#27 is the average

[catgirl-catboy]

Neurotypicals will tell you for about the first 8 years of your life that lying is one of the worst things you can do, and to never do it under any circumstances, and then spend the rest of your life trying to mold you into a lying machine that tells 27 lies per day.

[57sfinest]

kim is such a funny little guy like he emphasizes how little the rcm salary is when you ask about it (5500 reál annually- 460/mo) but here he is with his nice electronic sports watch and his little instant camera and his fancy revolutionary cosplay for plainclothes and he's living in the GRIH which can't be cheap and he's got his fancy little mnemotechnique notebooks which are like the moleskine of elysium i guess and his fancy little ballpoints that he does NOT want to share with you which i bet is because they cost him like a week of salary. and this is the rcm he's not getting stipends for supplies or watches or housing or probably even the gas for the kineema. poor as fuck but he is going to buy himself his little treats god damn it. if he lived in our world you know he'd be out getting himself a $9 vanilla soy milk half caf dirty chai iced latte every morning on the way to the station and eating instant noodles every night to claw out room in the budget for it

[uldahstreetrat]

[stars-of-radiance]

"average Aurora chapter has 33.7 pages" factoid actualy just statistical error. average Aurora chapter has 0 pages. Daybreak Georg, who lives in cave with a psychic slime, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[dinlukewarrior]

Anakin is a Shit Jedi Master

aka, I finally watched Tales of the Jedi and I CANNOT get over how terrible of a master Anakin is

(disclaimer: I have not seen tcw so you know. feel free to come to my house and kill me or whatever)

so first off he's late to this extremely important test/showcase (padawan final exam?) for Ashoka

(the Jedi Masters that bothered to attend--Yoda and Obi-Wan--are already there. so he's late for his padawan in front of his master AND boss which is crazy. Anakin stays not giving a fuck about anyone)

2. he doesn't seem to regret or be bothered by being late at ALL and THEN IN THE SAME sentence admits that "he really wouldn't know" if Ashoka is a fast learner / how she's doing as a padawan

(hands off is one thing, this mf has his left foot out too ! )

then, when Ashoka aces this test with flying colors (wowing the younglings who are watching her) does Anakin say "hi Ashoka. so sorry I was late to your extremely important Jedi Test. You did amazing. I'm so proud of you" ? NO

3. he jumps right into "actually the test sucked. you have no skills"

which, okay, he COULD HAVE said "omg snips! great job. however, I noticed some weaknesses in the training droids. I think you can do even better. we need to step it up."

he did not do that. 0 points for emotional intelligence.

4. THEN THERE'S THIS SADISTIC TEST HE DEVISES

a/n: ok, yes. I know the entire point of this episode is to show how Anakin actually did train Ashoka perfectly to defend herself from a clone army (aka Order 66) and saved her life. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. it's the way he did it

the first time Ashoka gets knocked out, she's out FOR AN HOUR. AN HOUR. at this point, we know the clones themselves are starting to get worried bc Anakin says "Don't worry, she'll wake up."

when she DOES blink into consciousness, does Anakin re-assure her? does he have a juice box for her? does he give her some pointers before they re-set? NO! THIS MAN JUST THROWS HER BACK IN

It's genuinely cruel.

If this wasn't a TV show, if she was anyone other than Ashoka, she would get both extremely sick and frustrated/humiliated. Ofc Ashoka pushes through bc that's the plot but I could not believe how obviously fucked up she is during the episode.

Anakin doesn't even attempt to break her fall when she conks her head (approx. 3457 times) on the durasteel floor

under no stretch of the imagination is this an effective teaching method. Ashoka just 'happens' to get it bc...she's that bitch idk what to tell you.

so, Anakin's approach to being a "Jedi Master" is to 1) be almost totally absent, 2) care 0% about his padawan's physical and emotional health, and 3) take her into battle as a child soldier and do war crimes for enrichment

IN SUM: obviously, Ashoka needs to be tested and pushed--like all Jedi padawan--to be sharp and extremely skilled. but the way Anakin treats her shows a complete lack of compassion or even basic human decency.

[phatcatphergus]

We have already tried to pry the wine out of Harry’s hands

[birchbow]

Around what age do the trolls go through pupation?

I think it ranges over a sweep or two, starting a little younger with lowbloods just because they live way shorter lifespans overall, but by the timeline I've set up it seems like around 14-ish sweeps, at least for purplebloods. Like, a bell-curve in the 13-15 range, with the majority all going at once somewhere around the middle.

[benkyoutobentou]

31 Days of Productivity Reading: Day twenty three

Before section what before section?

After: Just as expected, I could hardly fit in any reading today. I usually spend my Saturdays running errands, and today was no different. In fact, I had even more errands than usual to run, since I stopped by the used book store and the Japanese grocery store as well.

Used book stores are always luck based, and today was almost a lucky day. I did and up buying some manga, but it was one of those finds that I probably only bought because it was right in front of my face. Someone had dropped off their entire collection of Basara, so I picked up the first five volumes! I've never read any Tamura Yumi before, but I couldn't pass up such a classic shoujo title. I didn't want to get the whole series in one go though because buying sixteen books at once is quite a chunk of change, especially if I don't even know if I'll like it or not. This does mean, however, that all my hard work reading the four manga volumes this month is all for naught, because I just added five more to my collection. Just kidding, but you see how this gets out of hand so quickly, yes?

I also watched 30,000 Li from Chang'An (三万里长安) tonight! I've been meaning to watch it for a long time now, but it's so hard to find the time to watch an three hour long movie. Those three hours were completely worth it, though. Since it's a Chinese movie, I feel like the hype has been relatively small, but the fact that I even have heard hype for this movie should say a lot. The hype is completely deserved as well! The animation is incredible, the story is wonderful, and I liked how the art is a bit more stylized compared to their other movies, such as the New Gods and White Snake movies.

Well, today is the first day of the month that I didn't reach an hour of reading. I'm throwing in the towel at 29 minutes read, and only seven pages. My average reading pace was 4.1 minutes per page. Maybe tomorrow I'll make up the difference and try to read for two hours at least.

[officialronniereagan]

did you know

1981 was the year that

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[vampgut]

FUNNY SEX NUMBER SPOTTED IN THE WILD

[agent-jaselin]

Thing that always distracts me in the SiX Musical: Anne of Cleaves mentioning her horses can trot up to “twelve miles an hour” like that’s an impressive speed.

1. Trot is basically horse jogging, not the fast speed.

2. And more importantly fast for a horse is around 40 miles an hour. 12 is like, power walking at best.

3. I know it’s not the point of the song but the complete lack of animal or non engine powered speed knowledge is a little annoying.

[rohirric-hunter]

Head hurty

[cuteasamuntin]

Where is the mikvah calendar for those of us with absolutely fucked up menstrual cycles, that’s what I want to know

[annoyinglibra]

Living in a state with recreational weed is so nice :)

[phatcatphergus]

Good start to dinner

[shopcat]

like YOU like a male character, who is not a woman? when female characters are right there, to be liked? You hate women. like okay spell pig backwards and add "like a waterfall"