Completely Pointless & Arbitrary Blog

Now with 99.9% reblogging!

[dollsahoy]

I bought my copy of The Joy of Cooking in the late 90s--it was a new print at the time, but the latest copyright in it is 1975, so it has a noticeable amount of old culture holdovers.

and...just...

[nostalgicamerica]

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

This isn't vintage, nor is it made by an artist. It's an AI print being advertised on Etsy as a "handmade" 8 x 8 quilt block/fabric print. Notice the weird hands, the third leg on the Shirley Temple look-alike on the right, the mind-boggling flags, the way the hem of the middle girl's dress goes between her legs rather than around them, I mean the list goes on & on.

[wittywallflower]

is it just me or is it weird to paint its top predator on it??

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Well, it's certainly a choice...

[talesfromtreatment]

Been going through my recent followers to remove the bots and have made a rather annoying discovery-

Quite a few pro-Trumpsterfire blogs have started following me. I'm sure some of these are bots as well but let me say this plainly.

Fuck that man. I am going to party so fucking hard when he finally kicks the bucket.

Fuck off with bigotry of any and all sorts. Learn to be better people who care about others simply because they *are* people. Except Trump. Fuck that guy.

[kedreeva]

I have got a bottle of nice cherry brandy sitting under my television in preparation for the news. I have been collecting 4-leafed clovers all summer, carefully pressing them between pieces of cardboard and stacking them on top of the bottle, ever hopeful that today will be the day.

Because fuck that guy.

[sorcererslittledragon]

I have a song for this!

When that man is dead and gone!

[talesfromtreatment]

I was, and am, very much planning to post that song when he shuffles off.

[rosslynpaladin]

We will crab rave like never before

I will put on my ribbon skirt and ALL my shell jewelry and dance in the streets

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

[fuckyeahkitschy2]

[dollsahoy]

I have seen this reblogged by many people today, so I'm not singling anyone out: the truffle cat post is very likely AI (the dog's harness appears odd), and at the least simply fake, originating from a single FB post (found upon searching, because the Tumblr post had no source) that is apparently known for posting generated clickbait (at the moment, the page itself is not loading), and the cat story appears nowhere else online (lots of people in the replies talking about it, and the OP deleted it)

[parkchanwoohoo]

The facial expressions of everyone trying not to lose it are killing me

[gunsandfireandshit]

This is painfully American

[dirtbaby2016]

Americans be like it is totally normal for an entire stadium (including military members) to stand at attention while a fast food clown mascot sings the national anthem

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

[limiculous]

[guerrillatech]

[heartseeker]

i do im celebrating my dogs birthday

shes turning 2

[awbrainno]

I'm also celebrating your dogs birthday

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Happy 3rd birthday to heartseeker's dog

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Happy 4th birthday to heartseeker's dog

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Happy 5th birthday to heartseeker's dog

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Happy 6th birthday to heartseeker's dog

[runraerun]

This but make it domestic Spirk:

[eldar-of-zemlya]

Maaan, this Ernest Chiriacka illustration has been in my K/S inspiration folder for over a year now!! Thank you for making this post—this was the push I needed to finally make it happen xD

✨ Full size on AO3 ✨

[cryptotheism]

[rosslynpaladin]

if someone does THIS? install a museum art tag stating guesses of author, date, and possible translation gist. and leave it. ART

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Imagine having a cool as fuck door like this, and wanting to get rid of it.

[horsefigureoftheday]

Nova's tips for beating the heatwave:

1. Check that you have good access to shade trees, a shelter custom made to fit you and all your friends, and plenty of good airflow

2. Find the hottest, sunniest, and least windy part of you pasture and lay down

3. Make sure you look as much as possible like you have died of heatstroke

4. Get your friends in on it

[deadsetagainst]

australian sour patch kids have gluten in them i am truly at my fucking limit im crashing out im waging war against wheat idgaf anymore

[amvs]

oh is that one of those things where ableist companies put in traces of common allergens so they can just avoid the cost of making it safe

[deadsetagainst]

WHAT

[amvs]

Why Manufacturers Are Intentionally Adding Allergens to Their Foods

A trend we predicted in 2016 continues.

US based but it’s similar reasons in other countries. and of course many companies have international locations. idk if that’s why it’s happening with sour patch kids but this is a thing

[rosetintmyworld84]

I cannot even explain how ANGRY I am at this.

My nephew is very allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. Last year my sister discovered all hot dogs and hamburger buns now contain sesame. Not "may contain", but listed in the ingredients. This year basically every brand of sliced bread also now contains sesame, making it very difficult to find bread items he can eat.

They're just adding it to their products, so they can just list it as an ingredient and not bother with worrying about cross contamination. And they aren't even bothering with telling anyone. Capitalism is going to kill us all.

"Which brings us back to Kellogg’s. Back in 2016, the company found a way around the added burden and expense of complying with the FSMA: they simply began adding trace amounts of peanut flour to their cracker products. Doing so allowed them to list peanuts as an ingredient of the product, freeing them from having to prevent cross-contact.

At the time, Kellogg’s notified Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) about the impending change and left it to them to warn the allergic community. In this case, Pearson’s didn’t even bother as near as we can tell."

[gwydionmisha]

The peanut flour thing is happening all over. Watch out for things like breakfast bars, cookies, etc..

Check everything, even if it was safe last month.

[finnglas]

What the FUCK.

My food sensitivities are mild, but I have a lot of mutuals with more severe ones, so signal boosting this hard

[holy-leapin-splits-batman]

[theskullofjudgement]

YOU PEOPLE HAVE A STRANGE IDEA OF WHAT IS OKAY TO SAY TO STRANGERS

[hurricanenoelle]

[ayellowbirds]

On the one hand, i’m amused at the joke. On the other hand, I’m a librarian and this shelving is horrifying.

[tharook]

Well, no shelving system is without fault.

[jaj-vmd]

stfu