#investment pattern

[vashti-lives]

Things currently on the first page of the "hot right now" section of knitting patterns search page on ravelry:

Several basic raglan sweaters

Mesh/fishnet sweater covered in sequins.

A dissected rat; complete with internal organs

Cute vest with stylized flowers

Two different sweaters (one pullover, one cardigan) with the same unicorn tapestry design by the same designer. Each pattern is $13 and there isn't a discount for buying both and neither pattern description mentions the other pattern. Designers can and should charge what they want for their work but this feels like a wild choice to me TBH.

Thong/Speedo "bulge" version-- ie designed for people with a penis. This pattern is no longer available??? Why is it on the hot right now page?????

Cute Christmas fair isle sweater.

Coin purse in shape of ten week old fetus.

Ranunculus sweater. Obviously.

Bookmark in shape of squished rat; complete with blood puddle.

Headband with extremely impressive goat horns and little ears. It's free and went in my library immediately.

5 different PetiteKnit patterns that still somehow look exactly the same.

Purse in the shape of grotesque head. For some reason the featured example includes a real cat tooth????

Hood with lamb ears being modeled by depressed young man.

That sweater with all the eyes which calls for yarn that is $58 per skein??

Hat that looks like a dead fish, but in a cute way.

Latest Stephen West shawl.

I don't know whats happening but the trending page pattern page has never been so chaotic. I am obsessed. Let's have more dead rat patterns and fewer tastefully boring PetitKnit patterns.

[laser-tripwires]

i don't know if they're going to do an official leverage team member title thing for hurley, but seeing as he's a regular this season i'd like to propose "The Broker"

[ohmyoverland]

can I get some beginner knitting pattern recommendations (preferably free)? Ive made a scarf, practiced rib and stockinette stitches, and frankly don’t know what to make next.

[loveletterworm]

Minecraft skin I made as a commission for my friend @microwave-kid the prompt was "Generic minecraft girl skin but the head is a minecraft dispenser". There were some tribulations fitting the dispenser face onto a square the size of a minecraft skin's head but we got there

[eyebulb]

Started watching 3BSkyen’s helluva reaction and while I don’t agree with certain things, he called the show sincere and self-indulgent and honestly.. that is accurate and also such a big reason to why I love it so much. (He also mentioned the thing about Marvel that I’ve mentioned before)

Honestly I can appreciate most things if you can just tell that the creator loves their product. You feel that with helluva. The creators are doing a show THEY want to do and are inviting you to witness it. It’s ultimately for them but it also resonates with people like them. I think that’s a big reason as to why I don’t mind the tonal whiplash or whatever else people like to point out makes the show lesser. Cus to me it’s just proof of them being able to do whatever they want. This show is free as fuck.. they are able to tell the story however they want to and I’m just enjoying the ride and seeing what they can come up with.

Like…I have been a movie fan for such a loong time. Especially animation. Me and my father share this hobby and we’ve both gotten very good at predicting what’ll happen just cus of pattern recognition. This makes helluva so exciting for me, cus they don’t have to follow the mold. They don’t have to use the same established tools as anyone else and therefor… I’ve never been fully sure about what they’re gonna do. Which is also why I’m perfectly fine with their use of clichés. Cus, ye sure they’re overused in general BUT they’re not usually used in this setting.

So I’m perfectly content with the classic romantic tropes and ”cringiness” because who wouldve put that in a gorey, sexually deviant show about demons in hell? Starring a gay couple too???

I don’t care what they could’ve done, I’m really only interested in what they will do. I want to know THEIR vision. I wanna know THEIR way of doing it. Nothing they’ve done has hindered me in following the story or getting to know the characters. I honestly feel like I know them really really well, so I’m really really good.

[bluetiefling]

interesting how often the ones claiming that galadriel's season 2 arc was perfect and everyone who doesn't think so is just too haladriel brainrotted or something are the same folks who openly say it's fine if she were to just... fade into the background in season 3 or disappear outright. sorry I actually do think it's sexist for galadriel to be introduced as the central protagonist only for her to be gradually phased out so that gil-galad and elendil or elrond or whichever legendarium dude can have more to do.

[venaue]

hi i doodled malleus in a wedding dress :3

for all ur delulu dreams or whatevs <3

why can i draw everything except my ocs i give up ...

[froggychair05]

Seeing Parkour Civilization rise in popularity all of a sudden is so funny because my little sister had us all sit down and watch the entire series when it came out and like. It was so funny and we all got genuinely invested in the plot. It made no sense sometimes and it was goofy as heck but that’s what made it so good.

And the ending? That was crazy.

[beanbagbuddies4life]

okay wait I just wanna say. Like. Spending $40 on one small toy (especially a dog toy) is not a normal thing to do. I am posting about it because I am entrenched in the hobby but that's A LOT of money.

If you want to invest that money into collectables you enjoy that's an absolutely valid thing to do!

I just want to say. If you are going about your day and thinking "well there's not a $40 dog toy that *I* want, do I need to find one?" you don't. Maybe you have a hobby that you want to invest similar money into, maybe you don't... but objectively $40 is a lot for a dog toy.

[amelikos]

I am already a big enjoyer of Friede and Amethio's rivalry and dynamics in general, so if Crave turns out to be Amethio's father, I feel like this knowledge would reframe their rivalry in very interesting ways and give additional readings and perspectives..

[beesinspades]

forgot to post some dokomi pics! vashusitter wolfwood real....

I was in a RUSH because I arrived later than planned (thanks train delays (and getting lost in the park....)) so after the panel (where I managed to be in the front row!!) I only had 6 hours to run around and do my shopping before going home. not my best decision but now I'm prepared for next time.

thank you @blizzly (whom I must also thank again for emergency loaf creechur surgery and taking some of these pics :D), @lesoldatmort, @artofalassa and @ohohge (get ready for our reverse bang collab....) and her friend for hanging out with me for a little bit 💜 also met @luchichufer who just happened to sit right behind me and gifted me some prints including our vashwood big bang art! 🥹

the true honor was meeting the real brushbuddy....totally not considered running off with it.......

it was so lovely meeting up with everyone, however briefly in some cases <3 next time i'm staying longer and hopefully making better conversation!!

haul and....cookies.....and post-realizing johnny bravo was photobombing us picture below :D

[crossbackpoke-check]

find a blorbo (nhl tag game)

RULES: Go through the roster of each NHL team and find at least one player that you can root for.

tagged by @bondedpairs!! when i say too many teams to count and here for the narrative um. i may not have lied. this is not an extensive list of my blorbos but in order to make it not ten thousand years long i made up the rule that i had to do it straight from memory :)

anaheim ducks: as evidenced by recent events i DO like mason mctavish and trevor zegras but i have to honor laura and mention troy terry and beloved goalie gibbie*

boston bruins: oh for sure brad marchand… can i say patrice? one of the charlies got traded but i think mcavoy is still there because gryz is gone, brandon carlo is there still i think

buffalo sabres: cozens & thompson, owen power, rasmus dahlin, ukko pekka luukkonen

calgary flames: is chris tanev still here? is markstrom still here?? noah hanifin?? as a last resort i’ll say blasty

carolina hurricanes: aho & jarvy & teuvo teravainen & brent burns is still playing maybe? i know sepe got traded

chicago hockey: the bedsy narrative is compelling but ANDREAS ATHANASIOU MY BELOVED reunited with tyler bertuzzi… that’s the real story. also i like foligno

colorado avalanche: gabe landeskog, whatever ross colton & miles wood have going on, natemac + jo, mikko

columbus blue jackets: have long been on the merzlikins train, have been swayed to the darkside of umich boys (brindley, kent johnson, fantilli, blankenburg who is now on nsh)

dallas stars: seggy! mush! roope + miro and otter and robo and wyjo (rip ty dellandrea) and harls! etc.

detroit red wings: MOST players. dilly larks, moritz seider, jv, raymond, rasmussen, kitty, lyon, etc except for k*ne

edmonton oilers: mcdrai, ofc. nugent-hopkins, nursey, rip vinny & skinny

florida panthers: tkachuk, reinhardt, sasha barkov, verhaeghe (is there still?)

los angeles kings: adrian kempe… kevin fiala… danault… quinton byfield & alex turcotte

minnesota wild: kirill, marat, fleury, brodes, fabes, boldy, moose, middsy, spurge… god’s perfect idiots

montreal canadiens: going out on a limb here to say martin st. louis but also xhekaj (both), slafkovský, suzuki, my austrian reinbacher, yes fine cole caufield

nashville predators: MOST BEAUTIFUL D PAIR IN THE WORLD GRADY SKJEI AND ROMAN JOSI!! juuse, evangelista, isn’t stamkos there and also someone else who absolutely should not be

new jersey devils: nico… tuna (tatar), dawson mercer, siegenthaler, dougie hamilton, yes the hugheses whatever

new york islanders: barzy, zeeker & marty, anders lee, noah dobson lol

new york rangers: mika & chris, lafrenière & k’andre, shesterkin

philadelphia flyers: frosty & beezer and tk and sanny and the new baby michkov and coots and scooty loots and foerster etc etc. you know the Guys

pittsburgh penguins: the two headed monster but also compelled by rutger mcgroarty, and kevin hayes was there!!!

ottawa senators: timmy stü & brady! josh norris! the evolution of shane pinto! ullmark now and brännström and claude giroux and chabot

san jose sharks: ekky, thrun, mario, borde, logan couture, shakir, that other vaguely blond rookie

seattle kraken: brandon tanev, andre burakovsky! grubauer & d’accord also

st. louis blues: jordan kyrou, nathan walker (is still there?), rob thomas? is parayako still there?

tampa bay lightning: hedman, point, they dumped so many guys after the cup run… is kucherov still there or is he in nashville?? anthony cirelli (notable for being made out with by pat maroon)

toronto maple leafs: mitch, jt, willy, alex nylander, kniesy, dewar, et

utah hockey: crouse, keller, tuba

vancouver canucks: quinn, brock, petey, jt, garly, höggy, i want to say dakota johnson, elias lindholm?

vegas golden knights: brandon montour is here now… alex pietrangelo, so sorry to one i can’t remember who loves the lions it will come back to me

washington capitals: full of love and stupidity. oshie, nicke/ovi, pierre-luc dubois, dowd, vrána, milano

winnipeg jets: adam lowry!! josh morissey and kc and morgan barron, also vladdy my beloved

tagging @stillfertile + @colap1nto + @songsandswords + @moregraceful if they haven’t done it yet, i know they follow at least a couple teams. if anybody else wants to play i love adopting blorbos!!

[anxiously-going]

Just saw a post talking about Loki as that little voice encouraging you to post shit ans embrace the cringe so maybe I will be posting that fic after all

[whats-in-a-sentence]

In sketching the patterns of infectious disease that took shape in the Atlantic world, this chapter calls attention to the complex interrelationships between agrarian systems, demographic dynamics, social structures, and microbial ecologies.⁸

8. Settler mortality rates are such a powerful indicator of institutional choice that [they have been used] as the best instrumental variable to measure institutional differences in the deep past. Notably, much of the debate has focused not on whether the disease burden shaped long-run development, but rather how – that is, the relative weight to assign various channels (i.e., institutional choices made by imperial powers, or the burden of disease more directly). (...) In my view, one thing that has been missing from some of this discussion is the role of mortality in early public investments in, for example, education. By 1775, Massachusetts had perhaps the highest rate of literacy in the world, whereas observers decried the lack of similar investments in the British West Indies.

"Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History" - Kyle Harper

[viaminvenia]

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[roninreverie]

If I had a nickel...

For every time a wood-based powered man with a "unsettling" face, super tragic childhood backstory, and desperate need for more screen time has given me brain rot... I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but WHY DOES IT KEEP HAPPENING TO ME!?