#For people on mobile: I'm sorry

[girderednerve]

this post is old but i saw it going around again & it's driving me nuts. this is an extremely bad historical summary? parts of it are outright wrong & the framing is nonsensical, multiple people have chimed in to add "more" information but no one seems to have taken issue with the content of the original post. anyway it's somewhat strange to say that the church 'began forbidding' christians from participating in moneylending (pawnshops are also moneylenders; banking didn't really exist in europe until the latter middle ages), because the text of the bible itself treats loans as a form of charity which should not bear interest between community members. there are a bunch of patristic commentaries to this effect, but there are also a bunch of rabbinic commentaries to this effect! because it was a moral rule for both groups of people, and indeed for muslims! however, to lend money at any sort of scale, you need to charge interest to cover for the risk that you won't be paid back, so there's friction between practical exigency & ethical doctrine. it turns out that there was a centuries-long moral crisis about the expansion of a market economy & the development of finance, which cannot be usefully boiled down to the idea that money was 'unclean' (extremely vague term; also, if the church simply thought that, why were there so many lavish churches & well-heeled priests?). it is broadly true that medieval european jews were excluded, often violently, from fully participating in christian society & that several engaged in moneylending, using the out-group loophole to lend at interest to gentiles. however, a bunch of christians just lent money anyway; actually, most moneylenders in medieval christendom were christians, and most jews did other work. the idea that jews were substantially engaged in early finance was first an antisemitic myth, propagated by christians who were trying to resolve the moral & practical conflict of moneylending by displacing it; then it was a philosemitic myth, recuperated by late nineteenth century scholars who saw in jewish moneylenders evidence of a unique jewish contribution to the development of europe. but it never reflected the daily lives of most medieval jews & we can do better than this, guys, come on

[serotonin-dose]

AsaDen x Metaphor Re:Fantazio

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

"Why weren't the April 5 protests violent, that would have made a real difference!" Like the real difference January 6th made? Life isn't a video game and violence isn't an instant-win condition that the grown-ups are keeping from you cause it's just so OP.

[fandom-fun-for-sluts]

I am incredibly normal about Baldur's Gate 3. I spend a normal amount of time thinking about these characters.

Below the cut is a organized list of perfumes/scents for the characters, including all the origin characters and several side characters

Perfume note rundown:

Notes are defined by how long they last in the fragrance; short, middle, and long.

Top notes: What you smell immediately after perfume touches skin, evaporates first

Heart notes: ties together the top and base notes, while being the main note during most of the wear

Base notes: What lasts the longest, usually the underlying scent that runs underneath all the other notes

skin scent: the stage of perfume where it's died down to the point it's only detectable right at the skin

TOP HEART BASE

Wyll: Jasmine cedarwood suede

skin scent: vanilla

Astarion: Bergamot rosemary brandy

If ascended: dark chocolate

skin scent: blood

Gale: parchment old books ash

rosewater velvet gunpowder

Shadowheart: saffron milk(<-selunite->)lavender

osmanthus red wine(<-sharran->)truffle

skin scent: makeup powder

Karlach: smoke magnolia leather

fire safraleine myrrh

gasoline sweat

skin scent: motor oil

Lae’zel: kumquat lapsang souchong timur

neroli mate amyris

Leather

skin scent: sweat

Halsin: fern oak oakmoss

ambrette haitian vetiver animal fur

sage tobacco benzoin

skin scent: musk

Jaehira: Incense desert sagebrush guaiac wood

tea tree soap raspberry leaf andiroba

skin scent: cat fur

Minsc: mountain air leather (hamster) fur

Minthara: incense pomegranate labdanum

coffee bitter orange

Mizora: heliotrope tuberose lipstick

jasmine lilac metallic notes

Dried roses

skin scent: sulphur

Raphael: peppercorn bordeaux cherry balsamic

vinegar

reduction

palmarosa mahogany

Dame Aylin: cold metal milk cashmeran

oolong tea ginger candle wax

Isobel: milk sandalwood flower linen

honey driftwood suede

skin scent: dust

Orin: blood salt dragon blood resin

Gortash: japanese vetiver whiskey peat

motor oil

Ketheric: dust ebony wood stone

Withers: dust parchment moss

Ink buddha wood

Dammon: hot iron almond japanese vetiver

motor oil tonka bean

Rolan: ink pressed cotton ozone

Omeluum: lemongrass driftwood mushroom

sea water pu’er tea

Blurg: pu’er tea coffee dirt

mushroom

Volo: black sapote praline cedarwood

amaretto shea butter

Alfira: powdered sugar fresh cream waffle cone

honeysuckle

Ethel: cherry blossom marmalade sour milk

candied lemon dirt

Drow Twins: yuzu raspberry dark chocolate

rose alba amber sweat

[smokestarrules]

Suletta saying love me. love me please. I’ll do anything. I’ll kill for you, I’ll listen to you, I love you. love me and let me stay. vs Miorine going hate me. hate me. I need you to hate me because I love you. I need you to run away, to stop loving me, to be safe. hate me and it will be worth it in the end. hate me and leave. (Suletta saying love me, please love me, please don’t leave me)

[narcissusneverknewme]

like are Zoro and Sanji a ship? someone please tell me, I can't look into it for fear of spoilers I'm only in alabasta

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizon forbidden west | sheerside mountains 15/?

[throughpatchesofviolet]

I keep having periods of having nothing to say, here, and I think the crux of it is I'm currently in a very transitional point in my life. I went through a lot of difficult things at the beginning of the year--from having my ideas stolen to being lied about and mass blocked without anyone communicating with me what I allegedly did to enduring a relapse into trauma I thought I'd healed from--and that's made me step away from tumblr a lot more.

I want to be here--I really do--but I'm really not the same person I was at this time, last year. In a lot of ways, I'm doing a lot better, but in other ways, I've regressed. Ultimately, I've been trying to rebuild my identity and sense of self after everything, and while I'm happier than I was before (and have a lot of wonderful friends/received tons of support from my mutuals here), I guess I'm also ... scared? Scared of how much I've changed and whether people will accept me, still.

[kaxtwenty]

THE SECOND COMING OF MIKAZUKI AUGUS!?!?!?!?!?

[slime-crafters]

Go by the most amount of copies you own - I own three copies of stardew valley across different platforms, for instance, so I'd pick the option for three. Include digital and physical media across any platform (mobile or obsolete consoles included). As long as you own it in some way, include it

[deoidesign]

hi i have a bit of an odd question and im so sorry if it comes off as rude at all!

ive seen a lot of your posts about canes, i have hEDS and chronic pain and im trying to convice my mom and my doctor to let me have a mobility aid. my mom is very adamant that i dont need a cane because i dont have balance issues, but my knees and ankles are pretty much always aching. i was just wondering if you think a cane would help with chronic pain or if i should look into other aids?

Canes can help chronic pain, they are not guaranteed to help you specifically

You can get a cane for ~$30 at most stores and try it out

A physical therapist and/or a specialist in rheum will most likely know more than your PCP about your specific pain and situation

Parents often don't want to admit their kids have health problems

I wish you luck

I won't be answering any more asks about mobility aids.

This is nothing about you specifically, you were not rude, I just get a lot of questions like this in my inbox. It becomes draining to get so many asks with people's personal vents about their medical issues or religious trauma or the homophobic situations they're living in.

While I would love if I could help people, I am not a doctor. I am not a therapist, I am not a social worker. I'm just a random artist on the internet who has EDS and is barely getting by myself.

I prefer to keep my blog about my art and about my work, not about my disability. It is relevant to my work, of course, and discussing my conditions in vague terms in how they relate to themes present in my work is more than okay, but I prefer this space to be dedicated to my work and getting to engage with my readers through my stories.

Personal information about my pain, my medications, my tests my doctors and my trauma are not things I want to make public.

Thank you for understanding.

[jackalmeat]

still can't believe bestie neglected to inform me that my babygirl apparently turns into knockoff brand Mads Mikkelsen by the time he hits his mid-30s

[ifindus]

Hi!! I’m learning Norwegian right now and I was wondering if you have any tips about the language as a native? Maybe some slang or good books you could recommend! :D

🤩💖

I'd def recommend having a look at NRK's website for free shows and films if you have a VPN. As for book recommendations I'd suggest the Phenomena series (I loved them as a kid), or Alvetegnet with Gravbøygen Våkner as an absolute favourite of mine with great folklore inspirations, and Sigurd Drakedreperen by Torill T. Hauger.

Some slang(?) for you:

Skjer? - What's up? lit. trans.: Happening?

Serr? - Seriously? shortening of "seriøst"

Hils - not really slang, but means to say hi to someone else for someone. Like "Oh, you're seeing them later? Hils", and when they see the person they'll say "Oh btw, I hilse from that person".

Lættis - Funny.

Klein - Awkward. Older meaning: ill/sick.

Legg - ID. short for Legitimasjon.

Those are the most common ones I can think of, but there's plenty more in different dialects; sju (skjønner du - you see) and læll (allikevel - regardless) from my own.

[thehallstara]

i'm once again back at the "trying to get a diagnosis" grind and like. debating whether it's worth the risk to just straight up say to my gp "hey i think i might have a connective tissue disorder and here's why"

[onlyasimp4nobody]

This is literally the funniest fucking combo to come back to

[perilegs]

do even half the bg3 players think about, or at the bare minimum, read/listen to anything said in the game. ever.