Many many Hats

[brawngp2009]

give a woman some guy and she'll be entertained for a day. teach a woman how to put some guy in situations and she'll be entertained for the rest of her life.

[psych-is-the-name]

the sound cheese makes when thawing is

annoying

pleasant

fades into the background/dont pay attention to it/neutral

Voting ended onMar 14, 2025

[psych-is-the-name]

more people need to actually pick a side

[psych-is-the-name]

yall need to pay attention to your surroundings more

[rebel13lion39]

When are you freezing cheese?!

[psych-is-the-name]

???I'm not???

[cannibalistic-cucumbette]

Thawed cheese? As opposed to???

[psych-is-the-name]

ok maybe there's some more common word for it, but I've only ever heard it as thawing

[minothtime]

you mean MELT??? as in MELTED CHEESE????? because it MELTS???????????

[psych-is-the-name]

No! Melting is completely different!

You just thaw it! And it makes this sound occasionally while it does!

[minothtime]

okay I'm gonna need you to explain what "thawing" a cheese means to you. is it bringing a cheese out lf the fridge and wait for it to be room temperature? is it heating it up so it's gooey and soft? i need to understand

[psych-is-the-name]

No the cheese isn't frozen or cold. I don't know what other way to describe it as other than thawing? It makes a noise occasionally and when it stops it's usually done thawing

[the-one-and-only-aroace]

What actual change happens to the cheese after it “thaws”

[psych-is-the-name]

it changes from an un-thawed to a thawed state

it's ready

good to go

[gardenoflava]

What process are you doing to thaw cheese. where do you keep the cheese such that it's not thawed. Which physical properties of the cheese change between thawed and unthawed

[psych-is-the-name]

ok I cant be the crazy one here. Nobody else thaws their cheese???

[ninja-pieking]

I thaw my cheese, but only if I get a block of the stuff, the sliced stuff is better for melting.

[psych-is-the-name]

THANK YOU!

also ill temporarily forgive you for the sliced cheese comment. but pre-sliced is a sin

[minothtime]

no no no i refuse to let this rest until i fully understand

so you. FREEZE the cheese? and then when you want to use it you. THAW it. that's what I'm getting from this conversation. is this correct??

also this might be important: what type of cheese are we talking about. cottage cheese? hard cheese? fake cheese (cheddar)? because i think i might be picturing the wrong type of cheese

[psych-is-the-name]

no like I said before you don't freeze the cheese! That just dries it out! And the type of cheese doesn't matter. You. Still. Thaw. It.

[minothtime]

What I don't understand is the PROCESS. like what is the ORIGINAL STATE OF THE CHEESE. is it just the state it is in when you buy it in the store. or is it cold. or is it room temperature. or is it warm.

and what is the exact process?? microwaving?? warm water??? just leaving it outside in room temp?????

please I seriously need to understand the PROCESS the cheese undergoes. if step-by-step instructions need to be spelt out then so be it but i really REALLY wanna know what's going on

[gardenoflava]

Can you like take a video of the cheese thawing from start to finish to demonstrate the sound it makes and the process of thawing cheese

[psych-is-the-name]

Unfortunately I can't. I'm at work right now, and I'm heading out on a trip in 2 days so I already cleared out my fridge so nothing'll spoil while I'm gone. But trust me I'd absolutely do that if I could. This is really frustrating and I GUARANTEE if you all saw it you'd immediately recognize what thawing cheese is. I seriously think I'm just unintentionally using a niche regional name for it which is causing all this confusion

[psych-is-the-name]

OK IM FUCKING BACK!

ill have you all know that the entire time I was gone i couldnt stop thinking about this so im DETERMINED to show you all not only WHAT thawing cheese is, but also what the SOUND is so i can FINALLY have an answer to my ORIGINAL GOD DAMN POLL

[psych-is-the-name]

i have nothing in my fridge and im tired rn from driving 6 hours so instead of going to the store i'm just gonna swing by my aunt's place and see if she has any cheese that needs thawing

gimme a few minutes

[psych-is-the-name]

ok looks like im just going to the store. video of thawing cheese when i come back

[psych-is-the-name]

now the question is will tumblr let me put a poll in the same reblog as a video?

the sound cheese makes when thawing is

Annoying

Pleasant

Voting ended onMar 22, 2025

no third option. you have no excuse this time

[pris-cas]

Lessson #12 Bless you!

First Lesson previous lesson

[thehats]

@bruisedconscience

[mrkestis]

Recommendations from my favorite genre: Queer horror

The Lamb by Lucy Rose - Margot and Mama live in a cottage in the woods, and they eat ”strays”, lost people who come by their home looking for help. Everything changes when a woman named Eden shows up and mama falls in love.

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - a medieval fortress under siege, a starving people, a woman in a tower trying to create a miracle, a lady knight forced to protect her, a disgraced noblewoman looking for revenge and saints showing up in the flesh. Yep, there’s cannibalism in this one too.

Don’t Let the Forest in by CG Drews - toxic and codependent gays at a boarding school with a forest where the horror creatures they wrote and illustrated might be coming to life.

My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen - Roos lives a dreadful life with her mother, but at least she has Ruth, the ghost and spirit companion only she can see. One day she meets Agnes, a woman like her who has a spirit companion of her own, and she gets whisked away to her haunted manor.

Bunny by Mona Awad - Samantha goes to a literature class with a group of girls who call themselves the bunnies, and one day she gets invited to hang out with them and participate in their ”art”.

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - Miri’s wife has finally come back from a disastrous deep-sea expedition, but she has not come back unchanged.

[thehats]

The Starving Saints is one of the most beautiful horrors I've ever read. I went to a reading of it just before it came out, and that has stuck in my head ever since. Honorable mention to The Luminous Dead by the same author, if you want to be haunted by the deviousness of perception and also maybe ghosts.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

nosferatu? no. tuferatu. no es mi problema.

[quorpiest]

no mi circo no mis feratus

[capablecapybara]

no nuance: are you friends with your cousins?

yes

no

cousinless

Voting ended onMar 23

[thehats]

Not anymore. One's a nazi, one's a stage mom, the rest are just somebody that I used to know.

[drpebberlover]

[thehats]

I gotta look at who put a post on my dash before reblogging it at the same friend who put it on my dash.

[constance-mcentee-deactivated20]

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"I can note your interest in that feature for future development."

[thehats]

"Scan your ticket over the red light. No, the red light. No, the red light. No, the other side of your ticket. Now walk through. Through."

[peppermintquartz]

i sit a lot and type for work which often gave me issues with my back, shoulders and wrists, so i asked my PT to give me a pre/post sitting stretch/relaxation sequence

i think it'll be useful for you. of course do be careful, choose what you are able to do, look up references on how to perform the moves if you're not sure, and stop if you feel sharp pain anywhere

Pre-Sitting Routine (5–10 minutes)

You'll need: resistance band, lacross ball (or equivalent), yoga mat

Cat-Cow Stretch (1 minute)

Start on hands and knees. Alternate between arching your back (Cow) and rounding it (Cat). Loosens the spine and preps the body for sitting.

Hip Flexor Stretch (1 minute per side)

Kneel on one leg, with the other foot forward in a 90-degree angle. Push hips gently forward to stretch the front of the hip.

Resistance Band Glute Activation (1 minute per side)

Place a band just above the knees, lie on your back, and perform glute bridges. Focus on squeezing your glutes at the top of the movement.

Band Pull-Aparts (1–2 minutes)

Hold a resistance band at shoulder height and pull it apart until arms form a "T." Engages the upper back and helps with posture.

Lacrosse Ball Foot Roll (1 minute per foot)

Stand or sit, place the ball under your foot, and roll from heel to toe. Activates lower body muscles and promotes circulation.

Post-Sitting Routine (5–10 minutes)

You'll need: lacrosse ball, a chair, yoga mat

Standing Forward Fold (1 minute)

Hinge forward from the hips, letting arms and head dangle. Loosens tight hamstrings and stretches the lower back.

Thoracic Extension Stretch (1 minute)

Sit on a chair, place your hands behind your head, and arch backward gently over the chair back. Opens the chest and mobilises the thoracic spine.

Figure-4 Stretch (1 minute per side)

Sit or lie on your back, cross one ankle over the opposite knee, and bend over your legs (if seated) or pull the supporting leg toward your chest (if lying down). Relieves tension in the glutes and hips.

Seated Spinal Twist (1 minute per side)

Sit cross-legged or on a chair, twist gently to one side, using your hand for support. Loosens the spine and improves mobility.

Lacrosse Ball Wrist Relief (1 minute per hand)

Place the lacrosse ball on a table or your thigh and roll your palm, wrist, and forearm over it. Relieves tension from repetitive hand movements.

Hope these help!

[athemoi]

master of puppets, i'm pulling your strings, twisting your mind and smashing your dreams

don't be afraid, just start the tape

[alanaisalive]

The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

[iguanamouth]

oh shit

[throughshadow-to-the-edgeofnight]

[alanaisalive]

As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.

[docd666]

Y'all know what to do Tumblr.

[thatsprettylane]

Listen to me. Listen. I need you to dig up your old LJ fan fiction and move it to ao3 or Squidge. I need you to do this. I know, I know! It’s old fic! But please, for the love of those who will come after you, do it. Nobody can get into those communities. The doors are locked and the mods are gone. You must bring the treasures out for the next generation 🙏

[ach-sss-no]

when brandon sanderson talks about villains in his famous free youtube writing class video lectures he'll say 'what's the difference between gollum and sauron' and of course he means the villain that's present in the narrative and characterized in a way the audience can potentially relate to or sympathize with vs. the looming threatening anonymous far-off force (among other things). but every time he asks that i think 'well one of those guys tracked down frodo and got his ring back'

[mysteryteacup]

Brandon Sanderson: What's the difference between Gollum and Sauron?

OP: Skill issue.

[penandinkprincess]

OOF

[penandinkprincess]

alix e. harrow, the storyteller you are

[thehats]

Immediate purchase

[wuggen]

Heard a car horn today that was tuned to a fifth. Fucked up, kinda delightful

[wuggen]

I want people to understand how jarring this was. Most car horns are either a single tone or two tones somewhere in the neighborhood of a minor third apart:

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Pretty normal rush hour sounds, yeah? But this thing sounded something like this:

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Fucked up! Didn't even realize it was a car horn at first, I didn't know what the fuck it was! It was weird as hell!

[thehats]

I am growing to hate fifths because I work with captains who use THESE as a punishment when the passengers don't walk to the boat fast enough for their liking.

[fictionadventurer]

I love that Jules Verne asked the question "What kind of person could circumnavigate the world in 80 days?" and decided that the answer was not a groundbreaking explorer or genius inventor, but a guy who's really, really, really obsessed with train and boat schedules.

[oqmemphis]

my final paper for my CS degree was literally "how can we algorithmically optimise for the fastest possible circumnavigation route on commercial flights?", which incidentally required me to adopt a very good working knowledge of what flight options are available at what times (and also led to me accidentally memorising several hundred airport codes)

[oqmemphis]

incidentally the fastest possible route seems to be about 51 hours, if you're working from 2022 schedules like i was. if you use current schedules and are very optimistic about how quickly you can transfer between flights, you can maybe get it down to around 48 hours (also known as 25 millivernes).

[fictionadventurer]

The very best thing about tumblr is that you can make a post about a 154-year-old novel and get responses like this.

[thehats]

@oqmemphis You know what you have to do.

[icarus-suraki]

I need a "WORLD'S MOLDIEST DAD" t-shirt...

[icarus-suraki]

I also need the pinkest, floweriest, cutest, frilliest front-facing baby carrier.

[thehats]

But then no one could read your shirt.