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the election was rough y'all. weed cat may not be human but she understands our struuggles

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There's something about old color prints that you just can't duplicate. Grainyness? More saturated reds? Excessively even lighting? Softness?

This one's a toughie to figure out.

Motion blur suggests flash wasn't used. I mean, there could be flash in there, but I doubt it. The modest depth of field suggests a large aperture, probably between ƒ8 and ƒ4.

Light is coming from above and somewhat camera right, based on the specular and the few shadows. I think it could be sort of edge- on given the tiny specular in the pan at the back. Shadow sharpness makes me think it was very small, maybe a light bulb or the sun thru a window.

And the photographer has at least a decent knowledge of composition, with the vendor himself in the center, but that huge pile of sweets more or less on a Rule of Thirds line. The vendor himself is slightly off- center.

A sweets seller of the Blue Domes café (Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1984)

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A good reminder that not everyone in red states has shit beliefs. Please remember that before you make your jokes about red states being backwards. There’s literally vulnerable groups who are terrified rn

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take my hand for a moment

your objective from this point on is to survive

the election results are going to take a few days. The world is going to be very tense. I want you to take all the things you like to do to distract yourself and splurge on them. I want you to go eat your favroite foods and spend time with friends. I want you to do what you gotta do to make sure you can make it through the week.

There are people out there who want you to survive. There are people out there who are just as scared as you are.

We'll get through this. We will find a way

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Well, I guess with how things went, it's probably good that I have no visibility.

...kinda would've liked to have opened a Patreon and monetized my art and writing while it was still a possibility, though. Just wasn't (and still isn't) any point.

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By the same token, Liches have a "soul jar" or a "vessel" or something along those lines. Don't use the P word (which I can't manage to spell right now anyway), because that's also a piece of Jewish material culture.

It’s only a golem if it’s made by a Rabbi. Otherwise, it’s just a *sparkling automaton*

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Gawd once again it's fucking Russia, isn't it? It's always Russa! Putin's *so* determined to conquer the damn world, that he's started a freaking terrorism department.

And it's not just about ratfucking the supply chain. Imagine if a US politician got one of these, timed to go off right when it hits the office doorstep. Or takes out a screening facility.

I'll be honest, I can see why the Ukranians have the now- infamous Cake Map on the wall. I'm starting to agree with them.

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In other news, AliExpress has better customer service than Wal-Mart. When they realized an order wasn't going to ship, they auto- cancelled it.

Would've been nice getting a backdrop stand for half the price of a comparable one at Adorama, but hey. Got it ordered and it should be arriving before the backdrops and radio triggers.

...one of the backdrops looks suspiciously like it's what was behind Vigo the Carpathian. Guess we'll know for sure once it arrives.

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Oh hey btw, if any American following me plans to either not vote or vote 3rd party (or Trump) tomorrow, on what will possibly be the most important election in a hundred years, please kindly fuck off, especially if you talk big about harm reduction and such.

Thank you.

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Did anyone else just get that mithril is balrog poop?

Seriously. It's only found in *one* mine beneath exactly *one* mountain. At the bottom of which, by coincidence, lives a balrog.

There was none in the First Age, because it would've been used in the jewelry the Silmarils were set in. And trust me, the Elves would've probably stolen all of it from the Dwarves. Also, the balrogs were all with Morgoth during this period. Mithril only starts to appear in the Second Age, after Durin's Bane had time to be down under the mountain and get some good sleeps on.

Clearly. It's balrog poop.

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Beautiful!

This needs to be blown up and put on a flag and flown at his rallies lol

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If Donald Trump is in my closet, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to call in Major Payne. His spray- tanned ass just hid in the wrong damn closet.

(and then Hobbes and Mr. Bun can feast on the cooling entrails)

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Ah, Tumblr. Where else could I go for such well- curated nonsense?

And they look out so hard for the well being of the spiders AND the dolphins

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made a beautiful google slides infographic in 60 seconds on why u should Fucking Vote