#id have asked for it for christmas

[brain-rot-hour]

it's a shame

a real tragedy

that this failed to make its rounds again this year so I cant find the original post

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

Misconceptions my family/friends about the food bank at my school:

- "Going to the food bank takes food from other people". The more people go, the more they can demonstrate a need in the student population and apply for more funding.

- "I can afford basic staple groceries, so I wouldn't benefit". The food bank has a variety of food items, including a lot of "treats" and foods you wouldn't expect to see. Even if you can buy what you need to get through the week, having some seasonings, produce, meat, shelf staples, etc. can still go a long way. Coffee, tea, and cocoa packets can make life a lot nicer. And the local grocery stores donate lots of just-past-sell-by baked goods, so if you like donuts with your coffee or lemon cake to brighten your afternoon, the food bank can help you out.

- "Don't they pick out the food for you? I don't want someone else deciding what I eat." The food bank here is like a much smaller grocery store; you're given bags and you fill them with what you need. Even someone like me, who has a lot of dietary restrictions, can benefit.

- "I can afford food, so I don't need anything. Im just struggling to buy other things, like school supplies" The food bank here has a separate care pantry. I've gotten hygiene items (pads, tampons, shampoo/conditioner/body wash, etc), kitchen items (plastic cups, ziplocs, trash bags, etc), toilet paper, and even sexual health items (sex health kits including lube, condoms, sometimes dental dams) from the care pantry. At the start of the semester, they had a back to school kit which included a notebook, a folder, a pen, and a highlighter. They have ESL books for international students. I've gotten gloves and socks from them. One time, I saw three pairs of shoes.

"So you can just take as much as you want?" No. Most food items are limited. All care items are limited, except for sex health kits and period products. The more popular items are, the more likely they are to be limited, bc they run out faster. It's a great day when the food bank gets a large donation of some type of produce like apples or grapefruit, bc that's the one time produce isn't super restricted. The food bank is really good for getting a little bit of a lot of things, not stocking up in bulk.

"So I can just walk in the door and get free stuff?" No. I was surprised how many hoops I had to jump through. I had to present my student ID three times to get to the food, as well as complete a detailed form. I had to give my full name, my employment status, how many people were in my household, my student status, my age, and sign up for a specific day to visit the food bank. That form also included two waivers, which absolve the school and donors of any responsibility for giving you spoiled food.

- "The food bank is accessible to everyone on campus". No. The food bank is frustratingly inaccessible. It's located all the way to the north end of campus, as far as possible from all of the dorms. There are two parking spaces; every other space within a quarter mile is metered. The food bank is open for two hours a day, but the hours are different for every day of the week, and they change every semester. The food bank entrance is down a flight of stairs, and there's no clear alternate entrance for people who can't use stairs safely. The first checkpoint to present your ID and proof of form completion is outside, and the building only lets in about ten students at a time; in the winter, this means standing outside in the bitter cold for up to an hour. Many of these students don't have closed toed shoes, gloves, or other cold weather gear. Student IDs can be physical cards, but the form and waivers can only be completed online; if your smartphone dies, you're fucked. The form itself is difficult to navigate to and only in English, despite a disproportionate amount of the students using the food bank speaking English as a second (or third or fourth) language. Worst of all, a lot of these issues aren't clear to students until they try to go.

- "Only the most desperate students use the foodbank; it's shameful/embarrassing to go there". 1 in 3 students use this food bank. Every time I've mentioned going to the food bank in conversation, nobody has reacted negatively. At most, they might ask me how to go there themselves. Even with all the hoops, the food bank massively improves my quality of life; I would keep going even if I were still employed. Do you know how much money I've saved on toilet paper and pads? On shampoo? On dish soap? I'm able to access free lube discreetly, which makes using tampons possible for me. I can get foods I don't strictly *need*, but make eating a joy again. I can get sparkling water, juice boxes, cocoa packets, and coffee. I got bags of apples and an orange this fall and made the best fucking cider in the world for no money at all. I get oil and butter and salt and pepper and eggs and bread. Yeah, they have the cheapest version of everything, and I hve to check the bread loaves for mold. It's still worth it. It's Free Food And Care Items.

[faunandfloraas]

I just want skz to rest :( take like 6 weeks off my loves and do fuck all. Visit family, go on vacation, sleep for 4 days straight. They deserve it plssss

You are right!

[the-razzdazzler]

here's a gift for you, froend :3

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OMG JSHDHSHDJAHDBSBD

HIM

HE'S SO PRETTYYYYYYYY

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THANK YOU

[vurelly]

your friends ever just

and you feel your entire nervous system light up

[candycryptids]

😇- What's their best trait?

👿- What's their worst trait?

for Tuesday and Chuu

“Miss Chuu’s best trait? Mmm… You said this is an interview for your retelling of the Warriors of Light and their journey, right? I’d say it’s her unshakeable resolve. She decides she’s going to do something, and she doesn’t give up until it’s done. Ah… I’m not allowed to speak more on Miss Chuu without her presence, my apologies, mister Levraut.”

“You broke into my house,”

“Your lovely wife let me in actually,”

“To wake me up from my nap and interrogate me on my assistant,”

“Interview, Mademoiselle, not interrogate. Though I am sorry for waking you, your eyes were open so I assumed-”

“Ah-ta-ta. You wanted to know Two’s best trait right? Adaptability. Any environment, any obstacle… he’s got brains enough to figure the way through most anything. And failing that? He knows a top notch engineer in Magitek to kit him with the right tools to overcome his few shortcomings. Hey wait did you fucking call me a mad gazelle, you lop-eared scab?!”

“Thank you for your time, both of you. I have just one more question before I consider this interview complete and I let you both go back to your.. erm, busy schedules. What would you say is each others weakest trait?”

“I knew it! This IS an interrogation! Two, don’t-”

“Ah, that would be Miss Chuu’s paranoia, mister Levraut. Most of her other traits net positive gain,”

“Watch your mouth, Two.”

“That is.. ah, her paranoid trait has served to pull her out of many situations she would have landed in had they not afforded her foresight and caution to approach most situations.”

“Two’s worst trait is how I just can’t seem to keep mad at him when he finds and exploits loopholes in whatever rules I’ve set for him. And last week I asked him to bring me lunch, and he was nowhere to be seen for nearly six bells.”

“… Miss Chuu, if I may, you were in Azys La, and you called me via Linkpearl to bring you specifically egg sandwiches from the Bismark, even utilizing the Aethernet it takes time… and when I arrived at your last marked location you were nowhere to be found.”

[Duo Oc Ask Meme !]

[every-captain]

Idk man things are bad with my job.

[hauntedpotat]

I'm going to a DCI show tomorrow for marching band bc we do an annual field trip for it, and there was this shirt i wanted from last year's performance that I never managed to get ahold of and now that it's been a year since the tour it's been marked down to $10 :3

I am very happy

[imflyingfish]

Now ive moved out my list of material priorities is so different. Cheese grater with one of those tubs underneath. Exact same backpack you wanted when you were 11 years old. Vaccum cleaner. Minecraft toy. Rice cooker. A new pair of washing up gloves. A tube of tomato puree. Hdmi connector (for my Nintendo wii.) Jesus christ.

[cryingscreamingpuking]

I have a list of safe movies (Movies I can watch without having to mentally prepare myself) and its kinda funny that it goes from like Princess and the frog (Innocent, easy to watch animated movie) Zootopia (innocent, easy to watch animated movie) Aristocats (Innocent, easy to watch animated movie) Coraline (easy to watch animated movie) The South Park Movie (easy to watch animated movie) Who framed Roger Rabbit (easy to watch partially animated movie)

...

Human Centipede (absolutely not innocent, easy to watch, or animated in any way)

[aryomengrande]

[trendfag]

normally i dont tip at the dispensary because well you are walking three steps to pick up a product i ordered online 15 minutes ago. but the past few times ive been tipping because i feel bad for making them work 😭

[biwooyoung]

was just wrapping some gifts and I realized that some of the coolest gifts I got are for my mother's bf and my sister's bf and I don't even LIKE THEM.....

[bedforddanes75]

i don’t wanna be dramatic but I gave u my George pics & now I need cowboys if only a little bit

no pressure I just need Gatty cowboy at some point

this is killing me IM CHEJQJHDJD but also i Am working on it i swear. im just slow as FUCK. u can have this for now though 🙂‍↕

“Why do you…do that? The prayer. I don’t get it.”

George blinks himself alive, and Matty looks at him expectantly.

“What? I wasn’t…listening.” He looks like he’s really trying not to fall back asleep, and his voice sounds too far back in his mouth. “Sorry.”

“Don’t be. I was speaking of saying grace – why do it?”

George’s eyes go a little bit dead for a second, and then come back, and he says, “I just think I should thank Him for my food. He, you know, blessed us with,” he coughs, open mouthed then embarrassedly close mouthed, “the food we’re given, so, like, I just think it’s the right thing to thank God for it.”

Matty nods. He knows where George is coming from, and for some reason, he’s quite willing to know more. Maybe it’s the twenty something minutes more sun he’s been getting recently that’s making him so open to it, or maybe it’s just because he feels bad about George being sick, but regardless, he’s already asked, and George has already answered.

“Why not…the people who got the food, like, the people who sell you it?”

George just sort of shrugs. “I mention the hands that prepare it, that…that applies to them.”

Matty shrugs back, noncommittal, and eats.

Meals eaten in silence are usually uncomfortable and tense, but when it’s George that Matty’s eating with, he finds that, despite how awkward George is anyway, they eat comfortably. Neither speak, and neither try to avoid the fact that the other is quiet.

He’s trying to remember what the words are, or think of whether he even knows them at all, but they don’t come. He’d, some earlier time in his life, said it every day before all three meals, and written it down in so many places, just in case he forgot, that he still finds them now. It stopped a while ago. He finishes his food.

this is pissing me off

[todayisafridaynight]

weird ask but what. do the arakawa family smell like. like what perfumes do they use/do they stink of cigarettes/etc.

arakawa = the scent of cigarette smoke and bourbon does well to equalize the profile of oud wood, not allowing the sweet smell to overpower his mysterious profile. whatever does seep through, you're more likely to catch the more woody, tangy notes- though people who stay around long enough recognize that sweet, nutmeg smell first

sawashiro = legally have to say he smells like a smokey leather couch cause of his 2019 outfit and for the occasional cig or two he'll have BUT as for colognes, definitely something akin to masato where it's more on the down-low as far as scent impressions go. unlike masato though, it's nothing superbly complex and isn't trying to invite anyone to stay and compliment the profile. besides the leather, theres a deep, earthy smell- but stay around long enough, and you might catch a speck of rose

ichiban = definitely tried to find a dupe for arakawa's cologne, though our boy's on a budget: cause'a that, he's got a preference for more woody colognes, wearing a sweet patchouli cologne that possesses an undertone of orange. luckily, the help of cigarette smoke and shea butter helps dilute the potency of his cologne

masato = definitely isn't shy about buying something pricey, and there's payoff for it. leans towards more extravagant fragrances, a castoreum and leather blend being his usual wear. his cologne isn't overly strong, yet it's present enough to make you want to linger to catch it. the only one on this list to not smell like smoke in the slightest

aoki = wears abundantly brighter and more inviting colognes. opposed to harsh, mysterious smells he'll wear the likes of cedarwood. there's still notes of leather to his profile, though. it's just barely masked by the cedar

mitsu = if we're talkin' the 90's, then nothing especially of note. doesn't care too much about colognes (or can even really afford anything especially nice), and he doesn't pay any real attention to deo and body/hair wash scents. legally has to smell a bit of cigarette smoke on account of hangin with people who smoke, but i couldnt tell you if he smokes himself or not. fast forward to 2019, something about him's telling me he'd wear some kind of aquatic cologne- like sage and sea salt..

[rohirric-hunter]

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