“he’s just a lil guy” i say about an athlete who’s almost a foot taller than me
he is, in fact, more than a foot taller than me
when someone says "why would you want a physical copy of that? you can just stream it" i physically recoil. a feeling of dread comes over me like an evil spirit just passed through my body
THIS. There are so many good reasons for owning physical copies of media (be it books, DVDs, CDs etc).
- They look nice on the shelf and give your apartment a personality. There are stunning editions of books and pretty box sets of tv shows and movies. When I come into an apartment with no books/individual art/music/movies on display I always wonder what these people do all day. Don't they have any interests? Stuff they want to interact with or just look at?
- Physical copies can't be taken away from you on a whim by corporations for tax writeoffs or shit like that. I have DVDs of shows that can't currently be streamed anywhere. Contrary to that, I'm unable to watch the Swedish HBO adaptation of Beartown anywhere because it's literally impossible to access in my country (just release a DVD ffs!)
- You only have to pay once for a physical copy, no ongoing payments every month (works perfectly for someone like me who watches like two tv shows a year and loves to rewatch the same things over and over again).
See girls this here is why you need to laugh in the face of men who demand that you “prove your wheel knowledge” or like name all the world champions in backwards order or something because, sir, your faves don’t know what’s happening half of the time. They barely know who’s on the grid— I just watched half the drivers FORGET CURRENT DRIVERS WHO’VE WON RACES
"are you ok?"
No I want a fictional man to kiss me on my forehead and tell me I didn't deserve all the shit real people put me through
your man doesn’t have the mental strength to caramelize onions
maplebungus
your man thinks it takes 5-10 minutes to caramelize onions
Who’s fucking carmelizing onions?
Have you sociopaths forgotten that apples exist?
do you think caramelizing onions is putting caramel on onions
your man thinks caramelizing onions is putting caramel on onions
I keep seeing people making fun of using growled, hissed, roared, snarled etc in writing and it’s like.
have you never heard someone speak with the gravel in their voice when they get angry? Because that’s what a growl is.
Have you never heard someone sharply whisper something through the thin space of their teeth? Or when your mother sharply told you to stop it in public as a kid when you were acting up/being too loud? Because that’s what a hiss is.
Have you never heard a man get so blackout angry that their voice BOOMS through the house? Because that’s what a roar is.
Have you never seen someone bare their teeth while talking to accentuate their frustration or anger while speaking with a vicious tone? Because that’s what snarling is.
It’s not meant to be a literal animal noise. For the love of god, not every description is literal. I get some people are genuinely confused, but also some of these people are genuinely unimaginative as fuck.
This for real. Alllllllll of this. All of these sounds are the way different people speak based on their emotions. A snarl is not going GRAWR like a dog. It's so furious their teeth are bared, every syllable sharp and cutting and loud. A growl is lower, the words dangerously rough and hot, a warning.
It's the same with softer sounds. A purr is that low, gravelly mmmmm noise of pleasure, or words warm and smooth as melted chocolate. When someone chirps, it's bright and happy and quick, the syllables a little clipped in excitement. Panting is not tongue lolling like a dog; it's a heaving chest and words that are half-breath.
This is what language, what storytelling IS. It's symbolic, it's imagination, it's metaphor and analogy and simile. Strip that away and all you have is textbook descriptions, which are of course useful when reading actual textbooks, but far less entertaining when reading a goddamn fictional story.
i love characters that are just a cunt. no redeeming characteristics. just there to stir shit up and scheme. cause a ruckus. get on everyone's nerves.
