#Why can't people shop

[writeouswriter]

I love how ominous such basic names like "The Organization" or "The Institute" or "The Initiative" or "The Facility" or etc. are when placed in like a shady sci-fi context, like there's no reason for them to sound that suspicious, but without elaboration, it's like here is a place where they are doing things™ and I am like ooohh, because the blank state, the refusal to give you any more detail makes you think they're hiding something on purpose and leaves the darkest corner of the imagination left to fill in the rest.

#writing #writeblr #names #i want to give my shady research facilities in my stories actual names but some part of me is like #you'll never get the level of unease you get from just naming it the institute rather than the x institute or something #sci-fi #other genres i guess too but usually sci-fi #the barn in haven why is that the scariest sounding thing ever like? #you just know that thing ain't a barn #it is a barn physically outside but oh the creep factor that name gives i can't explain #the shop in firestarter? like f*ck it conjures up images of a workshop and saws building and tearing apart people for some reason #the initiative in buffy it's so nondescript and unassuming just like its soldiers living among the campus and the military power they hold #etc etc etc you know #mayhaps i am not creative enough to come up with better names also mayhaps

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

'yandere sebastian' 'yandere abigail' 'yandere wizard' give me yandere clint 🖐✊🖐✊

#random thoughts #stardew valley #love the idea of a clint who slowly loses interest in emily and starts fixating on the farmer #it wouldn't get violent so not REALLY a yandere he just gets kinda stalker-y and really passive-aggressive #about you talking to and romancing other people #i just wish more stardew mods kept the original kind of asshole-y personalities of the nonromancable characters #don't make morris a sympathetic guy whose dad died and he's 'just following orders' give me reasons WHY he thinks pelican town sucks #and make me be able to kiss him anyway #a character doesn't need to be morally good for me to understand their motivations!!! #GIVE ME ASSHOLE WIZARD!!! #actually you know what i love the idea of clint killing someone and immediately regretting it #like in a heat of the moment 'my crush's spouse is arguing with me while im forging and well.' #'i got mad and i had a hammer' #immediately freaks out but OBVIOUSLY he can't go to harvey about this!!! #so he takes the body (were they still breathing? he was so freaked out he can't remember anymore and he hates it) #and buries it in the grove of trees behind his house where you get that one statue #goes inside and cries himself to sleep or smth #gets all jumpy for a while until you trigger his next heart event #when you go to his shop while he's visibly upset and he's like #'would you still like me even if i did something really wrong? would we still be friends?' #and depending on how you answer he either gets moderately back to normal or kills himself #the ghost of your spouse starts haunting him btw. visible only to him #you can see inside his house before you enter during the cutscene and you (the player) can see the ghost #but when you go inside it's gone #if he kills himself you find a note saying to check out back to see what he did #my guilty pleasure is really fucking edgy character mods can you tell #anyway if you get married and have a kid after this the kid has your deceased spouse's name by default <3

[extremelyputridfishbreath]

honestly this isn't like, to say herbert is super niceys in canon BUT. i feel like if he actually succeeded in bombing the player, rookie, gary (and likely dot as well- i dont remember if the original epf command room was destroyed when the psa hq was) he'd probably not feel 100% happy about it. murder is in fact, a big deal! and while i'm not saying he'd instantly regret it i wouldnt be surprised if he'd feel SOME kind of way if he did succeed, even if he was mostly like "YAAAAY THOSE ANNOYING BIRDS ARE FINALLY DEAD". like yknow, even if i write my herbert to be Meaner and Nastier post blackout its not like i see even my herbert and especially not canons as someone who is Only Evil All The Time, i genuinely think this man would be at least slightly conflicted once the whole 'i actually succeeded in killing them' thing kicked in. and while he was obviously thrilled to bits about taking over the island and freezing the epf's leads, freezing them isn't exactly the same as killing them since as we know, even though it can have negative effects like gary saying he'd been having medical issues after being dethawed it's not permanent like being Killed-

#idk its just fun to explore. which is one reason why the ghost!rolly au exists #he finally gets what he wanted. he finally got rid of rolly for good (or so he initially thinks). but freezing agents and trapping them #with a bomb or on a mountain (to a /rocket/ in jpg's case) is different than seeing the results in Front of you... #because yeah. he gets to see the lead's frozen faces as much as he wants during blackout. but theyre not DEAD. if he ever #wanted out of sudden regret or just to taunt them for failing to save the island he could easily dethaw them for it. #he can't bring them back if they REALLY die. and even with the popcorn bomb #if gary rookie the player and dot (and i guess jpg if you count the ds version) all died to the bomb he wouldn't SEE the result in front of #him. he doesn't have to see the result of his actions beyond the wreackage of the sports shop or perhaps a particularly sad club penguin #times issue. but causing rolly to bleed out in front of him? Ruh Roh mr esquire doesnt feel so good seeing his worstie in fatal peril #suddenly it doesn't feel great to have his white paws be blood red!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #idk like i said i just rotate this around a lot. its fascinating how herbert will say he just wants to 'defeat' the epf and not destroy it #during his brief tenure working with protobot...a year after the popcorn explosion. what happened herby #did you realize it would've been bad to kill three people (again dot too but he didnt know she was there). #did you realize murder is not okay? :)

[c28hunter]

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#nothing is better than an anxiety attack triggered by a fancy coffee shop 🙃 #yeiks why am i lik this? #i don't fit in such fancy looking space #i don't fit in the fucking public space i should hide somewhere and never be seen by people #i take up too much space #i am too much i can't be here i want to hide somewhere but i fucking can't #i hate my brain so much #eryka vents

[connorjesup]

Buy me dinner instead. What? You got other plans? Not really... Then, come over by 6:00.

Uchida Rio as Hanno Tomoko and Suzuki Nobuyuki as Takahashi Ryohei in Jitenshaya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022) - EP 01

#jitenshaya san no takahashi kun #jdramaedit #suzuki nobuyuki #uchida rio #hanno tomoko #takahashi ryohei #ryohei x tomoko #takahashi kun from the bicycle shop #my gif #allhttr #flashing gifs for ts #fear the show is very grainy but i made it worse with my action im sorry sqdjklmfhqsdflh #i rmbred why i hated doing the 2 gifs in one thing qskdlhfqsdlfhk #gotta change the coloring when it doesn't fit on both and it takes so long qsldkhfsmdkfhl #anyway can't wait to see the gifs of the people who gonna gif it next week <33333 #anyway theeeeemmmmmmmm

[bothzangetsus]

kinda obsessed with the choices + justifications on that ichigo stays in human worlds vs. goes to soul society poll

#very earnestly! there are so many takes #I am kinda curious as to why people use his family as a reason for staying - like i guessed if he was gonna go to SS they'd all go together #not just him #i'm still pro human world obviously but not through that lens I guess #he has a deeper bond w his human friends though than the supernatural ones #(rukia not included) #so it's those that I can't see him abandoning mostly #human friends as in the truly human ones. incl chad. maybe kinda including uryuu because they have a fucked up thing going on #anyway MY justification is that he simply personally as a person can't do shit others tell him to and ss is like. HYPER organised #as much as he yearns for power and allies himself with those who will give him power... ss's organisation won't do that #also like I love him but he like. simply does not care. he does not care #he's ready to let people go about their business if they let him & his close ones be as well #so I can only see him in ss if he sets up shop in like district 70 of rukongai LOL

[hella1975]

the aesthetic of red wine is unmatched too bad it tastes like ASS

#i was always so excited to drink wine growing up idk why i just thought it was the Height of Elegance and Refinement #which is ironic bc when i did start drinking wine it was (and still is) £4 bottles from the local shop #like there is nothing refined about that #BUT OMG I WANT TO LIKE RED WINE SO BADDDDDD #but it's just so minging every single time ive ever had it #so if i ever get wine im just sadly like 'do you have pinot grigio...' like a fucking year 9 #so yeah this is my public announcement to people that can't/don't drink alcohol who think red wine is hot shit #it really really isnt it's a LIAR #and to people that do drink red wine and LIKE it i hope you know you're living MY DREAM

[deermouth]

I generally have a grudge against Halloween decor, because I think a lot of it is cute, but then it's all cheap plastic crap that's already chipped or will start to the moment you take it home. With that in mind: look, Michaels, if I wanted to decorate my house with dirty legbones I'd just go find some real ones in the woods or something.

#desc in alt text #i know most people dont want to shell out for like real bones and nice glass jars and handmade decor but #IT'S PLASTIC IT'S ALL PLASTIC AAAAA #relatedly did you know michaels just doesnt sell wool yarn #they have like 3 cotton options and the rest are poly/acrylic lmfao #anyways. this michaels is in a mall that i guess isn't technically dead #but you can't get to any of the stores from the inside. all those doors are closed. #was informed this by a woman witha shopping cart as i was wandering confusedly around the completely empty halls #but why was SHE in there? mall spirit? #really added to the experience of going to a michaels imo

[icewindandboringhorror]

I love all of these goofy product photos where the water bottle is extremely obviously just photoshopped onto a stock image of someone pretending to hold something or whatever.. very convincing..

#the last one where the water bottle is like nearly the size of the woman's entire leg ghbjbjhh #ALSO I know.. gross.. nasty.. amazon.. I was only looking there because I was trying to find an exact replica of an old water bottle #I bought like 6 years ago in a store and I just wanted another one of those and it seemed like the only place the old manufacturer #still sold was through amazon but.. alas.. I think they just don't make them anymore. so I have abandoned my hunt #I didn't actually buy anything. but I did get distracted clicking through product images for a few of them #it's bizarre how like............... idk.. WHY is this done??? Isn't this offputting to basically ANY potential customer?? or do people #not look at every photo/read the entire page/all product information before buying?? #all of these are from like front page ''top sellers'' or whatever like........... how does this not hurt the brand???? #If the company can't even bother to take a single photo of a real life person using their real life product then... that to me #is kind of red flaggy..?? even if you're an indie start up small business with hardly any funds.. still #A real photo of the product you are selling in a real actual non-photo shopped environment does not seem that inacessible #Maybe it's because everyone does everything on phones now?? So it's harder to see the pictures when they're smaller? #Kind of the same thing with ai art and also hair color photoshops lol.. On my full comptuer screen it is SOOO easy to spot ai art #like IMMEDIATELy from the little tells and ways certain details morph into each other etc. I dont even mean obvious dalle mini stuff but #like the Fancy High Quality Photorealistic AI art is still pretty blatant 98% of the time if you know what to look for. But I still catch #people sharing it a lot like 'omg where can I buy this pair of shoes!! :O <3' .. erm you cannot.. that is the most balatantly fake looking #pair of shoes I have seen in my life hhjbj.. the heels are both different heights. there's a different number of straps on each one. etc. #AND that phase back before colored hair was Mainstream and people would post photos like 'omg going to bring this to the salon!! dream hair #and it's like.. you can LITERALLY see the parts where it's 'colored outside of the lines' and is so clearly just a person with blond hair #that someone drew over with a tint brush or something not even very neatly. etc. etc. ANYWAY.. Maybe with phones it's harder to tell these #things?? To me so much of it is instantly recognizable and it's suprising to me that people either don't notice or don't care and will #interact with it anyway by buying the product or acting like some ai art fake furniture is real or etc. etc. ..hewwoo #Aslo sidenote - I think I've become soo cynical and tired of constantly being advertised to that I literally cannot shop without getting #exhausted. I do not see how marketing is anything but obnoxious and transparent. Every item description having stuff like ''Our company is #commited to bringing you the highest quality water products! we set out with a mission to bring high quality products to people all over #the world and we believe in spreading health and happiness and'' just like SHUT THE HELL UP!! youre a fucking company #you don't ''beleive'' in anything you are here to sell a product. stop trying to talk like you're my bff who cares deeply about my health #or something just tell me the materials and product specifications of your stupid fucking water bottle and move on. Idont need to hear your #whole bullshit spiel about what ~your company stands for~ that is SO much MORE offputting. you make me want to buy the item LESS.. #longing for the type of ads from my 1800s magazines that are just like 'this product is good. please buy it. okay thank you much. bye'

[garr9988]

Something that's always bothered me when talking about villain redemptions, specifically the idea of "people don't need to forgive them for them to be allowed to be redeemed" and such is a specific scenario of, say, an evil dictator/supervillain/high profile person (such as the Diamonds from SU, among others). That they can (and certainly should, imo) be allowed to live on and find their own happiness and even find ways to help undo the harm they caused.

But, you know. Having positive connections and relationships with other people is a huge part of having a good life, and is certainly some kind of motivation to keep helping others, to stay good and redeemed. But if you were known (and resented) by enough people (a whole country, kingdom, planet) and nobody forgives you... what are supposed to do?

If nobody wants to be your friend, wants you around them, wants your help, what's left for you then? Do you just remove yourself from society and live as a hermit for the rest of your miserable lonely life? Is a life without friendship and forgiveness one even worth living at that point? Why bother going on if no one can find it in themselves to like you even after you saw the error of your ways? At best, what's there to motivate you to not hurt people anymore if it doesn't matter to anyone that you don't hurt people anymore?

#villain #redemption #redemption arc #villain redemption #redeemed villain #original #forgiveness and friendship are vital parts of redeeming evil people otherwise what's the point? #if everyone still hates you why not just end it all? #someone needs to like the villain after they change or it's hollow and cruel #a deposed tyrant who was neither jailed nor executed can't so much as go to a coffee shop without everyone there giving the evil eye #if every customer and employee would be happy to spit in your drink at best or bar you from entry at worst what's left to do? #reblogs and comments encouraged I'd love ppls thoughts

[salty-dracon]

Dude I'm just going to stop fucking masking if people keep looking at me like I'm a homeless creep when I wear one. It's literally not my fault I have dark skin, don't want my ears to freeze off, am trying to survive the COVID wave without causing myself more respiratory issues, and my thickest winter coat is dark green. I've been able to avoid flak the rest of the year by wearing a wide-brimmed sun hat with the mask and masquerade as some kind of pseudo-goth but that's not an option in a New England winter. Anti-maskers DNI I'm just pissed off, and white pro-maskers or poc pro-maskers from anywhere that doesn't suffer freezing winters also DNI unless you're willing to drop the "but" at the end of "yeah that was wrong of them".

#third time. third fucking time. #this covid shit is driving me batty. i literally just need to go grocery shopping and this mask is making people think i'll mug them #I AM A 5'2 WOMAN YOU JUST CAN'T TELL BECAUSE OF THE MASK AND BIG COAT WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE I'M STALKING YOU

[starrypawz]

I just had a randomly memory unlock that I remember as like a kid it was like a thing to keep chipmunks as pets in the UK and now I'm wondering like is that still a thing?

#like i just remember chipmunks being in pet shops along with hamsters and stuff #but then it's also been a really long time since i've been in a pet shop #but i also remember watching animal hospital and they had a story in there like 'rspca called out because someone's chipmunks escaped' #and it was like escaped in the house and it was like I CAN'T CATCH THEM LOL #and that might explain why people don't really keep them anymore?

[pegasusdrawnchariots]

the eternal question: is scheduling w friends as an adult That Hard or am I just bad at it

#4 different people have left me on read today; 1 cancelled our plans 4 hours before we were due to meet #I've been sitting home alone for 2 days going insane. looking forward to One (1) coffee date & that fell through #idk why I'm taking it so hard this time I'm usually fine!! but I find myself wishing I didn't have the day off I wish I did have work :( #like it's tiring yeah but it beats sitting here not knowing what to do w myself #& I'm working all weekend & only leaving the house to see the doctor. oh joy #I've been productive ironing writing fixing the car. that's not the problem #I had 4 social plans this month. that's it #that's like seeing each friend once a month!! I can't keep this up!! #is this the norm for adulthood? :( #& on one level I don't want to bother people or be clingy #but on another level I'm baffled that they don't get lonely too #the news has not shut up abt the Loneliness Epidemic since 2021 #but if it's true why do so many people take so long to reply when I reach out? if they reply at all #I'm not going anywhere w this. idk #just one of those days #everything so fuck everybody suck :( #boomers got it right w the whole showing up unannounced at people's houses for a social call with a pound cake #now I have to go through 5 layers of bureaucratic bullshit to see a friend #assuming they don't cancel the day of ofc (((((: #I just wanna be like hello knock knock I am here. tell me abt yr life today & listen to mine & eat this cake #& the worst is when people are like 'I'm cancelling bc I'm tired xx' #OK A) u knew we had these plans for two weeks #but B) I'm tired too! I still love u ur still my friend! let us be tired together! #'I won't be social today I'm tired' my love we could watch movies in silence we could knit we could ball yr socks. idc #'I have to do the big shop today sorry' so do I!!! let us do the groceries together!!! #every time I've pushed someone to come out when they felt depressed or to let me accompany them when they were doing chores #they were like u know what I'm so glad u did this. thank u. this is way better than how I had planned this night to go #& I'm like any time!! I love u!! #& then it just happens all over again next time oh sorry I'm cancelling I'm busy I'm tired #like did u forget what a nice time we had last time? what changed? :(

[unstable-and-gay]

Just watched Nimona. I genuinely don't know what to comment about, this movie was unrealistically good. What. I laughed, cried, FELT SEEN??, got mad, got very happy, basically the full package. 10/10 will be forcing every human being i come across to watch it.

#nimona #so fucking good you guys #also there was a trans flag in a shop window at some point?? #i got so excited nfksjdkah #peak movie #i can't shut up it was so good #also i love adding new people on my kin list #haha nimona kinnie? or bal kinnie? #well why not both #that's off topic #point is #go watch nimona #now

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Do you think that the whole Sunfire arc is extremely unnecessary? A lot of people including myself believe this arc diverts attention away from the main arc

Hobbit critics when Thranduil captures the dwarves and generally acts as a snare, slowing their progress toward their stated goal and the resolution of final plot: why did they even come here, this guy's an ass and he serves no narrative purpose except to get in the way

Me, knowing Thrandul Oropherion's full character arc leads him to participate in the War of the Ring and help save Middle-earth as a direct result of his character growth in the Hobbit:

#asks #i don't see the point of criticizing unfinished art #it is not done yet #narrative structure functions in such a way that clear connections already exist between the various plots in this show #there will be more and clearer lines drawn as the show comes to a close #it's not your fault if you can't see them #not everyone is trained in the literary arts #but have faith in those who are! #this is literally our job #if i. who knows nothing about cars. walked into a mechanic shop and began criticizing the mechanic halfway through her job #for being greasy or having parts everywhere or swearing at the stubborn bolts #because i did not understand what i was looking at #i might feel justified in the moment #but people who understand how fixing a car works would look at me with pity or perhaps worse #because who am i to presume to tell another how to do their job when i do not understand it myself #and when simply waiting and trusting in another human's skills is all i really need to do in order to see the final finished result #just wait and relax! #no one is paying you for negative opinions #why work for free

[bisan-is-trying]

I was actually able to find free pdfs of the entire Percy Jackson and the Olympians AND Heroes of Olympus books in hebrew which is so great because lately i couldn’t find any good books in hebrew (other than children's books that are 10-15 pages) at the used books spot i usually visit (aka the flea market pfft) and now i have two full series??? In my hands (on my phone/ laptop) ???

#I've been searching for months now for any sites or fb group or anything that could provide me with free pdfs #1 because i can't really afford the prices the Israeli shops ask for (wdym 95 nis for a freaking book??? i draw the line at 20 dude #2 because i don't want to pay money that will eventually go to the forces that are killing my people #3 why pay money when u can get it for free . #the books are on scribd btw so its not buried that deep #learning languages #langblr #nov 2023 #learning hebrew