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I can see the bottom of the food bowl. This is unacceptable human! Also I have dat here for dogs know how long to point out this horrendous situation to you and you did NOT notice. Also unacceptable. I shall now punish you by turning my butt to you every chance I get for the foreseeable future. That'll teach you!

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something ive noticed after being a hobby cosplayer for years is that in a lot of places the general consensus seems to be that wearing costumes in public is weird and/or socially unacceptable, but whenever I'm in costume in public while on the train to the con venue or having a photoshoot on location or something, people by and large fucking love my costume. they think it's so cool. kids think my costume rocks. their parents are impressed that I made it myself. random grandmas tell me my armor kicks ass. I was at a japanese garden once and barely got around to doing the photoshoot me and my homies came there to do because swathes of visitors who had never heard the word cosplay before were lining up to take a picture with me.

it's the same thing with adjacent hobbies like larp or reenactment or fursuiting, the general image of the hobby is that you're weird nerds (and probably also sex perverts) for playing dressup despite not being a child but when you're actually in costume the response from random normies is categorically positive. I inevitably get weird looks from the kind of people who think having a tattoo is an affront to god but they give me that look for just existing with blue hair and pronouns too and the people who actually talk to me always do because they wanted to tell me they love my costume. and the response that always gets me the most is when they say it looks fun but they would never dare to do the same. it's such a shame. why did wearing a silly little costume have to become an act of bravery.

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I mean: how dare I not jump to her every whim?

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This

THE SANDMAN Interview | Neil Gaiman, Tom Sturridge and Cast Talk Netflix Series AKA Tom Sturridge ready to fight everyone for The Sandman bless him.

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Oh to be a Sophie....

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The look I gave mom when she sewed my second ear on and she too finally realised they are NOT the same size...

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Help me name her please?

She is going to be my arm dragon/puppet when she grows up....

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some rough times ahead...

I've been not wanting to do this, but can't avoid it any longer because my hours at work are being cut 6-8 hours each week. Not surprised as the whole Christmas season and then post holiday return season have been the slowest I've ever worked retail. Walmart actually started cutting hours in mid-December, but Service Desk wasn't affected because we were already chronically short-handed. But there's no avoiding it now.

The past two weeks, and in at least the two to come, I've lost a whole shift each week. As a result--after paying the rent on my storage unit & my car insurance--I'm going to be out of funds for a place to stay this coming Saturday, the 27th (and left with only $35 to cover food & gas until Friday, February 2). My fallback, as ever, is to stay in my car or the breakroom at work. Either option is not the healthiest choice, due to the winter cold and/or my inability to elevate my feet to reduce the swelling that develops during the workday.

I'm going to try and talk to Human Resources tomorrow to see if they can offer any kind of financial assistance; last time, they gave me a number that turned out to be free mental health services only. And so, alas, I must ask once again if anyone reading this can manage to send some help. Any size donation or simple reblogs will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you in advance for either!

$0 / $295

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As a non native English speaker I have a question: why is Naked pronounced naked, but baked not pronounced Baked?

And why can a second also be the second?

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Not taking any chances either...

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Ooh...

Art by Mindy Lee

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Threesome/jockstrap/friend

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Not me just finding out there are MANY podcasts on knitting. Who knew??

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And half your age

My friend recently said that it's crazy and abnormal to be in love with an actor twice your age (+married) and/or with fictional characters twice your age. So... Guys, could you reblog this so he'll see that even if it is crazy, it's like a very common (and beautiful) thing?

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Friend: 'Do you want to go out for coffee?'

My neurospicy overstimulated ass: 'I can't, I already have a coffee date'