#Downsides

[spookfished]

getting all my social ducks in a row AND started my laundry AND washed the dishes. they call me the task guy because, i am doing them #yaytask

[fairycosmos]

girl something good has to happen at some point

[stealingpotatoes]

sure whatever i don't need to sleep

[kieraoonadiy]

Ok folks here's the cons of various types of fiber to follow up on this.

This is not a definitive list, and most of the info is based on info I found on the web across various sources and may be incomplete, or possibly partially outdated. All of what I have listed are the cons of various types of fiber

Natural fibers:

Linen: uses more water to create than cotton, spun using cotton machinery, which causes manufacturers to break the fibers up, causing them to be less hardy than earlier textiles. Also wrinkles if you look at it

Cotton: uses a lot of water in production, a lot of pesticides and space needed to grow a small amount, wrinkles easily

Wool: requires special care to avoid it from shrinking, takes time to process after being harvested from sheep, some people are allergic to the lanolin in the wool, low quality wool is often coarse and causes it to be an itch factor, is expensive, and may need additional layers as a protective layer against the skin, not ideal for summer wear, due to insulating properties, can be prone to bugs if not stored properly. In rare circumstances, the farmers may be neglectful of the animals, livestock can over-graze an area causing soil erosion

Hemp: strict regulations due to the cannabis industries, in growing, cultivation, and processing. Repeat creases in the fiber can cause the fiber to break causing holes, expensive due to limited availability (starting to become more popular but that will take time)

Leather: Although its a natural material, it is a skin of an animal, often from the meat industry (some people have issue with this), does not breathe much,often made with chromium and formaldehyde in the tanning process which are toxic, requires special care, more often and better used for hard wearing items like bags, coats, and shoes, most common animals used for leather is pig, cow, deer, moose, and sheep

Silk: most common practice is killing the moths before they hatch (although in some cultures the moth larvae are eaten, from what I read), difficult to care for, hard to wash, and very expensive, and has no elasticity.

Lotus: Rare, hard to harvest and produce, and hellishly expensive due to scarcity

Pumpkin/squash/potato fiber: up and coming but not a lot of information on this yet. The premise is that they harvest the stems, and get the fibrous material out of it like with linen.

Nettle: hard to harvest, can cause an allergic reaction to those harvesting it, rarely used except in historical context

Synthetics:

Rayon (any type): also known as viscose, modal, Tencel, or Lycocel: chemical processes, can shrink or stretch out in the wash, not as long lasting as cotton or linen, originally developed from Nitrocellulose (aka gun cotton, and highly flammable). Bleeds color easily, wrinkles easily, pills easily, carbon disulfide used in processing the fiber which is toxic

Lenzing: also known as ECOVERO: Also a type of alledgedly eco friendly viscose. Still requires wood pulp in the process, with a "closed loop" processing, which reduces water consumption, energy, and chemicals, but all of the above are still used in the process of, and has all the same properties as viscose, rayon, or lycocel

Polyester: its plastic, doesn't biodegrade, can hold onto body odor over time, can melt in high heat

Pineapple/cork/mushroom/bamboo/banana/milk protein fiber/leathers: although from natural resources, still requires chemical processes and/or plastic binding agents

Pleather/vinyl: plastic, degrades quickly compared to leather, very hard to repair once it starts peeling/shedding

Nylon: it's plastic, but has the potential to be recycled, doesn't biodegrade, can old onto body odor, can easily melt under high heat

Elastane: also known as Spandex and Lycra: it's plastic, but stretchy, can loose elastic stretch if washed in hot water, or too many times in a dryer. The process is a polyurethane polymer so it's toxic and carcinogenic, does not biodegrade

Acetate: cellulose fiber. Certain versions of Acetate can have very toxic processes and chemicals in production. See viscose/rayon

Acrylic: a type of plastic, used for yarns for knitting, or also for windows, not as breathable or durable as many other synthetic fibers, pills easily, made from petroleum based chemicals, not biodegradable.

"hey why are all the barrier garments like linen shirts or chemises or combinations going away?"

"oh we have more washable fabrics now! you don't need to worry about sweat reaching your outer clothing when you can just chuck it in the washing machine!"

"cool!"

[100 years later]

"so uh all of those new washable fabrics are leaching microplastics into our water, and the constant machine-washing wears garments out faster. they're also not really sturdy enough to be mended, so we keep having to throw them out and now the planet is covered in plastic fabric waste that will never break down. also it turns out that the new washable fabrics hold odor-causing bacteria VERY well. so could we get those barrier garments back please?"

"sorry babe linen now costs $100000/yard and since it's been so long without them, nobody knows how to adapt barrier garments to the current styles anyway"

"..."

"maybe try this new $50 undershirt made of Special Sweat-Wicking Plastic Fabric! :) :) :)"

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Literally the funniest post on this website

[mattsmemes]

[yantao-enthusiast]

lottie i think we have a new prophet

[lordenchilada]

I have vacuumed my floor:

Upsides: my floor is clean now

Downsides: I got dust fucking everywhere in the air now somehow and I am sneezing constantly.

[wendi-bnkywuv]

NEGATIVES about my paranthrotype?

Although my ideal species is something I'd prefer to exist and is perfect to me, there are some downsides to them.

Despite being biologically incapable of experiencing anhedonia, they do still feel stress. Even though it's more like a playful stress, it's still stress. This means they would be much more likely to be abused. Even though they do not experience a lack of pleasure and joy, they still know when they're being mistreated.

They're not perfect shapeshifters.

They are immortal. Typically a good thing, and they can absorb one another to go to a single unit and share memories and experiences, this means people might not protect them as much as other creatures.

[impcr3atur3]

please draw lux getting a piano dropped on his head, I feel like he needs it

[yubriamakesart]

so i was discussing Aerith last night

[livingmeatloaf]

There is only one way to make a truly wonderful Avatar adaptation, not matter how bad it turns out to be:

A professionally shot, full length stage production of the Ember Island Players' Fire Nation propaganda version of the events

[mari-lair]

the researcher needs at least one night per week fully alone or they'll explode

[koshercosplay]

it's time for my yearly chanukah merchandise ratings! how are there always so many to choose from. as always, this year is a doozy and I am as bitter as ever lmao

this was quite literally labeled "hanukkah cone tree." gee I wonder which winter holiday is The One With The Trees. surely it's the jewish one with all the fire. let's make it blue and white just in case. 4/10 there is no excuse for this

why are the chairs so far apart. why is there nobody there. why are there so many grapes. what even are those green things. why is there soup. will the mysteries never cease. 7/10 purely because it's pretty

I for one welcome our jewish alien cousins. not sure what this has to do with chanukah but I want to hear about jewish life on mars so 8/10 friends come in out of the cold and have a latke with me

the more I looked at this, the worse it got. there's a literal christmas tree and tinsel but oh it's got blue lights so it's fine. and as we all know, children regularly hold fully lit candle menorahs with mittens while going door to door during a snowstorm. I guess who are we to stifle a child's latent desire for arson. 5/10 somebody save that poor dying kitten

this poor magen dovid is being forcefully converted to christianity and we need to help it. quick somebody put this on a sufganiyot stack. 4/10 we all know the intended target audience isn't interfaith families okay

do I even have to say it. please just. just stop. get One (1) Jew to weigh on your hanukkah products, I beg you. -392928373/10 walmart owes me a personal apology for making me see this with my own two eyeballs

I spent a full five minutes staring at this shirt desperately trying to make it make sense. I shouldn't have bothered. it's worse than the hebrew could ever be. 2/10 amposzu zusach mezchamal to you too

congratulations, once again you wrote gibberish. this says nothing. it's not chanukah, it's not happy holidays, it's nothing. the letters on the dreidel are an ACRONYM people! there's an order! 3/10 it's antisemitic that this has over 4,000 sales (thank you @quartzfox for sending this to me. now you all have to see it too.)

now these are CUTE. and the dreidel letters are in the correct order too, which is unfortunately impressive. 10/10 no notes, it has cats, would wear

(previous years 1, 2, 3)

[femmilingus]

We need to talk about pregnancy

“You’re glowing.” “Pregnancy is so beautiful.” “What a miracle.” Lies. Lies. And more fucking lies. We need to talk about pregnancy. We need to talk about this special level of hell, the one Dante didn’t know about because he didn’t have a womb. I don’t mean to shit on it because it’s fucking WORK – but there is a level of honesty that isn’t maintained in the narrative. And knowing what I…

[fascinatedfinch]

"As the hostiles came through into the private docks, I activated the new code I had been working on. Code: Deploy&Delay."

AKA: "you know the thing in media where someone disappears when a transport drives in front of them? yeah, that"

Bonus: