Send me a Ship and a Number and I will Write a Kiss specifically for Gimleaf, the-ship-that-sails-itself-to-valinor, because I am procrastinating from writing my actual stories right now and that sounds fun instead.

Taken from here, rather than being reblogged, because the original poster has deactivated and thus the link to the “original post” does not, in fact, go there, and I wanted to reblog without the list of ships that I’m not going to write for, but also there’s no way to reblog-from-source anyway, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just finished drawing some black elven girls! 💖💖

in order: Idril, Aredhel, Anaire and my Oc Maitanis (mother of celebrimbor)

-my art

Fuck that post going around saying "you can have coffee in your story without justifying it :) you don't need to explain everything :)" I want, no, I DEMAND a fully researched ethnobotanical paper on every single food item in your work, if you don't explain to me where did potatoes come from in your fantasy setting or don't explain how the industry of coffee works over interstellar distances with full detail you are doing things wrong and I personally hate you and I hate your stupid story, fuck you

Why are your stupid little wizards and knights eating potato stew in your dumb European middle ages fantasy world. Where did they get potatoes from. Where is the center of domestication of potatoes, do you have a fantasy Andean civilization? What are the social and economic consequences of having such a calorie rich crop in cold climates. I don't care about "themes" or "enemies to lovers with found family", I didn't ask about that. Where does your idiot space captain gets their shitty coffee from. Is it imported from Earth? Are there coffee growing worlds? Is it an alien species replacement with the same name? What are the social consequences of that? Don't try to change the subject, I'll stop pointing the gun when I want, I'm trying to have a conversation here,

gold in them there tags

Shipping both CeleNarvi and Silvergifting thanks to my sicko headcanon that Narvi towards the end of his life tells Celebrimbor to move on after he dies and find love and happiness again with someone else. Which Celebrimbor then does! Except the person he finds love again with turns out to be well you know

anyway

I think the bicycle helmet discourse really just reinforces the idea that people believe that accidents only happen to the stupid and careless, and that people who get hurt somehow deserve it. And since nobody wants to believe themselves to be stupid, or thinks they could be careless or distracted, it's not necessary to take precautions.

And then they take safety advice as an insult because telling someone to be safe is seen as an accusation of being stupid and irresponsible, and not just a value neutral acknowledgement of statistical inevitably. We see it with masks, and seatbelts, and now bicycle helmets because everyone wants to believe they're too clever to get hurt, and too lucky to get hurt badly, until suddenly you're not and you have to resign, in shame, to being one of the people you previously saw as annoying nags, assuming you're even still alive.

i work manufacturing and that's exactly the problem. the old men are absolutely wrecked by their forties and fifties --pins in their spines, untreated breaks in fingers and ankles, livers and lungs tanked from constant cigarettes and monster drinks-- and they still laugh off safety equipment and make fun of younger guys who are cautious and managers who try to get them to stop ending up in the ER every year or so.

just. it's really hard to reform a safety culture that's dead set in being *proudly* stupid. the more anyone tries the more gleefully they endanger themselves just to prove you wrong. absolutely disheartening.

I just went on a rant about plungers, how’s your day going?

“go off bestie”? Okay, I will.

This is a plunger.

Classic red cup with a wooden stick. We all know it, love it, and have seen a cartoon character using it to unclog a toilet. Right?

WRONG.

The image above is actually a drain plunger, used on sinks, showers, and baths. Not on toilets.

These are a toilet plungers.

Take note of the variations. Each of them have a flange of sorts at the bottom, either connected via a cup or more accordion-like tube. These are designed to actually get down into the toilet bowl where it flushes down, giving it more space and leverage to unclog blockages. See the example below:

Notice how the flange allows it to go deeper into the toilet to provide more power to the plunge. Sink/drain plungers are far less efficient and effective at the task.

Sink plungers can also have an accordion shape to help with power in plunging, but crucially do not have or need the flange that toilet plungers do.

To recap: cup plungers are for sinks, showers, bathtubs, and other drains. Flange and accordion plungers are for toilets. Notably, accordion plungers are slightly harder to use, but are more powerful when used correctly than their flange counterparts.

So the next time you see a cartoon, video game, or stock art depicting a cup plunger being used on a toilet, you can feel the same levels of anger and emotion that I do!

why does this have nearly 100 notes

Because with this level of passion, containment is futile 

The real question is why does this not have a million notes? This is information that will very likely, at some point, be incredibly useful to anyone who has indoor plumbing. Which is, you know, probably, 99.99% of this website's user base. (I'm sure there's someone out there using Tumblr who lives in a house built in 1850 which never got upgraded and they still have an outhouse rather than toilet.)

I think the bicycle helmet discourse really just reinforces the idea that people believe that accidents only happen to the stupid and careless, and that people who get hurt somehow deserve it. And since nobody wants to believe themselves to be stupid, or thinks they could be careless or distracted, it's not necessary to take precautions.

And then they take safety advice as an insult because telling someone to be safe is seen as an accusation of being stupid and irresponsible, and not just a value neutral acknowledgement of statistical inevitably. We see it with masks, and seatbelts, and now bicycle helmets because everyone wants to believe they're too clever to get hurt, and too lucky to get hurt badly, until suddenly you're not and you have to resign, in shame, to being one of the people you previously saw as annoying nags, assuming you're even still alive.

i work manufacturing and that's exactly the problem. the old men are absolutely wrecked by their forties and fifties --pins in their spines, untreated breaks in fingers and ankles, livers and lungs tanked from constant cigarettes and monster drinks-- and they still laugh off safety equipment and make fun of younger guys who are cautious and managers who try to get them to stop ending up in the ER every year or so.

just. it's really hard to reform a safety culture that's dead set in being *proudly* stupid. the more anyone tries the more gleefully they endanger themselves just to prove you wrong. absolutely disheartening.

I have exactly one thing to say about shoplifting from large chains and it's this: if you're gonna do it then please take the whole product

Just take the whole pack, please.

This is the worst thing I've seen in my entire life

Talking meaning chatting online, interacting irl, or even exchanging one or two messages. I just want to see how much tumblr users actually talk to each other!

was walking around downtown for a job interview and saw a young couple holding hands and then when exiting the job interview I saw a strikingly similar looking middle-aged/older couple walking around holding hands... intriguing

banger after banger in the replies

If you have a senior to check on ask them to "borrow" something small so they think they're helping you.

My mom (72) recently downsized and moved close enough to me that checking on her in person regularly is not really out of my way, but when I was obvious about it she wouldn’t let me “stop-by” because she was, “fine”.

Well, one day I actually needed some aluminum foil so I called and asked if I could borrow enough to cover a baking tin because I didn’t want to run to the store. She said sure, but when I got to her house she needed furniture moved, a wasp nest removed, and her coffee pot fixed. After I got the foil I mentioned each thing cautiously and she let me take care of them for her. So next weekend I’ll need a cup of rice and check on her again.

Don’t “let them think” they’re helping you.

Just LET THEM HELP YOU.

“Hey Mom, do you know how to fix a button? I lost one off my good shirt and I really need to learn.”

“Dad, how do you get your spaghetti sauce so good? If I come over on Saturday can you show me?”

“Playing cards sounds great, Mrs. Simmons, I’ve never learned canasta.”

Elders are also part of your community and they have much to teach you. Exchange. Don’t condescend.

Can we also extend this to disabled people please? I feel like we face a very similar kind of condescension (and obviously there is a significant overlap). I actually know lots of things most people don’t.

Yall see anybody say nice things about a fat person yall run to be like "Why are you lying" as if your perception of people and the world around you is the only one that exists. It may come as a shock to you but people have been attracted to features that disgust you for longer than you've been alive.

I even see other fat people do this, claiming that anyone who is attracted to us must be lying or virtue signaling. we’ve internalized fatphobia so strongly that we’re telling other fat people that no one could ever find them attractive!! it’s beyond depressing

I'm getting so pissed with people who are saying Gwen isnt trans. Like they're trying to explain why her dad has a trans patch on his jacket and why she has a trans flag in her room, by saying she supports trans people... wtf???? Literally what ally has a TRANS FLAG, IN THEIR ROOM, BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT TRANS PEOPLE??? That's some shit closeted me would tell my parents when they saw me drawing rainbows. People that are saying this shit are literally just transphobic and dont want her to be trans. Gwen is trans and fuck everyone that argues against that.

which one of these is the so called "american flag"

In Gwen’s universe trans people took over America and made the trans flag the national flag.

had someone comment "investing at x notes" on one of my posts and then the post just stopped getting notes which is a thousand times funnier than it blowing up if I'm being honest

get urself a new portfolio manager my guy because your investments ain't going nowhere

I love this stupid animal.

you ever listen to a playlist and all of the sudden a song that has incredible blorbo energy comes on you're you're just like this