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[eeveebethsylveon]

People have tried.

The problem is, the richest people are rich because they'd figured out how to protect their money.

So every attempt to tax the rich hits the people that are just below them instead.

TAX the Rich

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To be fair, if I go to the grocery store while hungry, I'm way more likely to buy random foods that aren't on my grocery list.

If I go to the grocery store when I'm not hungry, it's easier for me to stay on track and only go for the items that are on the list.

"don't go grocery shopping when hungry" doesn't work for me because Not Hungry Me cannot conceive of a universe in which food is needed so she buys like a cup of pomegranate seeds and some fancy cheese and thinks that'll get us through the week.

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Literally my first exposure to Sanders Sides was someone's little chibi animatic of "Accepting Anxiety Parts 1&2." I looked up the original version later. I just thought they were so cute that I wanted to see what they actually looked like.

How did you guys find out about Sanders Sides?

I remember it was from a Lily Singh video. The YouTubers that I really like rap, or something like that? I can’t remember why Thomas stuck out to me, but I had that feeling that if I were to look into his content, I would be dragged down into THE hyperfixation of my life. And lo and behold, I was!!

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Hampster wheel for snek

I like it

Ch😅

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I appreciate that door. Someone was determined to fit a door in that space.

Now I want to have a door like that somewhere in my house once I have a house.

in much more interesting news, today at work I got to explore an abandoned 500-year-old castle, seized by the state because of the owner's massive tax evasion

we spent an hour and half going all over the grounds, I'd never felt so #urbex

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honestly yeah, fiber arts is magic. you cast spell of warm gloves, spell of nice hat, spell of stuffed animal.

material component: yarn

wand: single hooked wand or double pointed wands, depending on caster's preference

mechanical component: specific motions repeated in a particular pattern

time component: a while

look seriously the first step in a knitting recipe is "cast on", and then it's a bunch of letters and numbers incomprehensible to anyone not versed in the arcane art. that's a spellbook. yes it's a book of knitting patterns but also. it's a spell book.

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This is every crafter ever.

I've got a project that's got several mistakes (it's a cross-stitch table runner, and the most "obvious" mistake is that I'd made the whole thing one stitch too short, so the border's got one imperfection in the center on each side), but nobody else can see the mistakes unless I specifically point them out, even if I can see them pretty much every time.

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I remember Blockbuster.

I checked out Anaconda on DVD from Blockbuster.

This says something about my age.

(note: I didn't drive to Blockbuster myself - my dad had to drive me.)

"when i was your age, netflix came to our house in the mail" never gets old. they don't believe you, because they can't, because they cannot conceive the apparatus by which this would be true. but it is true. they mailed me season 1 of the sopranos with stamps. with fucking stamps man

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This is swan dynamic right here.

i like w,hen ......... theres a Big scaresy fantasies beast ok .... and then the big beast has a litter of babies,,,., and the babeis are veryvery small . ok

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@rocrolwriter if you wanted me to make a box like this out of clay, you should have caught me before I put my clay away for the next few months.

That said, this is an intriguing idea, and I might attempt something like this in the future.

why the fuck aren’t there decorative dispensers for maxi pads.

they could look like those fancy tissue box covers but function like a tea bag dispenser

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@rocrolwriter I suddenly got visions of either one of my characters doing this, or one of your characters doing this.

And I'm amazed!

A performance by 蔡宏毅 (Cai Hongyi), whose specialty is sword dance.

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I get that some people are so hype for Halloween that they come up with grandiose plans that NEED to be started this early, and I'm sure they appreciate the sales happening right now.

I'm not that hype; if I buy anything for Halloween, it'll be while it's on clearance AFTER Halloween's over.

I’ve seen a couple posts recently about ‘it’s past the 4th of July, we begin spooky season!’

… it’s almost 100 degrees outside

It needs to get back down to at least 80, if not 75, before I’m ready for spooky season. I love it too, but I cannot properly celebrate while I’m overheating.

Keep the sprinklers and the sleeveless shirts, the sundresses and sunscreen for a while longer. Summer is also good and worth celebrating, in its own way.

The sweaters and dark nights will be even sweeter for the waiting

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@rocrolwriter

I don't know if you've got any plans to write a gala, but this is good information to hang onto.

Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

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The only slight ripoff here is that they didn't include key caps for the exclamation point and question mark Unown.

Unown Pokemon Key Caps made by RoyalKeycaps

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Well, Patton and Roman would be asking why they don't get capes; Logan would remind them of The Incredibles and what Edna Mode had said about capes and their safety hazards, and declare that he's perfectly fine going capeless.

4/28/2024 - Very cool 10/10 happy we got to finally see the cape in action

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I am a Plushie Mama.

“oh I’m too old for stuffed animals” skill issue. sorry you can’t appreciate little creatures made to hang out with you, I on the other hand am full of joyous whimsy and therefore vastly superior.