#when people are barely surviving

[sanddollarpoems]

But who can afford to be curious these days?

Those lofty ideas are not for the poor

who simply must strive for survival.

The itch of curiosity belongs to the rich

whose parent's pocketbooks

can afford them the halls of higher learning.

It belongs to the ones who have moments to spare,

and the lavish extravagance

of not living in fear of the landlord.

Who can afford curiosity when the cost of living

out paces those who are living,

dragging them into a frantic fight to float?

Curiosity has always been for the privileged,

for those who don't know the bitter taste of desperation.

Curiosity is only for the rich,

and because of this,

we will all remain poor.

[puppetmaster13u]

Meme Prompt 10

[raviola-triggers]

Role swap AU designs (and some minor details about them) inspired by this post right here that got me brainrotting for the past five hours.

[stiffyck]

I keep thinking about my scar design and how big the difference between him and tcd scar is.

Tcd scar is a scrawny kid who's clothes are way too big for him and who barely has anything to eat and who's covered in old bandages

Vs current scar who has well fitting clothes and has enough food and isn't malnourished and who's not just surviving but living his life and doing what he wanted

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

So anyway you repeatedly say we only feel corn husks and similar inedible parts to cattle but Never add a source to back it up. Having worked on farms I’m afraid for the most part the feeds I’ve seen have been parts entirely edible to humans. And like fuck man 5% of all grown soy is fed to humans or however the stat goes, do you really think the remaining 95% is inedible? really?

Anyway yeah I’m asking for a source here cause I don’t want to add this on to months old post

Ingredients such as “grain by-products” are referring to the husks, stalks, and other “green” parts of the plant that we humans don’t actually have the digestive capabilities to eat. The breakdown of most livestock feeds looks like the above when you actually take a look at it.

Different cattle feed, similar ingredients. Still primarily things that, and I have to stress this, you cannot eat. This one is slightly higher in quality and does indeed have actual grain products included. Some of those are edible to humans. Some are not. Generally cattle are fed cattle cubes with supplemental mineral licks and hay. Some also supplement with whole corn, but I can gladly assure you that corn is not in short supply and even if all the corn sold to animal feed was donated to the poor, you can’t actually live off of corn because there’s very little nutrition in it. Hence why in both human and animal food it’s typically seen as a filler ingredient. Keeps the mouth busy with a meal without making your stomach feel full and you end up eating more without feeling satisfied.

Soybeans are really only often used in feed for pigs because they’re a great source of protein for these animals. I would state that soy is also a terrible option to use as an emergency food for humans in need because while, yes, it is indeed a healthy bean, it’s also one of the top eight foods that humans are frequently allergic or intolerant towards. I’d also ask you for whether your 5% of all grown soy statistic is referring to the beans or the entire plant because yeah the beans are the edible part. The rest of the plant isn't especially healthy for humans to eat. I would say the beans are around 5% of a mature soy plant sure.

[greensaplinggrace]

I can’t stop thinking about how the darkling is a character that has existed in a survival mindset for literally hundreds of years. like I cannot even begin to fathom what that kind of thing does to someone’s brain

[foxstens]

genuinely can't imagine how kevin even got through his first few months at psu

[ace-and-ranty]

New pet peeve unlocked: when people try arguing that immortality is fine, actually, because all your friends will die anyway even if you're not immortal

YEAH. You are gonna have to live without your friends and loved ones. FOR LIKE. I DON'T KNOW. TEN YEARS??? That is NOT the same thing as fifty, a hundred, ENDLESS DECADES mourning an ever increasing pile of lost loved ones.

You REALLY don't think it would get REALLY HARD to keep on loving new people and loosing them and loving new people and loosing them OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN? Please, for the love of fuck. It is not remotely comparable. Yes, we all expect to loose the people we love. We do not expect to live with it forever.

[iftitah]

there was a buffalo that was about to die soon but we were not allowed to tell it to the owner

[suolainensilakka]

Mortifying ordeal of being perceived vs the burning itching need to talk about the lingering will. Woe, tag ramble upon ye

[hella1975]

i feel like i need to do laps of the house rn i have so much to talk to you guys about and idk where to start

[the-lark-ascending69]

> be a robin buckley fan

> be lesbian

> project on robin

> look up "internalized homophobia robin buckley" on tumblr because it's cathartic

> 3/4 of the posts are about st3ddie or just about steve

[dirtytransmasc]

I think a lot of TB fans are mad that Alicent is "morally grey" in the way the wish Rhaenyra was, and that she's still doing "morally grey" better than her anyway, despite being a lot less morally grey and a lot more morally... fucked over and backed into a corner where she has to to do morally questionable things to keep her and her children alive... but I digress. I think they hate that Alicent is everything that they preach about when talking about Rhaenyra, while they shit on her with the very next breath.

this isn't even to say that Rhaenyra isn't morally grey, or that being morally grey makes her unlikable. she is, very truly, a morally grey character, and she can be very interesting when viewed as a flawed character with flawed decisions that aren't the best.

this also isn't to say Alicent's perfect, it's to say her hand being forced left and right, being made into a wounded animal that snaps at any hand that comes near it after years of being alone, hurting, neglected, and used, makes her a whole lot more complicated and morally less than grey.

[razzek]

Haha my bad, I have $30 for the rest of the month. 8)

[gophergal]

I always hate the pity I get when I say "I don't have much of a family"

Like, fuck you dude. My family is very small, but my parents distanced themselves from their relatives for a good fucking reason and so have I

[theparadoxart]

There's a big difference between fake it till u make it and lying to yourself just so u can feel better and people often forget that.