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Stop just asking "is it normal?" and start asking "is it harming anyone?" Lots of harmful things are normalized in this society and lots of things considered weird or rare are completely harmless. Whether something is considered normal or common shouldn't be the deciding factor in whether it's okay
i just want you to know that Axl the tarantula from Home Alone was played by a male T named Barry who was treated very well by his keeper on set, and he did not get scared of Daniel Stern screaming because they added the sound in post :)
He should've gotten an Oscar for best supporting actor
im gonna write a dark romance novel and nobody can stop me
it's gonna be terrible and im gonna publish it anyway because fuck you this is America and if im gonna be stuck on this capitalist hellship im taking you all down with me
if i were a vampire i would do many things. but getting interviewed is not one of them
gay sex, however..
terrible photo because my phone was at 2% and I didn't have the time to focus/aim better but
there was a little guy on my ceiling last night. its been absolutely POURING here all week so I gave him a little cockroach, a silicone bottle cap of water, and a simple enclosure to chill in until it dries enough to put him outside.
pretty sure he's a p. audax as most of the jumping spiders i find around here are, but I didn't look closely enough at him to check
p.s. it was kinda hilarious because I got out the step ladder, put the enclosure against the ceiling, and then a few seconds later he just let go and fell in. like I didn't scrape him or anything, he just dropped himself in and hid in the damp moss.
I hope the cockroach isnt too big. if its still alive in the cup later I'll take it out and try to find a smaller one, but my bug bins are mostly isopods, millipedes, centipedes, earthworms, and big roaches lol
my social media page is not your childs fucking daycare. i dont have to cater to YOUR children on MY page. why dont you watch what the fuck your kid is doing online and quit getting pissed at random adults that theyre seeing adult content on a website that allows adult content.
What, the forest-dwelling entities with imperfect human mimicry who insinuate themselves into groups of hikers? Yeah, we had one of those. Clocked it immediately, of course. Honestly it kind of fell in that so-inept-it's-kind-of-charming range. We just played along until it'd had it's fill of marshmallows and shambled back into the treeline. We might have been violating some kind of killjoy wildlife contact best practices but what the hell, can't plan around every little thing. Why, what happened to you guys
these tags are gold omg
It's a misconception that the mimics are hunting humans when they trail along at the back of hiking groups.
In fact, the creature you'll find suddenly walking beside you and acting as if they've always been there is almost certainly a juvenile, as the adults lose the ability when they reach reproductive age.
Recent studies suggest the forest mimic is less like a preying mantis (mimicry as a hunting strategy) and more like a cuckoo (mimicry as a protective strategy for their young). Adult forest mimics will leave their offspring near a group of hikers while they forage during the day, and retrieve them near trailheads in the evening. Groups of hikers provide safety from predators and allow the parents of the species the freedom to forage more widely.
For this reason, the traditional advice to never let a mimic into your vehicle is still very important, as this would separate the young mimic from its mother. If a juvenile forest mimic does follow your group to the parking lot, you can keep it entertained with trail snacks, dad jokes, and simple goofs. The mother will usually collect them shortly before sunset.
When you notice the woods around the trailhead go silent and feel a sense of nameless foreboding, find an excuse to avert your attention from the juvenile so it can sneak back into the forest to rejoin its mother, convinced it's fooled another party of unsuspecting humans.
surprisingly wholesome takes from the cryptid community here
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"There's no thought crimes and no thought heroisms" is honestly such a good piece of life advice.
You could be having the most fucked up problematic thoughts 24/7 but if you treat people with kindness, the good you do is the only thing that matters. But if you have only the purest thoughts and all the correct beliefs, it doesn't matter one bit if you spend most of your time being an asshole to people.
#fandom needs this one
I cannot stress enough that all those things in sewing pattern instructions that seem pointless are actually very important
Yes, how you fold your fabric before putting down the pattern pieces and cutting matters, because it influences how the fabric drapes, and ignoring that can cause fit issues in ways you wouldn't expect
Yes, cutting an entire separate piece to sew to the edge to finish it is going to be better than turning the edge and stitching it on its own, because there are geometry issues in play that make it actually harder to just fold a curve to the inside.
Yes, cutting clips or notches into the seam allowance around curves should always be done, because those geometry issues will work on the seam allowances and keep the curve from laying flat (remember, clip when the curve goes in, notch when the curve goes out)
Yes, interfacing may seem completely superfluous and frustrating and an extra step to work with, but it adds rigidity and stability to areas that need it (especially under buttons)
Yes, using a fun quilting cotton print for lining looks nice, but the point of lining isn't to make the inside pretty as much as it is to make the inside slip smoothly over the layer under it, and quilting cotton is going to instead be prone to grabbing everything under it, so you really should use those annoyingly slippery lining fabrics
Yes, in general, you should use the kind of fabric the pattern tells you to use, because there have been centuries, if not millennia, of people throughout the entire world figuring out what fabric best suits what kind of garment, for reasons beyond aesthetics
I know that a lot of people new to sewing see these things and feel like they're things that just aren't necessary, because they skip them when they sew and the item ends up just fine. And if you don't mind the idea of your clothes looking homemade, then it is fine. But...if you're consistently skipping these things and end up unhappy with how homemade your items look, please consider that that result is at least partly because you're not following the entire directions
"Sewing" involves so much more than just the stitches
All this is true, but I will say: people will tell you not to make shirts out of quilting cotton, even though quilting cotton has BY FAR the best and most fun patterns.
Is it as good as fabrics designed for shirts? No. (My personal favs for winter are a cotton sateen with some stretch, and for summer a nice linen, if you must know, but I often use cotton double gauze for summer, too.)
Can you make a perfectly good button-down shirt out of it that will last you 5+ years of regular use? YES. I've made several. It's fine. Wash the fabric with super hot water and dry on hot first to make sure it's not going to shrink on you. The shirts last longer if you hang them to dry but that's true of most things.
If what you are looking for out of making your own shirts is The Most Fun Shirts Possible, use the quilting cotton.
Oh, yeah, quilting cotton makes fun shirts! People just need to be aware that it does not always make a soft and drapy shirt XD
A "menswear style" button-up shirt will probably work out fine in even the sturdiest quilting cottons. If the shirt's goal is to be soft and flowing, then the weight of the fabric becomes more important.
"Button up shirt made from quilting cotton = fabulous" versus "Button up shirt that, If I had made it in quilting cotton, probably would have looked--and felt--like a tent"
Of course, if "shirt that is a tent" is your goal, that's fine! It's all about being aware of all the things beyond print/color that the fabric contributes to the finished item.
And you've got to iron your seams!!
Sometimes with a press cloth, depending on the situation. You can cut a piece of silk organza to use and it works nicely because you can still see through it.
And staystitching the curved edges is absolutely necessary if you're working with a soft drapey fabric and you don't want the neckhole to stretch out horribly.
It's worth learning to use a thimble, I promise it makes hand sewing so much easier.
And ffs, clean your sewing machine regularly, and oil it! AND clean your iron now and then when it gets gunky! You can buy these melty sticks of iron cleaner to do it with.
Some people may say that mockups and basting are for the weak, but it's the other way around. Skipping them is for reckless fools.
A recent commenter on my 18th century shirt tutorial said:
"It came out fantastic, other than all the places where I did not follow your advice."
it pisses me off that tinder went so far as to have this, but 1) still allows profiles that CHOSE to put "straight" in their profile (it does not force you to put a sexuality) to see the same sex and nonbinary people, and 2) does not allow users to hide themselves from straight people.
i hate dating. i fucking hate it. even if I set my profile to show up ONLY to people seeking men, I still exclusively get liked by straight men.
and before anyone says "well okcupid has that option"- I've tried okcupid multiple times. MULTIPLE accounts, multiple devices, multiple browsers and the app, and somehow it always shows me/shows me to nothing but straight men. I list myself as a transgender man. I turn on the "don't want to see or be seen by straight people" setting. and I have taken the issue to okcupid support with screenshots and even a screen recording, and they just go "well we can't recreate it so 🤷🏻".
what even is the end goal of this scam????? are they trying to get your banking information, is it a "sends you too much and asks for the extra back", do they use your photos for nfts??? i know it's a scam, that much is obvious, but like. what is the scam exactly?
THEN THEY LEAVE BUT THEY LEAVE THE FUCKING LIGHTS ON
like EXCUSE me motherfucker you have disrupted my natural habitat if you did this to a wild animal you'd be fined
the Ides of March grows near
I decided to look around on spotify and found this beauty
it's so funny how they want the Epstein List released when they fought against it, despite all the pictures of Trump hugging, shaking hands, standing with, etc. Epstein, all while smiling. Like. Do you think your little idol won't be on there??? The man said on national television that he wants to fuck his daughter.
