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[hometoursandotherstuff]

The photographer who took the pics for this 1976 time capsule in Waycross, GA really did it justice. 4bds, 4ba, 3,554 sq ft, $449k.

This is one of the coolest MCM entrance halls I've ever seen. Look at the bright orange tile.

Very cool brick fireplace. That's a different feature.

It's such a large space.

Big, bright room, with a nice brick wall, but I don't know what it is. There's a dining room across the way.

I like the arched features.

Huge kitchen. In love w/the orange sink and counters.

Dinette for the kitchen table and chairs.

This looks like it should be a dining room, b/c there's a serving window and counter to the kitchen. It's confusing. Maybe it's a rec room for entertaining.

More orange sinks and counters. They're all so pristine, too.

This room looks like a bedroom off the living room, but it could also work as a home office, family room, den, etc.

A pretty pale green sink. Nice vintage shower room.

This is where the spiral stairs in the entrance hall come up.

Bedroom with a purple rug.

Nice terrace outside.

This larger room looks like the primary bedroom.

It has a large ensuite. I like the colors.

Linen closet in the hallway.

Very large bedrooms.

And, another vintage ensuite.

Nice big patio.

Quite a large property.

.94 acre corner lot.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2066-Cherokee-St-Waycross-GA-31503/76612239_zpid/

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i write about the stars, boys who are carved like greek sculptures, and the inability to communicate in a healthy, functional manner. and i also like to write about bangtan sonyeondan in relation to all of those things.

WATTPAD // AO3 // KO-FI // CARRD

no translations | minors dni | don't be a dick x

JJK

SERIES

THROTTLE

pairing: boyracer!jk x fem reader - mutual disdain to lovers synopsis: in which jeon jungkook hates speed limits, the local government, and the way that min yoongi looks at you. current wc: 160,244 warnings: explicit language, drug usage, violence, dangerous driving, smut, and themes of an adult nature. not a mafia au, but teeters around the edges of it. organised crime and corruption are at the heart of the story. the characters have questionable morals and do dumb shit. be prepared to hate them as much as you love them. jungkook is a tittie luvr. no further questions.

BAD DECISIONS - link will take you to the clubdionysus tumblr!

pairing: bartender!jungkook x female reader | strangers-friends-lovers, fwb synopsis: it’s simple: write your deepest darkest fears on origami birds and string them up on jungkook’s ceiling. when they fall—which they inevitably will, thanks to his cheap daiso washi tape—you have to face the fear. set it free. the issue? you’ve a fear of intimacy. jungkook, a fear of rejection. and you’ve both got the capacity to make some incredibly bad decisions. current w/c: 450k notes: smut, fluff, a lil angst, bartender!jk, student!jk, strangers-to-friends-to-lovers (?), fwb, deal arrangement, undefined relationship (they’re just friends! just besties!!), miscommunication, idiots in love, emotional slow burn, bucket list (a.k.a. the birds 2024 note: wattpad took down bad decisions as part of their 2024 purge </3. it's now hosted on it's very own tumblr (clubdionysus) and over on ao3!

BAD DECISIONS SMUT INDEX

ONE SHOTS

extended - 5k words or more

ONCE THE THRILL EXPIRES

pairing: college!jungkook x female reader synopsis: your housemate-turned-fwb takes another girl home after a night out wordcount: 5.8K notes: angsty, smutty turmoil. it’s not that bad, but it definitely isn’t a happy lil number. fingering, oral sex (f receiving), rimming (f receiving), vaginal sex, doggy, protected (!!) sex, lil spanks, jaykay sorta makes out with her ear???, jaykay is a fawk boy who needs to learn self-control, oc is holding out for something that’ll never happen, multiple partners in one night (jk), jk calls the reader diz (dizzy)

LANDSLIDES

pairing: officeworker!jungkook x female reader (coworkers) synopsis: jungkook asks you to dog sit over chuseok. he doesn’t ask you to steal the empty spaces in his head, the dreams he’s yet to have, nor the idea of you always just being ‘you’ to him - and yet, like a thief in the night (with his own damn dog as your accomplice), you do. wordcount: 6.8K warnings: fluff more than angst, but it’s not clean cut - there’s also a touch of smut. office worker jk, fuck boy (but kind!) jk, mentions of his workplace escapades, oc is dating mingyu (yay), oc sorta fancies jk (boo), solo masturbation (m), vivid thoughts of shagging (jk is a perv! wow! unlike me to write him as randy bastard!), lots of facetime calls, oc and jk are fundamentally flawed as a pairing, genuine friendship, daddy kink? ig? but like kinda sweet?, jungkook has a complex brain house and you’ve been banished to his annexe!! he also has a thing for claw clipped hair lol

ONE SHOTS

short - under 5k words

something borrowed

- mafia au | forbidden love

dance with the devil

- royalty au | former lovers

KNJ

ONE SHOTS

short - under 5k words

back to you

- idol au | exes

KSJ

MYG

SERIES

HUSH

pairing: rockstar!yoongi x female reader | mutual disdain - lovers (but also strangers - lovers? kinda?) synopsis: in which you work for your brothers band by day and accidentally anonymously sext his bandmate on the regular by night! whoops ! current w/c: 17.5k notes: okay, where to start with this one lmao, sexting! and i mean… a lot of sexting (so much sexting oc will probably get early-onset arthritis in her thumbs), yoongi is a dick, he also hates nepotism, and in turn, you. oh yeah, you’re jin’s sister, you work with the band on tour. jin, yoongi, tae, jk and joon are in The Scouts aka the hottest band since sliced bread. jimin is their tour manager, hobi works up in the head office (he’s sleazy and i love him). slight love triangle, one-near-footjob (and counting!), eventual smut, a little angst, dating app that is exclusively for celebrities / people in the public eye, one incredibly inconvenient pairing, yoongi calls the oc clementine / clemmie and it’s cuter than it sounds, idk how else to explain this, mistaken identity i guess? although not really? look, just read it lol. smut warnings will be on chapters individually!!

PALLADIUM

pairing: dilf!yoongi x reader // friends to lovers, slowburn, eventual smut synopsis: min yoongi is urgent.  in the way he bites his nails down to the bed, and the way his sore fingers type out desperate sentences just minutes before deadlines, he is urgent. how he prepares jaehyun’s day bag before grandma comes by, and how he double checks everything is packed, he is urgent.  the requests for you to watch over jaehyun each and every deadline day are, always, predictably, urgent. but the way min yoongi falls in love with you is slow. gradual. tepid. until, like everything with min yoongi, it becomes urgent.   wordcount: 3.2K notes: three part series, fluff, angst, eventual smut, yoongi is incredibly conflicted, the oc is just as dumbfounded by the way she feels, lots of feelings!!

JHS

PJM

KTH

ONE SHOTS

short - under 5k words

sundae (kinda love)

- childhood friends | angst

[dragon-ball-meta]

Well, since now that it's a What-If scenario in Sparking Zero, I'm curious. Hypothetically, how do you think the events of the Namek/Frieza Saga would've played out if Goku had become a Super Saiyan in his battle with Vegeta?

Probably a lot worse. Bear in mind, the only reason Goku is as strong as he is during the Namek arc is the zenkai boost he got from fighting Vegeta, then training during the trip to Namek under enhanced gravity, then the boost from fighting Ginyu. The Super Saiyan transformation itself merely multiplies the user's power x50. So Goku being at a bit over 8K vs Vegeta (if we're going by numbers here) would put Goku at roughly between 400K to 450K. that pretty much means he's not going to be bothered by anyone on Namek, assuming he learns to transform at will first, except for Freeza, who will... outclass him in his first form alone. And that's assuming Goku can learn that in roughly the same time span as it took Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma to be ready to leave for Namek. If he goes there without that, he's likely bodied by Dodoria or Zarbon, given the Kaioken x3 was taking such a huge toll on his body, and that only got him to about the same level as Vegeta, so allowing a small power boost... yeah. I suppose the Grand Elder could try to draw out latent potential, but there's no telling how far that could put him as it's never 100% explained other than that Gohan and Krillin were still progressively getting a lot stronger during their time there, so... maybe he gets to the Ginyus without mastering the transformation? But I seriously doubt he could clear Freeza at all. And given he'd probably at least make Gohan stay behind, and assuming Krillin may be dead in that scenario... It means the arc would probably, best case scenario, ends with Goku having to let the Namekians perish, makes some wishes to bring back the people he thinks can still be wished back (assuming he doesn't know Porunga's not limited to one resurrection) and escaping to home. So we'll probably get Piccolo, Tien, and Yamcha back, Chiaotzu and Krillin are perma-dead, and Freeza is just out there fuming and wondering who ruined his shot at immortality. Worst case scenario... Freeza wins.

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[dragonmuse]

(hell yeah it is! Say happy birthday to @cutestcloud​ who has amazingly beta’d upward of 450k and counting of Leda verse fic and ficlets.  They requested some Jim and Sweeney for their birthday and they shall receive it!)

They let themselves in with Lucius’ key. It had a thick wooden keychain with the word ‘Swag’ carved into it for no discernible reason. They had refused to ask when he handed it over, and Lucius didn’t offer up any explanation. Jim relegated it to the bin of ‘Black Weirdness’ which with the combined efforts of Pete and Lucius was very full and probably needed to be upgraded  to a full on dumpster at this point. 

The apartment was quiet, but for the hum of the fridge. There were no stray plates in the sink, no casually left behind pieces of clothing. Aside from the book case, there was no bric-a-brac to speak of. 

Boring.

Sweeney came trotting out of the bedroom, quick to butt against Jim’s leg, purring throatily. 

Jim bent down and held out their fingers so he could rub against those too, letting them knuckle over his head. “You better keep being this nice when I stuff you in the carrier.” 

Izzy had asked Read to do this, but she had reluctantly admitted that she had a test to study for and she would if he really needed her too until Jim just said they’d do it. Both of them had given Jim weird looks, but they didn’t hate the cat. 

The carrier had been left out by the door like Izzy had said it would. Jim hunted down one of Sweeney’s crinkly balls and tossed it so he’d give chase. They did that a few times, then tossed it so it would land near the carrier. While he was invested in pouncing, they got one hand under him and quickly scooped him, tilting the carrier at an angle so he was off balanced and shut the door. 

“That shit was easy,” they snorted. What was Izzy carrying on about? Sweeney meowed woefully at them. “Yeah, yeah, sad story. Come on.” 

Izzy had debated moving the appointment, but apparently the area vet was in high demand and while Sweeney never left the apartment voluntarily, his occasional involuntary jaunts to the office were apparently enough of a concern that Izzy wanted him vaccinated. Fuck, he was so paranoid, but Jim was not dealing with him getting all weird and wound up over nine pounds of sentient fur. 

So Izzy had gone off on the out-of-town case (ad  get in a sneaky night away with Lucius), Read could study and Jim was going to the vet for an animal they’d have to sticky roller off their clothes before going home so Oluwande wouldn’t sneeze for days. 

Sweeney meowed again. “Yeah, I don’t know either. Let’s roll out.” 

The weather was good and the vet wasn’t far, so Jim walked, ignoring looks thrown at the carrier. If someone wanted ot coo over the cute kitty they could do it in their own time.  Sweeney didn’t need that shit and neither did Jim. 

The front office was okay, the receptionist giving Jim a warm smile when they walked in. 

“Hi, who do you have with you today?” He asked in a sing-song kind of way. Izzy put up with this shit? 

“Sweeney,” they replied when it was clear an answer was expected. “He has a 3 o’clock appointment.” 

“Let’s see...and you’re...Izzy?” 

“Jim. He’s out of town.” 

“Okay, Jim, well it looks like all of Sweeney’s information is on file with us. You can have a seat and they’ll call you both in shortly.” 

“Thanks.” 

They sat down and set the carrier on the floor. Sweeney was full on crying now, meow after meow. 

“Seriously?” Jim sighed and picked the carrier up to look at him. He meowed again. “Fine, but you run off and I’m skinning you.”

Jim opened the carrier door, already planning how to make it seem like it wasn’t their fault when the cat wound up on the ceiling. Sweeney climbed into their lap and then before Jim could do anything, was up under their zippered sweatshirt. His nose popped out the top and Jim could feel him shaking against their stomach. 

Oh. Jim rested their hand under his butt so he wouldn’t slide out. Maybe Izzy hadn’t been being dramatic when he said Sweeney was scared of the vet. They stayed like that, holding still, and hyper aware of his fluttering heart against their chest. A burly guy in heart patterned scrubs came out from the back, 

“Sweeney?” 

“That’s us,” Jim got to their feet, hand still tucked under the cat. They felt ridiculous all of a sudden, but no one in the office blinked as they crossed the empty waiting room and inside. 

“I’m Mark, I’ll get Dr. Falcon in a second, but for now can you just stick him on the table so we can weigh him?” 

“Yeah sure.” 

That proved easier said than done as Sweeney velcro’d himself to Jim’s t-shirt. 

“Come on, bud,” they pet his head, “you’re better than this.” 

“According to his chart, he’s really not,” Mark said fondly. “You’re not Izzy, right? Jim?” 

“Yeah.” 

“We have him marked down as skittish. If you don’t mind, I can help.” 

“Have at it.” 

Mark did something quick, there was a slight tug on their shirt and then Sweeney was on the table. Grey tail swishing and ears back, he was clearly already looking for a way down. 

“Got his weight,” Mark wrote quickly before the scale changed again. “Okay, let me get the doc.” 

Jim watched him go out the back door and when they tendered their hand to Sweeney again, he took full advantage and scaled their arm to perch on their shoulder, digging in. 

With a grimace at the claws, Jim dug out their phone and took a picture of him up there and sent it to Izzy. 

Jim: your cat is a coward 

Izzy: he found higher ground and someone that can compete in the knifes department with him.  just good tactics

Jim: how do I get him to chill out for the vet 

Izzy: you don’t. told you

Jim: he’s just freaked out the whole time? 

Izzy: yes 

Jim: how do you deal with that

Izzy: take him home and he chills out. 

Jim would bet that ‘taking him home’ met a very quiet fuss that probably included some weirdo over the top shit that Izzy would never confess too. 

“You’re spoiled,” Jim determined, then reached up to pet Sweeney gently. 

There was no one else in the room. No one could hear them. Jim started humming, low in their chest, a cascade of notes, more of a scale than a song. The closest thing they could make to a purr. Sweeney didn’t come down, but he did let them stroke his head and the trembling eased a little. 

A brisk looking woman came in a few minutes later, 

“Sorry for the wait. I know we’ve got a nervous patient. Do you think he’ll come down for us?” 

Jim plucked him off gently and Sweeney seemed a little more resigned to his fate before the vet took him firmly in hand. What followed was quite the infringement on Sweeney's dignity and Jim was starting to get why he wasn’t keen on being here. They didn’t really want to go anywhere someone put a thermometer up their butt either. The shots didn’t help. 

“Okay, he’s in great shape really,” Dr. Falcon made a notation on the chart. “Perfect weight, his coat looks great and even that tricky eye is looking good. If anything comes up on the blood test, we’ll call in few days. Any questions?” 

“No.” 

“Great! Just talk to Johnny at the front desk on the way out, but we should be good. Do you want a treat, handsome?” She asked Sweeney. He sniffed the offering, but refused to take it. “Fair enough. For the road then.” 

Shit. That meant Jim had to get him back in the carrier. How the fuck were they going to do that? All of Izzy’s ridiculous instructions made a sudden horrifying sense. 

They looked at the carrier, then at Sweeney. He was already gearing up to jump anyway. Fine. 

The receptionist made no comment. Jim zipped the sweatershirt up further and started the walk back, within a block, Sweeney poked his head out a little further to survey the the situation. Apparently he decided it sucked because before Jim could consider the possibility that he’d leap out into the street, he ducked back down and huddled up next to their ribcage for the entire walk back. More than one older lady gave them a melting look before Jim put together the picture as presented and tried not to gag. No matter what they did to themselves, slight person with a round belly apparently equaled pregnant person. Gross. 

It was a profound relief to sweep past the stoic doorman, get into the elevator and make it safely back to the apartment. They didn’t even have to unzip, Sweeney erupted out as soon as he got the scent of home and dashed to the couch to rub himself all over the suede as if the place might’ve forgotten who it belonged to otherwise. 

Jim: vet says hes all good

Izzy: thanks. 

Jim: np 

They called Oluwande while they checked Sweeney’s water and food just in case. Both levels were fine and Read would feed him that night. Jim did remember seeing a bag of treats and all things considered, they didn’t think it was that big of an invasion to fish them out. They found them, took a few and sat down next to him on the couch. When they offered them, steady flat hand, he daintily took them and crunched them into oblivion. 

They called Oluwande. 

“Hey, you almost done over there?” 

“Yeah, just about. Might be a few more minutes before I head out.” 

“Okay, I’m still at Roach’s anyway. He’s got leftovers from this video so we’ve got pork belly for dinner if you want it.”

“Hell yeah.” 

“Cool. So how’d it go?” 

“It was okay. Cat tried to make a new house in my sweatshirt.” 

“Hey, tell him that’s my spot,” Oluwande laughed and Jim grinned. “I get it though. Little cat brain, big scary doctor.” 

“Yeah, not like he gets out much.” 

“Huh. You know if he did it to you, it’s probably because he knows it’s safe there. So he’s probably done it before.”  

“I’d remember.” 

“No, I mean...” 

“...That’s fucking priceless,” Jim grinned. “You think so?” 

“I bet so,” Oluwande said solemnly. 

“I am so gonna ask him. Holy shit, that’s funny.” 

Izzy had absolutely let the cat sit in his sweatshirts. Hell, Jim now recalled, he’d stuffed little Sweeney into that hoodie pocket right on that first day. That had to imprint on the feline mind. 

“Tell me what he says when he does. Meet you at home in like an hour?” 

“Sounds good.” 

“Good. And Jim?” 

“Mm?” 

“You make me feel safe too. For what it’s worth. Doesn’t just work on cats.” 

“Oluuuu,” they whined. 

“Okay, I’m done. Bye!” 

“You suck, I love you.” They ended the call. 

“You good now?” Jim checked and scratched under Sweeney’s chin. He didn’t purr, but he did lean in for more, so they figured the two of them were square. 

They got up intending to leave and hesitated. There was no one here, but them. Even Izzy wouldn’t put cameras inside his own apartment. Probably. They squatted down, and gently touched their forehead to the top of Sweeney’s head. It was warm and fuzzy. He allowed it, staying still as they rubbed their head back and forth a little. They’d always wanted to know how it would feel and it felt pretty great. 

Moved, they dropped a kiss between his ears. 

“Don’t tell,” they muttered and got to their feet. They’d de-fur on the subway. It wouldn’t be the weirdest thing anyone saw today on the train.

its my birthday 😌

[dystopia-fantasy]

Always read the job description -Part 1

Max was a fit, well built man. He had been body building since he was 14 and now In his early 40s he has the body of a god, but is slowly getting to the age when he needs to find another way to make money. He knows he can't take part in his competitions anymore, and needs to take it easy. He got great grades in school and college, proving people wrong that you can't be a nerd in a jock body.

Max had some money saved and was able to keep up on bills for a few months but needed a job to keep his large house, in the rich area of the city. He got a call from a business he applied to a couple of days ago, telling him to go in for an interview tomorrow, and if it goes well he will be sent straight on a trip for the company. He gets his new blue suit ready to be worn the next day.

The morning arrives, it's 5am, and Max wakes. He does his normal morning routine, making breakfast, working out, taking a shower, then gets his suit on ready for his early morning interview. Driving to the office building in the middle of New York, it's at least 50 stories high, and is made of mostly glass, and is one of the newest modern builds in the city.

On arrival a large man in his late 60s wearing a suit greets him, "hello sir, you must be max, Sir Mammon is on his way down to collect you, may I say what an amazing suit you have on today".

Max looks the man up and down, seeing the man's huge belly flowing out from under his dress shirt, showing a massive W shape, "thanks mate, you might want a bigger shirt" then points to his belly.

"sorry if I offended you sir, but all clothing has been chosen by Sir Mammon himself" Mammon is the big boss of the business "if you would like to make a complaint I can print you a form".

Max laughs, "No thanks, I'm gonna sit over there, tell Mammon im there".

"will do sir, have a great day" the man says while max walks away paying no more attention to him.

About 15 minutes later a young handsome slender man walks over. "Max is it?" He says behind Max.

"yes.." max says confused.

"I'm Mammon, nice to meet you" he smiles holding his hand out for a shake.

"oh hello Mammon, is wasn't expecting someone so young, no offence of course" max shaking his hand.

Mammon let's out a little laugh, with a little grin "it's ok max, people don't expect someone like me to own such a remarkable company like this one would you like to follow me, we can go up to my office, this is Mark by the way, he's my Butler". Mark is another large man aged around 50, he has a massive belly stuffed into his suit, hes huffing and puffing, like he ran a marithon, "don't mind him, most of my staff are..."

Max cuts him off "fat?"

They both laugh, "you could say that Max" the elevator arrives and they all walk in, "now max, you did read the whole advertisement correct?".

Max didn't, it's was 48 pages long, who would read it all? He just looked at the wage he would get, it started at $100,000 per month. "Yes, I did".

"that's good, most guys are more keen to keep their body's but I guess if your struggling you'll do anything."

Max now confused just nod's and watches though the glass elevator as they fly up to the top floor.

"where here sir" Mark the butler says peacefully in his British accent.

They walk into the room, and Mammon sits at his desk pouring himself a glass of wisky, and Max one too. Max looks around in aww, the room was covered in art work, with the walls painted in golds and whites and had its own bar. "How do you have all this money?" Max asked.

"a mix of many things, this company, and a few investments paid for this whole building, I have many other ways but we're not here for that." Mammon points at the seat," take a seat max" Max sits the chair is made from leather and is very comfy. "So, max, I've gone through your file, I think you're perfect for the job."

"so, does that mean I have the job?" Max replies confused, expecting to be asked a question.

"well yes, if you agree to the terms"

"terms?" Max still confused.

"well yes, you expect to be paid 10times the amount the normal person for this job without any terms or conditions?"

"well I didn't know.." Max gets cut off.

"Max let me simplify them for you. You sacrifice your body to the company, and in trade you get, $100k X the amount you weigh paid into your account per month, So if you weigh 450lbs, you get $450k a month."

"what the fuck? That's sick, I'm not doing that, I'm leaving" and with that Max got up from the chair and stood face to face with Mammon, with the desk all that is separating them. "Your sick, you fa**ot".

With that Mammon's eyes glow a bright red. "I'm a what?" Max got through back against the chair by an invisible force. "Max you could have just left with your freedom, but now look what you've gotten yourself into".

"Let me go, What the fuck?" Max says while traped against that chair, it chreeking with the force of his muscle.

"I'm a fucking demon max, I'm never going to 'let you go'" he took a second break to mock max, "now, what did you say? Fa**ot, was it?".

"fuck, I didn't mean it" the force pins him down harder, trapping his arms against the leather chair arms, and pushing his legs against the underboard. "Please let me go home, I won't do it again."

"shut up max, the process is already starting".

Max looks down to see his body deflating, his pecs turning from mountain peaks to a flat surface, his giant powerful arms turning weak and light. And then looking up he sees a whole new man infront of him.

"Not as big as I thought I would get, but boy I'm big" he took a break to admire his new giant arms and pecs.

"what the?" Max looks in confusion, "how did you do that? Give me them back".

"what are you gonna do max? I'm an infinitely powerful being and you, your an old man, or at least your going to be."

"I'm only 42, what do you mean, going to be?"

"you see I don't have my infinite life span on earth, so to stay alive and in this fit body, I absorb anything a guy has and I want. In your case, these massive muscles, but then I need to absorb their life force as well, in order to make sure I don't age."

"what do you mean life force?"

"well, you have roughly 50 years, worth of life left, I'll drain about 20 years leaving you in your future crippled body at around age 60, force you to work for the company for another 20 years, then when your 80 drain the rest of your life, which after you get fat won't be much, then you got to hell."

"man your sick, let me go, LET ME GO!".

A bright red light shoots from Peters hand enveloping Max's whole body, and he starts to age, his face wrinkling, skin dropping, eye sight worsening, hearing getting muffled, and mind changing a little. "Max, you ok old man?".

"yes sir" max was confused in his mind, why did he say sir?

"max, you ready for your Cruise? You can have tones of food for the next 6 months."

"Yes sir, I'm ready" max lifts his head, opening his eyes to see a new blurry room from his new old eyes.

"you're gonna need these from now on" Peters eyes glow and a new pair of glasses appear on Max's face he can now see clear.

"thank you... Sir", max blinks seeing Peter infront of him, "what have you, done to me".

"Max, I've turned you into the perfect office worker, old, brainiac, who is soon going to get fat and live the rest of his life, in an office chair for me, don't worry for accomodation you live here now, we have apartments on floor 30 to 40, all workers live here, it's policy, we have also sent a team to your house to, well, blow it up, that way nobody is going to be looking for you, becuase we can plant a body"

"give me... My.... Body back, give me... My.. life back."

"Max we both know that will never happen, now enjoy a life of gluttony, and prepare yourself for hell, that's gonna be worse then anything I can do to you." Peter snaped his fingers and a red glow enveloped max.

Recovering from the glow max sees two men infront of him with a trolly of sorts between them. "Is he awake" one says,

"I don't know" said the other.

"im- awake" max said in a much older raspy voice.

"good we can now start the feeding" the man on the left said, his body as muscled as a god, ripped from head to toe, and we can see everything.

Max rubs his eyes under his glasses and opens them again, "Fucking hell, put some clothes on both of you".

Both men where nude, one a ripped god, another muscled up but with a big gut. "Clothes are banned here mate" the beefy man said in a type of Australia accent, "you cant say much fella, look at that tiny pecker".

The men laughed pointing at Max's shriveled up old cock and low hanging balls, "what the fuck"max tries to move his arm to cover him but his arm doesn't move, he looks down to see him stuck in a chair, with a cut out hole under his ass, and straps tying him down, trapping him. "What... Are you gonna do to me?" Max asked sceared.

The men laughed at him again, "no need to act to sceared, we're here to feed you for the next 6 months".

"but... Sir said..." Max get cut off.

"he said you'd be going on a cruise? Fucking hell are you dumb? He's a demon, you shouldn't trust a demon" The muscled guy says.

"bro let's start the feeding we have 50 other guys to see and I wanna watch football Tonight." The beefy guys says, and in unison both their eyes glowed a bright red, showing they where demons too.

The trolly between them had several items on top, one long tube, which floated in the air for a few moments before shoving itself down maxes nostril and deep into his stomach, his head flipped back trying to wriggle it out, but it was stuck. Another item moved into his frame, a IV bag holder, holding a giant barrel type object made of glass, and two large bags floated of the table again and started to drain into the barrel, and the tube connected itself to it, starting a flow of the liquid into maxes stomach.

"done" the beffy guy said. "Now we'll be back tomorrow to refill your barrel, and clean you up if you make a mess, but youll basically be unconscious for the next 6 months, due to the drugs were feeding you."

"so enjoy your sleep mate, you'll litterally wake up a different man." The two men laughed and walked out, max tried fighting the restraints but in his crippled form could do nothing. The door slammed and locked, and the room fell dark, max screamed begging into the darkness to be let free, and to have his life back, which he had only an hour before, but nothing happened, nobody came. He felt the drugs taking effect, but tried to fight back, but it was useless, his body slumped and loosened. His mind fell blank as he drifted of into his 6 month hibernation.

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[hometoursandotherstuff]

I can't believe that the 1978 Disco Ship house in Las Vegas, NV hasn't sold and the 4bd, 3ba, 2,458 sq ft home is back on the market. Uniqueness for only $449k is a bargain.

Enter the modified entrance hall. Note the newly placed beams and wainscoting.

Walk straight ahead and down the gangplank onto the deck of the ship (living room). Note the crow's nest lookout and the sky above.

The sails are on the yard arms and the ship's wheel is behind the lookout.

The wainscoting makes it look like you're on the ship with the moon and the ocean on the horizon. The coffee table, crow's nest and ship's wheel are permanent fixtures.

On this side, take the gangplank to disembark at Port Royal.

Port Royal has a very festive kitchen with brocade cabinetry.

I think that this room is supposed to be the dining room b/c of the service window and counter to the kitchen.

On the other side of the kitchen there's a full bar, (labeled "full bar"), a large flat screen, plus a stage.

Standing on the stage. It looks like there's a disco ball and theatrical lights on the ceiling, too.

This bedroom features an interesting headboard and a fridge.

Large bath.

Bedroom #2 is a good size.

Bath with a large vanity table and separate toilet.

And, this is the decorated primary suite.

This small area has a kitchenette and a shower room.

Interesting little room has 2 ladders, stairs to the basement, a footbridge, all sorts of stuff.

Then outside, there's a fenced yard with a covered patio and center "lawn" of Astroturf.

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[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

A lot of the comments are to the effect of “just put the predators back!” like it’s so obvious but I feel I need to repeat that “our landscape cannot support” them.

In my state, Iowa, there is nowhere for them to go.

Wolves, bears, and mountain lions have huge home ranges. They NEED large swaths of undeveloped land to live and breed. In the mountains where there’s lots of areas too steep to plow, or out west where the land’s too dry to farm it all and it’s better served by grazing, that could be possible! There’s lots of space that animals can use.

That just. Doesn’t exist here anymore.

Just under 80% of Iowa used to be tallgrass prairie: rich grasslands supporting hundreds of plant species with plants keeping perennial roots up to 20 feet down. Those perennial deep roots created an incredibly rich and fertile soil.

Over 99.9% of that ecosystem was destroyed, plowed under to use that soil for corn and soybeans. Let me repeat that: Less than one-tenth of one-hundredth of that ecosystem remains today. What does remain is usually small and scattered: fifty acres here, a hundred way over there.

In the neighboring state of Wisconsin, a wolf pack’s territory covers an average of 50 to 60 square miles. The largest prairie in the entire state of Iowa, Broken Kettle Preserve on the Nebraska border, is under 5 square miles. It’s over 10 times the size of the second largest prairie, less than half a square mile. The third largest scrapes 1/3. (1 sq mile = 640 acres)

Technically, we have black bears in the state. That number is anywhere from 0 to 3. They travel along the Mississippi river basin between Missouri and Wisconsin or Minnesota. There is nothing stopping them from staying in Iowa, except for the fact that there is nowhere with enough wilderness for them to live. At an extremely generous estimate, they might kill two dozen deer a year out of our 450k.

"If we just put the predators back there wouldn’t be a need to hunt” is so far outside the current realm of possibility that it’s almost insulting.

A frustrating part of the mainstream vegan “love all animals and protect the environment” mindset is the fact that things need to die in real-life ecology all the time but deer hunting season makes icky feelings and carp culls aren’t cottagecore

[newsfact]

Manchin rejects Democrats’ approach to climate change and China, calls for more drilling to stay competitive

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin rejected the way his party has approached climate change and China amid the gridlock over President Biden’s Build Back Better spending plan.

“Well, let me tell you the things that we can agree on,” Manchin explained on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ Thursday when pressed about his hesitancy to sign off on the Democrats‘ massive spending plan being debated in the Senate. “That we have agreed on. Child care, we agreed on child care. We’ve agreed on pre-K three and four. We agreed on in-home services. We agree basically on the climate bill that basically uses technology not just eliminating certain fuels, but technology to use them cleaner so the world will use them cleaner because the world is using more fossil than ever before.”

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

BIDEN’S BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN CALLS FOR 185 TIMES MORE SPENDING ON CLIMATE THAN FUTURE PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

Manchin then turned the conversation to China explaining that the country has 3,000 coal fire plants compared to 500 in the United States.

“My environmental friends will make you believe…that the 500 are polluting the whole world,” Manchin said. “They’re just not being accurate.”

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in Beijing, capital of China, July 1, 2021. (Photo by Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images) (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Manchin’s pushback against the environmental wing in his party comes the day after he spoke to Fox News’ Bret Baier on “Special Report,” called for more drilling, and disagreed with President Biden blaming OPEC for the high gas prices plaguing the nation. 

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“I say that we can basically do more for ourself,” Manchin said. “We’ve been energy independent for the first time in 67  years. Why can’t we do more? Why can’t we produce more? We’ve got plenty of natural gas. My state beautiful state of West Virginia has an ocean of natural gas under it. If they will  just let us build a pipeline we can get the product to market.” 

U.S. President Joe Biden checks his watch during an event on global supply chain resilience through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and recovery, on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Manchin added, “And why don’t we do more drilling and why don’t we do more basically production in the United States? I’m not depending on OPEC. I’m not depending on other countries for my energy anymore. We know how to do it. We have the technology. We should be relying on ourselves.”

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Baier asked Manchin, “So is the president wrong on that?”

“I have a difference of opinion,” Manchin answered. 

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This was me in July 2020 I weighed six stone... I looked worse and I will post some then and now pictures of my recovery... Its important not to dwell on the past but the past teaches us in how far we've come... I titled this picture enemy of the state... If you read my previous entries from months passed some of the content is difficult.. But it is my experience and my right to publish my truths.. From shit care to being screamed at for needing suctions in times from a year ago I will continue in my dialogue and I will continue to speak my discontent of what I've experienced as a woman of 47 in this century of disconnects from authority and state with dissatisfaction of prior experiences... I have worse images to show but will show with discretion and show the good and bad of our health systems which leave a lot of room for improvement. To go forward we must go back... I find I am strong now but still in a lot of pain... This is something I will find better remedies too in the future, when I get home... I still have to find somewhere where I can weep in joy to the Lord for having made it so far. Fall happened in April 2020 I have been in hospital since then. I have to find another flat to live in due to suitability of a wheelchair requirement. I will never walk again, though happy now, I am mourning heavy losses such as never being able to feel grass beneath my feet, not feeling water at the beach, having to maintain certain toilet requirements, loosing freedoms, but I celebrate my breath my chance my joy of faith that God has great things ahead.. I give thanks, life is precious... Xo. My war is still being waged, better care better health better life, I seek and I shall find... At the time this photograph was taken I counted it as being 4 months without a shower. The hospital where I was located is one of the leading hospitals here in Dublin yet remains without shower trolleys to wash spinal patients or elderly who are unable to walk. This was after a nine hour operation on my spine and neck and wounds on arms yet only relegated to bed washes. Soiling was a problem and staff would maintain hygiene control only when they could or be bothered. In this hospital I got bedsores which went thru to bone until I arrived in NRH where they set about a ten month recovery plan of bedrest to get me on the mend. I watched all the while I was in St vincents, received excellent care in icu where I was for five weeks and met some fabulous nurses as well as some bad some very bad ones. Wards were staffed on some units with 2 nurses for 22 patients with two health care assistants to cope. A dangerous situation for staff and patients. The nurses were under such huge pressures from administrations that it was abysmal management let this happen. When I said to my consultant and his registrar I was a vulnerable woman they found it hysterical and laughed in my face. The day I left there I cried with happiness... Four and a half months of hell, pain humiliation and dirt. It took a month of showers when I arrived in NRH to stop my skin flaking. I find it difficult to say that I have to return to that facility again shortly as there is housing shortages for everyone in Ireland at this time with the problems within Irish society and its people. I used to think that hospital care in this country was adequate but it is fucking abysmal. For a university hospital in 2021 not to have shower trolley facilities to wash in is woeful unhygienic and archaic. The hse boss paul Reid is on 450k a year yet they don't pay student nurses in this country a wage, have some really shitty care in their hospitals, and have dire working conditions for overworked underpaid staff in one of its requisite needs of service and state so in need of an overhaul and review... Fucking tragic. Welcome to Ireland, the land of overpaid elites and fighting Irish, smile it could be worse, it could be fucking Afghanistan...

[tinyhousecalling]

c.1950 Waterfront Cottage For Sale in Acton ME $419,900

c.1950 Waterfront Cottage For Sale in Acton ME $419,900

Welcome to the ”Four C’s Cottage”! The property is on a peninsula and has 60′ of waterfront on the main lake side and 30′ on the cove side. 

49 Tanzella Dr, Acton, ME, 04001 $419,900

3 bed

1 bath

572 sq ft

7,841 sq ft lot

Build date 1950

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Property Listing Realtor: Ronald Cote Real Estate 2000 ME/NH Related: 630 Sq Ft Cozy Waterfront Cabin on Pleasant Lake in Maine

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[seattlitespeaking]

Political, response to the meme

*squinting* ok I'll dive in

There are definitely more more 2 genders. When we consider the two binary genders, we see a lot of what defines the others as well and the reasons for previous binary gender norms make sense from a historical perspective, but have fallen apart under modern scientific scrutiny. When we talk about gender, many people will simplify it based on genitalia alone, but it is possible to be born with both sexual organs or neither or to be born with one which is not capable of reproduction. Add in the fact that hormones typically correlated with masculine and feminine genders (testosterone and estrogen) can have any appear at varying levels to someone regardless of their gender expression. Also, the X and Y chromosomes only differ slightly. It is extremely common for a male presenting individual to have 2 X chromosomes, or for a female presenting individual to have an XY chromosomal makeup. Studies have also been done showing consistently that transsexuals individuals have brain scans more similar to their identifying gender than that of their birth assigned gender. In short, there are more than 2 binary genders, and what we think we know about those genders is quickly changing.

Abortion is absolutely justified, but since individual human suffering doesn't appear to have effected your opinion of the matter, consider what was written in a favorite book of mine Freakonomics. Abortion makes sense from a societal perspective. As many of you will be more aware than I, there was a massive and violet crime wave in the 80's. Then it kind of stopped, after abortion was made legal. Extreme poverty, addiction, mental illness, and other conditions strongly linked with criminality are also the kinds of things that may lead a woman to decide to have an abortion. In short, if those kids had continued being born when criminal conduct was predictable, we would've just seen a continuation of that psychopathic violence. You may say to me, that child deserves the right to live regardless of the possibility of a criminal future. You might say that those predictions make no moral guidance to the life that has been made. To that I tell you that without a neurological system, it isn't a life. The first Heartbeat identified is an electrical impulse with no self awareness whatsoever. If you believe life begins at conception, please consider the possibility of twins. The twins begin as one clump of cells, then divide into two when only one was conceived at first. Do we now have one soul divided in two? What about cases where one twin consumes the other in the womb? Soul math is hard, and not at all rooted in fact. The fact is that medical issues and huge financial commitments and other major factors make planning a family a difficult decision, and those decisions are not made easier by you, the government, or anybody else telling those involved what to do.

Guns don't kill people by themselves, that's true. And yet the US is one of the only countries in the world where the ownership of a gun is considered an unalienable right, beyond that of the sense of security of those around you. Other countries require complex permits, huge annual taxes and fees, ongoing education, and proof of responsible ownership practices. If you calm down for just a second, you may notice that with each violent outburst, ie, school shootings, these same points get brought up again and again and yet somehow no gun rights activists are willing to look at how that specific shooter got that specific gun. Background checks aren't going to hurt you, but they might save some 3rd graders. Being a registered gun owner isn't going to endanger your family anymore than a vehicle registration has resulted in your car being stolen, but it will help to trace and identify how violent offenders are getting their weapons. It may surprise you to know that countries with stricter gun laws don't have as much gun violence as we do, but they really really don't. They're not free of it, but its less enough that we deserve to have a conversation about what gun rights limitations people are open to. We owe it to our kids. The fact schools have been closed and we haven't had a bunch of school shootings this year has been amazing. Now let's see what else we can do to keep it going. Illegal immigrants aren't illegal.

Most illegal immigrants were here legally originally, for example, overstaying a legal passport visit. The road to legal immigration is very difficult and can span decades. The legal process is arduous, and unless you have a lawyer and a strong grasp of the English language, it is designed to leave a lot of people behind. Its expensive, technical, inherently racist, and confusing. If we all want safe borders AND a melting pot then we need to reform that antiquated and unnecessary process. If you witness, or are the victim of a crime, you should be able to go to the police without fear of deportation. You should be able to go to the hospital without worrying the doctor will tell the cops you're here illegally. You should be able to live here within the law without worrying ICE is going to tear your family apart. Any perceived injustice over skipping the legal immigrants process is far outshadowed by the global crime of separating families. It is considered an act of genocide, and it is abhorrent.

Obamacare isn't perfect, but it has improved on what was there. When we talk about access to medical care, you need to look at it through the lense of social justice. If there is anything about you that an employer might judge you for (race, color, gender, orientation, religion, etc) then you've currently got a harder time getting medical insurance because our insurance system is so strongly linked with employment. Healthcare should be considered a right. I might be great at taking my meds and going to the doctor regularly, but if others in my community don't have the ability to see the doctor, they will he less able to fight off infection which will require me to see those professionals more often. Similarly, WEAR YOUR MASKS. Obamacare isn't that, but it is a step toward that obvious and necessary conclusion.

Higher taxes for the wealthy are absolutely a good thing. While we're here squabbling over how to pay for childcare or major surgery, billionaires are off buying yachts and multiple homes and stocks which don't feed back into our communities. Mass hoarding of wealth is a part of why we can't afford the social welfare services we need to maintain dignifies for the whole of the US. Seriously, if you made $5,000 a day since the day Christopher Columbus landed in the America's, you STILL wouldn't have one billion dollars. There is NO REASON one person would need that much money. And yet people are willing to shoot each other over dollar amounts less than $100 to feed themselves. Those taxes could go toward food banks or infrastructural improvements that sustain our communities and create jobs to create alternatives to the harshest existences we see today. The wealthy need to pay their share. Amazon, Walmart, and fast food companies pay their employees the minimum, causing those employees to draw on social welfare programs. Those companies should be paying living wages and the taxes our country need to thrive. We're being highway robbed, and instead of blaming others competing for your jobs or the social changes libs are asking for, why not look at the people who make it impossible for us ALL to thrive? I'm not saying eat the rich, I would never SAY that. But for real, what good does it do all of us to have one multimillionaire in our country? What good does it do the planet to have a lot of them? Their jets ruin our ecosystems. Their wealth is obtained by exploiting vulnerable populations and low paid workers. The laws we all abide by don't apply to those extremely wealthy because the law doesn't have the capacity to prosecute them effectively.

If you make less than $400k a year, you won't be effected at all by Biden's tax plan. The funds you make in excess of $400k will be the only funds effected. That means that if you make $450k, only that $50k will be taxed at the higher bracket rate than the bulk of your income.

Tax the wealthy, and let's get some bridges and stuff please?

Disrespecting the anthem isn't nearly as offensive as telling people how to protest. Ours is the only country with a national anthem at every sporting event. We sound crazy to people from other countries. The fact is that Colin Kaepernick was trying to highlight some real grievances with real, known, and simple solutions. The 8 Can't Wait project highlights those steps much better than I ever could. The fact is that a moment of silent kneeling brought about a movement, and that our country has been persecuting people of color for centuries. Google Critical Race Theory for more here. Other forms of protest have been similarly denied their due, and so here we are. We saw the protests in our cities. We've seen the video of George Floyd getting murdered over a $20 bill. We've heard all about Breonna Taylor. We've been completely ignoring the concerns Colin Kaepernick and others were trying to tell you about and it matters. Black Lives Matter more than your anthem, your flag, or any sport ever will. You aren't supposed to be pledging allegiances to a flag, the land, the law, or any one president, you're pledging allegiances to a people indivisible and regardless of race or religion or anything else. Until you can honor that pledge, your words are as meaningless as the contents of my toilet.

Not understanding the science of climate change is not an argument against it. It's complex, but not insurmountable. It's more than just where trash goes, it's also things like the large change in the gas types in our atmosphere since the industrial age began. It's also the way chemicals keep ruining our water supplies. It's also the way that the global sea level is rising, the temperature of our earth is increasing. It's the way that weather is becoming more extreme. It's the way that the evidence of these facts, and their causes, are all extremely well documented. These are all proven fact which are no longer denied by any reputable scientist today. The steps needed vary from simple to difficult, but they're necessary, and they'll stimulate our economy beyond what we can imagine today. The projects required to redo what our grandparents built will be enormous, and they'll require upkeep. Upkeep that will improve the lives of those working those positions.