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This is a really, really, really excellent basic primer on changing a flat.
The most important safety tips in this video:
1 - Never trust a jack to support a car (do not work on or get under a car supported only by a jack; that is why he says to put the flat tire under the frame while you put the spare on) 2 - Don't put a donut spare on the front of your car, take the good tire off the back and put it on the front, then put the donut on the back (If you have a full-size spare, it is fine to put the full size spare on the front - a donut spare will be much smaller than your regular tire, so it should be very obvious if it's a donut).
If you've never changed a tire before I strongly recommend getting out your spare, jack, and wrench and practicing taking off your tire and putting it on in a safe, low-stakes, non emergency environment. Take half an hour some time to make sure the parts are all where you need them to be, that you know how to remove the various covers and equipment, etc.
Changing a tire is pretty easy if you've got all the tools and know how to do it, but is almost impossible if you don't have a jack and you didn't know that until you got a flat. You should check your spare, jack, and wrench today, and you should plan a time soon to practice jacking your car up and removing/replacing a tire.
THE FINAL ROUND
Shoelaces
Spiders Georg
You cannot kill me in a way that matters
Shoelaces
Spiders Georg
You cannot kill me in a way that matters
keep seeing Temu ads on here so just to share cause idk if people are widely aware
EDIT TO ADD: hereโs a snopes article some lovely people have been reblogging with. imo it essentially confirms the claims made above but always do your own research and decide for yourself - iโm just a person in the internet. ALSO just to clarify i absolutely do not support or participate in sinophobia - the app could be from the moon for all i care i shared to make people aware of its aggressive data mining (something which apps from all countries can and have been guilty of)
okay, let's break this down because, while i understand op's concerns, their post is not completely accurate:
1. does this snopes article "essentially confirm the claims above"?
no, it really, really doesn't.
2. is temu a pyramid scheme?
unequivocally, NO. a pyramid scheme, by definition, involves victims investing money. temu employs a reward system for their users which incentivizes them to get others to sign up. this system is completely free.
other apps that do this: gopuff, cashapp, venmo, etc.
reference (from the snopes article linked above):
3. is temu spying on other apps on your phone? does it have access to everything on your phone?
there is no evidence that temu itself is spyware. that said, the parent company (pinduoduo) has been dinged for malicious data mining in the past, so it's definitely ideal to exercise caution.
what temu does engage in is aggressive data mining for the sake of advertising. this does not mean that they can see everything in your phone. it does mean that any information you give them, including any social media profiles you use to sign into the app (you know when you go to a website and it says "sign in with google/facebook"?), will be sold to advertisers. this may sound familiar, because it's pretty standard fare for online companies.
other companies that do this: amazon, facebook, youtube, twitter, tumblr, etc.
reference:
4. is temu a good place to shop?
i wouldn't, no. like all dropshippers, it's not great.
5. does op support and participate in sinophobia?
maybe not consciously, but you need to be aware, as we all do, that our statements don't exist in a vaccuum. i would never shop at temu given their terrible rating by the Better Business Bureau, but the specific claims you make in this post are the result of sinophobic rhetoric. the us government is concerned by temu doing the EXACT same things US businesses do every day, and people are buying into that concern, in no small part because they believe that chinese people and the chinese government are mining our data for nefarious purposes or to spread comminism. in fact, temu and its parent company are the result of grimy capitalist tactics, and when criticizing those tactics and trying not to come across as sinophobic, you should make sure you're not spreading the same incorrect information as sinophobes.
reference:
This looks like a fucking parody post, or an edgy edit, but itโs 100% official real Flintstones.
Clarification: I donโt hate this book, I love it, itโs amazing. Itโs just that taking a step back and looking it out of context is still really funny. Especially the lineย โWe participated in a genocide, Barney.โ
ok but imagine them in their cartoon forms saying this dialogue iโm
can we have some context to this, perhaps?
Bedrock is having a mayoral election. One of the candidates is a violent war mongering asshole that riles people up against the lizard people. This reminds Fred and Barney of their time in the army.
Back then the father of said violent candidate was riling people up against theย โtree peopleโ. Fred, Barney, and other soldiers fought what they believed to be a defensive measure against the tree people. Turns out, it was actually an invasion, in order to kill off the tree people and take over their forest to build Bedrock.
Thatโs what Fred means when he says he and Barney participated in a genocide. They literally did.
(Extra fun fact, Barney adopted a tree person baby after the war, and his son Bamm-Bamm is the last tree person.)
just fucking read it
http://readcomiconline.to/Comic/The-Flintstones
There are a lot of interesting things about this post but the AK-47 shaped spear is what really got me
This is just as wild with the context
Some of my favorite moments in the series
From the foreword to 2021 print of the comic.
DEPLOY THE KREATUR
Late 90s Vibes
For reference, the federal minimum wage would have you earning roughly on average $1,256.66 a month
Itโs recommended your rent only be 30% of your total budget, so with an average monthly rent of $1,827 that would mean your average renterโs monthly income should ideally be $6,090
That would be roughly $35.13 hourly or $73,080 annually
However, the average renterโs household income is only $42,500 annually or $20.43 hourly (as of 2019 according to the Census Bureauโs American Community Survey)
This means either rent prices are too unsustainably high and price gouging or wages are too unsustainably low and predatory
Or both
(Hint: itโs both)
not to mention the maximum amount of money a person can make on disability is just under 800$ a month. 800. not 1k but 800$. u will 100% need assistance to afford rent anywhere. and the amount only goes down the more roommates u have. u cannot afford to live anywhere in the country on disability alone. and if u try to earn more money by working u lose funds from ur disability. the more u work the less disability u have the more u need to work etc. its beyond predatory its impossible to live in this country
This is what happens when I talk to my cats through the camera my family has set up on them
AND THE ALL TIME RWBY FICTIVE BRACKET ULTIMATE CHAMPION IS...
PENNY!!!!
Penny is the ultimate winner of the entire bracket! This means she will receive a special, personalized trophy made to her exact specifications and a matching crown in innerworld!
Words from our champ:
Hello and salutations, friends! I am exceptionally honored that I have been chosen as the champion of the entire RWBY Fictive bracket! I would like to thank everyone who voted for me, cheered me on, and supported me in this endeavor! I could not have made it here without you!
I would also like to commend my rival in the finals, Strawberry. He did a very good job making it all the way here as well! It is nice to see that many people like him!
All that being said, yay! I won! I'm so very happy and excited!
FINALS | Ruby ๐ vs. Penny
Ruby Rose ๐
Penny Polendina
Propaganda for Ruby ๐(By Ruby ๐ช)
He's Ruby!!!
Cool hair even if it's backwards!
Swag!!!
Loved by so many even though he's an asshole! (Because he deserves love)
He IS an asshole (but like a nice one?)
In-sys protector!
His Cressy changes colors to match which Fruit Cake is fronting! SO COOL!
GNC AF
Propaganda for Penny (By Ruby ๐ช)
She's Penny!!!
So sweet and helpful and kind!
She's a dragon faunus android!!! WOAG! (I installed those mods!)
She can build whatever you want in innerworld!
She can also give you whatever item you want too!
In-sys architect!
She blew a hole in the moon! (Because I asked her to)
Everyone loves Penny so many and she deserves all of the love!
i like how most usernames on discord are already taken so you end up having to put numbers at the end of your name anyway. if only there was already a system in place that allowed people to have the same name but there was something to differentiate them like number discriminators
this is because it was not actually about the discriminators. discord lied about how many people struggled with the previous system because, in actuality, it was some higher-up types that didnโt get it. there was some theorising somewhere that the change is ti facilitate datamining, which would make sense as thereโs no other reason to try to make people this perfectly identifiable.
btw as it stands theyโre not allowing ppl to ever change their users again so DO NOT pick a bullshit name hoping youโll get your preferred name later. once itโs in use, itโs not fucking available.
so far, the main thing to do is to reach out thru discordโs support page to tell them how bad a fucking idea is, stop paying for nitro, and have a look at this support thread, which has insanely comprehensive information sources. thereโs a change.org petition somewhere in there, too.
but yeah. tl;dr the โnobody understands discriminators <:(โ is a distraction.
id really recommend people read the support thread linked here if you have the time. if you think this username thing is just people being upset over nothing then the support thread will inform you of the concerns people have
melatonin
FINALS | Ruby ๐ vs. Penny
Ruby Rose ๐
Penny Polendina
Propaganda for Ruby ๐(By Ruby ๐ช)
He's Ruby!!!
Cool hair even if it's backwards!
Swag!!!
Loved by so many even though he's an asshole! (Because he deserves love)
He IS an asshole (but like a nice one?)
In-sys protector!
His Cressy changes colors to match which Fruit Cake is fronting! SO COOL!
GNC AF
Propaganda for Penny (By Ruby ๐ช)
She's Penny!!!
So sweet and helpful and kind!
She's a dragon faunus android!!! WOAG! (I installed those mods!)
She can build whatever you want in innerworld!
She can also give you whatever item you want too!
In-sys architect!
She blew a hole in the moon! (Because I asked her to)
Everyone loves Penny so many and she deserves all of the love!
The stinkiest man alive
Semifinals | Match 2 | Ruby ๐ vs. Blake ๐ฅ
Ruby Rose ๐
Blake Belladonna ๐ฅ
Ruby ๐ Yo, what's up. It's me, the sexiest motherfucker alive, Strawberry Ruby. I'm a tiger faunus, an ex-mercenary, a yandere freakshow (positive), a crack shot sniper and a cismale objectum lesbian. I'm the core/host of the Fruit Cake Collective (FCC), a median-type subsystem consisting of 7 other me's who are all different colors. If you don't see the reason why you should vote for me, then I don't know what to tell you except maybe see an optometrist. โค๏ธ
Blake ๐ฅ Hi, I'm Blake Belladonna. I'm twenty-three years old and I'm a non-canon fictive from a modern band AU fanfic. I play bass in my band called Grimm Sisters. Ruby ๐ธ is our lead guitarist and composer, plus a bunch of other stuff, Weiss ๐ผ is our lead singer and she's also our sound engineer. Yang is in our partner system and she plays drums and helps me write lyrics. I'm also a law school drop out. You should vote for me because I'm a cat faunus even though I wasn't in my source and I'm hot as fuck.
*old hillbilly with long beard voice* they bout done tore my pussy UP