#honestly i was expecting worse

[aroace-poly-show]

The Orange Joe Experience

so i tried orange joe from omori, which is just coffee and orange juice mixed together. here was how it went: my combinations and overall conclusion.

so i had 12 oz of coffee made earlier today that i left in the fridge for a while so it was cold, orange juice, and orange soda.

from what i’ve learned online there were some tips to make it actually taste good:

use cold brew coffee instead of iced coffee (i did not do this. cold brew literally takes 12 hours to do at home and i wanted to do this today. i don’t know how cold brew coffee tastes or how it’s different in any way other than being cold. so i don’t know how much it mattered.)

use more orange juice than coffee

alternatively use orange soda

don’t use milk

so my first combination was orange juice + coffee. i was aware of the tip but i still wanted to try half and half. so i did half and half.

(technically this picture is from after i tried orange soda + coffee but i forgot to take a picture)

so i tried it! and i died on the spot-

i’m kidding it was literally fine. nothing amazing but like not even that bad. i honestly was expecting so much worse.

tbh the orange juice overwhelmed a lot of the coffee taste. You could still kinda taste it? but it was more orange juice. I even tried adding more coffee. and yeah it still tasted pretty much the same. i would have added more orange juice than coffee but the orange juice taste was already a lot more than the coffee at that point i think i would have just tasted orange juice kdjshfg

second combination was orange soda + coffee. again i did half and hald

gonna be honest. basically the same thing. just fizzy. i mean it makes sense its just orange again. but yeah. i tried adding more coffee but again nothing different happened.

honestly i went into this expecting to fucking die but there was literally nothing special. it just tasted a bit weird.

in some attempt to have like. any remotely entertaining reaction to it. i added milk. the one thing i was told not to add. AND! *drum roll*

literally nothing. it tasted more like nothing and bland than before. LMAO

i tried more of orange soda and orange juice but like i expected all it did was just overwhelm any coffee flavor even more.

thinking about it now maybe i could have added sugar? to make it taste a bit sweeter? idk. if you have any recommendations lemme know i’ll try it maybe next weekend cause now i have extra orange juice and orange soda lmao

i was honestly expecting a lot worse. so did my mom lmao. she thought the same as i did after she tried it. i had very low expectations and it did not surpass them in either direction. was neither horrible or even bad but it wasn’t like delicious either.

tldr: it. was fine. literally nothing special. wasn’t bad but wasn’t exactly good either. i could chug a glass of it without gagging or anything, no problems, but it’s not like it was particularly good either. just. fine.

side effects: none that i can pinpoint on the orange joe specifically. my tummy is not feeling normal but i can’t tell if i’m hungry or if my body is slowly starting a riot because of what i did to it. my head feels a bit weird but that has also happened when i’m hungry and is often made worse when i get onto electronics. so can’t 100% blame that on the orange joe. i did need to go to the bathroom but no i did not shit my brains out i just needed to pee because for once in my life i happened to drink a good amount of water today (it was kinda hot in my room)

if you have orange joe recipes let me know and i’ll try it

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 317

IMAGINE THIS: Lil baby Damian, bored and being not quite old enough to start learning how to use proper weapons (curse these wooden ones, he wants true steel!) is wandering the base. This is not out of the ordinary, he’s the prince after all. What is out of the ordinary is that his shadow, his Akhi, is not here. 

Technically, he should be napping, but he woke up and neither his mother or his brother- who is quiet but gentle and isn’t a good speaker (mother said it was from a head injury)- is there. Which is how he finds his way to the Pit, which he’s not supposed to be at. Or at least not alone. 

But! His mother and Akhi are there! And- and Akhi is screaming and he’s never heard him scream like that, like he’s in agony- His eyes are green- they were blue, had, had Mother placed him in the Waters- 

And then the pool is bubbling- he should be running away, get assistance or something, he’s five, he shouldn’t be running towards it when everything is screaming to flee. But one moment he’s at the doorway, the next he’s clinging to his akhi as something writhes in the Pit, a mighty bellow echoing even as the Shadows take defensive positions. 

The water cascades, laps at their feet, splashes everywhere as a scaled form rises from the depths, wings like a bloodied sunset spreading as fur bursts into flames. Crimson eyes glare down at them all, pupils slits as they bare down at his Akhi. 

The creature- the dragon- dips its head down, its breath warm as it chuffs at his akhi, wings folding as though it is bowing. His akhi is clinging to Mother, shivering, several scars glowing as they fade and a burst of hair burned white. 

Oh. 

Oh.

@fairy-lights-and-blobs @f4nd0m-fun @hdgnj @radiance1 pspspspsps

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Drew WWX and LWJ after I finished my rewatch of The Untamed a few months ago. I have gotten marginally better. May this set a benchmark for what to expect from this blog.

June 2023 redraw, June 2024 redraw

[fusionsprunt]

Hunter what the FUCK-

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[leviiackrman]

UMETAROU NOGUCHI - Demon Slayer [full colour]

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[cbmagus49]

🎄Happy Holidays everybody ^^🎄

[romanticatheartt]

Girl…

I don't wanna reach the part where people started hating on Chaol…

I was the same I didn't read for 2 days💀

But then I read and as always people lack reading comprehension so...

[mz-elysium]

astarion is so vtm-coded im tired of not saying it

"unable to disobey his maker, he was forced to seduce and bring home pretty young things for his master to feed/do wild bloodmagic experiments on and any infraction results in torture funtimes" is classic vtm bloodbonded sire and childe. literally at least three clans could and would do this. "his bond of obedience has been MAGICALLY BROKEN and he's hunting for a way to secure his freedom forever and extract revenge" ok, baby sabbat.

also, the idea of him skulking around TAVERNS makes me laugh every time it comes up. like. no babes. you belong in a laser-lights early 00s industrial rave nightclub. he can even keep his camp clothes on and not be out of place.

his twisted relationship with sex and violence is also ground-floor vtm. everything is violent. everything is murky shades of grey. everything is sexy. masks upon masks upon layers of lies and broken identity.

he's just a lil boy who wants to have fun.

sure sure sure. "bad coping mechanisms" but his story isn't about dumping them, it's about freedom.

he hurts people to feel good. he's sadistic and has a level of excitement around blood and gore that's distinctly Uncomfy. he's a bully, a racist, and a selfish dirtbag who can't see beyond "me and mine" as ppl worthy to consider or care about. don't tie yourself in knots trying to talk your way out of your fave being "bad". the fandom police won't come for you. just EMBRACE IT.

[uncanny-tranny]

I really wish there was more insight as to why children are "picky eaters" because the way people go about "fixing us" can be detrimental to our relationship with food.

When I was a kid, I was obviously neurodivergent, and I wasn't tested for anything and never received any support. I was a huge "picky eater" to the point that going to a new restaurant with a menu I didn't know would send me into panic mode. I didn't understand why I felt that way, I didn't understand that I wasn't a selfish, horrible kid for being unable to force myself to eat. I'd be the person sitting at the dining room table for hours because I just couldn't force myself to eat the food I was given.

I understand why parents do that. It can be concerning when you think your kid isn't getting the proper nutrition. It's concerning when a kid's pallete is overly shrunk down. But if you're going about it in a punishing way, you only reinforce the idea that food is bad and dangerous. And if a child knows that eating their food would cause them less grief and stress than not eating the food, and yet they still will not or cannot eat, that's a sign. Maybe work with children, try to understand why they're a "picky eater." Chances are they're not doing it because they personally want to spite you and they despise your very aura.

[alongtidesoflight]

honestly cp2077 is fun so far but the way they handle gender is still not it

[naamahdarling]

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[bag-o-milk]

So it’s my birthday and my partner made me Merula the cake

Specifically using this one image I have of her as reference

[skinreflectsthesun]

Lol as a dark romance girly, I will say when everyone talked about how shit Tamlin becomes I was expecting something truly truly awful, and then when the time came for the big shock I was like…wait that’s it? But I thinkkkkkk that says more about me than the book 😂😂😂😂😂

[ambersky0319]

Yknow why im not really that stressed at my new retail job?

Everyone is nice and understanding and patient which is good bc its my first job

Customers are actually quite pleasant. there's been maybe two or three that I've seen be mildly rude, and I was not the one to deal w them lol

Even the managers check in like "hey howre you doing? how you holding up? are you liking the job so far?" which helps me remember what i DO like about the job. Also they will not tell people off for standing out back when doing trash rounds and smoking, just join the conversation

Everyone just jokes around and even during busy hours everyone mostly keeps up a good attitude even when away from the front where customers can see

One of my coworkers is trans and everyones okay w it. He uses they/them pronouns for me when I said I use any whereas people usually assume she/her. When a new hire was there yesterday, coworker introduced himself by saying "[name] he/him" and THE NEW HIRE WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT SAID "[name] also he/him"

Same coworker is also a furry and openly admitted to it. No one raised an eyebrow, another coworker just asked him questions about the beef going on with a particular furry in our city when he was complaining

[jaydee3779]

A quick little doodle for my friend’s bday just recently. They essentially asked that I draw them a sonic x pokemon. so here’s Squonic.

[derpinette]

i seriously hate it so much when metal vocalists use that ridiculous dying scooby doo voice like if i am not hearing some real despair or just Emotion in general you are a poser & therefore should be dis-pose-d of