Green Cupcake

[beardedmrbean]

they used to let kids have real fun

[afriendofblahaj]

There's an xkcd for that :3

Side note: polonium-210 is a very dangerous isotope, however it "does not pose a radiation hazard when kept outside the body", as the alpha particle it emits have very little penetration power and cannot pierce even the outer layers of dead skin. It has still killed countless people, though, not because of children's rings, but because of tobacco. Polonium latches onto and concentrates in tobacco leaves, leading to heavy smokers being exposed to more radiation than survivors of the Chernobyl disaster.

It's always wild to me seeing comments about different toxins like this on information about random things in the past, but it's never discussed when it comes to cigarettes.

[tamber-tales]

We're back, baby!

Craft night snacks never actually stopped, but my coverage of them did. And so did my enjoyment of them while I was on that stupid diet. But no longer! We resume!

This post is actually going to be about last week's snacks, since I put it off all week. I will have more soon!

First up: Weinrich's Dubai-Style chocolate bar

It took a long time of casually browsing for a Dubai-style bar that the the nut-allergic among us could try. Did you know that most of the easily available ones [in the US] have hazelnuts or peanuts in them? Because we sure did! I can only assume this is because of a) the pistachio shortage caused by this fad and 2) companies who process other nuts and don't want to go through the effort of cleaning their equipment to the standards needed, so they just throw in some of those other nuts and call in on purpose.

Anyways, it was okay. I don't see what the hype is about, tbh.

Amos brand Pineapple and Green Apple Peelerz

We've had a few things from this company lately, specifically the Peelerz. I think we had some at Halloween last year that were body parts? Something like that. The textures are interesting. I think the body parts were more fun than the fruits. The pineapple ones were not good enough for me to try a second one, no matter how much I like gummy candy, but I had several of the apples.

Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps, Fireworks Berry Crème flavor with Popping Candy

These smelled like a candle. A berry crème candle. Tasted like it, too. And the poprocks didn't pop! Which actually may have been my fault, since I insisted we wait to try them until I could eat again. It wasn't worth it.

Zapp's Sinfully-Seasoned Pretzel Sticks: Voodoo flavor

We've had the voodoo-flavored chips before, but people liked those enough to get these too. They're pretty good; it's a good flavor.

Orion brand Turtle Chips, Matcha Choco flavor

These are really good. I want more already. My immediate response to the flavor was "this tastes like the county fair," which @crowscriven thought through for me and explained as the grassy flavor of matcha plus the taste of fried dough, like a funnel cake on the lawn. That was exactly it. 10/10 best thing we had last week.

Trader Joe's Carolina Gold-style BBQ flavored ridge cut potato chips

I did not try these. Carolina Gold is a mustard-based sauce. I hate mustard. Everyone else loved them.

And that's it for last week! Stay tuned for this week's Oreo feast, coming to a blog near you!

[crowscriven]

I may have eaten the entire bag of voodoo pretzels... I don't normally even like pretzels that much, but I love the voodoo chips and can hardly ever find them around here. This was a nice substitute.

I also can't stop eating the turtle chips. I prefer their savory flavors, personally, but I'll eat any and all of them. The texture is just so lovely -- such a light crunch.

The fruit flavored peelerz were decent, but the Halloween body parts? Oh boy. Those were great. Fleshy exterior, squishy red insides. Just realistic enough to make the experience of eating them deeply uncomfortable. You know it's candy, but at the same time you're pretty sure you understand what it would feel like to peel the skin off a real human ear with your teeth. 10/10 candy experience, absolutely horrifying.

[targetedknowledge]

[frankiesbullshit]

someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

[mevil]

[somecutething]

Dolphins doing cartwheels with an aquarium guest.

(via Ant.Giovanni)

[luidilovins]

I'm loving this new trend of people going to zoos and participating in animal enrichment. We use to observe large exotic animals for our entertainment, but the fact is that we are now trying to make ourselves equally as entertaining for them. It's interactive, completely parpicipatory and I would argue that eventually someone's gonna come up with something new enough that it expland ethologists understanding about how some animals think, problem solve, communicate and feel and I think its fantastic.

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

Human: play?

Aquatic creature from an entirely different branch of the animal tree: play!

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

[papayafromtv]

scenarios Alfred Pennyworth has to be a witness to as a resident of Wayne Manor that the batkids have absolutely no shame in front of whatsoever part 25 (masterpost here)

Dick, as Alfred walks into the Batcave, seeing him, Duke, and Tim lounging around the Batcomputer: i dunno guys, he's pretty tetchy about people contacting him while he's taking time off on the Outlaw island.

Tim: well we need his input on this, so he doesn't have much of a choice.

Duke: get Damian or Cass down here, he's more likely to pick up if one of them calls.

Alfred: everything alright, children?

Tim, spinning in the chair: oh- hey! Alfred! can you do us a favour and call Jason for us so we can-

Alfred: i'm afraid, Master Timothy, that i pride my relationship with Jason on being fairly active precisely because i don't get involved with schemes like that.

Tim: *throws his head back, groaning*

Alfred, as he moves over to start checking the medical supplies: i'm sure you'll figure things out on your own.

Duke: ok well we'll just have to figure out who of the three of us he's most likely to answer then.

Dick: well i mean- look, guys, he loves you, but i'm his big brother. we drink together, we talk, we're part of the older crew. i'm obviously closest to him.

Duke, flatly: do you actually think he hasn't drank with us as well?

Dick:

Dick: well that's irresponsible.

Tim: yeah so are the stories he's told us about you providing him with beer when he was thirteen-

Dick, loudly: OK MOVING ON-

Tim: look i'm just saying, you aren't the only one he has a long history with. i met him a bunch before he died too, you know. you're the annoying big brother from when he was a kid! I'm the one here closest to him in age, and- Duke didn't even know him until after he came back from the league! i have an edge on both of you.

Duke: *squints*

Dick, face flat: yeah- hey Tim? for the record, him knowing more of you really does not equal him liking you more.

Tim, voice dropping an octave: the fuck's that supposed to mean?

Duke, staring at Tim in bafflement: you know i knew Jason before you ever met him, right?

Dick and Tim:

Dick and Tim, in unison: what?

Duke: ...? guys i grew up in the Narrows, that's like, right next to the alley.

Dick: ...you knew each other?

Duke: yeah??? he helped my mom when she dropped her groceries once and she invited him in for iced tea as a thank you; we just kept running into each other after that. he and my mom really got along so she practically took him in once she realised his parents weren't around; he was my brother way before he was either of yours.

Dick and Tim: *baffled*

Dick: how the fuck do we not know about this???

Duke: i dunno, it didn't seem relevant? i stopped seeing him around after he got snatched up by the rich society and then i found out he was dead, which sucked but i had my own things going on at the time, and then when he came back to Gotham and we figured out he was him we were just like... cool. reunion. and we moved on.

Dick: and you just moved on???

Duke: *shrugs*

Tim, scoffing: can't have been that close then--he was an asshole before he died anyway. not that he isn't an asshole now, but you know what i mean. he was an ass, right?

Duke: uh, no? he was actually really sweet. always kept an eye on me when i was playing outside, helped my mom and dad whenever he could. taught me how to fix our TV once, and helped me nurse a bird back to health when we found it with a broken wing.

Tim:

Tim: unbelievable.

Duke: what? you knew him before he died too, right? was he... not nice to you?

Tim:

Tim: no, he was great. i don't know what you're talking about. we were thick as thieves. fuck you.

Dick, raising an eyebrow: dude you used to follow him around galas like a Pomeranian with separation anxiety. i watched him lock himself in a broom cupboard just to get away from you.

Tim: OK CAN WE MOVE ON-

Duke, snickering: it's ok, he loves you now.

Tim, mocking: does he?

Duke: yeah. i mean, not enough to pick up the phone, but enough.

Tim: ok well fuck you he doesn't pick up the phone for you either.

Duke: he just doesn't like phone calls, he never has! we had walkie-talkie's once; he left his in a chicken coop to get shat on by birds so he wouldn't have to answer me. face it, we're probably better off just waiting for him to get back from vacation so we can talk to him in perso-

Steph, coming down from the manor, phone to her ear: -yeah, it was totally insane, i never saw it coming. fun episode though. hold on, *lowers phone, looking over the railing to Alfred* hey, Alfie, where'd you put the vacuum? i spilt chip crumbs all over my carpet.

Alfred: in the third maintenance closet on the first floor, dear.

Steph: thank you! *back into the phone as she leaves* anyway, Jason, when you get back we have to do another movie night, because i have this theory that-

Dick, Tim, and Duke, watching her leave: *silent*

*continued silence*

Dick, dryly: so when'd Jason meet her?

Tim: i hate that man.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP: Why couldn’t traditional Chinese Yinpiao银票/silver drafts be forged if they were merely slips of paper? (cr大明宝钞，渐越)

Traditional Chinese yinpiao/silver drafts were paper vouchers issued by private banks starting from the Song Dynasty(960–1279). People could exchange these slips for physical silver at bank branches across the country.

Silver drafts were made in multiple copies with matching serrated seal edges. One copy went to the customer and others stayed at the bank. All edges had to fit perfectly together to withdraw silver. The unique split edge marks were almost impossible to copy.

This mechanism is known as qifeng骑缝 (split-joint seal) in China. It first originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BC). The Rites of Zhou records that contracts were written on bamboo or wooden slips in duplicate. Notches and marks were carved in the middle before splitting the slips, with each party keeping one half. The two halves would be matched by their notches for verification.

During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods (770–221 BC), this idea evolved into hufu虎符/tiger tally tokens. A military tally was split into two pieces with identical inscriptions carved along the split edge. Troops could only be deployed if the patterns and characters on both halves perfectly aligned, serving as a metal version of the split-joint anti-counterfeiting system.

The technology matured in the Tang Dynasty (618–907). Government documents and private contracts commonly used split-joint seals stamped across the dividing line. The Chinese character "hetong合同" (contract) was written across the middle before the paper was torn apart, so the complete characters would only appear when the two halves were put together. This split-coupon system was later adopted for Song Dynasty (960–1279) jiaozi paper money and yinpiao/silver drafts of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912).

Official Song dynasty paper money (Jiaozi交子) was abolished in 1107. Private silver drafts issued by Qing-era piaohao票行 (ancient exchange banks) vanished completely in 1951, hit hard by modern banks and currency reforms. Nowadays silver drafts no longer circulate as currency. Their collectible value depends on their rarity and physical condition.

Split-joint seals (骑缝章qifengzhang)are still widely used on important paper documents in modern China, an anti-tampering technique passed down from ancient times. They are applied across the edge of multi-page contracts, bidding documents and official archives. If any page is removed or replaced, the broken seal pattern can prove the file has been altered.

[ariaste]

OMG I got so excited about this because they used a really similar (though far less refined) version of this for contracts in the European medieval period!

First they were called "chirographs", but later the word "indenture" (in its earliest meaning as just a legal document of any kind between two people) came to be used, originating from the practice of a contract being written twice on a single piece of parchment and then cut in half with serrated edges (as in dent, "teeth" -> indents -> indenture) in order for each party to take one half, so they could later piece them together and verify that there had been no forgery -- same as the Chinese silver drafts!

(Charter of the Clerecía de Ledesma, 1252, showing the serrated indents at the top -- presumably they are cutting rather than tearing because they're using parchment, which I expect is much harder to tear than wood-pulp paper like the Chinese were using)

Delights me when human beings find similar ways to solve the same problem at two different ends of the world. <3

[crtscreen]

throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, our generation was inundated with aave. it eclipsed lolcat as the "funny way to talk." ain't nobody got time fo dat turns into dat boi o shit waddup. this is blatantly not an "aracial" or "gen z" way to talk. it IS black english. not to mention the amount of black reaction images!!

WHY, specifically, is it black peoples' facial expressions that are seen as just so comical or exaggerated? analyze the history of this nation's comedy and tell me why you might be predisposed to thinking of black peoples' faces as just, "more emotive" or exaggeratedly funny than a white or nonblack person's

and throughout those years, 00s-10s, many black bloggers -- victims of the mass staff-led purge (under the cover of them being 'russian' while reichblr still exists) -- they DID tell us it was a problem, DID try to educate people who freak out at the insinuation of 'being racist,' DID argue, DID point out the duplicity and the appropriation and the gross equivalence of african american slang with unintelligence, goofiness, etc. and they were ignored, abused, cancelled, chased off, until being eventually mass deleted by our racist transmisogynistic staff.

we didn't do enough, and the generation after us gen z "kids" didn't stop the trend. using the '-ahh' suffix. rizz. no cap. ate. delulu. it's giving. it's serving. crash out. lock in. aura. tea. main character. bruh. slay. real. keep it 100.

all of the following images are or were popular reaction images! what do they all have in common?

it feels like the effort to categorize slang as AAVE and not 'gen z' or 'gen alpha' slang has really petered out. it feels like we stopped talking about digital blackface in an era where the administration is posting ai-generated videos of black women who speak and act like exaggerated stereotypes and it frustrates me because we all have a responsibility to understand our generation's role in normalizing this type of racist shit for kids today. this needs to be addressed!

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

Black people will never stop talking about this, but when we are on sites such as Tumblr, where so many of the white people feel that not only are they not racist, but that calling their racist behavior racist is emotional warfare on them, they will make sure to keep Black voices as silenced as possible.

Also, a lot of the Black people who got deleted or run off of the site weren't even accused of any type of Russian anything. A lot of them were just run the fuck off by the white Tumblr base on harassment shit.

[blackwatersinkingship]

Every night as i head to bed i look out from my bedroom at this and go Fuck Yeah! That Rules!!!

and sometimes there's even a kitty!

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Always on the lookout for low-cost houses and saw this little pink one, but I don't like the kitchen/living room layout. Whoever designed it could've done better. It's a 2024 cottage in McAlester, OK. 3bds, 2ba, 1,638sqft, Reduced $5.1k to $189,900.

I like the stairs.

But, they gave it a long narrow living room/kitchen. This looks like a hallway. There's no room for living room furniture like a coffee table, side chairs, end tables & lamps.

They put in a narrow sofa table as a kitchen table. Is that a load-bearing wall, b/c I'd want to knock it down to expand the space.

The kitchen's not bad. It has a nice backsplash and 2 oven stove.

All 3 bedrooms are on the main floor, but they're small, so they made all children's rooms.

They look they're meant for smaller beds.

This is supposed to be the primary bedroom suite. It has sliders to the deck and a bathroom with laundry.

Full bath fits an apt. washer/dryer.

They made the primary bedroom on the 2nd floor and it's like an attic room with lots of slants b/c of the way they designed the roof lines.

The ceiling is deeply slanted.

This room has a half bath and a terrace.

This is nice.

The deck/porch in front of the house.

There's a nice shed in the back.

There's also a private storm shelter.

This is a private well that hasn't been used yet, in case the house needs to have its own water source. 1 acre of land.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/978-E-Camp-Loop-McAlester-OK-74501/462570204_zpid/?

[ms-demeanor]

I am a glorified office administrator who understands server hardware why am I the only person in this company who gets what social engineering is?

[ms-demeanor]

Total stranger on the phone who we’ve never spoken to before: I have power of attorney over the CEO of this corporation and we are a customer of yours. Please change the administrator password on the server to XXXXX

My boss, putting on white grease paint and a red wig: Oh, of course! Let’s do it quickly so that you’ll want to keep working with us since you’re going to be making business decisions!

Me: I would sell you to satan for one corn chip and I’m allergic to corn but before you do this maybe you should call someone who is actually on our contact list for our customer and see if they’ve ever heard of this stranger.

My boss, looking through a selection of shoes that honk when you walk: Oh, but she said that it was very important that none of the employees know what was happening because they’re making staffing changes.

Me: As your lawyer I recommend that you just call a single one of our contacts and see if they’ve ever heard of her name.

My boss, shoving all of our technicians into a VW beetle: You’re not my lawyer.

Me: HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW? I COULD BE! YOU SHOULD MAYBE CHECK ON THAT.

[yoursjupiter]

TIL everyone’s employee ID at my company is the last five of their SSN.

Boss: On the bright side, it’s only the last five

Me: YOU CAN COMMIT FRAUD WITH FOUR

[zevveli]

Security firms that are hired to check the security of banks will often use the following tactic: They will walk up to the teller in a suit with their ID badge and a clipboard and go:

“Hello I am [name] from [security firm] we’ve been hired to verify the security of the facility I need to see your computers.”

“Erm…I’ll have to verify that with my managers.”

“Congratulations, you have just passed the security verification.” [Scribbles on clipboard] “But in all seriousness I do need to verify your security so I need to see your computers.”

“Oh okay.” AND LETS THEM IN.

[palindromordnilap-deactivated20]

“Social engineering” is a way too fancy word for what it is. I know a guy (not personally) who broke several people out of prison by essentially writing “Greetings, please release this person, signed, whoever the judge is” on a piece of paper and faxing it there. Because no one would have a fax machine in their own house I guess.

[closet-keys]

not to derail, but holy shit that praxis

[cal-is-a-cuddlefish]

I’ve had clerks just give out a whole ass SSN when I asked.

[airandangels]

An inspection in 2014 found the password for the Louvre’s surveillance camera system was “louvre.”

[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[serenity-bitty]

reminds me of

the shellfish allergy NO NO FUCKING S HRIMP OR HE D IE post

[p1netre3s]

reminded me of this

[justbadcompass31]

[thundercrackfic]

This will never not be funny

[anexperimentallife]

Woaaah, we’re halfway there,

WOOAA-OOOOAAAAH

[rheitais]

Dp x Dc Prompt - Princess' Shining Knight

Jazz doesn't know how she got herself into this situation. Like yes, her family is probably really well known in certain circles. Not everyone knows everything but her parents are known by government officials, the phantoms are known by the paranormal community. You get it.

Gratefully Jazz lucked out and isn't associated with either. She got that therapist's license, she did the work. Her life was as normal as it comes! So how the hell did she end up in a summoning circle surrounded by like strangers in cloaks and even strangers in colorful uniform.

"Um. Hi?" Jazz was so embarrassed she was still in her work clothes. Nothing about her screams mad scientist or ghost from the afterlife so what the hell.

"Goddess of chaos! Lady of darkness—" Huh? HUH?!

"Woo woo woo! Hang on! NO! I AM NOT ANY OF THAT?! I AM HUMAN????" Jazz frantically denies everything while the colorful people look defensive.

Lovely. Perfect. Wth is her life? Were these people trying to contact one of her siblings? Chaos.. Ellie maybe? Jazz never really asked any of them about it. When she tried she got confused half way through and their words start sounding like static (literally).

"Are you saying you are not Eris?" One of the colorful people asked her. Jazz gave her the biggest confused look she could possibly give. Was that one of Ellie alt names? Hell she wouldn't put it past them.

45 years of trying to get out of this mess. She succeeded for almost 22 years apparently it came to an end. Jazz spoke again without moving as they were clearly still unsure of her. She explained who she was and her profession, she is as human as they come.

The cultist didn't seem happy that whatever they planned failed but they were swiftly taken out. Turns out Jazz ended up in a different world. Love that for herself. She was actually supposed to channel the chaos goddess but it failed for whatever reason.

Honestly she had a sneaking suspicion that it had something to do with her siblings but she wasn't going to try explaining that. Jazz knows possession, overshadowing, that was nothing new. All she can really hope for now is a way home.

Lucky her for getting saved by this world's heroes. They put one in charge of her, Diana who was apparently a demigoddess. While explaining herself and how everything else Jazz was glad to have her protection.

Because unbeknownst to her. Her presence was actually an interruption to both worlds. For the heroes, several people wanted to know how something that should have worked failed. She was definitely more than just humans.

On her own precious world 3 agitated royal ghosts felt their anchor go missing. In the middle of the day. 2 mad scientists find that their sole fully living child had flatline and what should have been her ghost detector has not gone off.

Nothing good can come from an anger powered Fenton. Alive or Dead.

[Masterpost]

[ruinedchildhood]

[inbabylontheywept]

so i made a potpourri with cinnamon and nutmeg and ginger and cloves and orange peel and anise and i have boiled it all day and it smelled so nice i took a sip and the sip was actually wonderful so now i have drunk four cups of potpourri juice and i am only now going to the internet to ask if i am going to Experience The Torments. or if i may have a fifth.

(i cannot quite explain it, but it’s like my entire low i have had a low grade stomachache, and normally i just deal but This Juice helps a little. i am unreasonably fond of it.)

[a-purely-objective-frog]

"I just made herbal tea is it safe to drink" is the most mormon-raised shit I have ever seen.

Fr tho u should be fine, it's normal to enjoy tea, and it doesn't generally lead to The Torments, barring some kind of allergy

[inbabylontheywept]

😔 highly specific and accurate roast