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It's over

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i dont care what you’re doing take 1 minute out of your day to watch this you wont regret it YOU NEED SOUND

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Tubi is the best streaming service because it captures the feeling of a video store, but not a corporate video store like Blockbuster, or even a good indie store, but a rundown video rental place under a overpass weeks away from closing down. You'll find, like, 2001: A Space Odyssey next to a unwatchable copy of a 70s exploitation film and a micro-low-budget indie and a movie called STRIPPER VAMPIRE MASSACRE III but you can find no evidence of STRIPPER VAMPIRE MASSACRE one or two existing.

This is a real, commercial streaming service and they've uploaded films with the DVD menu visible for the first few seconds bc it's a recording of a DVD copy. What a titan in the landscape of streaming

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It's in the eye of the beholder

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being someone who's passionate about their interests when you're a horror fan really is a special layer of hell because every interaction you have with another person where the conversation turns to your hobbies and personal entertainments is a trial where if you show too much unrepentant glee at getting an opportunity to talk about your preferred subject you get to watch them mentally move you onto their list of untrustworthy individuals to avoid in the future in real time

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[Image ID: A picture of a bee and a wasp, both labeled. Both are colored yellow and black. Facts are listed about each one in their respective columns.

Bee:

Cute and fuzzy, like a friend

Make honey

Come in pretty colors with different occupations (blue orchard bee, carpenter bee)

Pollinators!

Freeloaders who will come build hives in the walls of your house

Communicate with dancing

According to all known laws of aviatin, honey bees can fly up to 15 mph

Like sweet things

Over 20,000 species--not just honeybees!

Wasp:

Cool and sleek, like a motorcycle

Prey on pests

Come in pretty, iridescent colors (ruby tailed wasp)

Will try to mooch off your drinks (so check your cans!)

Pollinators!

Leave you paper nests that you can sell to collectors

Communicate with smells

Like sweet things

Over 30,000 species--not just [kind I hate]

At the very bottom, in smaller text, is the URL bug-maniac.tumblr.com. /End ID]

NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST

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the mistake is in thinking silver starts out relatively well-adjusted and then goes crazy during the course of the show. no. he starts out hollow and he ends up hollow. he’s a black hole. a non-person forced by circumstances to become something akin to a real human being for a while but of course he doesn’t know how to do that, how to sustain that, he knows only hunger, he consumes but can never be filled. so he kills and eats the person he was becoming. and he’s still hungry afterwards.

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only 5 seconds

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There is no better feeling than being confident identifying edible plants because sometimes you're walking along and you get nature snacks which is brilliant all on its own but sometimes you're walking with someone who has only ever eaten fruit from a supermarket and they look at you like you're some sort of brave lunatic or else a caveman and that's just fucking exquisite

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hey dude check out this new strain. it's called duckweed. it floats on or just below the surface of still or slow-moving bodies of water and wetlands

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people ask me this so much so I'm putting here so I can screenshot it. here's my very brief "how to get into perfume" guide, based 100% on personal experience and opinion.

under no circumstances for the first 8 months to a year of trying to get into the hobby should you follow a bunch of perfume influencers or watch short-form video where people suggest fragrances to you. it's a waste of time until you smell things and can learn what they're talking about!

ditto with getting too into fragrantica reviews, but I do feel that's better because it at least shows you the vocabulary enthusiasts sometimes use.

if you can at all, go to a perfume store first (not a department store) and smell things. bring a little bag of coffee beans in a ziplock just in case they don't have them there, sniffing those clears your airways out and prevents headaches. ask lots of questions, be pleasure-oriented, and go home with samples!!

wear samples for a bit. pay attention to what you like and don't like about them before you look up anything about them! from there, you can look into the notes, how they're talked about, what they're compared to by people who have opinions about these things.

when it comes time to buy more samples or a full bottle, a good rule of thumb is that most full size bottles of perfume, if you're paying an ethical price for the ingredients and labor and the perfume is legit, cost at least $60-$100. More than that you're getting into subjective marketing & ingredient territory; less and you probably have something that's considered a "cheap" perfume (some of these are good, but be careful!) or, if you're getting an apparently crazy deal on a luxury scent, is maybe a forgery. I say this because I think people don't know what to expect from perfume prices often. this is the baseline, based on experience.

But hey, no need to buy a full bottle right away. I'd continue to buy some samples. if a local place doesn't exist for you, I suggest Luckyscent. Surrender to Chance which is popular on FB and elsewhere doesn't get perfumers' permission to sell their samples, which sucks. would avoid them. if you must follow accounts, btw–I'd follow stores and perfumers over influencers. the only perfume "influencers" I follow are friends. Luckyscent's page is a good one.

slowly, you'll start to get a sense based on conversations that happen outside of influencer circles between perfumers, enthusiasts, and niche/indie perfume sellers what perfumes might be interesting. learn the names of perfumers, learn what inspires them, read articles they write, read articles on the history of perfume–sample what sounds interesting.

if you have friends who are into the hobby whose taste you trust, talk to them! perfume people love talking about perfume. ask questions, be open, go to perfume shops with them. it's fun!

that's really all I did. basically sampled, read a lot, and followed a circle of perfumers, close friends, and perfume sellers who work with niche artists only. I don't watch influencer reels, tiktoks, or youtube videos about perfume, though I'm sure there are decent ones, I just have no interest and so much of perfume is marketing that I think you have to be really specific about cultivating a sensory reaction to what makes up a basic perfume before you do anything else. smell and feel your real feelings!!

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‘Race and racism is a reality that so many of us grow up learning to just deal with. But if we ever hope to move past it, it can’t just be on people of color to deal with it. It’s up to all of us – Black, white, everyone – no matter how well-meaning we think we might be, to do the honest, uncomfortable work of rooting it out. It starts with self-examination and listening to those whose lives are different from our own. It ends with justice, compassion, and empathy that manifests in our lives and on our streets.’ — Michelle Obama

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shaking my head while playing neko atsume so people know that I don’t support outdoor cats

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I’m not sure how many people realize that there’s a way in which hurt/comfort is actually very kinky, because at its core you’ve got this emotional power exchange fantasy where one character is vulnerable and helpless and the other takes care of them. In the case of stories involving grievous injuries, where someone is bedridden for a long time, you often end up with two characters in a 24/7 total power exchange relationship without a safeword. It just doesn’t involve as many whips and dog collars.