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Try Guys AU!?

So I recently watched one of The Try Guys’ recent videos (World’s Grossest Alcohol) and being the Voltron trash that I am… decided to make a mini comic out of it ヽ(;▽;)ノ🌸

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS ISN’T THEM! Segment I referenced starts at 1:30. And I decided to draw Pidge older because… drinking laws :’)

But legally you can drink at 18 in Korea, so… Enjoy!

Part 2 is on the way!

100-Year-Old Life Hacks That Are Surprisingly Useful Today

People don’t often look back on the early 1900’s for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation? The New York Public Library has digitized 100 “how to do it” cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.

Back in the day, cigarette cards were popular collectibles included in every pack, and displayed photos of celebrities, advertisements, and more. Gallaher cigarettes, a UK-founded tobacco company that was once the largest in the world, decided to print a series of helpful how-to’s on their cards, which ranged from mundane tasks (boiling potatoes) to unlikely scenarios (stopping a runaway horse). Most of them are insanely clever, though, like how to make a fire extinguisher at home. Who even knew you could do that?

The entire set of life hacks is now part of the NYPL’s George Arents Collection. Check out some of the cleverest ones we could find below. You never know when you’ll have to clean real lace!

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Plunging cut stems in hot water is still a thing in the florist trade.

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101 uses for water, apparently

“What? Like, a disabled protagonist? How would that even work? How could someone with a disability be the hero in an action show?” local anime trash boy wonders while sitting next to his box sets of Full Metal Alchemist, showing no hint of irony or self awareness. 

but is Ed really disabled? sure I get he lost his arm and leg

but he’s still able to move and do things perfectly

He has prosthetics. Having prosthetic limbs (that more than once break amd need repair) doesnt make him not disabled

It should also be noted that Ed:

-had to undergo very painful surgery to get automail

-had to relearn how to write because of his prosthesis (there’s a post going around showing he had to switch hands etc) and his handwriting is likely a lot worse due to that. This means automail isn’t super good for delicate work, unsurprising, considering what it’s made of. 

-experiences phantom limb pain and therefore other associated stuff (this was only really shown in the manga)

-cannot go anywhere too cold without changing his automail or he’ll get really bad frost bite and it will stop working

-cannot go anywhere too hot, period, because the metal attached and under his skin will overheat and he will be badly burned

-Reattachment is painful, but needs to be done frequently if he breaks or outgrows his automail

- it’s HEAVY so much so that the strain has the potential to cause stress on his body, enough that it’s even theorized as possibly stunting his growth.

-it requires regular maintenance or it will break down, as shown when he forgets to do that and it…breaks down

-when it does need to be repaired, it takes time to do that, during which Ed uses regular prosthetics (that usually don’t quite fit him).

-costs a lot of money (not a problem for Ed due to high state alchemist salary/having mechanics as surrogate family, but explicitly noted to being the reason why most people in the fmaverse stick to regular prosthetics along with the painful surgery)

So Ed can’t actually do everything perfectly and experiences a lot of extra hassle, problems and pain people without automail don’t have to deal with!  And any advantages he does have are more suited to fighting than day to day life (being able to incorporate weapons/fake out people who want to blow up his arm). 

Arakawa did her research and thought it through. Automail is by no means a magic cure that solves all problems associated with losing a limb.

Ash and Eiji, the forever married baes

And my personal favourite :

I hope you don’t mind if i add my personal faves too :D

Of course not.. XD believe me I wanted to put some of the ones you did, but then I’d already exceeded the limit lol 😋

BTW Here are three more… 😉

im adding more!

Lol we’re practically putting the whole manga in here. Who cares we’re good XD

And then some more :

their love is legendary bye

The purest kind

and my final contribution because this went long enough:

Just for now, Eiji….

…. I will. Forever.

I love Ash. I referenced the ref sheets for the show then I drew this in mechanical pencil. I’m loving the anime so far. Studio mappa is doing a great job. I still wish they kept the story setting in the 80s. Even though it is set in modern times they’ve followed the manga really closely, which makes me happy and fear what is to come.