In My Own World

TYRANNOSAURUS REX. Orange County, California. Live music, comic books, video games, cats, body mods, rainbows, and Disneyland.

[prinnay]

memento mori

[nukehype]

Corrupted Distortion

[dottypurrs]

July 23 2022

I finally am done with my dinosaur 😁 very colorful t-rex made on black 14 count fabric.

[toucanon]

[insexs]

[93tilinfinitydeactivated]

[tyrantlizard-queen]

Was feeling myself last night. Here’s to being less of a hermit and going out more in 2020.

[tyrantlizard-queen]

This aged poorly.

[mxnrique]

florence pugh ATE. like sorry to miss johansson but that was florence’s movie.

[tyrantlizard-queen]

1,000% percent. But I mean, if you put any actress next to Scarlett Johansson, they out perform her. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[marril96]

Gator!Loki scenes | ½

[ziyoling]

[kavehalhaitham]

Ana ► Haroeris

[themeninthistown]

[bimbogollum]

Damn

[f-identity]

[Image description:

Cropped image of medieval-stylized printed text, focused on a line which reads: “This wenche thikke”

/end image description]

[bimbogollum]

Thank you for adding this image description! Just wanted to clarify that it’s not stylised, but actual Middle English. The text is from The Canterbury Tales.

[kiralamouse]

Okay, had to track it down. It’s from the Reeve’s Tale, and it’s a description of a 20yo young woman:

This wenche thikke and wel y-growen was, With camuse nose and yën greye as glas; With buttokes brode and brestes rounde and hye, But right fair was hir heer, I wol nat lye.

In modern English (had to look up “camuse”, so that’s as good as my source, but I know the rest)

This wench was thick and well-grown With a pug nose and eyes grey as glass; With buttocks broad and breasts round and high, But right fair was her hair, I will not lie.

The fact that Chaucer had “big butt” and “I will not lie” within two lines of each other is causing me disproportionate amusement. Also the fact that “this wenche thikke” works equally well in Middle English and in modern slang.

[thighetician]

The game don’t change, just the players

[stepfordgoth]

Don't EVEN got me STARTED on how herbs and spices are technically different things

[jetstream-tormod]

get started, sis

[stepfordgoth]

Okay here goes!

Herbs and spices are both used in similar ways (seasoning and/or visually garnishing food, traditional medicine, spiritual practices, etc) and both come from edible parts of plants. The difference (at least in American English, and using culinary terms) is which parts of the plants each comes from.

Herbs are the stems, leaves and flowers of a plant (think basil, chives, oregano, lavender, etc). Herbs are usually used fresh but some herbs can be used dried as well.

Spices come from any other edible part of a plant, and are usually used dried and ground (cayenne powder is dried, ground cayenne pepper fruits. Cinnamon is dried, usually ground tree bark. Etc). Sometimes spices are used fresh though (ginger is a root and garlic is a bulb, technically making them both spices).

The fun part is realizing that sometimes there are herbs and spices that come from the same plant but are very different from each other and are used in very different ways. The best example off the top of my head is cilantro and coriander:

Cilantro refers to the stems and leaves of the coriander plant. It has a bright, citrusy flavor to those of of us that don't have the inferior "cilantro tastes like soap" gene and is usually used fresh (remind me some other time to go on a tangent about dried cilantro being a scam). Can be used in fresh/not cooked dishes like salsa, but also in cooked dishes like cilantro-lime rice. Often used as a garnish or topping on many different dishes.

Coriander refers to the seeds of the coriander plant. Typically the seeds are dried and ground before using, and usually the ground seeds are used in cooked dishes (curry, meats, soups, etc). Depending on whether you're using ground or whole dried coriander seeds, the flavor can range from earthy and warm to floral and zesty. I've never personally heard of the "tastes like soap" gene affecting the taste of coriander seeds but I suppose it's possible!

I actually love learning the differences between botanical and culinary terms. A plant is a plant, unless you're eating it, then it could be a fruit, a vegetable, an herb or a spice. I think that's so neat and interesting.

[mush-dooms]

the thing about fat rolls and cellulite and body hair and all of those things we are told our bodies are not supposed to have is that we have been systematically wired to hate ourselves so that some billionaire can continue lining their pockets. being fat was considered attractive until the 1800s when Sylvester Graham started preaching about "indulgent" foods causing a lack of morality and William Banting decided that being fat was equivalent to being disabled. That, plus changes in the way clothing was manufactured, changing diets, and the invention of human scales led us to suddenly thing fat=bad. And who profits from that? The people who came up with the ideas in the first place. Cellulite was introduced to mainstream knowledge in 1968 in a vogue magazine where it endorced using rolling pins and standing correctly to eliminate it, once again lining the pockets of whoever was selling those bullshit unproven "cures." body hair? not a problem until 1915 when Gillette realized they could double their market by telling women their natural hair was disgusting. makeup is the most obvious form of profiting off insecurities. if it was truly a form of artistic expression, "natural" looks would not be nearly as popular as they are and it would not be seen as being necessary to a woman's professionalism. bottom line is that beauty standards ARE capitalism, and by refusing to buy into them (no pun intended) we are engaging in a revolutionary act. i have been told i am wrong far too many times, and I have quite literally paid the price for it. Self love is an act of rebellion. Self love is a necessary revolution.

[gay-tm]

Remember just scrolling down your dash and seeing random nudes? Those were the days

[galeanthropus]

[678i0u]

Sophia Di Martino as SYLVIE | Loki 1.05