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11.5K Posts, 1.09K Following, 588 Followers · I miss Miiverse, my favorite platform. I play too much video games. Roo in Xenoblade Chronicle

palmolli

May have posted about this before, BUT:

the fact that Skyward Sword Link in Mario Kart 8 has bleach blonde hair pisses me off SO BAD that I started gaslighting myself into thinking he wasn't sksw Link, and he was actually sksw Zelink's child, and he got his blondness from his mom.

His dad was napping so he stepped in for him💔

synibread

JUNE!!

venusinta

woah! what's this? woah! what's this? woah!

americano-psycho

There are many benefits to using a fountain pen. Less waste, less hand pain, customizable ink/pen combos, etc. However, I think my favorite is that you get so accustomed to pressing your pen lightly, no one can do the whole "going to the page behind what you wrote and rubbing a pencil on it to see the indentations of what you wrote" trick. Very useful for hiding your many secrets, schemes, and machinations.

zeldaseyebrows

More important question: who's taking him to therapy after

(The Resident Evil crew go to karaoke after Vendetta and it's that one scene from Abbott Elementary)

catchymemes

pseudomantis

friendlyfrankenstein

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.

anais-ninja-bitch

also it is a pepper

vinceaddams

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.

(source)

(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.

elodieunderglass

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!

hollyevolving

memory is stored in the emery

ihavenoideamanokay

they named this bitch Director General Shoe

squidbulborb

𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕾𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖍 𝕭𝖗𝖔𝖘. 𝖝 𝕯&𝕯

Here's a little project I did a while back. I may not know much of Dungeons and Dragons, but I do know Nintendo, so I hope this will suffice... lol. I could only come up with these designs for now, maybe another day I'll include the other iconic characters.