we should set more tv shows in fake US states the way we make up fake european countries for disney channel originals and hallmark movies
@pvrrhadve oh do continue
what farming items in mmorpgs has taught me: i used to think using ice trays to make ice cubes was free but after thinking about it i have to pay the electric bill to power the freezer so every moment that i’m not freezing new trays of ice cubes is a moment that i’m underutilizing the freezer and increasing the cost of ice cubes. i have to constantly swap out ice trays for new ice cubes on an hourly rotation on a 24 hour basis or else i won’t produce the maximum amount of ice cubes possible and will underutilize the full potential of my electric bill. i need to stop using all other appliances and utilities in my home to make more ice cubes
whenever i complete chores i get an achievement banner pop up in my head dark souls style
we are gonna be vacuuming up this post for the next five years
It almost looked like they threw a fish upwards into water (the shadowiness of their hand) & it swam off causing a splash of glitter.
instead of watching the fast and furious you should be meditating on why the earth is so vast and curious
got my kobeni figure in today! it’s flimsier than i expected so i put it in a display case :)
don’t worry guys, she’s not trapped in there. see, the lid is removable :)
A thing that bothers me about wizard schools in popular media – outside of the magic-grade-school stuff, anyway – is that they're typically depicted as being basically magic universities, but their actual curricula and pedagogical approaches look much more like those of a technical institution. Like, buddy, that's not a wizard university, that's a wizard trade school. You can't just slap university student culture on top of trade school pedagogy. It doesn't work like that – the one emerges from the other!
"Well ACTUALLY wizards are" wizards are made up. They can be analogous to whatever real-world class or vocation the author wants. Wizard-school-as-university and wizard-school-as-technical-institute are both perfectly fine; what I am grumping about is wizard-school media that doesn't seem to have a clear picture of how different sorts of educational institutions actually operate.
Okay but now I really want to know what a Wizard technician would look like. Would he wear magical overalls with all kinds of reagents and magic tools sticking out of his numerous pockets?
A guy like that walks into your tower with a toothpick in his mouth, takes one look at your summoning circle and goes
“I see yer problem. You used chalk B12 instead of S3. B12 is only for transmutation circles. Gimme a sec I think I have a piece somewhere here.”
He fixes your circle, test summons an imp and goes.
“There ya go. Fit as a fiddle.”
“It’s the chalk.”
“The chalk? I always use that chalk, it’s never been a problem.”
“Ah - yes. This stuff will work just fine for most circles, but, uh - here, take a look with my loupe. You see the off-color flecks? Can’t hardly see them with the naked eye, but those are impurities. Silicates, might even be some iron in here, to be honest. Usually won’t cause a problem, but - you said you hadn’t tried this particular summons before?”
“First time trying a 5th level, yeah.”
“Those silicates will make your scribing a little fuzzy when viewed from the astral plane. You see, for example, these three fine lines here? With this chalk, on the astral that looks like one thick line with fuzzy edges. They can’t tell exactly what you want, and they’re picky lil’ critters so they just won’t do anything in response.”
“Really? Oh. I always thought the expensive chalk was just fancy to be fancy.”
“Making pure chalk is difficult, you need a dedicated production line or dust gets in the finished product. To be honest, you don’t need to bother with it for most things, but 5th and up, 5th level and up, it actually is necessary. Anything with lines within about two millimeters of each other.”
“So I need to start over?”
“Unfortunately yes. You’ll have to erase all this, but with some good chalk it should work just fine. Next new moon your summons should go off without a hitch.”
“Dang. At least it’s not my sigils, I was worried it was my sigils.”
“Nah Your sigils look good. Even and balanced. You know what you’re doing, it’s just an equipment problem.”
“Thanks for the help, sorry to make you come all the way out here.”
“No problem! It’s my job.”
#scene from moonstruck with vincent gardenia explaining the different types of pipes but it’s metallurgy ores #there’s the kind of ore you have— which is garbage. then there’s steel which is pretty good. unless something goes wrong. #and something always goes wrong. #and then— there’s copper. which is the only kind of ore i use. #it costs money. it costs money because it saves money. (@macklesufficient)
RIP founding fathers, you would have loved spilling the tea
One of my favorite history facts I haven’t been able to get the time together to verify is that the other founding fathers used to make fun of George Washington because he was blessed with cake. Ya boi had a dump truck ass and was dummy thicc. He had cheeks that would go clapping.
So when roasting him they’d talk about him being calopygian or having a womanly behind.
So yeah, wig wearing drama queens gossiping. That sounds right.
The story of Dumptruck George deserves to be shared
Dude a friend of my mom was a nurse and was given the task to register the babies the moment they were born. Many times in that position you'd see ppl that was really hesitant or even spontaneous about the names.. but there's was this time this woman came and decided her baby would be called Iloveny and my mom's friend was like.. weird but whatever.. the thing is the woman had a streptococcus infetcion and had to be threatening... for the next month or so she was visiting a lot and got to talk w my mom's friend.. during those chats my mom's friend asked where did she got that name.. where it was from.. "yk it's such a exotic name" and the woman just told her "I don't know I just saw it on a tshirt :)" GUYS THE BABY'S NAME IS I LOVE NEWYORK!!
An obsidian mirror found at Catalhoyuk, 8,000 years old
“get the fries, you’ll need the energy in the coming days”
Cmon man
