#the year of less

[mousefists]

2025: my buy nothing year

okay so i just reread the year of less which like is not a perfect book for many reasons but it's got me feeling inspired so we're gonna go with it. i did a month-long shopping ban last year and it was really refreshing and opened my eyes to all the things i can go without, get for free, and of course all the stuff i already have that i can depend on for my needs.

so! here's the plan: i'm doing my own year-long shopping ban and here's the outline i have so far:

not allowed to buy: + makeup + clothes & shoes + books, magazines, comics + take out food & drink* + back up products (i.e. back up deodorant) + art supplies of any kind + home goods (candles, pillows, rugs, etc) + paper towels + sugary drinks & other drinks in plastic bottles + plants (fake or real) + subscription plans (other than youtube music & flickr) + furniture

allowed to buy new: + food that i make at home + medications + tattoo sessions & piercings + train, bus, and plane tickets + a back up battery for my power chair + supplies for a new emergency bag + sewing patterns

allowed to buy used: + cd's + gifts for others + wedding dress

allowed to buy only if I run out: + stationary supplies (notebooks, ink, sticky notes, pens, pencils, envelopes, etc) + body care products (toothpaste, deodorant, chapstick etc) + gardening supplies (seeds, fertilizer, soil, etc) + film for my instax

Questions to ask myself before buying something: + do i already have some? + can i get by with out it? + can i get it for free or borrow it? + can i barter for it? + can i mend or fix the broken one i have? + can i make it? + can i get it at a thrift store? + did i need it yesterday? + can i afford it?**

i'm also allowed to replace essentials like shoes, clothes, bags, and furniture if i don't have another one, can't fix it myself, and can't replace it for free. (and i have to get rid of the old one)

okay i think that's it. i might add to or edit down the road but here's the general plan and it starts today! * exceptions made for if i get too sick too cook for myself AND no one in my house or extended community is able provide meals for me. **afford it means that if i buy the thing it won't put me in a tight financial situation, not just "do i have the actual dollars?"

[superstarfighter]

Sunday morning with green tea and reading.

I texted with a dear friend of mine in the morning and now I'm resting on my couch. I am about to finish this book, which I enjoy and is quite reflective, insightful and well written.

[rivetgoth]

It's honestly crazy that discussion around testosterone HRT skews so much towards the beginning stages of it (to the point that you have dozens of guys thinking their transition is "failed" if they don't pass by like a year in lol) and what the initial changes of the first couple of months to years look like, like the classic laundry list of those early basic changes like bottom growth, voice drop, etc, when IMO literally none of that compares remotely to the depth and intensity of the long term total masculinization you start to experience like 3-5+ years in.

[carsonjonesfiance]

“This thing is legally dubious and therefore technically unenforceable.” Is not a “useless liberal gotcha” it’s how legalism works in this country. Tying up stupidly worded EOs in court is the quickest way to keep them from being implemented. It is the definition of “doing something.” But it doesn’t usually involve much tweeting so of course a certain type of leftist feels obligated to mock it.

[valtsv]

are we still doing this because i have a late submission

[qourmet]

this isn't the first time @cerbykerby had an idea that i've impulsively drawn... rest of the comic under the cut!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

HOT, SINGLE, UNSTUDIED SPONGES. 3000 NAUTICAL MILES AWAY. Come sail the distance and read Tiger Tiger!

[dilfosaur]

same energy

[mysterycitrus]

"[blank] is the best robin" please be serious

[ash-and-starlight]

oh my god no way..,the lion,,,, is homosexual ,, 🫢

happy lunar new year! did you know that despite what wikipedia says the lion dance is a relatively recent practice, and was in fact invented in @ranilla-bean’s fic Pride of Place? click the link for more fun facts!

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

genuinely is my brain erasing itself or is google/tumblr censoring that post about notre dame and old growth forests.

[shirecorn]

Monsters

Bittersweet Dreams || Perspective || Evil || Fighter

[shinesurge]

did yall know cricut put a metal strip in the back of their newer Maker 3 that doesn't do anything except pop out after like six months of regular use and force you to call customer service so they can tell you to replace the machine

well they did and instead of calling them and replacing an entire functional fucking machine you can just cut the bar out and put tape over what's left

fuck offfff,

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

Being someone who read Under The Red Hood and came out with the firm belief that, for Jason, it's not about killing Joker, it's about Jason wanting proof Batman would choose him over the Joker (bc shelia chose the joker). Makes seeing any other media where it's all about just wanting the Joker dead is a teeny bit frustrating. to be honest

Jason could've killed the Joker himself, really, really easily. Jason kidnaps the Joker before the confrontation. I can't open my comic for a reference right now, but it felt like he had the Joker for quite a bit before the confrontation. He had him. He beat him up with a crowbar. He had every single opportunity to kill the Joker himself, but he didn't because that wasn't his goal. Make no mistake, he did plan for the Joker to be dead by the end of it, but do you see what im trying to say here

Edit: If I knew this post was gonna get 1000+ notes I would've tried to word it better or something, this was a rant I made on the way to the grocery store 😭

It's not about making Batman kill either. When Batman says he won't kill, Jason adjusts and goes, 'Let ME kill the Joker or kill me to stop me' instead. The test is all about Batman choosing him. The whole final confrontation is Jason's first death again. The parent, The Joker, and the explosives. It even ends with Jason unable to move as a bomb goes off right next to him again because the parent didn't choose Jason. And instead tried finding an option that'd benefit them and (consequencely) letting the Joker walk, again, lol, lmao <-in agony

[idolomantises]

I was gonna say I’m glad tumblr became a lot more of a civil website with less petty discourse but its also the website where people unironically call feminists terfs and tone police women who criticize men so you win some you lose some I guess lol