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Survival Myths That Could Do More Harm Than Good.

thahalfrican

queenstravelingdarling

I….they out here trying to kill us with these myths!!!!

#knowledge

tamakid

Crepe gal Had some fun drawing food! I love the crepes with little ice cream bears and animal shapes

#art ref #art style

seihar

soft assassin bf i’m b a ck . ..

#art ref

kimtivate

100 Delicious, Dirt-Cheap Recipes for the Starving Student

Most students don’t have a lot of cash to spend on food, but that doesn’t mean you have to go hungry. With the right recipes and some kitchen savvy, you can eat great even on a student’s budget. Here we’ll share 100 tasty recipes that you can make on the cheap. Along with saving money on meals, budget-savvy students can also save big on a college education by attending inexpensive online colleges.

Breakfast

Get a good start to your day with these cheap-o breakfasts.

Hash browns: Hash browns are cheap and easy to make, and cheaper than a trip to IHOP.

Puff pastry chicken and bacon: You can make bacon and chicken in puff pastry using this recipe.

Microwave scrambled eggs: Make scrambled eggs in the microwave with this recipe.

Breakfast burritos: You can make these burritos ahead for a quick microwave breakfast.

Onion quiche: This quiche makes a delicious, incredibly cheap breakfast.

Omelet in a bag: Boil eggs and some handy ingredients for this simple, cheap omelet.

Frittata: Add eggs to cheese, vegetables, and herbs you have handy in your fridge to make a frittata.

Ramen

A college staple gets dressed up in these recipes.

Antipasto ramen salad: With ramen, pepperoni, black olives, onion, and Italian dressing, you’ll find yourself with a great ramen salad.

Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry Ramen: This dish makes a delicious stir fry from ramen.

Chinese style ramen with veggies: Make your ramen a little bit healthier with some vegetables added in.

Ramen noodle alfredo: Turn your ramen noodles Italian with this recipe.

Beef & Broccoli Ramen: Add some meat and veggies to your ramen to make this dish.

Spring ramen salad: Take a fresh approach to ramen with recipe.

Hamburger ramen: Ground beef with ramen makes for a great meal.

Chicken hollandaise ramen: Add chicken and hollandaise to your ramen for this meal.

Egg drop noodle soup: You’ll combine ramen, eggs, and flour to make this tasty soup.

Lo mein ramen: Follow this recipe for ramen lo mein style.

Creamy veggies and ramen: Add celery soup and vegetables to ramen, and you’ll have a great meal.

Pasta ramen salad: Use ramen as the base to make this delicious pasta salad.

Sandwiches

Use these recipes to step up your sandwiches.

Hot Dog Egg Sandwich: Get a good portion of protein and flavor from this sandwich.

Egg Salad Sandwich: Cook up some hard boiled eggs for a cheap, tasty sandwich that’s really versatile.

Monte Cristo Sandwich: This sandwich is a delicious hybrid of grilled ham, cheese, and french toast.

Grilled chicken and apple sandwich: This hot sandwich is healthy, affordable, and delicious.

Canned salmon sandwich: Add celery, horseradish, and swiss cheese for a delicious, healthy meal from a can.

Turkey, chutney and avocado grilled sandwich: This sandwich is an exotic, cheap treat.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich: The classic college staple, grilled cheese sandwiches pack a lot of flavor for very little cost.

One Pot

These simple recipes can be pulled off in one pot.

Creamy cauliflower soup: This vegetable soup is cheap, easy, and surprisingly tasty.

Cheap chili: Use chopped beef, tomatoes, and more for this cheap chili.

Butternut Squash Soup: Take advantage of cheap winter vegetables with this soup.

Slow cooker BBQ chicken: Combine cut up chicken with your favorite barbeque sauce for this recipe.

Crockpot lemon chicken: Get inexpensive cuts of chicken and make this lemony meal for lots of flavor without lots of money.

Minestrone soup: Eat this classic soup for a healthy, cheap meal.

Cheeseburger soup: This soup is hearty enough to be a meal.

Slightly Italian crockpot chicken recipe: With chicken, artichoke, onions, and spices, you’ll get an Italian chicken meal in a slow cooker.

Cranberry pot roast: Beef roast and cranberries offer a lot of flavor in this crockpot meal.

Crockpot potato soup: Make this soup from chicken broth and potatoes.

Corn, Bacon, and Potato Chowder: This hearty chowder is great for winter eating.

Chilled avocado soup: Check out this recipe for a healthy, refreshing treat.

Slow cooker pulled pork: Make pork shoulder in the crock pot using this recipe.

Middle East Chicken Soup: This ethnic chicken soup is a cheap, tasty, treat.

Bean soup: In this bean soup recipe, you’ll find lots of protein for just a little money.

Salads

Use these healthy recipes to make cheap, delicious salads.

Caesar salad: Combine romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, croutons, and dressing for a classic salad.

Simple spinach salad: In this tasty salad you’ll find sweet pears and spinach.

Bowtie Pasta Salad: Throw together some pasta, tomatoes, and other vegetables for this salad.

Cucumber salad: This salad is fresh, delicious, and cheap.

Caprese salad: This caprese salad is simple and delicious.

Chicken Caesar salad: Eat this recipe as a salad, or put it into a wrap for a healthy, cheap treat.

Simple green salad: Here you’ll find a simple, inexpensive salad with great flavor.

Pecan mandarin orange salad: Get a bright and sweet salad from this recipe.

Cucumber salad with sour cream: This salad is cheap and refreshing.

Salmon orzo salad: With salmon filets, or even canned salmon, you can put together this salad treat.

Casserole

You’ll find delicious casseroles in these recipes.

O’Brien Casserole: Use O’Brien potatoes, beans, lean meat, and some veggies for a great potato casserole.

Baked Tuna Chow Mein Microwave Casserole: Pop this tuna casserole in the microwave for a quick meal.

Easy cheap casserole: This casserole combines easy, affordable ingredients.

Penne Pasta Casserole: Make this tasty pasta casserole for $3 or less.

Meatloaf: ground beef combined with ketchup, onions, and more makes a great meal for less than a dollar per serving.

Four Bean Casserole: This casserole is popular at potlucks and with barbequed meals.

Tuna casserole: With canned tuna, you can make a healthy, delicious tuna casserole on the cheap.

Pizza & Pasta

Get your grains with these recipes.

Microwave Mexican pizza: Use tortillas, cheese, salsa, and sour cream for this pizza.

Bagel pizza: Use this recipe to make pizza on a bagel.

Spaghetti: Pick up multigrain pasta with tomato sauce and mushroom for a big meal without a big budget.

Feast of Pasta: Create this casserole with pasta, onions, and other simple ingredients.

Shrimp with ricotta sauce on pasta: Upgrade your pasta dish with this recipe.

Easy calzones: Use cheese, vegetables, and pepperoni in these easy calzones.

Olio e Aglio Pasta: This side dish combines angel hair with oil and garlic.

Pasta salad: Combine your favorite pasta with salad dressing, and olives, vegetables, or herbs you have handy.

Pasta and Ricotta Cheese: This pasta favorite is a crowd pleaser.

Entrees

These recipes offer affordable main dishes.

Baked potato: Often served as sides, a baked potato can be the main dish-just add lean meat, beans, or chili.

Mexican hot dogs: This twist on hot dogs is extra delicious.

Chili: With beef, tomatoes, and beans, you can make a delicious chili.

Tuna patties: Put tuna, egg, relish, crumbs, salad dressing, and other simple ingredients together to create yummy tuna patties.

Cheap beef stroganoff: This recipe offers a cheap version of beef stroganoff.

Vegetarian chili: Use soy protein, tomatoes, and beans for a protein and fiber packed chili without any meat.

Eggplant parmesan: Eggplant parmesan makes a cheap and delicious vegetarian meal.

Vegetarian sweet and sour tofu: If you’re looking for a great vegetarian meal on the cheap, check out this recipe.

Parmesan chicken: With breadcrumbs, parmesan, and chicken, you can make this very tasty main dish.

BBQ chicken: Slather chicken with barbeque sauce, pop it in the oven, and enjoy.

Lemon Herb Roasted Chicken: Make some delicious chicken in a slow cooker with this recipe.

Salmon patties: Use canned salmon, bread crumbs, and other simple ingredients for this healthy, cheap dish.

Meatballs and orzo: Make these easy meatballs instead of using store bought frozen ones.

Sides

Use these recipes to complement your entrees on the cheap.

Buttered baby carrots: Sweet, tender carrots make up this side dish.

Roasted asparagus: Follow this simple recipe for a healthy, cheap vegetable side.

Spicy mac: Make macaroni and cheese with Taco Bell hot sauce.

Garlic toast: Use this recipe for delicious garlic bread that will please any taste.

Microwave macaroni and cheese: Make your own homemade mac and cheese in the microwave.

Pesto stuffed cherry tomatoes: Pesto, ricotta, and tomatoes come together for this delicious side that’s great for potlucks.

Scalloped potatoes: These scalloped potatoes are easy and creamy.

Bean and rice salad: This salad is delicious and cheap.

Green beans amandine: With this recipe, you can omit almonds for even more money savings.

Onion scones: In these simple scones, you’ll find lots of flavor.

Potato croquettes: These croquettes are a great way to use your leftover mashed potatoes.

Twice-baked potatoes (microwave): Make this cheap potato classic in the microwave for easy cooking.

Broccoli and cauliflower salad: This salad is cheap and packed full of nutrients.

Desserts

Satisfy your sweet tooth with these affordable dessert recipes.

Chocolate chip cookies: Create cookies with chocolate chips, M&Ms, nuts, or even pretzels with this recipe.

1 step brownies: Turn a chocolate box cake into simple, cheap brownies using this recipe.

Balsamic strawberries with marscapone cheese: A few delicious ingredients make for a tasty, cheap treat.

Cheap and quick cookies: This recipe will show you how to turn cake into cookies.

Lemonade pie: Simple ingredients go into this delicious, cheap pie.

Easy baked apples: Apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, and raisins come together in this microwave recipe.

Super easy microwave peanut butter fudge: Only two simple ingredients to into this peanut butter fudge.

petermorwood

Not just for students!

BTW, here’s an unusual tweak for one of them: Desserts #3, Balsamic strawberries with mascarpone (link is a dead website, so here’s another.)

Finish off with a sprinkle of coarse-ground black pepper. It works!

Here’s another strawberry-balsamic-pepper recipe, this time with no mascarpone.

Strawberries / balsamic vinegar / black pepper is another of those flavour conjunctions that go together far better than they sound - think of bacon / maple syrup. Try it…

#food

mioxenoblade

It’s the time of the year again. Well, not that a lot of you would know since I didn’t publish a ‘Best Anime of 2017.’ 2017 was, sort of a depressing year in terms of my interests, I tried to get back into watching anime, but found it hard to stay focused or cared very little about a lot of shows. But, one day I sat down and watched the show Children of the Whales, and it restored my interest and desire to watch anime tenfold. My love for that show could warrant its own post and review, but what I’m getting at is it’s what inspired me to get back into my old ways of “watch everything” - which didn’t work out. Turns out some shows are just…really bad.

Despite how bad some shows are, I went into 2018 with a fresh desire to have fun and find stories that were entertaining. And, 2018 didn’t disappoint. There were plenty of big titles that tried setting a new bar for what a show has to bring to the table. Personally, I’d call this the year of the third season: Toaru Majutsu no Index finally returned with a third season, Overlord had it’s third season, the well known epic My Hero Academia delivered it’s third season, Sword Art Online delivered two different titles in this one year, Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues came out (I don’t care if it’s technically a prequel or a behind the scenes it counts) - point being, a lot of thirds. But, that’s alright! This year was also home to a lot of original stories and brand new adaptations as well. And, together they-

Aw fuck it. You’re not here to read me trying to be a journalist or some sort. On with the list.

15. Lupin III: Part V

Sometimes a little blast from the past is what the year needs, and with that in mind, there’s no place better to start this list than Lupin III Part V. Lupin III continues his crime spree into 2018, all the while adding more friends to his gang of thieves. The story doesn’t try to displace itself in the past either, smart phones and the internet play important parts into Lupin’s plans and downfalls. The animation is exactly what you’d expect from Lupin III, beautiful, detailed, cartoon-y and great. There are some occasional homophobic and transphobic jokes, but they’re not really heavily focused on and a lot of times are forgotten by the time of the next scene. If you’re a fan of Lupin III, tune into this show, or if you’re just someone who loves dumb fun crime shows, tune into this show.

14. Aggretsuko (2018)

Simplicity isn’t always bad. Your animation doesn’t have to be Ghibli levels of effort to put on a good show. Your plots don’t have to be so interwoven with tragedy and heroism to put up a good story. Sometimes a good story is an office worker who’s fed up with life and screams along to metal in concert venues. There’s nothing to compliment on this show artistically, but there’s everything to compliment in terms of being entertaining. Even the Christmas special was especially cute and charming.

13. Zombie Land Saga

With the rise in popularity of the ‘idol’ anime, it was only a matter of time before we got a some truly bizarre takes. And with Zombie Land Saga, it’s like someone watched Sankarea and Wake Up Girls and were like “why not mix the two?!” Seven girls raised from the dead are meant to form an idol group and save the town and along the way deal with different jobs and the unrest from their pasts.

Saga doesn’t offer the deepest of plots, nor does it offer up the most intricate of characters, shit it doesn’t even offer up decent CGI, but what it does offer up is heaps of fun. This show offers a new and weird take on the concept of an idol anime with memorable characters you’ll fall in love with, and from such it truly delivers.

Did I mention that they’re a zombie idol group ‘cuz yeah.

12. Overlord III

Isekai has taken over the anime world. For years and years now the amount of shows transporting their protagonist to a parallel, fantasy, video game-esque world has increased and given rise to a new genre of slop. But, even with that said, no genre is automatically bad by default just because a lot of the same keeps coming out. Sometimes something comes along with a streak of originality and breathes some fresh air into the genre.

And, Overlord is a breathe of toxic gas. In a good a way, I swear. Overlord tells the story of a boy who is playing the last minutes of his favorite virtual reality video game as the servers get shut down, but by failing to log out he’s transported to a new world as his character. I hear y’all already, “big yawn Alice where’s that originality???” Well, did I mention his character was an overpowered elder lich? Did that catch your attention? Good.

Season three of Overlord can not boast amazing animation. Hell, it’s use of CGI is honestly just dreadful. But, it’s all just good enough to keep you immersed in the this amazing world as you watch the main protagonist slowly lose his humanity and become more and more of the evil overlord he always pretended to be. Overlord possesses excellent story telling that makes you really unsure whether you should cheer him or condemn him. I’d say the show has few faults, however it does have some annoying fan service moments, but nothing that absolutely breaks the show.

If you haven’t jumped on the Overlord bandwagon yet, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s really fun story telling that I was able to binge watch in about two nights.

11. Steins;Gate 0

“You ruined a perfectly good mad scientist! Look! He’s got depression and PTSD!”

Steins;Gate will always be one of the most fascinating titles in the industry for me. Its blend of bizarre art styles with over the top time traveling concepts never fails to excite me, depress me, and excite me again. A sequel of sorts, you’d be best off watching the original anime run to better understand this show. SG0 prompts you with a world line where Okabe gave up trying to save everyone and decided to live where (or rather, when, heh heh heh) he is with the people he was able to save. His personality is altered from what you’d be familiar with, he’s a serious, take no bullshit kind of guy who absolutely doesn’t want to meddle in time travel anymore. However, he still lives with the memories of past world lines, and the knowledge of who has been lost, and it tortures him day to day. But, when it turns out World War III still comes knocking on his door, can he muster up the ability to save his friends, the world around him, and most of all, himself?

Though I think that a lot of people who follow me might be put off by the treatment or language used for a certain character, the story illustrated in Steins;Gate 0 is an excellent tale of tragedy and loss. I think the art still tries it’s hardest to live up to it’s visual novel roots, even if sometimes it does seem to fall a little flat. A recommendation to any scifi anime lover.

10. Modest Heroes

I don’t usually put movies on these lists. The criteria put forth to develop an anime movie is typically different than the criteria put forth to make a tv show. (Not to mention that usually I don’t see these things ‘till the year after when they’re easily available to me, but that’s irrelevant right now!)

But, Studio Ponoc (known for Mary and the Witch’s Flower) put forth such an interesting collection of short films that have more going on with them artistically than most other anime, be they shows or movies. A story about a family’s love that has no spoken language but individual names, a story about a severe food allergy and showing the pain they must go through to live safely, and a story about how it feels to be invisible to the world. Each director was given some concept to really challenge them and make them have to really try something new artistically, and the end results are nothing short of breathtaking. No one phoned it in with these shorts. Even the English voice acting of the dub (something almost all hardcore anime fans dread) is excellent!

If you’re a fan of Studio Ghibli’s work, this is a must watch. Studio Ponoc and a lot of the foundation for this collection were founded by former Ghibli film producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, so you’ll definitely find yourself loving these shorts.

09. Revue Starlight

The bizarre love child of Kaleido Star and Revolutionary Girl Utena, Revue Starlight tells the tale of girls attending an all girls academy based around the stage. Dancing, singing, acting, even lighting and script writing, these girls learn it all. But, at night, these stage girls are put on stage in combat, fighting for their place at the top.

Starlight wears it’s influences on it’s sleeves, and despite that it never feels like it’s a stolen show. It possesses it’s own original story with it’s own characters interacting in a completely unknown world. It falls into some of the tropes of the all girls show archetype, but it’s nothing that feels out of place or story breaking. The show has excellent music, excellent and smooth art, it’s just a very interesting show.

This is honestly a wild card entry on this list. You’re either going to watch it and love it, or watch it and think I’m a weirdo for putting it on this list. Regardless of how you come away from it feeling, you’re still going to wonder what secrets the giraffes at the zoo are hiding from the world. So, hey, get some hot chocolate, get a blanket, grab a strong sense of friendship and watch Revue Starlight!

08. My Hero Academia III

The show all your friends are talking about! The show everyone reblogs or retweets about! The show with the frog girl! Honestly, what is there to say about this show at this point? For the third time, My Hero Academia is easily in the top anime for the year. It continues to show epic battles, it continues to show good character growth, it continues to make you hate Mineta, this show is honestly one of the biggest anime epics of the decade and I really recommend you check it out if you haven’t yet.

And, for everyone that’s like “yeah, yeah, yeah Alice, EVERYONE has seen this show, why even tell us about it?!” For y’all, I recommend you check out the show Tiger&Bunny. The show, not the movies. Not that the movies are bad, but the show is complete and it’s a hell of a ride and the universe concept is almost nearly identical to My Hero Academia (except they’re adults not kids but that’s besides the point).

07. Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan

One of the things that draws me to anime is how well and often it crafts beautiful, alternate worlds that are so alien to us.

And, well, I guess you could say Dragon Pilot does that. Rather, DP is a very nonsensical comedy that has a lot of heart at it’s core. I mean, dragons exist! Girls have to pilot dragons! They pilot dragons from their stomachs after the dragon swallows them whole! “Wait, what the fuck Alice??” As I said, it’s absolutely nonsensical.

Netflix has become one of the top places to look for anime, but it typically churns out the same dark, edgy mystery, borderline horror, show it seems. Or, maybe it’s just an overly violent show based around fighting or gambling. Netflix has a specific type of show it wants to provide, and it’s not one I’m typically very fond of. However, Netflix has cornered a pretty interesting market, the weird as fuck niche comedy anime market. These titles tend to actually be pretty great, and for 2018 I’d say Dragon Pilot is the top of them. Its animation is simple, and yet in its simplicity it finds a way to be beautiful. Its world is absolutely nonsensical, and yet it finds a way to tug at your heart strings when Hisone fights for her dragon’s affection.

There are very few negatives to this show, and any negatives it may have are easily outweighed by it’s positives. If you have a Netflix subscription, just check it out, you’ve got nothing to lose.

06. Violet Evergarden

Numerous people kept telling me I needed to watch Violet Evergarden. It’s a very positively reviewed anime, so it seemed natural I’d need to sit down and watch the show that’ll apparently make me cry.

Instead of being overwhelmed by the story, I was rather overwhelmed by everything else. The animation is absolutely phenomenal. The detail put on the smallest of things is mind blowing. The outside shots are especially beautiful, this team knows how to make beautiful scenery on par with some of the best movies. The score to this show flows perfectly with the mood and atmosphere of the whole show, even the opening and ending songs don’t really break that emotional feel of the show. The voice acting is also spectacular, you could actually feel the emotions each character was showing on screen.

I feel that the story in itself didn’t live up to what everyone told me about it. But, it’s still far from being a bad story, and everything else around the story props this show up as being one of the top shows of the year - easily.

05. Mirai

As I said previously, I tend to leave out movies when I form “best of year” lists. The criteria that goes into anime movies and anime tv shows are just so very different. However, any ‘best of’ list that ignores the existence of a Mamoru Hosoda title is an incomplete list.

Hosoda is a legend in the industry. He’s one of the best anime writers and directors out there. And, though Mirai doesn’t pack the same punch as some of his previous titles, it still has all the heart you’d expect. Mirai was inspired by his own children, a story about a a very young boy named Kun who’s family just brought a new baby girl, named Mirai, into the world. Over the course of the movie, he sees Mirai’s future self and his family from the past as they help him grow up and learn to love his new baby sister.

Excellent art, excellent soundtrack, excellent everything. See it when you can. You won’t be disappointed.

04. Megalo Box

From the very second this show begins, you know you have a legend on your hands. From the brilliant score, a soundtrack way more diverse than most other anime, to the attention to detail, to the grimy 90s anime feel to this show, Megalo Box is a powerful story on par with movies like Rocky. A boxing anime with about a teaspoon of scifi mech, it’s really amazing. No words can do it justice, just go watch it.

03. Bloom Into You

I tend to avoid romance anime that focuses on young girls, they almost always have the same irritating tropes of love triangles, jealousy, fan service, and homophobia. But, there was a lot of buzz around two young girl romances that I felt I should watch this past year: Citrus and Bloom Into You. And, well, uh, if you’re not sure which one turned out to actually be good, look up above the picture.

Bloom Into You probably best fits into the shoujo-ai genre, but it’s really nothing like it’s contemporaries. Though Bloom has elements of a love triangle and jealousy, they are not what moves the story along, nor are they super over the top. They exist, honestly, in a rather realistic way. Two people falling in love with the same person, and jealousy arising from insecurity. But neither individual catfights with the other. Infact, there’s no catfights at all, which was such a great attribute to the whole show.

Rather, what this story is at it’s core is discovery and understanding of the self. From a girl who’s never felt love before and is unsure what love truly feels like, to a girl who’s uncertain who she is and wants to define her identity with someone she idolized, each being afraid to show their real selves to the world or the other.

On top of this, the animation is quite smooth and bright. It has no fan service that I ever noticed. The characters are fun and entertaining, while not being too annoying. The plot is very simplistic, it never complicates itself with extra love interests or catfights. The voice acting is A+. The music is A+. This was just a great romance show no matter what way you look at it, and I hope it got enough attention to warrant a second season.

02. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

What a fuckin’ title.

As I said before, isekai has taken over anime. At this point, you really need something special in order to stand out. Like, a protagonist who dies repeatedly and wakes up at a ‘checkpoint’ each time, a protagonist who is an undead character and accidentally sorta starts a campaign to take over the world, or a protagonist that just straight up dies and is reborn in a fantasy world as a slime monster.

Yep, that’s right, protag is a slime. Rejoice.

There’s not a lot to say here. The animation is nice and detailed when it needs to be. It has a very bright color palette, no grim dark edginess here! The action scenes are super fun and entertaining. The world building is done super well. The characters you’re meant to like are likeable, the characters you’re not supposed to like aren’t, the complicated characters are complicated.

This show is still ongoing, the quality could drop (or even rise) at any point. So, honestly, hop on Crunchyroll and join everyone else. Even though this is listed at number two, this show could easily slip into the number one show at a later date. It’s just that damn good.

01. A Place Further than the Universe

There’s a lot of trash out there. You know it. I know it. Miyazaki knows it. Trash tends to have a scent, or in a visual medium it tends to have a specific style. And, honestly, no matter how hard we try not to, we often judge a book by it’s cover. When I saw the art to ‘A Place further than the Universe,’ I judged it as another ‘cute girls doing cute things’ that I expected nothing from. I absolutely didn’t want to watch it. One day I was busy doing chores, and I wanted background noise and I just randomly selected this show. By the second episode I abandoned what chores I needed to do because I was glued to the tv. This show was something special, and I had almost missed it because of a terrible judgement based solely on its art style.

A Place Further than the Universe tells a very heartfelt story about four girls who hurt in one way or another and their paths to quiet their ache. Shirase Kobuchizawa’s mother was a member of an Antarctic observation crew, and after a trip to Antarctica, she never came back. Shirase knows her mom is still out there. And she intends to find her. On her path, she meets three other girls, and they all manage to find themselves on a trip to Antarctica.

I had misjudged the art when I first saw it as being something quick and cheap, but the art style actually has it’s own unique style, it’s own unique beauty that can only be seen by watching the show. It has a slew of unique characters that lead unique lives that bring forth a unique plot. This show is unique, simply put. When it decides to make you laugh, you do. When it decides to make you cry, you do. This show has more heart than anything else released this year.

While following these girls on their journey, I found myself hoping Shirase found her mother alongside the characters. It’s a show of hope. Of passion. Of love. And, I hope you’re all willing to give it a chance.

#watch ref

keycrash

apparently ppl don’t know about waifu2x??? despite its… concerning name it’s literally the most convenient website i’ve ever come across as an artist

it allows you to resize artwork without it becoming pixellated. this is a MASSIVE help if you, for example, make lineart too small or something. it works best with things that 1. have no textures 2. have smooth lines 3. have cel shading, but it still works really damn well for things that don’t fit that profile

here’s an example:

normal size

2x in paint

2x in waifu2x

so like, there’s that. go wild

jake-clark

Original:

Photoshop scaled:

Waifu2x scaled:

It’s legit!! Tell your friends!

information-hunter-sky

waifu2x-multi is the newer version. It allows for rescaling multiple pictures at a time and to scale them up to 10x the original size.

yellow-maiden

SANRIO CHRISTMAS WALLPAPERS

From Sanrio’s official website

I was not able to get Cinnamoroll’s wallpaper on Sanrio’s website so I had to find it in Pinterest.

#wallpaper ref

thebusistudent

THERE IS A FONT THAT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE U REMEMBER EVERYTHING

I don’t usually share a whole lot but THIS IS INCREDIBLE

http://sansforgetica.rmit/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Sans_Forgetica&utm_content=Launch_Video

coffeeandnotebooksandpens

I’ve been using this for my APUSH notes and I absolutely LOVE it! Sure I get strange looks from my teacher when he looks over my shoulder at what I’m typing, but whatever works, works, right?

thebusistudent

I’m SO happy that this reached so many people oh my goodness

It’s such an incredible project and I hope it has helped heaps of you amazing students to study <3

saph-studies

This is so cool 🦔

#school ref

loulou-chan

🍓💞

#icons

kobayakawaaa

‘’drakengard 3 was a bad game’’ ok but consider this

zhongluong

You need to turn the sound on. For the dragon’s voice.

heir-of-fate

bogleech

I never knew a single thing about drakengard. This is the first and only thing I have ever seen from a drakengard game. How can the rest ever live up to this.

#play ref

erinye

mythological drinks! *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

consume at your own risk, some will grant you immortality while others will make you burp ghosts! also here are some info pops to sate yall curiosity too~

1. /Norse/ Yggdrasil root beer

2. /Chinese/ Immortality peach bubble tea

3. /Hindu/ Amrita in a can

4. /Aztec/ Quetzalcoatl milk chocolate

5. /Welsh/ Cauldron of Rebirth

6. /Greek/ Ambrosia juice box

7. /Egyptian/ Sunshine Ra-mune

8. /Sumerian/ Gilgamesh’s Herb of Life tea

9. /Persian/ 7Universe fizzy Jamshid pop

#food

aicosu

What kind of paint do you guys use to repaint props to look like metal? Every paint that I've tried so far flakes off of everything!

MONTANA GOLD SPRAY PAINTS ARE MY LORD AND SAVIOR

THEIR METALLICS ARE THE BEST METALLICS!!!

ALL MY PROPS ARE THISSSSSSS

#cosplay ref

antilla-dean

I spend a fair amount of time teaching women to kick men in the balls, and I’ve learned that this activity tends to generate controversy. Here, according to actual adults who have actually said these things to me, are some reasons you should not kick a guy in the balls:

1. It will make him angry.

I should hope so. I’m not sending him a friend request. If I kick him hard enough, there’s a good chance I’ll render him unable to act upon his anger. That’s my goal. His feelings are his problem.

2. It will make him hurt you worse.

Statistics say otherwise. And anyway, he’s already demonstrated his desire to hurt me. Why should I give him carte blanche to decide how much he’s going to hurt me? I’d rather be an active participant in that decision-making process.

3. Groin kicks aren’t really that devastating; I’ve seen lots of guys get hit in the balls and it hardly fazed them.

This response (almost universally from men) is so common I’ve come to think of it as “groinsplaining”—you can see it many of the YouTube comments in the videos linked above. These people rarely volunteer to demonstrate their own iron balls in a real kicking situation, but they confidently assert that men in general can shrug off all kinds of damage to the groin. All I can say is, I’ve seen two-year-olds take down grown men via the groin, and toddlers don’t even have any training. I do. I like my odds.

4. We shouldn’t be teaching people how to kick men in the balls; we should be teaching men not to do anything that would make us have to kick them in the balls.

Hey, that’s a great idea! Do you have a detailed, research-based plan for teaching all men everywhere to behave themselves all the time? And do you have funding for your efforts, and buy-in from politicians and community leaders, and a network of trained, experienced instructors who can effect this change? If not, better get started on your grant proposal. In the meantime, I’ll just be over here teaching people how to kick guys in the balls. That’s what I do.

5. Telling people they should kick an assailant in the balls is the same as telling victims who didn’t kick their assailant in the balls that they did something wrong.

No, it isn’t. It’s a practical way to reduce the number of future victims by giving them more viable options to disrupt and survive an assault.

Fact: We have the power to damage the bodies of men who try to hurt us. You’re saying we shouldn’t let people use that power. I’m offering people more choices; you’re trying to take them away.

6. Kicking a guy in the balls just makes the world a more violent place.

Maybe, in the short term. But if it stops him from killing someone, or putting them in the hospital, isn’t that a net win for non-violence? The Dalai Lama thinks so.

One in four women will have good reason to kick a guy in the balls at some point in her life. Luckily, it’s not rocket science. Anyone can do it! And ball-kicking’s efficacy is beyond dispute, as the men of MMA so nobly helped us illustrate here. Gentlemen, if any of you are reading this, and conscious: Cheers, and get well soon (the non-wife-beaters among you, anyway).

appropriately-inappropriate

AIA REPORTING FOR DUTY

okay, so!

There is a trick to it. You do NOT want to soccer kick the dude because that’s a little projectile aiming at a littler target.

It’ll do in a pinch, and it’ll hurt, but it won’t incapacitate, which is what you want. You don’t want “ouch!” Or even “FUCK!”

You want him puking on the floor, and this is how we do:

There’s two ranges where a groin kick works: close and mid-range.

Say someone grabs you face to face, or pins you to the wall, and your hands are blocked. Now you’re close-range. What do you do? You come in closer, as close as you can, and with every ounce of adrenaline and aggression in your body, you do a can-can kick.

You know the first step in the can-can, where you raise your knee up as high as it’ll go as strong as you can?

Do that, as hard as you can, repeatedly.

If that doesn’t work, here’s the alternative. You’re going to take your hand, grasp between the thighs underhand. Its going to feel like you’re “cradling” the testicles. Dig your fingertips into the fragile skin BEHIND the scrotum. Then, once you have a good grip, you turn your hand into a vise, with your fingers digging inwards to the material. If you do it right, you should feel the testes INSIDE the scrotum. You want, whenever possible, to hook your fingers under them.

Then, with your hands in a claw and your fingertips latched behind the testes, you turn your hand sharply, as though you were turning a doorknob. Simultaneously, haul your elbow back and up as hard as you can.

If done properly, this technique can tear the scrotal tissue, and done with enough force, can tear the testes out of your attacker’s body.

No matter HOW pissed he is, he’s gonna drop. I’ve tried this technique on guys wearing cups and even with protection, it is not a fun feeling.

If you’re mid-range and have enough room for a kick, the goal becomes to use your shin. The shin is actually called the tibia, which ounce for ounce is one of the strongest bones in your body. So, here’s what you do, my little bloodthirsty beaus:

You aim, you scream “DO NOT COME CLOSER I SAID NO!” (legal purposes, because now you’re officially exercising your right to self-defence). Maintain a 360 degree awareness, just in case he has friends, and then, when he’s close enough, connect your shin full on soccer kick with the delicate squish of his testicles.

What you want is as much upwards force as possible in combination with as much momentum as you can manage. When he collapses, which he will, then stomp on his groin again, and then run.

The latter has less of a trick to it. It’s primarily about momentum and force.

Remember, if you’re close enough to put your hands on him, use your knee. If he’s coming at you, use your shin.

If you can smell the nachos he had for dinner, rip his fucking balls off.

It’s easy to do, they’re tiny little squishiness wrapped in a delicate flap of skin about as thin as a toenail.

Remember: if he’s coming at you, he’s ALREADY out to hurt you. Might as well give the fucker a reason to be pissed.

floranna2

How to Kick a Guy in the Balls: An Illustrated Guide

asmalltauhuey

Someone once told me that the way to train a proper knee in the groin (with appropriate aggression if you want to hurt him enough to let you go is to train and act as if you’re not aiming your knee at the groin, but aiming for somewhere much higher so that your mind knows to really ram your knee upward.

naamahdarling

A male friend of a friend of the family once generously and kindly advised me that if anyone with nuts ever got up on me without me wanting him to do so, to “grab his balls as hard as you can, squeeze, and yank away from his body until they feel like marmalade. Then run.” I have never forgotten this advice.

bluestockingt-deactivated202501

My self-defense trainer used to say: “Eyes are like grapes. Ears are like pull tabs. And if you’re going to grab some, girls - grab, pull, twist, and bring those balls home to Mama.” …I really need to embroider that on a cushion.

princefuckyouknickers

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/12/30/why-dont-men-kick-each-other-in-the-balls/

“What would street fights between guys look like—or professional fights for that matter—if one could go below the belt? For one, there’d be a lot more collapsing. Two, a lot more writhing in pain. Three, a lot less getting up. All in all, it would add up to less time looking powerful and more time looking pitiful. And it would send a clear message that men’s bodies are vulnerable.“

…

“So, men generally agree to pretend that the balls just aren’t there. The effect is that we tend to forget just how vulnerable men are to the right attack and continue to think of women as naturally more fragile.”

And:

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2017/07/31/i-argue-that-men-avoid-ball-kicking-to-protect-the-myth-of-masculinity-men-respond-in-the-most-surprising-way/

“In 2015 I wrote an essay in which I speculated about why we don’t see men kicking each other in the balls more often. We leave no stones unturned here at SocImages, folks.I argued that men don’t kick each other in the balls because it would reveal to everyone an inherent and undeniable biological weakness in every man, not just the man getting kicked. In other words, it’s a secret pact to protect the myth of masculine superiority. I expected a reaction, but I was genuinely surprised at what transpired. In public — in the comments — men debated strategy, arguing that men don’t kick each other in the balls because it’s actually a difficult blow to land or would escalate the fight. But in private — in my email inbox — men sent me hushed messages of you-are-so-right-though.“

thenzoblog

Just doing my regular reblog. Remember to go for the nuts.

crashoutcannibal

Saw a guy in the comments say kicking the nuts was a cowardly move and only pieces of shit do that.

Ladies (and yes gentlemen) there’s no such thing as a fair fight. If someone starts a fight with you and they have testicles, rip them off or crush them. Nuts have thin skin and can be crushed with very little force and crushing the nuts will not only incapacitate but the pain will also haunt them for the rest of their life.

#knowledge