I’m both an absolute fucking idiot man and a flirty little shit boi, deal with it.
YES I'M GAY:
faGgot
dykAe (the a is silent)
trannY
insane how many people just have these incredible artists in their families who get no recognition outside of crocheting circles because this art form is devalued for its association with women
in my country, the word for crocheting, is used metaphorically, to compliment a surgeon’s work.
every AFAB person my mother’s age and older, had practiced this craft at one point on another.
My mom has made literal paintings, that decorate our house for years (I’ll come back with pictures when I visit next) you can only see that they are crocheting when you go very close.
as promised here’s my mom’s crocheting “paintings”
There is another one but it had been stored many years ago, (i remember it from my childhood) and sadly it is probably damaged by mold, it depicted wild horsed running in nature
ALT
“In one of the most notable moments in sports history, Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped thinking he had completed the race.
A Spanish athlete, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him, and after realizing what was happening, he started shouting at the Kenyan for him to continue running; but Mutai didn't understand his Spanish. Fernandez eventually caught up to him and instead of passing him, he pushed him to victory.
A journalist asked Ivan, "Why did you do that?"
Ivan replied, “My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win.”
The journalist insisted “But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win.” The journalist insisted again, “But you could have won!”
Ivan looked at him & replied, “But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor of that medal? What would my Mom think of that?” Values are transmitted from generation to generation. What values are we teaching our children? Let us not teach our kids the wrong ways to WIN.”
AU where Red and Gunther drop Hardwon off at the crick instead of the Dwarfanage…
[ID: a fully colored comic showing a scene between Jolene Cybin, Maw Maw, and Hardwon Surefoot of Not Another D&D Podcast.
The first panel shows a pregnant Jolene foraging in the forest, a hand resting on her belly. She calls over her shoulder, “Maw Maw! Where are ‘ya? Let’s hurry on back before this baby decides she wants to pop out in'na dang goodberry bush!” Below, fainter text reads, “Wouldn’t be the first time.” Maw Maw, not in the panel, responds, “Mother! Look!”
The second panel shows an infant Hardwon in a basket, happily peering up at Maw Maw who is leaning over him, looking worried. Jolene’s dialogue bubble reads, “Oh, Melora…”
The third panel shows Jolene holding baby Hardwon as she asks him, “Now what in the 9 hells you doin’ on yer lonesome, youngin?” Hardwon verbalizes a “Muh!” sound as he reaches toward Maw Maw who has a paper note in her mouth. Maw Maw says of the note, “This was in the basket, Mother.”
The fourth panel shows Jolene’s hand holding the handwritten note which reads, “Dear Crick Mee Maw, sorry to dump the little guy off with ya but we heard you folk are mighty hospitable. I’d take him myself but I’m a rat man & my life sux. Plz take care of little-” The note is cut off by some wear and tear on the paper. Jolene’s dialogue bubble reads, “Well, shee-it.”
The final panel shows Jolene and Maw Maw walking side by side. Jolene once again has her hand on her belly, and Hardwon is giggling as he rides on Maw Maw’s back, Maw Maw looking affectionately at him. Jolene says aloud, “Well, Moonshine, looks like you ain’t gonna be the only new addition ‘round these parts.”
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peeling those sour rainbow gummy strips into long thin strings and putting them into cheap energy drink to create something im calling battery acid spaghetti will update once ive finished it
dont do this
I really hope its not too bad bc i actually love both components.
it forms a dry skin at the top made of the sour pellets. not a great start.
tastes really good actually. i also feel like i am about to explode.
do not do this.
Unanimous consensus: Do not do this
Other people: Hold on I’m about to do this
I keep seeing this post going around so, for folks who want to know why not, here's a chemist's hypothesis:
-Human saliva has an average pH of ~6.7 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3800408/), which is pretty neutral.
-Monster energy has a pH of ~2.7 (https://patientconnect365.com/DentalHealthTopics/Article/Energy_Drinks_and_Your_Teeth_Should_You_Worry), which is quite acidic but not dangerous, except to your tooth enamel if consumed in large quantities.
-Rainbow sour belts contain malic acid (a common food additive as a potent acidifier and sour-flavor agent), citric acid (another common sour flavoring in pretty much everything) as well as ascorbic acid (aka vitamin C, used here mainly as a preservative). (https://candypros.com/products/sour-belts-bulk-rainbow)
-All of these acids when added to water would normally release their protons (H+ ions), thereby making the water solution more acidic. However, a chemical constant of these acids called the acid dissociation constant (pKa for short) indicates the pH of a solution at which acids are most likely to keep or release their protons. The pKa's* of these acids are higher (3.4, 3.1, and 4.2 for malic, citric, and ascorbic acids respectively) than the pH of the solution (2.7), which essentially means that the acids can't release their protons and all that acidic potential is trapped in the solid formulation of the candy.
-There's also some evidence that sugar decreases the solubility of acids in water solutions (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3411471/ only sorbic acid is discussed here but it's relatively structurally similar to the acids in discussion). The undoubtedly high sugar content of both the Monster and the candy therefore may contribute to the accounts of the sour crystals bubbling/floating on top of the solution instead of dissolving.
-Malic acid in particular is notorious for causing mouth irritation when eaten in high quantities.
-Thus, I can imagine that upon consuming the battery acid spaghetti, not only is the mix itself quite potently sweet/sour, but also the solid malic acid coming into direct contact with your mouth quickly becomes painful, and as the solution mixes with your (pH neutral) saliva the trapped acidity of the malic/citric/ascorbic acids is dumped into your mouth and esophagus, creating a sensation that I can only imagine is similar to consuming actual battery acid (pH = 0.8).
(*Each of these acids actually has multiple pKa's corresponding to number of protons they're able to donate, but really only the lowest pKa is useful here since once that one dissociates then all of the other ones are already dissociated too.)
