#i never get sick

[im-still-watching-anime]

so i recently set a deadline and was ACTUALLY being productive and working to get a fic done for it like full on actually Doing The Thing™️ READY to get this done on time and published

anyway i got sick for the first time in about 10 years so apparently that’s NOT happening rip

[daziedaydream]

my whole body hurts i need kisses and tea fed to me 🥺

[agoodcupoftea]

Have acquired the magic powder

(No talking cuz people are still awake sry)

And I suppose I'm being a bit of a tease as well- the sneezes stop around 1:10, but I couldn't even reach for the vial for a second dose so I'm blaming it on the chhinkni tyvm

Have you ever tried to say chhinkni while stuffy? Bit ironic, isn't it?

My throat's feeling sorer now but it was worth it- I haven't sneezed like that in quite a long time.

Good night, and bless you all

[evillillad]

noooo why did i have to get sick the weekend i was gonna go into the city!!! :o( rip my plans.....rip emo night and rip fnaf movie.....gonna go wallow in bed instead//dies

[ashercries23]

yeah so remember when i said i’d be writing…well ya boy got SICKKKK!!! just a nasty sinus infection, and i’m already feeling a bit better, so i’ll get right on it. those one shots coming soon 🫶

[techn0tony]

wtf why am I still kind of sick, it's been weeks

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

[frey-jaa]

is this a universal experience or no...?

Growing up, if we went out for dinner during cold and flu season, my mom would discourage us from ordering anything that wasn't cooked (salads, cold sandwiches, even stuff like tacos and burgers caused hesitation because the veggies weren't cooked, etc.) because she was worried there'd be a higher change we'd get sick compared to eating food that's fully cooked and the germs were killed in the heat.

Does anyone else think about this?

Now, as an adult who no longer lives with their parents, it's not usually top of mind for me (tho I do think of it more often cuz of covid) but the other day my boyfriend and I went out for sushi and I said that I hope we don't catch a cold from the uncooked food but he was confused and said that he never thought of it like that lol

Anyway... 3 days later and I have a cold 🙃

[squidsmeister]

dungeon meshi is my favorite road-trip comedy film

[februarys-wednesday]

starkid fans when they see Normal Man and his Barista Crush onscreen for 0.5 seconds:

[bobmckenzie]

"I can fix him" "I can make him worse" OK well I can sit behind him and wrap my arms around his middle and comfortingly rock him side to side

[hotcinnamonsunset]

🎣lure me in, baby!

[mythicalcoolkid]

You don't wish your disability was worse or more visible, you wish your disability was taken seriously. Please stop confusing the two, I guarantee you would not get the support you need JUST by being more severe or more visible. Please listen to visibly disabled people when we tell you it isn't better on our side

[doubledudeski]

the evil timeline where bee loses his voice but everyone is really okay with it

[krowtesque]

1/2

[ionomycin]

fishbone corset