#thats a whopping 40%

[ratatatastic]

congrats to niko "oilers killer" mikkola for having 10 career goals so far and 4 of them being against the oilers he hates that fucking team

[devondespresso]

for wip wensie (even tho its thursday lol)

- pillow >:)

Original Post + Snippet | Scratch | Snippet pt 1 | Snippet pt 2 (Unearth) | Actually | Six | Pillow (you are here!)

I have a feeling I know exactly what snippet you were looking for with this (thats what I get for giving you unlimited access to my document fhdaldjklfjd) (i say as if your comments arent the highlight of my week)

technically there are 19 uses of the word "pillow" in my doc, but a whopping 10 to them belong to the scene, so here it is!

From Chapter 12 (?? subject to change later): Kidnapping? No. Surprise Adoption

Steve plopped his bag on the other end of the couch and collapsed into it with a heavy sigh.

Dustin snorted.

“What?”

“You look like Ted Wheeler.”

“How fucking dare you." he smiled, staying leaned back where he was and swatting at Dustin.

Dustin flopped onto the other side of the couch, just out of reach, and gave an overdramatic sigh.

"I'm Steve and I'm so tired that suddenly I'm 40 years old with three kids and a house to pay off."

Steve huffed, pretending to resituate as he reached for a pillow on the floor, …

"Mhm, well I'm Dustin and I host business meetings about dragons."

…grabbed the pillow…

"Business meet- first of all, Mikes the one 'host-'"

…and threw it at Dustin, hitting right to his chest.

"How dare you!" he laughed, grabbing the pillow to throw back, but Steve grabbed another, holding it up like a shield. Dustin tried to overpower, shoving the pillow against Steve’s shield with all his might. Steve angled his pillow-sheild, letting Dustin's pillow slip to the side and sending him crashing into the cushion. Steve landed his pillow on top of him in victory, and laid back on it for good measure.

“Yeah, you’re right, I’m sooo tired. I think I’ll take a nap right here.”

“Get off! Asshole!” he laughed.

“What’s that? It sounds like my pillows talking to me?”

“Move! You stink!” Dustin poked his side hard and Steve shot up to get away.

“Dusty,” Mrs. Henderson called from the kitchen, “You better not be rough-housing over there.”

“It’s fine, Steve cheated anyway!” Dustin yelled as he sat up, volume hitting Steve’s headache for a moment. Then he finally managed to land the pillow straight to Steve's back. 

“Little shit.” he laughed, quietly, grabbing the pillow and setting it behind him to lay on properly, then collapsed back onto the cushions.

“You started it.”

“Nah, pretty sure that was you.”

[stressed-depressed-and-bored]

People always say “who is going to pay for it?” as if it’s some profound “gotcha!”

The rich. The rich can pay for it. They did in the past and they can do it again.

In the 1930s and 1940s the United States was facing a debt crisis much like todays. The government was running out of money coming out of the Great Depression and going into World War 2, and the economy wasn’t doing too well. Everything was falling apart, much like it is now. What was the solution?

And it worked. The US working middle class and the economy did awesome well through the 50s and 60s. The working middle class was wealthier than ever before and wealthier than it’s ever been. Regular people like you and me. Public infrastructure flourished. States had the budgets to build free colleges. College used to be free by the way. It wasn’t until Ronald Reagan’s advisors warned him how “dangerous” an “educated proletariat” was (those are his words), that major universities started to see cuts in public funding and had to start charging tuition.

Today, the top 1% is only taxed at 43% and has been dropping since Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Reagan also set the precedent of ignoring labor and union rights, violating both domestic (NLRA, Wagner Act) and international (United Nations bill of rights) law. This too has only ever been made worse by Republican policy as time has gone on with yet more tax cuts for the wealthy. Look up the actual policies. Don’t take a politicians word, read their actual policy. They will and do lie to you.

Do y’all understand now why the US debt is going up so fast? It’s because Trump cut that tax rate even more, amassing a whopping 20% of our current total national debt within only 4 years. The debt ceiling was raised THREE TIMES during Trump’s presidency, the uppermost tax bracket was cut even more, and massive corporate bailout loans were forgiven. Research the PPE loans. This has been Republican policy for 40+ years.

The systemic deconstruction of the middle class and the government in favor of corporate control. We are living in a repeat of the Gilded Age of the Industrial Revolution. The railroads and the banks own and control everything, including the government.

These are facts. Read it in any history book.

Or you can just ban those books too and pretend it didn’t happen. That would be a mistake though.

If you wanna know how our economy has REALLY been doing for the last 40 years, I suggest looking into the Economic Policy Institute. Or ask any working class American how they have been doing lately, especially those of us who are young, trying to make it.

Our current struggle is not caused by the “Woke Mob” as propaganda outlet Fox News will tell you.

(Do any of you even know what “woke” means? It means you are aware and attentive to the fact that systematic societal issues and flaws exist. Wether it be race issues, income issues, whatever. Being “woke” literally means you’re not a sheep who follows along anything that the media and government tell you. Thats what it means. Literally look it up. I grew up as this word came to popularity. It’s been around for a very long time. The GOP is taking advantage of the fact that you don’t know what it is, and using it as a fear mongering tactic to channel your anger at your neighbor instead of the corporations pulling the strings. It is corporate propaganda).

Our current struggle is caused by the class warfare waged by corporate scum as they buy all of our politicians in return for bailing out the government’s debt. Both left and right, our politicians have been bought. None of them work for you. They work for the big corporations lining their pockets through unlimited lobbying.

So, when y’all say “I don’t wanna pay for it”- don’t worry, you aren’t going to be paying for it. The middle class will not be paying for it. The multi-billionaire corporations stealing your labor will be paying for it. The rich goons who increase the price of your groceries and lay you off all in the name of making a few extra bucks will be paying for it.

Do some research and you’ll see exactly why and when we got into this mess.

It’s not that complicated. It really isn’t.

Tax. The. Rich.

[robbie-roo]

Hey! Could you please talk about afrotheria? You're the coolest zoologist I know!

dawwwww

but yes of COURSE I can talk about afrotheria it's a very diverse group they all have a questionable relationship and have a whole lot of convergent evolution they're somewhat related to Xenarthra but we aren't entirely sure how close yet

Paenungulata and Afroinsectiphilia those are our two clades or "branches"

so Afrotheria have 6 Supergroups and 3 families

Chrysochloridae (golden moles)

Tenrecidae (tenrecs)

and Potapogalidae (otter shrews)

as always this is gonna be an overview and will likely be split into multiple parts if I start feeling like the post is too long

So first! Chrysochloridae

these are found in Africa in the southern Sahara desert there are 7 genera and 18 species

so common traits:

some are on dry some are on wet lands

they are burrowers and look like marsupial moles

they have short limbs and tails

enlarged shovel-like forefeet with 1-2 claws

reduced eyes and carpinnae

large nosepads

short crisp fur (idk why I wrote crisp to describe them but thats what I have written down)

as for their bones they have HUGE malleus bones (inner ear bone) which could be for picking up ground born vibrations

(left shows the enlarged bone compared to a normal size)

they do have some sight but don't have electroreceptors like some of the burrowers we've talked about. they live in fairly loose soil and will grab insects to eat

they do have teeth! upper and lower molars their hair will usually cover up their eyes and limit vision further and they can detect very very low pitches

so let's put a face to the name!

this is a golden mole! a very elusive creature that comes out at night and swims though the sand just under the surface I doodled one in my notes I think I was pretty accurate

not a whole lot is known about these guys aside from this sorta basic knowledge since they're pretty hard to study they're really good at hiding from research teams

Next!!

Tenrecidae

8 genera, 32 species (which may increase by about 20 soon once new research is compiled)

they vary in size with the largest being around cat size and the smallest being smaller than a mouse! they have a varied habitat and diet

there are two groups I'll talk about for these guys the spiny tenrec in Africa and the shrew tenrec which is only found in Madagascar they can either be mouse-like or possum-like

these guys are fucking WEIRD so remember how I said monotremes have cloacas? these guys do too! male tenrecs also don't have scrotum due to their low body temperature

(this group also houses the Hemicentetes nigriceps which has the single largest litter size of any mammal and before you ask- 32 babies. at once. that poor mother.)

these guys also have quills and the Hemicentes will communicate by shaking their quills

they also have incomplete zygomatic arches (no cheekbones) not only is that incomplete but so is their auditory bullae

they have spiky teeth and own a whopping 32-40 of them! they have very beady little eyes and cannot maintain their own body temperature but one species will hibernate

And last but not least, the Potamogalidae

these guys are home to three species that all live in Africa they are highly modified for aquatic life and look sorta like otters (they are not related that's convergent evolution baby)

they have short strong legs and a flat tail they they mostly use to swim they also have some webbing on their feet

they eat small aquatic life and have a poor sense of smell to make up for it they have really strong whiskers they kinda look like wet rats

there's not a whole lot known about otter shrews they're also pretty rare and hard to study

but don't you worry.... there's more that was only one confusing branch to afrotheria we have 3 more on the other branch

[tao-lay]

me listening to succession while i work because i cant wait to write when ive timed off and 

im like: oh wow its the second season the season where it aches the most to baby kendall

but then?! : hurt and comfort in mythical royco????

literally me rn????

might as well add more tags in the ao3 god that feels awful is there some kind of taboo thing where u add more tags in an ao3 fic as you write the chapters bc thats what im doing

no but linkypoo giving kenny lil kisses and telling him everything is gonna be okay after the latter had a shitty day (read regular day) at work? :( please :(

AND PLEASE NOT ME ALSO GETTING SO EXCITED TO WRITE MORE RHETTXROMAN? rhoman?? rhemulus? lmao

[foxstens]

i........... ive seen 20 anime thus far

[starverscarol]

food ranking again but All Of Them

note: i only have 25/63 recipes discovered; same stat layout as last time [health; hunger; sanity]; this is very opinion based but im also open to critique

1: meatballs [3; 62.5; 5] versatile. easy to make. can use almost anything as filler. short cooking time. if you have meat of any kind slam it into the crockpot and get almost half of your hunger full. amazing. i love it.

2: butter muffin [20; 37.5; 5] my favorite healing food. one butterfly one veggie and two filler and bam you get one of the easiest early game healing items. it is much more than the sum of it’s parts. dont know what to do with mushrooms? toss them in there. you can put three poisonous mushrooms in there but as long as you’ve got the butterfly wings it will heal you. wonderful. also wx’s favorite food and i am a wx main

3: fist full of jam [3; 37.5; 5] have some spoiling berries? make some of this shit. four spoiled berries in a crockpot and you get this. short cooking time AND slow spoiling. super simple.

4: trailmix [30; 12.5; 5] really good early game healing, all you need is a roasted birchnut and some berries. not very filling but it heals like a charm. walter’s favorite food

5: dragonpie [40; 75; 5] there are fights in the dont starve fandom on whether this or a different food are the best healing items. personally i prefer this one bc it gives more hunger, is easier to make (unless in winter), and warms the body. biggest downside is that wigfrid cant eat it but thats it

6: stuffed eggplant [3; 37.5; 5] spoils slowly, heals a food amount. i’d rather make something else with the ingredients but it’s good in winter bc it warms the body

7: meaty stew [12; 150; 5] is your meat going bad/ are you starving to death as we speak? make meaty stew. the only characters it will not fill up immediately are wolfgang, webber, warly, wortox, wurt, and wanda. and even then, if we exclude mr outlier (warly), you’ll only have between 50-25 points of hunger left (warly has a whopping 250 hunger so you’ll have 100 left over but thats still more than halfway). 

8: froggle bunwich [20; 37.5; 5] nice healing, easy to make if you’re near a pond or too. honestly just the meat version of the butter muffin but this isnt anyones fave and also frogs can hurt you so there’s more risk

9: pierogi (i spelled it wrong last time) [40; 37.5; 5] the other one people fight about, it takes less time to cook than the dragonpie but thats really all it’s got going over that one. takes eggs so if you see a bunch of pengulls and you’re fast go ahead and make some

10: vegetable stinger [3; 25; 33] nice sanity buff, short cooking time, always reminds me of this piece by @stickygumz so that’s a plus. winona’s favorite dish but i dont play as her often

11: honey ham [30; 75; 5] good hunger regen and it warms the body, probably my favorite use of honey

12: fruit medley [20; 25; 5] cools the body but hard to make unless you’ve got a good farm. not much else

13: soothing tea [3; 0; 15] alright sanity buff, the one unique use of forget me lots, wx’s quote for it is funny. 

14: surf ’n’ turf [60; 37.5; 33] amazing stats, but im very bad at getting fish so hard for me to make. wickerbottom’s favorite dish and im trying to main her

15: honey nuggets [20; 37.5; 5] hey, vsauce, micheal here. what if honey ham was Bad? woodie’s fave but i only care about him lore wise

16: spicy chili [20; 37.5; 0] nice healing, warms the body so that’s a plus. no sanity regen though. willow’s favorite dish

17: turkey dinner [20; 75; 5] also nice healing, and also warms the body. just a more expensive but more rewarding spicy chili. wigfrid’s favorite dish but i dont main her

18: pumpkin cookies [0; 37.5; 15] actually a pretty shitty food but i got so excited when i found out i could make them so seeing them makes me happy

19: stuffed pepper poppers [30; 25; -5] good healing, needs one meat and peppers, it fucking hurts sanity. 

20: creamy potato purée [20; 37.5; 33] decent either as warly or with a good enough farm. apparently its less than the sum of its parts though

21: taffy [-3; 25; 15] why does it hurt you. good sanity though. wanda’s favorite dish and also her line for this implies that shes either south asian or middle eastern

22: fancy spiralled tubers [3; 37.5; 15] i make it mainly bc it looks nice

23: ratatouille [3; 25; 5] honestly shit stats but it’s quick to make and you can shove a bunch of mushrooms to make it if you want. also alright for wurt apparently but i dont have her 

24: wet goop [0; 0; 0] take a wild fucking guess why i dont like this food

25: monster lasagna [-20; 37.5; -20] do not fucking make this. this isnt even good with wormwood who doesnt take damage from food this just fucking sucks what the hell. if you like this food seek help

[uhhhhhhhhhsblogyea]

♤| dragon ball shapeshifter au

storyline rundown

part two

tw: profanity !! a bit of gore and such

the story begins on kakarot's farm! he lives with his parents, bardock and gine, and his brother raditz.

kakarot takes his produce to the market to sell, talking to krillin who is a police officer watching over in case of robbery or stolen goods, with his wife 18 and his daughter marron.

he hangs out there and sells all his produce, making a whopping amount of money to give back to his mother to go towards their farm. so thats what he does.

later that night, raditz barged in through the door, huffing loudly and covered in purple blood. it had a reddish tint. gine and bardock jump to their feet, bardock still in his training gi and gine in her white shirt and some sweatpants. "raditz!? what happened?" bardock exclaimed, gine following up with "why are you covered in... purple blood!?" this caused kakarot to come out of his room in a rush, "h-h-holy s-shit! i didnt kill anyone i swear mom, mom, dad please, i wouldn't do that!" raditz panicked. "s-something tried to attack me! i didnt know what to do so i attacked back!!" he tries to wipe the blood off, it being on his face.

whatever happened, scared raditz enough to make him shake in fear and what seems to be regret despite it being to protect himself.

kakarot however, still was unsure what happened. his father said he would explain in the morning, the situation was too dire for kakarot to get involved - especially with the police.

in town, vegeta covered his bloodied chest, panting as he hid deep in an alleyway. "goddammit," he huffs, slicking his hair back to keep the human bangs out of his face. hes got a huge gash across his chest, thanks to that damned raditz he happened to work with. luckily, he was morphed into some other alien lifeform and not his original shift state. he slowly morphed into a bird, a finch, and flew off to him apartment. he always kept his window cracked just in case this were to happen. just his luck, we wont be able to eat and to heal he needs that energy for food or else hell be out asleep for awhile.

he decides calling off work, so thats what he does. what he doesnt expect is a man with a thick ass fucking tail and slicked back purple hair and red eyes to be reading a book, lounging like a king on his bed. "f... frieza!?" vegeta says, startled.

"ah hello my creation! lovely seeing you here, dont you think?" he throws the book off to the side, getting up and striding over to the bloodied vegeta. "aw looks like you got a paper cut." he jabs a finger into vegetas cut across his chest. vegeta groans in pain, a tentacle whipping around to hit frieza away into a safer distance, but the icejin blocks smoothly with his muscled tail.

from here:

wow!! you found out vegeta is a "creation" of friezas, but what exactly does that mean?

raditz gets taken in for questioning. he gets blamed for a murder that happened on the otherside of town, the law system being dumb sentenced him to 25 years in prision for a murder he didnt do

kakarot is confused, bardock telling him there arent any alien threats and it was a misunderstanding on the jury and judge's parts bc raditz was getting mugged and a murder far away happened at roughly the same time, and they were desperate to throw someone into jail.

this is a lie, to some extent. kakarot believes it, living happily thinking there are no threats

vegeta attacked raditz, needing food. shapeshifters need to eat hearts and lungs of animals as food

raditz is the one who cut him across the chest (thatd why he has a scar on his chest in the ref sheet)

kakarot has to bring crops and milk into a market farther into town sometime in the next week, it being an event ran by capsule corp, a company that produces a lot of housing and vehicles and being in business for 40 years being the anniversary that day.

vegeta is a mechanical manager, wearing fancy clothing that day since its technically a high spot in the ranks for capsule corp.

vegeta likes milk, surprisingly. it helps a lot when recovering damage, especially his species. this is when he meets kakarot

kakarot is running his stand with the crates of crops and glass jars of milk set out on display with their price, krillin with him

vegeta is annoyed he has to speak up to get the seller's attention so he grunts with an "ahem"

kakarot jumps, apologizing and asking what he wants to buy. vegeta gets his milk and some vegetables for someone he knows

"hey, whats with the fancy suit?"

"you dont know who i am?"

"no. should i?"

"i-? im vegeta! im manager of the mechanics in capsule corp!"

"oh. is the job hard?"

they conversate, as kakarot sells his produce happily listening as he was able to get the short man with a temper to talk about his job.

vegeta himself was caught off guard by this action but happily talks

this ends in kakarot running behing the stand's curtain and grabbing his business card so vegeta can have a discount on milk next time he decides to buy

vegeta takes the card walking off

the card has kakarots name and number on the back, a message saying "text me personally if you want extra, i dont mind taking some. you seem cool!"

vegeta is a bit ticked, but pockets the card

over time, vegeta and kakarot talk over text a bit, kakarot delivering him milk like an old time milk delivery boy

turns out he actually used to be one as a kid

turns out hes been into marial arts as well, a long time interest of vegetas

they bond over this, kakarot find himself growing a crush on vegeta

one time kakarot stops buy with a delivery unannounced, not knowing he typed the text but didnt send it. he knocks on vegetas apartment door, but no answer.

he checks to see if its unlocked, and it is so he lets himself in, just wanting to put the delivery on the counter and head out.

he doesnt expect to turn around and see a vegeta with a towel wrapped around his waist, tentacles coming out of his back, green eyes, and sharp ears, teeth, and claws. "K-KAKAROT!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" he yells, surprised. he doesn't have bangs either

"why do you have tentacles?? why do you look different? why do you have that scar?"

vegeta is caught off guard, not sure if he should push kakarot out or tell him the truth. one way or another he knows the truth will spread, so he carefully debates his options

he tells kakarot the truth, hes a shapeshifter and hes insanely dangerous

kakarot is surprised dangerous aliens exist

he tells vegeta this, and deep down vegeta is mad kakarot is sheltered

little do they know as they conversate and bond, growing closer to each other kakarot finds out vegeta made a vow not to ever get in a relationship no matter how much he envied them, especially a human relationship, a certain someone is watching them and listening in, theyre keeping tabs on vegetas and kakarots feelings

trust issues amirite?

later that night, kakarot says his goodbye heading home, heart pounding. wow!!!! vegeta is... great. very great. kinda cute too, i mean what!?? no!!

kakarot rants to himself aloud in his room, window open to keep himself cool, about vegeta as he debates his feelings. he doesnt care if this seems out of character in his friends terms, all they see from him anyway is a dense fightcrazed guy with a dysfunctional relationship with an ex and his son. he realized vegeta doesnt see him like that, but, what DOES vegeta see him as?

he calls it a night

he wakes up to a "thwap, thwap, thwap" against his wooden floor

he sits up, looking around and seeing a short figure sitting at his desk.

"whos there?"

"ah, youre awake monkey! i have valuable information for you, about your lovely vegeta." the voice is squeaky

"and, who is telling me this?" kakarots interest is piqued, not seeing the mysterious figure as a threat, as of now at least

"oh-hohoho! im dr. cold! but please, call me frieza. doctor cold is my father's name."

"and what do you have to tell me about vegeta?"

"mmm, are you sure you want to know?" he gets up, beginning to pace

"theres a catch isnt there" kakarot realizes, serious

"oh! maybe you arent so dense afterall. yes, there iss monkey. its simple, deliever some of your left over crop to my facility tomorrow, i already left the address on a paper over on that... pitiful little desk of yours." frieza pauses. "vegeta will kill you if you arent careful. hes hungry, and he wants that heart. but... i think the poor creation wants it in more than one way. kill him before he kills you."

frieza hands kakarot a box cutter

"thats the only thing that will kill him. if you dont do it i expect that delivery tomorrow by midnight. if you dont show, and theres no news of him being dead, youll be a brilliant collection to my creations, monkey!" the man laughs in joy, clasping his hands together as his red eyes pierce through kakarot

kakarot reluctantly agrees, unsure how this will play out

PART TWO WILL BE MADE SOON!!!

anyway heres the part 1 of the rundown.

[scourgefrontiers]

what's inazuma eleven?

sit down and let me explain!

INAZUMA ELEVEN is an anime that came out in 2008 based on a series of video games for the ds!  it has a manga too but i dont know what came first ive not put that much research into it lol.  but yeah its mainly aimed at kids and is your pretty standard “kids use friendship to overcome hardships” anime and its very wholesome, for the most part

however i like to describe it as a shounen anime disguised as a sports anime b/c while the main focus is them playing soccer if you saw these fucking kids play soccer you’d be like “how is any of this shit legal” b/c i mean. they use superpowers n shit. like look at this (this is called Emperor Penguin No. 2)

yes those are penguins. the penguins burst out of the ground after the player whistles for them and then they all fly with the ball when its kicked and its very powerful

thats just the tip of the fuckin iceberg dude this series has aliens and soccer communism and time travel and angels and demons and just. idk man its my favorite anime right now and thats saying something b/c im also into dragon ball very heavily but inazuma eleven has my heart right now

THE DESIGNS ARE SO FUCKING COOL AND GOOD BESIDES THE LIKE..STANDARD RACIST ONES U FIND IN ANIME LOL.  like look at this fucker right here

this is desarm from aliea academy. you can assume what his thing is just from the name of his affiliation lmao.  BUT LOOK AT THAT HAIR SCARF. I ADORE HIM.  one of my fav characters

one thing i will say is inazuma is bad about designing 14/15 year olds that look and sound 45 (desarm is one of them....) like look at this dude how old do you think he is

hes like 15. what the fuck

anyway yeah it has a kinda slow start (it took longer for me to get into it than dragon ball did with a whopping 40 episodes in...which was the aliea academy arc, now my favorite arc!) but the first arc is ESSENTIAL to learning the team and how things work and the characters. oh god the characters. the characters are so fucking good. kidou my beloved

anyway yeah watch inazuma eleven. soccer

[ititledit]

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vegan-meat-veganism-stigma-principles-b1913217.html

"It is meat eaters – not vegans – who are the preachy ones" - Katie Edwards

"The eye-rolls, the snipes about being “holier than thou”, the embarrassment of refusing cups of tea made with cow’s milk."

"We’ve all heard jokes/complaints about the gross piety of vegans. Last year, The Vegan Society released the report of its research collaboration with The Ecologist magazine and Kingston University. The report found that “social barriers such as stereotypes and abuse directed towards vegans” were some of the main issues preventing people from becoming vegan."

"The Vegetarian Society estimates that only 2 per cent to 3 per cent of people in the UK are vegetarian or vegan.

If a whopping 40 per cent of Britons claim that they believe animal life is equal to human life then how come such a high proportion of them must be consuming animal produce?"

-------------------

These quotes definitely ring true to my experiences. The number of meat eaters and vegetarians who feel the need to either criticize my diet or justify theirs is so tedious.

Many restaurants either have a specific vegan menu or have vegetarian meals that you can "make vegan", means you have to publicly state your veganism ("why do vegans always need to tell everyone they're vegan??") Declining teas or biscuits always "needs" and explanation, but when the explanation is given, there are those who it infuriates.

I've been asked the bullshit questions, "what about protein" (it's literally in vegetables), "what about B12" (it's fortified in loads of stuff), "why does fake meat try to be like real meat" (because it has a taste and texture that humans enjoy).

I've heard the excuses - "bacon", "cheese", "chickens lay the eggs anyway", "bees make more honey than they need", "I don't have the time", "I don't have the money".

I don't care that some people "can't do it because they have a really specific medical condition" or "live in a food desert so it's hard to get vegan things" or "can't afford vegan food" - ignoring the legitimacy of any of those statements, that's fine for those people, but not an excuse for the rest of you.

"soy bean planting is cutting down the Amazon" - yes to feed cattle, "palm oil is killing orangutans" - yes and it's in everything because it's cheap, that's not veganisms fault.

If you cared about Geronimo the alpaca, you should care about cows. If you're upset by countries that eat dogs, you should be upset about eating pigs. If you were grossed out by the horsemeat lasagna scandal, you should be grossed out by any meat lasagna.

And if you really don't care about animals at all, but you do care about humans - even if you only care about your immediate friends and family, then you should also care about the environment impact of the meat industry. Drought, biodiversity loss, deforestation and of course climate change are all negatively impacted by the meat industry. - https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/eating-meat-bad-for-environment

The leather tanning industry is polluting the plants - https://www.worstpolluted.org/projects_reports/display/88

https://www.tortoiseandladygrey.com/2016/05/02/environmental-impacts-leather-fashion/

"vegan shoes are all made of plastic" - firstly, thats not true, Google is free, and secondly, many leather shoes also contain plastic.

"any restrictive diet encourages eating disorders" - as a woman who has worked hard to recover from an ED, patriarchy encourages eating disorders, and the events that trigger them are myriad. Grief caused mine. Living by my principles helped me recover.

I'm just tired. Veganism isn't hard, it isn't expensive and it isn't dangerous. But like everything worthwhile in life, it takes a little bit of effort and the courage of conviction.

[lifepros]

#11885

If you’re late, don’t bother speeding, you’re gonna be late anyway, the difference between 11:15 and 11:11 doesn’t make a difference to anyone.

If you’re late, don’t bother speeding, just enjoy the ride and accept that you’re late.

Today i was late to a class, so i did something very stupid. I hopped on my motorcycle, and i drove 80mph in a 40 until i hit the highway which is 70mph, and i did 100 all the way to class. I managed to shave off a whopping 4 mins off my commute. Thats without getting caught in traffic and not catching more than 1 red light. I put myself in danger, and the payout was, i was still late. Nobody notices if you’re 10 mins late vs 14 mins late, they only notice that you’re late. Just kick on some tunes, enjoy the ride, you’re late anyway, may as well stop for coffee!

[jwst-beekeep]

OUT OF TURNED. POST AHEAD!!

i got so excited that i broke my schedule to post this!! i found out something very. COOOOLL heheheh

DID YOU! kno:

mx. telescope operates at a

WHOPPING 40 kelvins???

thats. really cool. hehehehehhehe.

[go-redgirl]

Nolte: Majority Believe Fake Media Covered Up Hunter Biden Scandal Until After Election

Rasmussen, one of the few remaining credible pollsters worth taking seriously, found that “52% of Likely U.S. Voters think many news organizations ignored the Hunter Biden story to help his father’s presidential campaign.”

Get this… only 32 percent disagree, or said the media ignored the story because it was “a partisan hit job.” In other words, ignored it for a legitimate reason.

As far as Democrats, a whole 32 percent of Democrats believe the media covered up a legitimate story to help Biden. Non-affiliated, or “other,” totaled 46 percent.

Seventeen percent had no opinion or didn’t know.

In worse news for His Fraudulency, who we’re now required to refer to as “President-Elect Joe Biden,” a whopping 56 percent “believe it is likely Joe Biden was consulted about and perhaps profited from his son’s overseas business deals including at least one involving a company in mainland China.”

Wow.

Fifty-six percent believe Joe profited from his son’s shady, overseas business dealings. Of that 56 percent, 43 percent says its “very likely” he profited from Hunter’s shady business.

As far as Democrats, a total of 35 percent said it’s “very likely” (21 percent) or “somewhat likely” (14 percent),  His Fraudulency profited from Hunter’s shady, overseas business dealings.

That’s 35 percent of Democrats who believe that!

Only 38 percent of those polled “consider this connection [between Hunter’s business and his father] unlikely.”

So, less than 40 percent of the public believe Joe Biden is not crooked.

Rasmussen surveyed 1,000 likely voters between December 13-14, 2020. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

So Biden is not only entering office with a massive cloud over his head about his legitimacy due to claims of vote fraud and irregularities, and is not only entering office mentally and physically enfeebled, but a majority believe he knew all about Hunter’s shady business with foreign countries, and a majority believe the corporate media covered it up to drag His Fraudulency over the finish line.

Part of Biden’s problem is the widespread belief he won by way of voter fraud.

Last week, Rasmussen found that a whopping 47 percent of voters “say it’s likely that Democrats stole voters or destroyed pro-Trump ballots in several states to ensure that Joe Biden would win.”

Only 49 percent say that was “unlikely.”

So not even half the country believe it is “unlikely” Biden won without committing vote fraud.

Americans are pretty smart.

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OPINION:  Both Father and Son are crooks.  They have enriched themselves and their families.  If it wasn’t for Politics Joe Biden would be living on the streets and along side him would be his son. 

The polls are showing that  80% believe that Joe Biden isn’t qualified or won the Presidency.  The crooked Democrats were plotting from day one to sabotage the election and it came true.  But, what they didn’t bank on is that they would get caught in their own scheme.  

They are users and abusers’ right in front of our eyes. Joe Biden is one of the worst human-beings trying to run for the highest office in the land.

Joe Biden will never serve as President of the United States of America saith the LORD.

Its just not going to happen in our great country.  

The American citizens are tried of people like Joe Biden and his son using everyone that they come in contact with for their own financial gain.

Well, the American Citizens are diffrently on to them and its never to late to send both of them to jail.

In fact, the American citizens demand it because their is enough proof of their actives thats been going on far to long.

Joe and Hunter your time is up!

[f4liveblogarchives]

Fantastic Four Vol 1 #184 & 185

Thur Aug 22 2019 [12:35 AM] Wack'd: We still haven't resolved why kidnappers kidnapped Agatha who kidnapped Franklin so we're probably back to that in [12:35 AM] Wack'd: FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 1 #184 [12:35 AM] Bocaj: I hope someone kidnaps the kidnapper's kidnapper [12:35 AM] maxwellelvis: I'd like to at least see the covers for these, but I guess we're too far in now. [12:36 AM] Wack'd: You can just...go to Marvel Wiki and punch in issue numbers? [12:36 AM] Wack'd: There's a reason I don't post covers often [12:36 AM] maxwellelvis: yeah [12:36 AM] Wack'd: So Reed has had...a very long day [12:37 AM] Wack'd: And for once in his life lets his family take care of him and get him into bed [12:37 AM] Wack'd: Mostly because he was literally passing out, but still [12:37 AM] maxwellelvis: And probably because he no longer has the physical ability to resist their efforts to get him to take a break [12:37 AM] Wack'd: Also true [12:40 AM] Wack'd: So Ben calls to check in with Alicia ( 🎵 checking in with Alicia / Alicia what's uuuuup 🎶) [12:40 AM] Wack'd: And Alicia, on Sue's orders, doesn't mention what's happened to Franklin to stop him from doing something reckless and stupid [12:41 AM] Wack'd: All the ruckus knocked AUNTIE offline (hey! someone remembered!) and Thundra and Greer are like "actually, fuck this" and leave Ben to clean up the damaaaaay wait a second [12:41 AM] Wack'd: WE FORGOT ABOUT THE HEAT-GENERATING ROBOT [12:41 AM] Wack'd: Gotta circle back to that at some point, probably [12:41 AM] Wack'd: But not right now [12:42 AM] Wack'd: hrrrrrrg

[12:43 AM] Wack'd: Johnny is also leaving, having decided he's not going to harrass Frankie [12:43 AM] Wack'd: Instead, he's gonna get hit by a laser, I guess

[12:44 AM] maxwellelvis: Also, Johnny's dialogue here? CRIMSON BANNER RIGHT THERE [12:44 AM] Wack'd: I have no idea what that means [12:44 AM] maxwellelvis: Red flag [12:45 AM] Wack'd: Oh yeah [12:45 AM] Wack'd: I mean [12:45 AM] maxwellelvis: I mean more so than usual, y'see. [12:45 AM] Wack'd: He's deciding not to harass her until she confesses her deepest traumas and decides to date him again? [12:45 AM] Wack'd: Seems like kind of the opposite [12:45 AM] Wack'd: A green...something [12:46 AM] Bocaj: green street sign [12:46 AM] maxwellelvis: The way he's been acting since finding out she's got a phobia of fire has been... [12:46 AM] maxwellelvis: very much not how you treat that sort of thing, even for the 70's [12:47 AM] Wack'd: hahahahahahahahaahahah this is so fucking stupid i love it

[12:49 AM] Wack'd: So Reed, Sue, and Ben head off to rescue Franklin and Agatha, with Ben shooting off a flare to see if Johnny will notice anything's up [12:49 AM] Wack'd: (He won't) [12:50 AM] Wack'd: And shortly thereafter the Fantasticar is shot by another one of those lasers, which transport them to an even bigger, spookier haunted house than Whisper Hill [12:50 AM] Wack'd: "It's darker than Doctor Doom's soul in here," quips Reed [12:50 AM] Bocaj: Weirdly poetic for him [12:51 AM] Wack'd: They find Johnny, completely out of it, hanging from a banister by his shirt [12:52 AM] Wack'd: And then there is this asshole

[12:52 AM] Wack'd: The Eliminator is here to dispose of any evidence that Agatha Harkness ever lived [12:52 AM] Wack'd: And that includes living evidence [12:52 AM] Wack'd: Fight fight fight [12:53 AM] maxwellelvis: TECHNOMAGES! See! Maria was right! They ARE real! [12:54 AM] Wack'd: Sue is like "okay, fuck this, I'm gonna force field this doofus" [12:54 AM] Wack'd: And then she is atomized [12:54 AM] Wack'd: Len Wein sure likes to set Sue up to do something cool and then have her unceremoniously disposed of [12:55 AM] Wack'd: OH OKAY NEVER MIND [12:55 AM] Wack'd: She only pretended to be atomized so that the Eliminator wouldn't suspect anything if a hit didn't land [12:55 AM] Wack'd: Using invisibility [12:56 AM] Bocaj: As I would say "I can't believe Sue Storm is dead forever and now the book will be about <x inane thing> from now on" [12:56 AM] Wack'd: And then she saves Reed and Ben from getting got, and uses the force fields to block their life signs so Eliminator thinks they're dead [12:56 AM] Bocaj: I guess force fields can do that [12:56 AM] Wack'd: Yep [12:56 AM] Wack'd: Johnny then follows his sister's lead and pretends to blow himself up on a suicide run [12:57 AM] Wack'd: The Eliminator, having eliminated the last of the witnesses to Agatha's existence, congratulates himself on a job well done and starts to self-destruct [12:57 AM] Wack'd: And then the Four all pop to their feet and tell him they're fine. Just to mock him in his dying moments [12:57 AM] Wack'd: And then he explodes [12:57 AM] Bocaj: ... wow [12:58 AM] Bocaj: thats [12:58 AM] Bocaj: wow [12:58 AM] Wack'd: Weirdly cruel actually [12:58 AM] maxwellelvis: That's like something the Seventh Doctor would do [12:58 AM] Wack'd: But he did just try to murder them and may or may not have murdered their prepubescent child and family friend [12:58 AM] Wack'd: So he earned it, honestly [12:59 AM] Wack'd: Anyway [12:59 AM] Wack'd: With that done with they're more determined than ever to find out if Franklin and Agatha are still alive [12:59 AM] Wack'd: (I mean spoilers, they are, but they don't know that) [01:00 AM] Bocaj: Like I said, Agatha is sometimes a ghost and it doesn't mean anything. Vitality is just something that does or doesn't happen [01:00 AM] Wack'd: Maybe she's a lich and she cloned her own body so she could wear it like a suit sometimes [01:00 AM] Wack'd: Who's to say [01:01 AM] Bocaj: Who's to say indeed

Thur Aug 22 2019 [01:02 AM] Wack'd: I dig the hell out of this Gaspar guy's lettering

[01:02 AM] Wack'd: Man I wish hand-lettering was still a thing in comics [01:02 AM] Wack'd: I miss it [01:02 AM] Wack'd: Like there's not necessarily any merit to doing it for dialogue bubbles but for stuff like this it's invaluable [01:03 AM] maxwellelvis: It feels like he just got back from seeing Dr. Strangelove or something for the writer and illustrator credits. [01:03 AM] Wack'd: I got more of a Batman TAS vibe personally [01:03 AM] maxwellelvis: That too [01:03 AM] Wack'd: With the low center of gravity on the Es [01:03 AM] Wack'd: And the big round Os [01:04 AM] maxwellelvis: I just had Strangelove on my mind is all [01:04 AM] Wack'd: It's good lettering [01:04 AM] Wack'd: Anyway, last issue, I forgot to mention because it was on a two-page spread that was rendered [01:04 AM] Wack'd: Really small for some reason [01:04 AM] Wack'd: But they found a metallic egg in the woods outside the big gothic mansion [01:04 AM] Wack'd: And have now determined it's probably where Eliminator came from [01:05 AM] Wack'd: So Reed's doing his workaholic best to figure out something about it to save Franklin and Agatha [01:06 AM] Wack'd: Reed manages to pinpoint the metal to somewhere in the Colorado Rockies [01:07 AM] Wack'd: Also, waaaaaay back in #39 the team lost their powers so Reed's hauled his old extendo-arms from out of the basement to cover for his lack of stretching [01:07 AM] Wack'd: This requires him to wear his 60s uniform for some reason

[01:07 AM] maxwellelvis: They were probably built into the suit. [01:08 AM] Wack'd: And then Sue and Johnny also get into their 60s uniforms because Len Wein seems determined to rehash literally every ounce of the Kirby years for moral support [01:08 AM] maxwellelvis: *literally every ounce of the Kirby years Roy Thomas hasn't already [01:08 AM] Wack'd: Generally when Thomas or even Conway brought back stuff from the past it was to put a new spin on it. Wein seems to just do it because he likes it [01:10 AM] Wack'd: JOHNNY HAS MADE MODIFICATIONS TO THE POGO PLANE [01:10 AM] Wack'd: THIS CAN ONLY GO WELL [01:10 AM] Wack'd: Remember the last time Johnny was allowed to so much as touch this thing he and Medusa got stranded in the Himilayas [01:11 AM] Wack'd: So they land in the Rockys [01:11 AM] Wack'd: And Johnny has built--I shit you not--a hot-rod-in-a-box [01:12 AM] Bocaj: huh [01:12 AM] maxwellelvis: Like, like you throw it on the ground and BOMB! there's a hot rod? [01:13 AM] Wack'd: Some assembly required but the implication is that Johnny has done this in like five minutes

[01:13 AM] Wack'd: And so the Four go exploring in the whopping one tiny town they found in the Rockies in hopes this is anything [01:14 AM] Wack'd: Reed has Ben do his old Ninja Turtle shtick because Len Wein is nostalgic so no one notices them [01:15 AM] Wack'd: Everything about this man screams "trustworthy"

[01:15 AM] Bocaj: That’s impressive facial hair [01:15 AM] Wack'd: Not just a twirly mustache but a beard you can also twirl in two directions [01:15 AM] Wack'd: Also his name is SCRATCH [01:16 AM] Wack'd: You know, like THE DEVIL??? [01:16 AM] Wack'd: The Four find nothing odd about this at all [01:16 AM] KarkatTheDalek: Truly, I have never known a more trustworthy name [01:16 AM] maxwellelvis: "Nick Scratch" [01:16 AM] maxwellelvis: That's not even TRYING [01:17 AM] Wack'd: The Four wander around this tiny town aimlessly for a bit and then give up [01:18 AM] Wack'd: But Agatha sees this from her window and realizes she has to do something, even if it means alerting her captors [01:18 AM] Wack'd: So she raises A GAINT WALL OF FLAMES around--oh right, also this town is named NEW SALEM [01:18 AM] Wack'd: You dinguses [01:18 AM] Bocaj: oh [01:18 AM] Bocaj: New Salem comes back up again for the Scarlet Witch Vision maxi series [01:19 AM] Bocaj: The one where Vision dry humps a mystical pregnancy into Wanda [01:19 AM] Wack'd: Was it ever really time for deception at all? Signs point to "no"

[01:20 AM] Wack'd: "YOU!", Sue yells, like this was a surprise or something

[01:21 AM] Wack'd: Anyway this asshole summons a bunch of gargoyles to fight the Four [01:21 AM] Wack'd: Fight fight fight [01:21 AM] Bocaj: I’m sick of fighting silly fights! [01:21 AM] Bocaj: heeheehee [01:21 AM] Wack'd: "No one had yet considered that I could hit people hard with things"

[01:22 AM] Bocaj: A force field with momentum is a blunt object and trauma [01:22 AM] Wack'd: Anyway they best all the gargoyles so Nick Scratch unleashes his most terrifying plan yet [01:23 AM] Wack'd: "Why're you hitting yourself, why're you hitting yourself, why're you hitting yourself"

[01:23 AM] Wack'd: Also this is a thing that happens

[01:25 AM] maxwellelvis: I wonder if, when these two were kids, and Franklin Storm had to tell young Sue to stop hitting her brother, if he ever imagined that ^ would happen? [01:26 AM] Wack'd: I think if his powers of foresight were that good he wouldn't have gone to prison and then died tragically [01:26 AM] Wack'd: Anyway, they're defeated, darkest hour, yada yada yada let's get on with it

[feheroestips]

Quick overview

And here we come, full circle of fate with Male Kana as a GHB. I guess it references the fact technically you do fight Kana in the DLC or maybe just because smol angry dragon is scary. Male Kana has a lot going for him, solid stats, even if he’s an all-rounder. Infact thats his only real flaw. He doesn’t shine at much and this gets hampered by the fact he has 0 ivs. Still like all Dragons, he’s born to be good.

Base kit

Like his female counter part he comes with Water breath. A decent breath skill grants +4 to his defences when attacked. Its fairly decent though you are giving up distant counter for it. Brazen def/res Further ups his defences, granting +7 to both defence stats, in battle, when below 80%. With his weapon that’s a whopping +11 to both. It puts them at around 40 each, More than enough to be a mixed wall.  Dragon Fang is just bleh on him, the cool down is far too long and his attack isn’t stellar as it is. I really don’t think you should keep it. Finally Fortify dragons is an amazing skill for dragon emblem, allowing him to give +6 to their defences.

If you need a B slot, quick riposte is probably your best bet, access to being able to double while taking little damage is always nice. Otherwise Wrath could be used or things like swordbreaker.

Pros + Cons

+Good stats overall

+Blue is a solid colour for dragons, for the most part

+Free unit!!!

-No ivs and limited Merges will hurt him

-Takes a lot of investment to be truly amazing, though this is most dragons main weakness

-Most people will have Nowi or Corrin F already

Partners

The main Threat To Kana is Naga. Pairing him with a strong red unit who can tank the magic hit and fire back is your best bet. Units like Ryoma, Ike, Ayra, Mia, Caeda, Tiki A/Y can cover his weakness. Other dragons are pretty solid partners as well.

Suggested set(s)

Tight B-rawr-get

Suggested ivs: n/a

Water breath+, reposition, Bonfire

Slot A = Brazen def/res

Slot B = quick riposte, sword breaker, Wrath

Slot C = fortify dragons or any c skill

Sacred seals: close defence

Weapon refinery: All refines have their merits, the best imo is arguably defence, but mixed phase builds will want +spd, and if you want to fight other dragons more +res.

A incredibly bulky Kana set which is pretty cheap too. Kana can use his native brazen skill, + water breath and close defence seal to get a whopping +17 defence when below 80% you’ll have 48 defence enemy phase and 46 resistance (only against Dragons) and thats without your chosen refine. If choosing +def thats 50 defence on a dragon. That means other blues need to do at least 86 damage to break through that in order to one shot him. Quick riposte ensures you double and fire off a bonfire if lucky, which btw at 50 is doing 25+damage. You can also use swordbreaker to make him mixed phased and just to be a red counter, or you can give him wrath, expensive but means a 35 damage bonfire. Thats enough to Kill some units outright like Elise or other Units in the 30-45 hp pool range.

Lighting never strikes twice, but kids do.

Suggested ivs: N/A

Lighting breath+,  reposition, bonfire/ignis/aether

Slot A = Steady/warding breath

Slot B = Quick riposte

Slot C = fortify dragons or any c skill

Sacred seals: Atk smoke, close defence, distant defence

Weapon refinery = +def or res have their merits here and really what you prefer

The basic set for dragons, breath skills and QR work too well with the overall amazing stats, and Kana is no exception. I suggest steady over warding but both are sought more for the cooldown bonuses if anything. QR ensures your double and the choice of special again is preference, ignis does the most damage but aether has arena points and recovery.

[isaactg]

Oh, life

is BIGGER

It's bigger than you

And you are not me…

But there are some things that we pretty much all agree on, like was that an obvious REM reference?

Yes, yes it was.

And like the song say “you are not me” and so the way we all think about the life will differ.

Some think of the life like a box of chocolates (Obvious Forrest Gump reference),

if you don’t read the description card in the box it’s you’re gonna end up eating that coffee one. And before you say anything, I feel I should disclose that I’m of the opinion that coffee in chocolate is bad, but chocolate in coffee is ok.

You see, life is complicated, and so naturally it makes sense to try and simplify it, like down to a box of chocolate or like to cooking on a kitchen stove

Why a kitchen stove?

For 3 reasons

You’ve got fuel or energy coming in whether thats gas electric or in the case of being human, food, then…

You you can only divide that energy a certain number of ways and

Well, I just like food and cooking.

In the case of many cookers it’s often between 4 hobs with each one giving off different levels of energy. Mines has 2 medium hobs burning about 25% of energy each, 1 small hob burning a mere 10% and 1 massive hob burning a whopping 40%.

Life will give you pots to put on your stove. These pots could be Family, Work, Social Life and Hobbies. Or they could be named Work, Friends & Family, Charity Work and Computer Games. I mean they could even be your Partner, YouTube, Running, and Holidays

In fact there could be an infinite number of different combinations which could vary wildly from person to person.

Whatever the combination, the trick is deciding which pots or pans are going on which hob?

Which thing in your life deserves the most energy at any given time and for how long.

So for some context my pots at this moment in my life are;

Family (& by extension Friends), Work, Creating Stuff & Health

And where I place them on the stove;

Family get most of my energy and attention, so it goes on the 40% hob

Work and Health get the 25% hobs and Creating stuff gets the least amount of my energy at the moment so only 10%.

If I’m being honest, recently I have kinda switched health and creating stuff. Hence, this blog post, and why I may have buy some new trousers. They do always say you can’t have your cake and eat it and I can tell you that I have been having my cake and eating it a bit more than I should have. Or in my case having my donuts.

But the point that I’m making is that often there is a trade off to be had when you put more energy to one thing over another. I’m not saying its like for everyone but for many people I do find that to be the case.

So you gotta figure what the pots are in your life and how much energy you’re putting towards each one and in some cases how long for.

I like this analogy it follows all the traits of of what I always think of as a good analogy

Simple to explain, as essentially we just talking about cooker stoves and pots

2. Easy to understand (or relatable), as most people have a kitchen or at least understand the concept of cooking even if they don’t cook themselves, and

3. Can be to expanded if needed, because we could change the size or types of pots or have more or less hobs and we could even change the ingredients in the pots (But that is something we can go into another time)

It’s funny cuz the folks over on Hello Internet did a similar analogy ages ago but they used 4 light bulbs and did a really good podcast episode breaking down the concept aptly titled ‘Four Light Bulbs’.

And this inspired me to think about it in my own way which in turn made change the way I viewed my own life, hence this post.

I always thought that those two would regroup and continue making the podcast but I guess “That was just a dream

Just a dream…”