April 29, 1933: Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound.
It just dawned on me what a herculean effort building a fandom would have been before the internet. Truly no mountain tall enough, no divide wide enough, could stop those women from bonding over yaoi.
I know "60s housewives who invented slash fanfiction" has taken on a life of its own as a phrase, but Kirk/Spock didn't really exist until the 70s and THOSE WOMEN HAD JOBS. They were teachers and librarians and bookkeepers and scientists and they damn well spent their own money going to conventions, printing zines, buying fanart and making fandom happen. Put some respect on their names.
i think a loving thing u can do for yourself before a solo trip is to have a line item in ur budget, as critical and untouchable as Plane Tickets and Lodging, called Stupid. this money cannot be used for anything other than bailing u out of stupid situations
Anyways it's crazy how all grocery prices spiked at once. Couldn't be that 9 companies saw 1 get away with it and all jumped on the bandwagon to profit.
TIL there is a conspiracy theory which claims The United States is a corporation, not a country.
If a worker who isn't the owner says ANYTHING similar to "I'm not really supposed to do this but-" and then does something that helps you, under no circumstances inform the business, including through reviews. You tell them that the worker was polite, professional, the very model of customer service and why you like to go there. You do not breathe a word of the rulebreaking.