#because i am a ridiculous person.

[marnz]

Hi! 18 and 20 for the end of year asks <333

hello friend! <333

18. A memorable meal this year? okay great question. so I was in Maine earlier this year and I went to fore street for a special occasion....this fucking restaurant. we opened with a summer salad, essentially radicchio, mixed greens strawberries, some sort of nuts, and some sort of cheese, and you can essentially get this salad anywhere but this is the best rendition of it I have EVER had, the radicchio was zingy, the lettuce was so tender, the strawberries were so good I thought they might had been macerated in sugar. and then to follow that we had smoked squid with cherry tomatoes and a pesto, and it was insanely good, it was genuinely fucked up how good it was. The squid was both part of the mantle and the tentacles and the mantle was so tender and chewy that it almost tasted like savory linguine. I had some roast chicken for my entree but the salad and squid really defined the meal for me. I also went to a restaurant here earlier this year, for valentine's day, and had face melting transcendent baba ganoush with house made gluten free crackers.....i was like wow so THIS is eggplant huh? incredible. like my entree for that meal was this amazing braised stew with pistachos and rose water that came beautifully prepared but the baba ganoush was the stand out. decedent, gorgeous, I want to go back so badly.

20. What’s something you learned this year? i learned a lot about US foreign policy during the aughts! I got better at conflict! I used to find it high stakes and thus to be avoided at all costs and now I just see it as a part of life! I also learned how to do knitted cables and how to waltz

thank you <333 have a good 2025!!!

[paintedcrows]

Introducing RoyalAuthor! ...I cannot stop thinking about these old man scientists...

[isthataraccoon]

first time reading kotlc and just got to this part:

absolutely no hate to fitzphie at all (seriously. none.) but alden, babe, they’re fifteen?? stop acting like this is set in stone because it’s absolutely not?? high school relationships rarely ever last and they also haven’t even started dating yet so literally anything could happen.like guilt tripping a teenage boy into not confessing his crush on a friend because she may potentially get into a relationship with your son is soo icky

[invinciblerodent]

writing is a wild hobby because sometimes you put down the most poetic bullshit, the most beautiful, evocative imagery that feels like you tore it from your very soul

and sometimes you write "she opened her un-jizzed eye"

[jay-arts-t]

Jaskier, wearing an uncommon outfit for the time: what do you think, Geralt? I’m hoping to start a new trend!

Geralt: It’s…interesting??

Jaskier: in a good way??

Geralt: it’s a little too weird for my taste.

Jaskier: dude, you have white hair and dress cowboy goth. YOU are weird.

Geralt: EXCUSE ME

[frogeyedape]

I am so unbelievably pissed off. FUCK HOAs

Oh, my trash/recycling bin can't be visible except on pickup day? Ok whatever fine I hate you but I can deal with this

Weekly inspections?????? FU FU FU FU FU

SECOND NOTICE ALSO WE'RE CHARGING YOU MONEY TO SEND YOU CERTIFIED MAIL OF THIS TOTALLY LEGIT TOTALLY SECOND NOTICE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION cue me: checks notes. Hmm. My recycling bin was. on the curb. on recycling pickup day. You know. The day it has to be out. The day it is motherfucking ALLOWED TO BE FUCKING OUT AND VISIBLE.

so. 1) not a violation

I have sent them the trash AND recycling pickup schedules, which are DIFFERENT, btw

I have disputed the fact of the violation

I have disputed the linking of this "violation" to a previous violation MONTHS AGO--their "first notice" in this case was a "Courtesy Notice" LITERALLY 5 MONTHS AGO and they've done so many inspections since then and my bin CLEARLY WASN'T OUT IN THOSE INTERVENING MONTHS so WTMFH

So I am posting like a crazy person here instead of sending the absolutely deranged email I almost sent (I did send a slightly less deranged version with the disputes, and requesting a hearing)

OMG. It has been. Less than one hour since I learned this fun fun news. My bin was out YESTERDAY, y'all. YESTERDAY. I am going to blow a gasket

[shannonsketches]

He said "Fuck this shit, I'm out" I'm crying. Toriyama's Vegeta was so top shelf 🤌

(From Neko Majin Z Chapter 5!)

[khaire-traveler]

Hey, y'all, I'm going through a crisis right now, so I may not be as active as usual. I apologize in advance for any asks left unanswered for a while. Unfortunately, I just can't handle, well, much of anything right now. I'm sorry.

[ingravinoveritas]

angelsadvocate96 replied to your post “"And that's when I think, you know…I shouldn't...”

@ingravinoveritas And now you speak and we're all looking forward to what you're going to say. Just like Nye Bevan.

@angelsadvocate96 Aw, thank you so much. This is very, very sweet of you to say and I'm genuinely touched. I honestly...there is no part of me that is or will ever be like, "Yes, people want to hear what I have to say because I'm so important," solely because the experiences I had growing up laid down a foundation that meant I never believed anyone wanted to hear what I had to say, or ever would.

It's like when I give presentations and always tell audiences that I have a passionate dislike for the word "expert," because it carries with it an authority that can't be challenged. It often seems like the people who speak with such certainty and conviction about being right are the ones who sometimes know the least, but are the most unwilling to admit it. But I have a need to be almost hyperaware of what I don't know and to always be upfront about that, because the last thing I want is to be misunderstood or seen as something that I'm not.

In any case, your comment has made my whole day and means everything, and I'm really very grateful...

[tj-crochets]

Went to the doctor just for a check up and he basically just told me "your body just processes sugar very well! :) :) :) It's a good thing! :) :) :) It can't possibly be the source of your symptoms even though eating fixes it :) :) :)" But there was also a moment when talking about my iron deficiency that is possibly one of the funniest things a doctor has ever said to me, up with the cardiologist who said "you're a medical mystery": He was going over my blood test results, and said "Your iron levels haven't gone up at all, they are still extremely low, but you're not anemic anymore" And I was like how am I not anemic anymore??? And he said "Your hemoglobin levels have gone up...somehow..." while frowning at the blood test results on his computer. It was very "somehow, palpatine has returned" lol

[crush3dmary]

One thing I really want to emphasize is that I am an adult with a very stressful life. In my two years at my job I have been the first responder to 7 overdoses, one of which was almost fatal and it was one of the most terrifying moments of my life. I have to make some very hard decisions. It's not an easy job. I come to fandom to share the love for my favourite games and shows and to create content that we can all enjoy. Writing is my passion and I love sharing my stories and connecting with other writers and encouraging them to keep going too. I come to fandom for fun.

I am not having fun anymore. I think I should step away for a bit.

[itspileofgoodthings]

sometimes I make a post and then have to save it to drafts so I can gauge if it’s too shallow/flippant for me to share with the general public.

[lesbiansanemi]

My roommate did, in fact, quit her job

[thousandyearphantombunker]

"just give them an aac device!"

"just teach them sign language"

"body language and facial expressions alone are good enough for communicating what you need"

Nonononono f*!k off. Stop acting like nonverbal people have easy solutions to their lack of verbality. Not everyone can use an aac device- some people struggle with spelling or can't spell at all, some people have motor skills issues that makes typing a nightmare that takes a long time, some can't articulate themselves without outside help. Learning sign is hard if you again have motor skills issues or struggle to make facial expressions that convey what your feeling (flat affect applies to more than just a person's voice- some people really struggle to make facial expressions and have stilted or strange body language- you people can understand why autistic people get burnt out from masking all day- you know often having to control their body language and make certain facial expressions etc yet you can't understand why nonverbal autistics can't just learn sign- a language very heavy on facial expressions and expressive body language?) also again spelling and motor skill issues are a pain and also a lot of families with deaf or nonverbal children refuse to learn sign for said children and I'm sorry in day to day life I haven't met many people who speak sign- yeah you can move to a community with a lot of deaf or nonverbal people that use sign but that's not always possible and its very limiting. And do I even have to explain the third one- autistic body language is confusing to neurotypicals and I hate the stereotype that its just so blunt and obvious/better than neurotypical communication- maybe that's what its like for you and your 'smart sheldon cooper/Wednesday Addams' style autism but not every autistic person 'says exactly what they mean' often times autistic people struggle with semantics and articulating sentences that make any sense! and all these misunderstandings surrounding stimming are annoying to!- spinning can be a 'happy' stim but it can also mean your overwhelmed or understimulated, a lot of people with autism have voices that lack inflections, mix that in with being unable to use words and no it does not help communicate their needs- f!*k off with acting like its easy not all autistic people who are nonverbal can spell, not all autistic people w are nonverbal have good motor skills and body language alone is never enough to convey a persons needs. Before anyone comes after me yes Sign is body language but its also actual symbols and can convey full thoughts and ideas and sentences and also body language is hard for a lot of autistic people to convey like stated above.

Not every form autistic communication is being 'logical' and unoffended because 'we're just more logical than those superfluous, shallow neurotypicals that let their feelings control them and are never direct about what they want-we value facts and logic unlike those butthurt neurotypicals' and being overly blunt- no a lot of autistic people find that communication is messy and the ways they can communicate are ineffective and your 'logical, facts dont care about your feelings' style of communication isn't as amazing as you think it is. Stop speaking over nonverbal autistics- their is no real perfect solution to them not being able to speak. And I'm gonna say it- while not all nonverbal people are low functioning or high support needs or whatever the new term is-being nonverbal is a massive disadvantage and having your disability be visible like that is scary in many situations and being unable to communicate your needs can make it impossible to meet your needs-

[wilsonpussyindulgence]

if you ever doubt how WHITE Seattle is, know that I just did an audition for THIS ROLE

because they specifically called me in for it

[icewindandboringhorror]

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