Remembering The Unforgettable

"Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.” - Benjamin Franklin. My birth name is Adam, but I prefer to be known as Ashley. British. Wiccan. AMAB. Trans. Pronouns are curretly He/She/They. For years I have struggled to cope with depression and self-injury. I'm not entirely free but I'm getting better every day. I'm a writer. While none have been published yet this does not stop me from writing. I love all things sci/fi and fantasy. Love Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Agatha Christie, Michael Chrichton, and a large variety of other authors.

[injuries-in-dust]

If this has appeared on your dash there's something you need to know:

You're doing great. 👍

[yayacyan]

Poor thing, she's dying from cringe 😔

I can't leave comments because of some network error

[1five1two]

[moneyissues]

[speedlimit15]

Holy shit wtf how are people just ignoring this?! This is a REAL PICTURE of an EXTRA TERRESTRIAL

[jjtaylor]

[klappersacks]

(via File Photo)

[mudwerks]

WTF are those obelisks on the right?…

[pricklylegs-deactivated20250727]

Tasty obelisk fries..

[memewhore]

“It’s digestible” has got to be the laziest goal I’ve ever seen achieved by a food product.

[gingerhaze]

“It’s digestible”

[rhea314]

“It’s digestible” is pertinent!! Okay, for those of you who haven’t researched Crisco for writing fic about gay sex in the mid-late 60s:

The first-edition of The Joy of Gay Sex, published in 1977, declared, “Vegetable shortening may be the best lubricant, since it is not only greasy but also digestible”[4] Such a statement perhaps gives new meaning to the companies boastful declarations that “Its digestible” and “Crisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years.”  Similarly, in the 1978 sex manual The Advocate Guide to Gay Health, Crisco even earned an entry in the book’s index.  Discussions of the shortening’s use as an anal lubricant indicate its popularity, with statements such as: “The lubricant, typically the cultic Crisco, must be copious.”[5]  In fact, Crisco was so synonomus with gay sex that discos and bars around the world took on the name, such as Crisco Disco in New York City, which was one of the premiere clubs during the 1970s and early 1980s.  Other clubs or bathhouses, such as Club Z in Seattle, even featured murals with Crisco.  Thus, Crisco was conversely also one of many things that led to the formation of gay identities during the 20th century.

from this essay: http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html

The more you know! :D

[nianeyna]

I have learned a new thing today.

[soupwife]

Love this post for so many reasons but most especially because this is from all the way back in 2012 and and yet not a single blog in this thread is deactivated

[nianeyna]

I enjoy that not only does this have a link to an actual source, but the link still fucking works.

[dancinbutterfly]

but @rhea314 you didnt include a picture of the crisco disco! AND MY GOD THE DJ BOOTH WAS A GIANT CRISCO CAN!

Go dance and get fisted. Fucking iconic.

[mr-elementle]

Love the gay history, but i just wanna correct that the “it’s digestible” in the gay stuff was a reference to crisco’s tagline it had been using since 1911, the actual meaning of its digestible is because it’s main competition came from “enhanced” lards which were rendered pig fat mixed with non food thickeners that literally did not digest and caused people to basically just shit out pig cream, since crisco was veggie based the body digested it along with the food

[papapastoral]

And in case you were still wondering, @mudwerks.. Tuna Croquettes

[elf7knight]

This post is the opposite of net zero information. Not only did I learn several new facts about gay history but also we rounded our way back to the original question of the tag line and the mini obelisks.

It’s a net profit of information. 12/10 post

[injuries-in-dust]

"I just got back from summer camp."

[deadlysquidkid]

Pomni has two hands!

[bobdylanyaoi]

i still can’t believe “our age of bronze is collapsing” is a line from the odyssey. bro i can’t believe we’re in the middle age right now. it’s such a nice day in feudal japan rn. i’m so glad we are having this agricultural revolution.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Weirds me out that domestic pigs can look like that. I always expect them to look like boars. Not pink and naked.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[monamoni]

[littlefeatherr]

Unrestrained summer fun 😁

[weaselle]

this must be such a delicate experience for a creature that can dive two stories deep and has been seen cliff diving into the ocean

[fleshdyke]

[artisticlicense-personal]

Such a quiet and gentle experience for a megafauna cryptid that can headbutt a speeding truck and walk away It’s like seeing Godzilla in a kiddie pool

[thistlewhistler]

During a summer heat wave in Alaska growing up (yes it’s a thing), my dad had several sprinklers and a tractor sprinkler going in the yard. From the woods behind the house suddenly came two young babies and a very large mother.

They came directly towards the tractor sprinkler and sat right down.

My dad verrrrry slowly pulled the hose of the other sprinklers, and repositioned them in the backyard so they would spray grass under the shade of several trees.

Lo and behold, the mother moose got up, walked over to the water now pooling beside these trees, and plomped down. The two babies followed after and just fell over in the cool water.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[ekjohnston]

*weeps uncontrollably at 9 o'clock in the morning*

God, I love randos on the internet who just want to be kind.

[magicratfingers]

[biglawbear]

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He—wait. Why dost the Lord hath clippers.

[biglawbear]

The Lord sheareth me.

[teaboot]

“Jesus Shaves”

[ravencharm]

75% of writing is convincing yourself that your story is worth it

[windwardstar]

It is. In case you were wondering. Your story is worth the effort you are putting into it. It’s an amazing thing because you are writing it.

[adonischildsupportcase]

[the-bear-woman]

The Australian Ballet is doing Alice in Wonderland again and on one hand I’ve seen it before, and on the other, their Queen of Hearts has my favourite costume in anything every

[the-bear-woman]

It’s just this and her court pushes her around the stage on wheels and every act it gets taller until she towers over everyone

[the-bear-woman]

Also in act 3 (I think) it swings open at the front and her husband is sitting inside reading a newspaper

[the-bear-woman]

I saw this again on Tuesday so here are some things I’d forgotten about:

This is the only Alice adaptation I’ve ever seen that doesn’t cut the caucus race

The mad hatter wears taps throughout and it’s so jarring and surprising it’s perfect

The executioner shadows almost everyone who dances with the Queen

Lewis Carroll is a character in the ballet and becomes the white rabbit who leads Alice into wonderland which is bad and wrong because Carroll is the dodo but does work very well

They started dropping rose petals from the ceiling onto the audience when Alice looked through the door to the garden and it was utterly magic

The Cheshire Cat is made of about 10 different puppets that dance around the stage

Which reminds me Alice is styled after Alice Liddell rather than the John Tenniel illustrations

I don’t think the king of hearts actually dances he just wanders around looking confused

[paraphernaliawagon]

here’s a video

[paraphernaliawagon]

more. (btw this is a parody/reference to the very famous “rose adagio” from sleeping beauty)

[paraphernaliawagon]

the Caterpillar is pretty neat too

(all of these videos are from the Royal Ballet’s productions in 2014 and 2017)

[catrinecat]

Finally an adaptation that makes feel like I’m going to have stroke, it’s perfect

[themummersfolly]

This looks fucking bonkers, I love it.

[systlin]

Me; Lady, I felt a poke recently, you need something?

Freyja: :)

(Not seen; fifteen separate little 'you should keep the cat' signs the universe threw at me in about 2.3 hours)

Me, at the creamsicle lady; ma'am

Me, at Freyja; MA'AM

.......

The cat is named Freyja and has a vet appointment for checkup and shots on Thursday

[systlin]

Me, on the phone to the vet; there's an orange and white cat. She appeared when I was taking the trash out.

The vet; let me guess. She's sweet.

Me; she's SO sweet

The vet; that's how they get you

[systlin]

Update; I am terrible at determining cat sex when the cat is not thrilled about me trying to get a look at their bits, apparently. Freyr is a neutered male, maybe a year or two old. Not chipped, has apparently been living rough for some time. No one in the area seems to be looking for a lost cat of his description. Has received all shots now, headbutted the vet and vet tech, and been wormed and ear mite treated. Does not have feline leukemia, and is now in the other room. The cats and dog are SNOOF SNOOFING at the new brother smell at the crack below the door and, in the case of the cats, doing the standard new arrival hissing.

[systlin]

"Orange cats get a braincell exactly long enough to find a kind person with food to move in with, and then never get to use it again." -Sarah, my vet, who is very wise, as she watched Freyr nearly walk off the exam table trying to get more tube treat.

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

You've been kidnapped but the main character of the last TV show you watched is coming to rescue you.

Who’s rescuing you?

[injuries-in-dust]

If Miya gets the rest of the family involved, I might do okay.