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Here’s a quick and comprehensive video of how I made paper 📝

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Fuck the Cleaning Industry

A Masterpost

Here’s a followup to my Fuck the Laundry Industry guide.  That post got way more popular than I was expecting, so I figured why not make another household guide?  Cleaning products in general are often overpriced, produced in environmentally unsound ways, and contribute massively to plastic pollution.  So here are some guides to cleaning your space without all that stuff!

Safety First:

Green Cleaning Ingredients You Should Never Mix

Cleaning Products You Should NEVER Mix

Is Vinegar and Baking Soda a Mixture Effective for Cleaning?

Is Borax Safe for Natural Cleaning?

Is Tea Tree Oil Safe for Pets?

Multipurpose:

DIY Natural Homemade All-Purpose Cleaner

A Simple DIY All-Purpose Cleaner That Really Works

DIY Natural All-Purpose Cleaner

15 Everyday Uses for Castile Soap

Disinfectant:

Homemade Disinfectant Spray: Vinegar of The Four Thieves

Homemade Sanitizer Spray

Homemade Reusable Disinfecting Wipes

How to Make Natural Moisturizing Hand Sanitizer

11 Powerful Antibacterial Essential Oils

Laundry:

See here.

Kitchen:

Homemade Liquid Dish Soap

Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe 

Homemade Dishwasher Detergent for Hard Water or Soft Water

Super Simple Natural Dishwasher Rinse Aid

CopyCat “Lemi Shine” Detergent Booster Recipe

Natural Oven Cleaner for Baked-On Grime

Natural Oven Cleaning Recipe

How to Clean a Cast Iron Skillet

How To Clean Your Grill the All-Natural Way

Tips for Cleaning Your Grill Naturally

Bathroom:

DIY Toilet Bowl Cleaner

3 Ingredient Homemade Toilet Cleaning Bombs

How to Make a Powerful Homemade Shower Cleaner

A Natural Homemade Shower, Tub, and Tile Cleaner

DIY All-In-One Bathroom Cleaner

Sinks/Drains/Faucets:

How to Clean Your Stainless Steel Sink

DIY Drain Cleaners

Clean Up Sink Smells With DIY Garbage Disposal Refreshers

DIY Homemade Cleaners: Nightly Sink Scrub

Easy Ways To Remove Limescale With Basic Pantry Items

Cleaning Faucets and Fixtures

Glass:

No-Streak Homemade Window Cleaner

Homemade Glass Cleaner Recipe

Flooring:

DIY Mopping Solution (Works Great on Tile, Laminate, and Wood Floors)

Homemade Swiffer Wet Jet Solution

DIY Wood Floor Polish

Homemade Floor Wax

17 Homemade Carpet Stain Removers

Homemade Carpet Cleaning Solutions

How to Steam Clean Carpet

Homemade Carpet Deodorizer with Essential Oils

Homemade Dry Carpet Cleaner

Fixtures and Surfaces:

2-Ingredient Homemade Kitchen Cabinet Gunk Remover

What Everyday Items Can Be Used to Clean Wood Kitchen Cabinets?

Homemade Wood Cleaner

Best Homemade Stainless Steel Cleaner

How to Clean Brass, Copper, and More

DIY Silver Cleaner

How to Clean Bronze

Degreasers:

How to Make a Homemade Degreaser

Homemade Laundry Degreaser

Clean Stove Hood Filters in the Dishwasher Weekly to Keep Vents Clear

How to Clean a Greasy Stove Hood Filter

Deodorizers and Air Fresheners:

Homemade Fabric Refresher Spray

8 Surprising Household Deodorizers

Homemade Air Freshener

How To Keep Your Home Smelling Fresh Using Essential Oils & A Furnace Filter

8 Ways to Diffuse Essential Oils without a Diffuser

Eight Homemade Essential Oil Diffusers

How To: Make Your Own Gel Air Fresheners

DIY Natural Room Scents

DIY Car Vent Air Freshener

6 Things in Your Kitchen That Get Rid of Bad Smells Naturally

How To Make Your Own Air Freshener With A Wooden Clothespin

Dusting:

All-Natural DIY Dusting Spray

Reusable Swiffer Duster Cloths Tutorial

Other Things You’ll Need:

Microfiber cloths/soft rags

Old towels

Broom and dustpan

Vacuum cleaner

Mop

Toilet brush

Bucket

Sponges

Dish scrubbers

Rubber Gloves

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spotify is raising prices again here's the apk that gives you premium for free

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If you have the means to donate gifts to toy drives or shelters, please keep the above tips in mind so you can help meet people’s wants and needs! 💓

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When you see it, REBLOG IT.

Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433

LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255

Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743

Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438

Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673

Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272

Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253

If you ever want to talk: My Tumblr ask is always open.

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This is what we call a hamburger bun.

it's delicious...

they're used for chips, fries, sandwiches, and crisps...

but everyone, i swear, has a different name...

this is the greatest bread debate of all time...

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Hey, you are not an embarrassment for not knowing how to do certain household chores/basic self-care. They do not come naturally to us. A lot of it takes practice! Maybe you had a neglectful guardian. Maybe you had one that was very coddling and never thought to teach you. Maybe you haven't lived in a place where these things were available to you or needed. Doesn't matter. It's okay to not know and far more common than you might realise.

That said, this website provides very simple instructions on how to do everyday tasks such as making your bed, using a washing machine, cooking different foods, washing dishes, taking a shower, etc. All you have to do is use the search bar to find the task you're struggling with, and it'll come up with what you need + other related how-to's:)

If you're having trouble navigating it, let me provide you with some examples:

How to clean dishes by hand

How to make your bed (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to fold clothes (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to take a shower & dry yourself off (also provides ways to shave beards, armpits, legs and genitals)

How to shave legs, armpits, beards, pubic areas, etc. (a more in-depth guide)

How to mop the floor

How to sweep the floor

How to swallow pills

How to make small talk

How to make eye contact in different situations (or how to avoid it while still looking natural)

It's also perfectly okay if these don't help or aren't appealing to you. Unfortunately, nothing helps everyone.

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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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saw this on twitter and wanted to save it here

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Absolutely this. 🤘🖤

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NOTE TO SELF-SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!

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I’m just thinking about how many times I’ve heard my dad on a long call with an obvious scammer and I’ll start begging him to get off the phone because I always think he’s a very easy mark and he’ll just keep going and then after a while he’ll say something like “I died 20 years ago” and hang up.

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@rrdemon666

Richard Ramirez was not a real Satanist. He was a psychopath, serial ræp!st, murderer. Die mad about it.

Satan did not tell him to do what he did. His actions directly contradict every doctrine that any legitimate follower of Satanism has ever shared or written. Even atheistic Satanists who, for all intents and purposes make their own rules, know that what he did was so far removed from everything that they practice that there's no denying it. He was not a Satanist.

If you run a Richard Ramirez fan account and see this, die mad, as I said. It's only because you started liking and rebloging my posts that I felt the need to post this.

@rrdemon666 die mad or get some fucking help, but most importantly get off my page. Fututus et mori in igni.

I'm gonna tag more people in this as time goes on, so it's easier for others to find and block these accounts.