My personal blog

not really active here but ehhhhh it exists and I lurk occasionally

[housegoblin]

lifes so hard

[kim-jong-chill]

i need feminism because when jesus does a magic trick it’s a goddamn miracle but when a woman does a magic trick she gets burned at the stake

[mattheuphonium-blog]

fabulous 

[tockthewatchdog-deactivated2020]

i mean they did also kill jesus. that was a pretty significant thing that happened. like i understand where you’re coming from here but they very much did kill jesus.

[counterpunches]

#HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY

[succubusboyfriend]

me at any given time: can we just buckle down and focus on the task at hand please???

my brain:

my brain: ……….ranibow sprimkle……………

[succubusboyfriend]

ranibow sprimkle……..

[cr0wswithknives]

kepchup.

[cosmicyeehaw]

SPINCH

[oli-nerd]

B A N C H

[scoobertdoobertlove]

chichen nuggest

[yondus-wife]

b R o G L e

[borzboy]

strawbebbies..

[sprayed-cheese]

this post almost moved me to tears

[were-owl-deactivated20241025]

Tag yourself, I’m spinch or rainbow sprimkle

[justnick612-deactivated20210723]

I’m kepchup lmao

[fysticalmorest]

Brogle and rainbow sprimkle

[atlinmerrick]

This is so charming I feel punched in the solar plexus and I’m here for this sort of gentle, sweet violence.

[kristiemewisstan]

some additions from my own collection

[weepingwillo-deactivated2022071]

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[dreamofbecoming]

[mallomia]

i have been blessed by ranibow spimkle, may the world heritage posts bless thee aswell

[decoysender]

No Smorking. Parma Jawn

[trippleacute]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[starving-little-orphan-boy]

my guy friend (cis guy) (has a penis) (does not menstruate) asked me (has an auditory processing disorder) (does menstruate) for a pen (writing utensil) (normal request) and i (confidently) (with no hesitation) reached into my pocket (in my jacket) (cool denim jacket) (has many pockets) (one pocket has pads in it) (menstrual pads) and gave him (cis guy) (has a penis) (does not menstruate) a pad (menstrual pad) (for people who menstruate) (which he does not need).

[parentheses-posts]

This post has 20 sets of parentheses.

[insanitysilver]

AO3 Tagging Inspiration.

Mainly a reference for me bc I always blank when it comes to tags. Sharing in case it helps anyone else, but not intended to be prescriptive. Further references:

Ao3’s Rating System Explanation

Difference Between "A/B" and "A&B"

Fanwork Ao3 Accepts Beyond Fanfic

How tagging a pairing in the “Relationship” field vs in “Additional Tags” changes search results

List of Writing Genres

Trope Examples

Most Popular Tags on Ao3

How to Find the Most Popular Tags in Your Fandom

My humble plea for people to cross-post their meta & other fannish nonfiction to ao3. [Nonfic Posting Guide]

[ryebreadgf]

just learned americans have different standard paper sizes than everyone else. what do you MEAN you don’t have A4 as the standard. what do you mean your standard paper size isn’t even the same size as an A4. apparently it’s like. ’letter’ and ’legal’ and whatever else. help!!!

[ryebreadgf]

this is so scary

[huggingtentacles]

That has to be false. That's misinformation hold on

[huggingtentacles]

holy fucking shit

[jv]

Once again I find myself forced to ask you, USians, is this real? And with real I mean, is it really common to find paper in, let's say, legal or letter format instead of using A4 (or A3 or A5 when needed) for everything?

(for the record, I knew about those paper formats because all software with printing capabilities support them, but I've always thought it was some weird deprecated standard from before DIN A4 was made the standard, not something still in use)

[starksgrace]

Common? Try exclusive. I've never seen A4 (or 3 or 5) in the wild anywhere. Like I've seen it referenced in books or fanfic or what not, but I thought the US used actual names so they were easier to remember, like a labeling thing.

I never crossed my mind that A4 had different dimensions

[jv]

ok, this is... distressing :D

Like, I thought the worst I would get as an answer would be "yeah, the legacy formats are still pretty common, maybe even more than A4", not the "I wasn't aware of A4 until last year" thing I'm seeing in other answers O_O

And yeah, A4 is just the convenient day-to-day size, but you have also A3 (two A4 next to each other), A2 (two A3 next to each other), etc... pretty convenient, very metric, easy to remember, etc.

[mirage358]

... it's because we still use inches as our primary length unit. That's it, that's the mystery. Wait until they find out about Arch vs ANSI sizes

[jv]

No, that's not it!

Because the A series DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IN METRIC EITHER.

A4, the most common paper format in the world, is 29.7x21cm.

As you can see, that's pretty bonkers.

But the thing is that that's the exact proportion you need to be able to divide it in halves that keep the exact same proportion than the original sheet, while keeping A0 with an area of 1 sq meter (while still having the exact same proportion than every other A-size!).

It's about extensibility and easy of use (you have an A4 and need an A5? fold it by half and cut! you now have two A5s!)

[whatacartouchebag]

Crawling out of my hole to remind people that with this current update to Firefox (version 144) they've gone and dumped in their lot with a buncha lil AI tools, namely Perplexity as a new search engine.

So if the sound of that leaves your mouth tasting of tar, here's what you want to do:

In the url bar, type in about:config

It'll give you a big scary warning page that you might poke holes in your browser. Good. You want to do that. Click continue.

One by one, you're going to need to put each of these into the search bar in the page, not up top:

browser.ml.enable browser.ml.chat.enabled extensions.ml.enabled browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled

Each of these are gonna have a lil toggle icon on the right hand side that looks like a funky double-ended arrow. Click that and the value next to it should change to false. It all auto saves as you go. Some of these might already be set to false by default and that's peachy.

The next best thing you can do for yourself is to set your default search engine to udm14 or Qwant, but for now, we're just tidying the garden a lil bit.

[emmettmccartycullen]

#neverforget the time that Bella wore a full length khaki skirt to meet Edward’s family and he basically lost it because he thought she looked so sexy

[rosaliesgay]

the mormon really jumps out in this paragraph

[shiny-haunters-deactivated20181]

[bisexualalicecullen]

smeyer has a khaki fetish

[wildlifewednesdays]

A porcupine’s Halloween present (+ original sound effects)

[docwithtardisfez]

I had no idea giant porcupines made fucking precious sounds

[11213372-deactivated20160412]

[nightonblogmountain]

THAT’S THE SOUND IT MAKES!?!?!?

UN-BE-FUCKING-LIEVABLE 

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

We got asked if this is cute and okay. I can very happily say yes, this is stupid cute and those are happy porcupine noises. 

One of my favorite things about doing zoo work was all the noises you never realize the animals make when they’re excited or interested in a new thing. Coatimundis squeak and snuffle, and giant porcupines make that sound. 

[typhoidmeri]

Omgggg the sounds.

[gigi-tastic]

Teddy is back on my dash and all is right with the world

[bears-official]

WE ALMOST TO OCTOBRE POST OF PUNKINBEARS

[wafflebloggies]

HI TEDDY I MISSED YOU

[moderndayathena]

Happy October, everyone! Have some pumpkins and a happy porcupine!

[googlepliers]

Happy 21st of September!

[sashayed]

[talkgentlytome]

[dank-morpork]

And when a six-foot tall Persian priestess with a fucking GOLD EYE speaks, you know you damn well listen to what she has to say.

[shirojikimattari]

LOOK WHO HAS SOMETHING DRAW. IT IS ME, MY GAY BITCHES.

[shirojikimattari]

Finally had a tiny break time.

So…. Anyone still up for golden eyed six foot tall priestess??

[strugglingqueer]

Oh, you better listen to her!

[captain-lonagan]

i’ll listen to her, give her my food, worship her, do her laundry, and generally be extremely gay

[consistantly-changing]

Okay but this is so cool.

This is the earliest prosthetic eye ever recorded, and the surgery was a success. It appears that it was held in with thread and was worn regularly, with signs of infection in the eye socket showing that it had possibly been worn too much without cleaning.

The whole eye was not gold, instead mostly being made of bitumen with the golden lines inscribed into it in a pattern that some archeologists suggest may be an imitation of the sun, the 8 radial outward lines being sun rays, to represent light. There are also hints of white pigment on the surface, indicating that once part of the eye may have been mimicking the sclera (white bit of the eye).

Some suggest that her eye elevated her status, and based on the responses of everyone here, that’s easily possible.

Golden-eye and the Burnt City: The earliest known ocular prosthesis from the city of Shahr-i Sokhta

Shahr-i Sokhta (sometimes written as Shahr-e Sukhteh), meaning The Burnt City, is the name given to a substantial Bronze Age walled urban se

Bonus, the eye itself (which resided in the left eye socket):

[patentlyabsurdrpgideas]

Reblogging this version for the revelation that this ancient priestess prosthetic eye had a golden sun inscribed on it.

I’m not sure if that’s cooler or equally cool as a fully gold eye, but I feel like people need to know! Especially artists because I want to see that illustrated!

[phykoha]

squishies for when you need a nap

[prettiestpear]

[lookwhatijustfound-blog]

Notebook Paper Crochet Blanket

[pinkflames3]

Heck I think I need to make one

[yespolkadotkitty]

[librafolie]

Important information for writers who aren’t British but like to try to sound British in their British-y fanfiction 

[ineffectualdemon]

“You need tea” - you are having, or just had, a medical emergency. This tea will have like 3 sugars and milk in no matter how you normally take your tea.

When I gave birth they kept bringing me cups of very sweet tea until I drank one

Even when covered in blood and being stitched up

[factorialrabbits]

“Do you want some tea?” I’ve something to say and I’m nervous about it

[the-haiku-bot]

“Do you want some tea?”

I’ve something to say and I’m

nervous about it

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[shower-thoughts-last-responder]

“I’ll put the kettle on.” Iy has been the longest, hardest, and most physically/emotionally draining day of our lives, tea is non-negotiable.

[poikaboo]

{ID - tweet from @/nickocdw reads: British Tea Translator

“Cup of tea?” Welcoming a guest. “Tea?” I find this situation awkward. “Spot of tea?” A foreign guest has activated Hyper-English, Mary Poppins mode. “Pot of tea?” Trying to impress in-laws. “I’ll make some tea.” There has been complete devastation.

END ID}

[dunkthebiscuit]

“I’ll just put the kettle on, shall I?” = I will leave the room so you can dry your eyes / put yourself together / hide the sex toys / dispose of the body.

[llamagoddessofficial]

And that’s not even getting into reactions to tea.

“Ooh, that’s lovely.” / “That hits the spot.” - Good cup of tea

“It’s passable,” - Best tea they’ve ever had in their life

“It’s really nice,” - You’ve somehow fucked it up, they won’t ask for another

“It’s alright I’ll have the rest later,” - You didn’t fill the cup up enough

[minecraft]

I'm at a :.|:; for words.

[shodaisatellite]

[pinkflames3]

This post made me explain loss to my mother

[eternalgirlscout]

joke i'll never get tired of: "they died doing what they loved, [something no one would ever do on purpose]"

[ghost-of-bleeding-flesh]

they died doing what they loved, getting stabbed in the chest 5 to 7 times.