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i made this because i got hacked, but that's in the past! now i only use this to evade the post limit!
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@norm-ystical
my main is @normystical !!!
i made this because i got hacked, but that's in the past! now i only use this to evade the post limit!
i have been scribbling a bunch of critters lately
I made this with watercolors, colored pencils, and a micron pen! It was really nice to draw on paper after being on screens a lot lately 💕
ive had this fuckig image in my brain for ages. i dont know what it means
General neutral characters shouldn't be viewed as a placeholder for people to he/him-ify. I don't care if it doesn't specifically say that they're gender neutral, you don't see other binary characters being introduced as "this is a MAN. this character Robert is a MAN and not ANY OTHER GENDER." So no I don't think it's up to the viewers discretion just because there wasn't a giant flashing sign saying THEY/THEM over the character. This doubles for it/its.
To trip the light fantastic, repeat it after me!
needle/pin sharpener.
no really, squeeze it. Does it feel like it’s got sand in it? is’s sharpening sand. Stab the tip of your needle into it back and forth and it’ll help put a sharp edge back on a pin or needle that’s been blunted by use, or has a little bit of rust on it. It can’t fix anything worse then a little of either, and won’t work on something REALLY blunted, but its a lifesaver.
also it is a pepper
It's not a pepper and it's not for sharpening!!
It may seem like it should be a pepper, since that would go better with the flavour of a tomato (and the mass produced modern ones are admittedly more pepper shaped), but it is and has always been a strawberry. Here are some antique emery strawberries, which are much more strawberry shaped, and some of them have seeds.
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(Home Needlework Magazine, 1899)
And it's for cleaning needles, not sharpening them. I can't imagine how jamming a blunt needle point around in a bunch of loose grit could possibly sharpen it in any significant way, and all the historical sources I've seen only talk about cleaning.
"Every sewer's work basket or work box should contain an emery bag, as shown in Fig. 2, through which to push a needle when it becomes rough, squeaks, or sticks in the material. An emery bag is usually shaped like a strawberry and consists of a rough denim bag filled with emery powder, which is a very hard material used for polishing metals. Such a bag may be purchased for 5 or 10 cents in any store that sells sewing materials. Needles often become rusted from the perspiration of the hands or from being left in damp places. The beginner may use a small emery bag to remove rust; or, a small piece of emery paper may be used instead."
-Woman's Institute Reference Library, 1916.
"Use an emery whenever your needle does not slip through the cloth easily."
-The Improvement of Educational Administration in Massachusetts, 1916.
"An emery bag is inexpensive and is useful to keep needles polished and smooth. If the hands perspire and it is difficult to push the needle through the cloth, running the needle through the emery will relieve the condition."
-Boys' and Girls' Clothing Club, 1915.
"It was very hot to sit and sew. The needle would get sticky in spite of all the little emery strawberry could give it, and Beth's fingers had never felt so clumsy and uncomfortable."
-The Unitarian Register, 1908.
"She polished her needles to nothing, pushing them in and out of the emery strawberry, but they always squeaked."
-Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1910.
This patent from 1873 mentions an emery slab for sharpening pins, which is quite different from a cushion, and which sounds like it actually would work for sharpening.
"C is a slab of emery or other sharp and fine grit, for sharpening needles or pins"
Then later down the page it also says
"E is an emery cushion, secured in the body of the holder A, and is used for polishing needles and keeping them smooth."
So. Strawberry for cleaning. Not pepper for sharpening.
Gentle reminder - modern sewing tools are made from treated or plated metal, or stainless steel. In terms of human civilisation, this is a wild advance of technology. Needles are some of our oldest tools; rust was formerly ubiquitous, and attacked every form of everyday metal. A rusty needle tears fabric, or worse, stains it. The luxury and technology of rustproof needles and pins - forgotten in a few generations of human memory - and yet it is remembered in the strawberry. Memory is stored in the strawberry!
memory is stored in the emery
deliriously ripping open the sexy fishnet tights of a beautiful woman named bag of mandarins
It’s been so long since I’ve doodled Jevil 💔 ( it’s been a week or so. ) I miss him 💔💔
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Oh, so you’re a himejoshu? Name every woman.
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HELEN OF TROY
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MARGARET THATCHER
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OKAY OKAY I GOT THIS
HOW MANY MORE ARE THERE
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i read this out and my little sister screamed "WILL YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT AMONG US?" from the other room
@burntmarshmallowqueen so I drew your daughter
if I ever met Ryan Gosling I would be like omg Ryan I loved you in hey girl I mean they
drew this thing using youraislopbores.me and the markup tool