On the Border Blog

26 year old woman, current college grad but going back to school for Radiography. Posts include my what catches my eye, motivational recovery pertaining to Mental Health / BPD, and the ocasional diary blog =)

[ontheborderblog]

Freedom on 2 wheels ❤🏍 #honda #grom #motorcycle #bikerchick (at Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM7ukxEHLpo/?igshid=m37pn7xwbhm8

[ontheborderblog]

Obligatory snow pic (at Southbury, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5_TyvHyZl/?igshid=8ui9r2ocwkon

[deitycyla]

Preparing for trouble ✨

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[sixpenceee]

A creepycute realistic domestic cat skull planter made from solid cement. Link.

[castielific]

Oh my god, I've just seen this story on instagram about this guy that filled his bathtub with waterbead...except he didn't think about how he was going to empty it.

So he unplugged the bathtub which was apparently the worst idea he could possibly have because this happened

So he panicked and started asking people on the internet what he should do. Which was also a bad idea.

First suggestion: flush the toilet

This caused a smelly overflow that flooded the whole bathroom.

Second suggestion: vaccum the beads

His vaccum caught fire.

At this point it had actually spread to the neighborhood and people came to ask question but he denied knowing anything about it. He then discovered that it's invaded the whole sewer system.

And yet, he continued to take suggestion from the internet.

Third suggestion: put salt in

It actually worked. Well, until.

Poop apprently started flooding his house.

And then the streets.

It all happened yesterday so we're still waiting on an update on the situation but I hadn't laugh like this in a while.

You should go and watch the whole story (it's in 4 parts)

It's in french, but you get it even if you don't speak it and his screams of panic are hilarious

Word of warning: don't fill your bathtub with waterbeads. Just don't.

[castielific]

Update on the situation. The waterbeads have totally blocked the sewer system. He received a letter from town hall telling people to report nuisances to the cops that are searching for the culprit.

He's in so much trouble that I'm starting to feel guilty for finding this funny...but still kinda laughing about it.

[awesome-picz]

Artist  Jon Foreman Arranges Stones In Stunning Patterns On The Beach, Finds It Very Therapeutic

[lesbianfreyja]

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

[violet-nomad-deactivated2018120]

See also:

Blood is thicker than water The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

[espurr-roba]

Let’s not forget that “Jack of all trades, master of none” ends with “But better than a master of one.”

It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!

[theshantiestme11ophone]

These made me feel better

[thelifeofatubaplayer]

Also, “great minds think alike” ends with “but fools rarely differ”

It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.

[eattheacid]

what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these 

[terror-billie]

“Birds of a feather flock together” ends with “until the cat comes.”

It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.

[engel-tier-deactivated20180213]

I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.

[washington-acp]

I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.

[alwayswillgraham]

The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[its-kks-world]

I want to make designs out of these.

[sunderlorn]

Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.

[prokopetz]

Your stew recipe from last year says to put it in the fridge and serve twelve hours later. Does this detectably improve the flavor, or is there some more abstruse reason?

(With reference to this post here.)

Flavour-wise, it’s really a matter of preference; letting a stew rest for half a day before serving lets some of the starches in the vegetables break down into simple sugars, resulting a sweeter, mellower flavour, which can be a plus or a minus depending on your palate.

The real reason that recipe calls for letting the stew rest is that it assumes you’re using the cheapest stewing beef you can get your hands on; if you are, and you don’t give it the extra time, the meat may still be unpleasantly tough by the time you serve it, even with the lengthy cooking. It’s not so essential if you’re using the good stuff.

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

Thinking about that guy that created a cleanroom in his local makerspace and built an entire gene therapy from scratch, making a virus that supposedly delivered the ability to digest lactose and then SWALLOWED IT LIKE A MAD SCIENTIST AND CURED HIMSELF OF LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, EATING TWO CHEESE PIZZAS TO PROVE IT

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

The balls on this guy

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

Anyway we need more of these people

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

To reiterate, this guy created a virus FROM SCRATCH to change all of the cells of his stomach lining. And then he SWALLOWED it!!. And it worked!!! Amsmzkdkejshdmxidkdhdjwjdodjfh I could never

[cerothenull]

The craving for Cheese unhindered is a powerful thing

[oriax]

[kelssiel]

this guy: if i had lactose intolerance i would simply cure it

this guy, eating a block of cheese: rip to y’all but i’m different

[particlemilk-unlockable-gender]

what the fuck

[dankmemeuniversity]

[moonybyte]

Sanyo ICC-0081 "Mini Calculator": You can carry a calculator with you now, you never have to make big math in your head ever again!

Math teachers: We will multiply 14,762 times 2,853,654 among others in this test, no calculators allowed

Sanyo ICC-0081 "Mini Calculator":

[tracing-rivers]

Linguists throughout the ages: We have spent lifetimes gathering the significations of words and phrases in various language so everyone can appreciate them as well as possible.

Language teachers: Translate this text, no dictionaries allowed.

Linguists:

[dissociatedabyss]

it’s almost like school isn’t about learning and utilizing your resources but instead about memorization and test scores :’)

[gluten-free-pussy]

Lately I’ve been doing this thing where when men give me shit at my job, I choose to instead speak to their wives/girlfriends/female counterpart. I had a dude today try to yell at me and I ignored him and instead spoke in a very level voice to his wife instead. He literally stomped his feet like a fucking toddler and said “stop ignoring me! I’m talking!” And his wife said “George, please use a quieter voice. You’re embarrassing me.”

[afronerdism]

You are a genius and I’m using this

[gluten-free-pussy]

Lol I learned it from my mom. She does this all the time and eventually the guy either sulks off somewhere or adjusts his behaviour and THEN she’ll address him. I did this with my friends puppies when I was training them and it works the same tbh

[jamaicanblackcastoroil]

[allthingshyper]

This is the kind of behavior you use on little kids, which I find both hilarious, disturbing and very telling of how little we expect men to GROW THE FUCK UP

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[natsukachie]

Listen I have learned English as a second language for 20+ years and my brain still aborts when I see that word

[mr--link]

That word’s at least partly French, right?

[the-stray-liger]

French is my second language and english is my third. I can assure you that word can only fucking come from like the Necronomicon or something like that bc you won’t find anything so cursed even in french

[fortunesrevolver-deactivated202]

English is my first language and I still hate that goddamn word.

[bailesu]

Yacht is a mangled version of Jaghte, from Dutch, where it indicated a fast ship for hunting pirates.  In English, it turned into a fast pleasure ship.  

[awed-frog]

I guess the lesson here is, ‘if something’s too cursed to be French, then it’s probably Dutch’ and I fully support that.

[heartbeatemoji]

hint: if a person with clinical depression and anxiety says theyre tired …. dont tell them they have no reason to be …. bc guess what….. They Know and Its Shitty

[meowtian]

Louder!!!

[kucala]

I just want to add one thing-

If you have depression or anxiety? you’re not tired for no reason.

You’re tired because you have depression/anxiety.

Not only do they both come with low energy/fatigue as a legit common side effect, but they’re both fucking /exhausting/. fighting your brain all the time? exhausting. adrenaline crashes from anxiety/panic attacks? exhausting. being on edge all the time? exhausting. plus doing things costs /more/ energy when you have those mental illnesses.

You’re not tired for no reason, you’re tied because you have an illness that makes you tired.

[manymoonsago]

I needed to hear this so bad that it made me cry

[imjusttiredofblank]

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!

[downwithneocolonialism]

[downwithneocolonialism]

[adriisamused]

[ishipitlikeups]

Official petition to bring back swing dancing.

[s3phi3-deactivated20210216]

i’m gonna need going dancing to become a cultural norm again. like going swing dancing with your friends??? & ending up dancing with pretty strangers??? sounds like a blast if you ask me. also i have this very pretty blue rockabilly swing dress that i would like to use for,,, ya know,,, swing dancing???