#theoretical question

[mildlykurious]

A poll below

So, here is my theoretical question: to you, which kind of hand-made present is more "valuable", the one made by a person who has little to no experience in a field or by a professional?

To elaborate, is a cake, baked by somebody who doesn't bake, more or less "valuable" than a cake made by a person who makes cakes for living? Like both cakes in the example are good. The first one is kinda rocky, but tasty and in fact, good. The second one is perfect.

And I know that a cake is a cake, but theoretically, which one makes more sense to be more "valuable"? Or are they truly of equal "value"? Do the love and effort of the first person overweigh the lack of skill? Does a high quality make up for cake-making being the second's person routine? Do you think the love put in is equal (on average)? What does "valuable" mean for you?

Or could you find a reason why one cake would be more "valuable" than the other?

Please reblog I want some sample size

Bear in mind, this question is purely philosophical and all art is "valuable"

[pickleinthedump460]

Guys theoretically what would you do if you just dropped a skateboard on your glasses theoretically and the nail theoretically got lost and you theoretically have already got your mom to fix them for you 4 times and she's theoretically out of nails and you theoretically don't wanna tell her cus she'll be theoretically angry?

[dragmiire]

hey. who wants their back blown out by ganondorf.

[voguishmystic]

who up ruminating they past and unfulfilled desires

[chaosvanquished]

I hate to break this to some of you but in my culture the idea was indeed that with identical twins one had a soul and the other was soulless. Though surely no one truly believes in this anymore it has still survived in our collective cultural memory that one of them is the "evil twin". Oral recollection says that you have to find out which one is the evil one or they may kill their good sibling later on. For this you have to leave both outside and the Changeling will show itself. You then have to kill them and your "true" child and their soul will be safe.

Obviously we know that that's not true, that identical twins are normal, and that they're not evil.

But I know quite a few people even today who feel uncomfortable when seeing identical twins.

fictional stories involving cloning and the "moral dilemma" of whether a cloned human should be considered a person are so fucking obnoxious to me, like from the earliest possible age it never made sense to me why people would hand-wring about the personhood of a clone. that's just a human being baby, don't be so weird about it

"but do they have SOULS???"

good question but here's a better one, are you hungry for a knuckle sandwich

[royal-dragon7]

Theoretically

If I used a bird like a pigeon, a crow, (some other type of corvid or bird with homing signal or something) to transport messages over the North Korean border

Would it work?

Corvids can recognize faces right?

So I could train one on a picture and such

(I don’t even live in South Korea, but THEORETICALLY)

[weirdratblogs]

Would you eat a giant bug if it were meaty like a lobster? Like a pug-sized pillbug or chicken-sized mantis?

I imagine most would if they were a ubiquitous adpect of life. As in, if they had always been like that.

But I'm talking if some mad scientist appeared out of a dark alley and offered to steam you a giant scorpion or something. Complimentary butter and garlic included, of course.

[raviollies]

Been fiddling with my Rook design in my mind palace, as if the CC would let me do anything even remotely to this

[universesrising]

the more i see these lore drops like “jay can produce a lightning bolt’s worth of power” and “cole could split a continent in half”, the more i’m convinced that lloyd really IS a nuclear power plant condensed into a human body

i am afraid of that particular lore reveal. how fast could this man obliterate the world

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm cautiously gearing myself up for a conversation with bff where I tell her that we need to recalibrate our relationship, and....I genuinely don't think I've ever had a serious, emotional conversation with someone I care about before.

I've never been a Conversation Haver; I tend to take the approach that people can't significantly change without meaningful reason, and since I am not and never have been someone's Reason, I cannot prompt change. Therefore, my choices are (a) live with what is; or (b) end/limit the relationship.

But....this is my best friend in the world. I do love her. I just can't keep on as we've been going, where it's less a friendship and more ten minute intervals where I talk about my life, after which the focus switches. I once sat in a bar for two hours waiting for her; afterwards, she asked if I wanted to stay in her hotel room like I didn't have to get up in another 5 hours and drive to work. She texted me during my recent trips, and when I said I was traveling she asked no further questions. Said nothing unless it was about what she was reading, what she was doing. I'm not even sure she realized I was traveling at all, just unavailable to her.

I can give a high-level summary of her PhD thesis. I'm not confident she knows where I work.

Truthfully, part of this is that we simply have different social styles....but still. Coming back from my family trip, I said I was tired and trying to get work straightened out, she should go ahead and plan something for the holiday! I was free! Only for me to text a week later....and promptly have her join me, for my previously standalone plans. Oh, and she asked me to bring my camera, because she wants headshots for her new job.

I still love her very much, but if this is the kind of relationship we're going to have? I need less of it.

[gallusrostromegalus]

So could it be said that Seiretei is Yamamoto sneaking his unionizing underneath the nobles' noses, if I understand correctly what he pulled, by getting all the psychics signed up to have food and wages and some sort of job security?

That is *EXACTLY* what he's doing.

Well, its the extremely sexy and cunning plan his Wife Tsubaki came up with but fortunately for him she thinks it's equally hot shit when he's a huge fucking problem for the Bourgeoisie on her behalf.

After she leaves him, his plans aren't quite as... subtle, but the willingness to be a huge asshole for the benefit of future generations remains, and what he can't get my subtle manipulation or cunning tactics he's more than willing to achieve with strategic use of extreme violence.

His first few years trying to manage Zaraki are... Difficult. Yamamoto often muses on the old curse of teachers that one should suffer a student just like yourself, as he struggles with another catastrophic asshole who unfortunately has the physical chops and social skills to back his bullshit up. The Giant Bastard's monstrous Reiatsu is it's own problem but unfortunately Zaraki is also in possession of a startlingly cunning mind, a long memory and a fiendish sense of humor. Tsubaki's influence on the lad became clear in the first captain's meeting when Zaraki dog-walked him through naming specific statutes until he had to admit defeat and let him restock the 11th with every freak and monster in the Rukongai.

...a week after The Calamity In Hiroshima though, Yamamoto realizes that A Giant Bastard is *exactly* what he needs.

It's midnight when he arrives at the 11th Division to 'have a little walk' with Zaraki.

It's 1:04 AM when he gets over to the 4th Division where the man actually is.

As the Giant Bastard is redressing (and Unohana is indicating via Very Pointed Eye Contact that there will be Consequences (TM) for this interruption) Yamamoto explains he needs Zaraki to come with him on a trip to "A Place several people who legally I do not know the names of- much less their professions! are gathering in secret. They have tremendous sway in the governing of Soul Society, and somehow they have gotten ahold of a Schematic for The Device. I think it only appropriate that they be reassured that the construction of such a device should not even be considered, as there is More Than Enough Destructive Power between the two of us, isn't there?"

Zaraki peered down at him with the one functioning eyeball (and the malfunctioning one too, if the prickling in Yamamoto's thumbs was anything to go by) for a minute and he worried he might have to try again with smaller words when Zaraki grinned in comprehension.

"I get it now!" He laughed, patting Yamamoto's shoulder and the old man sighed with relief.

"-Gotta say, it was kinda buggin' me, but now I see what Madame Tsubaki saw in ya!" he laughed, and Yamamoto realized several decades too late that Zaraki's former Employer and his own Ex-wife were one in the same.

"C'mon Grandpa, show me whose head needs knocking into the outer districts."

[tswwwit]

Are Portal Au Dipper and Bill going to "marry" eventually or are they going to be stuck at the boyfriend phase forever? Not that it makes that big of a difference but it's still interesting to know. If they do marry, is it an accident or on purpose?

They might! It's totally possible for them both to be perfectly happy being long-term boyfriends.

But if a marriage thing happens, it's gonna be on purpose.

And it would have to be Bill who proposes.

Dipper, as a human, would think of it first - socialization and all - but he wouldn't mention a Really Big Step forward that, in his mind, isn't something demons do. He's still on shaky ground when it comes to the whole 'does he really like me though' thing! As far as he knows, Bill could be confused by the very concept! Or disgusted, or disinterested, laugh at him for being such an idiot. Or worse, do it just to placate Dipper. Not because he wanted to. Just to shut his human up. No matter how interesting the idea sounds, it's clearly off the table.

Catch this man giving longing glances at the rings on someone else's hand, and telling himself he doesn't want that. He can't want that. He's got a great thing going. Everything's better than he imagined already, he should - Just be happy with what he has, damn it.

[dellovestorant]

What. a. fucking. idiotic. question.

[ryan-sometimes]

As a lesbian what am I meant to do when a male friend asks me to link him up with a girl that I secretly want?

[imaginedanvrs]

would I be cancelled if I wrote a fic about r being sent to gay conversation therapy and getting fucked by camp counselor!Wanda? 👀

[yeah-w-r-i-t-e]

i only see my parents once a week. do you think they would notice if i cut an inch off my hair every week