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[mentalisttraceur]

A lot of things about the USA's growth and decline make a lot more sense when you realize that for almost a century, communism provided market competition to capitalism and America's not-quite democracy.

Capitalism had to reign in its boundless greed just to stay competitive. Free markets do have advantages for innovation, optimization, and responsiveness -- and for a brief time, the US government was forced to keep those with capital from parasitically capturing as much of that value as possible.

The next time you see one of those graphs, like growing wealth inequality, CEO compensation, or stagnating wages, take a note of the years.

The American decline lurched into a higher gear with each increment of Soviet decline that the Western markets could feel.

[carefreemonk]

A place you'd like to visit…‎ / Thanks for everything…‎ ‎ / School days…‎ ‎

"..." Mitama turns to look at the nearby flowers.

[ perfect teatime? ] / accepting

It's not like he rigged the teatime matchups. Certainly no more than he rigged the guru. Which. He didnt! So there.

He pours for both of them.

"..."

Does Azama turn to look at the flowers that have caught Mitama's attention? Impossible to say.

"It's a bit stiff and formal like this compared to the usual, isn't it?"

It need not be, but the air feels tense for some reason. Maybe their neighbours at the next table over have terrible vibes. Or maybe Azama's just a bit out of his element. There’s a world of difference between quietly, peacefully having tea with his daughter out of the public eye, and then the both of them being here for everyone to see.

(Not that he minds at all, mind you. Rather, he wonders if she minds.)

"But it's not a bad idea on the church's part." Credit where it is due - Garreg Mach may have much to question concerning its management, albeit most of it above Azama's paygrade, but this event is looking perfectly normal.

"... I'm grateful to be here partaking in this with you," he manages, finally.

[athena-xox]

Ever After High website/app documentation

Website

Charmed Style

Baby Dragons

Ever After High

Tea Party Dash

[genderkeeper]

Glowstardecoric

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• Definition; a gender related to decorating ones room with glow-in-the-dark stars and other similar decals. Usually on the ceiling or walls.

The feeling of looking up from your bed and seeing the stars, feeling comfort from the familiar stars and their soft light. Can also be related to these stars during childhood and experiences around them.

Glow + star + "decor" decorations + ic

• Coined By; me

• Flags By; me

• Flag Meaning; the background is the gingham pattern to relate to blankets; the bedroom setting. The pattern is colored to relate to the colors of glow-in-the-dark stars are in bright light. Usually appearing green-ish and darker. The overall background is darkened like a ceiling at night. The stars are colored to show how a glow-in-the-dark star looks when on a darkened ceiling, at night. Glowing against the dark. In the middle flag, the star "glow" looks a bit different but I couldn't choose so i included it.

• Related To; part of the decoric gender system

This gender is not exclusive to anyone

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[accursedkaleeshi]

what are some Kaleesh terms of endearment? whether it be romantic/platonic/familial (I love all your hcs btw!)

I am sharing more words with you. I have 100% fabricated these. Long post sorry about your dashboard. F.

• Privkliin: “First family”, family of origin

• Kliin: “Family, Clan” It is always kliin with the (ii) because someone is always “of family” in one way or another. Except Ronderu :( . Paired with literally any group of 2 or more people or animals or cool trees. Like if Awra means “friends” your Awrakliin would be your friend family, your friends you consider a family. This is comparable to bros, homies, bffs, & besties of the so true variety. But also if there’s a rock next to another rock: the rocks are a family, it’s just the rules lol.

• Awra: “Friend(s)”

• Aukliin: “MY Family, Clan”, but like serious. Your actual family. A lot of the oral language is in context & surroundings. There isn’t usually a huge amount of pronouns involved unless someone needs to clarify. But Aukliin is a serious word. Like “this is MY family, my blood (usually), where I come from” deal since in Kaleeshi culture family is kind of your everything. (The Au- prefix is for being really possessive of something).

• Fahyr (Fa-heer): “Father”, Faya is akin to daddy (not like that), Fhyr (feer) is akin to a baby smushing syllables together.

• Masyr: “Mother”, Maya is akin to mommy (not like that), Ma is the same actually. Ah the universal unification of yelling “MA!” “There’s a weird fuckin’ cat outside!”

• Liimasyr: “Mom one is from”, Refers to one’s biological mother should the need to specify arise.

• Lyxai’ma: “Support mom”, Any of your family mothers that didn’t actually give birth to you.

• Rujkai: “Brother”, Brothers. Everyone is everyone’s brother or sister really, it is used when referring to others casually. Lyx’kai refers to your actual brothers in your family & your full blood brother would be Lyrkai if you wanted to make the distinction.

• Rujru: “Sister”, Same as above. Lyx’ru for your sisters specifically & Lyru for your full blood sisters. Ruj refers to either sibling & also cousins, Jkai (Pronounced zhkai, their J’s are kind of lazy Z’s) is like bro, or boy, or dude. Jru is like girl. Sharp Kai & Ru are used more like if you are in trouble. Grievous knifehand-"BOY"'d to everyone in various degrees of question, warning, or panic & these pronouns were later replaced by him barking “unit”. :(

Rujkamen: "Brother warrior", referring to comrades in arms.

Brin (brren? R's are rolled): "Child", Brinka = son, Brinru = daughter

Briibi: "of child", Baby! Very cute, used with actual babies & your significant others. The more "bi" you add onto the end determines how cute you're being. Like if you said briibibibi that's dummy cute baby talk.

Briinma: "Mother of child", pregnant. Not a term of endearment but while I'm on the subject. Although

Privbriinma: "First mother of child", is referring to someone's first pregnancy. Which can be posed as a question & if the answer is yes ma in question will be fawned over. Like how women get really excited for you if you're pregnant but in turbo mode. Like if you're a first time mom trying to run errands in town it will take all day bc complete strangers will be happy for you. Ah the duality of Kaleesh: Violence & Babies

Kahyr: "Husband"

Rasyr: "Wife"

Hiilja: "In soul", soulmate. I'm using "-ja" as neutral pronoun looks like, which aren't used often since you would presumably know the gender of your soulmate & call them hiilka/hiilru

Hacorja: "Soul heart" beloved, used like sweetheart (hacorka/hacoru)

Doréja: "Treasure, gift" (doréka/doréru)

Eayn (ay-een): "To love", ranges from liking to love. Eayné = "I love it", eaynka = "Love male" equates to boyfriend or SO

Tri'eayn: "Private love", lover. Like you bangin. Usually used privately. Not really something you'd say in public mixed company unless someone who wasn't picking up the social ques needed clarification & you had no other word. Like some dipshit for the 4th time that night asks, "Rujru?" (Is this your sister?) & you gotta be like, "Tri'eayno-" (We're sleeping together, so...) lmao. (They're lesbians, Harold)

[mxdberries]

[Anonymous asked:

JC is so mind-fucked he chooses to stay with LXC. WWX and JL are just like surprised pika and LWJ doesn’t know what to do. JC orders WWX to call off his Wen-dog so he can continue to get tortured by the sweet, sadistic hands of his lover. “Why don’t you stay and watch” JC sneers as he removes Zidian and hands it over to LXC, who he has named as a master. WWX glances around in horror, fully taking in the cottage (which now should look like a bdsm parlour), manacles on the wall, judas cradle, etc.

Answer:

I’m down for this but where is Xichen getting the bdsm gear? Ye Olde Chinese Mr S?

(NOTE: That link is v v v NSFW. I cannot express to you how many Real Person Dongs are on their front page.) ]

[whatcanicookwith]

Pantry Food Staples

These are just what I find to be the cheapest and most versatile things that I prefer to keep around almost all the time.

Flour

I keep flour around because it’s useful for making sauces, thickening soups, cooking meat, frying things, making dumplings, and choux pastry if you want a dessert EDIT: You can also use cornstarch as a gluten free option but start out with half as much cornstarch as you’d use flour.

Rice

My partner has a mild gluten allergy so whenever I can do low gluten or gluten free things I do. Rice is easy to make if you know how (I can post a tutorial if you guys want) or if you just don’t want to mess with it, you can get a rice cooker for like $12 at Walmart and I’ll link mine later when I’m on desktop. I’ll probably make a master post of my favorite ways to cook rice once I get everything organized.

Frozen diced veggies

These are good because some you can get where they’ll steam in the bag, but you can also just put them in a bowl with a bit of water or in a vegetable steamer and I’ll link the one I use later. They often go on sale for like $1 and when they do I stock up because they can go in things like fried rice, soup, by themselves as a side, etc.

Bouillon cubes/powder

There’s also something called Better Than Bouillon which is..actually better than bouillon but it’s more expensive ($4 maybe) and cubes are like $2. If you are completely gluten free I recommend getting broth though because bouillon usually has a little gluten in it, though I’m not sure about better than bouillon.

Butter or oil

I use different oils for different things but always be careful about the different smoke points. Olive oil has a low smoke point, so it’s best not to use it for any high heat dishes. I use peanut oil for high heat things, or butter, but I think avocado oil also has a high smoke point. I can make a master post about oils also if that’s something anyone is interested in

Garlic

So if you don’t like chopping up garlic (I don’t) you can buy a little jar of fresh minced garlic or a squeeze tube which is what I use. You can also buy dried minced garlic which will keep longer and doesn’t need to be refrigerated.

Honey

I actually cook with honey quite often because it rounds out flavors in savory dishes really well and imo tastes the best, but you could also use brown sugar.

Frozen chicken breasts or thighs etc

Frozen meat is always cheaper than fresh, and if you cook it right, it tastes just as good. I get a big bag and just take out what I need and defrost it in a bowl of room temperature water. You can defrost it in the microwave on the defrost setting in a pinch but you have to be careful not to start cooking it because it’ll be rubbery.

Rice noodles/noodles

Like I said, I try to cook mostly gluten free but you can just get regular noodles. I like rice noodles anyway and you can use them to make pho or just use them like you would any other noodles. I just buy whatever’s on sale and once my kitchen is less cluttered I’d actually like to make my own

[donghxns]

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