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This album is a love letter to love itself- all the captivating, spellbinding, maddening devastating red, blue, grey, golden aspects of it (that’s why there are so many songs) In honour of fever dreams, bad boys, confessions of love on a drunken night out, Christmas lights still hanging in January, guitar string scars on my hands, false gods and blind faith, memories of jumping into an icy outdoor pool, creaks in floorboards and ultraviolet morning light, finally finding a friend, and opening the curtains to see the clearest, brightest daylight after the darkest night. We are what we love. This is Lover.

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“stay alive. it’s worth it, i promise.”

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In 2016, over 75,000 mail-in ballots were left uncounted and discarded because they were received after mail-in voting deadlines, which all vary by state, according to CBS news.

Some states like California allow you to check with the Registrar of Voters on-line to verify both if a ballot has issued and if it was received to help prevent voting errors.

Remember, the most common forms of voter fraud are 1) gerrymandering, 2) voter suppression and 3) foreign participation through both lobbying and online misinformation.

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OCTOBER 13. IT’S BEING DELIBERATELY SLOWED. OCTOBER 13.

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Also know that in most states you can also drop it off either at a polling place or the county elections office too

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(source)

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Whoa, I didn’t realize that it was so deliberate, I honestly thought it was unconscious

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Scary, scary.

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Gonna add on to this: From the other side of the bar, I see this crap all the time. Seriously. I work at a high-density bar, and let me tell you, I have anywhere from 10-20 guys every night come up and tell me to, “serve her a stronger drink, I’m trying to get lucky tonight, know what I mean?” usually accompanied with a wink and a gesture at a girl who, in my experience, is going to go from mildly buzzed to definitively hammered if I keep serving her. Now, I like to think I’m a responsible bartender, so I usually tell guys like that to piss off, and, if I can, try to tell the girl’s more sober friends that they need to keep an eye on her. But everyone- just so you know, most of the time, when someone you don’t know is buying you a drink, they’re NOT doing it out of a sense of cordiality, they’re buying you a drink for the sole purpose of making you let your guard down. So:

Tips for getting drinks-

1. ALWAYS GO TO THE BAR TO GET YOUR OWN DRINK, DO NOT LET STRANGERS CARRY YOUR DRINKS. This is an opportune time for dropping something into your cocktail, and you’re none the wiser.

2.IF YOU ORDER SOMETHING NON-ALCOHOLIC, I promise you, the bartender doesn’t give two shits that you’re not drinking cocktails with your friends, and often, totally understands that you don’t want to let your guard down around strangers. Usually, you can just tell the bartender that you’d like something light, and that’s a big clue to us that you’re uncomfortable with whomever you’re standing next to. Again, we see this all the time.

3. If you’re in a position to where you feel uncomfortable not ordering alcohol:

Here’s a list of light liquors, and mixers that won’t get you drunk, and will still look like an actual cocktail:

X-rated + sprite = easy to drink, sweet, and 12% alcoholic content. Not strong at all, usually runs $6-$8, depending on your state.

Amaretto + sour= sweet, not strong, 26%.

Peach Schnapps+ ginger ale= tastes like mellow butterscotch, 24%.

Melon liquor (Midori, in most bars) + soda water = not overly sweet, 21%

Coffee liquor (Kahlua) +soda = not super sweet, 20%.

Hope this helps someone out!

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Backing this up from years of bar tending.

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The anons asking about Scott and Scooter are valid, but I’m more interested in whether or not Yael has heard Mad Woman and if she did, was scooter in the room? Imagine hearing one of the worlds most popular artist accuse your husband of cheating on you and accusing you of being a fake feminist/stepford wife on the HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM OF THE YEAR sksjdnkfksdj she’s probably fuming 🤣

@babyyouremyqueen literally summed this up perfectly in a tweet:

“THIS IS ME TRYING” IS NOT ABOUT A FAILING RELATIONSHIP! ITS THE STORY OF HOW JOE AND TAYLOR GOT TOGETHER, BUT TOLD IN REVERSE!!

See below:

[Verse 1]

I've been having a hard time adjusting

I had the shiniest wheels, now they're rusting

Her reputation has been destroyed, Taylor is learning how to function in her new normal

I didn't know if you'd care if I came back

I have a lot of regrets about that

Taylor tried to leave town without saying goodbye, leaving everything behind

Pulled the car off the road to the lookout

Could've followed my fears all the way down

On her way out of town Joe called her (see “Cornilia Street”) and made her realize she was making a mistake.

And maybe I don't quite know what to say

But I'm here in your doorway

Unsure of her future she goes to visit him. He takes her up to the roof where they start their relationship (see “Cornilia Street” / “it’s nice to have a friend”)

[Verse 2]

They told me all of my cages were mental

It felt like everyone was against her. Everyone was convinced that she was painting herself as a victim and it was all in her head

So I got wasted like all my potential

She went to a dive bar to get drunk

And my words shoot to kill when I'm mad

I have a lot of regrets about that

Taylor burned a lot of bridges too soon when her reputation started falling

I was so ahead of the curve, the curve became a sphere

Fell behind all my classmates and I ended up here

Her peers were envious of her position at the top so they helped to sabotage her or just watched her fall

Pouring out my heart to a stranger

But I didn't pour the whiskey

Meeting Joe at the dive bar, drunkenly telling him all of her life. Literally all of “Gorgeous”

[Chorus]

I just wanted you to know that this is me trying x2

Taylor is trying to hold it all together, but it’s a huge burden

[Bridge]

And it's hard to be at a party when I feel like an open wound

At the beginning of her downfall she tried to act tough and unaffected

It's hard to be anywhere these days when all I want is you

Taylor was infatuated with Joe from the first time they met

You're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town

Joe is classic, a gentleman, something Taylor finds rare, a flashback to a more romantic time.

In conclusion: this is a backwards love song not a break up song. Taylor is once again a lyrical genius.

#taylor swift #folklore #ts8 theories #ts8 era #ts8 lyrics #ts8 folklore #taylor and joe #taylor easter eggs

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taylorswift we need a recipe for these please! 🍪🍪🍪

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MMMKAY— there are two ways you can go about this. The quick and easy way is to make sugar cookies from a sugar cookie mix and just cut open a packet of chai tea and pour it into the batter as you make it. Cause you’re busy and you want making cookies to be a chill part of your day. Pow. Done.

If you want to make the cookies from scratch (that’s what I did for the 1989 Secret Sessions), you can use this recipe I found on a baking blog I like, joythebaker.com and I believe it was originally from a book called The Pastry Queen. If you want another great baking blog, I get a lot of great ideas from smittenkitchen.com too. This is a recipe for basic insanely good sugar cookies. I added the chai element to the recipe because I thought it would infuse cozy holiday vibez into the cookie and it really did. So I’ll star the part that I added in the recipe.

http://joythebaker.com/2009/06/giant-vanilla-sugar-cookies/

***after you add the egg and vanilla, cut one chai tea packet open and empty the crushed up tea leaves into the batter CAUSE CHAI COOKIES ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN UP IN HERE***

I made an icing for the cookies, but they’re fine on their own. If you want to make icing for them, just mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 1/4 T-spoon of nutmeg, 1/4 T-spoon of cinnamon and 3 TAYblespoons <—-(I’m so annoying, it astounds me sometimes) of milk or eggnog if you can find it this time of year. The more milk/eggnog you add, the more your icing will become a glaze. But glazes are legit too so basically just LIVE YOUR LIFE.

I lightly sprinkled cinnamon over the icing once the cookies were baked and iced, but there are so many icing options you can pair with these cookies—I mean it’s out of control. If you’re really feeling like living on the edge, you can go ahead and add a few drops of food coloring to the icing to make it festive. No one is going to stop you.

Why?

Cause the bakers gonna bake bake bake bake bake.

Bye.