kvöld fellur, stjörnur birtast

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:27:56 -0500

ralfmaximus:
brosetv:
56kilobits:
Whoever wrote that Vanguard message did so with shaking hands, between sobs & swigs of bourbon straight from the bottle.
They’re right, though. Now is exactly the wrong time to make dramatic investment moves. Everybody’s shit is doing the same thing; unless you need your retirement money in the next twelve months or whatever, you’re better off leaving it alone and waiting for the eventual correction. Like, this is not a comforting lie, this is good advice!

i had to force myself to stop reading so i would get behind on my sketch pages

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:26:00 -0500

wasabibrulee:

i had to force myself to stop reading so i would get behind on my sketch pages

itrenore: 「ふらぁ」

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:21:23 -0500

itrenore:

「ふらぁ」

cosmocallfield: 水色Summer | 玄木 [pixiv]...

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:21:02 -0500

cosmocallfield:

水色Summer | 玄木 [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=37248672

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:17:45 -0500

exactlynoisygalaxy:

Gentlemen, adjust your wardrobes accordingly

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:15:32 -0500

toxicmetalexpo:

Gentlemen, adjust your wardrobes accordingly

I can’t remember if I’ve already said this but what I really love about Re:Connect is how they went…

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:20:56 -0500

I can’t remember if I’ve already said this but what I really love about Re:Connect is how they went “Aoba’s dad has fangs” and then just. did not elaborate on that whatsoever

finally bought it almost 10 years after watching youtube playthroughs and the nostalgia is insane…

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:19:06 -0500

requinum:

finally bought it almost 10 years after watching youtube playthroughs and the nostalgia is insane (also discovered re:connect and. wow)

YEAH BABEY

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 09:14:39 -0500

squeakadeeks:

YEAH BABEY
after making so many things you hit a point where you think. you know what. at any given moment theres nothing stopping me from being Austin Powers. then at some point. You will be Austin Powers.

it is weird that celiac stuff has become part of the ‘culture war’. because it’s literally just a…

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:06:54 -0500

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:
pangur-and-grim:
it is weird that celiac stuff has become part of the ‘culture war’. because it’s literally just a medical thing…. I get super anemic unless I cut a certain protein out of my diet, because it bulldozes the villi in my intestines. but if I post about it, right-wingers send me gore images. I guess you can’t expect shitty people to be logical, but I’ve even heard lefty people make fun of gluten stuff, and it’s like why are you mad about this??? why are you pissed off that I’m eating bread that doesn’t taste as good so that I can have blood in my body? it’s so morally neutral.
I’m sorry, I know you weren’t actually looking for an explanation but I always have a rant about this locked and loaded.
As far as I can tell the reasons that this happens are:
The interpretation of disability accommodation as wokeness - a lot of the same people who are shitty about food limitations are also shitty about sign language interpreters and ramp requirements (also building regulations relating to the latter) because they view any accommodation as capitulation to a group they think should “suck it up and deal with it” (quietly exist without named or obvious accommodations). The conversations around peanut-free or milk-free classrooms to accommodate children with allergies are similarly unhinged and possibly more horrifying.
Conflating specialty diets as a result of proximity in the popular consciousness - you’re a lot more likely to see something described as “vegan + gluten free” or to see vegan/vegetarian/g-free options grouped on menus than you are to see keto/vegan/gfree options so the “lefty” animal-free diets get grouped with gluten-free (it’s also interesting that there are right-wing diets, and I wonder how many of these people remember when you used to be able to find “atkins-friendly” symbols on casual dining restaurant menus)
Gluten free diets became a fad fifteen years ago; tons of people read “Wheat Belly” and stopped eating wheat as a weight loss hack and when they went back to eating wheat because it’s actually pretty difficult to get around a major staple grain they didn’t experience any negative consequences; people saw this and basically think that it’s a trend, that people are faking medically necessary diets as part of a fad. When questioned about this they always go “but, I mean, it’s okay if you REALLY need to skip the wheat because you have a condition but most people are doing it because it’s popular” when g-free diets haven’t been a major trend for quite a while now. TO BE QUITE FAIR, I think that things like “Gluten Aware” cookies and beer and such, which contain a little gluten but not NO gluten contribute to this perception (these have annoyed me forever for two reasons: 1. They make people without celiac think that a little gluten is fine for people with celiac, which it is not; 2. fucking commit, companies. *I* want the cookies and beer and it’s deeply annoying that these business will go to the lengths to create products with minimal gluten but won’t actually make g-free foods - this is often because of the risk of cross contamination, they won’t claim to make g-free things because they won’t work with a dedicated g-free facility)
Anyway, in conclusion: it sucks, I’m sorry.
The fun flipside of this is that I’ve seen people who are more right wing become aggressively pro regulation and pro accommodation when they or their family members have to suddenly take on the individual burden of making up for a society that doesn’t include them by default.
US specific:
Is your ham made with vinegar? Does your ham have the generic word “spices” on the ingredient list? Does your ham include “smoke flavoring”? Does your ham include caramel coloring?
Because malt vinegar has gluten in it. “Spices” may include wheat products in a mix. Smoke flavoring may be made with barley flour. Caramel coloring may be made with wheat or barley syrup.
If the label says “gluten free” that means that the “spices,” caramel coloring, vinegar, and smoke flavor are certified to contain 20ppm or less of gluten.
If the ham is cured in any way, it may include gluten. If the ham was marinated, it probably includes gluten. If the ham was prepared in a facility that processes wheat in any way, it might be cross contaminated with gluten.
There’s a company out there called “Gluten Free Water” that makes water in plastic bottles, poking fun at the idea that too many things have a gluten free label. I fucking hate that company. Because that company is functionally saying “lol, people are so sensitive and over the top about this, let’s be a little silly and laugh about how crazy people can be with their 'gluten free’ nonsense.”
Did you know that there are sustainable food containers and straws that contain wheat? And that you don’t have to label them? There are definitely people with celiac who have been sickened by biodegradable plastic straws in their “obviously water is gluten free there’s no risk here” water.
“It’s over-labeled so it looks trendy” just means you don’t know how foods are made or what foods contain gluten. Gluten is ridiculously common in foods in general, and also in packaged meats.
Your ham has to say gluten free because it distinguishes it from the hams that do contain gluten, which is a fucking lot of them. And you’re annoyed that your ham has to say gluten free and I’m annoyed that I’m standing in the grocery store calling a ham company to figure out where they source their caramel coloring so I can figure out if the damned ham is safe to eat.
“lol, oats don’t have wheat in them, are people so stupid that they have to be told what is and isn’t wheat? why does this oatmeal have a gluten free label?” Cross contamination; gluten free oats are not grown near wheat and are not processed in facilities that process wheat.
“lol, rice doesn’t have wheat in it, why is this rice labeled gluten free, all rice is gluten free” Cross contamination; the rice isn’t processed on equipment that processes wheat.
“lol why does this turkey breast say gluten free, it’s just fucking turkey” read the ingredients on your “just” turkey, lots of packaged meat is packed in broth, some of which contains modified food starch, which may contain wheat.
“lol why are these strawberries labeled gluten free? they’re fucking strawberries” WAX, BUDDY. SOME FRUITS ARE COATED IN PRESERVATIVE WAX FILMS BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SOME OF THOSE FUCKING FILMS CONTAIN GLUTEN.
I think that part of the reason that people are so irritated by g-free labels is because it exposes them to just how vast and alienating their food systems are.
“Ham should just be meat from a pig, maybe with sugar and salt; what on earth is happening that there might be wheat in that process? Nothing in that process should involve wheat.” And then you might have to think about it for a second, might have to wonder what “sugar” and “salt” mean when someone is producing a million hams to be delivered thousands of miles away. It’s not just sugar and salt; it’s preservatives and nitrates and batch cooking and getting corn syrup instead of sugar and getting smoke flavoring instead of smoking the ham and turning your “whole food” into all the ingredients that make up the ingredients that make up the ingredients.
A “gluten free” label says “you can eat this” to somebody with celiac disease, who has already pounded their skull against the shittiness of the medical system and the food system.
But to someone who doesn’t have to worry that their food is going to disable them, a “gluten free” sticker on ham takes a known quantity and turns their sandwich into a hyperobject that contains animal agriculture and industrial additive production and shipping pollution and the ongoing assault on regulation.
If it doesn’t have the label, you can just eat your lunch. If it does have the label, you are haunted by the specter of RFK junior imploding the FDA.
Turns out that everyone in the US with celiac is already constantly haunted by the possible implosion of the FDA because food regulation is an up-close and personal part of our daily lives that most people would rather not think about.

Lamento drawings I’ve had for awhile…I’m so over with them that I can’t bother to add anymore…

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:38:06 -0500

wolf-wake:

Lamento drawings I’ve had for awhile…I’m so over with them that I can’t bother to add anymore details 😭 this game is ruining me

me and my homies support real artists who put their passion into their pieces instead of a machine…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:52:59 -0500

malanor3:

ghostieking:
me and my homies support real artists who put their passion into their pieces instead of a machine who rips off the hard work of talented peeps
LOUDER LOUDER LOUDERRRRR

you really just have to say ‘it is what it is’ and move on. like. completely move on. focus on…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:14:59 -0500

mothprincess:

you really just have to say ‘it is what it is’ and move on. like. completely move on. focus on what’s important but also just have a nice life. play with your pet, go outside with someone somewhere, see a movie in theaters or borrow/buy a book, sit in the sunlight, get a plant, get a recipe, wear a fragrance, dance, talk to ppl, do pilates/sports/walking/swimming/biking, go somewhere new, start a casual or compelling project, compliment a stranger genuinely, call someone, drive for a while. remember that you’re here. you’re important because you’re alive and that’s enough

An old pirate Rin doodle that I decided to color

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:11:02 -0500

devotedtorin:

An old pirate Rin doodle that I decided to color
pre-color version below the cut
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anyway I saw the AI poll and thought it needed like, more options? anyhow. I would like to hear…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:14:56 -0500

tavina-writes:

anyway I saw the AI poll and thought it needed like, more options? anyhow. I would like to hear nuances in the reblogs!
Fan creators who never plan to use AI: what are your primary reason(s)?
I think AI is plagiarism
I think AI is bad for the environment
I think AI would do a worse job than I could
I like writing/drawing too much to let AI do it
Some combination of the above
Other not listed option (tell us in the notes)
Not a fancreator/See results
I guess if you do use AI just straight up unfollow my blog?

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:12:25 -0500

apolladay:

If you don’t drink alcohol frequently or at all, what’s your main reason not to?
I don’t enjoy being tipsy or drunk
I don’t like the taste
It’s too expensive
I struggle with addiction
Someone close to me struggles with addiction
I’m underage
Other
I do drink alcohol frequently

You’re married to your phone background/lockscreen how fucked are you

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:06:07 -0500

raymonholt:

You’re married to your phone background/lockscreen how fucked are you

me: sees the word “despair”

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:48:27 -0500

cotton–candy–gems:

me: sees the word “despair”

the voice in my head that says danganronpa: danganronpa

i will be turning off international orders at 12pm on friday 4/11 everything sucks so much right now…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:44:23 -0500

deckitout:

i will be turning off international orders at 12pm on friday 4/11 everything sucks so much right now but if you ever wanted to something from me this is your last chance! many of my orders are international so this is brutal. thank you everyone for these past 10 years
💙 deckthisout.etsy.com

appelkatt: bun

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:34:13 -0500

appelkatt:

bun