fantasychica37

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After 7 years???

now that ive had my identity stolen i feel like a Real Adult

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important home cooking edicts:

you can sit down to do it

you can buy things pre-chopped

frozen is fine

tinned is fine

microwave is fine

the powder version is fine

the box mix is fine

the correct recipe is the one that you like the most

the correct method is the one that you can do

good nutrition is the food you can actually eat and enjoy

do not eat mouldy or rotten food

you do not need to wash the chicken you are going to cook the chicken washing the chicken just spreads raw meat bacteria all over the kitchen please stop washing chicken it is not necessary and it is the opposite of helpful

don't use raw meat knife for raw veggies or cheese unless you've washed it good

authenticity is a lie, make the version that you personally enjoy you are the person who is going to be eating it

i am serious stop giving a fuck about someone's imaginary nonna disapproving of your food she's not the one eating it you are

the correct amount of spice is the amount you are happy with

food that looks a mess can still taste just fine, your stomach isn't instagram

check you turned the stove off after

all condiments go with all things it is your mouth they're going into

unusal flavour combinations can be really effective!

check the plastic/glass is heatsafe before putting boiling water in it

most foods can be frozen

do not put dripping wet thing into hot fat. regret.

salt

set timer. "i'll just remember it's in the oven" that is the devil talking set a fucking timer

the washing machine is not a cooking appliance

if the cat has sat on it or licked it you need to wash it before you eat with/from it.

see also dog

wash hands after handling raw meat and before handling cheese that you're not cooking.

most germs do not survive being cast into the flames

if you like cheese you can and should put cheese on that.

do not eat the off egg. it will not be fine. you will have a bad bathroom time.

different oils have different smoke points. a smoke point is when the pan starts smoking. it makes stuff taste less good and stick to the pan.

sometimes less heat for longer is what you want. you cannot always do big heat for short time. if you want short time because you're in a hurry: microwave.

do not put the wet thing in the toaster

it can be soup. it can always be soup.

non-stick does not mean no oil

skipping preheating is not a good idea and makes things stick to stuff and cook weirdly

the correct texture for the noodles/pasta is the one that you are happy eating

see also egg

if you add incorrect/stupid/moralising/contradictory/irrelevant/culturally insensitive/insulting advice to my post i will block you :) make your own post.

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cup game

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i don’t think people understand how much of life is grief. not just people dying, but losing the version of yourself you thought you’d become. grieving the city you had to leave. the friends you lost not in argument, but in silence. the summer that will never come back. the feeling that maybe you peaked at 12 when you were reading books under the covers and believing in forever

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I need you folks who are going back to school to understand this, sleep deprivation is not something to be proud of. You are being fed capitalist propaganda to make you believe that working yourself to the bone is a good and smart business model from a young age. If all you do is “get 3 hours of sleep” because you’re studying, you’re just gonna burn out quicker, forget the information you’re trying to cram, and cause your brain to cannibalize itself.

Do not compete by making unhealthy habits. This will only fuck you up in the long run.

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Why the hell does [tumblr] app have a whopping 3.5gb of cache. What could it possibly be storing.

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Because I’m simultaneously smart and stupid, I get confused and frustrated with advice that is vague, because precise, exact things are easier to follow. So when I was single, stuff like “get to know yourself before you get into a relationship :)” and “you gotta love yourself before you can be loved by anyone else :)” just sounded like bullshit and tv static. There’s no constant state of self, how tf can I know something that changes by the minute? And I’ve loved people with absolute hatred towards themselves, so obviously the latter one is not right at all.

 And now that I’ve figured it out, I’m going to give some nice, precise advice about it: You gotta date someone who wants you to be the person that you want to be. And while that can be anything, it’s hard to find that if you don’t know what you want to be, so you gotta figure that out first.

 If you want to become a rapper, you gotta find someone who believes in your skills and wants you to succeed. If you want to just settle down in a comfortable life and get fat while watching netflix, you find someone who likes that. If you want to move in the middle of a desert to selectively breed highly intelligent chickens and teach them to play chess, you have to find someone who thinks that’s the coolest fucking idea ever.

 You don’t have to be or find someone who’s living the dream. Just someone whose goals are compatible.

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ok but imagine if instead of inviting annatar in the city celebrimbor had done the "get thee gone from my gate" speech. sauron would have gotten a heart attack.

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truly nobody is doing it like donna noble. she tracked down the doctor herself so she could travel with him and proceeded to get in a massive fight with him that fundamentally changed both their worldviews on their first time time-travelling together. she’s the fastest typer in chiswick. she kept the doctor so in line that within like two episodes of her being gone he decided he was god-king of the universe. she kissed him and absolutely hated it. she’s unemployed. she demanded a salute and she got one and she DESERVED IT. she has her gay best friend from like twenty years ago living in a shed in her backyard and her husband is cool with this. i love her so so so much

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Sorry folks I unplugged the computer those circus people lived in. No more clown, no more chattering teeth. They're all dead now. Rabbit too.

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One of my brothers has this thing where he likes to be included on sibling movie night but he will not sit down or actually join us, he’ll just wander around the house and periodically show up to lurk in the doorway or lean on someone’s seat

And *I* have this thing where I always always know when he’s there, because every time he’s not wandering around like the ghost of bob marley and isn’t immediately visible it’s because he’s stopped moving to watch the film from directly behind me, which makes the back of my neck tingle like a dog sensing an earthquake

Which has on more than one occasion resulted in me interrupting the movie to tell him to just sit the fuck down and stop lurking in the shadows, Jesus Christ, it’s like I’m being haunted by the memory of ancient sins

Which has in turn been shortened to just “ancient sins”, every time I feel him doing it again

So to summarize, sometimes when my siblings and I get together for a movie night, we’ll all be sitting in the dark in complete silence until my ass deadpan announces “ancient sins” and a 90 pound 5’11” Slenderman looking motherfucker emerges from the shadows behind me like a jumpscare incarnate in Batman pajamas pants and informs me that we are out of orange soda

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it really is frustrating how often people use assigned gender at birth interchangeably with the concept of biological sex

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love the idea of soothing someone into submission. you've had a long day, sweetheart, why don't you let me do the thinking for a bit? i know you like to be in control, but it can be exhausting. surely you've earned a little relaxation after all your hard work. don't you want to rest a bit? unclench your jaw, relax your muscles, let your legs fall open. i want the only thought in that lovely head to be how good you feel.

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Hey someone suggested I use ChatGPT to figure out adulting today, and as I was going through the mental list of places I'd rather look, I realized "beloved strangers on Tumblr dot net" was on that list.

So if you have an aspect of adulting that you're really good at-taxes, budgeting, cooking, insurance, credit, time management, house upkeep, anything-please feel free to reblog with any tips.

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The fellowship, one last time

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Fanart for the story "The Hope's Chest" by @hallothere , it'll be released on September 6th, so be on the lookout for it!

This is the final product of art #24 of the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang ( @tolkienrsb ) 's 2025 event, the story will be released on September 6th!

You can also see the other works in this Ao3 Collection!

And have the color version here!

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Yeah ok that is indeed the real Doctor (it’s the perfect disguise!)

Jodie Whittaker tried to impress Mandip Gill with a leak proof cup but forgot to put the lid on right so Jodie ended up spilling it everywhere and honestly I think about that a lot