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stuffgoestothesoupstore · 1 month ago
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Hey gangg
Working on a few things soo have these little doodles and carp mwhehehe
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Also for you Quizz fans just so you know you're getting fed soon.....
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whencartoonsruletheworld · 5 months ago
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my pitch for a phineas and ferb-themed ride at the disney parks (hire me disney you cowards)
the queue is an interior building with pnf-themed decorations. kinda like the figment ride in epcot, a lot of it is winding through a "museum" of pnf and/or doof inventions. most of those inventions disappeared of course, so they're models, parts in glass cases, etc. overhead are tv monitors that play a shuffled loop of phineas and ferb songs, but bc there are so many good songs they can use it hopefully won't get repetitive unless you're there for nine hours. the exception to this is one small part of the queue (small to avoid people being stuck there too long) where it exclusively plays the quirky worky song and you see the pnf gang building the ride you're about to go on, either as statues/figures or through a "screen" that shows looping animation
you get onto the coaster car from the first episode as phineas, baljeet or isabella reads the safety spiel over the loudspeaker. actually as i'm typing this it might be fun to loop each of the backyard gang doing their own version that'd be cute
the ride takes off and you hear the vamp from the "rollercoaster" song as you're loading in.
once inside, the ride is styled like epcot's guardians of the galaxy ride, where you're on a track looping through a mix of screens and sets. the first part plays more of the "rollercoaster" song as you run through the "coolest coaster ever" scenes.
miscellaneous room/scene ideas: fireside girl action segment, carpe diem room, obviously a space segment w/ meap and queen candace and the catu aliens, obligatory scary bit through the haunted house, rock concert w/ love handel, backyard beach/atlantis, owca headquarters, 2nd dimension bit (might be too confusing for new fans?), relatively normal area where candace is gesturing wildly to a linda animatronic that won't turn around and see the rollercoaster car, idk a hamster & gretel segment or smth
a little bit in, you hear a beep and a call for agent p. a small animatronic of perry rises from the front of the car as you enter a tunnel, where a screen of major monogram tells perry to get his ass to doofenshmirtz evil incorporated to fight doof. perry salutes and slides back down into the car, and the ride then takes a "wrong track" (kinda like when you run into a "broken track" on everest) to DEI.
we go inside and see animatronics of perry fighting doof as an inator sparks. it goes off, sending us down yet another "wrong track," which shoots through wilder parts of danville. at the climax, we start looping and the climax of the "rollercoaster" song starts playing ("we're rightside-up and upside-down...")
at the end of the ride, we see an animatronic/animation of doof hanging upside-down from rope as perry glares at him cross-armed, and doof intermittently yells "curse you, perry the platypus!" on a screen, monogram congratulates the riders for saving the tri-state area with agent p. perry makes platypus noise.
you go to another room, right before the exit. you see candace pointing to an empty backyard, saying stuff like "but it was right here! and it was huge!" as phineas and ferb sit under the tree and address the guests. if you're far enough away from the last room, perry can be sitting under them being cute.
the exit queue has posters for dwampyverse stuff, like "love handel reunion", "doctor zone: the movie", the og rollercoaster poster, etc.
you exit in a gift shop where you can buy perry the platypus inaction figure (he doesn't do anything!) and big sticks
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you know when rides break down or stop for a sec and you get in-character voiceovers telling you to stay seated or w/e? i think we should have three that loop: one of doof giving a basic spiel, one of milo murphy being like "yeah i went on the ride. sorry about that. it should start working soon lol" and one where literally the whole thing is candace yelling "NO MOM I SWEAR IT'S A WORKING ROLLERCOASTER AND PHINEAS AND FERB BUILT IT! MOM LISTEN–"
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sweaty-toothed-mad-woman · 3 months ago
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✨ INTRO POST ✨
I’m Kat 👋
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(((ik some people put the stuff that’s important in like a specific color but this is kinda just a jumble of random stuff so nothing is really important ngl)))
this blog is pretty much entirely Dead Poets Society, but I sometimes integrate my current obsessions into my posts, so be aware of that
my yapping blog: @barbaric-yap
my writing blog: @gather-ye-fucking-rosebuds (I only have one thing tho lol)
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MY FAV THINGS (kinda random ass things tbh)
My fav color is ice blue
My fav movie is DPS and FBDO
My fav artist is Taylor Swift
My fav song is Shake It Off
My fav school subject is science
My fav number is 9, 21, or 47
My fav show is Psych
My fav book is Kotlc or Harry Potter
My fav actor is Matt Damon
My fav yt channel is Kallmekris
My fav snack is Doritos
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SOME THINGS ABOUT ME
#undiagnosedautismandadhdandanxiety
Aroace and proud of it
my pronouns are she/her
Sports I do: soccer, basketball, flag football, cross country, tap, jazz, and ballet
Instruments I play: cello, piano, and (kinda) guitar
Clothes I wear: sporty/ athletic or just comfy
i have three irl friends but I get along w everyone so idk if it’s REALLY three friends
I probably need therapy but I don’t feel like it and also my parents don’t believe in therapy so there’s that
Have I mentioned how much I love Ferris buellers day off??? Bc honestly I might like it more than dps (don’t sue me)
I sleep with a stuffed animal dog named Bennett
When I grow up I wanna be a chemist at nasa
idk what else to put sooo
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my bestiesssss
@ultr8-v1olence
@snek-of-eden
@prettypinkbubbless
@soobiesworld
@sophiejanefostersilver
@anderscuns
@the-undead-poets-society
@dreadedwhim
@yawping-poets-society
@filmbro-girlblogger
@thiamblogger
(lemme know if you wanna be added I need more friends lol)
spam my ask box pleeeeeeeeeease I’m bored 90% of my free time
carpe diem, bitches. go seize the day and sound your barbaric yawps while gathering ye rosebuds and sucking out all the marrow of life.
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plucky-belmondo · 9 months ago
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the stardew valley brainrot is real, crops are flourishing, alexa post my SDV OCsona *dabs out a window*
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[ Profile Maker ]
[ SDV Character Creator ]
(I'm still working on my JJK sona, but I'm still not finished with S1 of the anime, and I'm also tweaking her Cursed Technique a bit. So, while that's goin' on, have my SDV 'sona! Under the cut has more stuff I couldn't fit onto the profile)
Winter Outfit:
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*The knit cap was given to her as a gift from Emily
SDV!Plucky's favorite season is Summer. She doesn't have a disliked season.
If given a Sea Cucumber/Super Sea Cucumber, her reaction will be, "GAAAHHH, KEEP THAT ABOMINATION AWAY!!" She'll also hit the player on accident. (She sends them a letter the next day, apologizing, there's a chance of a random dish being included).
Her pet Midnight Carp is the only one she caught. Plucky thought about selling it, but decided against it.
Enjoys listening to Elliott read stuff.
I designed SDV!Plucky with the song "Machi" in mind.
Summer Outfit:
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Some of her dialogue has her mention her family, of whom she constantly worries about. Despite this, there's nothing serious happening in the family.
If you give her a Sea Urchin, she'll just glare at you, saying nothing.
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Hello everyone! I go by Buzzo/Yui.
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♤About me♤
•Late 20s, I prefer not to interact with minors. Feel free to like or reblog but yeah, I am an old fart haha.
•Side roleplay blog: @carpe-diem-company
•Pretty chill, I just wanna draw shitpost and relax. My comments on stuff are lighthearted, ain't seeking any kind of fights. Everything I post is silly and meme like.
•Fandoms: Fallout, disco elysium, mouthwashing, dungeon meshi, naoki urasawa's monster, fmab, ennead, killing stalking, night in the woods, red dead redemption, dragon age, resident evil, silent hill, skyrim, invincible, Mouthwashing, lisa the painful, the boys, animal crossing, pokemon, rpg maker horror, outlast, cookie run kingdom, ace attorney, horror media in general.
•I am friendly, feel free to talk to me, adult mutuals are always welcome to chat. My discord is xbuzzsawx.
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lovelytayforce · 1 year ago
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Gentlemen, Gentlemen~ Ya boy was right we got a DRAGON!
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Music lyric refs and gloating aside, HOLY SHIT I did not expect them to reveal this in a trailer, we got so much to talk about baby so sit tight, get you some water and a snack and lemme buy you drink~ Anyways, spoilers below OBVIOUSLY;
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Bruh she got it ALL, she got the horns, the three claws just like I was talking about in my post, peep it here if you don't know; https://www.tumblr.com/lovelytayforce/742169202001117184/dragons-among-us-part-2-o-o?source=share Side note: This is obviously one of her forms due to the fact her scales aren't ever shifting to contort to another color/mimic fur and the symbols on her side match, the one's upon her head so GOOD JOB ANIMATORS!! Now, you probably noticed I hesitated to mention her wings and if so, good job you are so observant!! It's because I only know of a select few Chinese dragons who have wings, one of them being a Rain dragon. And funnily enough I was going to make a theory post she was some sort of Guardian, usually one of the Lion Dragons you see protecting Shrines and such in the mainland but this changes everything, Now, onto the Wing Dragon cause I didn't wanna throw information down your throat! Yinglong is the rain diety with wings I was mentioning earlier since most Chinese Dragons are wingless, again my favorite being The Carp who become a Dragon (It's what Magikarp is based on, is it obvious I'm a water type Pokemon lover yet?) I want to believe with the focus on the moon, and her yearning for wanting to uncover all of it's secrets of such an unknown realm, this might be a mix of the two legends. A small Dragon wanting to reach higher heights after being stopped from seeing it time and time again. And Dw I'll link a site with a neat video explaining these concepts for ya below. You know I got you!
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Back to my point, since in most legends it was believed Earth was once populated by animals and Dragons despite being mythical entities can be considered higher animals connected to nature. So, let's piece this together with the carp story; The Chameleon lives upon this land for many, many years but then caught a glimpse of a beautiful new world, told the other dragons (Her Army) about this new world but then were stopped time and time again to getting to that new land, so she tries everything to get there. See what I mean? She is about to make a large leap through all of her efforts despite those trying to stop her. I could go on and on about the connection to the moon but this is a post about Dragons. So, I believe this movie's concept will fall onto another Chinese method of reaching spiritual acceptance which is called Xian especially considering a bunch of bandits are going to be fighting and working hard against, a Master of many styles along with her army. And I believe both sides will explore this concept of Xian; which basically is devoting themselves to one task and mastering it to the point of becoming powerful. Obviously, I am simplifying that a lot. Since they tend to use the word Cultivate in the definition I found personally but I wanted to make it easier to understand. otherwise. I think that's all. I'll link the stuff now but we really in The year of the Dragon baby~ Dragon info: https://www.reptileknowledge.com/reptile-pedia/do-any-chinese-dragons-have-wings#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20winged%20dragon,deity%20in%20ancient%20Chinese%20mythology. Link to Trailer: https://x.com/AvgKFPEnjoyer/status/1761396436724285948?s=20 Link to Xian video, yes its a genshin video but omg is it educational!: https://youtu.be/OUpeSCk2XWQ?si=LMB6S6XAghkWrVoc PEACE!!!!!
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ikuzeminna · 2 years ago
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Why is crapping on Gundam Wing by people reviewing all the Gundam series such a trend? And in the silliest manner possible, because out of the million flaws Gundam Wing has, they never pick any of those. Instead they make stuff up. "The characters are flat." Oh yeah, sure, no depth at all to the guy who starts out as a merciless killer FUBARing every important mission he's sent on (and I love what a drama queen he is), gradually regaining his humanity once he's removed from the battlefield, only to end up horrified by being forced by a machine into becoming a ruthless killer again. Or the guy who spends the entire series preaching 'carpe diem' while he himself is the living embodiment of 'memento mori'.
Or the snarky mercenary with a massive Middle Child Syndrome who sacrifices the only thing he's fought for his entire life (himself) to keep another kid from turning out like him. Or said kid who goes through 50 shades of bonkers and every human emotion in existence during the show. Don't even get me started on the ladies. "Wufei is not interesting." Of course not. Why would the sole guy who doesn't fight for the freedom of the colonies but instead wages a personal war of revenge and a promise he's trying to keep to his late wife be interesting? Which explains why he's a wild card and fights on Mariemaia's side in EW. "The Gundams are overpowered. They never get any damage." Yeah, why didn't they send five suits made of Explodium against a world army? Also begs the question why we see them get repaired in the third episode already. And why every pilot is also a trained mechanic who can fix his own suit. Since the Gundams are indestructible anyway. Seriously. The show itself spells it out. Gundanium may be near indestructible but the electronics and other parts get fried perfectly fine which, surprise surprise, renders a Gundam useless. Never mind that Noin, in episode 4 already, was willing to use a weapon that could damage Gundanium but would overheat on Earth. "Relena's pacifism should never have worked against Romefeller. The show is dumb for presenting it as the solution." .....It didn't??? The whole Cinq arc made a point out of pacifism not working with Romefeller and the Mobile Dolls around. Just- what??? "Gundam Wing isn't realistic." This is like complaining about talking animals in The Lion King. Gundam Wing is supposed to be anti-UC. Being unrealistic was intentional. Being focused on ideologies was intentional. Not focusing on character struggles (too much) was intentional. Having a mess of a plot because you have one million different factions was intentional. If reviewers watch all the UC series and don't get that Gundam Wing has the exact opposite setup then I don't know what to tell them. Complain about talking animals while you watch a Disney movie, I guess. Pick on the horrid pacing. Pick on Relena and Heero being nutjobs in the beginning. Pick on yelling from cliffs. Pick on Noin being a doormat to Zechs. Pick on Zechs being a Char clone. Pick on there being way too many characters in the beginning. Pick on the Dorothy/Quatre connection coming out of nowhere or Une giving herself split personalities because of a dude.
There is a plethora of flaws to choose from. Also, get out of my face with UC being better. That salt episode was the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life and I've watched Seed Destiny.
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sireington · 30 days ago
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pinned post. I guess.
ey wazzup man it’s a-da me, Sireington!
Is a-da he/him (also they/them HEY-O!) ova here and I have a (mediocre) YouTube, Newgrounds, and my website/neocities (with the link in that smaller blurb at the top of my blog)! I like doing art (when I get my stupid fucking lazy ass to get around to doing it gosh darn fucking stupid bitch) and writing (repeat previous parentheses statement). I do some coding but I’m absolutely not ready to do anything real with it hahaha. What, do you take me as someone capable of ending up anywhere but a ditch on the side of the road? You do? Well that just plainly seems like an overestimation of my abilities 😏.
I have many ocs, with most of them unfortunately not in the internet ☹️ (I do have some STUFF for Doombots with a sideblog and a few spews of art and there’s also my crappy web animation about a bioengineered carp war creature AKA Carpedo).
some cool ass gifs btw:
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I’m writing this late at night so I’ll fill in the links to my other stuff later right down here
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upwards-descent · 4 months ago
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Questing
Benjamin let out a weary sigh as he plunged his blade into the dirt, plopping down on the most comfortable looking rock he could find. The usual spray of blood and viscera was absent from his armor, instead replaced with bone-deep aching. Hours of cutting through animated trees had been necessary to gain access to the forest's heart. Some poor soul had become twisted with grief after death, taking refuge in the woods that'd been their home, bringing the flora to life imbued with necromantic anguish. A little exorcism ended the ordeal but gods, was he exhausted.
"O' seraphim who peers from beyond," Benji began to recite, peeling off his helmet with a huff and laying it nearby. He slid onto his knees in the grass, hands clasped, head bowed. "I beseech thine council...."
The world went black. And then there was light.
"Great work, Ben. You did good."
Raising his head and opening his eyes, the aasimar rose to his feet and gave his patron a slight bow. The column of angelic wings parted slightly, only just revealing a single massive eye.
"That wraith wasn't something to sneeze at. I'm impressed," A ripple moved through the fallen angel, fluffing up their feathers. "You haven't called me in a while. Everything okay?"
"... Yes and no," Benji propped his hands on his hips, heaving another big sigh. "I'm... Something seems to be wrong, I just... Can't diagnose it. I hoped to gain some enlightenment from thou."
"Oh? Let's see here..."
What had been a nice view of infinite clouds and blue skies shrunk down only to Sariel. They flitted around him, studying, examining, absorbing.
"You seem fine, Ben. Is it an internal issue?" Their wings shifted even further, exposing most of that massive red eye. "Oh, gods, are you plagued by something? A stain on your soul?"
"Ehhh," Benjamin shrugged. "Something... Akin to that, yes, my angel," His focus drifted downwards as he absentmindedly stared at his boots. "I feel... Somewhat restless. Or, rather..... Unfulfilled? Bah, I feel a fool for saying such aloud but...."
A gauntlet smoothed back his hair, then stroked at his chin.
"... It isn't as easy as it used to be, sire," Ben added quietly. "Charging into battle, offering a hand to those in need... That was mine greatest passion, and lo... It feels far more like work than it used to..."
"Oh. Oh!"
Sariel glided back, giving their charge some room. As if remembering their shame, their wings closed in again, yet some more confidence leeched into their multi-layered voice.
"You need a muse, Ben," They encouraged. "You've been without a muse for a while now, haven't you?"
Blinking, Benji's lower lip pursed as he nodded, considering the advice.
"It has been... Some time," He raised his head, and some life returned to his ethereal gaze. "I've not taken a real lover in... Pfft, years now? I believe thou speakest in great accuracy, sire," The paladin stood up even straighter. "We both know that is part of my vow, doth we not? To stoke the light within mineself as much as I do others."
"You need a more personal project, yes," Sariel agreed, and even they sounded excited, less nervous. "Take a little break from the grandiose questing, yeah? Do some side gigs, experience the stuff that makes your heart race."
"Thank you, your grace," Benji bowed even deeper than before. Through the illusion of their meeting, he managed to fumble around for his helmet, sliding it on as he spoke with the comedic effect of slightly muffling his voice. "I shan't neglect mine other promises, but this shall be mine goal for now. Peace be with you, master Sariel."
"You, too, Ben. Carpe diem and all that!"
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bonefall · 2 years ago
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Couldn’t cats make pudding? I haven’t done too much research into it, but given how your cats have fire, they could make agar from algae and seaweed. Also I don’t know if somebody’s mentioned it yet but sausages would be easy for them- intestines moment.
By pudding if you mean British meat pudding, absolutely!
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[ID: Meat pudding. Also here is a link if you want to try this recipe]
If you mean pudding, as in the American milk-based desert dish, then no. Clan cats don't have access to milk. ThunderClan alone is also the only Clan that pursues sweetness in their dishes, thanks to their population having a high concentration of "Sweetness Tolerance," which is a quirky little gene like human lactose tolerance which turns a cat's ability to taste sweetness back on.
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[ID: American chocolate pudding]
So if I ever refer to 'pudding' in a Clan cat context, I am always referring to meat-based, cakey, loafy puddings. Not American sweet goo.
One of my little "white whales" lately, though, is the very very funnily named classic dish, Spotted Dick.
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[ID: Spotted Dick, a meat-based pudding with fruit baked into it. Golden syrup is being drizzled on top.]
Just to begin with, Spotted Dick Funny Name. I am motivated by things that are funny.
But that aside, Spotted Dick is unironically something ThunderClan would LOOOOVE. It's made from suet, which is a type of hard fat found around an animal's kidneys, with a mild and delicate flavor. It's excellent for cooking pseudo-baked goods like this which look like cake, BUT THEY'RE MEAT BASED!! IT'S PERFECT!
And even more than that, you can suspend dried fruits right inside of it. ThunderClan loves to cook with blackberries and pour honey on stuff, maybe even toss in a couple ants or de-stinged bees for a good crunch. They'd go crazy for Spotted Dick.
Problem I'm finding is... suet is best collected from sheep and cattle. Those are too big for a Clan cat to handle, and obviously every resource I encounter is human-based. I wouldn't think rabbits (leanest animal in the goddamn world) would have any worthwhile suet around their kidneys...
Now, ThunderClan's special, as you probably know from Mr. Shredtail they're Pretty Good at hunting boars, so that's one way to get some workable suet. But it's a fix for one Clan, and really, it's becoming an issue that most Clans are having a hard time accessing fat for their cooking.
Soooo I'm trying to figure out what animals provide the most fat, so I can make a special note of how important that particular species is to Clan cats. Does that make sense? Fat's a really important ingredient, I need to know what small animals in this part of England provide the most of it, and get a general idea of how much of this important ingredient each Clan naturally has access to.
I know for a fact that WINDCLAN has a serious problem here, because rabbits are super low in fat. The way I dealt with it there is for them to rely on Grubcakes like a vegetable, which is a mashed bug fritter, because insects are surprisingly high in fats. But the issue for them remains that fat's a difficult ingredient to acquire.
Ducks and carp seem high in fats and oils, so maybe RiverClan has the market cornered on that... ShadowClan may also have lots of ducks because of the marshland. I wonder how much fat a squirrel has?
Anyway, that's something on the backburner of my mind
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roseofithaca · 11 months ago
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🐕?
Love her!
She's an absolute perv. She tried to help the burglars by telling them to kill or threaten Mike. She loves animals more than people (mood).
However...
She's probably my least favourite of the main cast, only because she gets the least character focus. The most we get is in the Christmas special and it feels very phoned in and stuff like her being a maths genius never gets brought up again, even when it would totally make sense like in Carpe Diem. I also feel like there was something about Fanny's role that restricted Martha's talents a little, especially having just watched Yonderland where she shines in every scene, even as a "normal" character surrounded by so much crazy.
She's the only one where I actually prefer her American equivalent Hetty but then again Hetty is the best of the US show. When Hetty said Sam had become like a daughter I thought it cute. When Fanny said that Alison had become like a daughter to her, I went "Really?" because I just never thought that bond had been well developed, or maybe it was just the delivery felt off coming from repeating the prostitute joke.
Honestly Hetty and Fanny should have met up in their times, bitched about their husbands and servants and the Irish/Australians together, and I feel like Hetty could have hit Fanny up with a load of cocaine and they'd have had a riot.
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velaraffricate · 3 months ago
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i think i've got my first sentence? the sentence structure moves around a bit, but basically, "as for the carp, i saw it" would be said like "for-carp i see-do-i-at-it", with the hyphenated words becoming pre- and suffixes. translated into the conlang, we start with "kai-khiitin ka a'iju-hitu-ka-an-siha" and end up with "kxiidii xə əzodgaastii". really like how the case system is coming along, some fun stuff can happen. the unaffixed evolved word for carp is kiidii, but it's giidii and kxiidii when its accusative or the topic. very cool to experience irregularity happen right before my eyes just as a natural consequence of the sound changes..... the 3rd person animate sg pronoun is "siha", accusative it's "an-siha", and they evolve into "ʃə" and "stii". oh fuck yes
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You may remember Xi Van Fleet. She's the Chinese immigrant who gave a speech to Loudoun County Public School warning about the teaching of concepts relating to Critical Race Theory and seeing alarming similarities to her experience with the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
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The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty. The communist nations were a classic example, but by no means the only example.
In theory, confiscating the wealth of the more successful people ought to make the rest of the society more prosperous. But when the Soviet Union confiscated the wealth of successful farmers, food became scarce. As many people died of starvation under Stalin in the 1930s as died in Hitler’s Holocaust in the 1940s.
How can that be? It is not complicated. You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth — and that future wealth is less likely to be produced when people see that it is going to be confiscated. Farmers in the Soviet Union cut back on how much time and effort they invested in growing their crops, when they realized that the government was going to take a big part of the harvest. They slaughtered and ate young farm animals that they would normally keep tending and feeding while raising them to maturity.
We have all heard the old saying that giving a man a fish feeds him only for a day, while teaching him to fish feeds him for a lifetime. Redistributionists give him a fish and leave him dependent on the government for more fish in the future.
If the redistributionists were serious, what they would want to distribute is the ability to fish, or to be productive in other ways. Knowledge is one of the few things that can be distributed to people without reducing the amount held by others.  That would better serve the interests of the poor, but it would not serve the interests of politicians who want to exercise power, and to get the votes of people who are dependent on them.
-- Thomas Sowell on the Fallacy of Redistribution
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Free stuff doesn't come from nowhere.
"I have never understood why it is 'greed' to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money." -- Thomas Sowell
One of the big myths about Thanksgiving is that the starving pilgrims were saved by the natives teaching them to farm. That's untrue.
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/thanksgiving-lessons-about-the-failures-of-socialism-and-the-success-of-private-property-and-capitalism/
The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of abundance after a period of socialism and starvation. The members of the Plymouth colony had arrived in the New World with a plan for collective property ownership. Reflecting the current opinion of the aristocratic class in the 1620s, their charter called for farmland to be worked communally and for the harvests to be shared.
You probably will not be surprised to hear that the colonists starved. Men were unwilling to work to feed someone else’s children. Women were unwilling to cook for other women’s husbands. Fields lay largely untilled and unplanted.
Famine came as soon as they ate through their provisions. After famine came plague. Half the colony died. Unlike most socialists, they learned from their mistakes, giving each person a parcel of land to tend to for themselves. The colonists threw off the statist intellectual fashions of their day.
The results were overwhelmingly beneficial. Men worked hard, even though before they had constantly pleaded illness. Fields were not only tilled and planted but also diligently harvested. Colonists traded with the surrounding Indian nation and learned to plant maize, squash and pumpkin and to rotate these crops from year to year. The harvest was bountiful, and new colonists immigrated to the thriving settlement.
Think about it. Imagine you're in a class, and the teacher says that every student will get the same grade, the average of all students. The low-performing students will be thrilled and won't do much. Why should they when they're going to score as high as the best students? The high-performing students will realize they're being dragged down by everyone else and not bother putting in the effort, because they're being exploited and carrying the weight for the whole class. The average will drop dramatically compared to the class total if each student had been able to keep their own score.
Equity means forcing everybody into poverty - whether that's academic poverty, intellectual poverty or literal poverty.
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its-not-a-pen · 2 years ago
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warlord update:
hiiii i just wanted to thank everyone for the lovely comments! I had a lot of fun with the drawing and research, and it's a real privilege to see everyone engaging with the material.
People even pointed out stuff I missed, like how the warlord's luck turns around after he meets the LLL (whos banner animal is a lucky carp), I love designing by committee! sneak peak at my storyboard: introducing the CHAD Liege Lord!
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men are disgusting they literally only want one thing (assassinating political rivals)
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peculiar-author · 1 year ago
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[Sims4] MDZS - Lanling Jin - Golden Carp Tower 金鳞台
Hi All, I'm back with a new build for Sims 4. This is the The Golden Carp Tower of Lanling Jin Sect!
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I have received a lot of love and requests to download the previous 2 MDZS Sims4 Build series. I'm sorry for my late reply, as I rarely open my Tumblr.
I have replied to all the messages, and for you new readers who somehow discovered my Tumblr, don't be shy and drop me a DM for the download link. Please expect a delay in reply, as I rarely open my Tumblr.
Now that I'm back and have some free time, I finally got to re-visit my Sims4. Continuing the MDZS / the untamed build series, here I present you the residence of Jin Sect in Lanling City. The Golden Carp Tower (金鳞台, Jīnlín Tái; lit. Golden Scale Tower; also: Jinlin Tower, Koi Tower, Carp Tower) - source https://modao-zushi.fandom.com/
There's not much reference to Golden Carp Tower from the animation or the live-action series. However, watching the series, I feel that Lan Ling Jin's residence is very beautiful, a bit feminine, with a lot of flowers. As the name suggests "Tower", Lan Ling Jin's residence should be a tall building with long enormous stairs.
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source: https://modao-zushi.fandom.com/wiki/Golden_Carp_Tower
I found a beautiful castle built by one of the Sims 4 players, and I worked around and renovated most of it to suit the style of Lan Ling Jin's residence that I remember from the animation and live-action series.
THE BUILD
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Overall look from above: LanLing Jin's Golden Carp Tower
Due to limited capabilities in Sims 4, I tried hard to fit in ideal stairs to the castle. I am proud of the end result. Dominated with yellow gold and light green, the Golden Carp Tower looks elegant with a huge garden and outdoor space. The tower stood on a 64 x 64 lot.
THE ENTRANCE
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The entrance with big stairs is the highlight. With Jin Sect's emblem
BUILDING MAP
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The 1st-floor situation is giving a big outdoor area in the middle. From the entrance, you can walk straight to the main building where the throne of the sect leader is located and the main room and house for the main family. On the sides, you'll find supporting buildings, which each have their own function.
GARDEN LANDSCAPE
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The vast beautiful garden will greet you right through the high stairs and gate before entering the main building.
THE THRONE
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Main building situation, where the leader of Jin Sect sits and welcomes important guests.
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On the right side, we have some leisure space and a dining room which then extends to lounge space. Upstairs we have a bedroom
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Lounge and Guest Room
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Kitchen
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We have a pond and a nice creative space on the left side of the main building.
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Little Library
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Little Pond was created by Jin Zixuan for Jiang Yanli when the latter missed Lotus Pier so much Jin Zixuan created the pond to mimic Lotus Pier. How sweet :)
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Dormitory
SURPRISE BASEMENT
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Down below the Jin's Sect leader's throne, we have another throne and space for different occasions. This is where the party happens, a beautiful garden hall.
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On the left side, we have a study room, where the teacher will lead the learning of Jin's sect students.
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On the right side, we have a material arts practice space.
CHILL & RELAXING SPACE
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Jin Sect, as one of the wealthiest families in the series, of course, needs a place for leisure with fancy facilities. We have an onsen with a nice bathroom and lockers next to the material arts dojo room. It's a nice location for the students to recover and relax after practice.
THE CULTIVATION AREA
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Lastly, since I will never be able to let the magic stuff not be embedded in the house. For me, the magic furniture really completes the MDZS / The Untamed Universe in the Sims. This is where the magic and rituals happen.
BEDROOMS
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Bedrooms, bathrooms, and private study room.
That's all pretty much the overall look of Lan Ling Jin's Golden Carp Tower from the Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed / Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation series. Of course, there are a lot of rooms, like the main bedrooms, more bedrooms, and the academy area, which I haven't put in here. Thus, for you who are interested in downloading and adding this beautiful build to your gallery and Sims world, feel free to DM me for the files!
See you in the next post!!
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awkwardnoob · 2 years ago
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Animal Parade: Make More Money with Cooking
How to get more cash in the crop, animal, fish, and ‘other’ categories.
Crops: Some crops benefit from being cooked. Potatoes for example. Putting one potato in a pot makes potato stew. Potato stew sells for 260g. Perfect Potatoes? Sell for 240g. So every potato quality but shining can be cooked to make them sell for more, if you’re looking to squeak out a little extra cash. And since boiled potatoes only contain potatoes? It falls under the ‘crop’ category.
Strawberry jam ups the price of most strawberries, except for shining and perfects. Except combining a decent strawberry and a perfect strawberry still gives you profit on the jam.
Check out crop prices on fogu, look for recipes that require that crop as an ingredient, and do a lil math.
Animal: You can make ‘egg salad’ on the cutting board with a boiled egg (boil and egg in a pot) and mayonnaise. Buying decent mayo and eggs from Horn Ranch is 260g. Egg salad sells for 517g. A decent egg is 100g and a boiled egg sells for 120g. If you have a mayo maker? You can save 60g a piece by doubling your egg purchase and converting half into mayo yourself. And since both mayo and eggs are animal products, egg salad goes into the ‘animal’ category.
This is basically double profit, give or take on if you have the mayo maker.
Need to buy milk from Horn Ranch for something? Save money by going for sheep’s milk over cow’s milk. We’ve been trained to view cow’s milk as ‘correct’, but the game doesn’t care!
Fish: “fishing sucks, some fish sell for 7g so it’s a waste of-” Almost all fish can sell for 80g with this neat little trick: Turn the bitches into sashimi with the cutting board.
Weird things like squad and octopus do not apply, but the 7g pond smelts and the carps in your farm pond? 80g per bitch. I love spending the rest of my day just fishing in the farm pond, then converting to sashimi when I’m done.
And the catfish can ALSO make you profit this way. At base, catfish sell for 106g, but the thing is: Sashimi has qualities.
Decent Sashimi sells for 80g, so the pond smelts and carp (and a lot of other fish too tbh) benefit from just using 1 per sashimi to up their price.
Good sashimi requires using a total of 300+g in fish. 3 catfish? 318. Clears it easily (but not too much), while good sashimi sells for 400, giving you 82 profit.
And since Sashimi is only fish? The profit goes right into the ‘fish’ category.
Other: Need to sell 300,000g worth of ‘other’ items but mushrooms fucking suck for cash? You’re supposed to do it with cooking. But cooking items with only crops or only animal products go into crops and animal categories respectively. “So how the hell do I make cooked items that count as ‘other’?” You need to mix products, like in cake.
But getting animal products in large quantities can be a pain. I know I’m impatient as hell to wait for them to stock pile. Plus, the varying qualities can be annoying to store because they take up multiple spaces. There are things you can buy and process yourself to still make a profit.
Mushroom Soup: Sells for 333g. Buy Sheep’s Milk from Horn Ranch for 240g, and use a foraged common mushroom (they’re EVERYWHERE, and I usually give away 6 a day with oodles of mushrooms to spare). Mushrooms count as ‘other’, which means mushroom soup will not fall into the ‘animal’ category (at least it shouldn’t)
“I want something a little more expensive-” Cheese Cake. Sells for 1155g and you can buy all the ingredients for less than that at the shops.
Small disclaimer: While you WILL make A profit, the profit sucks. This is not the ‘oodles of money from nothing’ money maker dish (that’s egg salad), this is the ‘I want to sell 300,000g worth of other things and upgrade that fucking shop quickly’ dish. The profit you will make for cheese cake is only 75g by buying all the stuff from the shops.
You will need: Level 3 Horn Ranch (50,000g in animal stuff sold and ring the green bell. If you need animal funds sold, egg salad is your friend. Selling about 99 of them will clear the 50,000g mark.) Level 2 Marimba Farm (30,000 g of crops sold) Level 2 Barn, with cheese and butter maker.
Buy: 1 Decent Wheat from Marimba Farm. 1 Decent Egg, and 3 Decent Sheep’s Milk from Horn Ranch. (So buy your wheat and eggs in multiples of 1, and your sheep’s milk in multiples of 3. If you wanna make 3 cakes, you’re buying 3 wheat and eggs, and 9 sheep’s milk.)
Convert: Decent Wheat into Decent Flour in the watermill. Don’t bother waiting for a snowy day in winter to make the flour better, the quality is going to disappear in the cake. Do not try to minmax your flour.
Then take 1/3rd of your sheep’s milk, and turn it into butter. Another 1/3rd into cheese, and the last 1/3rd stays milk.
Combine: Flour, egg, milk, butter, and cheese in your oven. Viola, 1155g of instant ‘other’ category cash directed directly into your profit screen. You will need to make 260 cakes to go from 0 to 300,000g in other (with 400 bonus g left over)
But psst: If you make ‘ultimate’ in the ‘animal’ catagory (100,000 g, so about 200 egg salads), you’ll get 90 shortcake as your title reward. Sell them and you’ll get 100,000g in ‘other’ because it’s a mixed product recipe. (but sometimes we don’t wanna wait that long, so cheesecake and stuff can still be your buddies. Definitely just try to ult rancher and get the other category passively while you have other stuff to do tbh, if you're doing something like a new game)
Cons: You can only cook one thing at a time, so tbh, min maxing thru cooking will make you hate yourself.
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