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kyathedino · 11 months ago

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I hate it when I'm trying to be mysterious and elusive and people decide to just respect my privacy😔

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gigisluigi · 2 months ago

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Crazy to think that by now, Dionysus should have transitioned from a god of ecstasy to one of social refinement and polite gatherings if it weren't for ancient Greek religion losing its prevalence.

And I mean that Dionysus, as a god who promotes madness and disinhibitions, is what's left of a time when wine was our strongest alcoholic beverage, a time of maenads and symposiums. Nowadays, we have liquor (spirits), far better for getting drunk, and beer, as the always cheaper alternative, so in a "let's get drunk moment," wine isn't picked. That way, the beverage has been left to the sophisticated: culinary connoisseurs, elegant dinner parties, wine enthusiasts, elites, and intellectuals.

And if that's our perception of wine, shouldn't that also be the dominion of its god?

#dionysus #symposium #hellenic polytheism #ancient greek mythology #ancient greek religion #ancient greece #ancient greek gods #ancient gods #dionysus could have also become the god of spirits and wine and take a dual identity #but it's far more likely that a separated diety for spirits would have been created #overanalyzing #greek mythology #I know beer is older than wine #but more now than ever is cheaper and readily available for everyone anywhere #and it has this working man label attached to it that it didn't before #before beer vs wine was more Mesopotamia vs Greece #now that cultural alliance is lost #besides beer never had a higher alcohol % than wine

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count-woe-laf · 10 days ago

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#sorry i wanted to complain about politics in the tags instead of a post cause im not the most coherent person about political things but #that doesnt negate that im still angry #so #what the FUCK does dumbass trump think hes doinh #ooooh i just gonna start a trade war with my biggesy trade partners #oh yeah that nation i have the largest undefended border with?? tariffs. insulting their sovereignty by saying they'll be the 51s state #literally explode!! there is not a worldddd where that can happen #indigenous agreements were made with the queen which is higher than our goddamn constitution #you think you can over rule canada????#sure you got an over funded military but canadian citizens don't take well to being called americans #you're so fucking stupid trump. why would you ruin these good trade relationships #you can't just buy only american like you want!! it's a globalized world!!!#you out sourced so much labour for cheaper rates and less rights to these out sourced workers #now youre talking about staying american. stfu #actually nuts.#trump starts an insane trade war but hey he got trudeau to say the first banger thing he's ever said. so #the pasta speaks

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pinkinsect · 6 months ago

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the special edition of blue lock volume 30 has kurona and hiori pins and stickers... guys.....

#i won't lie the japanese volumes of blue lock being cheaper than the english versions is making me better at japanese 😭#i got volume 29 for the merch but i did NOT want to waste the money so i read that thing cover to cover even though it was in a language i #am not good at. is this how i achieve fluency? soccer prison merchandise??#REALLY SAD THE SPECIAL EDITIONS THAT HAD OTHER CHARACTERS (i think) ARE JUST NOT BEING SOLD NOW #idk if a shidou one ever existed but man . I desire #masayapping

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mspeevee · 7 months ago

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Grocery stores price gouging is one of the most deplorable things, cuz it's a necessity to live and people literally don't have a fucking choice. esp those who can only go to one, or a few, grocery stores due to transportation challenges or other factors (food deserts etc)

#msposts #text #complaining #anyways a single pepper costs like 2$ or more here now #its literally cheaper to buy premade shit than to buy ingredients #more than ever before #i had a lady buy enough for lasagna #70 fuckin dollars #i think we have a farmers market nearby but i dont have the transportation to really go there #and its usually open when im working....

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thedorfmirrin · 2 years ago

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Random post game scenario, after of which a towerless Pizzahead tricks Peppino to "let" him work "with" him. First day; and Pepperoni is already completely fed up with the guy!

Pizzahead hates dishes, and WILL break them rather than washing any. ever. this is canon and you CANT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

#pizza headed man: blorbo of my brain ☆ blorbo of my heart ♡#i imagined this scenario tbh like the day after i discovered pizzatower i only just drew it now haha #also for the record this is a small scene of my internally imagined post canon ya #pizzahead tricked peppino into being 'buisness partners' and letting pizzer work with pepp (not FOR him- so he cant be fired easily)#and peppino immediatly puts him on dishes duty out of spite and annoyance #problem with one spitefull dude with another even pettier one- is that it cycles #pizzahead never does dishes even in his tower never ever he buys esclusivly paper plates and plastic utensils always #peppino uses glass plates bc washing them is cheaper than constantly supplying more disposable plates #and ofc their ideals clash lmao #its just. so funny !!!#these blorbos... they do such funny things #dorf's art #sketchy doodles #pizza tower #pizzahead #peppino spaghetti #i have so much to say about them haha #feel free to ask about my 'AU' where they work together bc i do have a couple ideas about it i just dunno where to start #pizza tower spoilers

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thesaltyace · 5 months ago

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That feeling when you're supposed to take the last flight out of your small regional airport with only one airline, but your plane gets delayed almost three hours causing you to miss your connecting flight at DFW, and the best they can do is put you on the last plane out again the next day, but you were flying to spend three days with good friends who you only get to see once a year, and taking that next day flight would mean you lose a whole day, so you decide to cancel your flight out of the regional airport, drive overnight to DFW, and take the first flight out on Southwest instead so that you arrive at 10am and have the whole day to spend with your friends.

(Joy. The feeling is joy. Because friends are the best. 🥹)

#when we realized we were going to miss the connecting flight we became determined to find a solution #hell or high water we ARE going to see our friends goddamn it!#we're back home now and driving like 10 hours in total to and from DFW was still 100% worth it #And hey added bonus - the drive plus the new flight ended up being cheaper than the original flight #And we got to eat the best shawarma I've ever had in my life in Fort Worth on the way home 🤤

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kirbyddd · 28 days ago

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i wonder if nintendo actually have a business plan for the switch 2 or if they're really just flying by the seat of their pants with "save up a few years of switch releases and hope it's enough to push a tantalizing enough first year lineup for a hardware refresh"

#i swear steam deck sent them into crisis mode and forced the system back 2 years just not to be obsolete on arrival #pray for a dual screen but every instinct says we're finally arriving at the Nintendo Iris with no Yamauchi left to stop it #iris - the terminus of innovation #the only hope is valve pressures them back into competing with interface innovation over raw power #but do they have engineers left who can do it? surely they have the labo guys around still #if they arent careful psp 3 (vita 2🤍) will eat them up even faster than the deck #i feel like an iris switch can only end in xbox-like malaise unless they go wild on peripherals to salvage it #switch is already there and has been there for years. we had like dread and then everything else has been sold on visual novelty #ever since deck rendered the platform fundamentally obsolete theyve been coasting on the default purchase mindset of their consumer base #and illusions of exclusivity in the face of cheap and superior same-gen emulation #innovation is the cure #but min-risk min-cost will say just patch up the walled garden by brute forcing emulation difficulty and rely on exclusivity sony style #ironically unemulatable interface formfactor is even cheaper than raw power & has the bonus of novelty and attracting prospective pioneers #[i wrote this like 2 weeks ago - reminded to let it out of drafts now]

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bogkeep · 1 year ago

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the way the most recent pokemon games don't let you turn off the exp share or the affection mechanic bonuses is nothing short of maddening. i think they make great accessibility features If Only They Were Optional and the flavour text is cute, but i want to have a fun casual playthrough that's at least mildly challenging without having to make it a nuzlocke or something. i don't want to feed my starter bitter medicines to make her hate me :(

#JUST LET ME TURN IT OFF... PLEASE....#i can't do nuzlockes i do Not have the willpower to stick to the rules and they stress me out haha #anyway i am a fool who's left all of my DS games in norway and i got a hankering for replaying sinnoh games #so i decided to get shining pearl right. figured it might be fun even if ill miss the 4th gren spritework something fierce #what ensued was a needlessly complicated process just to get a copy that was slightly cheaper than full price nintendo blood money #there's a store that listed shining pearl at a lower price. not brilliant diamond - just pearl #i feel like maybe it's by mistake since that's the price of a nintendo DS cartridge. so maybe wires got crossed #the norwegian version of the store does NOT have the price disparity.#anyway i can't order online without a swedish phone number. and the local store is out of stock #so i have several long walks to the store to get them to order it in for me and then to order it delivered to me etc #and then of course another long walk to pick up the mail BUT I HAVE IT NOW. I HAVE VIDEO GAME #and it's very nice and nostalgic with a couple quality of life upgrades #my first pokemon game was pokemon diamond. when i got it i was still learning english and had no idea what was happening at any time #good times good times #obviously no pokemon run is ever gonna be as challenging as my first ever run #it does not need to be! u can immediately tell that a lot of difficulty in earlier games is that leveling up your team was a hassle #and almost always required grinding. i do not miss that at all ! but the remakes seem to be Extremely Faithful #so they're not rly structured around how fast you can level your whole team #or that your pokemon are gonna start doing extra crits or hold on to last HP before u even get to the third gym #OH WELL #you know what's very exciting for me though. i have a misdreavous!!! they're pearl exclusive and not in platinum #ive always wanted to do a sinnoh run with a misdreavous on my team for some reason

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moodytoots · 3 months ago

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it's getting harder to go to work lol and im p sure I might have developed pots and my job is a physically demanding job 🙃 I have called out once a week the last 3 weeks sigh...

#i keep telling my fiance the plan of action if we accidently get pregnant #which is pay off my debt asap and then sell my car to pay off his debt #and then live on the tiniest 3 person budget #lol but more and more im like let's do it regardless... bc w out a baby it IS cheaper...#i just want my heart to stop doing The Thing #i wanna feel ok again #first coming off birth control 3 yrs ago left me feeling weaker than i ever have #and the last 2 yrs in a row sadly ive caughr covid and since then i have felt weaker by the day #and now no insurance 🙃

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mariocki · 3 months ago

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Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 229/?

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (1967)

"And Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas:

'Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please.

There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow'

And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, anyhow.

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billie Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

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"Mama said to me, 'Child, what's happened to your appetite?

I've been cookin' all morning, and you haven't touched a single bite.

That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today

Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday - oh, by the way

He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge

And she and Billie Joe was throwin' something off the Tallahatchie Bridge'"

#favourite lyrics #bobbie gentry #ode to billie joe #1967 #jimmie haskell #ode to billy joe #<- as this fairly regularly gets styled‚ tho Billie is correct and the spelling that appeared on the label originally #i overuse the term but i really think it's unavoidable here: this song is an absolute masterpiece of narrative songwriting #Gentry's ambition had only really been to work as a lyricist; she recorded this as part of her first demo‚ singing the songs herself #because it was cheaper than hiring a singer for the sessions. the demo grabbed the attention of Kelly Gordon at Capitol‚ who signed Gentry #and got to work producing her first album. the centre point of the album‚ and her first single‚ was to be Mississippi Delta; there wasn't #much interest in the Southern gothic tinged tale of secrets and 'unconscious cruelty' (as Gentry dubbed it) of Ode‚ and it was regarded #with little interest by Gordon (when arranger Haskell asked him what instruments he should add to Gentry's stripped down vocal and guitar l #the producer replied curtly that it didn't matter because nobody would ever hear it). Ode was assigned as b side to Mississippi Delta as #almost an afterthought‚ but this was the era in which US radio djs frequently chose which side of a single they wanted to play and the #unanimous decision was Ode; here was something special‚ a dark and tantalising mystery of a song obscured by the humdrum idle conversation #of an unthinking family. it ignited a kind of obsessive curiosity among listeners‚ desperate to find out what exactly the unnamed singer #and Billie Joe were throwing off the bridge‚ why did Billie Joe take his own life‚ why do the singer's gamily clearly not know about #their obvious relationship? Gentry‚ for her own part‚ resisted all attempts to glean further information about the actions of her song's #protagonist. she rightly tried to steer interested parties back towards what is arguably the real horror of the song‚ that unconscious #cruelty; a family that can eat and chatter and squabble even as they discuss the suicide of a boy they've known all their lives‚ even as #the clearly affected girlfriend of the boy (their own sister and daughter) sits in dumbstruck silence‚ unable to articulate her feelings #the original cut of the song ran more than 7 minutes and had to be mercilessly hacked down to fit a 45 single suitable length. no one had #expected much of anything from the song but it was to catapult Gentry to almost instant stardom; the forthcoming album was retitled after #the song that was now its focus; Ode went on to top the Billboard Hot 100‚ won a clutch of grammys and ended up selling more than 3 million #copies worldwide. Gentry had captured the imagination of a nation and beyond‚ but her success was tempered by legal challenges (from #producers demanding greater royalties) and a general dissatisfaction with her newfound stardom: it would last a little more than a decade #and include her own tv shows‚ more awards and smash hit singles; then just as suddenly as she'd shot to fame‚ Bobbie retreated from it #retiring from both the business and from public life. she hasn't made a public appearance since the early 80s‚ nor does she grant interview #but so what? if she's happy? i hope she's happy. she left us enough great music to enjoy. let her have her peace and quiet

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ncityzen · 4 months ago

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girls social anxiety won again today ✌️

#i #literally won a lottery ticket to see cabaret (the show)#which i applied for without really thinking because they literally never ever ever happen #but i won it this time #but now i can't possibly go on my own #because there's audience interaction and what if they put me in one of the tables #I've read they take people on stage too oh no oh nooooo #and it's not the kind of show I'd usually feel comfortable in on my own #but I'm so mad at myself why am i like this 😭😭#erola.txt #they say lottery you still have to pay a ticket but it's way cheaper than the normal one

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tlgtw · 8 months ago

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If Warhammer 40k: Battlesector and all it's DLC didn't cost 170 fucking dollars I would straight up buy it. From what (little) I currently understand it's almost literally just a videogame version of the boardgame, which is what I've always always wished for. I'm having so much fun right now. Too bad it costs 170 fucking dollars, hahahaha.

#tlgtw ooc #warhammer 40k battlesector #warhammer 40k #There is no way on earth I'm going to pay actual money just to play a fucking boardgame. Especially one that costs 80 gajillion dollars PLU #storing all that dang paint!!!#This is the like 70% of the awesomest thing ever though.#If this game had those really big units the titans and gargants and stuff somehow.#And it somehow had model customization where you could customize the colors of ur guys or apply patterns or upload PNGs of logos to paste o #It would be a trillion/10.#Maybe someday. Such a thing should exist.#But I'm enjoying myself now. So so be it.#This game is NOT worth buying tho still. Just for the record. 170 fucking dollars.#NOT including the upcoming Astra Militarum DLC that'll be another 23 dollars.#A fucking joke of a price point.#Although that is still cheaper than playing the boardgame. So perhaps that says enough by itself.

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shvdowsdrowned · 6 months ago

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I checked my grooming stuff to be sure I have all that I need and I have a lot more scissors than I remember lmaooo

#my old coworker gave me a SHIT ton of her old stuff which im super super thankful for #but i do not remember her giving me like 6 different fucking scissors 💀💀💀#anyways all i needed to buy for now are thinning shears bc the ones she gave me was her very first pair and theyre super small and dull #so i think its cheaper to just buy a new pair than get them sharpened #but hey. if i ever need a small pair of thinning shears at least i have them #THENNNNN much later as a treat i can buy a whole new set bc i found a really nice one on amazon so that will be saved for later <3 #and i also bought a new nail clipper bc the one i have is falling apart #bc a great dane BROKE mine bc his nails were so fuckin thick 😭😭#i remember hearing the clipper snap when i cut his nails and i struggled to keep it put together ever since 💀💀💀

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cloudbellsv3 · 1 year ago

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I impulsively bought a drawing tablet at like, 3am last night and that's all I've been preoccupied with all day. And probably tomorrow. I guess I DO like art!

#me my mine #i drew a selfsona and it turned out very inhuman #I was initially going for a cutesy design but then I looked and was like....hmmmm not very me #and now it's very tall/triangle head/one eye/dimension door torso/one pole leg/halo/scribbles and i love it #i got one of the cheaper drawing tablets btw since i am a beginner and yeah i really like it #I kept thinking about oyasumi punpun while drawing it #also if i ever refer to my selfsona as “he” don't think too much about it #i just have a deeply ingrained habit of not referring to myself as a she online because of years and years of misogyny #i've gotten better at that though #i'll most likely call the selfsona “it” though cause it's a creature rather than a person and i like being perceived that way #i am also sleep deprived again so sorry if none of this makes sense LMAO

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abluescarfonwaston · 10 months ago

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I love my new apartments location and it's very nice but I have to say going from a 8x10 bedroom to a two bedroom apartment is kinda giving me reverse claustrophobia. Too much space.

#itll feel better once i have a bed and couch but for now im just like #how. how will i ever fill this space enough to seem cosy #it Is the biggest of all the apartments i had on my list #but the location! and it was so much cheaper than the smaller one!!!#seriously it was 60$ a month cheaper than a place nearby with 400 ft less #although the burned my cookies ovwn might explain a little bit of why

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