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Speaking of Doorknobs

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A vivid assortment of fancy-catchers and objects of shininess. (aka a firehose of my current fixations) Likes/comments will be from my main/original works blog effulgentinara

I am begging the FDA to require that companies CANNOT just put "spices" as an ingredient but have to label the spices.

"Spices" can mean "this has some oregano and black pepper in it" or it can mean "this has cumin cayenne and paprika and if you eat this you will be sick in bed in pain for a week" for me.

Seriously, this is an allergy issue and a huge oversight on the part of corporations.

Require detailed labeling of spices used in packaged foods NOW.

Hey this is cool–here’s confirmation on who Norma’s mentor is, since there’s some confusion over it. Often I see people claiming that Sasha is Norma’s mentor, but there’s nothing in the game suggesting this. However!

[ID: A Discord screenshot. User “RRR” asks “who are the respective mentors” to which Harper_Jay replies:

Norma- Hollis Lizzie - Compton Adam - Truman Gisu - Otto Morris - Milla Sam - Coach Raz - ???

/end ID]

This is from Psychowhatsits, a Psychonauts fan-server that some of the Double Fine staff lurk in. Before Psychonauts 2′s release, Harper would occasionally tease stuff and answer questions. In this case, they confirmed that Hollis is indeed Norma’s mentor! (Raz’s mentor is listed as “???” here because the game was not yet released and Harper was avoiding spoilers.)

Which, IMO, just brings up a hilarious question–with Truman completely unresponsive (or so they think) and Hollis massively stressed out and overworked, why did they both get mentees and not Sasha?

This means that either Sasha adamantly refused to receive a mentee, or Hollis adamantly refused to assign a mentee to Sasha, and the latter especially is extremely funny to me.

cruelty is so easy. youre not special for choosing it

"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."

-Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

As I get older, I realize why adults say outdated slang and call new technology by the wrong name: It's hilarious.

Calling a 12 year olds PS5 "a Nintendo" and hearing them try to correct me is good fun. Not to mention saying something is "hip" or "radical." The groans you get from younger folks, even people not much younger than you, is great.

You should also start saying that things are totally wizard. That's a favorite of mine.

never underestimate the psychic damage potential of "cool beans!" accompanied by a double thumbs-up

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national holiday

Reminder that Ronald Reagan’s grave is a gender neutral bathroom 💕😊🌈

A day early but fuck it, start tanking up kids, there’s a lot of pissing to do tomorrow!