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"Crack Babies vs. Percocet Babies: The Hilarious (and Slightly Terrifying) Evolution of America’s Toughest Kids"
Let me start by saying, this blog isn’t meant to offend anyone, just to shed some light—with a healthy dose of humor—on the generational shift in American kids from the crack baby era (pre-Y2K) to the percocet baby wave (post-Y2K). It’s no secret that certain American children, particularly those born into more challenging circumstances, have developed… let’s just say, unique survival…
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#AmericanKids#CrackBabies#DrugImpact#GenerationalShift#GenerationComparison#OpioidCrisis#PercocetBabies#PostY2K#PreY2KKids#ResilientChildren#a.l. childers#American generational shifts#audrey childers#Author a.l. childers#author audrey childers#Children of the crack epidemic#crack babies#generaltional differences#Impact of drugs on children#Opioid crisis babies#percocet babies#Pre-Y2K children#Resilience in children
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im not even in the america continent but this dumb-dumb sentient orange with pipes for throat and the thing used for curling in the olympics for brain extremely getting close to being chosen as the us president is making me fucking nervous
#nobu.nobu.chat#like how dumb can americans be????#like i knew americans were dumb#but holy shit#yall are DUMB dumb#even his former 4 star general came forth and said that he was the book definition of a fascist#yall wanna relive the holocaust? ye sure i hope yall have fun in there#blue shift i need u to start shifting cuz that stupid countrys decision is gonna affect EVERYONE#and j mean everyone
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About to deep clean & rearrange my bookcase …… I am about to be a girl reborn
#Ft. actually streamlining my tbr & fully getting back on my reading wagon#Bc that will keep me sane during intense study camps#Side note but it’s so interesting seeing how my general genre palette has shifted over the last year#It’s still a lot of fiction & nonfiction but now it’s tempered w a lot of history & politically conscious pieces & neurology#A lot of works by Iraqis & Palestinians I’m sooo excited#The Palestinian works were recommended by my Palestinian friends & then the Iraqi ones I need to keep digging for bc solely#Reading books about Iraqi history authored by like . American ppl would be cheating myself#Like I’m not shunning it but I need Iraqi authors in my rotation too. Sooo necessary
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pissing me the fuck off honestly
#and you blame others for all the leftist in-fighting. when faced with a landslide right-wing victory you immediately pull shit like this#mind you these “faux activists” were often themselves palestinian-american! whatever helps you sleep at night#I understand how dark this feels I understand the consequences of this but I don't know how else to say that the general#population is shifting right. but go ahead and ignore the material conditions affecting the political and blame random people on your phone#log
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#abdullah broshairif#male tf#ai generated#reality shifting#race change#white tf#South American tf#Brazil tf#arab tf#free commissions
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i know I don't usually make text posts, but I feel like I have to rn. don't know what to say really, but have at least some hope. keep living with as much dignity as possible, and don't stay silent, even if you just speak to your loved ones. there are many things i'd like to express on more philosophical and academic lines around American national identity and how it wove into our government's structure and the authors' intentions, along with the centuries-long descent of the supreme court of the United States' democratic integrity. but to ensure my heart doesn't explode, I will just say that we the people, including those at the very top, almost completely removed from our culture and identity, have an inherent right and duty to uphold our fellows' inalienable rights; it is not wrong, out of place, or ungrateful to fight back in whatever way you can, no matter your past mistakes or loyalty to nation, not to mention past protection by the constitution or feeling of stupidity and awkwardness that comes with being a single person with no projection power to speak of. we must all support each other, and goodness gracious if no one already in power finally puts their foot down, then shame on them and may their failure haunt them for the rest of their lives.
i also can't believe i'd ever involve personal religion with this basic-and-incredibly-unreliable-attempt-to-spread-a-bit-of-joy-and-amusement blog, but I must say, truly and from the bottom of my heart, may the lord's love be with us all, and may each one of you feel supported inherently from somewhere.
#not uquiz#this was not remotely looked over#but while I am in no way surprised#I felt like this needed to be expressed to both speak out/bring attention to something that I fear many will be too numb to or only express#as a joke out bc wtf else do you do?#and to give some unsolicited support to everyone out there affected#especially those in communities like mine who face potential direct attacks on our basic rights due to this decision#but also to Americans in general#those who may feel like they don't deserve to fight back#and anyone outside of the us who may be affected by future policy or just the mental strain of everything seeming to fall apart#I'd apologize for the tone shift esp after being gone for so long#but I'm not#bc this needs to be said and the possibility of sounding cringe is honestly just irrelevant when it comes to people's lives
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Behind F1's Velvet Curtain
This article by Kate Wagner on her INEOS sponsored trip to the Austin GP at COTA last year was commissioned by Road and Track magazine and then taken down. Presumably because Kate has was pretty staunch in her opinions about what was essentially a paid trip.
It is exactly the kind of thing I have wanted to read about the felt experience of the money business of F1. It doesn't get into technicalities and does not produce any spreadsheets for reference. It's just, her experience of the presence of wealth in the sport.
She starts off by talking about how she has been covering cycling and NASCAR for a while now and both of those, in comparison, are scrappier sports with smaller sponsors and cheaper tickets.
What I also especially loved was how fascinated she was with the cars themselves, and how they seem like a true marvel of human engineering. She almost described the cars like these alien beasts that came into this dimension out of nowhere and were being constantly monitored and dueled with to furnish wins and glory (and shareholder value for sponsors).
I think I always had an understanding of the weird myth making surrounding F1 and the kind of media attention it attracts, but someone like Kate (who I have loved reading for a while now) putting it into perspective really made it click for me. This sport thrives off of the kind of cocoon it has built around it and understands exactly the certain exclusiveness it needs to maintain to keep the story alive.
Anyway, give it a read, especially because Road and Track is trying to bury it to not piss off sponsors.
#I think matt oxley was talking about how motogp has been struggling with money and hence dorna is trying to woo the American market#and the american tech sponsors#but bikes don't require as much data driven performance engineering as f1 cars do#Ducati is probably leading the operation in this regard because they have audi behind them#anyway I knew motogp does not produce the same level of wealth but I still decided to check numbers#Marc's net worth is $25Mn and he is arguably the best driver of his generation with enough sponsors behind him#Max's net worth in comparison is $165Mn easily over 6 times that of Marc#Vale's net worth is $200Mn but he is still somewhat of an outlier because his popularity far outweighs that of motogp itself#Lewis is still around $300Mn and he hasn't even retired yet#Schumacher was around $800Mn#I know net worth is a very stupid number to consider but driver net worth is an easy way to translate impact ig#the current Max to Mercedes rumours caused Merc valuation to rise by $11Bn#Billion! 11 of them!#honestly I frequently get desensitized to money just purely as a number because I am exposed to businesses with large valuations but#I still wanted a moment to reconsider how much money rides on this sport#and how that ties to how rich people function#just made me remember that Ocon is the last driver from a working class background#Fernando and Lewis are the only other with working class beginnings and both of them are over 35 and ridiculously talented#its not a sport for regular people to break into#Vale also started with karts and had to shift to bikes#anyway I love Kate Wagner please read this#and talk to me about money and F1#Kate wagner#f1#formula 1#road and track magazine#lewis hamiton#mercedes amg petronas f1 team#Mercedes#INEOS
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bro.. it's looking like kamala didnt even win the popular vote, even hillary won the popular vote, when's the last time dems lost the popular vote? bush's reelection in 2004? and before that 1988? this is a historic failure
#rightward shift of americans in general or the dnc not adapting to a leftward shift of their voter base? too early to tell#in general in a lot of western countries there seems to be a growing far right sentiment#the difference seems so big i dont even think stopping israel alone would have won it which is insane to me i thought this would be close#and would come down to policy or lack thereof i was not expecting what appears to be a landslide
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There is definitely a line between chronically online and chronically in a bubble of well informed people but both sides of it were viscerally erased today when I overheard an old white guy arguing that mexican is a language
#''all these damn mexicans'' gets even more comical when you live in an area where everyone is puerto rican or salvadorian#anyways#humbled#drastically humbled even#I can probably shift my focus off of like. multi generational class mobility and education as propelled by the american war machine#(as in chicanes gaining class mobility through military service)#and onto the shit thats right in front of me 💀#dont get me wrong a lot of people think ignorant shit I'm just usually in a position where it comes across through body language or other#more passive aggressive ways#txt
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I saw your tags in the poll comments and I had to jump into your ask box. If you want to reply to comments, don't be afraid to do it! People love nothing more than to interact with the author. People comment to express their love for your work, and I can promise nothing make them more happy than to have a reply from the author!!! It's a "my comment had been seen and made them happy, yeah!" feeling.
My tags, for context:
This poll is wild to me. Tumblr's interpretation of fanfic etiquette seems completely backwards from my internet upbringing.
Back on ff.net, where the number of reviews wasn't even a sortable field, it was still uncool for authors to respond to the reviews. Every fic would end with "Please R&R!!!" but actually interacting with reviewers was the kind of thing you were supposed to grow out of as you went from a socially clueless young teen to a socially competent older teen. Saying "That's exactly what I was going for!" or "Oooh just wait, you'll love it!" or "I'm so glad you liked it!" was really just patting yourself on the back for being awesome, and saying "No, you don't get it--" was too defensive. (Putting "I've been blown away by the response to this fic" in an A/N is sufficiently self-effacing if used sparingly, though.)
On AO3, looking at the comment section of a fic and seeing that an author has responded to every comment with "Thanks!!" or "❤️" feels similarly desperate to me--
--and not just cringey, but also vaguely unethical because it's artificially doubling the number of comments on a site that does allow sorting by comments. Like, let your fic stand on its own merits instead of trying to game the system with fake reviews.
But on Tumblr, there's those AO3 etiquette posts going around saying "kudos are for if you finish reading a fic; comments are for if you enjoyed it." And that just feels backwards. Shouldn't kudos be for if you enjoyed the fic enough that you think it should be boosted in the rankings so more people read it? Comments, on the other hand, are mandatory on every fic you read unless you can't find even a single good thing to say about it. (And you're still obligated to rack your brain a bit to see if you can at least pull out a "Wow, that was an interesting premise!" or "I really love this trope so thanks for writing this!" or "This was such a fun line!" and just try not to be too obvious about damning with faint praise.)
I've had authors respond to say, "Hey, sorry I haven't responded to your comments yet, but I've been reading them" and I'm always like... my dude, that's not how this economy works. You write fics and I leave comments. You don't have to write fics and respond to comments. Take a load off.
Obviously if I say something particularly insightful it's nice to hear the author's thoughts back, and I've had some cool conversations about their inspirations... and the friend I talk to literally every single day is someone where we both loved each other's fics 20 years ago and we got started talking because of it... so it's not like I think it's never okay to respond to a reviewer.
(And, frankly, a lot of my comments are a couple paragraphs long or I'm leaving a dozen comments in a short timespan, so it hasn't usually felt weird when authors do respond to me to comment on some highlights.)
It's just absolutely baffling to look at that poll and see that 88% of authors do or think they should respond to comments, so I'm clearly in the vast, vast minority.
It's absolutely, mind-bogglingly wild. And since it's purely a cultural thing, being in the minority means I'm wrong, and I need to come to grips with that. Like, I'm going to need to actively, consciously work on flipping my judgement-o-meter from "responding to comments is inappropriately clingy and must be actively avoided" to "responding to comments is good and expected" because the former is a social norm I internalized decades ago and now I need to go through the active work of completely flipping what's rude and what's polite -- which is a thing that happens all the time as we get older, of course, but it was a shock to encounter it here.
#9-to-1 implies it isn't even a relative thing like “it's rude for Americans to eat with their mouths open but fine for other cultures”#9-to-1 is OVERWHELMING and “no that's cringe and weird” wasn't even an OPTION on the poll#i'd say it's a generational divide but it isn't like the Tumblr userbase is young#so there has to have been some other kind of cultural shift in the decade i was away from fandom#so i guess i just need to get over it and get with the times#but it would definitely help if someone could explain what changed so i could internalize WHY responding to comments is now acceptable#like does it have something to do with the shift from “reviews” to “comments”?#like because it's socially unacceptable for movie producers to respond to movie reviewers but exchanging comments on social media is normal#or is it something else?#but the culture may well have changed a decade ago so who would even remember?#so i feel like any responses would be “saying 'thanks' to a compliment is polite”#which... yeah#but also no#because the author-reader relationship is fundamentally different since authors are providing a service#and readers are obligated to repay them with comments#so#argh#fanfiction#ao3 etiquette#ff.net etiquette#Am I so out of touch?.meme
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At this point (in AZ) Starbucks breakfast is cheaper McDonalds. Girl what
#i am never gonna shut the fuck up about how expensive McDonald’s has gotten#like the number 1 problem is that i moved here from the south where fast food is generally cheaper#but also yall have been getting robbed out here#what goddamn business does a bacon egg and cheese have being almost SEVEN AMERICAN DOLLARS#a single!!!! cheeseburger is $3.69!!!!!#anyways i got starbucks breakfast for my long shift today and its tasty#life.txt#food#i really moved out at a bad time economically lmao#thats why we’re moving Back
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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.
#late night thoughts#are these helpful at all?#obv these aren’t applicable to every gala scene#galas#writing tips#writing guide#these don’t apply as much in Gotham obvs#but that’s because it’s Gotham
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Make Puerto Rico a state already, don't like having second class Americans, and that's how I'd describe it when they're out there paying taxes, contributing to the good of the country, but they don't even get representation via things like a senator
Like I'm sat here thinking about it and... do Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico even get to vote for president? Cause... that's never listed in the electoral college vote count, so I'm gonna guess no
Seem to remember hearing somewhere something about "no taxation without representation", sounded pretty good I thought
Make Puerto Rico a state, make them a state. Every year I get more and more pissed off as I think about how fellow Americans are treated like this. I'm extremely pro Puerto Rico, they're clearly a part of the union... you either make them a state or make them their own country, you don't keep people trapped in this limbo state where they've got less rights than I do
#people bring up how the electoral college is there to avoid tyranny of the masses; and fair enough#(though I think it's a real broken system; and I'm not real keen on tyranny of the swing states either)#(like maybe if the electoral college was at least less winner takes all so people who don't vote like their state stood a chance)#(...I'm not gonna invent a substitution when no one's gonna implement it; but this system ain't great either)#but to the point; we don't want tyranny of the masses; right?#well here we are with Puerto Ricans not getting any say what so ever; unless I'm much mistaken... which everything I find says no#and listen... I'll be blunt; population isn't a number that ever means that much to me or sticks with me#I can't actually tell you the population of anywhere in the world cause... I tend to more just get a feel of how many people are there#like a lot; a little... like I know Nigeria has one of the highest populations; but I couldn't tell you the number#my point being; I don't know how many Puerto Ricans their are living in Puerto Rico; but it seems like a meaningful amount#it feels like they... gotta have more than like Wyoming; so it feels a little unfair if Wyoming gets a say and they don't; you know?#like no one would saying Wyoming doesn't deserve to have senators and representation in the house; and a vote for president#so why don't... I want to say millions of Americans; again; not great with the numbers side; but I feel like Puerto Rico probably has 2+ mi#I want Puerto Rican statehood; you search (and tumblr cooperates) you'll see I've been saying it for some time#also say I think DC should be a state too; and that Hawaii should be given a choice if they want to stay or not#like I like having em in the US; but they should have the right to choose#but those two I know are more radical ideas and less likely to be implemented#but Puerto Rican statehood... hands down it's a disgrace they aren't already and it goes against fundamental principles of the US#it's not like I personally know any Puerto Ricans (unless one of you is... I just don't know many people in general)#(like I don't think I know anyone from Maine either for example... lots of Arizonans though; but mostly people from my state)#anyway; I've got zero personal stake in this; it's just about what's right#Puerto Ricans are Americans; and they deserve a seat at the table... in this case a literal one; two senate seats and however many house#(I couldn't tell you what the breakdown is of population to house seats; and I'm not sure if we'd make new ones or shift from like Cali)#I don't see this happening in the next 4 years whoever wins (though... maybe have a feeling who would be more for it)#but I'll still keep saying it... I'll say it till they're given statehood
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I think one of the reasons the Harris / Walz ticket has so much momentum is because the campaign is genuinely trying to put out this vibe of fun. Like that's all the "brat" thing is, the coconut jokes, just being kind of silly and fun.
And I think it's working, because let's be real, we are all exhausted. It's been all about preserving democracy, defeating fascism, the past eight years. The message has been "vote for us because the country is literally on the line". The vibes are not good when we are stuck back at that fight, and not even discussing trying to make progress on things like housing, healthcare, education, etc. And the fight to just stop fascism? All still true. Project 2025 is real and is extremely scary. We can't let that man back into office.
But the vibe was "vote for us otherwise we're all fucked :(" and now has shifted to "get in, we're making popcorn and then bullying fascists." Like a lot of the issues conservatives bring up, the Harris / Walz is just not engaging them in good faith, as they shouldn't. Republicans bring up abortion, and the Dems are just like, "you want 14 year old to give birth? Weirdo" and just leave it at that. Like YES, that's what you should do. Because it SHOULDNT be a debate. And it's working. This is how you defeat the identify politics thing Republicans have been trying to push for a while. Just mocking them for the stupidity of it all. "Like seriously? You think a book can make someone gay??? Hahaha." None of the Republicans are reacting well. They can't stand it. Vance even complained about bullying!!! Like do you KNOW who picked you as vp??? It's actually laughable, because they have no room to stand on when it comes to bullying.
And a huge part of the mocking and dismissing of Republicans is that the message is clear - were done debating all this stupid stuff. We've won the last two elections' popular vote - most Americans do NOT want christo-facism. It's time to move on. And that's what gives me hope, and the feeling of hope I think a lot of people have picked up on. It's time to address all the issues we've all wished we've been addressing the past decade. It's important we move onto that, and that's the message I'm getting from this campaign (We're not going back). I think it will resonate with a lot of people, because plainly, we're all just sick of this same old news cycle and fake rage bait over things like "should women have rights?", "Should gay people be allowed to exist?" The general populace have answered YES to both these multiple times, and it is time to move on. Maybe I'm being naive, but I am genuinely excited at the idea of putting to bed these debates (it's exhausting trying to fend your very existence) and moving on to actual economic and social policies that could fix a lot of deterioration over the last 2 decades.
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That’s actually probably largely dead on the money, and I love your interpretation of the family dynamics, valid.
The Consolation by JC Leyendecker, oil on canvas.
#couldn't get any specific information on this painting#but from googling#was a prominent commercial illustrator#worked during the art nouveau and art deco periods#and was one of the main people of the art deco periods#he did a lot of illustrative work for the Saturday Evening Post#think Norman Rockwell#generally he'd do covers ads or posters that largely featured scenes like this#self evident works illustrating relatable moments in the average american life#with quotations around relatable and average#because even that is a subjective and power laden choice#sorry shifting into art history and anthropology mode#but otherwise most of his work is what it says on the tin#although the meaning of art as always is built in the relationship between the viewer and the work#art history#jc leyendecker
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i keep choosing like the hardest songs possible to try to learn to make midis for vocal synth covers on. why do i keep doing this to myself. like is that reverb doubling back creating noise, vocal doubling, or a harmony. if its a harmony i'll explode on impact
#im basically as done with the growing wings/tsukiru files now#(there is whispering in the bg that i have made the executive decision to ignore in the vocal files)#(and instead just fuck around with the aspiration files in the mix instead LOL BUT im happy with the rest <3)#just gotta finish the tuning for the final covers. so the other day i started a new song#which has some crazy vocalizations in an intensely ontarian hockey rock way. the yodels. the vowel combos.....#every other note is like detuned in different directions.... its gonna be slow going this cover LOL#its so funny so like i use sv's vocal to midi functions pretty extensively#its a godsend to me. im pretty great with timing and im good at telling when somethings wrong but my ear training is. non existent#so getting the ballpark of where notes generally are helps a lot and then i can just fix it manually <3#BUT anyway yeah i use it pretty extensively. usually making multiple conversions at diff settings for reference#and usually i dont use the lyric transcription function but this time i did one to see what it would think of ontario english#dear lord it did NAWT know what to do. wasnt prepared for the vowel situation HKJDSHd#its fun tho. dreamtonics needs to make an ontarian accented vocal tho. for me. little ol me#so i can stop feeling bad when i change a beautiful classically trained 'and' from ax n d to some kinda of like#eh ey n d situation JHSKDLJKDAHJd but its important!!! its important for the song#but in general theres like a bajillion songs i wanna cover anyway. i have a playlist. its getting uncomfortably long#like. nearly 200 long... ruh roh#some are really short simple songs tho i should really practice on those. instead of trying songs with canadian vowel shifting shenanigans#altho in general even when covering a song by americans i do tend to out of habit try changing pronunciations to be closer to#the way people here say it LOL i had to reel myself in from doing too many strange things to the word 'human'#in that human songs cover i did. i wanted to do such strange things to those vowels. its my nature. eh.
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