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#Zelda Wind Waker or as I usually spell it Wind Walker

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I would genuinely and with all sincerity love to hear why you like Eternal Sonata so much. I haven't played the game myself but the things I've heard do not paint a flattering picture.

(With reference to this post here.)

You've probably seen me talk on this blog in the past about games that are so high concept they're barely playable. To be very clear, I'm not misusing the term "high concept" to mean "weird" here; I'm talking about games whose mechanical design prioritises thematic consistency with their narrative high concept more highly than they prioritise actually being playable games.

While I often frame this as a criticism (and rightly so!), it's only really a problem when a game's misguided fidelity to its narrative high concept at the expense of actually-being-a-playable-game is expressed in tedious or predictable ways. When they really go off the rails, games of this type can be worth engaging with as art pieces: not in spite of, but because of the fact that they're functionally unplayable.

TL;DR: Eternal Sonata sucks, but it sucks in an interesting way.

TL;TL;DR;DR: Eternal Sonata is insufferable, and so am I.

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*descends gently from the heavens on winged sandals i stole from hermes to hand you a single 3x5 index card containing a simple sentence of immeasurable power, written tidily in sharpie: ᴛɪɢᴇʀs ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴛʀɪᴘᴇᴅ sᴋɪɴ *

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why are so many canners so determined to get botulism 😭

"our great grandmas fed their entire families with their knowledge. they didn't need the government telling them how to do it."

great grandma also lost babies for want of vitamin k shots and antibiotics and would have had fewer babies to start with if she'd had the option to access birth control.

great grandma did the best with what she had and knew.

why can't we do the same 😭😭

edit after

@princessxombie an excellent point!

the reason for a preference of bottled lemon juice over fresh squeezed for canning (as reported through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach): "It is a USDA recommendation that bottled lemon juice be used.  And consistent with the recommendation, reputable canning sources will agree that the best source of lemon juice for canning is commercially bottled lemon juice, as opposed to the juice of a fresh lemon. The reason for the recommendation is that bottled lemon juice has been uniformly acidified or standardized per FDA regulations: “lemon juice prepared from concentrate must have a titratable acidity content of not less than 4.5 percent, by weight, calculated as anhydrous citrus acid.” With a guaranteed pH...there is a consistent and known acid level which is essential for the critical safety margin in canning low-acid foods and for making jams gel properly. "

as for resources:

the usda guide to canning (revised in 2015). you used to be able to find it on the usda website but for SOME reason (two guesses as to why 🙄) that website is now routing to a broken error 404 page not found. fortunately, it's available other places! here it is hosted on the internet archive! if you want it printed in color and spiral-bound, you can also purchase it for $25 from perdue university.

if you want more resources, the university of utah has a whole section of their preserve the harvest extension website dedicated to safe food storage practices including freeze drying, fermenting, drying, etc.

ball (the mason jar company) also has a section of their website dedicated to canning 101, including the basic process, recipes, a glossary of terms, and videos for their tutorials if you're a visual learner. they also offer free online recipes broken down in a way that's meant to be easy even for new canners.

go forth and enjoy canning without giving yourself and others botulism, friends.

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there are two competing sects on this website - one that uses the word "spicy" to mean "neurodivergent" and one that uses the word "spicy" to mean "sexual content." i do not like either of them

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As a general rule of fantasy and sci-fi naming, the closer to the back half of the alphabet the average letter in their name is, the eviller they are. A name that doesn't contain any consonants north of R is poison frog colouration. If it uses Y as a vowel in a non-terminal position you're basically fucked.

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oots text posts part? 7 now?? damn

Part 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/9

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hello OOTS fandom on tumblr (all three of you)

Part 2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9

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More OOTS + text posts

Part 1/3/4/5/6/7/8/9

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EVERY SINGLE TIME PETE HOLMES ROASTED THE HELL OUT OF @samreich ON THE LATEST MAKE SOME NOISE

(watch the rest of the ep here)

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Just subconsciously put my fingers to my temples like I'm jean grey, attempting trying to recall a recipe so I can make a grocery list. But now all I can imagine is Jean going "Scott. Crunchwrap supreme."

A very Jean & Scott by Max Wittert energy.

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jpeg from an alternate universe where they have new yorker cartoons at camelot

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GUYS NEW SHARK JUST DROPPED

Well, technically it's not new : it's a nurse shark. What's new, however, is that it's the first xanthic (imagine albinism but in yellow) nurse shark ever found !! Not only it's not common AT ALL to find fishes with xanthism (it's the first cartilagenous fish ever recorded with this type of genetic "anomally"), but if it's there and still existing as an adult, it means the species is chill-ish with other predators (it probably would have been eaten by then). Its eyes are white so it can also be a form of albinism, in addition to xanthism !!!!!

And most of all : ITS SO CUTE !! AND IT'S SUCH A COOL FIND !!

Please if a marine biologist or someone with more info can interact with this post to feed me some more info or correct me on wrong infos i'e given I'd love it !

(Also if you have pics of animals with xanthism, it's also very appreciated!!)

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they turned the concentration camp into another concentration camp