#And the rest is history

[tangled-pixel-harpsichord]

Those specific ingredients are measured by weight because you BUY THEM BY WEIGHT. Either prepackaged or at the deli counter, you will figure out how much you want by weight, and the price is given in dollars per pound. They’re telling you how much to BUY.

No one in this thread is saying baking or cooking by volume is better or the only way it’s ever done in the US, and yes, there are more people baking by mass in the US than ever before, because anyone who knows anything knows mass is more accurate. We’re saying that using volume is more COMMON in the US and are examining the reasons. I, a USAmerican with a background in medicine and science, would LOVE if the whole country switched to metric and measuring by mass tomorrow, but the former would take an act of Congress or something else official, and approximately half the people in our government (currently a bit more than that) are dedicated to the idea that changing anything even remotely “American” is an evil communist plot to convince their children that Jesus kneels for the national anthem or whatever the fuck.

Like, yelling about some cookbooks you found isn’t changing the fact that most people in this country don’t have scales in their kitchens. Hell, the industrial kitchen I worked in for a few summers didn’t even have one. I do, mostly because I use it for my French press, but I only have it bc my brother gave it to me, and HE only got it because he was experimenting with wine and beer making, two disciplines that demand the kind of accuracy only measuring by mass can provide. I agree that mass is a better way to do recipes, but on average, people usually measure by volume and it’s probably gonna take a bit for that to change.

So the thing with the US's awful units is like

So, my mom worked at NASA for some time before I was born and I asked her about the American use of US customary units when I heard about the Mars Climate Orbiter's crash.

And what she told me — which was surely a simplification somehow, I was a child at the time — was that periodically, someone would push for this within NASA, and then they would do a study to explore the possibility of forcing them and all the various contractors to use metric, and they would come up with a number which was the cost of doing that and replacing all the non-metric tooling, and then they would shelve the proposal.

So, my point is: before that I thought of the unit thing as like an American culture thing. Like Americans are set in their ways and conservative and arrogant, or whatever. After that, I thought of the unit thing as a state capacity thing. Americans simply can't do a lot of stuff, and when they can't, they puff themselves up defensively, like what they're forced to do is the best way to do things anyways.

[licnheartedd]

“regulus fell first but james fell harder” WRONG. james fell in a pool and regulus laughed at him so hard he almost fell in too, and they realised in that exact moment that they’re made for each other

[dekariosclan]

*Gale and Tav, sitting together on their balcony in Waterdeep, watching the night sky reflect on the water.*

Gale, kissing Tav and whispering in their ear: Happy one year anniversary, my love. The happiest year of my life—and yours too, I hope?

Tav, squeezing his hand tightly: It’s been everything I’ve ever hoped for. I simply couldn’t ask for anything m—*pointing* Oh! *sitting up straight* Look, fireworks!

Gale: Indeed! What serendipitous timing.

Tara, suddenly yelling from the inner room: MISTER DEKARIOS! *flying in, looking aghast* Sir! Did you do this?! We spoke about this! After the Waukeentide debacle I assured the city council you would not be doing any more rogue illusory magic!

Tav: Tara, it’s fine! Gale didn’t orchestrate this, it’s just a happy coincidence!

*Gale, Tav and Tara watching as the fireworks spell out: I Love You More Than The Stars, Tav! Happy Anniversary From Your Loving Husband, Gale Dekarios.*

Tav and Tara: …

Gale: …

Gale: Who could have done such a thing

[2hoothoots]

tragic: local woman forced to quit the Psychonauts and go into hiding after thinking something totally embarrassing about her childhood best friend slash ex boyfriend slash new mission partner

[waytooinvested]

Lena: Uhhh... Kara, when did you get a giant back tattoo of a tiger? And WHY did you get a giant back tattoo of a tiger? Kara, looking sheepish: So you know that icebreaker they make you do for corporate bonding? Two truths and a lie? Lena: Yes... Kara: Well, I kind of forgot that me being Supergirl is meant to be a secret, and so my three things were that I plan my travel routes so that I'm never more than 1 mile away from the nearest pizza place, that sometimes when it's hot I like to use my freeze breath to make myself a roof top ice rink, and that I have a giant tiger tattoo. I was just trying to make my facts fun! But then everyone assumed the ice rink thing must be the lie and wanted to see my tattoo. It sort of spiraled from there, and, well... I named him Hugo. Lena: Kara: Lena: Kara: Lena: YOU'RE SUPERGIRL??? Kara: ...Oops.

[princedevitt]

On this day, LA Knight made his main roster debut! - 10/14/22

[crispyliza]

Fic idea: After the end of s2 Ekko starts to cough up blue flowers. Thinking his time is limited since the object of his affections is already dead he decides to travel the world when one day he encounters the very reason for his sickness...

[fanta-seee]

Oldest brother moment

[sweetnnaivete]

i feel like barty crouch jr looked up to evan rosier (in the context of evan being in the year above him), because he's so smart and pretty and barty, who was pushed forward a year and is younger than all his classmates, feels the need to prove his talent. so he tries to become the next evan, and manages to get himself (as well as regulus and dorcas) into evan's weird elite group at school

[cod-fishing]

Drift compatible GhostSoap. Pacific Rim jaeger pilots GhostSoap. That’s it that’s the post.

[charliearty]

been on a big sonic kick lately! started reading the comics so here are some redraws each page with volume referenced last page is no ref 💕

[pretzlforpresident]

Bought this silver keychain at the fair yesterday. Prepare yourself for tomorrow little guy

[daisyofwaterdeep]

Rolan saying "Damnation!" has me kicking my feet and giggling every time i play. dorky ass bitch. i need him

[helianthus21]

if i trapped a guy in a cellar for days and saw him genuinely excited to sit in his own piss i'd probably get fascinated by him too

[indiestsnake]

Karaoke night!

She got a lil carried away :P

he was not ready

[fafayayarhen]

[reupload!!]

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡.

Shepherding the crowns of Castile and Aragon by matrimony to Joana, Charles I would assume the throne as king of the Spanish monarchy and later elected as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519.

Thus uniting the kingdoms and elevating the Spanish power to become a central hegemony of the continent. The inheritance Charles I saw a myriad of regions heralded into his reign emperor of the romans.

With the brutality Spain wields, is it not this beast the gemstone loves who is his war machine, his husband?

close-ups aND HERE'S TO HOPING THIS WORKS ARGHGHGSHG anyway have away at my beloved imperial couple