#we are so fucking cooked

[theliterarywolf]

"Lol, how did people even do essays and shit before ChatGPT?"

You used your brain, Sandra. I know in an age where everybody is addicted to 5-second instant-gratification, that notion is hard to believe but it is, in fact, what education is actually for:

Teaching people how to use their brains rather than what to parrot.

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

[nokmietarchive]

I also compiled the ROTTMNT: Wedding Crashers clips. I tried to prioritize better quality so it's a little all over the place. This is just for media archival purposes. If anyone has any cleaner or additional clips let me know and I'll be happy to throw them in!

[saragrosie]

I may have started the woke communist rpg...

Bonus feelings about Kim's design (Kim my beloved) and some close-ups under here:

[linkedin-offficial]

chimera vivi batch of stuff #1million

[regenderated]

"rank the doctors" based on what!? which one is my favourite? which one i think is objectively the best? which one is most fuckable? which one has the nicest voice? best costume? best actor? best writing?

[drawing-kitty-ckristal]

Oh god ever since i read nyoomerr's ficlet about OctoBinghe it's been stuck in my mind and i just had to draw it!

Nyoomerr's post

[dr-spectre]

I've watched the Sonic x Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings prologue.... guys.....

.....They.... COOKED!!!!!!!! THEY FUCKING COOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know how LONGGGG it's been since we've gotten something like this for Sonic? For over 10 years this franchise was so scared of itself, this franchise hid itself from YouTubers and reviewers who didn't even give a FUCK about Sonic. We were stuck with Sonic being so laser focused on making fun of itself rather than celebrating an important era in it's history.

But... It's over... We're back. Bring out your AMVs with Skillet's Monster and Three Days Grace's Animal I Have Become because WE ARE FINALLY BACK!!!!!!!

[deadboyswalking]

no hold on i can't be normal about this

Zoro trusts Sanji so much. He trusted Sanji to take care of half of the crew when they were separated, and he trusted Sanji to be waiting for him when the crew reunited. They were only separated for 11 days, and yet when Zoro gets to Zou, Sanji is all he can talk about.

And then Sanji is gone. He's gone, and he left to get married, and he broke the trust that Zoro had in him to be the crew's other protector, and Zoro loves him so much and missed him so much, and Zoro doesn't know if he'll ever see him again.

[ironunderstands]

“gambler” “doctor” just kiss already istg

Ngl one of my favorite things about Aventurine and Ratio’s relationship is the fact that they don’t ever call one another by their real name’s to faces, hell, Ratio doesn’t even call Aventurine “Aventurine” to him and Aventurine only seems to call him Ratio when he wants to tease him

The “gambler” “doctor” thing they have going on is one of the most endearing things ever and I wish people talked about it more because it’s a dynamic that’s unique to them in hsr, I don’t think any other characters refer to each other in such a manner, which makes it feel really special imo

Moreover; they don’t act like this with other people either, Ratio will refer to people by their names or by their jobs/titles, or with a “you”, something rarely reserved for Aventurine. Meanwhile Aventurine tends to use nicknames, but they are far more descriptive and impersonal, like “the emanator” for Acheron, or “my trailblazing friends,” as if he’s putting distance between them.

However, he doesn’t treat “doctor” like this, switching it up by calling him doc or using it three million times in a row or tossing in the occasional “professor” which is used in the name teasing manner, as if it is Ratio’s actual name.

And speak of the devil; he also uses “gambler” in a unique way as Ratio utilizes it no matter what his mood is. Passive, embarrassed like in Avens kit demo, angry like when he’s feigning offense during the 2.0 scene. Even in different contexts Ratio will pretty much only ever refer to him like this when they are together. He also attaches “damned” and “dear” (although I think this is EN only) onto the nickname, and he repeated the “damned” a lot, almost making “damned gamber” another nickname in itself. What’s interesting is that when they are apart he actually calls Aventurine “Aventurine”, or “that man/our man” which seems to be reserved for Ratio’s more affectionate moments for him, even if they are buried by layers of tsundere (like his voiceline for Aventurine).

Either way, I guess what I’m trying get at is that they refer to one another in a really unique manner and I love it and it’s lowkey really homoerotic because what do you mean you have established exlusive nicknames for one another 🤨

[nezz-cringe-crib]

nah cuz i KNOW he wouldn't have missed.

[shenkospectres]

Shepard checking out Kaidan's ass right after a speech about integrity and trust is a Top 5 moment in the entire Trilogy, don't @ me.

[fluffydice]

Guy with Generalized Anxiety Disorder be like

[feketeribizli]

monza pole ring... you got me ill in the head

[shima-draws]

THAT right there, ladies and gentlemen, is a LOVE CONFESSION

[j4zzyh4nds]