle of a park in winter, so naturally every bird in the city is like "oh shit, low effort high calorie food! Fuck yes a little treat for me" and is just homing in on the goat like a missile.

It's a great glut of food for them in the winter! Not so great for the goat, who has become an all you can eat buffet for hungry winter birds.

[ospreyonthemoon]

Birds don't normally go for the goat because its just plain hay, which isn't really edible for birds. But like. A giant seed treat is a different story.

And because nobody is allowed near the goat obviously nobody can chase off the birds. Which means all those jackdaws are going to their jackdaw mates and going "hey, did you hear there's a giant easy seed buffet in the middle of town?" Because they're very social birds who spread information like food deposits and threats, which means there's a whole network of birds who

A: know the goat exists

B: know it is full of easy calories, a rare thing in the winter months

C: know they won't be chased off it by humans all that much

D: know it is gigantic and full of nice little crevices for a little bird to rest on while they eat

Which is why there's quite so many birds flocking to it.

And the straw isn't like, deeplu glued in or anything because literally why would they? They build these goats expecting the weather and arson to be the biggest problem, they absolutely did not plan for many sharp, narrow little beaks yanking out mouthfuls of hay to get at the seeds, which is whats happening. Someone removing the hay from it has never really been like an issue. Every few birds probably dislodges like, a hand full of hay? Which really starts to build up, especially since its very hard to stop the birds now they know its there.

[tumbler-polls]

What's the time the moment you see this poll?

around 1 am/pm

around 2 am/pm

around 3 am/pm

around 4 am/pm

around 5 am/pm

around 6 am/pm

around 7 am/pm

around 8 am/pm

around 9 am/pm

around 10 am/pm

around 11 am/pm

around 12 am/pm

Voting ended onDec 15, 2023

[diaryofandnwoman]

Fruit will last 3 weeks longer….

Why You Should Keep Fruit In Mason Jars Instead Of The Containers They Come In…….

When you get your fruit home from the grocery store, the first thing you should do is remove it from the plastic containers they’ve come in and recycle them. Next, clean out your sink and fill it with water (you could also use a large bowl). Then, toss in a few tablespoons of distilled vinegar. You’ll then want to submerge your fruit in the water and let it soak for about 10 to 15 minutes. The purpose of this is to get rid of any mold or bacteria on the fruit which is what causes them to go rotten more quickly.

Once the fruit has had a nice soak, remove it from the vinegar water, transfer to a strainer, and rinse with cool water. Leave the fruit out to dry on a tea towel or paper towel. Once dry, transfer the fruit to mason jars and seal up those lids. This is the best way to make your fruit last, particularly berries, which tend to be very prone to mold and bacteria buildup.

And that’s it! Incorporating these few extra steps into preparing and storing fruit can help you eliminate food waste, save money, and keep your fridge stocked with fresh produce for much longer.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

helpful advice for people who don’t eat the entire kilo of raspberries on the ten minute walk back from the supermarket, yay!

[prohumanagenda]

I saw this post a couple months ago and tried it, and it is amazing how much longer I can keep berries now. Plus they look so pretty in the fridge!

[cugzarui]

this is not what i expected to find while searching for the time @official-megumin drank vinegar and threw up but i am not disappointed

[official-megumin]

you should know that this blog is full of whatever I feel like posting or reblogging, it has no actual theme beyond being stuff I felt like looking at

[lucky-leafeon]

The Mason jar thing is true, but the vinegar step is entirely unnecessary! Fruit washing actually is a lot less complicated than you’d think. Of course pick out any nasty berries, but you only need to wash the berries in clean water for more than 30 seconds and you’re fine. Ann Reardon at How To Cook That has a great debunking video about it, you should give it a watch! No vinegar, DEFINITELY no produce soap (which is a scam anyway) and no gadgets to “detox” your produce (also a scam). Just some nice clean water.

[chinuppetal]

Why Mason jars in particular? Will jam jars work? What about those big coffee jars with the rubber seals? The nearest thing I have to Mason jars is a couple of Kilner clip top jars and one of them is tiny and I keep watch parts in it

[memeuplift]

[shortgaything]

QUICK. RB THIS WITH THE FIRST SONG LYRIC THAT COMES TO YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU SEE THIS POST. THAT IS AN ORDER

[catasters]

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I’ve watched this 6 times