#theyre still pricy

[solarismp3]

[timeisacephalopod]

I WANT a dog but they're so Expense, cats are cheaper and I already have 2 but also if I get a cat I'll have to play referee with the New Cat and my youngest cat who has lived with cats her whole life and hates other cats except the one she lives with 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I have no idea how or why she ended up so territorial when she went from being a kitten in a litter to being a kitten in a house of 2 cats to a kitten with another cat in the house but she HATES The Outdoor Cats so that's be a pain in the ass but I assume I'd have to do some other work with a dog to settle them too but ALSO I can't take cats for walks. Like I could, but mine don't cooperate lmao they don't like being outside

[imflyingfish]

Eep the minecraft keyboards are expensive (some at $260!) but the keycaps are actually really resonably priced (about £50 for a full set)

Obv with the more expensive ones it is the full keyboard thats branded and specialist so that makes sense even if i dont like the price.

The keycaps are actually really fair. Ive gotten full colour block keycaps (blue and orange keycaps) for about 40 quid and to have fully unique keycap prints is actually pretty nice.it is unfortunate how goofy blocks look since theyre kind of warped onto the keycap shape lmao. Unfortunately that board is sold out which sucks bc thats the one i would consider most even though it looks dumb lmao

It seems that you cant get some of the keycaps sets without paying for the full board which is a bit annoying. Luckily i do really like the keycaps for the non-board options, map and tnt and would even consider buying them

Okay i did just accidentally press on one of the type tests and it did make me lustful so maybe i am considering board

The mousemats i do actually really like evem if i do still think theyre a tad tad pricy (£40,not the end of the world) but the patterns and not something i would hate to have on my desk (except inventory that looks dumb)

Ok im going to do an actual review of them bc these are silly looking

[pennaraptor]

did you want to know my opinions on the most commonly available "large" (around 30x20 inch) freestanding flight cages? no! but here they are

(note - i have not owned basically any of these. this is based only on appearances so far; in general the average reviews for all of these are the same so make of that what you will)

if you google search "flight cage" or "large flight cage" or similar you will get a lot of options like these

they are perfectly functional, more affordable, and slightly more spacious IF your bird will use the bottom portion. the first one appears to be the cage i have, i dont remember exactly because it was around 10 years ago. but theyre all more or less the same thing: the most basic construction, no extra frame for the door, no designated food and water dish spots. possibly not sturdy or secure enough for a larger or escape artist bird but certainly great for budgies or finches or other very small birds. there are many other variants of these.

the next kind you will see a lot of is basically the same shape as the above, but with a sturdier frame and single (or double) framed door(s) with lock. there are many many similar to this and i assume theyre great besides still not having convenient access to food cups (if you care about this). here's this one

then there are the playtop and dometop cages from a&e (x, x, x, x) and prevue (x, x, x). both companies have one of each and they have some differences. as seen in my links, you can also find the identical cage under other "brands." all of them have designated feed doors and removable seed guards (lol) as well as overall what appears to be very sturdy construction, so would be better for slightly larger or more escape oriented individuals.

a thing i dislike about ALL these is that they dont have a shelf/dont even have space for one in the case of the prevue cages. the a&e cages i dislike that the door is so tall and narrow, especially on the playtop version which has nowhere to attach perches above or below the door. and the prevue cages have 3/4ths inch bar spacing (unlike half inch or 5/8ths like most of these) which limits how small of a bird you can put in them. these are also generally very pricy just to look nice, which they do, but not enough to make up for their potential shortcomings in my opinion.

my final two options are also from a&e! the one i was considering for the longest and almost bought is the "charlonda" from wayfair (i found this cage on the a&e website but not for sale under the a&e name from anywhere i trusted). the other is the elegant top flight cage (a name sometimes shared with the first one i mentioned), which is much more widely available as an a&e cage, including from chewy.com and also wayfair.

what i like about the "charlonda" is what appears to me to be better designed food cup doors than the rest of these and all horizontal bars (which is rare to see and better for any bird with reduced mobility). i like both of these for looking stylish but still having a flat top that you can set things on and not being overly complicated. i think i have decided to go with the second one because i am changing my mind about wanting the horizontal bars at the last minute, and think it looks a bit less cluttered for having the food doors positioned differently. A NOTE about this one: the "decorative gaps" around the doors are 3/4ths of an inch (so it says) even though the rest of the bar spacing is half inch. so this one wont work for smaller birds. the "charlonda" doesnt have these gaps.

thanks for coming. if you have any others youve seen i can say some shit about them as well

[venomgaia]

A mutual acquaintance wants to try getting one of those fancy pens, got any suggestions for newcomers?

Absolutely!

Despite me always pining for the super pricy fancy pens, some of the best pens you can own imo are less than $20 USD off the bat, and while the "nicer" ones out there are. over that price, you don't really need that to get a really good first experience. I'll offer some super easy pens, some more intermediate pens, and some inks! This is going to be a long ride, so buckle up!

If you don't know where to start and are intimidated by bottled ink and instead want a pen that can write right away, I recommend the Pilot Varsity! You can get them at Michaels here in the US, and theyre slowly becoming more popular in retail shops like Walmart.

Classic steel nib, not much flex because it's steel, but it writes pretty sturdily. I really like that it comes in different colors. They're disposable, so if you don't like them then you dont gotta keep 'em, and if you bust the nib by accident (we all have at least once), you aren't going to have to sell a kidney to replace it like you might need to with pricier pens.

If you want a pen you can put ink cartridges into, or just want a good workhorse of a pen, i HIGHLY recommend the Platinum Preppy. The one I own was $14 USD and came with a cartridge of water soluble black ink. For $4 USD, I got 4 cartridges of Platinum's Carbon Black ink, which is waterproof and smooth! Very versatile!

I REALLY like this one. Ive never had the ink dry out even when i had tucked away for like a month, and if you ever want to use it with bottled ink, you can get a Platinum converter and use whatever fountain pen safe ink you dream of :] This pen only comes in F as far as I know (which is a western EF), but the chinese market has a version called the Platinum Meteor that comes in EF and has a cute shooting star on the nib :] Back when I started writing this I had lost mine for like a month but just found it and it wrote just fine the second i opened it up. The only thing I DISLIKE is that the converter cartridges are sold separately and you HAVE to buy platinum brand for this pen. I already have two bc of my other platinum pens, but. Yanno. Its still annoying to HAVE to do that.

Similarly, the Kaküno is fantastic! all the above statements, but it has the added benefit of having a cute face on the nib as well as some cute collabs sometimes :] They're also about $14-$16 USD. They take Pilot cartridges in various colors, which are $3-$4 USD and Pilot converters.

I highly recommend the platinum preppy for the full fountain pen experience! It's not mega-expensive as pens go, so if you dont like it you havent sunk hundreds of dollars into a tool.

Lamy is having quality control issues that no one seems to want to contest because of their popularity, and the recent "no bro its totally the same color as the old popular one trust me" ink fiasco. TWSBI is another brand thats normally recommended and while theyre good pens, theyre shitheads as a company and like to use their muscle to bully both retailers and also smaller pen companies. I dont recommend either brand right now.

NOW, ONTO INK AND PAPER:

Your nib, paper, and ink are pretty important. fountain pens dont like rough paper, but they handle it better the larger they are (M, B). Dry inks will not always play nice in fine pens (Ef, F), and an EF pen will eat the shit out of rough paper and can get clogged. If you can get your hands on Rhodia paper to practice, good! If not most sketchbooks will tolerate F pens in my experience. Stillman and Birn are my workhorse sketchbooks and the pens work fine in all of their paper styles, but Hobby Lobby's sketchbooks also handle it well, as do BLICK's colorful leather sketchbooks. Don't Buy Moleskine. If you want to get really good ink effects (ie, you bought an ink with glitter or it has some cool effect like sheening or shading), tomoe river paper is hailed as the gold standard, but you can get similar effects on Rhodia or Clairfontaine paper, which afaik is easier to get ahold of overseas (cant speak for other countries on the US continent, but I will say I saw more clairfontaine in france than here on the us).

NOW FOR INK. my favorite part :] :

For both Waterproof and Black ink, i recommend Platinum's Carbon Black. I think it's pigment-based, unlike most dye-based inks, so it can be tough to clean out of your pen if it dries, but its noting a lil soap and water cant fix :3 It's benefit is that it comes in cartridges usable with platinum pens, so you dont need a whole bottle if you dont want one.

For color inks, I really like Pilot's Iroshizuku line. It is a WET ink and is not waterproof, but they come in cool bottles and pretty colors. I own Ajisai, Shinkai, and samples of Momiji, Murasaki Shikibu, Chikurin, Kosumosu, and Asagao. I use them both to sketch AND to color things and write. My workhorse non-waterproof color, the one i draw most in, is the Sailor Studio 343, but the sailor manyo line is also great! If you like and/or miss scented inks, De Atramentis has a line of them!

Be careful with inks that have glitter. I own the J. Herbin Emerald of Chivor and its glorious but if you leave it in your pen...thousands soaks hell attack. That being said if it would entice you, treat yourself to a fun and shiny ink! I have Colorverse Scorpii Glistening and its really pretty! Diamine has an excellent range that are easier on your pen but I dont have experience with them ngl.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD YOU BUY ANYTHING FROM NOODLERS. aside from having a shithead of a company leader, their inks are actually pretty volatile and can blow up both vintage and modern pens and im speaking from experience even though I used to use their eel bulletproof black and a waterproof blue one. I ended up using the blue ink to dye a cu chulainn wig darker for a wip alter cu cosplay. the last ink i bought, Tchaikovsky, also had a strange and suspicious stank about it.

Buying inks in bottles can be super expensive, but Goulet Pens sells 2ml samples that you can buy a shitload of and try them all out! I try to get new samples on the rare occasion when i need a new bottle of my favorites :> I'll probably buy a full bottle of Sailor Nekoyanagi, Pilot Iroshizuku Chikurin, or Diamine Writer's Blood next.

I hope this helps! I had to edit it a few times over the course of the past few weeks bc i went on an entire tangent about bootleg pens I like and uh. realized thats both overly complicated for the base question/bootleg pens tend to need tweaking to work nice. that being said, i'll say it quickly: buying lil nibs from aliexpress has actually worked pretty well for me n my tswbi knockoff (lanbitou 3059) has a fude nib i got that's bent to allow brushlike strokes! but I donmt recommend it for a first pen bc it required some grease and a nib tweak upon purchase and dries p easily bc of the cap.

[catgirltitties]

17 23 28 :]

OMG My fave murk sent me an EPIC ask !!! Thank you !! 17)most frequently worn pair of shoes? I just got a new pair that ive been rocking ! Ive wanted them for so long, the Jayson Tatum 1 Pink Lemonades, theyre color obsession colored !! they were originally really pricy, but i found a cheap bootleg it was so sick 23) strange habits? Im a weird mf with a lotta weird habits i feel like. One thing that i posted about today is that i get sour gummy worms and wash the sour off with water before i eat them. 28) five songs to describe you? YOU WOULD ASK ME THIS MY LOVELY MUSIC MUTUAL !! Ok 5 songs that have me embodied within them (choosing ones i hopefully havent selected for other asks) 1) grynpyret - Green Thrill Zone (Ft Sensei) (My brain sounds like this) (also grynpyret - wings is the song that is me in song form) 2) Amine - Beach Boy (How my style's been since 2015) 3) Halcali Bacon - Peek-A-Boo (The way i present myself sounds like this) 4) Open Mike Eagle - Ziggy Starfish (Anti-Anxiety Raps) (We rollin with it but still a little anxious) 5) Sleigh Bells - Riot Rhythm (My abrasive cutie heart is this) HM: @ - My garden (thank u again hehe)

[whoreishghost]

the spine on the notebook i got to be my planner (penco b6) broke immediately which means i have to replace it which is like :/ im thinking a plain hobonichi bc theyre meant to be really good quality and have a decent number of pages and its pretty pricy but actually not That Bad but im still pretty pissed off

[perelka-l]

Zalando doesnt ship to my country unfortunately. If it did Id be all over it since its a lot cheaper than retailers here. Ive always wanted one bc my wrists are tiny and most watches dont fit ;-; do you have one of the regular design ones or one of the fancy square shaped ones? Ive had my eye on one of the ones thats both analog and digital but theyre so expensive,,, i love how industrial it looks. Scared it would be too big tho. Also if you dont mind me asking, what do you mean by inkay colors?

Aw that sucks ;; Hope you will find yourself a nice and not very pricy option!! Those analog and digital ones look pretty nice but I feel like analog arrows on those models are very hard to read while screen is very tiny, so that's a big no no for me ;__;

I have this one! Hilariously it has tidal graph which I don't need for anything at all since closest body of water affected by tides is maybe at least a thousand kilometers away (NATO lake doesnt count) but that option was cheaper so I took it. Inkay colors because it's colored like Inkay - blue and light purple and white!! I have it for two years now, I think, it's a bit darker than the photo because dyes from fabrics rub off on it but colors are still there.

[acevav]

Ran out of my bipolar meds so I’m anxious about life because I don’t have them

[bunnygirlskull]

I understand why phone backs cant be made out of metal but why in satans name are they made of glass? You could just have them be a hard clear plastic and call it a day. Both are gonna scratch the second you put it in your pocket. And while were at it phones dont need to be launched every 6 months.

[theradicalace]

honestly dont bother with copics just get sharpies theyre just as good for wayyyy cheaper

[poorlittlevampire]

look at it. perfection

[petewentzisblack1312]

dils, i want to start a vinyl collection, the issues are:

lps are fcking expensive

i'm not sure how to start? like do i start with classics or do i just go around buying the stuff i like (which is mostly pretty recent stuff)?

and i was wondering if you could give your thoughts on issue 2? please?

buy stuff you like!!!! if you like the classics then feel free to buy the classics but theres no rules on which albums you HAVE to have, you collect what you want! i personally only buy albums i already like, and thats almost exclusively recent stuff! frankly finding out that current music is pressed on vinyl and that vinyl can be any colour were the two things that pushed me to start collecting, that and the fact that people still make record players so youre not just having them just to have. you can literally only buy new music if you want! buy what you like, whether thats because you like the music or because you think the record is pretty. its up to you! maybe start with your favourite albums and then build up your collection to include more stuff.

also yeah they are so pricy. they are. So Pricy. and thats not even getting into when theyre like rare or something. they just are pricy.

[keigosbirdie]

Hey Birdie, if I may ask, what was the most expensive Hawks item in your collection? TotallynotaskingbecauseimthinkingaboutbuyingsomenewHawkspreorders

Oh man ihhhhhnnngggg honestly my most expensive items were custom made commissions from before Hawks was very popular. It was hard to get your hands on anything hawks back in the dark days! But theyre one of a kind items so imo they are priceless hhhahakaks. I dont usually like to talk a whole lot about how much i pay for my things cause idk hah! But since you asked theres some info under the cut

The most expensive so far is one of my Hawks plush which was $400usd

This absolutely beautiful little fuck i love him SO MUCH. Of all of my ridiculously big collection he is definitely still my absolute favorite. He was the first plush i ever managed to get my hands on and im still in awe that i was so fortunate to find him before he was adopted 🥺favorite thing in my collection my far

The Hawks jacket i had custom made was $300(also my sexond favorite thing i mean come on. Curling up in hawks jacket after a long day??? Self care), and my other large hawks plush was $300

None of the official merch is nearly as pricy. I preorder all of the figures so i get them much cheaper than people resell. The most expensive official item ive purchased is the new big boy hawks figure thats coming out in january. I preordered him for $220

[rarebritney]

hi queen 💗🌻 do you have any recs for places to get shoes online? i’m looking for some chunky mary janes and maybe some boots too but idk where to look!

I like to shop for shoes at Nordstrom bc they have a ton of brands and good sales- that said I love duckfeet and Birkenstock Mary Janes (not too chunky tho), Frye makes the best boots (theyre expensive but a worthy investment). For big chunky Mary Janes I'd recommend dr martens (I think they have vegan options) or just looking on Etsy, lots of Lolita fashion Etsy shops sell them! Definitely don't overpay on ASOS/urban for Mary Janes theyre not good quality imo and still pricy. also if you find a brand you like, look for your size on ebay bc lots of people sell unworn shoes there at a good discount!

[sanchoyo]

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🕹 Video game you are currently playing

acnh!! its my first ac game, I cracked and bought it abt two months ago when we got the second stimulus and I love the littol animals...still a huge noob, need some flowers/fruits, and am nowhere near done with my home or island, BUT I’m havin fun ;v;

📷 Post the 12th photo from your phone’s gallery

my phones pics are all selfies, pics of my nephew, and pet pictures ajksdhfkjkjn I knew itd prob be one of my pets. Baby boy

📝 Fave quote

hmm..it changes every now and then but the secret garden is one of my fav books and I really like the quote “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” the book is just a Big Comfort for me ;w; 

🐷 Junk food you can never get enough of

hmmm...luv sweet/salty things like pretzels covered in chocolate...and donuts. oh my god i love donuts I have a Terrible Sweet Tooth it’s a good thing the (1) donut place in town is super pricy otherwise I’d always be eatin them

👾 Do you believe in aliens

YEAH!!!! I def think aliens exist somewhere out there, no way is our planet the only one with life!! even if theyre just tiny little microbes or smth a million light yrs away...statistically they HAVE TO EXIST RIGHT. I want to believe 

👻 Do you believe in ghosts

I’m more skeptical about this one. I mean. I did meet a professional all women team of ghost hunters once and they Did Make a Good Case (and I was a little star struck ngl). but shows like  Paranormal Home Inspectors make me think its just like. gas leaks. drafts. infrasound that can cause panic attacks. stuff like that. BUT its fun to read about and get scared, and hear ppls experiences either way imo...like 75% of the people ive met and asked about it have a story or two and I’m always like 👀 Tell Me