#not only two Xs but one is capitalized

[ingravinoveritas]

...David sexting Michael confirmed?

[ohanny]

change host club show

part 2/3

part one

michael as the bartender

he started working at the club the same week as pavel and they've been a team from the start. while he's glad his menu and bartending flair are one of the few things benz deems acceptable, he shares every single concern pavel has about the future of this place. he lives with his grandmother and has been helping her raise his 5 year old half-sister ever since their deadbeat parents were sent to jail for drug dealing three years ago. before, pavel was always there step up and take his shift when he had to stay / rush home because of an emergency but he seriously doubts benz will be as understanding which terrifies him.

garfield as the pillow princess

garfield is…. plain lazy. he ended up working at the club after searching the internet for “jobs that pay you money without you having to do anything.” sitting and looking pretty is about as much effort as he's willing to make in order to pay rent and really, he would much rather be on his couch with his cat. benz and him get off to a rough start when his new boss tries to force him to take a dance class - “sorry, i don't do cardio” - but after negotiating his way out of it by volunteering to wear cat ears and meow at clients, he figures it's not that bad. it’s pretty great, actually. benz and nut bring in clients who tip way more and soon he's a) negotiating less hours in exchange for wearing scandalous costumes and b) keeping an eye out for a potential sugar daddy.

topten as the dancer

topten is the first hire benz makes in order to elevate the club’s image. he's the younger brother of one of benz’s friends and was recently kicked out his house for blowing a prestigious internship his father arranged for him in a major law firm in favor of joining a dance company. He was classically trained in ballet before moving to contemporary jazz and aerial work and frankly he thinks he is way too good for this gig. benz reminds him that his dad has given him until the end of the month to quit dance or he’ll be financially cut off and being an understudy doesn't pay that much. plus, this way? not only would he be the star, he'd get full(ish) creative control and could choreograph all the performances to his liking.

ping as the bus boy

ping is a quiet introvert who was originally meant to be the bouncer because he is very buff and intimidating but they discovered very quickly that he can't handle any kind of confrontation and he was moved indoors to help out where needed. benz takes one look at him and decides it's time for a promotion because a host like that? ka-ching, baby! unfortunately for benz, capitalism and clients of all gender, ping’s shyness is no joke. he's unable make direct eye contact or string together two words to make a sentence even in a training scenario. he just blushes and becomes a stuttering mess which is a tragedy. does this stop benz from putting him in a size xs vest and making him do plenty of trips to across the floor and have him carry crates of booze and dirty glassware in full view of the club goers? no. it is a business after all.

pop as the hostess

by day pop is a mild-mannered, math loving accountant in thick glasses and grandpa sweaters. by night he becomes miss poppy, the hostess with the mostest. miss poppy - mistress poppy on fridays for her spanks & shots special - is everything accountant pop isn't and the difference is so jarring it takes the new employees months to realize they are the same person. where pop carries himself with hunched shoulders, miss poppy commands attention with easy confidence, towering over the club goers on her platform boots. she is undoubtedly the club’s biggest draw and the second highest earner with sheer volume on her side - really, the only reason the top spot belongs to garfield is because garfield works exclusively in the vip booths with the high rollers and would wear a slutty teletubby costume for a bigger tip.

[marmalade-mir]

now presenting c!karl, the "resident quirky white girl" art hoe gf… c!quackity, the "regular listener of creep by radiohead" emo gf… and c!sapnap, the "wears thrasher but doesn’t skate" e-girl gf <3 and to answer ur question… yes. they smoke weed.

notes about the designs:

— sapnap draws two of those little eyeliner hearts under his eyes in proper e-girl fashion after listening to c!corpse’s hit song "e-girls are ruining my life" and c!wilbur’s hit song "i’m in love with an e-girl" one too many times. he tells people that one heart represents karl and the other represents q… karl and q make fun of him for it Relentlessly but he doesn’t care. he draws those hearts on every day without fail. it’s become part of his morning routine . it’s no longer a phase. it’s a Lifestyle

— q used to be more insecure about the scar and he’d try to cover it up w his hair… but karl would always tuck q’s hair behind his ear on that side and give him a big smooch there. eventually karl makes him a little set of card-themed hair clips and q takes to wearing them :) sapnap shows his support by joking that he’s glad q’s hair is out of his face bc it was looking a little Too emo. a lot of talk for someone who draws eyeliner hearts under his eyes……..

— karl makes all their accessories. he runs a little shop on etsy selling handcrafted jewelery, but that’s not his only side hustle… he also scams ppl by listing his old clothes from when he was a kid as "authentic y2k women’s crop top size XS" on depop. this Impressive show of capitalism only seems to make q fall further in love 😊❤️ karl uses his depop money to buy organic fruit & oat milk to make smoothies for his two beautiful fiancés after a long day of hard work (mostly scams tbh)

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[seirclys]

Headcanon- Penelope's Street Knowledge Part 2

TW for mention of human trafficking and death

In my previous post, I mentioned that Penelope signed "shopped" and different colors to the street children. So here's a list of definitions for these terms, as well as mini headcanons.

Shopped: This term refers to how rich commoners or nobles may go "shopping" for a child on the streets, taking them in for some reason. Street children are wary of nobility because of this: there are many cases where children were snatched off the street to be sold into human trafficking or returned beaten and bruised. Very few situations are ever beneficial for the child in question, so the fact that Penelope came back, not only alive but seemingly well-cared for... well, it's very surprising.

Colors: Green is safe; the person can be approached when you're in danger. Yellow means caution: underlying motives, inconsistent behavior, etc. Red means to avoid at all costs- usually recognizable kidnappers, drunkards, or murderers.

Melodies: Street children don't have a lot of entertainment, so usually they sing together or watch insects fight. Occasionally, there'll be some street entertainers that they will gather around. Because singing is something that they do to keep motivation and can disguise meanings, it's evolved as some sort of code. After all, no one would look twice at a street child singing.

Wall Markings: They can range from anything(slightly based on burglary marks). Some marks may mean that a particular store is safe to duck into, others may denote that the owner provides food sometimes. An upside-down triangle with two Xs on the top two edges means that there's heavy security. An open circle means that this may be a restaurant that puts out leftovers in nearby trash. A set of circles/dots arranged in a circle may mean that a lot of wealthy people come in and out of this building.

Mini headcanons below!

It's common for some places to be more violent; with street children fighting each other for each scrap, to climb up the positions of that particular area. No matter where you are in society, there is always a hierarchy.

In Penelope's case, one of the areas she wandered into after her mother died was more violent; there's a small scar on the back of her knee from one of the children grabbing her and making her trip, the child digging their nails into her leg. They were fighting over leftovers.

There aren't many adults that accompany the children; Penelope's mother is a rare exception. Usually, the children are left to fend for themselves.

Some of the older kids have jobs selling small things. The younger, prettier children would be cleaned up(as best they could, but keeping some dirtiness for some pity factor) to attract customers. Penelope helped sell flowers a few times.

They understand that it's a dog-eat-dog world, but they still try to help one another when possible. After all, each one is extremely aware that one person's kindness could be what saves your life.

Penelope knows how to fight underhandedly. In a fight for food between desperate, hungry street children, fights can get ugly very fast. It's common to see children who've bled to death from fights in the winter, where food is scarcer and the streets are colder.

She's also a really good pickpocket, though a tiny bit rusty from her time in the duchy.

Considering that the knights patrol the streets and arrest criminals, left-behind weapons or items are quickly taken. This helps minimize violence when needed, especially when some children roam the capital looking for a fight.

Penelope had a dagger that she kept in good condition. It was useful once when a drunkard tried to accost her.

If she stayed on the streets, Penelope would've probably become a thief or bait, using her pretty appearance to charm strangers into giving money or food.

[thekitschdiet]

the kitsch diet part II

part one alr posted!! this chunk is about 3,000~ words long... let me know what u think :-) thank u all for all the luv already!!! looks like I really will hit 31 followers by easter!!!!!!!!

  Who is the Kitsch Girl? 

 I think this is more loosely defined, but The Chic Diet did a truly admirable way of reducing a girl to her YSL bag and her really skinny legs. Now, that implies an archetype, or a population in a specific location. I think kitschness is kind of the niche you fill when you’re not really much of anything else, sort of your own conglomerate of mainstream-specific. One major requirement, though, is being a little too into something somewhat uncool. And the whole illusion falls apart if you have any sort of outward insecurity. See, the Kitsch Girl is somewhat undefinable because she is so much of everything. She exists in multitudes, in a way that is also quite simple to understand; think of a list of axioms, or principles to live by. And now add a section to each one that says “but…” to make a collection of verified exceptions. Say, the kitsch girl will never wear jeans. But she thrifted this pair of vintage flares she just loves. She doesn’t reply to texts efficiently, but sometimes she will within a couple seconds. No mascara, no dinner forks, candles are to be collected not burned; but that was a gift, or something. It’s not personal, of course, those are just the contradictions she exists in. Don’t try to understand it, the enigma is essential to the facade. Or maybe she just lives like this, and her character is so homogenous with her inner world there’s no sense in trying to separate it. You have to have a little bit of an individuality complex about the whole ordeal, which is normally so eugh, but if you’re kitschy enough it works on you. Trust!The Kitsch girl is not someone unlikeable, but amiable and well heeled. I double checked that last one, assuming it meant liked by most, but apparently means affluent. I suppose that is an aspect of the kitsch girl too, having seemingly endless frivolous expenses with no real strain, but that’s not important right now. People that don’t like her think so out of jealousy, or something. Envious that her clothes are all kind of shake-it-up-esque and her highlights desperately need touching up, but she still seems so enthralled with the whole of life… How does she enjoy her own company so much when other people want to know her better? Doesn’t she feel weird about blowing people off to make a joke about reading Kafka in the bath? Why would she document her cluttered, unexciting life on Instagram so delicately, so vibrantly? Of course, no one would say this to her face because they are really baseless claims. She’s nice, generous, and valuable to have as a friend. Trade-offs exist, as they do with anyone. But I like thinking it’s easier to overlook a forgotten birthday when your kitschy best friend gave you a multi strand pearl necklace to celebrate the welcome breeze of June. Or some other made-up holiday. She is so unassuming if you’re not really looking. Girls want in on her inner circle. Or they just don’t care. Nothing wrong with being liked or thought of naught, for the most part. Boys are either enthralled or repulsed by her. Her doctor knows her as something of a hypochondriac, but only minorly. It’s just carpal tunnel, don’t worry… The sales staff at CVS turn a blind eye when she slips an eyeliner pencil into her tote bag. She shoplifts on occasion, just to see if she still knows how. But she is not a shoplifter. $9 here and $6.45 there doesn’t really add up to much. Everywhere she goes, she makes a tertiary friend or two. The term of friend is loosely used here, of course. But it is nice to tell a stranger you like her earrings. Or her phone case is so fun, is it Wildflower? The kitsch girl has an eye for this kind of detail. Simply put, she is sort of unspectacular. But in a way that makes you sort of wish you knew her better.

Phone cases

The phone case is, like, religious for the kitsch girl. Sorry, but there’s just no other accessory as flippant and expensive and single-purpose as a trendy little iPhone case with some semitacky stickers plastered over the design. I used to have an iPhone XS- extrasmall-  with like, 18 phone cases. It was kind of a sordid affair. I jest, but really… owning that many phone cases was kind of sick. We get it, you are frivolous and spontaneous and sooo stylish! Stop posting mirror selfies on your Instagram story, your crush isn’t going to see it. Kidding again. Having an extensive collection of phone cases is just so fun because while attainable, most people just simply do not partake in it. That makes you kitschy and unique. I really thought I had more to say about the IDEA of the phone case, but I guess in practice it is all very, very simple. You can slide your driver’s license in the back of a clear case. At what point does it stop being cool to have legal operational control of a vehicle? I don’t display mine because I don’t really like the photo. I look round. In the eyes but also just in general, swollen, unglamorous. Whatever. Not like I drive a Nissan or anything. I drive my *Mom’s* Nissan. Playing Bladee in the car seems sacrilegious. She would hate it.Back to phone cases. Sonix ones are cute but kind of overpriced retail- unless you have like, an iPhone 12 Pro Max or whatever the fuck is new this year, just go to Winner’s. They always have Xs and 11 cases. I had a cherry one for my previous phone, like the exact one Lana Del Rey had? Thank god I sold it before she got outed as a copfucker or whatever. Casetify is for an inadvertent flex. Flexing your lame, lame taste. Sorry, I know you bought it because you liked it, but what you failed to consider is just how un-Kitsch they are. SO common, and they advertise on Instagram. Sorry, I just can’t get into it! Kind of how I just never liked the Brandy Amara tanks. Or lowtop converse. Otterbox is just distressing. Like, if my boyfriend gave me an otterbox phone case I would probably break up with him because somebody clearly isn’t paying attention- one of my favorite, potentially overused joke is how Otterbox cases are the equivalent of orthopedic insoles. Sorry but if you have poor arch support or whatever, but no pain is worth giving up a good pair of Margiela slingback tabi heels. Obviously I couldn’t afford that right now because all loose income goes directly to Wildflower and my cig boy. But like, one day. I hope you want to punch me in the face a little bit after reading that.  If Wildflower isn’t your thing, at least have the decency to get a beaded phone strap. But not from String Ting. Pray tell you aren’t keeping score, but they are one of my several parasocial enemies. That should have been ME collaborating with Wildflower! Should have been ME mailing shit to Caroline Calloway (more on her later, but she is the only blue check I follow. I adore her! I was on her patreon for a bit I thinkl!!) …. Side note. Phone cases are cute but there is no way to properly protect your laptop without looking just absurd or colossally lame. The foam sleeves… ick.

Having the shittiest music taste ever

So like, here’s the thing. I’m an Apple Music user, which sort of reinstates my status as an unironic My Bloody Valentine Hyperpop Death Grips kinda gal. Read; volcel. My most recent conquest ended up being a huge L on my part, but also… I totally dodged a bullet. The guy had an iPhone 11 (female trait) and didn’t know who Rei Brown was, which just seemed suspicious given his Niche. I just know he had a “making out playlist” comprising entirely of like, Joji. Which isn’t a bad thing I guess but so unembarrassing it horseshoes back to being humiliating.Like I said. Having the worst music taste. It’s nice how subjective and deeply personal your music taste can be; no one really Needs to know you’re a die hard drainer. But there’s also no point in being a die-hard drainer and Not capitalizing off it somehow. I added it up and I have well over 150 hours of just Bladee and Yung Lean. Which is so yass? The more I write, using myself as a case study, I realize just how desperately jobless I am. And Yogenfruz isn’t even hiring! UGH!I think there is something very kitschy about liking hyperpop in the least ironic, least obnoxious way. Sort of feeds into a “I’m not like other girls” thing, but I mean… That’s kind of the idea of kitsch, isn’t it? Be a little different but also the very same as your lipgloss brethren?!Side note. If you make monthly playlists I am genuinely kind of afraid of you. That is just so organized!! I just make playlists with esoteric titles and then make a new one when I’m sick of the stuff on the last. I have exhausted most genres but I think my favorite is the “I’m wearing f****ng air forces and my teeth are SO white”. Guess what genre it is. Or don’t, but it’s probably what you think is. Okay, moving on….

Curating a scent

I like thinking I smell like mango and peach, Glossier you, whatever citrus is in that Lush shower jelly and mint 5Gum. But of course it is probably less distinct and just kind of generally fruit-floral-mint. Anyway. I think Glossier You is the perfect scent for anyone with a rather elementary understanding of the whole.. Perfume business. Every bottle of intentional fragrance I own was made via aesthetic choices… it really helps that Glossier You is so cute And so universal. Now, Glossier is kind of interesting to me because it really is at the intersection of cheugy and kitsch. Kind of basic, overplayed, unspectacular. But also…. Often popular things are popular because they are good. Glossier has excellent customer suurv, they ship SO fast (and no import duties! W!) and their stuff is just so sweet and nice if not unoriginal, in kind of the same way strawberry ice cream is. Which is still my favorite, of course, especially if there’s a vegan option. I was talking about Glossier. What the hell! It’s really worth trying out. A huge principle of kitsch is just… having as many possible layers and appendages to your composure as possible. And adding a signature scent just really completes that! When curating your own, I say this as a complete amateur, know-nothing; make it something that comes kind of naturally to Your Character. Like, I’m just not a Chanel No 5 kind of girl. Odds are you aren’t either. My bottle (before she asked for it back when I told her I didn’t use it, in exchange for a Nordstrom’s gift card) was from my grandmother. Ummm.. Yeah, I really have no expertise in curating a scent. But it is nice to have a signature. And having a bottle displayed on your dresser next to your aughties McDonald milkshake themed beanie baby and a handful of lip products is just way too fun! This is the kind of girl I am, everyone! Cluttered, but prioritizing pretty-delicate things!

Cheugyism

Cheugy is a relatively new word that has unfortunately wormed into my vocabulary to replace “uncouth”. Which I use to mean graceless or tacky, but if that isn’t what it means…. Don’t tell me. That would hurt more than weighing myself after a “feast” slash pastry binge at my dear Grandmothe’s house. Like I was saying. Cheugy. It’s sort of a fucked up concept to me because it is a critique on consumption, but not the pace or volume or magnitude of it. But rather… the idea of not being “good” enough at engaging in microtrends, or involvement in the fast paced fashion cycle. Don’t get me started on TikTok, or do, but… yeah,. No. That will require a cigarette because I’m so sorry, but writing a thinkpiece on social media is so lowbrow I would need to find about six ways to aesthetically counteract it…. Moving on.  I think the idea of cheugy is good, we really do need a word to simply and efficiently define “out of date/uninspired/lame”. But the way it is used to shame others for not liking the same trends or whatever is kind of gross. If you use cheugyism to put other people down and not as a neutral identifier umm… you will become what you fear. Sorry, that’s what happens. Some things that I think are cheugy or embarrassing, or just not part of my stylistic lexicon are… 1. Hooded or zip up clothing, or things with a large graphic on the back. Bingo if it's all three! I just can’t get behind it. Side note, my summer home outfit is brandy sweats and a tube top (Urban Outfitters tank I ripped the straps off) and a large cardigan that should have belonged to a stoner, but probably didn’t. I can dunk on bulky, uninspired clothes because I would honest to God NEVER be caught DEAD out of the house wearing any of it. I’m so serious. Next segment should be about the kitsch girl’s inadvertent affinity for diuretics. Remind me….. One of the ports of my laptop is dead. Not really sure what to do about that.

Eye makeup and what it means to me….

Personally, I am one of those people who never wears foundation and kind of has a complex about it. The kitsch girl wears fluffy eyelashes and owns a plethora of sparkly eyeliner. Or maybe she doesn’t, but she has something distinct and a little ritzy, if not haphazard. We all saw Euphoria and it like, totally imprinted on us. The way glitter sits on your face after a long day is so resplendent. When it’s shining and a little bit melted off from your long, semi-productive day… ugh! Just made for film. Pictures on film. But not the Prequel app. I keep getting fucking ads for it. But it’s so embarrassing. Like, isn’t the whole point of film the authenticity of the moment? The texture of the afternoon? Why would you fabricate that? Prequel is just so cheugy. More on that later. But anyhow. Wearing a ton of eye makeup kind of fits with the idea of film too I think. Like, look at you, in the moment. With your strip lash falling off! It’s all so tres-chic. Plus, for whatever reason, it’s kind of unique or notably dedicated to ~Pull up to the function~ with more eye makeup on than everyone else. Sorry, but it really doesn’t take that long! But yes I will gracefully accept your praise… it’s kind of like the dropshipping of complements if you think about it. Easy to source with little to no effort in the curating. Side note, lashes are like $20 for 40 weeks if you cut them in half and use each pair about 5 times. You could probably do more but I lose track. How the fuck is it almost June? I was trudging through the snow to check the mail for my Online Ceramics shirt just last week, I swear. The trick to cutting your lashes (the way I do it anyway) is pretty simple. Get out two lashes that are symmetrical. Find the middle and cut one slightly to the left and one slightly to the right. This means you have two sets (one set is a little more dramatic than the other but at least they are symmetrical) with longer outer edges. Glue this to the outer corner of your eye and you will look so Composed… obsessed with how this layers with three eyeliner tails (one traditional one pointing up and one pointing down directly below it, sort of like the tail light on a 2019 Lexus UX) and one below your eye, like a clown. Fun, irrelevant fact, is the first time I added this third tail to my eye makeup, my dad had just gotten home from the hospital because he was sure he had like appendicitis or something and it was actually.. Not that. Typical indie hypochondriac. He made me bring him cottage cheese on a plate with a teaspoon that evening. I put black pepper on it for flair, which he hated. Walking up and down stairs with a plate of cottage cheese is much more imprinting than most of the multiplication tables. Don’t forget to use a bright shimmer eyeshadow in your inner corner. It really opens up your eyes. I recommend Too Faced.  One time I got a little bit too high and tried to film an “editorial” makeup tutorial. You will never, ever, ever see that video. But I essentially covered my whole eyelid in the ABH shadow “palermo” and smudged out the edges with a tan Tartelette Toasted shade, coupled with my long-expired Milk Makeup holographic stick. Lopsided lashes and near-blinding eyeliner experience aside, it was kind of cool. My point is, you really cannot go wrong with an arsenal of shimmers, taupey mattes and a good eyeliner pen.

[aestheticallyunaesthetic17]

100 questions and answers

Who is your hero? Probably future me, i want to be able to grow up and be the better person that i hope they are, and the only way of knowing that is by making it happen.

If you could live anywhere, where would it be? New Zealand, Canada or USA. I lived in TX for 3 months and loved it there and I have family in NZ and Canada.

What is your biggest fear? Wasps, 100%. Not being stung but the way they look scares me.

What is your favorite family vacation? When we went to Krakow in Poland.

What would you change about yourself if you could? My skin color. I hate it so much.

What really makes you angry? People hating others or stopping others from being themselves.

What motivates you to work hard? To make future me happier than I am now.

What is your favorite thing about your career? I want to be in cabin crew, so probably the traveling.

What is your biggest complaint about your job? Being away from family.

What is your proudest accomplishment? Getting through the shit 2020 brought me without killing myself.

What is your child's proudest accomplishment? No kids rn.

What is your favorite book to read? Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

What makes you laugh the most? My boyfriend.

What was the last movie you went to? What did you think? Freaks. I was a bad movie, a little like the scary movies franchise. My friend was scared at parts which was super funny to watch

What did you want to be when you were small? An actor. Typical Leo ;)

What does your child want to be when he/she grows up? They can be anything they want to be.

If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be? Visit Edinburgh alone.

What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play? To watch, American Football. To play, archery.

Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car? Drive a car, it's peaceful and warm. I would blast music.

What would you sing at Karaoke night? no idea.

What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? Heart and Capital

Which would you rather do: wash dishes, mow the lawn, clean the bathroom, or vacuum the house? Dishes or vacuum.

If you could hire someone to help you, would it be with cleaning, cooking, or yard work? Yard work!!!

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Tandoori Prawn curry.

Who is your favorite author? Jacqueline Wilson or JK Rowling (only her books, not her)

Have you ever had a nickname? What is it? Just Em. But id like to be called Millie.

Do you like or dislike surprises? Why or why not? Depends on the surprise tbh, I like to plan a lot.

In the evening, would you rather play a game, visit a relative, watch a movie, or read? Watch a movie.

Would you rather vacation in Hawaii or Alaska, and why? Hawaii. I was meant to go this year but covid and leaving the US fucked it up.

Would you rather win the lottery or work at the perfect job? And why? Work the perfect job, id get bored sitting around all day.

Who would you want to be stranded with on a deserted island? my boyfriend.

If money was no object, what would you do all day? Travel and see the world.

If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to? 2012. To see my Nana again.

How would your friends describe you? Stupid.

What are your hobbies? Traveling, photography, music and shopping.

What is the best gift you have been given? Forgiveness from myself.

What is the worst gift you have received? Sixe XXL jacket when im an XS

Aside from necessities, what one thing could you not go a day without? My macbook.

List two pet peeves. - Breaking trust - Bad table manners

Where do you see yourself in five years? Hopefully working my dream job, maybe moved to a different country and traveling the world.

How many pairs of shoes do you own? too many, roughly 16

If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have? Invisibility or teleportation.

What would you do if you won the lottery? build my own house

What form of public transportation do you prefer? (air, boat, train, bus, car, etc.) Train, its so relaxing. Then planes.

What's your favorite zoo animal? Lions or tigers.

If you could go back in time to change one thing, what would it be? My time in America.

If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be? - My nana - my bf - Princess Diana - Obama

How many pillows do you sleep with? 4, two on each side.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? 26 hours, traveling to Texarkana from Edinburgh.

What's the tallest building you've been to the top in? Idk tbh

Would you rather trade intelligence for looks or looks for intelligence? looks for intelligence because then you can earn enough for plastic surgery.

How often do you buy clothes? 1/2 a month

Have you ever had a secret admirer? Idk I guess so.

What's your favorite holiday? Summer vacation Christmas for an actual holiday

What's the most daring thing you've ever done? Moved half way across the world and lived with strangers.

What was the last thing you recorded on TV? Nothing

What was the last book you read? 1984

What's your favorite type of foreign food? Indian

Are you a clean or messy person? Both, but relatively clean

Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life? Millie Bobbie Brown probably

How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? 1 hour

What kitchen appliance do you use every day? Kettle

What's your favorite fast food chain? Chick fil A (i know, i cant buy it now tho)

What's your favorite family recipe? Nana's bacon and egg pie

Do you love or hate rollercoasters? LOVE

What's your favorite family tradition? Opening gifts on Christmas Eve

What is your favorite childhood memory? I dunno really, Ive forgotten a lot of my childhood.

What's your favorite movie? Ferris Bueller's Day Off or Beautiful Boy

How old were you when you learned Santa wasn't real? How did you find out? Probably 7/8 but I dont remember.

Is your glass half full or half empty? Half empty.

What's the craziest thing you’ve done in the name of love? Said i'd come back one day.

What three items would you take with you on a deserted island? A boat and food. Yes i am that person.

What was your favorite subject in school? Scottish school, geography. US school, government.

What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten? Haggis

Do you collect anything? Foreign coins

Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion? Skinny jeans, my ass looks gooood in them

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? introvert that likes being sociable

Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest? hearing

Have you ever had a surprise party? (that was an actual surprise) nope

Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous? my dad is well know in the whisky business. Has his own prime tv show

What do you do to keep fit? Walk a lot and swim.

Does your family have a “motto” – spoken or unspoken? nope

If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? everyone is equal.

Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? Scottish School, my geo teacher. US school, my english teacher.

What three things do you think of the most each day? My bf, my mum and America

If you had a warning label, what would yours say? Sad, angry and anxious

What song would you say best sums you up? 17 again

What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee? Timothee Chalamet or Tom Holland

Who was your first crush? a boy called Finlay who i rode the bus with

What's the most interesting thing you can see out of your office or kitchen window? sheep or cows very often

On a scale of 1-10 how funny would you say you are? 5

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? kids, married, settled down and happy. moved countries 100%

What was your first job? never had one

If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join? 5sos

How many languages do you speak? 1 - english

What is your favorite family holiday tradition? opening gifts on Christmas Eve

Who is the most intelligent person you know? my mum

If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which one would it be? a cat probably or a tiger

What is one thing you will never do again? trust people fully

Who knows you the best? my bf.

[dragonofdarknesschaos]

I've been thinking (because I'm quarantined and bored, sorry )..how it could be possible for Jack to form a good friendship? ...I mean even if a person shows affection, good intentions or a real interest on his stuff... the chance of Jack's betrayal is still there. I don't know I'm wondering ..if he can have a healthy friendship.

*cackles*  Jack Spicer, as he is in XS, is not capable of forming a stable and healthy relationship, despite the fact that he desperately wants and needs one.  And if that ain’t the tragedy of the whole series.

The Jack of Showdown

Just when Jack finally starts to actually warm up and be open and honest about his feelings with others, he either gets grossly mistreated (“The Deep Freeze,” “The Apprentice”) or is presented with the choice of being loved and accepted, despite who he is and what he’s done, or giving in to his baser instincts and double crossing his new would-be friends to get praised by someone who could not care less about him (“The Apprentice”).  It’s difficult to tell if Jack feels he doesn’t deserve to be happy for some deep and personal reason, or if he’s so focused on being seen as EVIL™ and not good; that he believes he must take any and all opportunities to prove his evil worth.  Whatever the reason, the Jack in XS would need someone that will stick by his side no matter what decisions he makes, or what actions he takes to push that person away.  Someone who unconditionally supports him and wants to be by his side.  The problem is, that’s more of a pet and has the potential to become quite toxic.

The Jack of Chronicles

As for the Jack of XC, he has some boundaries, and he’s not quite as ruthless.  He knows he’s kind of a loser, but he still really wants a girlfriend to help boost his sense of masculine ego.  But more importantly, he just wants a friend, to the point that he was willing to pay people to hang out with him (just like in XS “Something Jermaine,” “Judging Omi” and XC’s “Magic Stallion and the Wild Wild West,” “Buddy Blue Ray and the Golden Bunnies,” and “Heal Me”).

Jack enjoys Wuya’s company, but she gets frustrated with his lack of action in favor of building capital or just having fun (the Golden Toilet arc, “Super Cow Patty,” “Tokyo Madness,” and “Omi Saves the Holidays” among many others).  Jack seems to have moved out of his parent’s basement, and is now in his own warehouse/factory, so he’s really trying to focus on starting up his Evil Business idea and often refers to himself as an “evil entrepreneur” throughout the series.  While Wuya appreciates the “go get ‘em” spirit, she still feels that Jack isn’t doing enough to help her, which is the whole reason they teamed up in the first place.  Because of her nagging attitude and matriarchal approach to the relationship, Jack often feels smothered and refuses to act.  However, he still has boundaries and refuses to do certain things if they are not in his interests as well (“Back in the Flesh Again”).

Jack and Shadow

With Wuya as Jack’s pseudo-mother, he needs a datemate to call his own.  Gone is his curiosity in Kimiko (though he does seem to think she’s still cool), but if it’s any other girl, he will do his best to impress her.

Case in point Willow--who he tried to ask on a date if he won the Showdown Trio in “The Fall of Xiaolin.”  She strongly states that she isn’t interested in him in the least, and because the two never see each other again, I would assume Jack dropped the pursuit.

Shadow on the other hand, he likely sees a lot of himself in her.  They’re both evil, admire Chase, they seem about the same age, and... that’s about where the similarities end.  Shadow’s actions say that she is repulsed by Jack, but she never pushes him away, and even praises his “doo-hickies” (“The Laws of Nature,” “Rocco”).  With the use of camera drones, Jack witnessed a lot of the private behavior and abuse between Chase and Shadow, and even some of the abuse in person ( “Tigress Woo,” “Rocco”).  Even the cold open of “Who Shrunk Master Fung?” features Jack being very careful not to harm a strange bird, who is later revealed to be Shadow.  Case in point, the Jack of XC has a streak of kindness in him, and it is unclear if Shadow sees that and resents Jack for having it, or if she admires that aspect of him.  Regardless, after the events of “The Laws of Nature,” where Jack effectively double crosses Chase (and her by extension), Shadow likely made the choice to never trust Jack completely.  She double crosses him at the end of their wonderful team up in “Back in the Flesh Again.”  And Jack doesn’t even get upset or angry about the loss and betrayal.  He’s even more smitten and tries to brag to Omi and Ping Pong before realizing they aren’t into it and flies off.

Overall Jack and Shadow have feasible grounds for a relationship--even a romantic one--if they could both create some honesty and trust between each other, but neither is willing to do that, despite Jack’s over sharing (literally every time he opens his mouth around Chase).  For further reading on Jack’s relationship with Shadow and Chase, check out this post.

Jack doesn’t interact with Tigress, Kimiko’s older sister, much, but he does bother to keep tabs on her and warns Kimiko about her sister’s more nefarious activities (“Tigress Woo”).  It’s unclear if he did this in an effort to get closer to the Monks as a friend, or if he was stalking Tigress because he was attracted to her.  In either case, Tigress is never seen again or mentioned by Jack.

Jack’s Other Interests

There are a handful of episodes in XC that revolve around Jack seeing or meeting another evil-doer and fixating on them, often trying to model himself after them in some fashion.  He does this with PandaBubba to a lesser extent in “Magic Stallion and the Wild Wild West,” then goes full blown fan for Super Cow Patty (in his self-titled episode) and later Le Mime in the same episode, making fan videos and full costumes with personas for both his fixations.  In both instances with the truly evil characters (PB and Le Mime), Jack was looking for a sense of acceptance by an Evil Businessman and entrepreneurial peer, and a sense of belonging to a larger community with Le Mime and his henchmen.  That desire for belonging to a larger community is reiterated earlier in the series with “Heal Me” and Reverse!Jack’s cult.

However, when presented with an actual fan of his, Tiny Sim, Jack is actually somewhat reluctant to have the fan tag along with him.  And maybe that was for the best, as Jack soon discovers that the fan he inspired to become Evil is actually a lot better at it than he, himself, is (“Drawn to be Evil”).  In retaliation, Jack confines the fan to being just a creative idea intern.  Jack is essentially taking credit for all of Tiny Sim’s ideas, and not paying the kid a thing.  Sim, either because he’s doing what his idol taught, or because he feels cheated, makes it a priority to take a Wu or two when he can out of Jack’s stash (“Mark of the Dragon Spirit”).  Sadly, the series ended before the relationship between these two could be further developed.  It wouldn’t have been healthy, but at least it would have been something.

Another important note, Jack does make the clear distinction in both series that the gallery of sellswords he pays to be around him are only in it as long as there’s money for them to be had.  They are not his friends, they will never be his true friends, they’re just people he pays until the money runs out (“Something Jermaine,” “Judging Omi”).  So Katnappe, Tubbimura, Cyclops (after their initial debut), and to a lesser extent Vlad will never truly be Jack’s friends.  Vlad does make a return in XS’s “The Demon Seed” to try and cheer Jack up (not that he’s very good at it), but he doesn’t seem to want anything from Jack other than to do evil things and pal around.  This is a bit of a departure from their first encounter where Jack was presumably paying Vlad to be his hired muscle and inside man (“The Deep Freeze”).

Jack’s Robots

Jack’s relationship with his various Jackbots and other robots is an interesting one.  It’s possible that he created them out of a sick sense of wanting to have friends that he could control, but it comes back more to how the bots are presented in both series.

The Jackbots of XS seem to have a hive mind of sorts, as they will blindly (and sometimes literally) follow their master’s commands.  Those that fall are replaced as if nothing happened to the fallen Jackbot; their numbers are legion.  The bots are later programmed with emotions and feel sadness, but not fear.  This is interesting, because Jack is shown having temper tantrums from time to time, but he doesn’t break things, only tosses them around (“The Journey of A Thousand Miles”).

Jack’s relationship with the more “custom” humanoid robots is split into a binary.  On the one side are the bots that went rogue and have tried to annihilate him or simply want nothing to do with him: Chameleon Bot, Robo!Jack, and the patent-pending Shen Gong Wu Detect-o-bot.  On the other side are the bots he grew very attached to: Yesbot, his Cheerbot squad, and the Shen Gong Wu Detect-o-bot before it went rogue.  Both Yes~ and Detect-o~ allow Jack to be more of a child, as he is depicted being held like a scared child with both of them (if I remember correctly.  “Oil in the Family,” “The Demon Seed”).  He treats them like the parent he doesn’t have around.  The Cheerbots are his hott Barbie dolls that he gets to dress up and maintain.  He doesn’t go much farther than projecting personalities and life problems onto them.  Eventually they are absorbed into the Jackbot hive.

Remember how Jackbots don’t show or know fear in XS?  XC opens with Jack having a tantrum, and many of his various designs of bot run away from him.  Jack is left cornering Chefbot, who has darts sticking out of his chef’s hat.  Rather peculiar for robots to be afraid of their master, especially since they are meant to be hoards of drones.  As Chefbot is developed as a character, Jack comes to respect his creation more, but Chefbot says he has no interest in hanging around someone like Jack; he wants to go places and be a real chef!  He can’t do that if he’s making paltry snacks for Jack.  Chefbot’s last appearance in the series is on a cooking show (either on TV or YouLook) making pizza, while Jack follows along from his RV.  Jack seems quite relaxed and at ease, even using the Banyan Twister Shen Gong Wu to stretch his body and the pizza dough.  It is never stated, but perhaps Jack is proud of his creation accomplishing it’s dream.

Thank You for Being a Friend

In conclusion, the Jack of XS is incapable of having a healthy friendship with anyone, either because he thinks he doesn’t deserve it or because he really is just a terrible person and pushes everyone away.  He would need someone to stand by and support him no matter what he does and no matter how horribly he treats that person.  Such a relationship has the potential to become toxic if boundaries are not set and if Jack doesn’t grow as a person.

The Jack of XC is desperate for a single friend, but 98% of the cast sees him as a pathetic loser, and not worth a second of their time.  Those that do see value in Jack’s companionship have all been hurt by Jack’s betrayal and lack of trust, or have betrayed Jack, because they have no trust in him (often from a previous encounter).  For this Jack to form a stable friendship, he needs someone who he can talk to honestly, openly, and not be judged for his feelings, and he seems to want someone who talks the same way to him.  He’s ready for a relationship, he just doesn’t have the rapport or trust built up with anyone.

TL;DR

Jack lacks basic trust in all his relationships.  He would need someone he can constantly count on, while also setting healthy and reasonable boundaries with that person.  If honesty and trust--ABSOLUTE TRUST--is there, Jack can have a friend, maybe even something more.

[spudmcloughlin]

list of egopocalypse 2020 events

this post is just to document all the fuckery/suspeeshy shit that’s happened so far this year. some of it is actual stuff, some of it is theory, some of it is probably nothing. it’s all here! more significant things will be bolded.

i’ve also got a playlist of all the videos that will be linked in this post. everything will be under the cut because as the year progresses, i will add stuff and reblog every time it’s updated and i don’t want to spam a long post on people’s dashes. updates will be posted below, above the cut. toodles!

posted feb 3, 2020

EDITED FEB 8, 2020

1/2/20: Having A Heart Attack | 3 Scary Games

29:45 and 29:51 - messages from Anti: “Not long now” and “He’s coming”, accompanied by sound glitches. Each text box has a capital A in the upper left corner.

1/16/20: These Scares Almost Killed Me | 3 Scary Games

Title changes

Uploaded: What Happened To Jacksepticeye... | 3 Scary Games

Changed to: These Scares Almost Killed Me | 3 Scary Games

Date changed: unknown

15:35 - fucked up transition: creepy deep voice followed by VHS style glitch

31:34 - chair moves on its own

38:43 - tall dark figure in the background as Sean says “I feel like something’s watching me”

47:07 - facecam cuts to Sean banging his head against the whiteboard with a VHS style static filter

47:36 - facecam cuts to static; for about half a second, Sean can be seen slumped over in the chair with what appears to be a bullet wound in the side of his head

47:41 - the tall dark figure from before can be seen in the same place in the background; Sean is not there. This lasts exactly 10 frames (1/6 second).

47:47 - the tall dark figure appears closer to the camera for exactly 5 frames (1/12 second).

I believe it was also this video where people claimed to see Marvin’s mask in the static at the end. I could not see it but please feel free to provide screenshots and information!

1/20/20: The World’s WORST Super Hero

Thumbnail is clearly a Jackieboy Man reference; title is possibly Anti mocking JBM

4:22 - some speculate he almost said “Jackieboy is here” but stopped himself

9:01 - possible Jackieboy mention: “...just call up good ol’ Jackaboy”

1/28/20: it gets SO much worse | GTFO - Part 4

New title pattern: instead of changes, important/suspeeshy titles are now in all lowercase except for one or two words

1/30/20: we are ALL gonna die | GTFO - Part 5

Follows new title pattern

Suspicious thumbnail - Sean’s face pasted on top of a body in a casket with black Xs drawn over his closed eyes

2/1/20: too high... TOO HIGH | Journey To The Savage Planet - Part 3

Follows new title pattern - possible Jackieboy Man reference/conversation with another ego

2/1/20: The Zombie Apocalypse Has Begun...

Thumbnail contains light flare effect present in previous egopocalypse/mayhem events

Description contains possible Jackieboy Man reference: “The zombie apocalypse has begun and only one man has the power to stop it! Of course that man is not me, I have no idea where that guy is but I'm here nonetheless.”

2/2/20: They’re Drinking CHUNKY MILK | Jacksepticeyes Funniest Home Videos

2:03 and 3:14 - VHS static effects; similar to “What Happened To Jacksepticeye...”

2/6/20: Burn It With Fire!

17:05 - allusion to Anti: “He complained that the holes would never close, little did he know they would come in great handy for playing of a certain ego later on”

2/8/20: My Sleep Paralysis Demon | 3 Scary Games

Thumbnail shows Sean with blacked out eyes; Anti’s eyes frequently turn black

37:42 - Sean says “More spooks are yet to come”

Description change

Original: “What happened to Jacksepticeye? He played 3 scary games and was never seen again. Was it the jumpscares that got him or the weird creepy stories one tells in the dark. He was last seen before the riverside incident on the night shift.”

Identical to “What Happened To Jacksepticeye...”

Changed: “Have you ever had sleep paralysis? Well I have and it's awful. Let me take you on a trip through what that's like and make you terrified to never sleep ever again!”

2/8/20: Gentlemen, Yes Quite! | GTFO - Part 6

Thumbnail contains lots of light flare effect present in previous egopocalypse/mayhem events

Thumbnail looks similar to Jameson Jackson’s style

[siprotech-blog1]

Best gaming phones 2020

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Razer Phone 2 best gaming telephone 2020

1. THE BEST GAMING PHONE FOR MOST PEOPLE: RAZER PHONE 2

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Weight: TBCDimensions: 158.5 x 79 x 8.5mmOS: Android 8.1Screen size: 5.7 inchesResolution: 1440 x 2560 pixelsCPU: Snapdragon 845RAM: 8GBStorage: 64GBBattery: 4000mAhRear camera: 12MP f/1.8 + 12MP f/2.6Front camera: 8MP f/2.0

Motivations TO BUY

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Razer absolutely recognizes what it's doing with regards to gaming, and it's lined up the great Razer Phone with the considerably more amazing Razer Phone 2. The screen is more splendid, the speakers are stronger, and there's more force in the engine to push those casing rates on the most requesting games that the Android stage has to bring to the table.

With a goal of 1,440 x 2,560 pixels, the 5.7-inch show is super-sharp at 513 pixels-per-inch – and with a 120Hz invigorate rate, you shouldn't miss any of the activity. In addition, an improved cooling framework inside the undercarriage implies the Snapdragon 845 processor and 8GB of RAM can truly get the chance to work without overheating turning into an issue on the telephone.

Perhaps the improved IP67 water obstruction and double focal point 12MP+12MP back confronting camera won't be of as much worry to gamers, yet they mean the Razer Phone 2 is additionally going to work admirably with regards to being a typical cell phone as well. Worked for gamers, by the gaming specialists, this is the best gaming telephone full stop for most clients out there.

the best gaming telephone Asus ROG Phone II

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2. THE BEST PREMIUM GAMING PHONE: ASUS ROG PHONE II

The best gaming telephone for insane very good quality execution

Particulars

Weight: 240 gDimensions: 171 x 77.6 x 9.5 mmOS: Android 9Screen size: 6.59 inchesResolution: 1,080 x 2,340 pixelsCPU: Snapdragon 855 PlusRAM: 8GB/12GBStorage: 128GB/256GB/512GB/1TBBattery: 6,000 mAhRear camera: 48MP f/1.8 wide + 13MP f/2.4 ultrawideFront camera: 24MP f/2.2

Motivations TO BUY

+Dedicated interactivity catches

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There's no uncertainty that the Asus ROG workstations are the absolute best in the business for gamers, so shouldn't something be said about the comparatively marked cell phones? Once more, we need to offer Asus two go-ahead for what it's figured out how to do here – it packs in some incredible specs, and tosses in a lot of additional items planned explicitly to speak to gamers.

Take the tweaked on the off chance that cooling arrangement, for instance, so you can capitalize on the Snapdragon 855 Plus processor and 12GB of RAM (the devoted X Mode in the telephone programming should help here as well), or the way that the charging and sound ports are on the gadget so you can without much of a stretch hold it in scene mode. At that point there's the serious, super responsive AirTrigger sensors on the finishes of the telephone to make it simpler to control the in-game activity.

It's completely finished off with a 6.59-inch screen running at an invigorate pace of 120Hz, so games are going to look their closest to perfect as well. With this force stuffed into the case and an incredible 6,000mAh battery, the telephone is obviously not the slimmest or lightest available , yet in the event that you are very brave to do it's without a doubt outstanding amongst other gaming telephones of 2020.

Xiaomi Black Shark 3 best gaming telephones 2020

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3. BEST BUDGET GAMING PHONE: XIAOMI BLACK SHARK 3

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Weight: 222 gDimensions: 168.7 x 77.3 x 10.4 mmOS: Android 10Screen size: 6.67 inchesResolution: 1080 x 2400 pixelsCPU: Snapdragon 865RAM: 8GB/12GBStorage: 128GB/256GB/512GBBattery: 4720 mAhRear camera: 64MP f/1.8 wide + 13MP f/2.3 ultrawide + 5MP f/2.2 depthFront camera: 20MP f/2.2

Motivations TO BUY

+Aggressive, strong structure

+Huge, lively screen

+Some perfect frill

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The most recent handset in Xiaomi's Black Shark gaming line is similarly as noteworthy as the initial two: it's pressed with force and usefulness, just as a large group of highlights that are going to interest individuals needing a predominant convenient gaming experience. It's difficult to pick a flaw in anything the Black Shark 3 proposals from a gaming point of view (and there's the Pro form as well on the off chance that you need a greater screen).

It is anything but a spending telephone, yet at a beginning cost of somewhat over £500 in the UK, this is truly reasonable thinking about what you get for your cash – including a top-end Snapdragon 865 processor and a serious cooling framework. The 4720 mAh battery gives you a lot of time between charges too, in any event, when there are broadened gaming meetings included.

With a liberal 6.67-inch show and a lot of RAM, just as some striking ergonomics, this is without a doubt outstanding amongst other gaming telephones right now. We additionally like the official embellishments on offer, remembering the clasp for charger that lets you continue playing while you're squeezing up the handset, and the different gamepad that makes it simpler to control games without contacting the screen.

Best gaming telephones OnePlus 7 ace

(Picture credit: OnePlus)

4. ONEPLUS 7 PRO

An amazing, incredible handset that is especially useful for gamers

Determinations

Weight: 206gDimensions: 162.6 x 75.9 x 8.8mmOS: Android 9.0Screen size: 6.67 inchesResolution: 1440 x 3120 pixelsCPU: Snapdragon 855RAM: 6GB/8GB/12GBStorage: 128GB/256GBBattery: 4000mAhRear camera: 48MP f/1.6 + 8MP f/2.4 + 16MP f/2.2Front camera: 16MP f/2.0

Motivations TO BUY

+Plenty of intensity in the engine

+Gorgeous indent free showcase

+OxygenOS is rapidly improving

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The OnePlus 7 Pro likewise stands apart because of its 90 Hz show revive rate (for staying aware of your preferred first-individual shooters), just as a redesigned Gaming Mode to upgrade the image quality and to improve haptic input. The Gaming Mode can likewise square calls and warnings while you're playing.

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5. APPLE IPHONE 11

The best gaming telephone for Apple fans

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CNN headlines, according to a neural net

The world is a chaotic and confusing place. Could advanced artificial intelligence help us make sense of it? Well, possibly, except that today’s “artificial intelligences” are not exactly what you’d call sophisticated. With a couple of hundred virtual neurons (as opposed to 16 billion neurons in the human brain), the neural networks I work with can only do limited, narrow tasks. Can they digest a list of CNN headlines and predict plausible new headlines based on what they’ve seen? No, but it’s fun to watch them try.

Thanks to Rachel Metz and Heather Kelly of CNN Business, I had a list of 8,438 headlines that have appeared on CNN Business over the past year. And thanks to Max Woolf’s textgenrnn, I had an algorithm that could learn to imitate them. In most of my previous experiments I’ve let neural networks try to build words and phrases letter by letter, because I like the strange made-up words like “indescribbening” and “Anthlographychology”. But to give the neural net a better chance of making the headlines grammatical, I decided to have it use words as building blocks. It could skip learning to spell “panther” and “cryptocurrency” and focus on structure. It helped. Sort of.

Early on in the training, it kept generating headlines that were completely blank. This was either a very nihilistic view of world affairs, or its calculation that a space was the most likely (occasionally a headline would just be: “The”). If I told it to be very very daring, then it would finally use words other than “The” in the headlines, generating things like:

Instagram of Suddenly Its iPhone Look it Facebook Wind 11 Fake Tesla My People Million do Regret Supermarket Disney New Label Signature Company: Why Cordray to the SpaceX Coal Administration Africa Jared Internet Big the Talks to Pizza Videos

(I added the capitalization). After much more training (about 30 min total on a fast GPU), it grew confident enough to use actual words more often. It had learned something about business as well.

Why the Stock Market is Trying to Get a Lot of Money The US China Trade War is so Middle Class Bank of the Stock Market is Now Now the Biggest Ever The Best Way to Avoid Your Money How Much You Need to Know About the New York City How to Make a New Tax Law for Your Boss The Stock Market Market is the Most Powerful Money Goldman Sachs is a New Super Bowl Facebook is Buying a Big Big Deal Why Apps in the Country 5 Ways to Trump on Chipotle Industry is the Random Wedding Premarket Stocks Surge on Report of Philadelphia Starbucks Starbucks Starbucks

One curious pattern that emerged: companies behaving badly.

Walmart Grilled With a New Leader in Murder Tech Coca-Cola is Scanning Your Messages for Big Chinese Tech Amazon Wants to Make Money Broadcasting from Your Phone Should I Pay My Workers Amazon is Recalling 1 Trillion Jobs

My favorite headlines, though, were the most surreal.

Star Wars Episode IX Has New Lime Blazer Mister Rogers in Washington Black Panther Crushes the iPhone XS and XS Max Max How to Build a Flying Car Car You Make Doom Stocks The Fly Species Came Back to Life India Gets a Bad Mocktail Non Alcoholic Spirit How to Buy a Nightmare

I talk a bit more about AI and creativity in this CNN article.

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Cupid’s classic play conspiracy

Premise: At this time Winter and Qrow have quarrelled for months at every opportunity before busloads of witnesses, they are thoroughly busted before everyone except themselves. 

Salem’s attack on Vacuo was stopped just barely in the last moment at the cost of many casualties. To bolster troop morale before going into the villain’s territory a week of rest and recreation was decided. The camp was set up on a desolate plain in the vicinity of an ancient amphitheatre which had served as a makeshift fortress during the Grimm attack.

A council was elected to organize the recreation activities. After the council’s session the members were presenting their results in the damaged theatre. Winter professionally approving of this strategy sat in the audience composed of battled huntsmen and huntresses.

The council’s spokesperson proclaimed “We will stage “Much ado about nothing”, the cast will be decided by lot. Obviously there are not enough roles in the play, so there will also be tasks for stage setting, costume preparation and other supportive work in the lot. If you are lucky, you will be just audience and enjoy other people’s effort. After the lots have been prepared we will start immediately with the draw”

Winter dug into her classic education. It was a romance comedy with a silly subplot about two people Beatrice and Benedick who constantly quarrelled not noticing that they were in love - absurd, but seemingly appropriate for cheering up and distracting young warriors.

Later a comittee member with Weiss in tow showed up at Winter’s ship with a wicker basket filled with an enormous amount of lots. “Draw” the comittee member mocked. Fully expecting an “audience” lot, because it was the most numerous Winter obliged, picked and opened her lot, actually a folded piece of paper. “Benedick” She would have to memorize a considerable amount of text, and obviously she was in the silly, absurd subplot. But duty demanded that she did her best to restore troop morale after such horrendous losses. Her sister immediately broke out into laughter: “I am in the costume party, I will make sure you get an awesome beard to start with and then some”.

Being now part of the cast, Winter took a look at the roster after it was pinned on posts which were erected throughout the camp. She did not get farther than the first line

Beatrice: Qrow Branwen

Within an instant she found herself trying to trade assignments with her sister. However her sister bounced her off, and even started lecturing: “The point about the lots is exactly that you cannot pick, trading would obviously ruin part of the fun. Furthermore, you are not afraid of a little crossdressing aren’t you? Besides you had stellar grades in infiltration (Winter had never shown her grades, because of classified, but she had stellar grades in every subject) some impersonation should be no problem for you.”

Although Winter desperately wanted to get rid of her role, she had a feeling that extensive efforts in trading it off would draw in absolutely undesired attention, so she decided to stay quiet and surrendered herself to this fate bestowed on her. With inexplicable creeping nervousness she started memorizing her part.

After several days of preparation the great day of performing had finally arrived ...

The first act started and Beatrice (Qrow, wearing a blonde wig with a distinct list and a voluminous, colourful dress emanating the decadence of a bygone era as far as that goes based on a hodgepodge of sewn-together leftover textiles) was waiting for the party containing Benedick (Winter) to arrive. Beatrice started a barrage of insults against the yet absent Benedick. As expected by everyone Qrow delivered a lively performance and the audience started laughing.

Then the party arrived having disembarked at harbour and moved to the house of Beatrice’s uncle. Weiss had not promised too much, Winter’s beard was awesome though more in length than in density. She was also decked out with helmet and breastplate of the finest aluminium foil and a trusty wood sword. To relieve her tension Winter as Benedick went all in and let fly her scripted verbal counterfire, she actually had not to act that much. The audience jeered them on enthusiastically. Emboldened Winter decided to go through with the act, verbal exchanges, marriage ceremony and kiss. It was just a play after all, so nobody would get the wrong idea. Furthermore it was for the morale of the troops. Finally she would not be outdone by that idiot in the realm of impersonation and by extension infiltration.

After the play finished the cast received the applause of the audience, play pairs holding hands.

During the seventh curtain of roaring applause (mixed with laughter) from the audience Winter finally snapped and pounced at Qrow. Too many people were obviously having too much fun including and especially that idiot and even worse herself. The roar of laughter only increased in intensity. as they rolled back and forth across the floor of the stage with her screaming unintelligible abuse, shedding wig and foil helmet left and right. The wrestling extra was abruptly ended by the two contestants missing to reverse at the edge of the stage and falling out of view behind it. Winter’s fall was softened by three wicker baskets then Qrow crashed on top of her. She found herself beneath Qrow lying in an empty basket with her arms in the other two, both her hands buried in - paper lots. She retrieved her left hand full of lots, when she crumpled them, some of them opened, reading: “Benedick”, “Benedick”, “Benedick”...  When she checked the content of her other hand, she already knew it: “Beatrice”, “Beatrice”, “Beatrice”. It was a conspiracy with a capital “C”.

Sobered, she freed herself from the equally astonished Qrow (simulated or real?) and went straight to her personal cabin in her ship not paying attention to anyone. She had a conspirator to expose. With professional, efficient movements, she prepared a piece of paper and arranged a table. First row: suspects, this row was filled in alphabetical order with people known to her. Second row: motive, people related to me in a sufficient way, to do something like that. She put an “X” in Ironwood’s row, then went on through the list until she reached Qrow, She hesitated thinking “What have I to do with him?” but then gave him an “X” anyway obviously because “This idiot is the prime suspect for pranks.” Near the bottom of the list another X was placed in the row of her sister Weiss while she already thought about the next item. Then she added a column for means, which was knowledge about classic plays. the conspiracy was organized around one. Blake got an “X”, but her first column was empty. Agitated, she moved on in anticipation of pinning the prime suspect, but when she arrived at Qrow’s row she could not imagine that moron to read a classic play in the original. And it was no modern comic adaptation the conspirator had used. Almost running out of suspects she arrived at her sister who as a daughter of a “noble” house had received the same kind of prestigious education as herself. That made her sister the only person with “Xs” in both columns. “YOU????” Winter exclaimed in disbelief. No need to go on to the fourth row for opportunity, the conspirator was unmasked.

Regaining her incredible self-control in an instant Winter ordered her treacherous sister to meet her at her ship. Weiss showed up after a suspiciously short time. Not wasting any precious time Winter immediately confronted her sister, shouing: “You rigged the lottery!” surprisingly she lost steam after this introduction and continued with a lame “... but why???”. Weiss grinned and retorted: “Because you have to bring your love live in order!”. Winter stepped back then froze for an instant, after recovering she moved in to slap Weiss who dodged leaving Winter defenseless for the split of a second. Weiss counterslapped her big sister “I knew that was coming. There are just two people you are treating like that. Me and HIM. I know you love me. Actually I should be jealous, because I only get slaps while you are going with sharp blades after him.” Standing like a midsize Grimm hit by Silver Eyes Winter had to endure a follow up backhand slap from Weiss. “That was just to drive my point home, I have to admit, I wanted to do that for a long time. Just needed a sufficient piece of advice to go with.”

Winter started pacing madly in the confined space of her ship ruminating about what to do with her sister’s revelation,

Thanks to everyone who made it this far. I hope that qunatity of letters was not all what was delivered in this 50th post. Sorry, that the tags give away the identity of cupid. Here again a link to the actual play Much ado about nothing. There is also a movie.

If inspired feel free to alter/expand as you please for your own fanfic, a lot of roles are unaccounted for.

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We’re excited to announce that Wen has decided to level up Olivia Smith-Parker from a mumu minor character to a main character! Please go through the checklist to make sure you’re ready to go and send in your account within the next 24 hours. 

OOC INFO

Name + pronouns: Wen, she/her Age: Pepperidge Farms Timezone: GMT+1 Ships: Olive/Chemistry Anti-Ships: Olive/Forced

IC INFO

Full Name: Olivia Jane Smith-Parker Face Claim: Daisy Ridley Age/Birthday: 26, September 8 Occupation: ASPCA vet Personality:  generous, sensitive, optimistic, stubborn, nurturing, idealist Hometown: Liverpool, England Bio:

Olivia Smith was born an old soul. That’s what her mum said when she first looked into Olive’s eyes, anyway. And her dad, who’s always been more of a realist, said all newborns do resemble Winston Churchill somewhat, but that didn’t mean their baby girl was really old, did it? Of course, he eventually realized just what his wife had been talking about.

Olivia was never really your typical carefree little girl. That’s not to say she wasn’t happy, because she very much was. She loved life. She seemed to be perpetually smiling, and her glass was always, always half full. She just happened to care about everything more than most kids her age did. She cared about really big things like war and hunger and the fact that people were suffering all over the world. She cared about slightly less big things like animals without homes and people in hospitals. She cared about everything she perceived as unfair right down to things as tiny as someone squashing a spider instead of just putting it outside. And she didn’t just care. She wanted to help.

Her allowance lasted exactly as long as it took her to run into someone begging in the street, or see a collection box for some cause or another. She gave bits of her lunch to the pigeons, the feral cats along the way to school, and even made sure to leave some crumbs out for the ants. She was horrified to find out where meat came from, and promptly became a vegetarian at the tender age of seven. And she stood up for those she thought couldn’t stand up for themselves. Which, as mentioned, included everyone from refugees in war-torn countries to ants her classmates carelessly stepped on. Her dad’s decision to send her to martial arts classes stemmed directly from her fear that her relentless “activism” would inevitably get her arse kicked at some point or another. It was very much a good call on his part.

The first big change in Olivia’s life came when she was thirteen and she lost her mum. It was an accident - nothing anyone could’ve seen coming or done anything to prevent. And old soul or not, thirteen was far too young to deal with the concept of random tragedy. There was no volunteer organization or charity fund or even research team that could’ve been supported so they’d find a way to fix something like that. You can’t stand up to dumb luck and shame it for being unfair. You can’t go out on the street and collect signatures to make stupid random accidents illegal. Faced for the first time in her life with an evil she could do absolutely nothing to fight, Olive chose to focus on what she could do instead. What didn’t make her feel useless. And that was doing what she did best: caring for others.

By the time she turned fourteen, Olive had become the person who kept their family running. Her dad was far too heartbroken himself to fight his younger daughter’s near-obsessive dedication to the family, and he was far more worried about Bea’s detachment from him than about whatever benign phase Olive seemed to be going through. Olive cooked and cleaned, made detailed shopping lists for her dad to follow, handled laundry and ironed shirts to perfection, and tried (and failed, she always suspected) to give her dad and sister all the love they were missing out on with her mum gone. And when Bea announced she was moving to the States for college? Well. Olivia more than supported her dad’s decision to follow her. Dumb luck might be able to tear her family apart, but a transatlantic move certainly could not.

Adapting to life in America was mostly easy for Olive. It was just herself and her dad now, and her life remained the same. She just had to take care of one less person now, with Bea away at college (which didn’t mean she didn’t send regular care packages to her sister, of course). Her own move to college was a little harder, mostly because she felt like she had to stay home and help her dad, but he made it clear her choices were college or moving out on her own. Having always been a brilliant student, Olivia didn’t have much trouble getting accepted at the college of her choice, and at eighteen, she finally moved into her dorm and found herself on her own for the first time in her life.

That didn’t last long.

Olive met Ben Parker her first week on campus, when she was walking home after an evening spent discussing the evils of capitalism and how to bring it down with one of the many student associations she’d joined in those seven days. Ben always said he knew she was the love of his life the second she looked at his brand new Hummer (his pride and joy, he said, and his secret weapon to get more girls than he knew what to do with) and asked him if he’d rather have a flier on capitalism or global warming. He chose both. And he biked to class the next day.

Olive could never pinpoint the moment she knew Ben was the love of her life, but she did. Soon. So soon, in fact, that they got engaged that first Christmas break. Everyone around them was more than a little horrified by the news: Olive’s dad thought she was far too young, Bea that she was positively insane for even considering marriage in the first place, and Ben’s parents that the heir to a Texan oil empire could do better than a vegetarian commie with an accent (their words, but she decided she wanted them on her headstone). The wedding was going to be in the Summer after her freshman year and his graduation, but they eloped during spring break, and they both hyphenated their last names. Which was the reason Ben found himself no longer the heir to a Texan oil empire. Not that Ben Smith-Parker and his acceptance letter to a Masters in Sustainable Architecture program cared too much about that.

Olivia’s second encounter with the cruelest version of dumb luck came that summer, a couple of weeks before the party they were going to throw in lieu of an actual wedding. It was once again an accident - nobody’s fault, no way to prevent it - and this time she lost Ben. Her usual coping mechanism failed her this time, since she had no one to take care of, and Olive spent the better part of a month trying in vain to find a reason to get out of bed each day. Eventually, she found it: if life was going to be a bully, she was going to deal with it like she did in her primary school years. She was going to stand up to it and fight.

Olivia decided right then and there to spend her life trying to make the world a better place. She went back to school that fall and joined even more associations, marched for even more worthy causes, handed out even more fliers and put in even more hours at her volunteer jobs. And it was one of those volunteer jobs that made her want to become a vet.

It’s been several years now, and Olive works at NYC’s ASPCA hospital. Her heart’s healed, she thinks - Ben will always be the love of her life, but that doesn’t mean she can’t ever love again. Maybe the Universe will make up for its past unfairness by letting her have two loves of her life. She’s open to it, at least, which is a big step. And until she finds that person? Well, she has her job, her many causes, and her sister to focus on.

Pets: Many or none, depending on how you define it. She’s a prolific foster pet parent, and there are never fewer than four dogs and/or cats in her and Bea’s apartment at any given time. She hasn’t adopted any of them (so far), though, so they aren’t technically hers.

Relationships:

Bea Smith: Olive’s older sister and the person she loves the most in the entire world. Although Olive’s always acted as the older sibling, and to this day she tends to be the one taking on the more adult role in their relationship, she admires her sister like only a younger sibling ever could. If you ask her, there’s nothing Bea can’t do, and the only reason she isn’t a star is that the world hasn’t discovered yet.

Rachel Berry: Rachel often volunteers with the animals at the shelter - she walks them and loves on them, and that automatically makes her one of Olive’s favorite people. She also has to admit, for someone who’s always been hopelessly low on the social hierarchy, having a drummer friend adds a coolness factor she’s not immune to.

Evie Miller: Olive and Evie met at ACup, but the second Evie found out about Olive’s work, visiting the shelter with Kay to make the less fortunate pups happy for a while became a near-weekly ritual. Olive considers Evie one of her best friends, and she may or may not feel something resembling a crush type situation for her, but she’s aware it’s very much one-sided, and has no intention to jeopardize their friendship for it.

Sam Evans: Sam loves cats, and Olive loves people who love cats. Especially ones who walk the walk and don’t just talk the talk - and Sam did just that when she convinced Quinn to adopt one of Olive’s littlest patients. Gertie’s well kitten visits are some of Olive’s favorite times at work.

EXTRA INFO

Twitter name/twitter URL/description: Olive S-P @oliveandletlive crocheto ergo sum.

Five latest tweets:

@oliveandletlive not to toot my own horn, but if there were pullitzers for the blurbs under adoptable pets’ names on shelter websites, i’d win #toottoot @oliveandletlive would adding an ‘xs’ tag to my friend’s home-crocheted willy warmer be in poor taste? #petite @oliveandletlive your oreos are great, america, but until you start selling jammie dodgers the uk’s biscuit aisles will always win. @oliveandletlive THERE IS A VERY TINY KITTEN IN MY SCRUBS’ POCKET @oliveandletlive update: her name is hortense and she needs a home that’s not my pocket. pass it on! she’ll be good to go in 3 more weeks.

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We all know Apple is an American company and enjoys making an outsized chunk of their revenue domestically. But Apple sells its products in many international markets and even has retail stores in 24 foreign countries. Some of those markets, like Japan, have access to Apple products at a price like the US. For example, an iPhone XS costs 112,800 yen in Japan, which is about 1,058 USD. And when you consider the country’s 8% sales tax is included in that price, it actually makes the iPhone XS about $20 cheaper than in the US. Although this fluctuates depending on the conversion rate. But not every country is lucky enough to pay comparable prices for Apple products. To buy the bottom model iPhone XS, you’d need to pay $1,235 in Mexico, $1,285 in India, $1,454 in Sweden, and $1,800 in Brazil. And these high prices have prompted customers to fly to the US just to buy a new iPhone. So why exactly are Apple products so expensive in these countries? Well, that’s exactly what we’re getting to determine today.

So one of the most important reasons why Apple products are so expensive overseas is due to taxes. And the perfect example of this is often the worth Added Tax or VAT, which exists in over 140 countries around the world. But despite its prevalence, it isn’t something that exists in the US. So let me explain how it works. In places just like the European Union, a VAT may be a consumption tax added to the worth of products and services. Products exported abroad aren’t typically subject to the worth Added Tax, but imported goods, like Apple products, are. And counting on the country, prices of those goods can increase up to 25%. And unlike the US, consumption taxes in most countries abroad are included during a product’s retail price. So when you notice the iPhone XS selling for $1,454 in Sweden compared to $1,000 in the US, that isn’t really a fair comparison, since US prices don’t include local sales tax. Now if you’re doing the math, you’ll find that iPhone prices in countries like Sweden still don’t add up. Because if their Value Added Tax is 25% on a $1,000 phone, they should be paying $1,250. But instead, the iPhone XS is priced about $200 higher. And that’s because taxes are simply a part of the complex equation companies like Apple use when calculating retail prices. Another factor to think about are any associated costs with importation. Things like import duties, shipping, insurance costs, and tariffs all contribute to cost inflation when selling products overseas. India is a great example of this. They've enacted something called the Foreign Direct Investment policy which punishes foreign companies who don’t source at least 30% of the components of their products from Indian suppliers. And since Apple doesn’t meet that standard, they’re restricted from opening retail stores within the country additionally to being hit with a 20% tariff. There’s also an 11.4% customs duty on imported products in addition to the Value Added Tax that we discussed earlier. And when you add all that up, it isn’t surprising that customers in India pay a 28% premium for products like the iPhone. Now Apple is taking steps to not only price their products more competitively in India but also to open their first mercantile establishment within the country. I’ll talk about that in more detail near the end of the video. Now you'll imagine import costs only being an element in foreign markets, but they will also affect customers within the US. Recently President Trump planned to implement a 10% tax on Chinese imports by September 1 which would affect tech companies like Apple. Now that deadline was pushed back to December 15th, but Tim Cook would really like to ascertain the tax eliminated altogether.

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In fact, he met with Trump in the week and apparently made a convincing argument since Trump told reporters, “Tim was lecture me about tariffs and ... he made an honest case ... that Samsung is their favorite competitor and Samsung isn't paying tariffs. I assumed he made a really compelling argument so I'm brooding about it." Now if the choice isn’t reversed and Apple has got to pay the ten tax, they’d need to make a decision: Increase prices within the US by 10%, or keep prices an equivalent and permit their profit margin to require a serious hit. Both of which are dangerous for the corporate. If Apple raises prices it might exacerbate the difficulty of slowing hardware sales, but if they permit their margins to fall 10%, it might severely damage their profit potential.

So counting on how this story plays out, US customers made soon be feeling the consequences of tariffs that foreign countries are handling for years. Something else which will contribute to high prices is legally binding consumer guarantees that exist in places just like the EU. for instance, once you buy an Apple product within the US, you receive a typical one-year limited warranty that covers faulty parts, product defects, or other conditions that the manufacturer is liable for. But the matter is companies are liberal to define their warranty terms as they see fit. That’s why only certain components could also be covered, otherwise, you may need to pay a fee to ship the merchandise back to the manufacturer. And that’s exactly why the EU established a consumer guarantee that gives customers far more protection than a typical warranty. Customers within the EU are entitled to a minimum two-year warranty in addition to the quality manufacturer’s warranty. And this adds quite a little bit of liability for companies like Apple who typically offset the danger by increasing the worth of their products. But when it involves foreign markets, a serious concern is that the volatility of every country’s currency. Just take the united kingdom for instance. When Brexit happened, there was a 19% drop in the worth of their currency compared to the dollar, which caught tons of companies off guard and caused them to quickly adjust their prices to stay pace with the UK’s currency fluctuation Apple understands which foreign markets are most vulnerable to this volatility and preemptively raises their prices. you'll see this clearly with South Africa. Notice how the worth of its currency has fluctuated over the past five years compared to the EU, Australia, and Mexico. which volatility may be a major reason why Apple inflates their product’s prices in South Africa beyond what’s typically seen in other foreign markets. But so as to really understand Apple’s pricing overseas, we've to think about the American market. Because consumer behavior within the US is often quite different than those in other regions, mainly because American society is extremely consumption-based. we have the foremost credit cards issued per capita within the world, with everyone charging a mean of $4,000 annually. Compare this to other countries just like the UK or France, which opt instead for Debit Cards and thus charge but $300 on their credit cards per annum. you'll see companies like Apple capitalizing on America’s “buy now, pay later” mindset by offering monthly payment plans for his or her products. and every one of these amounts to US customers buying a better volume of products more frequently, allowing Apple to charge but other countries which don’t have a comparable level of consumerism. 

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Now up to the present point, we’ve discussed pretty concrete reasons why Apple prices their products higher in some foreign countries. But there’s one last fibrinogen want to debate that’s less easy to prove with hard facts, which is the brand image. Apple is taken into account as a premium brand in countries like India where the typical smartphone asking price is $200. So when it involves the iPhone XS price of $1,285, it is sensible that only the rich class in India could afford them. And if Apple knows their product will only be accessible to the upper crust, why not charge the maximum amount as you can? It’s an approach taken by many luxury clothing brands, whose customers haven't any problem overspending on items that ultimately function as a standing symbol. And you'll find evidence of this when comparing the iPhone’s price to other flagship smartphones. for instance, the Galaxy S10 retails for $900 within the US and $935 in India. a rise of just $35. The LG V40 retails for $900 within the US and $700 in India. That’s a reduction of $200. And once you compare those prices to the iPhone’s $285 premium in India, it supports the thought that Apple is just extracting the maximum amount of revenue from customers in India as possible, since they know people with money with pay any price for his or her premium phones anyway. it might also add up then that iPhones have only captured about one-hundredth of India’s smartphone market, which may be a shame considering India’s sizable population. But Tim Cook has made it clear that Apple has an aggressive decision to grow their presence within the region and make India one of their biggest sources of revenue. It all started earlier this year when Foxconn began trial runs of iPhone production in India, setting the inspiration for Apple to at least one day manufacture their smartphones within the region and satisfy the 30% local sourcing rule. this is able to allow Apple to avoid India’s 20% tariff additionally to opening their own retail stores within the country for the very first time.

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In fact, Apple has already finalized an inventory of several locations within the country where they could build their store. But they're going a step further by saying they’d overhaul the company's relationship with independent retailers, and improve apps and services aimed more closely at Indians. So while Apple is understood for being a dear brand within the US, their products are typically even costlier abroad. Perhaps they will take measures like those in India to scale back their tax burden and drop prices, but it’s more likely that customers in foreign markets will need to continue biting the bullet and distribute the additional money for his or her favorite products.

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Meeting Minutes Action Items Research 

Competitors Continued 

PROCLAIM. 

Vision and Purpose – ‘Proclaim is an inclusive nude lingerie line made in Los Angeles from earth-conscious fabrics. We are founded on the principles that fashion should represent all women and can be made in a way that does good for people and the planet. Proclaim is expanding the definition of nude, one ethically made bra at a time’ (Proclaim, 2021).

Brand Identity – Proclaim focus all of their collections around a nude palette. throughout their website they also use simplistic to the point capital typography that is clear to read. They also pride themselves on being an ethical and sustainable brand.

Customer – Proclaims customer profile is all women, of all sizes, especially those who are conscious of the impact of fashion on the environment.

Price – Proclaim is a very affordable brand with the products in the picture above ranging between $30 and $60. This goes against the idea that all sustainable fashion has to be expensive and not affordable, which is the excuse used by many as to why they do not buy sustainably along with accessibility to it. Proclaim are not wholesale, this will have a big impact on why they are able to retail their products at such a low price. They also pay their workers by the hour and not by the piece which emphasises the responsibility of the brand. This is something that we would like to do for our brand looking forward as we would like to be a responsible and possible.

Product – Proclaim have a limited basic range of products with one style of bralette and two styles of briefs. These are all available in four shades of nude and their sizing is from S to 3XL. All of their products are made from earth conscious materials and they are a continuity brand, not seasonal.

Place – Proclaim is an online brand that carries out all of its work from Los Angeles where they have their headquarters as well as their factory.

Promotion – Proclaim offer free shipping with orders over $100 as well as free returns. The brand has had a lot of press promotion and has been included in the likes of ELLE, GLAMOUR and POPSUGAR.

Packaging – All of Proclaims orders are packaged with love, all of their mail bags are made in the USA and are 100% recycled, recyclable and reusable. Instead of using plastic label fasteners, Proclaim use label fasteners made from natural hemp fibres.

Proclaim think about every little detail and the difference they can make in just making that small change to benefit the environment. This is definitely how we want to be as a brand. By being sustainable and responsible, we will be looking into more natural alternatives for each stage of the brand and product development.

SAVAGE X FENTY

Vision and Purpose - ‘Savage X Fenty celebrates fearlessness, confidence and inclusivity. In partnership with a team assembled from the industry’s elite, the label has disrupted and redefined the marketplace with its accessible price point and extensive assortment of lingerie’ (Savage x Fenty, n.d.).

Brand Identity – Rihanna is the main identity for the brand and with her mass following she is able to help to promote the brand far and wide. The logo and colours used are also recognisable and help with the brand identity. One of Savage x Fenty’s major selling points is their clear vision for inclusivity which is made clear across the website and all advertisements.

Customer – Savage x Fenty is for both men and women but does have a higher focus on womenswear. All of the products offered are available in XS to XL, with sizes from XS to 4XL available in the curvy range. I find this disappointing as the brand focuses all of their attention on their inclusivity, however not all of the products available are inclusive in size.

Price – Savage X Fenty is affordable with some of its range, like the bralette pictured above that is on the website for only £30. However, a lot of the lower prices advertised are subject to you paying for a premium membership to get those lower prices.

Product – Savage x Fenty sell both lingerie and sleepwear.

Place – Savage x Fenty is an online brand and they also do pop-up shops for new and limited-edition collections. This is the sort of thing that we have started to think about for our brand with having the main shell of the brand online with the occasional pop-up shop for a physical shopping experience.

Promotion – Savage x Fenty do a lot of promoting both on Instagram and TikTok with available links to the different products seen in the posts. They have also had a lot of press coverage in Vogue, Elle and PopSugar etc. linking back to the different prices for the brand, Savage x Fenty do VIP offers where you can receive 25% off everything on the website with some additional offers taking the discount up to 60%. However, to receive these VIP offers you have to sign up to a monthly subscription of £49.95 a month. Personally, I do not see the benefit of this scheme unless you are buying a lot of underwear every month. There would be a lot of people not wanting to sign up to this which would end up with them having to pay the higher full price for the product that they would have originally seen advertised with the discounted price. Savage x Fenty also support by now pay later options as well as free returns and free delivery on orders over £49.

Packaging - Savage x Fenty use luxury boxes for their packaging, this helps to promote the brand and to show that it is luxury, this will be a costly part of production and not usually paired with a free delivery service, therefore the brand is showing that there has been no expense spared from any aspect of the brand or the order being delivered to the customer.

After looking into Savage X Fenty I do not think that this is a brand that we can base our brand off of as there are just too many differences and not enough similarities in terms of the brands vision and responsibly. We will definitely look into making a website and what goes into a pop-up shop, like this brand. This brand also had the most inclusive sizing out of the ones that I have researched so far, which is inspiring, however I would want our brand to show its inclusivity across every product and not just a selected collection.

Baserange 

Vision and Purpose – ‘Founded in 2012, Baserange is a line of modern basics with an emphasis on clean lines and easy silhouettes. The company works closely with innovative vendors to develop high quality textiles from both natural fibres and recycled content. Baserange believes that a commitment to clean production will minimize environmental impact and benefit both the producer and the user’ (Baserange, 2021).

Brand Identity – Baserange have a unique logo and use the same typography throughout their website. They do a range of different styles and colours which makes it difficult to pinpoint their individual identity and what makes them recognisable.

Customer – Baserange customers will be those who are conscientious and sized between XS and L. Unfortunately, Baserange are not a size inclusive brand despite being conscious of their commitment to the environment. This shows that different brands have one focus point, whereas we want our brand to have multiple focus points looking into the customer and the environment equally.

Price – The pricing of Baserange is very mixed and goes from affordable to mid to high end depending on the product and what material it is made from. For example, pictured is a pair of €35 pants and €60 bralette which are both affordable. However, because the sweater is made from 100% Merino wool it is priced at €380 which is in a completely different price range to the underwear.

Product – Baserange do a range of different products for women including underwear, bodysuits, tees, tops, bottoms, dresses, pants, jumpsuits, socks, knitwear, and accessories. The brand is seasonal with its colour palette with rust and maple green being used for the autumn/winter season.

Place – Baserange are an online brand based in France with an online shop and have stock in a number of French stores.

Promotion – On the main website there is no clear indication of where or how the brand promotes their brand through marketing. In terms of offering promotions, they do free shipping on orders over €150, with free returns. They also have a sale of up to 40% off for previous collections.

Packaging – The packaging used by Baserange is not clear on their website, however, it does state that they are part of DHL’s Go Green Co2 Compensation Program, which is a climate neutral service that contributes to combatting climate change.

In Baserange’s vision and purpose they talk about being committed to clean production and minimising the impact of fashion on the environment. This is definitely something that I want to take forward to our brand, along with the inclusivity and pop-up shop ideas of Savage X Fenty, the sustainability and responsibility of Proclaim, and the overall availability and promotion level of ASOS in the future.

Fig.13 Forever Savage Bralette, Savage x Fenty (n.d.) Bralettes.

Fig.14 Maya Nude, Proclaim. (n.d.) Everyday Bralette.

Fig.15 Kai Sweater and Bell Pants, Baserange (n.d.) Sale.

[teethascompass]

This Imaginary Half-Nothing: Time - Anne Boyer

My 2014 was at least several years, perhaps fourteen. If it was fourteen, it was fourteen with four months as one (galloping) month, three months as two (languorous and sunbathed) years, the rest of it (unexpectedly subject to cancer’s unique chrono-therapeutic temporality) twelve years and ten months. Some weeks of that twelve years and ten months that was actually five months were three seconds, while others were years that felt like centuries.

During cancer’s longue durée my impulse has been to mark a calendar with black Xs or the wall next to my bed with a prisoner’s tallies. Any accounting system would be the sensible way to wrangle the nebulous days, many of which I can’t remember. But, like generations of sick people who like to read, I passed my time instead by reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain:

[F]or now it is enough for us to remind everyone how quickly a number of days, indeed a great number, can pass when one spends them as a patient in bed. It is always the same day — it just keeps repeating itself. Although since it is always the same day, it is surely not correct to speak of “repetition.” One should speak of monotony, of an abiding now, of eternalness. Someone brings you your midday soup, the same soup they brought you yesterday and will bring again tomorrow. And in that moment it comes over you — you don’t know why or how, but you feel dizzy watching them bring in the soup. The tenses of verbs become confused, they blend and what is now revealed to you as the true tense of all existence is the “inelastic present,” the tense in which they bring you soup for all eternity.

The Magic Mountain’s sick time is achingly bourgeois in the “unavailable” sense of that word. If only there were luxurious alpine chemo-spas full of philosophizers for any of the twenty-first century league of the working-class ill to afford. There aren’t compliant someones to bore us with regular nourishment: this is because we are those someones. I have cancer, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have to work. I’m sick in the inelastic present imperfect — the tense in which you have to pay the rent for all eternity.

My time in the time of illness has been unmeasurable or ir-measured or a-measured. Yet despite how this time can no longer steadily or predictably submit itself to clocks and calendars, for survival’s sake I still have had to try to measure it. Sick time is always escaping the institutional technologies invented to contain it, and it remains immeasurable despite the measure of treatments, the measure of lab work, the measure of diagnostics, the measure of the work day, the measure of arriving bills, the measure of electronic communications, the measure of deadlines, the measure of paychecks, the measure of an employer’s measure of sick leave, the measure of caring for dependents. That’s a lot of cracked hourglasses.

Chemotherapy is as difficult as you think, and it isn’t as if sickness abandons its temporal weirdness just because the bosses have refused the sick worker enough time to rest. Pain continues to stretch out the seconds while also obliterating them as it has for the human forever. And for the very ill, death still feels, as it apparently has for centuries, both much too near and sometimes too far — like walking through a blizzard to a warm shelter which you know to be the jailhouse to which you are finally turning yourself in. Sick time, despite all of Capital’s inventive temporal bullying, is its own stubbornly and uniquely distorted experience. It is just that in these days, along with sickness’ regular deformations, there is also contemporary life, which is incongruous with living, also with staying alive.

I began this cancer while reading Ingeborg Bachmann’s Malina, which began: “But I had to think long and hard about Time, since ‘today’ was an impossible word for me.” I read it in a lot of waiting rooms, waiting to find out what was wrong with me. Diagnostics are their own timefuck, particularly when you know the tissue-based insights which you anxiously await are going to be some version of doomed: Where can a person be anxious to know what she doesn’t want to know? Only drowning in a stream of fast-slow minutes. Later, in my apartment, which has become more than any waiting room the waiting room (or the place to which one is sentenced to always begin sentences “When I am done being ill . . .”), I read Christa Wolf’s The Quest for Christa T. about Christa T., who will eventually die an untimely death from cancer: “She was reading The Magic Mountain and making efforts to sink into the same kind of vague time-flux: otherwise, I couldn’t stand it, she said.”

“Time is not so!” John Donne declares in a work he wrote in what he believed was his deathbed during December of 1624. He sets off to prove against “this imaginary, half-nothing” time, yet even its title, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, contains an argument that illness is, among other things, a set of temporal events. What occasions have emerged are a symptom, two symptoms, a physician, two physicians, a panic, a death, or a cure, all in the due time of the twenty-three days Donne was ill. These twenty-three days are marked by twenty-three prose sections of three (marking, among other things, morning, noon, and night), each concentrated on another horrible and interesting time-event of being really ill. To argue time’s inexistence in a work semi-about time and structured straightforwardly on the passage of days is the sort of tangle one can get into when spending all of one’s time horizontal, glancing over at death, who sits upright and attentive in a nearby chair:

All things are done in time . . . but if we consider time to be but the measure of motion, and howsoever it may seem to have three stations, past, present, and future, yet the first and last of these are not (one is not now, and the other is not yet), and that which you call present, is not now the same that it was when you began to call it so in this line (before you sound that word present, or that monosyllable now, the present and the now is past).

What is clear enough in Emergent Occasions is that time acquires a compelling texture for the sick: Perhaps the literary among us like, in particular, to keep stroking it. As “That body,” Donne writes in the famous bell-tolling passage, “which scarce three minutes since was such a house” is abandoned by life, the spirit, if one is hopeful, is removed from time (“a short parenthesis in a long period”) into eternity (“when time shall be no more”).

There are, then, at least two literary eternities for sick people: Thomas Mann’s, in which a nameless they always brings you soup, and John Donne’s, in which you will never again be cursed enough to have to eat it. But perhaps there are three if we include our eternity, the one in which you really need some soup but fear you are always going to have to work to pay for it.

There’s a completely different book to be written, the one about the fixed temporal extraordinariness of the unfixed temporality of extended illness as experienced under current conditions. It would be better titled The Banal Valley of The Shadow of Capital than The Magic Mountain. It would last for the twelve weeks of federally guaranteed FMLA leave: That is, it would take that long to read it, and then it would abruptly cut off, whether or not the story had reached a satisfactory end.

This book would have a duration of twelve weeks but a focus of twelve seconds or twelve centuries: there would always be a precarity to the rate at which it would unfurl. There would be the temporal experience of every medicine, their half- and quarter-lives, their infusion drip rates, the time it took for the pharmacy to compound them, the spacing of the iPhone alarms going off to indicate each new medicine is due. There would be the time that medical bills go to collections, the time-sense of being cared for in a special way in particular, or of a long night worried about death, or the temporal uniqueness of the experience of how to be ill is often to be abandoned — abandonment being a feeling which makes for the longest night of all nights — and also the time-sense of waiting for someone to do for you what you have always just done for yourself.

“Can one narrate time — time as such, in and of itself?” Mann asked, and answered, “Most certainly not, what a foolish undertaking that would be. The story would go: ‘Time passed, ran on, flowed in a mighty stream,’ and on and on.” Since I have become ill, some friends have advised me not to think too much of the future, in case it is dreadful or in case I don’t have much of one. The “on and on” of time’s narration is, for them, unbearable worry: The poet Dana Ward more than once has quoted the poet CAConrad to me — “The future is a lie!” But the present has its own peril. As Bachmann wrote in Malina, “I’m just afraid ‘today’ is too much for me, too gripping, too boundless, and that this pathological agitation will be a part of my ‘today’ until its final hour.”

There is the other today of being ill, that one which scaffolds the biological: This is the now of era. An individual illness always occurs in the indifferent grip of history — neutropenia in the time of Ebola, I’d say, when neutropenic in the time of Ebola. With Mike Brown’s murder occurring the day after my diagnosis, I paid fervent attention to struggle-time as it unfolded around the nation. The people on the streets are an entirely different calendar. The Quest for Christa T. captures this sensitive calibration of the biological and the historical, and at the end, the narrator says of Christa, “She carried many lives around with her, storing them in herself; and in herself she stored many times as well, times in which she lived partially unknown, as was the case in her ‘real’ time; and what is not possible in one time becomes real in another. But she called all her various times, serenely: Our time.”

Our time, like our life and our history, is both too much and never enough. Donne says to God, of days, “Thou leavest them for assistances, and for the exaltation of our devotion, to fix ourselves at certain periodical and stationary times.” There are dawns and noons and nightfalls, diseased interludes and riots and political turns, seasons of tumors and cures and poisons, and along with these the daily need to reproduce oneself as a living person (“We study health,” writes Donne, “and we deliberate upon our meats, and drink, and air, and exercises, and we hew, and we polish every stone that goes to that building; and so our health is a long and a regular work”). These are assistances to fix ourselves, too, as what is mercifully tiny, temporary, and more than sensation. The last time Wolf’s narrator sees Christa alive, she writes of her:

If I were to have to invent her, I wouldn’t change her. I’d let her live, among ourselves, whom she, with uncommon knowing, chose as her companions in life. I’d let her sit at the desk, one morning in the twilight, noting the experiences into which the facts of real life had crystallized in her. I’d let her stand up when the children called. . . . I’d have let her live. So that I could sit, as I did that morning, again and again at her table. . . . Then the sun rose, red and cold. There was snow on the ground. We took our time over breakfast. Stay a while, Christa T. said; but we drove off. If I’d been allowed to invent us, I’d have given us time to stay.

Time is merciful, but that does not mean it is not heartbreaking.

[hunty-booboo]

Las Vegas Hidden Secrets for Tourists

Even within the city that in no way sleeps - in which restaurants, bars, nightclubs and grocery stores hardly ever near. In Vegas, even 24 hours is every now and then still not enough time. With a lot to do and till a sunrise to do it, why waste time in Vegas identifying what to do? If you have been to Vegas before and you're interested in attempting some thing new or maybe you're greater interested by sorting out backstage of Sin City, you have come to the right place. Here's some guidelines and tricks EVERY local knows.

CLUB HOP  cach danh lo ngay nao cung trung If there's one Vegas membership you can not leave out, it is the XS Nightclub positioned in the Wynn Casino. If you are not from Vegas, you'll locate yourself paying a pretty penny for now not just access to the XS nightclub, but in all likelihood every membership in Vegas. The excellent factor to do is to connect with a nightclub promoter. You can find plenty of promoters soliciting alongside the streets of the Las Vegas Strip. You'll know them with the aid of their three piece fits, handing out cards and wrist bands hollering to the public about their free bottle service and limo rides. If you've got been to Vegas you understand precisely who I'm speakme approximately. Sure, they will seem a touch at the shady side, but as a nearby, I can let you know - those workers are respectable. Club promoters aren't the shady avenue hustlers and swindlers they seem to show. They are truely employed by using the casinos to carry people into their clubs. You see, soliciting on the Strip is illegal in Las Vegas and so, how are those promoters getting away with it? Well, who do you think is jogging the city? The Las Vegsa Strip Casinos! Talk to those promoters, good buy a chunk, hook them up with a pleasant tip and you will receive reductions on pretty much something. Looking for unique VIP carrier, all you have to do is ask.

It's beginning to become common information: the two:1 ratio is rule. If you will the membership with a set of humans, there wishes to be a ratio of at the least 2 guys to one woman if you want to growth your probabilities of having in. Use this records on your benefit. Also, membership promoters can hook you up even better in case your institution can abide by this rule.

WHAT TO DO BESIDES CLUB?

You're not confined to simply night golf equipment even as in Vegas. The sports available to you within the town of lighting fixtures are countless. Why no longer check out a Vegas Strip pool party like the Encore Beach Club. Domestic to DeadMau5, AVICII and other first rate electronic track DJs. Again, membership promoters are the people you need to speak to for discounted access and bottle service.

Or, why no longer take a two hour helicopter journey to the Grand Canyon and walk alongside the Grand Canyon SkyWalk? Experience the phantasm of floating over the canyon as you tip toe onto a obvious floor suspended 500 ft above the base of the Canyon. If you do not experience like flying all of the way to Arizona, you may always hover over the Las Vegas Strip in a chopper whilst toasting bottles of champagne. And, you could locate all of this, at the Las Vegas Boulevard.

If you want to "aid the financial system" or buy groceries but, you are on a budget, hit up the nearby's favored - The Premium Outlets placed in downtown Las Vegas. They're known for the excellent selection of stores and ridiculously low expenses on items you won't discover anywhere else. I as soon as purchased 2 pairs of footwear, 3 pairs of jeans and a pair of shirts occupied with underneath $a hundred - all name logo stuff too! Plus, the Premium Outlets mall is positioned at once on the brink of traditional Downtown Vegas where the cocktailes are reasonably-priced and the table games brag $5 minimal plays.

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GETTING THE MUNCHIES?

Las Vegas is thought for a number of the nice meals within the world and recollect, the Casino cafes are open 24 hours a day. Buffets just like the unknown Rio Seafood Buffet are, guaranteed, high-quality. Here's a brief tip: sign up for a gamers card every time you go to a new on line casino. Sometimes, simply by means of signing up, you may get a loose buffet dinner, like at the Silverton Casino. Also, with these player's cards, you could rack up points which could later be used totally free gaming, loose meals and other perks. You're going to should spend a couple of dollars playing to earn factors, but in case you're going to gamble anyhow, why not stack up factors to your card and win some thing each time?

A region you furthermore mght want to test out is the name of the game pizza spot within the Cosmopolitan. It's at the 1/3 ground subsequent to the pool tables via a hallway you will in no way guess brought about probable the excellent pizza in Vegas. Find a hallway with a checkered ground that looks as if it is only for personnel.

A Vegas winter can be mighty bloodless and once in a while a bowl of true Japanese noodle soup will keep you stage. Try the Monta Noodle joint on Spring Mountain and Decatur. If you need mother and dad, this is it. Delicious red meat, duck, or chook noodle soup served hot and fresh.

DOWNTOWN VEGAS LIVES

The Fremont Experience has come to be the icon for Downtown Las Vegas. Here, you may test out unfastened live tune suggests, grasp your self a delectable cocktail, a fried twinkie, you may strive your success on a $3 BlackJack table and if you obtain not anything to lose, zipline throughout Fremont Street. What many human beings don't know is that Downtown Las Vegas obtained a large $17 million facelift intended to restore Classic Downtown Vegas. So, you will be pleasantly amazed via the points of interest, made over antique timer casinos, like Golden Nugget's water slide through a shark tank, and truly the low low expenses.

If you're attempting to find something to do in the afternoon, take a gander on the Arts District also located Downtown. Here, you'll discover beautiful avenue graffiti painted on historic buildings and artwork interwoven into the town's structure.

On First Friday, the Arts District becomes a sidewalk facet show packed with road performers and artists growing stay art work on the market. Bargain for an original piece made by means of one in every of Vegas's very own. You may also want to test out the Cornerstone Art Gallery a low forehead avenue artwork current gallery of exquisite pieces.

At night, The Griffin Club, The Beauty Bar and the latest installment to what's going on in Downtown Vegas, Insert Coins, cram hundreds of devoted birthday party human beings and drown them in alcohol while damn the pix off the wall with the track of stay local DJs.

CASINO HOP

Hopping from Casino to Casino is the game we like to play. But, in case you do, obviously, you need to make sure you're carrying lots of coins. And, if playing is your component, be sure to recognize that the chances on the Strip are constantly going to be in favor of the residence. Of course, each casino has the percentages in their favor, however in keeping with local Las Vegas gamblers, you may have higher luck attempting your good fortune in the off-the-Strip Casinos together with The Orleans, The Gold Coast and any of the casinos in the downtown area. True, those off-web site casinos won't be as glamorous, but if you're right here to win, they are the location to be.

Las Vegas is and always may be the amusement capital of the arena. If you really want it, you will discover it in Vegas. Just make certain to take care of the enterprise employees, the hosts, waitresses, card sellers and so forth. Due to the fact the way to benefit VIP status right here in Vegas isn't always constantly through your pockets. If you show Vegas and it is human beings love, you will benefit special get right of entry to to the metropolis's riches - loose tables at golf equipment, unfastened liquids, loose limo rides, free food, and loose entry to almost anywhere you could imagine. Sometimes, you can even frolic in the perks of the VIP that even most Vegas locals can not get entry to. Just play your playing cards proper. Make certain human beings in Vegas recall you so you can for all time be taken care of.