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@parentalnaco

Name is Jess. They/Them. I like photography, D&D, and a variety of other things. 26 and counting.

i went to a tiny counterserve diner once and accidentally poured sugar instead of salt all over my hashbrowns and was eating them sadly anyways. the waitress took them away and started making me another one and I tried to protest, but she just snorted and said "we're not catholic here". now every time i'm doing something painful out of obligation i think about how that is not repenting, this body is not a catholic establishment, there is no nobility in suffering.

The worst thing I ever did at a D&D table was when our DM ran out of place name ideas and told us the name of the port town we needed to go to was "Bar Harbor".

So I tricked him into roleplaying the slightly-too-helpful town guard into giving us directions to- Well you see, the party has been out in the wilderness for like a MONTH, we're all a mess, the dwarf's beard is out of control, so can you tell us- Where can we find the Bar Harbor Barber?

But we were not done. We each took turns, like a pack of velociraptors.

We also had Dryad in the party and a few of her branches got broken in a fight and now her whole canopy is unbalanced and it looks awful, but she really needs to see a specialist, is there a Bar Harbor Arbor Barber?

The Paladin also wanted to look in on a small church he'd heard of, that the city had a patron saint, who was boiled alive in a cauldron of ale, so where is the temple of the Bar Harbor Larger Martyr?

It was around this point that Chris started to tire of this nonsense.

The bard, naturally, wanted to go carousing, and he'd heard this town had some of the most attentive and welcoming Ladies of the Night on the continent, known by thier brightly colored stocking bands, so had he seen any of the Bar harbor Ardor Parlor Farber Garters?

Chris immediately escalated to threats of a Total Party Kill.

Unfortunately, I'd had time to prepare and-

"What do you want?"

"I just wanted to know if you'd seen my cousin."

"...Your cousin?"

"Yeah, I know it's a long shot, but he's got a pretty distinctive appearence and you might have seen him around town."

"Oh No-"

"Okay so he's Welsh and the whole family used to be in the wagon-making business but he got into clothes manufacture until there was an accident with a lamp black dye and now he's permanently stained a sooty color and that really turns heads, so now he's got a job drawing in crowds for the city funded swap meet- no, not the Drow that also works there, I mean like the inside of a fireplace- anyway, he got tired of people mixing the two of them up so he started wearing this fancy armor with a magical +1 charisma bonus-"

"Gallus I swear to God I *WILL* Summon the Tarraqsue-"

"-So have you seen my cousin, Arthur Carter, former Sartor but now he's the Darker Harker for the Charter Barter of Bar Harbor, the one with the Charmer Armor?"

Amazingly, we survived the Tarrasque.

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You do realise Bar Harbor is a real place, right? It’s in Maine:

Important Clarification:

Chris the DM is FROM Bar Harbor, Maine.

We did this to his Home Town.

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i try not to judge people on their drink orders but a guy just paid £6.85 for the most disgusting beverage i have ever been forced to make. felt like i'd been complicit in a crime

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matcha powder mixed with decaf coffee, vanilla paste, black pepper, turmeric and sugar syrup. it was a revolting shade of puke green and smelled like a foot.

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I sent this post to my SO and they insisted on making it

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how was it?

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I refused to touch it with a 10 foot pole because I was scared, but SO says it was "horrendous", "so many layers of awful", and "the worst part is you can't get the flavor out of your mouth".

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yeah that checks out

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unfortunately i have to inform you that this guy is now a regular and forces me to recreate this beverage for him at least once a week. he calls it "the concoction".

Whatever face you made the first time brought him back

Potion of Extended Bad Taste created

Have you ever seen him drink The Concoction himself, op? I have a theory

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the weirdest thing about all this is i don't even think he enjoys it??? the one time i actually saw him take a sip he 100% made an involuntary "yuck" face and then tried to cover it up by smiling at me and commenting on the weather. last time he came by i asked (out of morbid curiosity) "so what's it taste like?" and he visibly struggled for words before finally saying, "it's fine." and yet he keeps ordering it. every time. i do not understand this man

Did I respond to this already?

I don't remember. However, as an employ of the siren, I wonder about every individual who graces my establishment of employ, who get these interesting concoctions. I try all the oddballs, all the regular specials, the 20 line modified mocha of the day courtesy of tiktokers who have NEVER worked at a Siren-based cafe olè.

We are curious inhabitants of the cafe, we hear a strange bevie, we try a strange bevie. Let me tell you, the next person who puts peppermint in a God damn pineapple refresher, will catch these instruments of caffeination (my hands) swiftly and justly.

Been doing this shit 8 years, and honestly, Id rather relive the day the Unicorn frappuccino came out than the everyday horror of whatever these creatures can spout out from my order box microphone that I face everyday.

And FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, STOP PUTTING COLD FOAM ON EVERYTHING. ITS JUST WHIPPED CREAM, BUT LESS FLUFFY AND TAKES MORE EFFORT.

End rant.

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glados does kind of talk like a tumblr user. she literally would say stuff like I went to the broth convention and none of the really attractive people there even knew your name

I’d best be seeing that anti JKR energy for this twilight show too bc Smeyer continuing to profit off the Quileute tribe is not cute

I keep seeing people on Twitter being all "I'm sure they'll be more respectful and mindful of the Quileute tribe this time around."

Except, they won't be. Even if they get actual Native American actors to play these characters, even if they bring on a Native American to serve as a cultural advisor, it wont matter. Why? Because Smeyer appropriated a real Native American tribe and twisted their culture and history in her fantasy books for her own profit.

This fictional Quileute Tribe is and always will be disrespectful to the real life Quileute tribe.

The Quileute Tribe is still taking donations to move out of the immediate tsunami zone as of April 2023. Instead of directing attention to this TV series if/when comes out (and even if it doesn't honestly), please consider supporting the tribe financially here if you can afford it.

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hi guys-

breaking from my normal posting to bring up something really important to me.

have you heard of powell’s city of books? they’re famously the world’s largest independent bookstore, lauded as a family business, tourist landmark, and progressive icon of portland oregon.

i work there.

currently our union is fighting to have the company pay us a living wage.

it’s embarrassing how little powells pays us- we barely make more than minimum wage right now- and most people don’t know that the famous business they’re supporting treats its workers like dirt.

when asked to consider our wage proposal, our lead hr officer stated: “We have all worked jobs where the pay and our personal needs were not in alignment.” this isn’t about personal needs “being in alignment.” my coworkers can hardly afford rent or afford to even feed themselves with our current wages.

what am i asking for?

if you love books, love or know powell’s, or just want to stand in solidarity with fellow workers, i’m asking for you to let powell’s books know how you feel about their insulting wage proposal: email our union and they will pass on the message to corporate-

community@ilwulocal5.com

it can be as short and sweet as you want to make it. we want to show the company that people are paying attention to the example they set and won’t stand for it.

also literally just sharing this post to let everyone know what we are asking for helps too. share it on booktok, tell your friends, tell your book club, spread the word. powell’s skates by on its reputation and in doing so hides its betrayal of the workers that dedicate their lives to make it the special place it is.

thank you for reading ❤️

links to our original union instagram post: here

and read some examples of community member emails: here + here