The Life and Times...

Nearly a soccer fan-blog but still interspersed with random shit as well. Orlando Pride FC, USWNT, Ashlyn Harris, Ali Krieger

[joshpeck]

why do you and others like vaccines so much?

not dying of preventable diseases is actually one of my favorite hobbies

[shewillbehome]

Oct. 19, 2025

[drmstx]

Just over here silently screaming about how cute this is

[madnessofmen]

what people don't tell you about maximalism is the Dust

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

This wins the internet for 2024!! 😂😂

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

Brilliant 😂😂

[aniseandspearmint]

tits out thursday?

[drmstx]

That didn’t age well…😬

[galwednesday]

My apartment building has coin-op laundry in the basement, and on the shelf where people store detergent there are also just enough quarters to start one load in the washer. This is the collective “oh shit I forgot my quarters” bank that anyone can borrow from to start laundry without having to climb all the way back up the goddamn stairs first. These quarters have been steadily used and replaced for multiple years now, and every time I see them I think about how upon such small foundations rests all of human society.

[theconcealedweapon]

People who say this are literally saying that they prefer for the workers to all be inexperienced and desperately looking for other jobs. But they somehow also expect good service.

[funnytwittertweets]

[thebigcomed0wn]

putting “lying to kids is ok” on the table immediately looks bad. but theres nuance. because kids deserve to have as much context and respect as anyone else you live with. but also. telling them that leaving doors open will make ants carry away the entire house is necessary until their brains can quantify the heating&air bill

[answrs]

the ants:

[kirayaykimura]

#the kid asking me if his wooden toy horse has feelings doesnt need the truth he needs to get something off his chest (via amazingbouncingassbutt)

[kjb-7]

I fucking hate Alexi Lalas.

[teamhardersson]

Can't be doing that no matter how frustrated you are...

No, you can't.

Complacency backfires here.

And she is so nonchalant while stepping on her opponent's back. What the hell. Should be out for the rest of the tournament or Nations League in case England will be out after today.

[evilpsychologist-deactivated202]

insane how many people just have these incredible artists in their families who get no recognition outside of crocheting circles because this art form is devalued for its association with women

[traceofexistence]

in my country, the word for crocheting, is used metaphorically, to compliment a surgeon’s work.

every AFAB person my mother’s age and older, had practiced this craft at one point on another.

My mom has made literal paintings, that decorate our house for years (I’ll come back with pictures when I visit next) you can only see that they are crocheting when you go very close.

[traceofexistence]

as promised here’s my mom’s crocheting “paintings”

There is another one but it had been stored many years ago, (i remember it from my childhood) and sadly it is probably damaged by mold, it depicted wild horsed running in nature 

[drogonea]

@snazzy-hats-and-adhd

[ladytemeraire]

HOLY SHIT THE COLORWORK?????

[prismatic-bell]

All of this is amazing. As a crocheter who does more utilitarian stuff (although I’m trying my first shawl, wish me luck!), I feel the need to point out that, too, is a commitment and learned skill.

Six months, 3-6 hours a day.

I forget how long this took me, but by the time I got to the second green stripe I was starting to despair it’d ever be done.

About three months. Much of that time was due to using ombré yarn, and as the blanket got bigger I had to cut and join the yarn to match the colors.

And here’s one of my current three projects.

This is not work that can be replicated by machine. I don’t mean “oh, it looks better by hand,” I mean the motions required for crochet literally cannot be done by a machine. People have tried.

Stand up and respect your fiberworkers.

[niqvassieart]

my uncle's sweet greyhound Joey, sketched from life as he chilled in his giant bed by the dining table.

Caran d'Ache Neocolor pastels on bristol paper.

[sandstonesunspear]

@noracharlesandherdogasta

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I don't think about Harry Potter all that much these days but sometimes I just randomly remember that these kids were writing on parchment. Like I know they have an aesthetic but WHY are these children writing their essays on ANIMAL SKINS in this day and age. It just isn't practical. At least go with old-timey paper or something.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

To all the people in the notes saying they thought that parchment was old-timey paper: you didn't write five fantasy books where it is explicitly mentioned as being used extensively multiple times each book. If you had, you presumably would've looked the word up in the dictionary first. Different writing materials require different types of storage and treatment and you'd look up parchment vs. paper if you were going to replace one with the other, to make sure you didn't make any stupid worldbuilding mistakes. Same as you would with vellum, or papyrus, or wood slips, or any other writing material.

[roach-works]

you would be amazed and depressed to realize how confidently wrong most writers are about at least one crucially important item that made it to publication.

[autisticexpression]

Another thing JKR did that bothered me as someone who volunteered at a raptor centre before I read the books (I was late to the party): the casual ease with which everyone handles owls.

The thing about owls, and raptors of any kind, is that they have big fucking talons. And it doesn’t matter if they're trying to hurt you or not, these are animals with meathooks on their feet. You need special equipment to handle them without risking serious injury and infection. You at the very least want a falconer's glove, but given that owls like to perch on your forearm like it's a branch, you're better off with an eagle glove which covers your whole arm.

At no point in the Harry Potter series is falconry equipment of any kind ever mentioned. People just let owls perch on their hands or shoulders like it's nothing. There's even one particularly cringe-inducing sentence where an owl sits on Harry's lap, a glaring continuity error in light of the epilogue where he has children. I could only conclude that standard wizard clothing universally includes thick leather gloves, shoulder pads, and a jock strap. That's the only way I could get through it.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

"There's even one particularly cringe-inducing sentence where an owl sits on Harry's lap, a glaring continuity error in light of the epilogue where he has children."

This is the funniest thing anyone has ever said about Harry Potter

[liberalsarecool]

Respect to Ketanji and Sonia.

[politijohn]

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