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okay so i work in the deli of a grocery store, yeah? and today i got this guy who came up with his two twin children, around five years old. he walks up to the counter, carrying one kid in each arm, and loudly goes "oh, no, i forgot what i wanted!" and turns to the boy in his left arm and, in a perfect blues clues style voice, goes "caleb, do you remember what i wanted?" and the boy goes "half pound of yellow cheese!"

i, obviously, say "you've got it little sir!" and slice up half a pound of yellow american cheese, handing it to the little boy, who looks it over, nods, and tucks it in his lap.

then the man goes "well, we can't just have cheese on our sandwiches. but what else can we put on there?" and the little gurl in his other arm goes "half pound of ham!" so i nod and say "yes ma'am! what kind?" and she points at a random cut of turkey, so her father nods and says "like she said, honey ham!" i cut half a pound of honey ham, hand it to the little lady, she looks it over, nods and puts it in her lap.

then the man goes "now, what should we have for the side?" and the kids both simultaneously start cheering "macking cheese!!!" and the man spins on his heel and marches off, presumably to find the macking cheese.

later, the little boy comes wandering back to the counter while his father looks on and loudly and proudly proclaims that he wants to know where the mustard is. i point him to the correct aisle, he nods, says "thank you mister deli woman" and walks away.

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Art in the Age of Digital Puritanism (2022) by Iness Rychlik The artist reposted it in 2024 "because it feels relevant in social media today".

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I'm sorry but I will never ever use goon as slang for a guy who jacks off a lot or whatever it apparently means now. A goon is a guy in a clown mask and purple tank top who sees a caped crusader swooping down to beat up him and his buddies and yells "IT'S DA FREAKIN' BAT!" and I will accept nothing else.

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The moon is clouds

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I enjoyed reading about Shang Qinghua and Mobei Jun a lot and I wish MXTX wrote more. Does anyone else love these two? I just learned their ship name while tagging this post!

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If your food comes from any of the brands listed on the USA lists then you can check the numbers and see if yours fit that. The issues are from the US lists to my knowledge due to changes in US regulations.

Every time there's a food recall that spreads from one company to the next, even from generic brands that are unique to the store selling them, it makes me realize the illusion of choice under capitalism hyped up by conservatives is a bunch of bullshit.

Oh and uh, don't drink apple juice for a while. Arsenic. And it's more than just Aldi and Walmart

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watching Seven Samurai

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SOUND ON.

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Masterlist of the Batfam Social Media AU posts

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Pt. 1: The duality of man feat. Jason Todd & Damian Wayne

Pt. 2: Dick "The Firstborn" Grayson vs Jason "The Firstdead" Todd

Pt. 3: Gently used casket for sale :)

Pt. 4: Prince of Gotham "Bruh Wayne" aka "Father of 10+ mean children"

Pt. 5: Bruce Wayne is NOT Batman

Pt. 6: BREAKING NEWS: Lex Luthor BUYS Twitter??

Pt. 7: Just another night in Gotham

Pt. 8: God's strongest soldier (the oldest sibling)

Pt. 9: Bruce Wayne texts like a boomer

Bonus:

Jay + Roy texts

Jason "I swear I hate my dad" Todd

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Hi honey how was your day at the gaslighting factory?

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kill 'character did nothing wrong'. nurture 'character did everything wrong and i was whooping and cheering the whole time'

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I think that’s the moment Ra’s went from purely manipulating Tim, to being impressed by him. And not just because “Tim is smart”- all bats are smart, it’s because Tim used his intelligence to analyze a scene and form a battle plan within seconds. “Look behind his eyes, I suspect he’s already won”- Ra’s al Ghul. “Win the next fight, and the one after that, before you get there”- Tim drake. Tim had the whole battle planned out before it started. And Ra’s noticed it. He’s probably like “look at that little snake of a man” and then “oh shit, I let that snake touch my computers”

And then Tim blows up the league’s bases. I think that Ra’s let him into his system because he thought he had him, that Tim wouldn’t dare act against him or that he was in too deep to do so. That was the point, no? Get Tim to work for the league and trap him there. The white ghost told Tim he was working for Ra’s al Ghul now, and that there was no turning back in response to Tim telling him to leave the cradle. (Right before he revealed he rigged their generators to explode). so obviously no one was expecting him to turn on the league.

That made Ra’s angry, so he set out to hurt Tim. The plan itself isn’t hard to figure out- if WE is controlled by a puppet, Ra’s can be the one to pull its strings. Tim succeeded where other bats might have failed because he pushed his concern for innocent people to the side, got his friends to protect them instead of flying around the city trying to do that himself like Bruce would have, and focused on the bigger picture. Tim didn’t win because of his intelligence (again-ALL BATS ARE SMART), but because of how he used it. Because like Ra’s, Tim is cunning, sly, almost devious and while Batman is cold and calculating when needed, Tim can detach himself in a way Bruce can’t.

Also, can I point out that Ra’s saying Tim “passed all his tests” in the end is such a loser move? Like yeah? You planned for him to explode all your bases? Like, the WE thing probably was a test (of character, not intelligence), to see if Tim is different from other bats. But the base thing? Nah man, Ra’s lost to much that day for it to be on purpose. Ra’s underestimated Tim, got hit, and then pretended it was all part of his plan, loser.

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I think of the liushen dynamic like a shy little boy who has a crush on his teacher. I can imagine Liu Qingge running up to Shen Yuan with his fist closed around something until his shixiong goes, "Oh, it's a gift for me?" And Liu Qingge wordlessly nods and opens his hand and gives him a dead bug. Shen Yuan politely says that's very nice and Liu Qingge blushes and replies, "Want to see me do a flying sword trick." And it's phrased as a question but he does it before Shen Yuan can answer. Shen Yuan claps his hands and comments, "Wow shidi, that was really cool!" This is an average flirting session between two adult men and both of them are completely sincere during this interaction.

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I'm pretty on board with the headcanon that what Link gets out of being the bearer of the Triforce of Courage is the power of being a video game protagonist, but I genuinely can't decide whether it would be funnier if he's 100% aware of how much bullshit his everything is, or if he honestly doesn't realise.

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Shen Qingqiu as The Onion's headline

Character owned by mxtx and picture I found on pintrest edited by me