#but apparently

[the-library-alcove]

From a "I learned history and now I'm watching it rhyme" perspective, there's a certain bitter, black humor in watching Trump loot the Treasury (presumably in order to make himself the world's first trillionaire)...

...while knowing that the only thing that gives the US dollar its value is the trust and acceptance by everyone. A trust and acceptance he's actively and apparently deliberately undermining.

He can tell the Treasury and Dept. of Justice to send him as much money as he wants--and he wants it all--but it won't be worth much if/when he makes the US economy fully implode and everyone flees to the Chinese yuan.

[hime-kaji-louie]

Y'all, I just got the craziest realization ever.

So ya'll know, I'm playing Tomodachi Life on the Switch & I already made Coyle into a Mii. I'm putting birthdays in for the Miis because I like celebrating their birthdays; they deserve some cake every once in a while, 'kay. Now, if they don't really have an official birthday or any fanon birthday, I go by the VA's birthday.

Coyle doesn't have an official or fanon birthday, so I checked Julian's birthday, since it's nice to celebrate the VA's birthdays.

However, Coyle is 36 during the events of the game & he looks like he's pushing fucking 50.

JULIAN BAILEY IS 48 & HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S STILL IN HIS EARLY 30'S.

Anyway, I just thought it was funny to me because I didn't expect either of their ages, lmao. 😭

[jodefrostwallart]

Fallen warrior

[ladyluscinia]

I believe Crocodile and Doflamingo didn't fuck in the Warlord era since frankly they were busy and didn't see each other that often and it didn't occur to either of them. Well, it didn't occur to Crocodile, while Doflamingo idly thought about it a few times but never when they were actually in the same place and he could have suggested it (namely a rare Warlord meeting that Crocodile actually attended).

Now the reason Doffy never had wandering eyes during meetings?

Doffy attends Warlord meetings with one singular goal and it's pissing off Sengoku as much as possible. Fucking a fellow Warlord would be mildly irritating, but honestly the Fleet Admiral doesn't actually expect better of them or care particularly much. They'd have to, like, be fucking on the table when he walked in or something equally egregious that Crocodile would definitely shoot down. It's just not an efficient use of his limited time in Marineford 🤷‍♀️

Now fucking a marine on the other hand...? Let's just say the list of dishonorable demotions and punishment reassignments caused by someone letting Doflamingo into their pants against all common sense is one of his proudest accomplishments and Sengoku's most infuriating reoccurring problem

[roseimtryingtoresonateconcrete25]

I’d like to thank Danny Boyle for inventing evil bisexuals in 1994

[kiragecko]

A few months ago, I was in the mood for pickles. But I wanted INTERESTING pickles ...

Okay, starting again. I'm hypersensitive in most contexts other than food. Everything is too loud, bright, or painful. But taste ... I CRAVE flavour, you guys. Especially strong flavours.

So I head out to get pickles, and buy some normal ones (cucumbers), but I'm not into pickled onions or peppers, so the normal grocery store isn't helping me. Fine. I'm see what the ASIAN grocery store has!

It has many many pickled things. Very exciting. I buy a few, including pickled lemons. Because I like lemons. A lot.

It turns out that most pickled foods are both sweeter AND saltier than the garlic pickled cucumbers I enjoy. The lotus root becomes a mostly edible salad. Most of the others don't grab me. But I don't want to waste my lemons. What do you make with pickled lemons?

Apparently, you make salty lemonade. Which is lemonade, made with pickled lemons. And it's salty. After adding a bunch of lemon juice it was interesting, but not a new staple.

And then today. It's cold out. My dash is full of spiced ciders. Cider takes too long, but I want a hot and flavourful drink as well! So why not try some hot lemonade? And since I want it strong, maybe add some of my pickled lemons?

You guys.

It is strong.

It ... I ended up adding ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon, and star anise to try to change the salt from the main note to part of a chorus. I added a bunch more hot water, to lower the volume. I added some vodka, for some harmony.

It MIGHT be good? It's warm, strong, and lemony. It makes my taste buds very excited. I'm enjoying the experience of drinking it.

But.

I'm also finding a lot of distractions between sips. Some of them seem a bit desperate. I keep smacking my lips, and licking them, in some weird reflex I don't understand. I have created something!

I'm just not sure what.

[the-lemon-light]

I HATE THE MEDICAL SYSTEM