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This is Money Snake. She only appears every 312 years.

If you reblog her picture within the next twenty-five seconds you will have good luck and fortune for the rest of your life.

thingsamylikes

I reblogged her late last year and my 2024 has been very satisfying work-wise and (secure enough to not stress out) money-wise so far. Money Snake is wise and good.

lemonsharks

always reblog money snake

teaboot

I know the movie is 32 years old but I feel like Aunt Debbie (Addams Family Values 1993) is one of the few people whose quality of life could have really benefitted from a few therapy sessions with Dr. Hannibal Lecter

teaboot

Expert Mode Couples Counselling Session

switchbackhyperloop

100% yesssss I love it

Also, Debbie'd set her sights on Hannibal in qn INSTANT, but she'd pretty quickly realize that Hannibal only has eyes for Will.

Hannibal would just adore her as a patient, though. He wouldn't even really need to provide care, more just like "You’re doing AMAZING, sweetie. "

teaboot

I mean IMO the only real PROBLEMS she had as *part* of the Addams family was her emotional immaturity. They were FINE with her entitlement, her ambition, her homicidal intent. The trail of bodies behind her wasn’t really an issue either. At the end of the day, the biggest point of friction was her impatience and inability to self-regulate.

She could have kept trying to kill Fester for DECADES and he would have LOVED it. She just wasn’t able to reflect and adapt. Maybe if she had, she could have come up with additional get-rich murder schemes that DIDN’T require marriage. Maybe a small influencer-follower cult or beauty product pyramid scheme.

Given the right resources and support she could have THRIVED with the Addamses. Let me have this

icarus-suraki

"At the end of the day, the biggest point of friction was her impatience and inability to self-regulate."

You forgot about pastels...

teaboot

Tell me YOU don’t have relatives with questionable style preferences

ruffboi-mags

Pastel Goth is a thing. Tell me that feathered robe didn't fit right in with their style, albeit in a different color scheme.

dinosaurcharcuterie

The comment isn't about her clothing style, iirc. Morticia is fully on Team Debbie until she's inside the newly bought house, and she notices Debbie has decorated entirely in the current trend of subdued pastels.

This woman has proven she thrives once she stops toeing the line. Her style isn't dark, but neither is it light; it's excessive, vulgar overconsumption that can't exist in polite society. It's why and how she fits in with the Addamses.

And then, at the peak of all her achievements, when she can finally get whatever she wants—she gets what everyone else has. Restraint. Zero personality. It's not like her, and Morticia immediately notices and questions it. Maybe to mock, but more likely as a genuine expression of concern.

What's more, when Debbie feels called out on it, she stomps her feet and throws a tantrum. She sees Morticia as enough of an authority figure that she assumes she's being told once again that she didn't, can't, get the best, no matter how much she tries. She could have casually waved away the comment with "it suits my purpose... for now" or "still getting settled in", but it doesn't cross her mind that she can argue with it, or even that it might not be meant as a personal attack.

The underlying message in any Addams story is always "Why would you want what everyone else has when you can have something better?" It's why Debbie's color scheme is irrelevant. It's why she can't win in the end. It's what Dr. Lecter would fix.

teal-deer

@gothiccharmschool

gothiccharmschool

All of this is correct, especially the interpretation that Mortica isn't expressing disdain about the color scheme itself, but expressing concern.

ralfmaximus

National Public Data is back online. Protect your privacy from it now - and check if other people-search sites have your information.

Over a year ago, National Public Data (NPD), a search site for people, earned a place in privacy infamy for a security breach that revealed the personal data of 3 billion individuals (that's billion with a "b"). Now, after disappearing, NPD is back. As ZDNET sister publication PCMag reported, NPD is open for snooping again under a new owner, the rather mysterious-sounding Perfect Privacy LLC.

Oh boy. Better head over to nationalpublicdata.com and see if your profile is there. Then follow the handy instructions in the ZDNET article to have yourself removed:

How to remove your information from NPD

Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com.

When you find your profile, click "View Full Profile."

Copy its URL.

Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html.

Drop the URL into the "Your Profile Link" field and click "Request Removal."

Enter an email address, and the site will send you an email requesting that you click to confirm deletion.

You'll need a separate email address for each profile you want to delete.

ralfmaximus

Are you listed at the National Public Database site?

I was, and it was accurate. I requested removal.

I was, but it was only somewhat accurate. I requested removal.

I was, but everything was wrong. I requested removal.

I am. I tried to remove myself but it didn't work.

I am. People can look me up, whatever

Never looked, don't plan to.

Voting ended onAug 21, 2025

Reblogging again with poll because I am curious.

zillanovikov

every year I post this meme and every year people get more mad at me than they did the previous year

chillgamesh-the-swing

You know, I think we're gonna pull it off actually. People ARE working on the climate crisis already. 89% of people want to see climate action even while the richest governments are dragging their feet, and we are globally on a much better track than the 8.5C scenario that was predicted as the worst case barely 5 years ago. Don't get me wrong there's a LOT of work left to clean up our mess, and after that will be a long recovery time before the climate really stabilizes again, but we're going to get there. Adapt and survive long enough to see it.

anarchistmemedistro

Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmenta

Podcast Episode · Audible Anarchism · 11/01/2025 · 2h 14m

astraaureus

Welp. Google's AI horseshit has arrived. And I'm not complying. They can pry my ID out of my cold dead hands. I will simply go elsewhere. Remember folks, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR IDs. Do not comply. Resist, fight it, use other browsers or sources beyond youtube and google controlled services. Call them. Email them. Make noise. Fight back.

mocrlbmutwwwptth

I've been using Google as my main mail service since 2006, and every single account or service I've ever signed up for was made with that address. For a long time I thought it'd be impossible to divorce myself from Google.

It took less than 5 minutes to switch to a ProtonMail account, less than 2 hours to download and/or offload every byte of data from my Google account, and less than 3 days to change every single account or service I've ever signed up for to the new address.

As of today, the only single one I have that's still tied to it is YouTube. It's the only thing I'd lose access to if I deleted my Google acount entirely.

They really, really want you to believe that it's a hassle to switch to a different service. But it's not. Most websites and/or services allow you to change the email address associated with it.

I've been using Google for almost 2 decades and it only took a few days to move everything. It's not a painful sacrifice; it's an easy change that, frankly, has absolutely been worth it.

spacecasehobbit

If you like watching youtube videos and aren't tied specifically to a youtube account, I recommend invidio.us.

It has its issues periodically, because it basically lets you watch youtube videos without actually going through youtube. But on the plus side, it lets you watch youtube videos without going through youtube, so any and all issues are still less than youtube would cause, imo.

thememedaddy

enki2

Maybe we can slow-roll abolition by requiring every cop down to the meter maid level pass the bar exam. If that doesn't work we up it to PhD.

concerningwolves

the werewolf essay I'm on now points out that trial transcripts from witch hunts aren't really a good reflection of the popular culture's concept of witches and werewolves, because the confessions tend to be led by what the judges etc. want to hear (especially in cases where confessions are extracted under torture) & what the judges want to hear is based on theological and scholarly discussion, not popular folklore. Which makes sense! But what cracks me up is that the author then points out that a better source of popular culture is in records of slander cases. Which also makes sense! because these are allegations made by everyday people against everyday people, across a pretty broad cross-section of society. so I guess if you really want to know about what people believed you need to read about the kinds of insults and slanging matches they had, and I think that's perfectly delightful

dykals

i’ve made something cursed

ridingforrohan

Instead of trying to digitally reverse age actors for The Hunt for Gollum I think they should abandon the script entirely and just put Viggo Mortensen in costume and film him chasing Andy Serkis in a leotard across the scenic landscapes of Aotearoa. Give Andy Serkis a head start. Viggo will probably become Aragorn several hours into the chase. Locals can aid or hinder as they see fit.

argentinasexogay

Tired of explaining to my college peers that yes, actually art history is essential knowledge for anyone who is ever in charge of designing concept art for pretty much anything.

argentinasexogay

"but I'll work on sci fi and futuristic shit" ALL THE MORE REASON!! TO KNOW YOUR ART HISTORY!!! art history is all about how historical context and background affects the aesthetic trends of the time. Therefore they help you think of how the context of your fictional words affects the aesthetic trends within it. It's really not that hard to comprehend

argentinasexogay

And since I brought forward the word futuristic ☝️🤓 futurism as an art current was a product of fascism. Which is why it's a neat inspiration if you want to stylize violent and oppressive worlds that are seemingly innocently cool to the naked eye. Rococo is also great for stories set up in worlds with economical disparity that center the aristocracy. Art Nouveau works perfect for societies that value nature and center their lifestyles around it, so on.

argentinasexogay

Point is if you want to make concept art that feels fresh, innovative, and coherent to the universe you're representing you gotta at least know why other things in the past have felt fresh, innovative and coherent to their context.

argentinasexogay

In the spirit of avoiding any further confusion than what I've already caused in the examples above I was referring specifically to the Italian branch of futurism, which predates the Russian branch of futurism by at least a decade and whose manifesto contains statements such as

We will glorify war—the world’s only hygiene—militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers, beautiful ideas worth dying for, and scorn for woman

and

We will destroy the museums, libraries, academies of every kind, will fight moralism, feminism, every opportunistic or utilitarian cowardice.

anyways have a nice night!

contact-guy

Did you know that JRR Tolkien wrote an unpublished epilogue to Lord of the Rings? It's achingly, beautifully wistful in the way that only Lord of the Rings is. I revisited it recently because I'm guesting on my friends' LOTR podcast, and THAT reminded me that I drew a comic of the epilogue back in 2021 (all text is entirely canon). Anyway I thought folks on this website might enjoy it!

thethirdromana

Just learned this absolutely delightful bit of etymology:

During the 15th century, the English had an endearing practice of granting common human names to the birds that lived among them. Virtually every bird in that era had a name, and most of them, like Will Wagtail and Philip Sparrow have been long forgotten. Polly Parrot has stuck around, and Tom Tit and Jenny Wren, personable companions of the English countryside, are names still sometimes found in children’s rhymes. Other human names, however, have been incorporated so durably into the common names that still grace birds as to almost entirely obscure their origin. The Magpie, a loquacious black and white bird with a penchant for snatching shiny objects, once bore the simple name “pie,” probably coming from its Roman name, “pica.” The English named these birds Margaret, which was then abbreviated to Maggie, and finally left at Mag Pie. The vocal, crow-like bird called Jackdaw was also once just a “daw” named “Jack.” The English also gave their ubiquitous and beloved orange-bellied, orb-shaped, wren-sized bird a human name. The first recorded Anglo-Saxon name for the Eurasian Robin was ruddoc, meaning “little red one.” By the medieval period, its name evolved to redbreast (the more accurate term orange only entered the English language when the fruit of the same name reached Great Britain in the 16th century). The English chose the satisfyingly alliterative name Robert for the redbreast, which they then changed to the popular Tudor nickname Robin. Soon enough, the name Robin Redbreast became so identified with the bird that Redbreast was dropped because it seemed so redundant.

lizardsfromspace

Hi, I noticed your story has conflict in it, and I was wondering why you didn't just write people who are right doing everything correctly with a note saying "I enthusiastically co-sign everything in this story"? Must be some kind of mistake haha

lizardsfromspace