#lowered expectations

[jadeseadragon]

Me trying to fill out an online mortgage application.

[sixbucks]

[jimweave]

[adtothebone]

“Between 8 am and 8 pm” is a doozy of a range for home service showing up. I suppose it’s still better than “between July 17, 2024 and July 17, 2025.

[revjss]

Evening Prayer - 7 May 2024

Sometimes I think it’s good to have lowered expectations. For instance, today, I lowered my expectations of what I could get done, and as a result, I was able to be a relaxed blob tonight, something I haven’t done for weeks. I don’t know why I lowered my expectations this morning, God. Was it you? Whatever the reason, I’m sure glad I did. Amen.

[hinamie]

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[rolphgunderson]

I’ve now got the lowest expectations of humanity possible, I think. If I have any interaction with you and you haven’t set my dog on fire by the end of it, I’ll call it a win.

[letsnotmatch]

Honestly, same

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the shape of you, something new.

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[mumblesplash]

these post-mission lectures just don’t seem to be getting through to him for some reason 🤔

[ama-a93]

😴

[vivaciouscynner]

Jammers don't want you to know this one atrocious trick

I don't know what people who make jellies and jams are called.

So, over the summer I grew some fruits. Mainly: strawberries, blueberries, and two types of raspberries. There were others but the trees aren't old enough yet. But these grew in abundance and I let them ripen fully on the stems.

They were the sweetest fruit I have ever eaten.

You. Do. Not. Understand.

Store-bought fruit cannot compare because they HAVE to be picked early or it'll rot by the time it gets to the store (part of the reason why buying local is important).

When fall started rolling in and our crop essentially dwindled, I started buying from the store again. My wife's facial expression was one to be remembered. The twisted face to tell me how sour it was (by comparison - she had gotten so used to our home grown berries) and her furrowed brows to tell me how disgusted and disappointed she was.

I tried it myself, and yeah, they were pretty sour, but it wasn't as bad as she made it seem. Perhaps I wasn't used to our berries as she was (I always gave her the larger handfuls of them).

She was ready to throw them out and I said, "NOT TODAY!" Well..., it was more like, "let me try something."

I made raspberry jam. It's stupid easy.

Wash raspberries (or chosen fruit)

Throw them into a pot

Fill the pot with water up to like where the fruit is. Like, don't submerge them.

Bring to boil. Then simmer.

Add some sugar to get some sweetness going. I can't really tell you how much. It's like a half a cup of sugar per package of berries, but you don't want to dump the whole half cup in. It's a process where you put some sugar in, stir, sugar, stir, taste, stir, sugar, taste, stir, stir

Stir.

Basically repeat step 5 and 6 until the jam thickens. Not like jam level thickness though. Remember, the sugar is hot, so it's gonna be runny until it cools. The key thing is to evaporate the water you put in that rendered the fruit down.

It took me about 45 minutes to make a small batch of jam that'll last me a week. Let it cool a little and pour it into a microwave-safe container. Put it in the fridge to cool.

My discoveries and foils:

You can Jam pretty much any fruit. Haven't tried watermelon, or any melon really, but might be possible. I've done peach, raspberry, blueberry, strawberry and it's literally the same process.

Mistake: Keep an eye on it because once it starts boiling, it'll bubble up and flow over if you're keeping it covered. I've done this every time and I still haven't learned.

This helped me save food because my I'll often buy fruit I'll have a craving for only to be really upset it's not to the same standard as our home-grown garden.

Got too much fruit you can't finish in time? JAM IT!

[lulu-draws-stuff]

My sort of future au designs (traced/edited their psychonauts 2 renders for this) :] they are like 13 here

[lesliemeyers]

indie music fans will literally be like

[warpcoreweirdness]

YES my girl Mariner is messy bisexual rep

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[danandfuckingjonlmao]

so five and lila being a thing is going right next to allison literally sexually assaulting luther in the box of things we are absolutely under no circumstances accepting as part of canon right